Washington Nationals manager Matt Williams officially won the 2014 NL Manager of the Year award Tuesday night with 18 of the 30 first place votes. Williams bested fellow finalists Clint Hurdle of the Pirates and Bruce Bochy of the Giants to win the award.
Matt Williams wins 2014 NL Manager of the Year award
In his first year as Nationals manager, Matt Williams is named the NL’s Manager of the Year.
Thearon W. Henderson
In his first season at the helm in Washington (and first as a MLB manager), Williams led the Nationals to a 96-66 record and the NL East title. The Nats finished 2014 tied with the NL’s best record before the Giants upset them in four games in the NLDS. Washington won 10 more games this season than in 2013, with Williams helping the club reclaim supremacy in the NL East.
Williams becomes the second manager in Nationals history to be named Manager of the Year after Davey Johnson earned the award back in 2012 when he led the Nats to a 98-64 record.
The voting process occurred prior to the postseason, so Bochy was not rewarded for leading the Giants to another World Series title.
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