Pat Murphy keeps adding lines to a Brewers run that already looks historic, and Tuesday brought another one.
Murphy was named National League Manager of the Year for the third straight season, becoming the first manager to three-peat in either league since the award began in 1983. He was the only skipper listed on all 30 ballots and picked up 20 first-place votes, comfortably outpacing fellow finalists Don Mattingly and Walt Weiss.
The 67-year-old took the honor from a hospital room while recovering from hip surgery.
Murphy’s latest win comes after his biggest season yet in Milwaukee. He guided the Brewers to a franchise-record 103 wins in 2026, then watched them carry that momentum into October with an 11-2 playoff run that ended with the franchise’s first World Series title. That made Murphy the first manager to win Manager of the Year and the championship in the same season since Ozzie Guillén in 2005.
He remains the only Brewers manager to take home the award, and now he’s one of 10 three-time winners overall. Murphy joins Terry Francona, Dusty Baker and Hall of Famer Bobby Cox as the fourth manager to win the award three times with the same team. Only Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Buck Showalter have won it four times.
Since replacing Craig Counsell in 2024, Murphy has piled up a 293-193 record. Over that stretch, no team in baseball has won more games or posted a better winning percentage than Milwaukee, which sits at .603 over the last three seasons.
The rest of the voting had first-year San Diego Padres manager Craig Stammen in fourth place after collecting two first-place votes, with the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Dave Roberts finishing fifth. Counsell, now with the Chicago Cubs, and Pittsburgh’s Don Kelly also received downballot votes.
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