MLB managers are often overlooked when it comes to team performance nowadays. Many fans believe it all comes down to turning in the lineup card. In reality, managers are the glue that keeps many clubhouses together. They are tasked with handling a myriad of personalities and ensuring everyone is all-in on making a winning organization.
All six candidates this year led their teams to the postseason. Five of them led their teams to division titles. And each of them had a case for their league’s hardware.
Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy was given the award in the National League for the second consecutive season. Meanwhile, the Cleveland Guardians’ Stephen Vogt won the award in the American League, just like Murphy, Vogt also won the award in 2024. Prior to this season, only two managers had ever won back-to-back Manager of the Year Awards (Bobby Cox, 2004-05; Kevin Cash, 2020-21). That number has doubled after today.
Here’s what to know about the 2025 AL and NL Managers of the Year:
Who won NL Manager of the Year?
The Brewers’ Pat Murphy was named National League Manager of the Year for the second consecutive year after leading Milwaukee to the best record in baseball in 2025.
Given how well the Brewers performed, it’s hard to remember that they were 0-4 to start the 2025 season, tying the 1954 Cardinals for the most runs surrendered through the first four games in MLB history. Murphy’s crew bounced back in unbelievable fashion though, rattling off three separate winning streaks of at least eight games between May 25 and August 16.
Murphy earned 27 of the possible 30 first-place votes. He becomes just the third manager ever − after the Atlanta Braves’ Bobby Cox (2004-05) and the Tampa Bay Rays’ Kevin Cash (2020-21) − to win back-to-back Manager of the Year Awards.
Who won AL Manager of the Year?
The Guardians’ Stephen Vogt won the award after leading Cleveland to their third division title in four years. This year’s title felt special though. After selling at the trade deadline, the team went on a massively unexpected run, winning 19 of their last 23 games to steal the AL Central away from the Detroit Tigers.
Cleveland’s playoff hopes were all but dashed at the All-Star break, yet Vogt managed to rally his troops and put together a totally unexpected push that knocked off one of the American League’s most consistent teams.
Vogt won the award in 2024 as well, becoming the fourth manager in MLB history to win Manager of the Year in back-to-back seasons. The Brewers’ Pat Murphy became the third-such manager earlier tonight.
