The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (
IBWAA) has announced their choices for the AL and NL Managers Of The Year.
Buck Showalter of the Baltimore Orioles was elected as
AL Manager Of The Year.
Bob Melvin (A's) finished second and
Joe Maddon (Rays) finished third in the overall voting.
Davey Johnson of the Washington Nationals was named the
NL Manager Of The Year—while
Bruce Bochy (SF) and
Dusty Baker (Reds) finished second and third, respectively. The IBWAA was founded in 2009 by Howard Cole, editor of
BaseballSavvy.com. Members come from organizations such as
MLB.com,
Yahoo! Sports, and
ESPN. Two members of the
FenwayNation staff (the Editor-In-Chief and the Down-Under Editor) are also members of the IBWAA.
