Add yet another record to Pat Murphy's historic run in the Milwaukee Brewers' dugout.
Murphy defended his crown once again Tuesday when he was named the National League Manager of the Year for a third straight season. He's the first skipper to three-peat in either league since the award was first handed out in 1983.
Murphy, the only manager to be named on all 30 ballots, received 20 first-place votes to easily defeat fellow finalists Don Mattingly and Walt Weiss.
The 67-year-old accepted the award from his hospital room, where he's recovering from hip surgery.
Pat Murphy accepted his third straight Manager of the Year award from a hospital bed after getting a hip replacement https://t.co/AdNFOcsDTR
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Murphy, the runaway victor in each of his first two seasons with the Brewers, did his finest work in 2026, leading them to a franchise-record 103 wins. The Brew Crew followed up their dominant regular season by going 11-2 in the playoffs en route to the franchise's first World Series title, making Murphy the first skipper to win this award and the championship in the same season since Ozzie Guillén in 2005.
Murphy - still the only Brewers manager to win the award - is the 10th three-time Manager of the Year recipient. He joins Terry Francona (Cleveland), Dusty Baker (Giants), and Hall of Famer Bobby Cox (Braves) as the fourth manager to win it with the same team three times. Only three skippers - Cox, Tony La Russa, and Buck Showalter - have won Manager of the Year four times.
Murphy owns a 293-193 record since taking over the Brewers in 2024 after the departure of Craig Counsell. The Brewers have the most wins and the best winning percentage (.603) in baseball during the last three seasons.
First-year San Diego Padres manager Craig Stammen finished fourth after receiving two first-place votes, while the Los Angeles Dodgers' Dave Roberts rounded out the top five. Counsell, now the Chicago Cubs' manager, and Pittsburgh's Don Kelly also received downballot votes.
