Midwest_League_Manager_of_the_Year

Midwest League
Manager of the Year Award
Sport	Baseball
League	Midwest League
Awarded for	Best regular-season manager in the Midwest League
Country	United States
Presented by	Texas League
History
First award	Walt DeFreitas (1947)
Most wins	Mark Haley (3)
Most recent	Brian Dinkelman (2023)

Midwest League Manager of the Year Award

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The Midwest League Manager of the Year Award is an annual award given to the best manager in Minor League Baseball's Midwest League based on their regular-season performance as voted on by league managers.^[1] Broadcasters, Minor League Baseball executives, and members of the media have previously voted as well.^[2] The award was created in the league's inaugural 1947 season.^[3]^[4] The circuit was known as the Illinois State League from 1947 to 1948 and as the Mississippi–Ohio Valley League from 1949 to 1955 before becoming the Midwest League in 1956.^[4] After the cancellation of the 2020 season,^[5] the league was known as the High-A Central in 2021 before reverting to the Midwest League name in 2022.^[6]^[7]

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The only manager to win the award on three occasions is Mark Haley, who won in 2005, 2008, and 2013. Three others have each won twice: Bruce Fields, Gomer Hodge, and Buddy Kerr.

Six managers from the Cedar Rapids Kernels and Wisconsin Timber Rattlers have been selected for the Manager of the Year Award, more than any other teams in the league, followed by the Kane County Cougars, Waterloo Indians, and West Michigan Whitecaps (5); the Quad Cities River Bandits and South Bend Cubs (4); the Burlington Bees, Danville Warriors, and Great Lakes Loons (3); the Clinton Giants, Kenosha Twins, Lansing Lugnuts, Michigan Battle Cats, Peoria Chiefs, and Wisconsin Rapids Twins (2); and the Belleville Stags, Beloit Sky Carp, Bowling Green Hot Rods, Decatur Commodores, Fort Wayne TinCaps, Lafayette Red Sox, Madison Muskies, Michigan City White Caps, Quincy Giants, Rockford Royals, Springfield Cardinals, and Wausau Timbers (1).

Six managers from the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball (MLB) organization have won the award, more than any other, followed by the Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins, and Oakland Athletics organizations (5); the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers, and San Francisco Giants organizations (4); the Arizona Diamondbacks, Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers, and St. Louis Cardinals organizations (3); the Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Angels, Houston Astros, Miami Marlins, and Toronto Blue Jays organizations (2); and the San Diego Padres and Tampa Bay Rays organizations (1). Two award winners played for teams that operated as cooperatives of several MLB organizations.

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League	The team's final position in the league standings
Division	The team's final position in the divisional standings
Record	The team's wins and losses during the regular season
(#)	Number of wins by managers who won the award multiple times
^	Indicates multiple award winners in the same year
*	Indicates league champions

Year	Winner	Team	Organization	League	Division	Record	Ref(s).
1947	Walt DeFreitas	Belleville Stags*	St. Louis Browns	1st	—	75–37	^[9]^[10]
1948	None selected						^[3]
1949	None selected						^[3]
1950	None selected						^[3]
1951	None selected						^[3]
1952	None selected						^[3]
1953	None selected						^[3]
1954	None selected						^[3]
1955	None selected						^[3]
1956	Len Okrie	Lafayette Red Sox	Boston Red Sox	2nd	—	69–56	^[11]^[12]
1957	None selected						^[3]
1958	Buddy Kerr (1)	Michigan City White Caps	San Francisco Giants	2nd	—	69–55	^[13]^[14]
1959	Stubby Overmire	Decatur Commodores	Detroit Tigers	3rd (tie)	—	63–61	^[15]^[16]
1960	Matt Sczesny	Waterloo Hawks*	Boston Red Sox	1st	—	81–43	^[17]^[18]
1961	Buddy Kerr (2)	Quincy Giants*	San Francisco Giants	4th	—	67–59	^[19]^[20]
1962	Cal Ripken Sr.	Appleton Foxes	Baltimore Orioles	7th	—	61–63	^[21]^[22]
1963	Don Bacon	Clinton C-Sox*	Chicago White Sox	1st	—	83–41	^[23]^[24]
1964	None selected						^[3]
1965	Gus Niarhos	Burlington Bees*	Kansas City Athletics	1st	—	82–40	^[25]^[26]
1966	Al Ronning	Burlington Bees	Kansas City Athletics	3rd	—	77–48	^[27]^[28]
1967	Alex Cosmidis	Appleton Foxes*	Chicago White Sox	1st	—	71–46	^[29]^[30]
1968	Jack Krol	Cedar Rapids Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals	3rd	—	63–53	^[31]^[32]
1969	Tom Saffell	Appleton Foxes*	Chicago White Sox	1st	—	84–41	^[33]^[34]
1970	Frank Calo	Danville Warriors	Co-op^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4th	—	64–59	^[36]^[37]
1971	Joe Sparks	Appleton Foxes	Chicago White Sox	1st	1st	79–44	^[38]^[39]
1972	Joe Nossek	Danville Warriors*	Milwaukee Brewers	2nd	1st	73–52	^[40]^[41]
1973	Bernie Smith	Danville Warriors	Milwaukee Brewers	3rd	1st	66–57	^[42]^[43]
1974	Johnny Goryl	Wisconsin Rapids Twins	Minnesota Twins	1st	1st	80–48	^[44]^[45]
1975	John Sullivan	Waterloo Royals*	Kansas City Royals	1st	1st	93–35	^[46]^[47]
1976	Salty Parker	Cedar Rapids Giants	San Francisco Giants	2nd	1st	78–53	^[48]^[49]
1977	Denis Menke	Burlington Bees*	Milwaukee Brewers	5th	4th	71–68	^[50]^[51]
1978^	Gordon Lund	Appleton Foxes*	Chicago White Sox	1st	1st	97–40	^[52]^[53]
1978^	Woody Smith	Waterloo Indians	Cleveland Indians	2nd	2nd	91–46	^[53]^[54]
1979	Tom Robson	Wausau Timbers	Co-op^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4th	2nd	69–61	^[56]^[57]
1980	Rick Stelmaszek	Wisconsin Rapids Twins	Minnesota Twins	3rd	3rd	77–64	^[58]^[59]
1981	Gomer Hodge (1)	Waterloo Indians	Cleveland Indians	2nd	2nd	81–55	^[60]^[61]
1982	George Enright	Quad Cities Cubs	Chicago Cubs	4th	1st	79–60	^[62]^[63]
1983	Gomer Hodge (2)	Waterloo Indians	Cleveland Indians	3rd (tie)	1st (tie)	76–64	^[60]^[64]
1984	Tom Gamboa	Beloit Brewers	Milwaukee Brewers	2nd	1st	86–53	^[65]^[66]
1985	Duffy Dyer	Kenosha Twins*	Minnesota Twins	4th	1st	76–60	^[67]^[68]
1986	Gaylen Pitts	Springfield Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals	1st	1st	87–53	^[69]^[70]
1987	Don Leppert	Kenosha Twins*	Minnesota Twins	2nd	1st	82–58	^[71]^[72]
1988	Marc Bombard	Cedar Rapids Reds*	Cincinnati Reds	1st	1st	87–53	^[73]^[74]
1989	Dave Miley	Cedar Rapids Reds	Cincinnati Reds	2nd	1st	80–57	^[75]^[76]
1990	Don Long	Quad Cities Angels*	California Angels	2nd	2nd	81–59	^[77]^[78]
1991	Gary Jones	Madison Muskies	Oakland Athletics	1st	1st	77–61	^[79]^[80]
1992	Tom Poquette	Appleton Foxes	Kansas City Royals	6th	3rd	70–62	^[81]^[82]
1993	Jack Mull	Clinton Giants	San Francisco Giants	1st	1st	80–54	^[83]^[84]
1994	John Mizerock	Rockford Royals	Kansas City Royals	1st	1st	89–50	^[85]^[86]
1995	DeMarlo Hale	Michigan Battle Cats	Boston Red Sox	4th	1st	75–63	^[87]^[88]
1996	Roy Silver	Peoria Chiefs	St. Louis Cardinals	1st	1st	79–57	^[89]^[90]
1997	Bruce Fields (1)	West Michigan Whitecaps	Detroit Tigers	1st	1st	92–39	^[91]^[92]
1998	Billy Gardner Jr.	Michigan Battle Cats	Boston Red Sox	2nd (tie)	2nd (tie)	79–61	^[93]^[94]
1999	Rick Renteria	Kane County Cougars	Florida Marlins	1st	1st	78–59	^[95]^[96]
2000	Bruce Fields (2)	West Michigan Whitecaps	Detroit Tigers	1st	1st	88–52	^[91]^[97]
2001	Russ Morman	Kane County Cougars*	Florida Marlins	1st	1st	88–50	^[98]^[99]
2002	Todd Claus	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Anaheim Angels	3rd	2nd	81–58	^[100]^[101]
2003	Webster Garrison	Kane County Cougars	Oakland Athletics	1st	1st	80–59	^[102]^[103]
2004	Dave Joppie	Kane County Cougars	Oakland Athletics	1st	1st	83–56	^[104]^[105]
2005	Mark Haley (1)	South Bend Silver Hawks*	Arizona Diamondbacks	1st	1st	84–56	^[106]^[107]
2006	Matt Walbeck	West Michigan Whitecaps*	Detroit Tigers	1st	1st	89–48	^[108]^[109]
2007	Tom Brookens	West Michigan Whitecaps*	Detroit Tigers	1st	1st	83–57	^[110]^[111]
2008	Mark Haley (2)	South Bend Silver Hawks	Arizona Diamondbacks	2nd	2nd	76–63	^[106]^[112]
2009^	Doug Dascenzo	Fort Wayne TinCaps*	San Diego Padres	1st	1st	94–46	^[113]^[114]
2009^	Marty Pevey	Peoria Chiefs	Chicago Cubs	2nd	1st	81–57	^[114]^[115]
2010	Juan Bustabad	Great Lakes Loons	Los Angeles Dodgers	1st	1st	90–49	^[116]^[117]
2011	Mike Redmond	Lansing Lugnuts	Toronto Blue Jays	3rd	2nd	77–60	^[118]^[119]
2012	John Tamargo	Lansing Lugnuts	Toronto Blue Jays	1st	1st	82–55	^[120]^[121]
2013	Mark Haley (3)	South Bend Silver Hawks	Arizona Diamondbacks	4th	2nd	81–58	^[106]^[122]
2014	Mark Johnson	Kane County Cougars*	Chicago Cubs	1st	1st	91–49	^[123]^[124]
2015	Josh Bonifay	Quad Cities River Bandits	Houston Astros	1st	1st	88–50	^[125]^[126]
2016	Jimmy Gonzalez	South Bend Cubs	Chicago Cubs	2nd (tie)	1st (tie)	84–55	^[127]^[128]
2017	Mike Rabelo	West Michigan Whitecaps	Detroit Tigers	1st	1st	91–45	^[129]^[130]
2018	Craig Albernaz	Bowling Green Hot Rods*	Tampa Bay Rays	1st	1st	90–49	^[131]^[132]
2019	John Shoemaker	Great Lakes Loons	Los Angeles Dodgers	1st	1st	81–55	^[133]^[134]
2020	None selected (season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic)						^[5]
2021	Chris Widger	Quad Cities River Bandits*	Houston Astros	1st	1st	77–41	^[135]^[136]
2022	Austin Chubb	Great Lakes Loons	Los Angeles Dodgers	2nd	2nd	76–55	^[137]^[138]
2023	Brian Dinkelman	Cedar Rapids Kernels*	Minnesota Twins	1st	1st	82–50	^[139]^[140]

Team	Award(s)	Year(s)
Cedar Rapids Kernels (Cedar Rapids Cardinals/Giants/Reds)	6	1968, 1976, 1988, 1989, 2002, 2023
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Appleton Foxes)	6	1962, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1978, 1992
Kane County Cougars	5	1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2014
Waterloo Indians (Waterloo Hawks/Royals)		1960, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1983
West Michigan Whitecaps		1997, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2017
Quad Cities River Bandits (Quad Cities Cubs/Angels)	4	1982, 1990, 2015, 2021
South Bend Cubs (South Bend Silver Hawks)	4	2005, 2008, 2013, 2016
Burlington Bees	3	1965, 1966, 1977
Danville Warriors		1970, 1972, 1973
Great Lakes Loons		2010, 2019, 2022
Clinton Giants (Clinton C-Sox)	2	1963, 1993
Kenosha Twins		1985, 1987
Lansing Lugnuts		2011, 2012
Michigan Battle Cats		1995, 1998
Peoria Chiefs		1996, 2009
Wisconsin Rapids Twins		1974, 1980
Belleville Stags	1	1947
Beloit Sky Carp (Beloit Brewers)		1984
Bowling Green Hot Rods		2018
Decatur Commodores		1959
Fort Wayne TinCaps		2009
Lafayette Red Sox		1956
Madison Muskies		1991
Michigan City White Caps		1958
Quincy Giants		1961
Rockford Royals		1994
Springfield Cardinals		1986
Wausau Timbers		1979

Organization	Award(s)	Year(s)
Detroit Tigers	6	1959, 1997, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2017
Chicago White Sox	5	1963, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1978
Minnesota Twins		1974, 1980, 1985, 1987, 2023
Oakland Athletics (Kansas City Athletics)		1965, 1966, 1991, 2003, 2004
Boston Red Sox	4	1956, 1960, 1995, 1998
Chicago Cubs		1982, 2009, 2014, 2016
Milwaukee Brewers		1972, 1973, 1977, 1984
San Francisco Giants		1958, 1961 1976, 1993
Arizona Diamondbacks	3	2005, 2008, 2013
Cleveland Guardians (Cleveland Indians)		1978, 1981, 1983
Kansas City Royals		1975, 1992, 1994
Los Angeles Dodgers		2010, 2019, 2022
St. Louis Cardinals		1968, 1986, 1996
Baltimore Orioles (St. Louis Browns)	2	1947, 1962
Cincinnati Reds		1988, 1989
Los Angeles Angels (California/Anaheim Angels)		1990, 2002
Houston Astros		2015, 2021
Miami Marlins (Florida Marlins)		1999, 2001
Toronto Blue Jays		2011, 2012
San Diego Padres	1	2009
Tampa Bay Rays	1	2018

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Midwest League Manager of the Year Award

Winners

Wins by team

Wins by organization

Notes

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