Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year Award

The Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year Award is an annual award given to the best manager in Minor League Baseball's Pacific Coast League based on their regular-season performance as voted on by league managers.^[1] Broadcasters, Minor League Baseball executives, members of the media, coaches, and other team representatives from the league's clubs have previously voted as well.^[2][3] Though the league was established in 1903,^[4] the award was not created until 1967.^[5] After the cancellation of the 2020 season,^[6] the league was known as the Triple-A West in 2021 before reverting to the Pacific Coast League name in 2022.^[7][8]

Pacific Coast League
Manager of the Year Award

Sport	Baseball
League	Pacific Coast League
Awarded for	Best regular-season manager in the Pacific Coast League
Country	United States Canada
Presented by	Pacific Coast League
History
First award	Johnny Lipon (1967)
Most wins	Dan Rohn (3)
Most recent	Mickey Storey (2024)

The only manager to win the award on three occasions is Dan Rohn, who won in 2001, 2004, and 2005. Five others have each won twice: Rocky Bridges, Stubby Clapp, Jim Lefebvre, Fran Riordan, and Jimy Williams. Clapp (2017 and 2018), Lefebvre (1985 and 1986), and Rohn (2004 and 2005) won the award in consecutive years.

Seven managers from the Tacoma Rainiers have been selected for the Manager of the Year Award, more than any other team in the league, followed by the Phoenix Firebirds (5); the Las Vegas Aviators and Tucson Sidewinders (4); the Hawaii Islanders, Iowa Cubs, Portland Beavers, and Salt Lake City Angels (3); the Albuquerque Dukes, Albuquerque Isotopes, Colorado Springs Sky Sox, Memphis Redbirds, Nashville Sounds, Oklahoma City Comets, Salt Lake Bees, and Spokane Indians (2); and the Edmonton Trappers, Eugene Emeralds, Reno Aces, Round Rock Express, Sacramento River Cats, Sugar Land Space Cowboys, Tulsa Oilers, and Vancouver Canadians (1).

Seven managers from the Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Oakland Athletics Major League Baseball (MLB) organizations have each won the award, more than any others, followed by the San Francisco Giants organization (5); the Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros, and Seattle Mariners organizations (4); the Cleveland Guardians and St. Louis Cardinals organizations (3); the Arizona Diamondbacks, Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies, and Texas Rangers organizations (2); and the Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, and San Diego Padres organizations (1).

Winners

Johnny Lipon won the first Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year Award in 1967.

Tommy Lasorda, the 1970 winner, won two National League Manager of the Year Awards (1983 & 1988) and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997.^[9]

Jimy Williams, who won two awards (1976 & 1979), was the 1999 American League Manager of the Year.^[10]

Ryne Sandberg, who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005,^[11] was the 2010 Manager of the Year.

Stubby Clapp won the award in 2017 and 2018 and led the Memphis Redbirds to back-to-back championships in the same years.

Key

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

Winners

Year	Winner	Team	Organization	League	Division	Record	Ref(s).
1967	Johnny Lipon	Portland Beavers	Cleveland Indians	3rd	2nd	79–69	[12][13]
1968	Warren Spahn	Tulsa Oilers*	St. Louis Cardinals	1st	1st	95–53	[14][15]
1969	Whitey Lockman	Tacoma Cubs*	Chicago Cubs	2nd	1st	86–60	[16][17]
1970^	Tommy Lasorda	Spokane Indians*	Los Angeles Dodgers	2nd	1st	94–52	[18][19]
	Chuck Tanner	Hawaii Islanders	California Angels	1st	1st	98–48	[19][20]
1971	Del Rice	Salt Lake City Angels*	California Angels	2nd	1st	78–68	[21][22]
1972	Andy Seminick	Eugene Emeralds	Philadelphia Phillies	4th	1st	79–69	[23][24]
1973	None selected						[5]
1974	Rocky Bridges (1)	Phoenix Giants	San Francisco Giants	4th	2nd	75–69	[25][26]
1975	Roy Hartsfield	Hawaii Islanders*	San Diego Padres	1st	1st	88–56	[27][28]
1976	Jimy Williams (1)	Salt Lake City Gulls	California Angels	1st	1st	90–54	[29][30]
1977	Rocky Bridges (2)	Phoenix Giants*	San Francisco Giants	1st	1st	81–59	[25][31]
1978	None selected						[5]
1979	Jimy Williams (2)	Salt Lake City Gulls*	California Angels	2nd	2nd	80–68	[29][32]
1980	Jimmy Johnson	Tucson Toros	Houston Astros	1st	1st	87–59	[33][34]
1981	Ed Nottle	Tacoma Tigers	Oakland Athletics	2nd	1st	78–61	[35][36]
1982	Moose Stubing	Spokane Indians	California Angels	3rd	2nd	78–65	[37][38]
1983	John Felske	Portland Beavers*	Philadelphia Phillies	3rd (tie)	1st (tie)	75–67	[39][40]
1984	Tommy Sandt	Hawaii Islanders	Pittsburgh Pirates	1st	1st	87–53	[41][42]
1985	Jim Lefebvre (1)	Phoenix Giants	San Francisco Giants	2nd	2nd	80–62	[43][44]
1986	Jim Lefebvre (2)	Phoenix Firebirds	San Francisco Giants	2nd	1st	81–61	[43][45]
1987	Keith Lieppman	Tacoma Tigers	Oakland Athletics	2nd	2nd	78–65	[46][47]
1988	Terry Collins	Albuquerque Dukes	Los Angeles Dodgers	1st	1st	86–56	[48][49]
1989	Mike Hargrove	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Cleveland Indians	2nd	2nd	78–64	[50][51]
1990	Kevin Kennedy	Albuquerque Dukes*	Los Angeles Dodgers	1st	1st	91–51	[52][53]
1991	Bob Skinner	Tucson Toros*	Houston Astros	2nd	2nd	79–61	[54][55]
1992	Charlie Manuel	Colorado Springs Sky Sox*	Cleveland Indians	1st	1st	84–57	[56][57]
1993	Scott Ullger	Portland Beavers	Minnesota Twins	1st	1st	87–56	[58][59]
1994	Rick Sweet	Tucson Toros	Houston Astros	2nd	2nd	81–63	[60][61]
1995	Don Long	Vancouver Canadians	California Angels	2nd	1st	81–60	[62][63]
1996	Gary Jones	Edmonton Trappers*	Oakland Athletics	1st	1st	84–58	[64][65]
1997	Ron Wotus	Phoenix Firebirds	San Francisco Giants	1st	1st	88–55	[66][67]
1998	Terry Kennedy	Iowa Cubs	Chicago Cubs	1st	1st	85–59	[68][69]
1999	Greg Biagini	Oklahoma RedHawks	Texas Rangers	2nd	1st	83–59	[70][71]
2000	Phil Roof	Salt Lake Buzz	Minnesota Twins	1st	1st	90–53	[72][73]
2001	Dan Rohn (1)	Tacoma Rainiers*[a]	Seattle Mariners	1st (tie)	1st	89–59	[75][76]
2002	Brad Mills	Las Vegas 51s	Los Angeles Dodgers	1st	1st	89–59	[77][78]
2003	Tony DeFrancesco	Sacramento River Cats*	Oakland Athletics	1st	1st	92–52	[79][80]
2004	Dan Rohn (2)	Tacoma Rainiers	Seattle Mariners	3rd	2nd	79–63	[75][81]
2005	Dan Rohn (3)	Tacoma Rainiers	Seattle Mariners	2nd (tie)	1st	80–64	[75][82]
2006	Chip Hale	Tucson Sidewinders*	Arizona Diamondbacks	1st	1st	91–53	[83][84]
2007	Frank Kremblas	Nashville Sounds	Milwaukee Brewers	1st	1st	89–55	[85][86]
2008	Pat Listach	Iowa Cubs	Chicago Cubs	1st	1st	83–59	[87][88]
2009	Tim Wallach	Albuquerque Isotopes	Los Angeles Dodgers	2nd	1st	80–64	[89][90]
2010	Ryne Sandberg	Iowa Cubs	Chicago Cubs	1st (tie)	1st (tie)	82–62	[91][92]
2011	Bobby Jones	Round Rock Express	Texas Rangers	2nd	1st	87–57	[93][94]
2012	Lorenzo Bundy	Albuquerque Isotopes	Los Angeles Dodgers	4th	1st	80–64	[95][96]
2013	Keith Johnson	Salt Lake Bees	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	4th	1st	78–66	[97][98]
2014	Wally Backman	Las Vegas 51s	New York Mets	1st (tie)	1st	81–63	[99][100]
2015	Damon Berryhill	Oklahoma City Dodgers	Los Angeles Dodgers	1st	1st	86–58	[101][102]
2016	Steve Scarsone	Nashville Sounds	Oakland Athletics	1st	1st	83–59	[103][104]
2017	Stubby Clapp (1)	Memphis Redbirds*	St. Louis Cardinals	1st	1st	91–50	[105][106]
2018	Stubby Clapp (2)	Memphis Redbirds*	St. Louis Cardinals	1st	1st	83–57	[105][107]
2019	Fran Riordan (1)	Las Vegas Aviators	Oakland Athletics	2nd	1st	83–57	[108][109]
2020	None selected (season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic)						[6]
2021	Kristopher Negrón	Tacoma Rainiers*	Seattle Mariners	1st	1st	78–52	[110][111][112]
2022	Gil Velazquez	Reno Aces*	Arizona Diamondbacks	1st	1st	85–63	[113][114][115]
2023	Fran Riordan (2)	Las Vegas Aviators	Oakland Athletics	5th	3rd	75–74	[116][117][118]
2024	Mickey Storey	Sugar Land Space Cowboys*	Houston Astros	1st	1st	93–56	[119][120]

Wins by team

Active Pacific Coast League teams appear in bold.

Team	Award(s)	Year(s)
Tacoma Rainiers (Tacoma Cubs/Tigers)	7	1969, 1981, 1987, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2021
Phoenix Firebirds (Phoenix Giants)	5	1974, 1977, 1985, 1986, 1997
Las Vegas Aviators (Las Vegas 51s)	4	2002, 2014, 2019, 2023
Tucson Sidewinders (Tucson Toros)	1980, 1991, 1994, 2006
Hawaii Islanders	3	1970, 1975, 1984
Iowa Cubs		1998, 2008, 2010
Portland Beavers		1967, 1983, 1993
Salt Lake City Angels (Salt Lake City Gulls)		1971, 1976, 1979
Albuquerque Dukes	2	1988, 1990
Albuquerque Isotopes		2009, 2012
Colorado Springs Sky Sox		1989, 1992
Memphis Redbirds		2017, 2018
Nashville Sounds		2007, 2016
Oklahoma City Comets (Oklahoma RedHawks/Oklahoma City Dodgers)		1999, 2015
Salt Lake Bees (Salt Lake Buzz)		2000, 2013
Spokane Indians		1970, 1982
Edmonton Trappers	1	1996
Eugene Emeralds		1972
Reno Aces		2022
Round Rock Express		2011
Sacramento River Cats		2003
Sugar Land Space Cowboys		2024
Tulsa Oilers		1968
Vancouver Canadians		1995

Wins by organization

Active Pacific Coast League–Major League Baseball affiliations appear in bold.

Organization	Award(s)	Year(s)
Los Angeles Angels (California Angels)	7	1970, 1971, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1995, 2013
Los Angeles Dodgers		1970, 1988, 1990, 2002, 2009, 2012, 2015
Oakland Athletics		1981, 1996, 1987, 2003, 2016, 2019, 2023
San Francisco Giants	5	1974, 1977, 1985, 1986, 1997
Chicago Cubs	4	1969, 1998, 2008, 2010
Houston Astros		1980, 1991, 1994, 2024
Seattle Mariners		2001, 2004, 2005, 2021
Cleveland Guardians (Cleveland Indians)	3	1967, 1989, 1992
St. Louis Cardinals		1968, 2017, 2018
Arizona Diamondbacks	2	2006, 2022
Minnesota Twins		1993, 2000
Philadelphia Phillies		1972, 1983
Texas Rangers		1999, 2011
Milwaukee Brewers	1	2007
New York Mets		2014
Pittsburgh Pirates		1984
San Diego Padres		1975

Notes

1. Tacoma and the New Orleans Zephyrs were declared co-champions after the playoffs were cancelled in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks.^[74]