National League Central · 2016
Milwaukee Brewers 2016
- Team WAR
- 33.8 22.4 bat / 11.4 pitch
- Win %
- .451 pyth .460
- Run diff
- -62 4.14 / 4.52 per g
- wRC+
- 98
- ERA
- 4.06 FIP 4.32
- Home runs
- 207
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.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
36 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jonathan Villar | SS | 156 | 679 | 168 | 19 | 63 | 62 | .285 | .369 | .457 | .359 | 127 | 5.6 |
| Jonathan Lucroy | C | 141 | 544 | 143 | 24 | 81 | 5 | .292 | .355 | .500 | .366 | 131 | 4.3 |
| Ryan Braun | LF | 135 | 564 | 156 | 30 | 91 | 16 | .305 | .365 | .538 | .383 | 142 | 3.9 |
| Chris Carter | 1B | 158 | 644 | 122 | 41 | 94 | 3 | .222 | .321 | .499 | .352 | 121 | 2.3 |
| Scooter Gennett | 2B | 136 | 542 | 131 | 14 | 56 | 8 | .263 | .317 | .412 | .318 | 98 | 1.9 |
| Keon Broxton | CF | 73 | 244 | 50 | 9 | 19 | 23 | .242 | .354 | .430 | .347 | 118 | 1.7 |
| Hernán Pérez | 3B | 123 | 430 | 110 | 13 | 56 | 34 | .272 | .302 | .428 | .315 | 96 | 1.6 |
| Aaron Hill | 3B | 124 | 429 | 99 | 10 | 38 | 4 | .262 | .336 | .378 | .315 | 96 | 1.3 |
| Domingo Santana | RF | 77 | 281 | 63 | 11 | 32 | 2 | .256 | .345 | .447 | .347 | 118 | 1.0 |
| Kirk Nieuwenhuis | CF | 122 | 392 | 70 | 13 | 44 | 8 | .209 | .324 | .385 | .317 | 97 | 0.8 |
| Martín Maldonado | C | 75 | 253 | 42 | 8 | 21 | 1 | .202 | .332 | .351 | .297 | 84 | 0.6 |
| Orlando Arcia | SS | 55 | 216 | 44 | 4 | 17 | 8 | .219 | .273 | .358 | .277 | 71 | 0.4 |
| Manny Piña | C | 32 | 81 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 0 | .254 | .346 | .394 | .330 | 106 | 0.3 |
| Junior Guerra | P | 19 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .229 | .286 | .223 | 33 | 0.3 |
| Tyler Cravy | P | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | 1.000 | .519 | 235 | 0.2 |
| Andrew Susac | C | 7 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .235 | .316 | .471 | .342 | 114 | 0.1 |
| Chris Capuano | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | .697 | 357 | 0.0 |
| Michael Blazek | PR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Blaine Boyer | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Brent Suter | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Taylor Jungmann | P | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .110 | -44 | -0.0 |
| Wily Peralta | P | 21 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .128 | .125 | .231 | .149 | -17 | -0.0 |
| Jhan Mariñez | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Jake Elmore | LF | 56 | 99 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .218 | .371 | .244 | .295 | 83 | -0.1 |
| Michael Reed | CF | 8 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .204 | 21 | -0.1 |
| Josmil Pinto | PH | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .116 | -39 | -0.1 |
| Andy Wilkins | PH | 25 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .125 | .222 | .292 | .234 | 41 | -0.2 |
| Matt Garza | P | 17 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .036 | .100 | .036 | .076 | -67 | -0.2 |
| Chase Anderson | P | 27 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .089 | .128 | .089 | .105 | -47 | -0.2 |
| Colin Walsh | 3B | 38 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .085 | .317 | .106 | .239 | 45 | -0.3 |
| Will Middlebrooks | 3B | 10 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .111 | .226 | .111 | .175 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Jimmy Nelson | P | 30 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .080 | .115 | .080 | .094 | -54 | -0.3 |
| Zach Davies | P | 28 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .094 | .111 | .094 | .094 | -54 | -0.3 |
| Yadiel Rivera | 2B | 29 | 71 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .212 | .235 | .273 | .224 | 34 | -0.3 |
| Alex Presley | RF | 48 | 134 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 0 | .198 | .269 | .289 | .249 | 51 | -0.5 |
| Ramón Flores | RF | 102 | 289 | 51 | 2 | 19 | 3 | .205 | .294 | .261 | .252 | 53 | -1.0 |
Pitching
25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Zach Davies | 28 | 28 | 163.1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 135 | 3.97 | 3.89 | 1.25 | 7.4 | 2.5 |
| Junior Guerra | 20 | 20 | 121.2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 100 | 2.81 | 3.71 | 1.13 | 7.4 | 2.1 |
| Tyler Thornburg | 67 | 0 | 67.0 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 90 | 2.15 | 2.83 | 0.94 | 12.1 | 1.4 |
| Matt Garza | 19 | 19 | 101.2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 70 | 4.51 | 4.33 | 1.50 | 6.2 | 1.0 |
| Jeremy Jeffress | 59 | 0 | 58.0 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 42 | 2.33 | 3.28 | 1.26 | 6.5 | 0.9 |
| Carlos Torres | 72 | 0 | 82.1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 78 | 2.73 | 3.75 | 1.15 | 8.5 | 0.9 |
| Jhan Mariñez | 46 | 0 | 62.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 3.18 | 3.68 | 1.33 | 7.2 | 0.7 |
| Wily Peralta | 23 | 23 | 127.2 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 93 | 4.86 | 4.71 | 1.53 | 6.6 | 0.7 |
| Will Smith | 53 | 0 | 40.1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 48 | 3.35 | 3.15 | 1.21 | 10.7 | 0.7 |
| Jacob Barnes | 27 | 0 | 26.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 2.70 | 2.36 | 1.13 | 8.8 | 0.7 |
| Blaine Boyer | 61 | 0 | 66.0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 3.95 | 3.96 | 1.47 | 3.5 | 0.5 |
| Rob Scahill | 31 | 0 | 34.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.38 | 3.46 | 1.24 | 7.0 | 0.5 |
| Corey Knebel | 35 | 0 | 32.2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 4.68 | 3.57 | 1.47 | 10.5 | 0.4 |
| Jimmy Nelson | 32 | 32 | 179.1 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 140 | 4.62 | 5.12 | 1.52 | 7.0 | 0.2 |
| Chase Anderson | 31 | 30 | 151.2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 120 | 4.39 | 5.09 | 1.37 | 7.1 | 0.2 |
| Tyler Cravy | 20 | 2 | 28.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2.86 | 4.35 | 1.16 | 7.0 | 0.1 |
| Ben Rowen | 4 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15.00 | 1.81 | 3.33 | 6.0 | 0.1 |
| Brent Suter | 14 | 2 | 21.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3.32 | 4.39 | 1.38 | 6.2 | 0.1 |
| Damien Magnifico | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 7.15 | 1.67 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| David Goforth | 10 | 0 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10.97 | 6.24 | 2.06 | 7.6 | -0.2 |
| Taylor Jungmann | 8 | 6 | 26.2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 7.76 | 6.00 | 1.76 | 6.1 | -0.3 |
| Sam Freeman | 7 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.91 | 7.97 | 2.87 | 9.4 | -0.3 |
| Ariel Peña | 1 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 30.15 | 4.20 | 0.0 | -0.5 |
| Michael Blazek | 41 | 0 | 41.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 5.66 | 5.71 | 1.91 | 7.8 | -0.5 |
| Chris Capuano | 16 | 0 | 24.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4.13 | 6.69 | 1.58 | 10.1 | -0.6 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2016.
- Average
- 28,575 81 home dates
- Median
- 28,181
- Total
- 2,314,614
- Best
- 44,643 2016-07-23
- Quietest
- 17,374 2016-05-12
- On the road
- 30,954 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.