National League Central · 2016
Milwaukee Brewers
- Team WAR
- 29.8 20.1 bat / 9.7 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 5.5 WAR, and Zach Davies the rotation at a 3.97 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,369 team hits
Batting
36 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jonathan Villar | SS | 156 | 679 | 168 | 19 | 63 | 62 | .285 | .369 | .457 | .359 | 127 | 5.5 |
| Jonathan Lucroy | C | 141 | 544 | 143 | 24 | 81 | 5 | .292 | .355 | .500 | .366 | 131 | 4.8 |
| Ryan Braun | LF | 135 | 564 | 156 | 30 | 91 | 16 | .305 | .365 | .538 | .383 | 142 | 4.0 |
| 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 | 1.5 |
| 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 | 1.1 |
| Kirk Nieuwenhuis | CF | 122 | 392 | 70 | 13 | 44 | 8 | .209 | .324 | .385 | .317 | 97 | 0.9 |
| Martín Maldonado | C | 75 | 253 | 42 | 8 | 21 | 1 | .202 | .332 | .351 | .297 | 84 | 0.9 |
| 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 | 0.4 |
| Andrew Susac | C | 7 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .235 | .316 | .471 | .342 | 114 | 0.1 |
| Tyler Cravy | P | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | 1.000 | .519 | 235 | 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 |
| Jhan Mariñez | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.1 |
| Josmil Pinto | PH | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .116 | -39 | -0.1 |
| Taylor Jungmann | P | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .110 | -44 | -0.1 |
| 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 |
| Andy Wilkins | PH | 25 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .125 | .222 | .292 | .234 | 41 | -0.2 |
| Junior Guerra | P | 19 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .229 | .286 | .223 | 33 | -0.2 |
| Will Middlebrooks | 3B | 10 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .111 | .226 | .111 | .175 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Colin Walsh | 3B | 38 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .085 | .317 | .106 | .239 | 45 | -0.3 |
| Yadiel Rivera | 2B | 29 | 71 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .212 | .235 | .273 | .224 | 34 | -0.3 |
| Wily Peralta | P | 21 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .128 | .125 | .231 | .149 | -17 | -0.4 |
| Matt Garza | P | 17 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .036 | .100 | .036 | .076 | -67 | -0.5 |
| Alex Presley | RF | 48 | 134 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 0 | .198 | .269 | .289 | .249 | 51 | -0.6 |
| Chase Anderson | P | 27 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .089 | .128 | .089 | .105 | -47 | -0.7 |
| Ramón Flores | RF | 102 | 289 | 51 | 2 | 19 | 3 | .205 | .294 | .261 | .252 | 53 | -0.9 |
| Jimmy Nelson | P | 30 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .080 | .115 | .080 | .094 | -54 | -0.9 |
| Zach Davies | P | 28 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .094 | .111 | .094 | .094 | -54 | -0.9 |
Pitching
25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Zach Davies | 28 | 28 | 163.1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 135 | 3.97 | 3.89 | 1.25 | 7.4 | 2.2 |
| Junior Guerra | 20 | 20 | 121.2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 100 | 2.81 | 3.71 | 1.13 | 7.4 | 1.9 |
| Tyler Thornburg | 67 | 0 | 67.0 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 90 | 2.15 | 2.83 | 0.94 | 12.1 | 1.4 |
| Jeremy Jeffress | 59 | 0 | 58.0 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 42 | 2.33 | 3.28 | 1.26 | 6.5 | 0.9 |
| Matt Garza | 19 | 19 | 101.2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 70 | 4.51 | 4.33 | 1.50 | 6.2 | 0.9 |
| Carlos Torres | 72 | 0 | 82.1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 78 | 2.73 | 3.75 | 1.15 | 8.5 | 0.8 |
| Jacob Barnes | 27 | 0 | 26.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 2.70 | 2.36 | 1.13 | 8.8 | 0.7 |
| Will Smith | 53 | 0 | 40.1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 48 | 3.35 | 3.15 | 1.21 | 10.7 | 0.7 |
| 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 | 0.5 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Chase Anderson | 31 | 30 | 151.2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 120 | 4.39 | 5.09 | 1.37 | 7.1 | -0.0 |
| Jimmy Nelson | 32 | 32 | 179.1 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 140 | 4.62 | 5.12 | 1.52 | 7.0 | -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 |
| Sam Freeman | 7 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.91 | 7.97 | 2.87 | 9.4 | -0.3 |
| Taylor Jungmann | 8 | 6 | 26.2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 7.76 | 6.00 | 1.76 | 6.1 | -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 | -0.5 |
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.