CLEVELAND — Cleveland Guardians’ Manager Terry Francona was chosen as the American League Manager of the Year Tuesday evening.
Francona beat out Baltimore’s Brandon Hyde and Seattle’s Scott Servais.
The 63-year-old manager guided the Guardians to their sixth Postseason appearance during his ten-year tenure, including five trips in the last seven campaigns since 2016.
The 2022 club had the youngest roster in the MLB, posting a AL Central Division-winning record of 92-70 (.568), marking the first time in league history a team qualified for postseason play as baseball’s youngest team and eigth overall in MLB history.
The 2022 club claimed its 11th division title since the A.L. Central’s inception in 1994. In 2022, the Guardians saw 17 rookies make their MLB debuts.
Since 2013, Francona has guided the Guardians to the A.L.’s second best win pct., behind only the New York Yankees.
He remains the club’s all-time leader in tenure, 10 seasons, and wins, 845, and is 16th in MLB history with 1,874 career managerial wins.
This is the third time the award has been earned by Francona throughout his tenure with Cleveland. He received it in 2013 and 2016 previously. He is the only manager in club history to win the award multiple times.
