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Pat Murphy Wins Third Straight NL Manager of the Year, Will Venable Takes AL Honor

Milwaukee's Pat Murphy became the first manager to win the award three years in a row. Chicago's Will Venable won in the American League after taking the White Sox from record losses to the playoffs.

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Pat Murphy Wins Third Straight NL Manager of the Year, Will Venable Takes AL Honor

Key points

  • Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy won the National League Manager of the Year award on Tuesday night, becoming the first manager in either league to win it three years in a row.
  • The Baseball Writers' Association of America announced both winners on MLB Network.
  • Murphy turns 68 on Nov 28, and he did his MLB Network interviews before and after the announcement from a hospital bed while recovering from hip replacement surgery.

Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy won the National League Manager of the Year award on Tuesday night, becoming the first manager in either league to win it three years in a row. Chicago White Sox manager Will Venable won the American League award, completing a night that rewarded the two most unlikely success stories of the 2026 season.

The Baseball Writers' Association of America announced both winners on MLB Network. Murphy received 20 of 30 first-place votes and 124 points. Walt Weiss of Atlanta finished second with seven first-place votes and 86 points. Don Mattingly of Philadelphia was the other NL finalist, with one first-place vote and 25 points. Venable received 15 of 30 first-place votes and 111 points. Kevin Cash of Tampa Bay was second with 12 first-place votes and 98 points, and Chad Tracy of Boston took three first-place votes and 47 points. The balloting was conducted before the postseason.

A third straight award, accepted from a hospital bed

Murphy turns 68 on Nov 28, and he did his MLB Network interviews before and after the announcement from a hospital bed while recovering from hip replacement surgery. The award caps a season in which Milwaukee won the NL Central for the third straight year under him, led the majors with a franchise-record 103 regular season wins, swept the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS and beat Tampa Bay in a five-game World Series for the first title in franchise history.

The Manager of the Year award was first given in 1983, and no manager had won it three years running before Murphy. He is now one win away from tying Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Buck Showalter for the most Manager of the Year awards of all time, Sports Illustrated noted.

Venable and the White Sox turnaround

Venable's award rests on the sharpest turnaround in the league. The White Sox became the first team in MLB history to reach the playoffs after consecutive 100-loss seasons. Chicago went 84-78 in 2026 and made the playoffs for the first time since 2021. Venable took over in 2025 after the club lost a record 121 games in 2024, and his first season finished 60-102. One year later the same club was playing October baseball.

He is the first White Sox manager to win the award since Ozzie Guillen in 2005, and the sixth in club history, according to Sports Illustrated.

Awards week continues

The announcements continue on a fixed schedule. The Cy Young and Reliever of the Year winners are announced on Wednesday Nov 11, and the MVP winners follow on Thursday Nov 12, completing BBWAA awards week. The Manager of the Year results follow the Rookie of the Year announcement earlier in the week, and like those awards, they were decided by ballots cast before the playoffs began, so Milwaukee's World Series run and Chicago's postseason place did not count in the voting.

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