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).
| Sport | Baseball |
|---|---|
| League | Florida State League |
| Awarded for | Best regular season manager in the Florida State League |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Florida State League |
| History | |
| First award | Omar Malavé (2004) |
| Most wins | Omar Malavé (3) |
| Most recent | René Rivera (2025) |
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
