Manager, Club
1st
2nd
3rd
Points
Joe Maddon, TB
27
1
138
Ron Gardenhire, MIN
1
15
8
58
Mike Scioscia, LAA
12
9
45
Terry Francona, BOS
6
6
Ozzie Guillen, CWS
3
3
Cito Gaston, TOR
2
2
Gardenhire didn't win the Manager of the Year award, in fact he wasn't really close. He wasn't expected to however after the Tampa Bay Rays had a breakout season and were led by a somewhat new name, Joe Maddon.
Gardenhire placed second in the voting, and even tallied a first-place vote. For yet another season, when the hopes for the team around the nation were low, Gardy rallied his troops for another successful year.
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