Cleveland Guardians’ manager Stephen Vogt was named American League Manager of the Year.
This election marks the third time in the American League and the 10th time overall that the award went to someone who was in his first season as a major league manager. The other first-year AL winners were the Rangers’ Jeff Banister (2015) and the Twins’ Rocco Baldelli (2019). There have been seven first-year winners in the National League: the Astros’ Hal Lanier (1986), the Giants’ Dusty Baker (1993), the Marlins’ Joe Girardi (2006), the Nationals’ Matt Williams (2014), the Dodgers’ Dave Roberts (2016), the Diamondbacks’ Torey Lovullo (2017) and the Marlins’ Skip Schumaker (2023).
It marks the fifth time a Cleveland manager has been honored. Vogt joins three-time winner Terry Francona (2013, 2016, 2022) and Eric Wedge (2007).
Vogt was the only manager named on every ballot.
Ballots were cast before the start of the postseason. They are tabulated on a system that rewards five points for first place, three points for second place and one point for third place.
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Vogt, Guardians | 27 | 2 | 1 | 142 |
| Matt Quatraro, Royals | 2 | 19 | 6 | 73 |
| A.J. Hinch, Tigers | 1 | 6 | 18 | 41 |
| Joe Espada, Astros | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| Aaron Boone, Yankees | 1 | 3 | ||
| Mark Kotsay, Athletics | 1 | 3 | ||
| Rocco Baldelli, Twins | 1 | 1 | ||
| Alex Cora, Red Sox | 1 | 1 |
Below is a breakdown of the 30 individual ballots, submitted by two writers representing each city in the American League. For more information on the voting, see our Voting FAQ.
| Name | Affiliation | Chapter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roch Kubatko | MASNsports.com | BAL | Quatraro | Vogt | Hinch |
| Noah Trister | The Associated Press | BAL | Vogt | Quatraro | Hinch |
| Sean McAdam | MassLive.com | BOS | Vogt | Quatraro | Hinch |
| Chad Jennings | The Athletic | BOS | Vogt | Quatraro | Hinch |
| Vinnie Duber | CHGO | CHI | Vogt | Hinch | Quatraro |
| Bruce Levine | WSCR Radio / 670the Score.com | CHI | Vogt | Quatraro | Espada |
| Tom Withers | Associated Press | CLE | Vogt | Quatraro | Hinch |
| Joe Noga | cleveland.com | CLE | Vogt | Quatraro | Hinch |
| Evan Woodbery | MLive | DET | Vogt | Quatraro | Hinch |
| Cody Stavenhagen | The Athletic | DET | Hinch | Vogt | Quatraro |
| Jesus Linares | Pelota Brava | HOU | Vogt | Hinch | Espada |
| Javier Gonzalez | Pelota Cubana USA | HOU | Vogt | Espada | Quatraro |
| Pete Grathoff | Kansas City Star | KC | Vogt | Quatraro | Hinch |
| Joe Posnanski | JoeBlogs | KC | Vogt | Quatraro | Hinch |
| Doug Padilla | Field Level Media | LA | Vogt | Quatraro | Hinch |
| Joe Reedy | The Associated Press | LA | Vogt | Quatraro | Hinch |
| Do-Hyoung Park | MLB.com | MIN | Vogt | Hinch | Quatraro |
| Phil Miller | Minnesota Star Tribune | MIN | Vogt | Hinch | Quatraro |
| Chris Kirschner | The Athletic | NY | Vogt | Quatraro | Hinch |
| Pete Caldera | Bergen Record | NY | Vogt | Quatraro | Espada |
| Steve Kroner | San Francisco Chronicle | OAK | Vogt | Kotsay | Quatraro |
| Melissa Lockard | The Athletic | OAK | Vogt | Hinch | Cora |
| Bob Condotta | Seattle Times | SEA | Vogt | Quatraro | Hinch |
| Maury Brown | At Large | SEA | Vogt | Boone | Hinch |
| Marc Topkin | Tampa Bay Times | TB | Vogt | Quatraro | Hinch |
| Adam Berry | MLB.com | TB | Vogt | Quatraro | Hinch |
| Stefan Stevenson | Rangers On SI | TEX | Quatraro | Hinch | Vogt |
| Lawrence Dow | Dallas-Fort Worth Media | TEX | Vogt | Quatraro | Baldelli |
| Julia Kreuz | MLB.com | TOR | Vogt | Quatraro | Hinch |
| Kaitlyn McGrath | The Athletic | TOR | Vogt | Quatraro | Hinch |