Joe Maddon has won his third Manager of the Year
award, earning his first in the NL after guiding the Chicago Cubs
to their first postseason berth since 2008.
Maddon got nine first-place votes for 124 points from the Baseball
Writers' Association of America in balloting announced Tuesday.
Maddon becomes the seventh manager to win the award three times and
the seventh to earn it in both leagues. He won the AL award with
Tampa Bay in 2008 and '11.
With NL Rookie of the Year Kris Bryant anchoring a youthful lineup,
Maddon's Cubs won 97 games, good for third-best record in the
majors this year - and third place in the Central. Chicago beat
Pittsburgh in the wild-card game before losing to the New York Mets
in the NL Championship Series.
Texas' Jeff Banister was given the AL honor, the fifth first-year
big league manager to win the award.