Previous winners of the NL Manager of the Year award:
1983 -- Tommy Lasorda, Los Angeles
1984 -- Jim Frey, Chicago
1985 -- Whitey Herzog, St. Louis
1986 -- Hal Lanier, Houston
1987 -- Buck Rodgers, Montreal
1988 -- Tommy Lasorda, Los Angeles
1989 -- Don Zimmer, Chicago
1990 -- Jim Leyland, Pittsburgh
1991 -- Bobby Cox, Atlanta
1992 -- Jim Leyland, Pittsburgh
1993 -- Dusty Baker, San Francisco
1994 -- Felipe Alou, Montreal
1995 -- Don Baylor, Colorado
1996 -- Bruce Bochy, San Diego
1997 -- Dusty Baker, San Francisco
1998 -- Larry Dierker, Houston
1999 -- Jack McKeon, Cincinnati