Thursday, February 11, 2021

1952 MLB Manager of the Year

 By JT 

In 1952 it was the Mighty Casey again who won the Associated Press (AP) MLB Manager of the Year. Eddie Stanky was second in the voting and the AP stated that "gave Stanky the title of National League Manager of the Year". 

Stanky also was The Sporting News winner of Manager of the Year, thus he and Stengel share the "Consensus Manager of the Year" title.

So, I suppose that sets the precedent, no? The highest vote-getting in the opposite league as the winner of an AP Award is that league's Manager, or whatever if the Award is combined. Interesting.

Regardless, Casey Stengel is starting to rank up these awards, isn't he? So far, 1949 and 1952 with more coming and second-place finishes in 1950 and 1951.

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