Florida State League Manager of the Year Award


The Florida State League Manager of the Year Award is an annual award given to the best manager in minor league baseball's Florida State League. In 2004, Omar Malavé won the first ever Florida State League Manager of the Year Award. Malavé is also the only manager to have won the award multiple times.
Four managers from the Dunedin Blue Jays have been selected for the Manager of the Year Award, more than any other teams in the league, followed by the Fort Myers Miracle and St. Lucie Mets and Tampa Yankees ; the Brevard County Manatees, Charlotte Stone Crabs, Clearwater Threshers, Lakeland Tigers, and Palm Beach Cardinals.
Four managers each from the Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball organization have won the Manager of the Year Award, more than any other, followed by the Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, and New York Yankees organizations ; and the Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, and Tampa Bay Rays organizations.

Key

Winners

YearWinnerTeamOrganizationDivisionFinishRecordRef
2004 Dunedin Blue JaysToronto Blue JaysWest1st76–57
2005Lakeland TigersDetroit TigersWest1st85–48
2006St. Lucie MetsNew York MetsEast1st77–62
2007Brevard County ManateesMilwaukee BrewersEast1st74–62
2008 Dunedin Blue JaysToronto Blue JaysWest1st85–53
2009Fort Myers MiracleMinnesota TwinsSouth1st80–58
2010Charlotte Stone CrabsTampa Bay RaysSouth1st80–59
2011Dunedin Blue JaysToronto Blue JaysNorth1st79–61
2012St. Lucie MetsNew York MetsSouth1st83–52
2013Fort Myers MiracleMinnesota TwinsSouth1st79–56
2014 Dunedin Blue JaysToronto Blue JaysNorth1st77–61
2015Clearwater ThreshersPhiladelphia PhilliesNorth1st79–58
2016Tampa YankeesNew York YankeesNorth2nd77–58
2017Tampa YankeesNew York YankeesNorth1st85–50
2018Palm Beach CardinalsSt. Louis CardinalsSouth1st75–58