No surprise here. Jim Leyland walked away with the manager of the year after leading the Tigers to a surprising 95 wins in 2006. He joins Sparky Anderson and Tony LaRussa as managers who have won the award in both league and he’s the first Tiger manager to win it since Sparky Anderson won the award back in 1987. Leyland receive 19 of the 28 first place votes and the remaining nine went to Twins manager Rod Gardenhire.
I thought I read an article that said Cox and LaRussa are the only ones to win it in both leagues.
--Posted by Matt on November 16th, 2006 at 8:51 am