National League Central · 2017
Milwaukee Brewers
- Team WAR
- 29.9 17.3 bat / 12.6 pitch
- Win %
- .531 pyth .522
- Run diff
- +35 4.52 / 4.30 per g
- wRC+
- 97
- ERA
- 4.00 FIP 4.22
- Home runs
- 212
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 4.3 WAR, and Jimmy Nelson the rotation at a 3.49 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,303 team hits
Batting
34 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Travis Shaw | 3B | 144 | 606 | 147 | 31 | 101 | 10 | .273 | .349 | .513 | .365 | 125 | 4.3 |
| Domingo Santana | RF | 150 | 607 | 146 | 30 | 85 | 15 | .278 | .371 | .505 | .376 | 133 | 3.8 |
| Eric Thames | 1B | 137 | 551 | 116 | 31 | 63 | 4 | .247 | .359 | .518 | .374 | 131 | 2.9 |
| Manny Piña | C | 104 | 359 | 92 | 9 | 43 | 2 | .279 | .327 | .424 | .326 | 99 | 1.9 |
| Orlando Arcia | SS | 152 | 548 | 140 | 15 | 53 | 14 | .277 | .324 | .407 | .312 | 90 | 1.8 |
| Ryan Braun | LF | 104 | 424 | 102 | 17 | 52 | 12 | .268 | .336 | .487 | .351 | 116 | 1.8 |
| Eric Sogard | 2B | 88 | 299 | 68 | 3 | 18 | 3 | .273 | .393 | .378 | .348 | 114 | 1.6 |
| Keon Broxton | CF | 133 | 463 | 91 | 20 | 49 | 21 | .220 | .299 | .420 | .312 | 90 | 1.3 |
| Jesús Aguilar | 1B | 129 | 311 | 74 | 16 | 52 | 0 | .265 | .331 | .505 | .355 | 119 | 1.1 |
| Brett Phillips | CF | 32 | 98 | 24 | 4 | 12 | 5 | .276 | .351 | .448 | .341 | 109 | 0.5 |
| Hernán Pérez | LF | 128 | 458 | 112 | 14 | 51 | 13 | .259 | .289 | .414 | .301 | 82 | 0.4 |
| Jonathan Villar | 2B | 120 | 436 | 97 | 11 | 40 | 23 | .241 | .293 | .372 | .290 | 75 | 0.4 |
| Jett Bandy | C | 58 | 188 | 35 | 6 | 18 | 1 | .207 | .287 | .349 | .283 | 71 | 0.3 |
| Jacob Barnes | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | .710 | 357 | 0.0 |
| Rob Scahill | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Paolo Espino | P | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .219 | 27 | -0.0 |
| Yadiel Rivera | 3B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Michael Blazek | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Jeremy Jeffress | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Wily Peralta | P | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .231 | .286 | .231 | .238 | 40 | -0.1 |
| Brandon Woodruff | P | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .224 | 30 | -0.1 |
| Quintin Berry | LF | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| Josh Hader | P | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| Aaron Wilkerson | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| Kirk Nieuwenhuis | CF | 15 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .115 | .258 | .269 | .249 | 47 | -0.1 |
| Brent Suter | P | 10 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .211 | .167 | .176 | -1 | -0.2 |
| Andrew Susac | C | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .073 | -71 | -0.2 |
| Lewis Brinson | CF | 21 | 55 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .106 | .236 | .277 | .229 | 34 | -0.3 |
| Nick Franklin | LF | 65 | 119 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 2 | .179 | .269 | .283 | .253 | 50 | -0.4 |
| Zach Davies | P | 32 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .125 | .236 | .167 | .200 | 15 | -0.5 |
| Junior Guerra | P | 12 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.5 |
| Matt Garza | P | 21 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .086 | .111 | .086 | .093 | -57 | -0.6 |
| Chase Anderson | P | 24 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .135 | .135 | .154 | .125 | -36 | -0.7 |
| Jimmy Nelson | P | 27 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .105 | .121 | .105 | .103 | -51 | -0.9 |
Pitching
25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jimmy Nelson | 29 | 29 | 175.1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 199 | 3.49 | 3.05 | 1.25 | 10.2 | 4.2 |
| Chase Anderson | 25 | 25 | 141.1 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 133 | 2.74 | 3.58 | 1.09 | 8.5 | 2.5 |
| Zach Davies | 33 | 33 | 191.1 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 124 | 3.90 | 4.22 | 1.35 | 5.8 | 2.1 |
| Corey Knebel | 76 | 0 | 76.0 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 126 | 1.78 | 2.53 | 1.16 | 14.9 | 1.9 |
| Brent Suter | 22 | 14 | 81.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 3.42 | 3.75 | 1.29 | 7.1 | 1.2 |
| Josh Hader | 35 | 0 | 47.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 2.08 | 3.03 | 0.99 | 12.8 | 0.9 |
| Jacob Barnes | 73 | 0 | 72.0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 80 | 4.00 | 3.88 | 1.25 | 10.0 | 0.7 |
| Oliver Drake | 64 | 0 | 56.0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 62 | 4.66 | 3.68 | 1.57 | 10.0 | 0.7 |
| Jared Hughes | 67 | 0 | 59.2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 3.02 | 3.93 | 1.22 | 7.2 | 0.6 |
| Brandon Woodruff | 8 | 8 | 43.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 4.81 | 4.37 | 1.33 | 6.7 | 0.4 |
| Matt Garza | 24 | 22 | 114.2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 79 | 4.94 | 4.91 | 1.45 | 6.2 | 0.4 |
| Aaron Wilkerson | 3 | 2 | 10.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.48 | 3.35 | 0.68 | 6.1 | 0.2 |
| Taylor Williams | 5 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.93 | 2.73 | 1.29 | 7.7 | 0.1 |
| Jorge López | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 4.66 | 2.50 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| David Goforth | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.16 | 1.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Hernán Pérez | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.16 | 2.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Taylor Jungmann | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 9.16 | 4.50 | 13.5 | -0.0 |
| Carlos Torres | 67 | 0 | 72.2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 56 | 4.21 | 4.89 | 1.53 | 6.9 | -0.1 |
| Wei-Chung Wang | 8 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13.50 | 9.91 | 3.75 | 13.5 | -0.1 |
| Wily Peralta | 19 | 8 | 57.1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 7.85 | 5.34 | 1.83 | 8.2 | -0.2 |
| Rob Scahill | 18 | 0 | 22.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4.43 | 5.75 | 1.39 | 4.0 | -0.2 |
| Neftalí Feliz | 49 | 0 | 46.0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 5.48 | 5.66 | 1.37 | 7.2 | -0.4 |
| Paolo Espino | 12 | 2 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6.00 | 6.91 | 1.38 | 7.5 | -0.5 |
| Michael Blazek | 5 | 1 | 8.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8.31 | 10.89 | 1.50 | 7.3 | -0.6 |
| Junior Guerra | 21 | 14 | 70.1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 67 | 5.12 | 6.58 | 1.48 | 8.6 | -1.1 |
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.