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.
The 2018 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the NL Central, 1 game clear. They spent 66 of 187 days in first place, led by as many as 4.5 games on May 28 and were as far as 6 games back on August 28. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 20-7, their worst June at 12-13. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from April 17 to April 25 and a 7-game losing streak from July 11 to July 20. They were 51-30 at home and 45-37 on the road, 33-19 in one-run games and 49-46 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-6 against the Mets on May 26; the heaviest defeat, 21-5 at the Dodgers on August 2.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
17
13
.567
113
107
+6
May
19
8
.704
132
104
+28
June
12
13
.480
115
96
+19
July
15
13
.536
118
118
0
August
13
13
.500
129
156
-27
Sept/Oct
20
7
.741
147
78
+69
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
51-30
.630
Road
45-37
.549
One-run games
33-19
.635
Extra innings
9-7
.563
Within the division
40-37
.519
Against .500+ clubs
49-46
.516
Decided by 5+ runs
27-18
.600
Last 10
9-1
.900
National League Central standings, 2018
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2018. 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
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
Average home crowd by month.
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
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
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
Average completed game by month.
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.
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.
