Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds was...
Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds was voted manager of the year by the United Press International.
Rose, in his first full season as player-manager of the Reds, edged Whitey Herzog of the St. Louis Cardinals, 12-10, in balloting conducted among 26 UPI baseball correspondents.
Tom Lasorda of the Dodgers picked up two votes, and New York’s Dave Johnson and Pittsburgh’s Chuck Tanner each got one vote.
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