NEW YORK — The Baltimore Orioles’ Buck Showalter was voted American League Manager of the Year for the third time, edging the Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Scioscia and the Kansas City Royals’ Ned Yost.
Showalter received 25 of 30 first-place votes and 132 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, which was announced Tuesday. He kept up his pattern of winning the award once a decade following victories with the New York Yankees in 1994 and the Texas Rangers in 2004.
Scioscia was second with four firsts and 61 points and Yost third with 41 points followed by Seattle’s Lloyd McClendon with 29 points.
Showalter guided the Orioles to a 96-66 record and their first AL East title since 1997. Voting took place before the playoffs, where Baltimore swept the Detroit Tigers in the Division Series and then was swept by Kansas City in the AL Championship Series.
Washington’s Matt Williams won the National League honor, the fourth first-year big league manager to win the award. He played under Showalter.
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