The Milwaukee Brewers went 75-87 in 2006, a .463 winning percentage — 24th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 730 runs and allowed 833, a run differential of -103. The offence ranked 27th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.91 staff ERA was 26th of 30. Their 95 team wRC+ was 5% below league average — 23rd of 30 in MLB. Bill Hall led the position players at 4.4 WAR, and Chris Capuano the rotation at a 4.03 ERA.
The 2006 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the NL Central, 8.5 games back. They spent 10 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on April 7 and were as far as 13 games back on September 17. Their best month was March/April at 14-11, their worst July at 10-15. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from April 3 to April 8 and a 10-game losing streak from August 25 to September 3. They were 48-33 at home and 27-54 on the road, 27-27 in one-run games and 28-37 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 16-2 at the Cubs on April 29; the heaviest defeat, 11-0 against the Reds on April 23.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
11
.560
133
118
+15
May
12
16
.429
126
182
-56
June
14
14
.500
117
132
-15
July
10
15
.400
116
133
-17
August
12
16
.429
108
121
-13
Sept/Oct
13
15
.464
130
147
-17
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
48-33
.593
Road
27-54
.333
One-run games
27-27
.500
Extra innings
7-2
.778
Within the division
37-45
.451
Against .500+ clubs
28-37
.431
Decided by 5+ runs
14-30
.318
Last 10
6-4
.600
National League Central standings, 2006
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2006. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
81
28,835
29,226
11,660
45,150
Night
54
27,330
28,591
11,660
45,150
Day
27
31,845
31,222
18,511
45,023
Weekend
39
33,086
32,743
19,677
45,150
Weekday
42
24,888
23,072
11,660
45,023
On the road
80
30,232
30,677
10,226
55,830
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
24,277
May
13
25,606
Jun
16
28,281
Jul
13
36,550
Aug
10
35,422
Sep
16
25,330
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 162 completed games, 2006.
Regulation
2:50
153 games
All games
2:52
Extra innings
3:32
9 of them
Longest
4:19
2006-07-05, 13 inn
Shortest
2:04
2006-09-06
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
162
2:52
2:52
2:04
4:19
Regulation
153
2:50
2:50
2:04
3:57
Extra innings
9
3:32
3:25
3:05
4:19
Home
81
2:53
2:54
2:04
4:19
Road
81
2:52
2:51
2:06
3:59
Day
55
2:53
2:53
2:08
3:59
Night
107
2:52
2:51
2:04
4:19
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
2:49
May
13
2:56
Jun
16
2:56
Jul
13
2:58
Aug
10
2:47
Sep
16
2:50
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 170 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
Milwaukee Brewers are 75-87, a .463 win rate, while their -103 run differential implies .440. That is about 4 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
