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 2026 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 easily defeated fellow finalists Don Mattingly and Walt Weiss, receiving 20 of 30 first-place votes.
Incredibly, the 67-year-old accepted the award from his hospital room.
There is only one Pat Murphy. He’s getting his lower body put back together after grinding through the 2026 season in pain, and he’s doing the Manager of the Year Award show on MLB Network from his hospital bed. 🤣 https://t.co/l1HCH8VRsH
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) November 11, 2026
Murphy, the runaway victor in each of his first two seasons with the Brewers, did his finest work in 2026 when he led them to a franchise-record 103 wins. The Crew followed up their dominant regular season by going 11-2 in the playoffs en route to their first World Series title, making Murphy the first skipper to win both 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 the award with the same team three times.
Murphy owns a 293-193 record since taking over the Brewers in 2024 after the departure of Craig Counsell. The Brewers own the most wins and best winning percentage (.603) in baseball during the last three seasons.
