Brian Snitker, who guided Atlanta to a surprise division title in the NL East, won the National League Manager of the Year award Tuesday.
Snitker received 17 first-place votes, nine seconds and one third for 116 points, the only manager picked on every NL ballot.
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Milwaukee’s Craig Counsell was second with 11 firsts and for 99 points. Colorado’s Bud Black was third with 41 points.
A baseball lifer who played in Atlanta’s minor-league system from 1977 through ’80, Snitker, 63, has spent 42 seasons with the Braves, managing at every level and serving as the big-league third-base coach from 2007 through ’13.