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Baseball America Minor League Manager of the Year Winners

By Patrick Mondout

Baseball America (BA) has awarded a "Minor League Manager of the Year" award since 1981. The Sporting News has a similar award, though the two rarely agree. Here are the BA winners:

BA Minor League Managers of the Year
YEAR WINNER
1981 Ed Nottle, Tacoma Tigers
1982 Eddie Haas, Richmond Braves
1983 Bill Dancy, Reading Phillies
1984 Sam Perlozzo, Jackson Mets
1985 Jim Lefebvre, Phoenix Giants
1986 Brad Fischer, Huntsville Stars
1987 Dave Trembley, Harrisburg Senators
1988 Joe Sparks, Indianapolis Indians
1989 Buck Showalter, Albany-Colonie Yankees
1990 Kevin Kennedy, Albuquerque Dukes
1991 Butch Hobson, Pawtucket Red Sox
1992 Grady Little, Greenville Braves
1993 Terry Francona, Birmingham Barons
1994 Tim Ireland, El Paso Diablos
1995 Marc Bombard, Indianapolis Indians
1996 Carlos Tosca, Portland Sea Dogs
1997 Gary Jones, Edmonton Trappers
1998 Terry Kennedy, Iowa Cubs
1999 John Mizerock, Wichita Wranglers
2000 Joel Skinner, Buffalo Bisons
2001 Jackie Moore, Round Rock Express
2002 John Russell, Edmonton Trappers
2003 Dave Brundage, San Antonio Missions
2004 Marty Brown, Buffalo Bisons
2005 Ken Oberkfell, Norfolk Tides
BASEBALL AMERICA ML MANAGER OF YEAR

References

Total Baseball: The Ultimate Baseball Encyclopedia by John Thorn, et al.
2006 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia by Gary Gillette (Editor), Pete Palmer (Editor).

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In 2004 Terry Francona became the first former BA Minor League Manager of the Year to lead his team to a World Series championship..

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