National League Central · 2019
Milwaukee Brewers
- Team WAR
- 31.3 21.7 bat / 9.6 pitch
- Win %
- .549 pyth .502
- Run diff
- +3 4.75 / 4.73 per g
- wRC+
- 104
- ERA
- 4.56 FIP 4.55
- Home runs
- 253
The Milwaukee Brewers went 89-73 in 2019, a .549 winning percentage — 11th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 769 runs and allowed 766, a run differential of +3. The offence ranked 17th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.56 staff ERA was 18th of 30. Their 104 team wRC+ was 4% above league average — 11th of 30 in MLB. Christian Yelich led the position players at 7.2 WAR, and Brandon Woodruff the rotation at a 3.62 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,384 team hits
Batting
37 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Christian Yelich | RF | 130 | 580 | 161 | 44 | 97 | 30 | .329 | .429 | .671 | .446 | 185 | 7.2 |
| Yasmani Grandal | C | 153 | 632 | 126 | 28 | 77 | 5 | .246 | .380 | .468 | .365 | 130 | 5.1 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 141 | 584 | 133 | 35 | 87 | 3 | .254 | .329 | .516 | .351 | 120 | 3.4 |
| Keston Hiura | 2B | 83 | 348 | 95 | 19 | 49 | 9 | .303 | .368 | .570 | .391 | 147 | 3.1 |
| Ryan Braun | LF | 144 | 508 | 131 | 22 | 75 | 11 | .285 | .343 | .505 | .357 | 124 | 2.4 |
| Eric Thames | 1B | 149 | 459 | 98 | 25 | 61 | 3 | .247 | .346 | .505 | .357 | 124 | 1.7 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 145 | 623 | 146 | 11 | 48 | 18 | .260 | .325 | .372 | .305 | 88 | 1.2 |
| Manny Piña | C | 72 | 179 | 36 | 7 | 25 | 0 | .228 | .313 | .411 | .311 | 92 | 0.6 |
| Trent Grisham | LF | 51 | 183 | 36 | 6 | 24 | 1 | .231 | .328 | .410 | .319 | 99 | 0.4 |
| Ben Gamel | LF | 126 | 356 | 77 | 7 | 33 | 2 | .248 | .337 | .373 | .311 | 93 | 0.4 |
| Tyrone Taylor | CF | 8 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 | .500 | .600 | .468 | 200 | 0.2 |
| Jacob Nottingham | C | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .333 | .429 | .833 | .508 | 227 | 0.1 |
| Aaron Wilkerson | P | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .333 | 1.333 | .651 | 325 | 0.1 |
| Junior Guerra | P | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .291 | 79 | 0.0 |
| Orlando Arcia | SS | 148 | 546 | 110 | 15 | 59 | 8 | .223 | .283 | .350 | .271 | 65 | 0.0 |
| Jesús Aguilar | 1B | 131 | 369 | 74 | 12 | 50 | 0 | .236 | .325 | .389 | .311 | 92 | -0.0 |
| Corbin Burnes | P | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .249 | 50 | -0.0 |
| Jeremy Jeffress | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Burch Smith | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Devin Williams | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Taylor Williams | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Cory Spangenberg | 2B | 31 | 102 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 3 | .232 | .277 | .358 | .270 | 64 | -0.0 |
| Brent Suter | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Josh Hader | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Jay Jackson | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Brandon Woodruff | P | 23 | 49 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .267 | .283 | .356 | .273 | 67 | -0.1 |
| Jimmy Nelson | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| Hernán Pérez | 2B | 86 | 246 | 53 | 8 | 18 | 5 | .228 | .262 | .379 | .272 | 66 | -0.1 |
| David Freitas | PH | 17 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .067 | .250 | .067 | .186 | 7 | -0.2 |
| Freddy Peralta | P | 10 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .116 | -40 | -0.2 |
| Jhoulys Chacín | P | 18 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .160 | .250 | .176 | 1 | -0.2 |
| Adrian Houser | P | 17 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .045 | .125 | .091 | .110 | -45 | -0.4 |
| Gio Gonzalez | P | 18 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .040 | .077 | .040 | .061 | -78 | -0.5 |
| Tyler Saladino | SS | 27 | 71 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | .123 | .197 | .215 | .189 | 9 | -0.5 |
| Zach Davies | P | 32 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .154 | .170 | .192 | .158 | -12 | -0.6 |
| Chase Anderson | P | 27 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .100 | .143 | .125 | .125 | -34 | -0.6 |
| Travis Shaw | 3B | 84 | 270 | 36 | 7 | 16 | 0 | .157 | .281 | .270 | .251 | 52 | -0.7 |
Pitching
28 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Brandon Woodruff | 22 | 22 | 121.2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 143 | 3.62 | 3.01 | 1.14 | 10.6 | 3.0 |
| Adrian Houser | 35 | 18 | 111.1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 117 | 3.72 | 3.88 | 1.24 | 9.5 | 1.5 |
| Josh Hader | 61 | 0 | 75.2 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 138 | 2.62 | 3.10 | 0.81 | 16.4 | 1.5 |
| Zach Davies | 31 | 31 | 159.2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 102 | 3.55 | 4.56 | 1.29 | 5.7 | 1.4 |
| Gio Gonzalez | 19 | 17 | 87.1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 78 | 3.50 | 4.04 | 1.29 | 8.0 | 1.2 |
| Freddy Peralta | 39 | 8 | 85.0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 115 | 5.29 | 4.18 | 1.46 | 12.2 | 0.8 |
| Chase Anderson | 32 | 27 | 139.0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 124 | 4.21 | 4.83 | 1.27 | 8.0 | 0.7 |
| Drew Pomeranz | 46 | 18 | 104.0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 137 | 4.85 | 4.59 | 1.43 | 11.9 | 0.6 |
| Jeremy Jeffress | 48 | 0 | 52.0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 5.02 | 3.96 | 1.37 | 8.0 | 0.5 |
| Brent Suter | 9 | 0 | 18.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.49 | 2.45 | 0.60 | 7.4 | 0.5 |
| Junior Guerra | 72 | 0 | 83.2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 77 | 3.55 | 4.52 | 1.12 | 8.3 | 0.4 |
| Matt Albers | 67 | 0 | 59.2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 57 | 5.13 | 4.66 | 1.37 | 8.6 | 0.2 |
| Taylor Williams | 10 | 0 | 14.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 9.82 | 3.90 | 1.98 | 9.2 | 0.2 |
| Jay Jackson | 28 | 0 | 30.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 4.45 | 4.66 | 1.32 | 13.9 | 0.1 |
| Donnie Hart | 5 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 1.04 | 3.5 | 0.1 |
| Alex Claudio | 83 | 0 | 62.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 4.06 | 4.92 | 1.31 | 6.4 | 0.0 |
| Jake Petricka | 6 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.38 | 4.71 | 1.50 | 3.4 | 0.0 |
| Devin Williams | 13 | 0 | 13.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3.95 | 4.82 | 1.76 | 9.2 | 0.0 |
| Hernán Pérez | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 8.88 | 1.33 | 3.0 | -0.1 |
| Deolis Guerra | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 22.71 | 6.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Jimmy Nelson | 10 | 3 | 22.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 6.95 | 5.80 | 1.91 | 10.6 | -0.2 |
| Alex Wilson | 13 | 0 | 11.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9.53 | 6.74 | 2.12 | 10.3 | -0.2 |
| Aaron Wilkerson | 8 | 0 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7.31 | 6.78 | 2.13 | 6.2 | -0.3 |
| Ray Black | 17 | 0 | 16.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5.06 | 6.90 | 1.44 | 10.1 | -0.3 |
| Jake Faria | 16 | 0 | 18.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6.75 | 6.75 | 2.14 | 9.2 | -0.3 |
| Jacob Barnes | 33 | 1 | 32.2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 7.44 | 6.06 | 1.78 | 8.8 | -0.4 |
| Jhoulys Chacín | 25 | 24 | 103.1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 101 | 6.01 | 5.88 | 1.56 | 8.8 | -0.5 |
| Corbin Burnes | 32 | 4 | 49.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 70 | 8.82 | 6.09 | 1.84 | 12.9 | -0.5 |
Record versus run differential
Milwaukee Brewers are 89-73, a .549 win rate, while their +3 run differential implies .502. That is about 8 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.