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NEW YORK (AP) — Terry Francona of the Cleveland Indians has won the American League Manager of the Year award after guiding a team beset by injuries and drug suspensions to a surprising first-place finish.
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Voting by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America was completed at the end of the regular season. The award was announced Tuesday on MLB Network.
READ MORE: Dallas Cowboys Reach Multi-Year Deal With Star Quarterback Dak PrescottFrancona got 22 of the 30 first-place votes. Texas’ Jeff Banister, who won last year, was second and Baltimore’s Buck Showalter was third.
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The 57-year-old Francona was honored for the second time. He was the AL Manager of the Year in 2013 after his first season with Cleveland.
Francona also guided Boston to a pair of World Series championships.
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