After piloting the third-place Rangers (89-73) to an 18 game improvement from the previous season, Buck Showalter wins his second American League Manager of the Year Award. The former Yankee manager also copped the honor in 1994, piloting the Bronx Bombers in the strike-shorten season.

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After piloting the third-place Rangers (89-73) to an 18 game improvement from the previous season, Buck Showalter wins his second American League Manager of the Year Award. The former Yankee manager also copped the honor in 1994, piloting the Bronx Bombers in the strike-shorten season.

9 Players are inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame including Wade Boggs and Dennis Eckersley
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9 Players are inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame including Wade Boggs and Dennis Eckersley

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Bill Carrigan, skipper of the 1915-16 World Series champion teams, infielders Billy Goodman (1947-57) and Pete Runnels (1958-62), southpaw Bruce Hurst (1980-88), Pawtucket Red Sox owner Ben Mondor, and former GM Haywood Sullivan are inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame. Also enshrined for their contributions to the team are Cooperstown Hall of Famers Wade Boggs (1982-92), Jimmy Collins (1901-07), and right-hander Dennis Eckersley (1978-84).

The BBWAA selects Bobby Cox as the National League Manager of the Year. Although the team lost Greg Maddux, Gary Sheffield, Javy López and Vinny Castilla to free agency, the Atlanta Braves, with a 96-58 record under Cox, still captured their 13th straight, and unexpected, NL East division flag.

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The BBWAA selects Bobby Cox as the National League Manager of the Year. Although the team lost Greg Maddux, Gary Sheffield, Javy López and Vinny Castilla to free agency, the Atlanta Braves, with a 96-58 record under Cox, still captured their 13th straight, and unexpected, NL East division flag.

Buck Showalter wins his second American League Manager of the Year Award, after piloting the Rangers to an 89-73 record – an 18-game improvement from the previous season. He also copped the honor in 1994, managing the Yankees.

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Buck Showalter wins his second American League Manager of the Year Award, after piloting the Rangers to an 89-73 record – an 18-game improvement from the previous season. He also copped the honor in 1994, managing the Yankees.