Wade Boggs — voted by MLB fans as the most outstanding player in the history of the franchise, based on on-field performance, leadership quality, and character value.[2]
^ abcIn 1936, The Sporting News began The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award. (In 1986, TSN expanded the award to one for each league.) In 1959, the Associated Press began its AP Manager of the Year Award, which was discontinued in 2001. (From 1984 to 2000, the award was given to one manager in all of MLB.) In 1983, MLB began its own Manager of the Year Award (in each league). In 1998, Baseball Prospectus added a Manager of the Year award to its "Internet Baseball Awards" (one per league). In or about 2000, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum began its Charles Isham "C. I." Taylor Legacy Award for "Managers of the Year". In 2003, MLB added a Manager of the Year award (for all of MLB) to its This Year in Baseball Awards. In 2007, the Rotary Club of Pittsburgh began its Chuck Tanner Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award (for all of MLB). (In 2010, it began a separate Chuck Tanner Collegiate Baseball Manager of the Year Award.) Baseball America also has a Manager of the Year award (for all of MLB). USA Today has a Manager of the Year award (one per league).
^Mark Newman (September 27, 2006). "And the Hometown Heroes are ..." MLB.com. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
^Topkin, Marc (December 22, 2008). "Built To Last: Our Organization of the Year should have staying power". Baseball America Inc. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
^"Awards". Tampa Bay Rays official website. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
External linksedit
Awards. Tampa Bay Rays official website
Single Game Records. Tampa Bay Rays official website