Courtesy Kirsten Schmitt/Milwaukee Brewers
Milwaukee Brewers’ manager Pat Murphy won the National League Manager of the Year award for a record third consecutive season.
Murphy is the 10th manager to win the award three or more times and the first to do so in three consecutive seasons. He had been one of four managers honored two years in a row. The Braves’ Bobby Cox won in the National League in 2004 and ‘05. The Rays’ Kevin Cash won the American League award in 2020 and ‘21 and the Guardians’ Stephen Vogt did so in 2024 and 2025.
Cox, Tony La Russa and Buck Showalter share the record with four victories apiece. Cox won in the AL with the Blue Jays in 1985 and in the NL with the Braves in 1991, 2004 and 2005. La Russa won in the AL with the White Sox in 1983, with the Athletics in 1988 and 1992 and in the NL with the Cardinals in 2002. Showalter won in the AL with the Yankees in 1994, the Rangers in 2004 and the Orioles in 2014 and in the NL with the Mets in 2022.
Murphy joins other three-time winners Dusty Baker in the NL with the Giants in 1993, 1997 and 2000; Jim Leyland in the NL with the Pirates in 1990 and 1992 and in the AL with the Tigers in 2006; Joe Maddon in the AL with the Rays in 2008 and 2011 and in the NL with the Cubs in 2015; Lou Piniella in the AL with the Mariners in 1995 and 2001 and in the NL with the Cubs in 2008; Bob Melvin in the AL with the Athletics in 2012 and 2018 and in the NL with the Diamondbacks in 2007 and Terry Francona in the AL with Cleveland in 2013, 2016 and 2022.
Murphy, the only manager to be named on all ballots, is the lone Brewers skipper to have won the award. His predecessor in Milwaukee, Craig Counsell, now with the Cubs, finished second four times.
Ballots were submitted prior to postseason play. They are tabulated on a system that awards five points for first place, three points for second place and one point for third place.
2026 NL Manager of the Year
1st2nd3rdPoints
Pat Murphy, Brewers2073124
Walt Weiss, Braves716386
Don Mattingly, Phillies131125
Craig Stammen, Padres211124
Dave Roberts, Dodgers217
Craig Counsell, Cubs13
Don Kelly, Pirates11
Below is a breakdown of the 30 individual ballots, submitted by two writers representing each city in the National League. For more information on the voting, see our Voting FAQ.
NameAffiliation Chapter1st2nd3rd
JJ CooperBaseball AmericaATL Murphy Weiss Roberts
Jason FosterSport & StateATL Weiss Murphy Mattingly
Jose RomeroUSA TodayAZ Murphy Roberts Kelly
Jack MagruderAt LargeAZ Weiss Murphy Stammen
Tony AndrackiCHGOCHI Murphy Weiss Stammen
Steve GreenbergChicago Sun-TimesCHI Murphy Weiss Stammen
Jason WilliamsCincinnati EnquirerCIN Murphy Mattingly Weiss
Gary SchatzBBWAACIN Murphy Counsell Stammen
Pat GrahamAssociated PressCOL Murphy Weiss Stammen
Jack EtkinAt LargeCOL Weiss Murphy Mattingly
Jack HarrisCalifornia PostLA Murphy Roberts Stammen
Kazumasa MasuyoshiKyodo NewsLA Murphy Weiss Stammen
Santos A. PerezFreelance baseball writer Associated PressMIA Weiss Murphy Mattingly
Maria MontesEl ExtrabaseMIA Weiss Mattingly Murphy
Adam McCalvyMLB.comMIL Murphy Stammen Weiss
JR RadcliffeMilwaukee Journal SentinelMIL Murphy Weiss Mattingly
Mike PumaNew York PostNY Weiss Murphy Mattingly
Laura AlbaneseNewsdayNY Weiss Mattingly Murphy
Jim SalisburyNBC Sports PhiladelphiaPHI Murphy Weiss Mattingly
Paul CasellaMLB.comPHI Murphy Weiss Mattingly
Will GravesAssociated PressPIT Murphy Weiss Mattingly
Jim LachimiaBaseball DigestPIT Murphy Weiss Mattingly
Tom KrasovicSan Diego Union TribuneSD Stammen Murphy Weiss
John MaffeiSan Diego Union-TribueSD Stammen Murphy Mattingly
Evan WebeckCalifornia PostSF Mattingly Weiss Murphy
Kerry CrowleyThe San Francisco StandardSF Murphy Weiss Stammen
Joe HarrisAssociated PressSTL Murphy Weiss Stammen
Rob RainsSTLSportsPage.comSTL Murphy Weiss Mattingly
Kyle WilliamsThe BannerWAS Murphy Weiss Stammen
Savannah McCannAt LargeWAS Murphy Weiss Stammen