IBWAA Selects Venable, Murphy in 2026 Manager of the Year Vote

Check out the voting results for the IBWAA's Manager of the Year poll!

NOV 10

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The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) announced the winners of the IBWAA Manager of the Year Awards on Tuesday: Will Venable of the White Sox and Pat Murphy of the Brewers.

This is the IBWAA’s 18th annual election for these awards. All IBWAA members were eligible to vote. The voting was tallied as follows: five points for first place, three points for second place, and one point for third place.

The results are as follows:

American League:
1st place: Will Venable, White Sox (121 points)
2nd place: Kevin Cash, Rays (78 points)
3rd place: Chad Tracy, Red Sox (50 points)

National League:
1st place: Pat Murphy, Brewers (116 points)
2nd place: Walt Weiss, Braves (60 points)
3rd place: Don Mattingly, Phillies (57 points)

The IBWAA endeavors to serve the baseball writing community, representing more than 800 baseball content creators. We strive to increase visibility, networking, and opportunities for all of our members. Voting for full-season awards takes place in September of each year, with selections announced in November. The IBWAA also holds voting for our Hall of Fame, preseason predictions, and All-Stars.

Association membership is open to any and all internet baseball writers and content creators. For more information please visit www.ibwaa.com, and please consider joining our Discord community via the link here: https://discord.com/invite/emCKf6fMeQ

Keep batting around,
Jonathan Becker, Elizabeth Muratore, and Ben Chase
Co-Directors, Internet Baseball Writers Association of America

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