The Milwaukee Brewers went 80-82 in 2009, a .494 winning percentage — 17th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 785 runs and allowed 818, a run differential of -33. The offence ranked 9th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.81 staff ERA was 27th of 30. Their 104 team wRC+ was 4% above league average — 10th of 30 in MLB. Prince Fielder led the position players at 6.9 WAR, and Yovani Gallardo the rotation at a 3.73 ERA.
The 2009 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the NL Central, 11 games back. They spent 44 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 3 games on May 19 and were as far as 17 games back on September 9. Their best month was May at 18-10, their worst July at 9-17. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from May 12 to May 19 and a 4-game losing streak from April 11 to April 14. They were 40-41 at home and 40-41 on the road, 20-23 in one-run games and 35-50 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-3 at the Reds on May 6; the heaviest defeat, 17-4 at the Dodgers on August 4.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
10
.545
99
97
+2
May
18
10
.643
136
114
+22
June
12
15
.444
133
147
-14
July
9
17
.346
114
150
-36
August
13
14
.481
151
149
+2
Sept/Oct
16
16
.500
152
161
-9
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
40-41
.494
Road
40-41
.494
One-run games
20-23
.465
Extra innings
5-5
.500
Within the division
42-37
.532
Against .500+ clubs
35-50
.412
Decided by 5+ runs
16-24
.400
Last 10
5-5
.500
National League Central standings, 2009
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2009. 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
37,499
37,511
25,016
45,455
Night
53
36,908
37,311
25,016
44,428
Day
28
38,619
40,292
26,559
45,455
Weekend
39
40,659
41,863
30,024
45,455
Weekday
42
34,566
35,222
25,016
43,032
On the road
81
30,413
32,721
8,482
50,276
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
32,724
May
15
40,499
Jun
14
38,950
Jul
14
39,226
Aug
12
37,586
Sep
16
34,826
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 161 completed games, 2009.
Regulation
2:57
151 games
All games
3:00
Extra innings
3:41
10 of them
Longest
4:24
2009-08-25, 13 inn
Shortest
2:14
2009-05-29
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
161
3:00
2:56
2:14
4:24
Regulation
151
2:57
2:55
2:14
3:56
Extra innings
10
3:41
3:45
2:26
4:24
Home
81
3:01
2:58
2:14
4:24
Road
80
2:59
2:55
2:14
4:23
Day
54
2:56
2:53
2:18
3:53
Night
107
3:02
2:58
2:14
4:24
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
3:07
May
15
2:52
Jun
14
2:57
Jul
14
3:00
Aug
12
3:13
Sep
16
3:00
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 177 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 80-82, a .494 win rate, while their -33 run differential implies .481. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
