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.

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