National League Central · 2015
Milwaukee Brewers
- Team WAR
- 24.7 15.4 bat / 9.3 pitch
- Win %
- .420 pyth .446
- Run diff
- -82 4.04 / 4.55 per g
- wRC+
- 88
- ERA
- 4.17 FIP 4.17
- Home runs
- 162
The Milwaukee Brewers went 68-94 in 2015, a .420 winning percentage — 27th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 655 runs and allowed 737, a run differential of -82. The offence ranked 22nd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.17 staff ERA was 22nd of 30. Their 88 team wRC+ was 12% below league average — the second worst in MLB. Ryan Braun led the position players at 4.1 WAR, and Mike Fiers the rotation at a 3.69 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,526 team hits
Batting
39 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Ryan Braun | RF | 140 | 568 | 144 | 25 | 84 | 24 | .285 | .356 | .498 | .370 | 134 | 4.1 |
| Gerardo Parra | RF | 153 | 589 | 159 | 14 | 51 | 14 | .291 | .328 | .452 | .337 | 111 | 2.6 |
| Adam Lind | 1B | 149 | 572 | 139 | 20 | 87 | 0 | .277 | .360 | .460 | .355 | 123 | 2.5 |
| Khris Davis | LF | 121 | 440 | 97 | 27 | 66 | 6 | .247 | .323 | .505 | .358 | 125 | 2.5 |
| Jonathan Lucroy | C | 103 | 415 | 98 | 7 | 43 | 1 | .264 | .326 | .391 | .317 | 97 | 2.2 |
| Carlos Gómez | CF | 115 | 477 | 111 | 12 | 56 | 17 | .255 | .314 | .409 | .319 | 99 | 1.9 |
| Aramis Ramirez | 3B | 137 | 516 | 117 | 17 | 75 | 1 | .246 | .297 | .423 | .312 | 94 | 1.8 |
| Domingo Santana | RF | 51 | 187 | 38 | 8 | 26 | 4 | .237 | .337 | .431 | .341 | 114 | 0.9 |
| Jean Segura | SS | 142 | 584 | 144 | 6 | 50 | 25 | .257 | .281 | .336 | .270 | 65 | 0.8 |
| Jason Rogers | 1B | 86 | 169 | 45 | 4 | 16 | 0 | .296 | .367 | .441 | .358 | 125 | 0.8 |
| Elian Herrera | 3B | 81 | 277 | 62 | 7 | 33 | 3 | .242 | .290 | .395 | .299 | 85 | 0.6 |
| Scooter Gennett | 2B | 111 | 391 | 99 | 6 | 29 | 1 | .264 | .294 | .381 | .291 | 80 | 0.6 |
| Shane Peterson | LF | 92 | 226 | 52 | 2 | 16 | 0 | .259 | .324 | .353 | .302 | 87 | 0.2 |
| Martín Maldonado | C | 76 | 256 | 48 | 4 | 22 | 0 | .210 | .282 | .293 | .257 | 56 | 0.1 |
| Logan Schafer | CF | 62 | 143 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .221 | .299 | .311 | .278 | 71 | 0.1 |
| Michael Reed | RF | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .500 | .359 | 126 | 0.0 |
| Michael Blazek | P | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .319 | 98 | 0.0 |
| Taylor Jungmann | P | 21 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .289 | .324 | .271 | 66 | -0.0 |
| Rob Wooten | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.0 |
| Brandon Kintzler | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.0 |
| Jorge López | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.1 |
| Tyler Wagner | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.1 |
| Tyler Thornburg | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.1 |
| David Goforth | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.1 |
| Ariel Peña | P | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.2 |
| Nevin Ashley | C | 9 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .100 | .143 | .150 | .138 | -25 | -0.2 |
| Kyle Lohse | P | 25 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .256 | .213 | 26 | -0.2 |
| Tyler Cravy | P | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.2 |
| Zach Davies | P | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .068 | -73 | -0.2 |
| Yadiel Rivera | SS | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .063 | -76 | -0.3 |
| Juan Centeno | C | 9 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .048 | .130 | .095 | .117 | -39 | -0.3 |
| Luis Jimenez | 3B | 13 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .063 | .118 | .063 | .094 | -55 | -0.3 |
| Hernán Pérez | 3B | 100 | 272 | 64 | 1 | 21 | 5 | .243 | .257 | .327 | .253 | 54 | -0.4 |
| Héctor Gómez | 2B | 58 | 134 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .181 | .212 | .323 | .234 | 41 | -0.5 |
| Mike Fiers | P | 18 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .088 | -59 | -0.5 |
| Luis Sardinas | SS | 33 | 105 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .196 | .240 | .216 | .204 | 20 | -0.6 |
| Wily Peralta | P | 19 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .033 | .121 | .033 | .091 | -57 | -0.6 |
| Matt Garza | P | 25 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .100 | .077 | .084 | -62 | -0.8 |
| Jimmy Nelson | P | 26 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .109 | .125 | .127 | .114 | -41 | -0.8 |
Pitching
25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Mike Fiers | 31 | 30 | 180.1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 180 | 3.69 | 4.03 | 1.25 | 9.0 | 1.7 |
| Jimmy Nelson | 30 | 30 | 177.1 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 148 | 4.11 | 4.10 | 1.29 | 7.5 | 1.6 |
| Will Smith | 76 | 0 | 63.1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 91 | 2.70 | 2.47 | 1.20 | 12.9 | 1.4 |
| Taylor Jungmann | 21 | 21 | 119.1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 107 | 3.77 | 3.92 | 1.28 | 8.1 | 1.3 |
| Francisco Rodríguez | 60 | 0 | 57.0 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 62 | 2.21 | 2.91 | 0.86 | 9.8 | 1.0 |
| Jeremy Jeffress | 72 | 0 | 68.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 2.65 | 3.22 | 1.26 | 8.9 | 1.0 |
| Michael Blazek | 45 | 0 | 55.2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 2.43 | 3.17 | 1.04 | 7.6 | 0.8 |
| Jonathan Broxton | 66 | 0 | 60.1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 63 | 4.62 | 3.65 | 1.38 | 9.4 | 0.5 |
| Zach Davies | 6 | 6 | 34.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3.71 | 3.81 | 1.21 | 6.4 | 0.4 |
| Cesar Jimenez | 19 | 0 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3.13 | 3.13 | 1.09 | 9.8 | 0.3 |
| Ariel Peña | 6 | 5 | 27.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4.28 | 3.87 | 1.39 | 8.9 | 0.3 |
| Yhonathan Barrios | 5 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.00 | 1.03 | 0.45 | 9.4 | 0.3 |
| Corey Knebel | 48 | 0 | 50.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 3.22 | 4.03 | 1.21 | 10.4 | 0.2 |
| Jorge López | 2 | 2 | 10.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5.40 | 2.93 | 1.90 | 9.0 | 0.2 |
| David Goforth | 20 | 0 | 24.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.01 | 4.27 | 1.62 | 8.8 | 0.0 |
| Wily Peralta | 20 | 20 | 108.2 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 60 | 4.72 | 4.84 | 1.54 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Wagner | 3 | 3 | 13.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7.24 | 4.89 | 2.12 | 3.3 | -0.0 |
| Tyler Cravy | 14 | 7 | 42.2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 35 | 5.70 | 4.70 | 1.62 | 7.4 | -0.0 |
| Adrian Houser | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.13 | 1.50 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Brandon Kintzler | 7 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6.43 | 5.13 | 2.43 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Matt Garza | 26 | 25 | 148.2 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 104 | 5.63 | 4.94 | 1.57 | 6.3 | -0.2 |
| Rob Wooten | 4 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12.00 | 6.80 | 1.83 | 9.0 | -0.2 |
| Tyler Thornburg | 24 | 0 | 34.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 3.67 | 5.11 | 1.25 | 8.9 | -0.3 |
| Neal Cotts | 68 | 0 | 63.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 3.41 | 5.00 | 1.26 | 8.2 | -0.4 |
| Kyle Lohse | 37 | 22 | 152.1 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 108 | 5.85 | 5.12 | 1.46 | 6.4 | -0.8 |
Record versus run differential
Milwaukee Brewers are 68-94, a .420 win rate, while their -82 run differential implies .446. That is about 4 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.