Pat Murphy just did something no manager had ever done.

The Milwaukee Brewers skipper was named National League Manager of the Year on Tuesday for the third straight season. He is the first to win the award three years in a row since it began in 1983.

Will Venable of the Chicago White Sox won the American League award after leading one of the most stunning turnarounds in baseball.

A runaway in the National League

Murphy received 20 first-place votes and 124 points from the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Walt Weiss of the Atlanta Braves was second with seven first-place votes and 86 points. Don Mattingly of the Philadelphia Phillies finished third.

Ballots are cast before the postseason. Still, Murphy's year only got better in October. The Brewers won a franchise-record 103 games, the most in the majors for the second straight season, then captured the first World Series title in team history.

Milwaukee did it after trading ace Freddy Peralta in the offseason. The Brewers leaned on a breakout year from Jacob Misiorowski and got a major league-high 80 starts from rookie pitchers. From Aug. 15 through the end of the playoffs, they went 39-13.

"They cared about each other. They set standards. They were undaunted when things weren't going well," Murphy said after winning the World Series.

Tough love that works

Murphy, 67, mixes tough love with one-liners. In August he pulled rookie Cooper Pratt from a game for failing to hustle into second base. Late in the season he even pinch-hit for his catcher after a lack of hustle on a grounder.

"I love the guy. I love that he's honest," said catcher William Contreras, the World Series MVP.

The Brewers promoted Murphy three years ago when he was about to turn 65. Longtime manager Craig Counsell had just left for the Chicago Cubs. Murphy had been his bench coach for eight seasons.

Venable lifts the White Sox

Venable edged Tampa Bay's Kevin Cash in a tight AL race. He got 15 of the 30 first-place votes and 111 points. Cash had 12 first-place votes and 98 points. Boston's Chad Tracy was third.

Chicago lost a record 121 games in 2024 and went 60-102 in Venable's first season. This year the White Sox went 84-78 and earned a wild-card spot, their first playoff trip since 2021.

Their young lineup finished fifth in the majors in both runs and home runs. Venable is the sixth manager in White Sox history to win the award.