BSS/AFP) - Milwaukee`s Pat Murphy and Cleveland`s Stephen Vogt were each named Major League Baseball`s managers of the year Tuesday for the second consecutive season.

They were the first managers to win the award in back-to-back years in their first two years in the job.

The only prior managers of the year in consecutive seasons were Tampa Bay`s Kevin Cash in 2020-21 and Atlanta`s Bobby Cox in 2004-05.

Murphy won the National League`s award after guiding the Brewers to a 97-65 campaign, MLB`s best record, before losing to the eventual champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL championship series.

The 66-year-old American led Milwaukee to a 93-69 mark last year in his first season after serving as a bench coach and taking over the job when Craig Counsell departed. The Brewers were eliminated in the 2024 wildcard round.

Milwaukee began this season 0-4 and gave up 47 runs in that span, but the Brewers had a team record 14-game win streak on the way to the best record in team history and a seventh playoff appearance in eight years.

Vogt, 41, took the American League Manager of the Year award after going 88-74 and guiding the Guardians to the AL Central division crown.

Cleveland lost in this year`s wildcard round to Detroit after going on a 19-4 run late in the season to edge the Tigers for the division title.

In Vogt`s first season as Cleveland`s manager last year, the team went 92-69 and won the division but lost to the New York Yankees in the AL championship series.