Athletics skipper Bob Melvin is announced as the winner of the 2018 American League Manager of the Year Award
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OAKLAND -- A's skipper Bob Melvin was named American League Manager of the Year on Tuesday, taking home the distinguished Baseball Writers' Association of America Award for the third time in his celebrated managerial career.
Only seven other managers have claimed it as many times since its inception in 1983: Dusty Baker, Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa, Jim Leyland, Joe Maddon, Lou Piniella and Buck Showalter.