The International League Manager of the Year Award is an annual award given to the best manager in Minor League Baseball's International League based on their regular-season performance as voted on by league managers. Broadcasters, Minor League Baseball executives, members of the media, coaches, and other representatives from the league's clubs have previously voted as well. Though the circuit was founded in 1884, it did not become known as the International League on a consistent basis until 1912. The first Manager of the Year Award was not issued until 1967. After the cancellation of the 2020 season, the league was known as the Triple-A East in 2021 before reverting to the International League name in 2022.
Joe Altobelli is the only manager to win the award three times (1971, 1976, and 1980).
Johnny Oates, the 1988 winner, won the American League Manager of the Year Award in 1996.
Eric Wedge, who won in 2001, was the American League Manager of the Year in 2007.
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Welby Sheldon "Buddy" Bailey is an American professional baseball manager and former Major League coach with 45 years of experience in the game, 35 as a minor league manager. Bailey is currently manager for the Myrtle Beach Pelicans of the Carolina League. He has been a member of the Chicago Cubs' organization since 2006.
Bailey managing the Daytona Cubs in 2011