Overview
- Murphy captured 27 of 30 first-place votes over the Reds’ Terry Francona and the Phillies’ Rob Thomson after leading Milwaukee to an MLB-best 97-65 and a franchise record for wins.
- Vogt received 17 of 30 first-place votes ahead of Toronto’s John Schneider (10) and Seattle’s Dan Wilson after Cleveland won the AL Central at 88-74.
- Milwaukee’s run included a 29-4 midseason surge with a franchise-record 14-game win streak, while Cleveland erased a 15.5-game July deficit—the largest in-season comeback on record per Elias—after losing closer Emmanuel Clase and starter Luis Ortiz to administrative leave in a betting probe.
- The repeat honors place both managers alongside Bobby Cox and Kevin Cash as rare back-to-back winners and mark the first time two skippers have repeated in the same season and in their first two seasons as managers.
- BBWAA voting occurred before the postseason; Milwaukee later beat the Cubs before being swept by the Dodgers in the NLCS, and Cleveland was eliminated by Detroit in the Wild Card round.