The Milwaukee Brewers went 96-66 in 2011, a .593 winning percentage — the third best record in baseball. They scored 721 runs and allowed 638, a run differential of +83. The offence ranked 11th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.69 staff ERA was 9th of 30. Their 107 team wRC+ was 7% above league average — 8th of 30 in MLB. Ryan Braun led the position players at 7.5 WAR, and Zack Greinke the rotation at a 3.83 ERA.
The 2011 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the NL Central, 6 games clear. They spent 97 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 10.5 games on August 27 and were as far as 5.5 games back on May 6. Their best month was August at 21-7, their worst March/April at 13-13. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from July 26 to August 1 and a 7-game losing streak from April 30 to May 6. They were 57-24 at home and 39-42 on the road, 30-18 in one-run games and 27-34 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-1 against the Twins on June 25; the heaviest defeat, 12-2 at the Yankees on June 28.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
13
.500
118
105
+13
May
17
12
.586
118
115
+3
June
14
13
.519
119
126
-7
July
16
11
.593
112
116
-4
August
21
7
.750
138
89
+49
Sept/Oct
15
10
.600
116
87
+29
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
57-24
.704
Road
39-42
.481
One-run games
30-18
.625
Extra innings
7-7
.500
Within the division
51-29
.637
Against .500+ clubs
27-34
.443
Decided by 5+ runs
23-16
.590
Last 10
7-3
.700
2011 postseason
In October the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Diamondbacks 3-2 in the NLDS, then lost the NLCS to the Cardinals 4-2.
NLDS vs Diamondbacks3-2 W
Game 1, October 1 W 4-1 vs Diamondbacks
Game 2, October 2 W 9-4 vs Diamondbacks
Game 3, October 4 L 1-8 at Diamondbacks
Game 4, October 5 L 6-10 at Diamondbacks
Game 5, October 7 W 3-2 vs Diamondbacks
NLCS vs Cardinals2-4 L
Game 1, October 9 W 9-6 vs Cardinals
Game 2, October 10 L 3-12 vs Cardinals
Game 3, October 12 L 3-4 at Cardinals
Game 4, October 13 W 4-2 at Cardinals
Game 5, October 14 L 1-7 at Cardinals
Game 6, October 16 L 6-12 vs Cardinals
National League Central standings, 2011
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2011. 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
37,918
39,819
22,861
46,017
Night
53
37,116
39,050
22,861
44,584
Day
28
39,436
41,811
24,645
46,017
Weekend
39
40,623
42,240
31,907
45,103
Weekday
42
35,406
37,102
22,861
46,017
On the road
78
30,654
34,891
8,755
46,903
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
33,860
May
15
34,048
Jun
12
36,858
Jul
13
39,878
Aug
15
41,497
Sep
13
41,331
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, 2011.
Regulation
2:51
148 games
All games
2:56
Extra innings
3:46
14 of them
Longest
4:35
2011-05-20, 14 inn
Shortest
2:19
2011-05-22
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
2:56
2:54
2:02
4:35
Regulation
148
2:51
2:51
2:02
4:13
Extra innings
14
3:46
3:48
3:15
4:35
Home
81
2:59
2:55
2:19
4:35
Road
81
2:53
2:51
2:02
4:05
Day
51
2:54
2:52
2:19
3:52
Night
111
2:57
2:54
2:02
4:35
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
3:00
May
15
3:01
Jun
12
2:50
Jul
13
2:53
Aug
15
2:59
Sep
13
3:10
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 171 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 96-66, a .593 win rate, while their +83 run differential implies .556. That is about 6 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
