The Milwaukee Brewers went 90-72 in 2008, a .556 winning percentage — 6th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 750 runs and allowed 689, a run differential of +61. The offence ranked 17th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.08 staff ERA was 12th of 30. Their 102 team wRC+ was 2% above league average — 15th of 30 in MLB. Ryan Braun led the position players at 4.1 WAR, and Ben Sheets the rotation at a 3.09 ERA.
The 2008 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the NL Central, 7.5 games back. They spent 10 of 184 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on April 2 and were as far as 10.5 games back on September 22. Their best month was August at 20-7, their worst Sept/Oct at 10-16. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from July 13 to July 24 and a 6-game losing streak from May 2 to May 8. They were 49-32 at home and 41-40 on the road, 28-17 in one-run games and 41-48 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-0 at the Cardinals on August 26; the heaviest defeat, 19-5 at the Cubs on April 30.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
15
12
.556
126
128
-2
May
13
16
.448
112
133
-21
June
16
10
.615
129
111
+18
July
16
11
.593
138
123
+15
August
20
7
.741
151
72
+79
Sept/Oct
10
16
.385
94
122
-28
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
49-32
.605
Road
41-40
.506
One-run games
28-17
.622
Extra innings
12-8
.600
Within the division
47-32
.595
Against .500+ clubs
41-48
.461
Decided by 5+ runs
25-22
.532
Last 10
6-4
.600
2008 postseason
In October the Milwaukee Brewers lost the NLDS to the Phillies 3-1.
NLDS vs Phillies1-3 L
Game 1, October 1 L 1-3 at Phillies
Game 2, October 2 L 2-5 at Phillies
Game 3, October 4 W 4-1 vs Phillies
Game 4, October 5 L 2-6 vs Phillies
National League Central standings, 2008
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2008. 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
37,882
41,419
23,478
45,346
Night
49
37,422
39,176
25,757
45,311
Day
32
38,588
41,675
23,478
45,346
Weekend
39
41,986
42,667
30,574
45,299
Weekday
42
34,072
32,397
23,478
45,346
On the road
81
33,234
35,567
8,805
54,701
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
33,764
May
12
33,857
Jun
13
37,104
Jul
17
42,052
Aug
10
42,593
Sep
16
37,505
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, 2008.
Regulation
2:49
142 games
All games
2:55
Extra innings
3:37
20 of them
Longest
4:28
2008-04-22, 12 inn
Shortest
2:07
2008-09-06
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
2:55
2:53
2:05
4:28
Regulation
142
2:49
2:50
2:05
3:42
Extra innings
20
3:37
3:33
2:56
4:28
Home
81
2:57
2:54
2:07
4:28
Road
81
2:54
2:52
2:05
4:24
Day
64
3:02
2:58
2:05
4:28
Night
98
2:51
2:48
2:07
4:21
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
3:10
May
12
2:47
Jun
13
2:52
Jul
17
2:55
Aug
10
2:57
Sep
16
3:00
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 169 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 90-72, a .556 win rate, while their +61 run differential implies .539. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
