The Milwaukee Brewers went 73-89 in 2016, a .451 winning percentage — 22nd of 30 record in baseball. They scored 671 runs and allowed 733, a run differential of -62. The offence ranked 26th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.06 staff ERA was 11th of 30. Their 98 team wRC+ was 2% below league average — 18th of 30 in MLB. Jonathan Villar led the position players at 5.6 WAR, and Zach Davies the rotation at a 3.97 ERA.
The 2016 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the NL Central, 30.5 games back. They were as far as 31.5 games back on September 30. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 16-13, their worst August at 10-20. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from May 24 to May 27 and a 6-game losing streak from August 16 to August 20. They were 41-40 at home and 32-49 on the road, 23-28 in one-run games and 27-46 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 10-0 at the Pirates on September 4; the heaviest defeat, 12-3 against the Giants on April 4.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
8
15
.348
89
137
-48
May
15
14
.517
129
123
+6
June
12
14
.462
99
114
-15
July
12
13
.480
100
100
0
August
10
20
.333
125
152
-27
Sept/Oct
16
13
.552
129
107
+22
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
41-40
.506
Road
32-49
.395
One-run games
23-28
.451
Extra innings
4-9
.308
Within the division
31-45
.408
Against .500+ clubs
27-46
.370
Decided by 5+ runs
18-23
.439
Last 10
5-5
.500
National League Central standings, 2016
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2016. 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
28,575
28,181
17,374
44,643
Night
52
26,374
24,568
17,374
44,643
Day
29
32,523
31,776
20,098
44,318
Weekend
39
31,747
30,293
20,441
44,643
Weekday
42
25,631
24,062
17,374
44,318
On the road
81
30,954
30,680
12,869
47,608
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
28,015
May
16
27,908
Jun
13
28,397
Jul
13
34,015
Aug
17
24,867
Sep
9
29,979
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, 2016.
Regulation
3:04
148 games
All games
3:08
Extra innings
3:51
13 of them
Longest
5:04
2016-05-14, 12 inn
Shortest
2:10
2016-05-17
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
3:08
3:05
2:10
5:04
Regulation
148
3:04
3:03
2:10
4:08
Extra innings
13
3:51
3:37
3:08
5:04
Home
81
3:08
3:05
2:10
5:04
Road
80
3:08
3:06
2:29
4:51
Day
58
3:06
3:05
2:20
4:08
Night
103
3:09
3:06
2:10
5:04
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
3:12
May
16
3:17
Jun
13
3:00
Jul
13
3:11
Aug
17
3:09
Sep
9
2:51
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 184 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 73-89, a .451 win rate, while their -62 run differential implies .460. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
