The Chuck Tanner Baseball Manager of the Year Award is the original name for two awards that are given by the
Rotary Club
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of Pittsburgh,
[''Go to']
Rotary Club of Pittsburgh
official website ''and click on'' "Chuck Tanner Event". in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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. It is named for
Chuck Tanner
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, former
manager
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of the
Pittsburgh Pirates
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, and was first awarded on November 17, 2007, at the city's
Rivers Club.
[ For the first three years, the award was given to a manager in ]Major League Baseball
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. In 2010, a second award was presented to the "Chuck Tanner Collegiate Baseball Manager of the Year"; the original award was renamed the "Chuck Tanner Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award".
During the selection process, a major factor for the committee is each candidate's career achievement.Rotary Foundation
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programs.
Winners
Chuck Tanner Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award
:''See footnote''[''Go to']
Rotary Club of Pittsburgh
official website ''and'' first ''click on'' "Chuck Tanner Event" ''and then'' "Previous Winners".
Chuck Tanner Collegiate Baseball Manager of the Year Award
*2010 – Joe Jordano
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, University of Pittsburgh
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Penn State Greater Allegheny
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Point Park University
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See also
*Manager of the Year Award
In Major League Baseball, the Manager of the Year Award is an honor given annually since 1983 to two outstanding manager (baseball), managers, one each in the American League (AL) and the National League (baseball), National League (NL). The winne ...
*The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
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*MLB This Year in Baseball Awards
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Manager of the Year
* ''Baseball America'' Manager of the Year
* ''Baseball Prospectus'' Internet Baseball Awards Manager of the Year
*''Associated Press
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Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are dist ...
'' Manager of the Year ''(discontinued in 2001)''
* Honor Rolls of Baseball#Managers
* ''Sporting News'' Manager of the Decade (2009)
* ''Sports Illustrated'' MLB Manager of the Decade (2009)
* MLB All-Time Manager (1997; BBWAA)
*MLB all-time managerial wins
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* Baseball awards#U.S. major leagues: Awards by organizations other than MLB
* List of MLB awards
* List of college baseball awards#Coaching awards
* Baseball awards#U.S. college baseball
References
Further reading
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External links
Rotary Club of Pittsburgh
official website (''click on'' "Chuck Tanner Event")
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Rotary International
Baseball coaching awards in the United States
Sports in Pittsburgh