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Florida State League Manager of the Year Award

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The Florida State League Manager of the Year Award is an annual award given to the best manager in minor league baseball's Florida State League. In 2004, Omar Malavé won the first ever Florida State League Manager of the Year Award. Malavé is also the only manager to have won the award multiple times (2004, 2008, and 2014).

Awarded forBest regular season manager in the Florida State League
CountryUnited States
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Florida State League
Manager of the Year Award
SportBaseball
LeagueFlorida State League
Awarded forBest regular season manager in the Florida State League
CountryUnited States
Presented byFlorida State League
History
First awardOmar Malavé (2004)
Most winsOmar Malavé (3)
Most recentRené Rivera (2025)
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Five managers from the Dunedin Blue Jays have been selected for the Manager of the Year Award, more than any other teams in the league, followed by the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels (4); the Lakeland Flying Tigers, Palm Beach Cardinals, St. Lucie Mets, and Tampa Yankees (2); the Bradenton Marauders, Brevard County Manatees, Charlotte Stone Crabs, and Clearwater Threshers (1).

Five managers from the Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball (MLB) organization have won the Manager of the Year Award, more than any other, followed by the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins organizations (3); the New York Mets, New York Yankees, and St. Louis Cardinals organizations (2); and the Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Tampa Bay Rays organizations (1).

Key

(#)
Number of wins by managers who have won the award multiple times
*
Indicates league champions[1]

Winners

Doug Mientkiewicz, 2013 Florida State League Manager of the Year
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YearWinnerTeamOrganizationDivisionFinish[a]Record[b]Ref(s).
2004 Omar Malavé (1) Dunedin Blue Jays Toronto Blue Jays West 1st 76–57 [2][3]
2005 Mike Rojas Lakeland Tigers Detroit Tigers West 1st 85–48 [4][5]
2006 Gary Carter St. Lucie Mets* New York Mets East 1st 77–62 [6][7]
2007 John Tamargo Brevard County Manatees Milwaukee Brewers East 1st 74–62 [8][9]
2008 Omar Malavé (2) Dunedin Blue Jays Toronto Blue Jays West 1st 85–53 [2][10]
2009 Jeff Smith Fort Myers Miracle Minnesota Twins South 1st 80–58 [11][12]
2010 Jim Morrison Charlotte Stone Crabs Tampa Bay Rays South 1st 80–59 [13][14]
2011 Clayton McCullough Dunedin Blue Jays Toronto Blue Jays North 1st 79–61 [15][16]
2012 Ryan Ellis St. Lucie Mets New York Mets South 1st 83–52 [17][18]
2013 Doug Mientkiewicz Fort Myers Miracle Minnesota Twins South 1st 79–56 [19][20]
2014 Omar Malavé (3) Dunedin Blue Jays Toronto Blue Jays North 1st 77–61 [2][21]
2015 Greg Legg Clearwater Threshers Philadelphia Phillies North 1st 79–58 [22][23]
2016 Pat Osborn Tampa Yankees New York Yankees North 2nd 77–58 [24][25]
2017 Jay Bell Tampa Yankees New York Yankees North 1st 85–50 [26][27]
2018 Dann Bilardello Palm Beach Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals South 1st 75–58 [28][29]
2019 Cesar Martin Dunedin Blue Jays Toronto Blue Jays North 1st 80–55 [30][31]
2020 None selected (season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic) [32]
2021 Jonathan Johnston Bradenton Marauders* Pittsburgh Pirates West 2nd 71–48 [33][34][35]
2022 Brian Meyer Fort Myers Mighty Mussels Minnesota Twins West 1st 69–59 [36][37][38]
2023 Andrew Graham Lakeland Flying Tigers Detroit Tigers West 3rd 70–61 [39][40]
2024 Gary Kendall Palm Beach Cardinals* St. Louis Cardinals East 1st 83–47 [41][42]
2025 René Rivera Lakeland Flying Tigers* Detroit Tigers West 1st 75–53 [43][44]
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Notes

  • a The Finish column indicates final position in the divisional standings.
  • b The Record column indicates wins and losses during the regular season and excludes any post-season play.

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