Manager of the Year Award

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Major League Baseball award sports award

The Manager of the Year Award is a Major League Baseball honor given annually to the most outstanding managers in each league based on their teams’ performance and leadership.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Manager of the Year Award canonical	8
Manager of the Year	1
Manager of the Year award	1
Sporting News Manager of the Year	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1100934 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Manager of the Year Award
Context triple: [Jim Leyland, awardReceived, Manager of the Year Award]

A. LMA Manager of the Year
The LMA Manager of the Year is an annual award presented by the League Managers Association to the football manager judged to have been the best in English football across all divisions for that season.
B. National League Manager of the Year
The National League Manager of the Year is an annual Major League Baseball award recognizing the most outstanding manager in the National League during the regular season.
C. Most Valuable Player award
The Most Valuable Player award in Major League Soccer is an annual honor given to the league’s top-performing player over the regular season.
D. SEC Player of the Year
The SEC Player of the Year is an annual honor recognizing the most outstanding college basketball player in the Southeastern Conference.
E. American League Manager of the Year
The American League Manager of the Year is a Major League Baseball award given annually to the most outstanding manager in the American League, as voted on by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Manager of the Year Award
Target entity description: The Manager of the Year Award is a Major League Baseball honor given annually to the most outstanding managers in each league based on their teams’ performance and leadership.

A. LMA Manager of the Year
The LMA Manager of the Year is an annual award presented by the League Managers Association to the football manager judged to have been the best in English football across all divisions for that season.
B. National League Manager of the Year
The National League Manager of the Year is an annual Major League Baseball award recognizing the most outstanding manager in the National League during the regular season.
C. Most Valuable Player award
The Most Valuable Player award in Major League Soccer is an annual honor given to the league’s top-performing player over the regular season.
D. SEC Player of the Year
The SEC Player of the Year is an annual honor recognizing the most outstanding college basketball player in the Southeastern Conference.
E. American League Manager of the Year
The American League Manager of the Year is a Major League Baseball award given annually to the most outstanding manager in the American League, as voted on by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball award ⓘ sports award ⓘ
appliesToRole	team manager ⓘ
awardedFor	managerial leadership ⓘ most outstanding manager in each league ⓘ team performance ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
criteria	regular-season performance only ⓘ
decisionTiming	after conclusion of regular season ⓘ
eligibility	Major League Baseball managers ⓘ
field	professional sports ⓘ
firstAwarded	1983 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
governingBody	Major League Baseball ⓘ
hasCategory	American League Manager of the Year Award ⓘ linked to: American League Manager of the Year National League Manager of the Year Award ⓘ linked to: National League Manager of the Year
hasGenderRestriction	no ⓘ
hasMediaCoverage	national sports media in the United States ⓘ
hasRecognitionType	individual achievement ⓘ
inception	1983 ⓘ
isBasedOn	improvement over previous season ⓘ overcoming adversity ⓘ regular-season team record ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
league	Major League Baseball ⓘ
notableFact	Bobby Cox has won the award four times ⓘ linked to: Bobby Cox Tony La Russa has won the award four times ⓘ linked to: Tony La Russa
notableMultipleTimeWinner	Bobby Cox ⓘ Buck Showalter ⓘ Dusty Baker ⓘ Jim Leyland ⓘ Joe Maddon ⓘ Tony La Russa ⓘ
numberOfWinnersPerSeason	2 ⓘ
partOf	Major League Baseball annual awards ⓘ linked to: Major League Baseball awards
presentedIn	American League ⓘ National League ⓘ
presenter	Baseball Writers’ Association of America ⓘ linked to: Baseball Writers' Association of America
relatedAward	Cy Young Award ⓘ Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ Rookie of the Year Award ⓘ
scope	major league level ⓘ
selectionMethod	voting by Baseball Writers’ Association of America members ⓘ
sport	baseball ⓘ
typicalAnnouncementMedium	press release ⓘ sports television networks ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jim Leyland → awardReceived → Manager of the Year Award ⓘ

Major League Baseball awards → hasComponent → Manager of the Year Award ⓘ

National League Manager of the Year → relatedAward → Manager of the Year Award ⓘ

Cy Young Award → relatedAward → Manager of the Year Award ⓘ

Major League Baseball manager → canReceive → Manager of the Year Award ⓘ

subject linked to: Major League Baseball managers

Clint Hurdle → awardReceived → Sporting News Manager of the Year ⓘ

subject linked to: Clinton Merrick Hurdle

linked to: Manager of the Year Award

Robert Joseph Cox → awardReceived → Manager of the Year Award ⓘ

Chuck Tanner Baseball Manager of the Year Award → category → Manager of the Year award ⓘ

subject linked to: Chuck Tanner Baseball Manager of the Year Award named in his honor

linked to: Manager of the Year Award

BBWAA voting → hasNotableAwardCategory → Manager of the Year ⓘ

linked to: Manager of the Year Award

Major League Baseball MVP Award → hasRelatedAward → Manager of the Year Award ⓘ

National League regular season → awardsInfluenced → Manager of the Year Award ⓘ

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