Brewers' Pat Murphy makes history with third straight Manager of the Year award from hospital bed

But after Murphy and the Brewers celebrated a five-game victory over the Tampa Bay Rays, the manager may not have been thinking about when the National League Manager of the Year award would be announced.On Tuesday, Murphy added another piece of hardware to his collection and etched his name into MLB history as the first manager from either league to win the award three consecutive years.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.

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I’m just sitting here," Murphy quipped during a call with reporters.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEMilwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy speaks to the media before Game 4 of baseball's National League Championship Series between the Brewers and the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday, Oct.15, 2026, in Los Angeles.

(AP Photo/Gregory Bull)The announcement came less than two weeks after the MLB postseason wrapped up and one day after Murphy underwent replacement surgery, a coincidence he said he never anticipated."The doctor gave me some dates and I just picked a date one day, and I had no idea that it was going to coincide.I wasn’t thinking in those terms," said Murphy, who turns 68 later this month.

"I was just thinking about what we had, task at hand.I mean, I probably picked it a month ago and obviously I picked it after the World Series was done, but I didn’t know we were going to be in the World Series at that time.

But I thought it was a safe date to do it."CHRISTIAN YELICH SAYS 'BREWER BALL' IS HARD TO REPLICATE FOR THIS SEASON AFTER WORLD SERIES TRIUMPHIn the American League, Will Venable won Manager of the Year honors after the Chicago White Sox became the first team in MLB history to reach the playoffs following consecutive 100-loss seasons.Chicago finished 84-78 this year.Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras ho...