Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy has made history by winning an unprecedented third consecutive NL Manager of the Year award. Meanwhile, Will Venable of the Chicago White Sox was named the AL Manager of the Year.
He’s also the 10th manager in either league to win at least three times since the award commenced in 1983, as Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel notes. Only Tony LaRussa, Bobby Cox and Buck Showalter have won four times.
He has recorded the most wins in the first three years of managing a team since Joe Torre (1996-98) for the New York Yankees. But it doesn’t stop there, as he is also the first manager since Ozzie Guillen in 2005 to win Manager of the Year and the World Series in the same season.
Murphy is well-deserving of the award. He helped lead the Brewers to a franchise-record and MLB-leading 103 regular-season wins. Capping off a dominant 2026 campaign, it was also marked by a stellar 11-2 postseason run that provided Milwaukee with its first World Series title.
