National League Central · 2018
Milwaukee Brewers 2018
- Team WAR
- 40.8 26.2 bat / 14.6 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 7.9 WAR, and Jhoulys Chacín the rotation at a 3.50 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
33 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Christian Yelich | LF | 146 | 651 | 187 | 36 | 110 | 22 | .326 | .402 | .598 | .427 | 175 | 7.9 |
| 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 | 3.3 |
| Jonathan Villar | 2B | 139 | 515 | 121 | 14 | 46 | 35 | .260 | .325 | .384 | .314 | 97 | 2.0 |
| Ryan Braun | LF | 125 | 447 | 103 | 20 | 64 | 11 | .254 | .313 | .469 | .334 | 110 | 1.5 |
| Eric Thames | 1B | 94 | 278 | 54 | 16 | 37 | 7 | .219 | .306 | .478 | .334 | 111 | 0.9 |
| Manny Piña | C | 95 | 337 | 77 | 9 | 28 | 2 | .252 | .307 | .395 | .304 | 90 | 0.9 |
| Brent Suter | P | 17 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .192 | .323 | .346 | .306 | 92 | 0.5 |
| Hernán Pérez | 2B | 119 | 334 | 80 | 9 | 29 | 11 | .253 | .290 | .386 | .295 | 83 | 0.4 |
| Domingo Santana | RF | 83 | 235 | 56 | 5 | 20 | 1 | .265 | .328 | .412 | .323 | 103 | 0.4 |
| Erik Kratz | C | 62 | 219 | 48 | 6 | 23 | 1 | .236 | .280 | .355 | .279 | 73 | 0.3 |
| Jhoulys Chacín | P | 34 | 68 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .161 | .203 | .179 | .177 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Keon Broxton | CF | 41 | 89 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 5 | .179 | .281 | .410 | .305 | 91 | 0.2 |
| Tyler Saladino | SS | 54 | 139 | 31 | 5 | 16 | 2 | .246 | .299 | .397 | .304 | 90 | 0.2 |
| Brandon Woodruff | P | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .333 | .625 | .403 | 158 | 0.2 |
| Dan Jennings | P | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 1.000 | .719 | 376 | 0.1 |
| Wade Miley | P | 14 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .185 | .214 | .185 | .182 | 6 | 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 | 0.1 |
| Taylor Williams | P | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .220 | 32 | 0.0 |
| Corbin Burnes | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Junior Guerra | P | 24 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .114 | .114 | .200 | .135 | -27 | 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 |
| Jett Bandy | C | 24 | 71 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .268 | .266 | .246 | 50 | -0.1 |
| Zach Davies | P | 12 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .059 | -80 | -0.1 |
| Chase Anderson | P | 28 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .089 | .089 | .089 | .078 | -66 | -0.2 |
| Freddy Peralta | P | 14 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .038 | .038 | .038 | .034 | -97 | -0.2 |
| Orlando Arcia | SS | 114 | 366 | 82 | 3 | 30 | 7 | .236 | .268 | .307 | .255 | 56 | -0.5 |
| Eric Sogard | SS | 51 | 113 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .134 | .241 | .165 | .197 | 16 | -0.7 |
Pitching
25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jhoulys Chacín | 35 | 35 | 192.2 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 156 | 3.50 | 4.03 | 1.16 | 7.3 | 2.6 |
| Josh Hader | 55 | 0 | 81.1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 143 | 2.43 | 2.23 | 0.81 | 15.8 | 2.3 |
| Jeremy Jeffress | 73 | 0 | 76.2 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 89 | 1.29 | 2.78 | 0.99 | 10.4 | 1.7 |
| Wade Miley | 16 | 16 | 80.2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 2.57 | 3.59 | 1.21 | 5.6 | 1.5 |
| Junior Guerra | 31 | 26 | 141.0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 136 | 4.09 | 4.24 | 1.40 | 8.7 | 1.4 |
| Freddy Peralta | 16 | 14 | 78.1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 96 | 4.25 | 3.72 | 1.14 | 11.0 | 1.3 |
| Corey Knebel | 57 | 0 | 55.1 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 88 | 3.58 | 3.03 | 1.08 | 14.3 | 1.1 |
| Brent Suter | 20 | 18 | 101.1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 84 | 4.44 | 4.49 | 1.19 | 7.5 | 0.8 |
| Brandon Woodruff | 19 | 4 | 42.1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 3.61 | 3.30 | 1.18 | 10.0 | 0.7 |
| Zach Davies | 13 | 13 | 66.0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 49 | 4.77 | 4.39 | 1.33 | 6.7 | 0.6 |
| 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 | 0.4 |
| Jorge López | 17 | 7 | 53.2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 5.03 | 4.48 | 1.47 | 6.4 | 0.3 |
| 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 |
| Chase Anderson | 30 | 30 | 158.0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 128 | 3.93 | 5.22 | 1.19 | 7.3 | -0.1 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2018.
- Average
- 35,196 81 home dates
- Median
- 36,242
- Total
- 2,850,875
- Best
- 45,520 2018-09-29
- Quietest
- 24,310 2018-04-05
- On the road
- 29,000 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 35,196 | 36,242 | 24,310 | 45,520 |
| Night | 49 | 33,594 | 32,869 | 24,310 | 45,520 |
| Day | 32 | 37,649 | 38,361 | 26,345 | 45,393 |
| Weekend | 39 | 37,642 | 37,954 | 28,233 | 45,520 |
| Weekday | 42 | 32,924 | 32,570 | 24,310 | 45,393 |
| On the road | 81 | 29,000 | 30,875 | 5,265 | 46,040 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 14 | 32,956 |
| May | 15 | 33,665 |
| Jun | 12 | 37,706 |
| Jul | 13 | 34,651 |
| Aug | 12 | 34,861 |
| Sep | 15 | 37,551 |
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 163 completed games, 2018.
- Regulation
- 3:03 147 games
- All games
- 3:07
- Extra innings
- 3:49 16 of them
- Longest
- 5:36 2018-08-24, 15 inn
- Shortest
- 2:24 2018-07-25
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 163 | 3:07 | 3:03 | 2:17 | 5:36 |
| Regulation | 147 | 3:03 | 3:01 | 2:17 | 4:02 |
| Extra innings | 16 | 3:49 | 3:36 | 3:06 | 5:36 |
| Home | 81 | 3:05 | 2:59 | 2:24 | 5:36 |
| Road | 82 | 3:09 | 3:05 | 2:17 | 4:23 |
| Day | 60 | 3:06 | 3:03 | 2:24 | 4:02 |
| Night | 103 | 3:08 | 3:03 | 2:17 | 5:36 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 14 | 3:02 |
| May | 15 | 3:00 |
| Jun | 12 | 3:09 |
| Jul | 13 | 3:03 |
| Aug | 12 | 3:18 |
| Sep | 15 | 3:03 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 183 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 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.