National League Central · 2018
Milwaukee Brewers
- Team WAR
- 36.4 24.1 bat / 12.3 pitch
- Win %
- .589 pyth .561
- Run diff
- +95 4.63 / 4.04 per g
- wRC+
- 106
- ERA
- 3.82 FIP 4.08
- Home runs
- 208
The Milwaukee Brewers went 96-67 in 2018, a .589 winning percentage — 5th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 754 runs and allowed 659, a run differential of +95. The offence ranked 12th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.82 staff ERA was 9th of 30. Their 106 team wRC+ was 6% above league average — 7th of 30 in MLB. Christian Yelich led the position players at 7.5 WAR, and Jhoulys Chacín the rotation at a 3.50 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,341 team hits
Batting
33 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Christian Yelich | LF | 146 | 651 | 187 | 36 | 110 | 22 | .326 | .402 | .598 | .427 | 175 | 7.5 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 140 | 620 | 166 | 10 | 38 | 30 | .308 | .395 | .417 | .362 | 130 | 4.9 |
| Travis Shaw | 3B | 150 | 587 | 120 | 32 | 86 | 5 | .241 | .345 | .480 | .354 | 125 | 3.8 |
| Jesús Aguilar | 1B | 148 | 566 | 135 | 35 | 108 | 0 | .274 | .352 | .539 | .377 | 140 | 3.4 |
| Jonathan Villar | 2B | 139 | 515 | 121 | 14 | 46 | 35 | .260 | .325 | .384 | .314 | 97 | 2.3 |
| Manny Piña | C | 95 | 337 | 77 | 9 | 28 | 2 | .252 | .307 | .395 | .304 | 90 | 1.5 |
| Ryan Braun | LF | 125 | 447 | 103 | 20 | 64 | 11 | .254 | .313 | .469 | .334 | 110 | 1.4 |
| Eric Thames | 1B | 94 | 278 | 54 | 16 | 37 | 7 | .219 | .306 | .478 | .334 | 111 | 0.9 |
| Domingo Santana | RF | 83 | 235 | 56 | 5 | 20 | 1 | .265 | .328 | .412 | .323 | 103 | 0.5 |
| Hernán Pérez | 2B | 119 | 334 | 80 | 9 | 29 | 11 | .253 | .290 | .386 | .295 | 83 | 0.5 |
| Erik Kratz | C | 62 | 219 | 48 | 6 | 23 | 1 | .236 | .280 | .355 | .279 | 73 | 0.5 |
| Tyler Saladino | SS | 54 | 139 | 31 | 5 | 16 | 2 | .246 | .299 | .397 | .304 | 90 | 0.3 |
| Keon Broxton | CF | 41 | 89 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 5 | .179 | .281 | .410 | .305 | 91 | 0.2 |
| Dan Jennings | P | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 1.000 | .719 | 376 | 0.1 |
| Brandon Woodruff | P | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .333 | .625 | .403 | 158 | 0.1 |
| Brent Suter | P | 17 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .192 | .323 | .346 | .306 | 92 | 0.1 |
| Jorge López | P | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | .638 | 321 | 0.1 |
| Jacob Nottingham | C | 7 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .250 | .281 | 74 | 0.1 |
| Josh Hader | P | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .439 | 183 | 0.0 |
| Corbin Burnes | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Taylor Williams | P | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .220 | 32 | -0.0 |
| Jett Bandy | C | 24 | 71 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .268 | .266 | .246 | 50 | -0.0 |
| Nick Franklin | 2B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Aaron Wilkerson | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Nate Orf | PH | 15 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .095 | .240 | .238 | .230 | 39 | -0.1 |
| Wade Miley | P | 14 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .185 | .214 | .185 | .182 | 6 | -0.2 |
| Orlando Arcia | SS | 114 | 366 | 82 | 3 | 30 | 7 | .236 | .268 | .307 | .255 | 56 | -0.2 |
| Zach Davies | P | 12 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .059 | -80 | -0.3 |
| Junior Guerra | P | 24 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .114 | .114 | .200 | .135 | -27 | -0.4 |
| Freddy Peralta | P | 14 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .038 | .038 | .038 | .034 | -97 | -0.5 |
| Jhoulys Chacín | P | 34 | 68 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .161 | .203 | .179 | .177 | 2 | -0.6 |
| Eric Sogard | SS | 51 | 113 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .134 | .241 | .165 | .197 | 16 | -0.6 |
| Chase Anderson | P | 28 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .089 | .089 | .089 | .078 | -66 | -0.8 |
Pitching
25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jhoulys Chacín | 35 | 35 | 192.2 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 156 | 3.50 | 4.03 | 1.16 | 7.3 | 2.2 |
| Josh Hader | 55 | 0 | 81.1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 143 | 2.43 | 2.23 | 0.81 | 15.8 | 2.2 |
| Jeremy Jeffress | 73 | 0 | 76.2 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 89 | 1.29 | 2.78 | 0.99 | 10.4 | 1.6 |
| Wade Miley | 16 | 16 | 80.2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 2.57 | 3.59 | 1.21 | 5.6 | 1.3 |
| Junior Guerra | 31 | 26 | 141.0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 136 | 4.09 | 4.24 | 1.40 | 8.7 | 1.2 |
| Freddy Peralta | 16 | 14 | 78.1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 96 | 4.25 | 3.72 | 1.14 | 11.0 | 1.1 |
| Corey Knebel | 57 | 0 | 55.1 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 88 | 3.58 | 3.03 | 1.08 | 14.3 | 1.0 |
| Brandon Woodruff | 19 | 4 | 42.1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 3.61 | 3.30 | 1.18 | 10.0 | 0.7 |
| Brent Suter | 20 | 18 | 101.1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 84 | 4.44 | 4.49 | 1.19 | 7.5 | 0.6 |
| Zach Davies | 13 | 13 | 66.0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 49 | 4.77 | 4.39 | 1.33 | 6.7 | 0.5 |
| Jacob Barnes | 49 | 0 | 48.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 3.33 | 3.72 | 1.52 | 8.7 | 0.5 |
| Taylor Williams | 56 | 0 | 53.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 4.25 | 3.95 | 1.47 | 9.7 | 0.4 |
| Dan Jennings | 72 | 1 | 64.1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 3.22 | 4.09 | 1.38 | 6.3 | 0.4 |
| Corbin Burnes | 30 | 0 | 38.0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 2.61 | 3.79 | 1.00 | 8.3 | 0.3 |
| Jorge López | 17 | 7 | 53.2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 5.03 | 4.48 | 1.47 | 6.4 | 0.2 |
| Adrian Houser | 7 | 0 | 13.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.29 | 3.75 | 1.46 | 5.3 | 0.1 |
| Erik Kratz | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.00 | 2.83 | 1.33 | 6.0 | 0.1 |
| Alec Asher | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 2.83 | 1.00 | 6.0 | 0.1 |
| Mike Zagurski | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 63.00 | 5.16 | 7.00 | 18.0 | -0.0 |
| Hernán Pérez | 3 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13.50 | 7.66 | 2.40 | 5.4 | -0.1 |
| J.J. Hoover | 2 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 17.41 | 4.50 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Chase Anderson | 30 | 30 | 158.0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 128 | 3.93 | 5.22 | 1.19 | 7.3 | -0.3 |
| Boone Logan | 16 | 0 | 10.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5.91 | 7.29 | 2.34 | 11.8 | -0.3 |
| Aaron Wilkerson | 3 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.00 | 8.05 | 1.67 | 10.0 | -0.3 |
| Matt Albers | 34 | 0 | 34.1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 7.34 | 6.31 | 1.66 | 8.4 | -0.7 |
Record versus run differential
Milwaukee Brewers are 96-67, a .589 win rate, while their +95 run differential implies .561. That is about 5 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.