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 (2004, 2008, and 2014).
Five 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 Mighty Mussels (4); the Clearwater Threshers, Lakeland Flying Tigers, Palm Beach Cardinals, St. Lucie Mets, and Tampa Yankees (2); the Bradenton Marauders, Brevard County Manatees, and Charlotte Stone Crabs (1).
Five managers from the Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball (MLB) organization have won the Manager of the Year Award, more than any other, followed by the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins organizations (3); the New York Mets, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, and St. Louis Cardinals organizations (2); and the Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Tampa Bay Rays organizations (1).
Key Number of wins by managers who have won the award multiple timesIndicates league champions
Winners
Year Winner Team Organization Division Finish Record 2004 Dunedin Blue JaysToronto Blue JaysWest1st76–572005Lakeland TigersDetroit TigersWest1st85–482006St. Lucie MetsNew York MetsEast1st77–622007Brevard County ManateesMilwaukee BrewersEast1st74–622008 Dunedin Blue JaysToronto Blue JaysWest1st85–532009Fort Myers MiracleMinnesota TwinsSouth1st80–582010Charlotte Stone CrabsTampa Bay RaysSouth1st80–592011Dunedin Blue JaysToronto Blue JaysNorth1st79–612012St. Lucie MetsNew York MetsSouth1st83–522013Fort Myers MiracleMinnesota TwinsSouth1st79–562014 Dunedin Blue JaysToronto Blue JaysNorth1st77–612015Clearwater ThreshersPhiladelphia PhilliesNorth1st79–582016Tampa YankeesNew York YankeesNorth2nd77–582017Tampa YankeesNew York YankeesNorth1st85–502018Palm Beach CardinalsSt. Louis CardinalsSouth1st75–582019Dunedin Blue JaysToronto Blue JaysNorth1st80–552020 2021Bradenton MaraudersPittsburgh PiratesWest2nd71–482022Fort Myers Mighty MusselsMinnesota TwinsWest1st69–592023Lakeland Flying TigersDetroit TigersWest3rd70–612024Palm Beach CardinalsSt. Louis CardinalsEast1st83–472025Lakeland Flying TigersDetroit TigersWest1st75–532026Clearwater ThreshersPhiladelphia PhilliesWest2nd74–55
Notes The Finish column indicates final position in the divisional standings. The Record column indicates wins and losses during the regular season and excludes any post-season play.
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