Buck Showalter is AL's top manager
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Baltimore Orioles skipper Buck Showalter was chosen American League Manager of the Year.
This is Showalter's third Manager of the Year award, having previously won in 1994 and 2004. He is the fifth manager with three or more Manager of the Year awards.
Showalter received 25 first-place votes. Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia and Kansas City Royals skipper Ned Yost finished second and third, respectively, in the voting conducted by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
The Orioles won the AL East, winning 96 games, and swept the Tigers in the AL Division Series. It was the franchise's first AL East title since 1997.
Showalter is the first Orioles manager to win the award since Davey Johnson in 1997.
Schowalter and the Orioles had to overcome key injuries to catcher Matt Wieters and third baseman Manny Machado this season. First baseman Chris Davis was suspended 25 games that carried into the postseason for a failed drug test.
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