For the first time in 20 years, a National League manager has been honored with the NL Manager of the Year award in consecutive seasons. Milwaukee's Pat Murphy was chosen again, the first NL manager to go back-to-back since Atlanta's Bobby Cox in 2004-05.

Murphy, who will be 67 years old later this month, received 27 first-place votes. Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona was second and got two first-place votes, followed by Rob Thomson of the Philadelphia Phillies, who had one first-place vote.

Here's how the voting went, with five points for first, four for second and so on through five places:

Pat Murphy, Milwaukee Brewers — 141 points
Terry Francona, Cincinnati Reds — 49 points
Rob Thompson, Philadelphia Phillies —  32 points
Craig Counsell, Chicago Cubs — 24 points
Clayton McCullough, Miami Marlins — 22 points
Torey Lovullo, Arizona Diamondbacks — 1 point
Mike Shildt, San Diego Padres — 1 point

Murphy led the Brewers to a major-league-best 97-65 record, setting a franchise record for wins. The Brewers trailed their arch-rivals, the Chicago Cubs, in the NL Central race as late as iearly July but then had a 29-4 stretch to take the lead. They had a 14-game winning streak at one point, which was also a franchise record.

Milwaukee eliminated Chicago in the NLDS before being swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series. The 3-2 series victory over the rival Cubs was the Brewers' first postseason series win since 2018.

Here's the complete list of NL Managers of the year in this centure.

NL Managers of the Year 2000-25

2000 — Dusty Baker, San Francisco Giants
2001 — Larry Bowa, Philadelphia Phillies
2002 — Tony LaRussa, St. Louis Cardinals
2003 — Jack McKeon, Florida Marlins
2004 — Bobby Cox, Atlanta Braves
2005 — Bobby Cox, Atlanta Braves
2006 — Joe Girardi, Florida Marlins
2007 — Bob Melvin, Arizona Diamondbacks
2008 — Lou Piniella, Chicago Cubs
2009 — Jim Tracy, Colorado Rockies
2010 — Bud Black, San Diego Padres

2011 — Kirk Gibson, Arizona Diamondbacks
2012 — Davey Johnson, Washington Nationals
2013 — Clint Hurdle, Pittsburgh Pirates
2014 — Matt Williams, Washington Nationals
2015 — Joe Maddon, Chicago Cubs
2016 — Dave Roberts, Los Angeles Dodgers
2017 — Torey Lovullo, Arizona Diamondbacks
2018 — Brian Snitker, Atlanta Braves
2019 — Mike Shildt, St. Louis Cardinals
2020 — Don Mattingly, Miami Marlins

2021 — Gabe Kapler, San Francisco Giants
2022 — Buck Showalter, New York Mets
2023 — Skip Schumaker, Miami Marlins
2024 — Pat Murphy, Milwaukee Brewers
2025 — Pat Murphy, Milwaukee Brewers