Pat Murphy Claims Third Straight NL Manager of the Year Award While Recovering in Hospital

WHO:

MLB.com - Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy, 67, won the National League Manager of the Year Award for the third consecutive season.

MLB.com - Runners-up were Atlanta Braves manager Walt Weiss and Philadelphia Phillies manager Don Mattingly.

MLB.com - The Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) conducted the voting; 30 writers, two representing each National League market, submitted ballots.

BBWAA - Murphy is the 10th manager to win the award at least three times and the only Brewers manager to win it.

MLB.com - Murphy credited Brewers ownership, baseball operations officials, his coaching staff and players for the team’s success.

WHAT:

MLB.com - Murphy received 20 first-place votes, seven second-place votes and three third-place votes, totaling 124 points. He was the only manager named on all 30 ballots.

MLB.com - Weiss received seven first-place, 16 second-place and three third-place votes, totaling 86 points. Mattingly received one first-place, three second-place and 11 third-place votes, totaling 25 points.

BBWAA - The voting awards five points for first place, three for second and one for third.

MLB.com - Murphy led Milwaukee to a franchise-record and Major League-best 103 regular-season victories. The Brewers then won the World Series; postseason results did not count toward the award.

MLB.com - Murphy accepted the award in a television appearance from a hospital bed after undergoing right hip replacement surgery.

MLB.com - Murphy said, “You have to have a belief system. You do have to believe,” and described his guiding mantra as “Win tonight.”

WHERE:

MLB.com - Murphy appeared on MLB Network from Milwaukee’s Froedtert Hospital.

WHY:

MLB.com - Murphy had played through pain during the season and postponed knee and hip surgeries because he needed emergency back surgery.

MLB.com - His award recognized the Brewers’ regular-season performance; ballots were submitted before postseason play.

HOW:

MLB.com - Murphy’s three consecutive wins made him the first manager in either league to win the award in three straight seasons since it was introduced in 1983.

BBWAA - Before Murphy, four managers had won the award in consecutive years: Bobby Cox, Kevin Cash, Stephen Vogt and Murphy’s predecessor among that group, as listed by the BBWAA.

Pat Murphy won his third straight National League Manager of the Year award, a historic streak. He led Milwaukee to a major-league-best 103 regular-season victories, then the Brewers won the World Series. Murphy accepted the award from a Milwaukee hospital bed after right hip replacement surgery.