The Milwaukee Brewers went 86-76 in 2017, a .531 winning percentage — 10th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 732 runs and allowed 697, a run differential of +35. The offence ranked 20th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.00 staff ERA was 9th of 30. Their 97 team wRC+ was 3% below league average — 16th of 30 in MLB. Travis Shaw led the position players at 3.9 WAR, and Jimmy Nelson the rotation at a 3.49 ERA.
The 2017 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the NL Central, 6 games back. They spent 65 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 5.5 games on July 9 and were as far as 7 games back on September 30. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 16-12, their worst July at 12-13. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from July 3 to July 7 and a 6-game losing streak from July 16 to July 21. They were 44-37 at home and 42-39 on the road, 25-22 in one-run games and 37-38 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-2 at the Cubs on September 9; the heaviest defeat, 15-2 at the Nationals on July 27.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
13
.500
135
128
+7
May
15
12
.556
135
114
+21
June
15
14
.517
124
133
-9
July
12
13
.480
113
109
+4
August
15
12
.556
103
111
-8
Sept/Oct
16
12
.571
122
102
+20
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
44-37
.543
Road
42-39
.519
One-run games
25-22
.532
Extra innings
5-11
.313
Within the division
40-36
.526
Against .500+ clubs
37-38
.493
Decided by 5+ runs
19-18
.514
Last 10
5-5
.500
National League Central standings, 2017
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2017. 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
31,589
30,623
19,062
44,709
Night
50
30,423
30,111
20,580
44,709
Day
31
33,469
32,439
19,062
44,269
Weekend
39
35,097
34,517
23,126
44,709
Weekday
42
28,332
28,081
19,062
43,336
On the road
81
30,531
31,634
12,129
52,455
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
17
28,510
May
12
29,097
Jun
15
27,977
Jul
11
37,613
Aug
13
33,633
Sep
13
34,944
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, 2017.
Regulation
3:07
146 games
All games
3:10
Extra innings
3:43
16 of them
Longest
4:22
2017-06-08, 10 inn
Shortest
2:25
2017-07-04
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
3:10
3:08
2:14
4:24
Regulation
146
3:07
3:06
2:14
4:07
Extra innings
16
3:43
3:46
2:58
4:24
Home
81
3:12
3:08
2:25
4:22
Road
81
3:08
3:07
2:14
4:24
Day
61
3:08
3:07
2:24
4:22
Night
101
3:12
3:09
2:14
4:24
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
17
3:12
May
12
3:15
Jun
15
3:18
Jul
11
3:03
Aug
13
3:12
Sep
13
3:12
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 187 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 86-76, a .531 win rate, while their +35 run differential implies .522. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
