PHOENIX • In three seasons as manager of the Cardinals, Mike Matheny has two division titles, a league pennant, and three consecutive postseason berths that, at the least, included an appearance in the National League championship series.

The standings have taken notice. The voters have not.

Matheny finished fourth in the balloting for the NL Manager of the Year award, which Washington’s rookie manager Matt Williams won Tuesday.

Matheny has yet to finish higher than fourth in the voting in any year, starting at fifth in 2012 and then fourth each of the past two seasons, both of which have included an NL Central title.

Matheny received five second-place votes and appeared on eight of the 30 ballots. He finished fourth behind Williams, Pittsburgh’s Clint Hurdle, and San Francisco’s Bruce Bochy. Voting was conducted before the playoffs.

“I think in some ways he’s a victim of success,” general manager John Mozeliak said. “Meaning, when you look at (the top three) it’s all sort of defensible. Matheny is in an organization that is just supposed to get into the postseason. He’s sort of a victim of that.”