On Tuesday night, Stephen Vogt of the Cleveland Guardians and Pat Murphy of the Milwaukee Brewers were named managers of the year in their respective leagues.

It was a banner year for both, who were in their first year working at their club. According to Sarah Langs of MLB.com, the duo produced a story we haven’t seen in the last nine years.

seasons where the two Managers of the Year were in their 1st year as manager of this team:

2024 Pat Murphy, Brewers and Stephen Vogt, Cleveland
2015 Joe Maddon, Cubs and Jeff Banister, Rangers
2006 Joe Girardi, Marlins and Jim Leyland, Tigers

Vogt’s rise has been meteoric. After retiring in 2022, he spent a year as the Seattle Mariners’ bullpen coach. Then he got the Guardians job last offseason and quickly led the Guardians to the American League Championship Series.

Cleveland won the American League Central in its first season, despite a season-ending injury to ace Shane Bieber and season-ending injuries to relievers James Karinchak and Trevor Stephan.

Vogt spent 10 years in the big leagues as a player with the A’s, Diamondbacks, Rays, Giants, Braves and Brewers. He was also a two-time All-Star.

Murphy got the Brewers job last offseason after Craig Counsell left for the Chicago Cubs. Against all odds, he led the Brewers to the National League Central title, securing the greatest division victory in all of baseball in 2024.

The Brewers played last season without Brandon Woodruff for the entire year, then lost pitchers Wade Miley and Robert Gasser to season-ending injuries. All-Star closer Devin Williams missed much of the start of the year and All-Star outfielder Christian Yelich also missed the end of the season due to injury.

THE Brewers advanced to the wild card round of the playoffs, losing to the New York Mets in three games. The Mets won the National League Championship Series.

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