Mike Shildt of the St. Louis Cardinals was named National League Manager of the Year, marking just the second time in Manager of the Year voting that the winner did not receive the most first-place votes. The only other time was in the American League in 1995 when the Mariners’ Lou Piniella had nine first-place votes to 11 for the Red Sox’ Kevin Kennedy but won on total points, 86-74.

Shildt is the first Manager of the Year Award winner who did not play on the professional level. He is also the eighth winner not to have played in the major leagues. The others were three-time winners Jim Leyland, Joe Maddon and Buck Showalter, two-time winner Jack McKeon as well as Jim Frey, John McNamara and last year’s winner, Brian Snitker, who finished third in this year’s election.

Counsell was the runner-up for the second consecutive year, marking the fourth time in NL voting that a manager ran second two straight years, along with the Reds’ Davey Johnson in 1994 and ’95, the Cardinals’ Tony La Russa in 2004 and ’05 and the Phillies’ Charlie Manuel in 2007 and ’08. In the AL, the Athletics’ Art Howe finished second four consecutive years from 1999-2002. Other AL managers to finished second in consecutive years were the Twins’ Ron Gardenhire two times, in 2003 and ’04 and in 2008 and ’09, and the Royals’ Dick Howser in 1984 and ’85.

It marks the third time a Cardinals manager has been honored. The other St. Louis winners were Whitey Herzog in 1985 and La Russa in 2002.

The Brewers have never had a Manager of the year winner in either league. In addition to Counsell, other Brewers runners-up were Tom Trebelhorn in 1987 and Phil Garner in 1992 in the AL and Ron Roenicke in 2011 in the NL.

No manager was named on every ballot.

Ballots, submitted prior to postseason play, were cast by two writers in each league city. They are tabulated on a system that rewards five points for first place, three points for second place and one point for third place.



2019 NL Manager of the Year

Manager, Team 1st 2nd 3rd Points Mike Shildt, Cardinals 10 14 3 95 Craig Counsell, Brewers 13 6 5 88 Brian Snitker, Braves 3 6 12 45 Dave Roberts, Dodgers 4 1 2 25 Dave Martinez, Nationals 3 6 15 Torey Lovullo, Diamondbacks 2 2

Below is a breakdown of the 30 individual ballots, submitted by two writers representing each city in the National League. Note that in some cases (*), if there are not enough eligible voters in one chapter, a voter from another chapter will represent that city. For more information on the voting, see our Voting FAQ.



Name Affiliation Chapter 1st 2nd 3rd Cory McCartney FOXSportsSouth.com ATL Snitker Shildt Counsell Matthew Leach MLB.com ATL Roberts Snitker Counsell Richard Morin The Arizona Republic AZ Shildt Snitker Lovullo Jack Magruder Field Level Media AZ Counsell Shildt Lovullo Eugene McIntosh The Bigs Media CHI Roberts Shildt Snitker Jesse Rogers ESPN CHI Counsell Shildt Martinez Joe Kay Associated Press CIN Shildt Martinez Snitker Hal McCoy Dayton Daily News CIN Shildt Snitker Counsell Kyle Newman The Denver Post COL Shildt Snitker Martinez Manny Randhawa MLB.com COL Counsell Shildt Roberts Sam Miller ESPN LA Roberts Counsell Snitker Brian Golden Antelope Valley Press LA Roberts Snitker Shildt Joe Frisaro MLB.com MIA Snitker Shildt Counsell Jordan McPherson Miami Herald MIA Counsell Shildt Snitker Drew Olson iHeart Media Milwaukee MIL Counsell Shildt Snitker Tom Verducci SI.com *MIL Counsell Martinez Shildt Nathalie Alonso MLB.com NY Counsell Shildt Snitker Justin Toscano The Bergen Record NY Shildt Counsell Snitker Rob Maaddi The Associated Press PHI Counsell Shildt Snitker Scott Lauber Philadelphia Inquirer PHI Shildt Counsell Martinez Stephen J. Nesbitt The Athletic PIT Counsell Snitker Shildt Will Graves Associated Press PIT Counsell Martinez Snitker Jeff Sanders San Diego Union-Tribune SD Shildt Counsell Martinez Bryce Miller San Diego Union-Tribune SD Counsell Shildt Martinez John Shea San Francisco Chronicle SF Shildt Counsell Snitker Josh Dubow Associated Press SF Counsell Shildt Roberts Joe Ostermeier Belleville News-Democrat STL Shildt Roberts Snitker Rob Rains STLSportsPage.com STL Shildt Counsell Snitker Jamal Collier MLB.com WAS Counsell Shildt Martinez David Driver The Washington Times WAS Snitker Shildt Counsell