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02/20 09:35 CST 2-time NL manager of the year Pat Murphy agrees to contract
extension with Brewers
2-time NL manager of the year Pat Murphy agrees to contract extension with
Brewers
PHOENIX (AP) --- Milwaukee's Pat Murphy has agreed to a multi-year contract
extension after leading the Brewers to division titles and getting selected as
NL manager of the year each of his first two seasons.
Murphy's contract had been set to expire at the end of the season if he hadn't
agreed to an extension. He had taken over as Milwaukee's manager after
predecessor Craig Counsell let his contract run out after the 2023 season and
then signed a lucrative deal with the rival Chicago Cubs.
The Brewers didn't release terms when announcing the deal Friday. The Athletic,
which first reported Murphy's new deal, said he now has a three-year contract
with a club option for 2029.
"Pat Murphy has been an incredible partner and leader here for over a decade,"
Brewers president of baseball operations Matt Arnold said in a statement. "I'm
thrilled that we have been able to come up with a framework that keeps Murph
with the Brewers for years to come and maintains the special relationship that
we have established. I look forward to continuing the pursuit of a World Series
championship with Murph and his staff."
Murphy, 67, owns a 190-134 record as Milwaukee's manager and has helped the
Brewers wildly outperform preseason forecasts each of the last two years. The
Brewers earned a franchise-record 97 wins last season, won a third straight NL
Central title and beat Counsell's Cubs in the NL Division Series before getting
swept in the NL Championship Series by the eventual World Series-winning Los
Angeles Dodgers.
The Brewers went 93-69 and won the NL Central championship in 2024 before
losing an NL Wild Card Series to the New York Mets.
Along the way, he has delighted Brewers fans and gained attention for his
unique style, which has included pulling out pancakes from his pocket during a
televised dugout interview and having his sons frequently sitting alongside him
at postgame news conferences.
Murphy is the first Brewers skipper ever to get named NL manager of the year,
and he has done it each of his two years in Milwaukee. The only other people
ever to get selected as manager of the year in consecutive seasons are
Atlanta's Bobby Cox (2004-05), Tampa Bay's Kevin Cash (2020-21) and Cleveland's
Stephen Vogt (2024-25).
The Brewers hired Murphy to take over after he worked as Counsell's bench coach
in Milwaukee for eight seasons. Murphy had been Counsell's college coach at
Notre Dame.
Murphy's only previous major league managerial experience came when he went
42-54 on an interim basis with San Diego in 2015 after the firing of Bud Black.
He was a minor league manager in the Padres organization from 2011-2015.
Before that, Murphy posted a combined 947-400-2 coaching record at Notre Dame
(1988-94) and Arizona State (1995-2009). He helped Arizona State reach the
College World Series championship game in 1998.
He had a total of 1,000 college wins in a career that also included stints at
Division-III Maryville (1983) and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges (1986-87).
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