The Milwaukee Brewers went 83-79 in 2012, a .512 winning percentage — 15th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 776 runs and allowed 733, a run differential of +43. The offence ranked the third best in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.21 staff ERA was 22nd of 30. Their 106 team wRC+ was 6% above league average — 6th of 30 in MLB. Ryan Braun led the position players at 7.2 WAR, and Zack Greinke the rotation at a 3.48 ERA.
The 2012 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the NL Central, 14 games back. They were as far as 19 games back on August 19. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 20-11, their worst May at 12-16. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from September 15 to September 21 and a 7-game losing streak from July 20 to July 26. They were 49-32 at home and 34-47 on the road, 24-32 in one-run games and 32-41 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 16-4 against the Twins on May 20; the heaviest defeat, 13-1 at the Cardinals on April 27.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
12
.478
102
122
-20
May
12
16
.429
121
119
+2
June
12
14
.462
119
113
+6
July
12
14
.462
128
124
+4
August
16
12
.571
148
122
+26
Sept/Oct
20
11
.645
158
133
+25
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
49-32
.605
Road
34-47
.420
One-run games
24-32
.429
Extra innings
7-11
.389
Within the division
45-34
.570
Against .500+ clubs
32-41
.438
Decided by 5+ runs
22-19
.537
Last 10
4-6
.400
National League Central standings, 2012
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2012. 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
34,955
33,877
26,778
46,086
Night
50
34,116
33,116
27,112
43,565
Day
31
36,309
35,430
26,778
46,086
Weekend
39
38,710
39,163
32,060
46,086
Weekday
42
31,469
30,471
26,778
41,213
On the road
81
30,580
30,382
14,697
51,137
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
36,328
May
12
34,552
Jun
14
35,071
Jul
17
34,376
Aug
12
34,667
Sep
11
35,806
Oct
3
31,854
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, 2012.
Regulation
3:03
144 games
All games
3:08
Extra innings
3:48
18 of them
Longest
5:04
2012-05-11, 13 inn
Shortest
2:20
2012-09-16
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
3:08
3:05
2:19
5:04
Regulation
144
3:03
3:03
2:19
4:09
Extra innings
18
3:48
3:35
2:22
5:04
Home
81
3:11
3:07
2:20
5:04
Road
81
3:06
3:00
2:19
4:50
Day
60
3:12
3:07
2:20
4:50
Night
102
3:06
3:04
2:19
5:04
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
3:07
May
12
3:28
Jun
14
3:08
Jul
17
3:16
Aug
12
3:04
Sep
11
3:04
Oct
3
2:58
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 183 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 83-79, a .512 win rate, while their +43 run differential implies .526. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
