Dave Roberts found a cure for a record-setting plague of injuries this season as the Los Angeles Dodgers’ first-year manager.

His rewards include being named National League Manager of the Year.

The son of an African-American Marine and Japanese-American mother, Roberts is one of just two African-American managers in Major League Baseball. The other African-American manager is Dusty Baker with the Washington Nationals.

Roberts received 16 of 30 first place votes from the Baseball Writers Association of America, outdistancing Baker and Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon for the honor.

Finishing fourth was New York Mets Manager Terry Collins, a resident of Brandermill in Chesterfield County.

The Dodgers went 91-71 under Roberts this season to win the NL West Division. The Dodgers then tacked on a divisional playoff series victory over the Washington Nationals before losing in the NL finals to the Chicago Cubs, the eventual World Series champs.

Along the way, a record 28 players were placed on the disabled list, including ace pitcher Clayton Kershaw, who was sidelined two months.

With a revolving roster, Roberts utilized 55 different players, including 31 pitchers, and made a record 606 in-game pitching changes.

Other men of color to win NL Manager of Year were Dusty Baker in 1993, 1997 and 2000 with the San Francisco Giants, Felipe Alou in 1994 with the Montreal Expos, and Don Baylor in 1995 with the Colorado Rockies.

Among American Leaguers, Frank Robinson won Manager of the Year in 1989 with the Baltimore Orioles; Jerry Manuel won in 2000 with the Chicago White Sox; the Kansas City Royals’ Tony Pena won in 2003; and Ozzie Guillen won in 2005 with the Chicago White Sox.