The Baseball Writer’s Association of America Awards continued on Wednesday and next up was the American League and National League Managers of the Year.
The BWAA named Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim skipper Mike Scioscia as their AL Manager of the Year while choosing Colorado Rockies manager Jim Tracey as their NL Manager of the Year.
It’s the second manager of the year award for Scioscia who also won it in 2002 after leading the Angels to a World Series crown. Scioscia had to deal with the tragic death of pitcher Nick Adenhart but was able to rally his team to a 97-65 record. The Angels ended up losing to the Yankees in the ALCS.
Tracy took over for Clint Hurdle, who was canned after the Rox got out to an 18-28 start. All Tracey did was lead them to a 74-42 record and the NL Wild Card. After winning the award on Wednesday, Tracy got himself a little job security with a new three year contract.
| AL Manager of the Year | NL Manager of the Year | ||||||||
| Manager | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Points | Manager | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Points |
| Mike Scioscia, LAA | 15 | 10 | 1 | 106 | Jim Tracy, COL | 29 | 2 | – | 151 |
| Ron Gardenhire, MIN | 6 | 12 | 6 | 72 | Tony La Russa, STL | 2 | 13 | 6 | 55 |
| Joe Girardi, NYY | 4 | 3 | 5 | 34 | Joe Torre, LAD | 1 | 7 | 7 | 33 |
| D. Wakamatsu, SEA | 2 | 2 | 3 | 19 | Bruce Bochy, SF | -0 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| R. Washington, TEX | 1 | 1 | 11 | 19 | Bobby Cox, ATL | – | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| Jim Leyland, DET | – | – | 2 | 2 | Charlie Manuel, PHI | – | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| – | Fredi Gonzalez, FLA | – | – | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Bud Black, SD | – | – | 2 | 2 | |||||
Here is the rest of the schedule of the awards:
- Thu, November 19 – NL Cy Young
- Mon, November 23 – AL MVP
- Tue, November 24 – NL MVP
