The Milwaukee Brewers' Pat Murphy and Cleveland Guardians' Stephen Vogt were named Managers of the Year on Tuesday after leading their teams to the playoffs in their first full seasons managing.
A longtime college coach, Murphy took over in Milwaukee after Craig Counsell left to manage the rival Chicago Cubs. Under Murphy, the Brewers went 93-69 and finished 10 games ahead of the Cubs in the National League Central, the largest gap between first- and second-place teams in the 2024 Major League Baseball season.
The 40-year-old Vogt, who played for Milwaukee in 2017 when Murphy was the team's bench coach, steered Cleveland to a 92-69 record and a first-place finish in the American League Central.