Pat Murphy wins NL Manager of the Year award ... from a hospital bed

Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

Pat Murphy wins historic third straight NL Manager of the Year award ... from a hospital bed

By Vanessa Serrao | Last updated Nov 10, 2026 10:20 PM ET

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.

Pat Murphy is the first person to win Manager of the Year in THREE CONSECUTIVE SEASONS! https://t.co/H2rTg2ixOB
— MLB (@MLB) November 11, 2026

Pat Murphy discusses what made the Brewers season special

Even more remarkable, he also accepted the honor on the MLB Network while in a hospital bed full of energy following hip replacement surgery this week.

Murphy's historic three-peat comes from him receiving 20 of 30 first-place votes from the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA).

Murphy talked about what made the Brewers season so special and how the players played with resilience and how everything aligned favorably for the Brewers.

“When the playoffs started, you saw the way they won games, how resilient they were, how they responded to every adversity,” Murphy said. “You just got this feeling, we could be destined to do this. ... The way these guys remained hungry and just wouldn't be denied."

The fact that they "remained hungry" also shows the Brewers' urgency that allowed them to play competitively against top-tier teams.

Hip replacement surgery could not stop Pat Murphy from accepting his third straight NL Manager of the Year Award! The @Brewers' skipper discusses what made this year's team so special, culminating in the first World Series win in franchise history. https://t.co/FlQEX0hHqX
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) November 11, 2026

Vanessa Serrao

Serrao is a freelance baseball writer who has covered all MLB teams, with particular expertise on the Toronto Blue Jays. She is a member of the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America.

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