National League Central · 2020

Milwaukee Brewers 2020

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Team WAR: 11.9
Win %: .483
Run diff: -17
wRC+: 90
ERA: 4.30
Home runs: 77

The Milwaukee Brewers went 29-31 in 2020, a .483 winning percentage — 15th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 247 runs and allowed 264, a run differential of -17. The offence ranked 26th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.30 staff ERA was 13th of 30. Their 90 team wRC+ was 10% below league average — 25th of 30 in MLB. Christian Yelich led the position players at 1.1 WAR, and Corbin Burnes the rotation at a 2.11 ERA.

The 2020 season

Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.

They finished 4th in the NL Central, 5 games back. They were as far as 6.5 games back on August 13. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 13-13, their worst August at 13-15. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from September 16 to September 20 and a 4-game losing streak from August 20 to August 23. They were 15-15 at home and 14-16 on the road, 11-5 in one-run games and 19-24 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 19-0 at the Tigers on September 9; the heaviest defeat, 12-0 against the Cubs on September 13.

Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month	W	L	Pct	RS	RA	Diff
July	3	3	.500	24	28	-4
August	13	15	.464	111	135	-24
Sept/Oct	13	13	.500	112	101	+11

Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games	W-L	Pct
Home	15-15	.500
Road	14-16	.467
One-run games	11-5	.688
Extra innings	3-2	.600
Within the division	19-21	.475
Against .500+ clubs	19-24	.442
Decided by 5+ runs	10-13	.435
Last 10	5-5	.500

National League Central standings, 2020

Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.

National League Central, 2020. Games back of the best record in the division.
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RS	RA	Diff	WAR
Chicago Cubs	34	26	.567	—	265	240	+25	12.4
St. Louis Cardinals	30	28	.517	3	240	229	+11	8.4
Cincinnati Reds	31	29	.517	3	243	243	0	13.4
Milwaukee Brewers	29	31	.483	5	247	264	-17	11.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	19	41	.317	15	219	298	-79	1.9

2020 Milwaukee Brewers roster

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.

Catchers 3

Manny PiñaC · 15 G · 0.3 WAR
Jacob NottinghamC · 17 G · 0.2 WAR
Omar NarváezC · 39 G · 0.0 WAR

Infielders 7

Orlando ArciaSS · 57 G · 0.8 WAR
Jedd Gyorko1B · 42 G · 0.6 WAR
Keston Hiura2B · 59 G · 0.3 WAR
Ryon Healy1B · 4 G · -0.1 WAR
Eric Sogard3B · 41 G · -0.2 WAR
Luis Urías3B · 34 G · -0.2 WAR
Justin Smoak1B · 36 G · -0.5 WAR

Outfielders 8

Christian YelichLF · 58 G · 1.1 WAR
Jace PetersonRF · 24 G · 0.4 WAR
Avisaíl GarcíaCF · 53 G · 0.2 WAR
Ryan BraunRF · 39 G · 0.2 WAR
Lorenzo CainCF · 5 G · 0.1 WAR
Tyrone TaylorRF · 17 G · 0.1 WAR
Ben GamelRF · 38 G · 0.1 WAR
Mark MathiasRF · 14 G · -0.0 WAR

Designated hitters 2

Daniel VogelbachDH · 39 G · 0.1 WAR
Logan MorrisonDH · 9 G · -0.2 WAR

Starting pitchers 6

Corbin Burnes9 GS · 2.3 WAR
Brandon Woodruff13 GS · 2.0 WAR
Josh Lindblom10 GS · 0.8 WAR
Brett Anderson10 GS · 0.6 WAR
Adrian Houser11 GS · 0.5 WAR
Eric Lauer2 GS · -0.1 WAR

Relief pitchers 18

Devin Williams22 G · 1.3 WAR
Freddy Peralta15 G · 0.9 WAR
Brent Suter16 G · 0.8 WAR
Justin Topa6 G · 0.3 WAR
Eric Yardley24 G · 0.2 WAR
Josh Hader21 G · 0.2 WAR
Alex Claudio20 G · 0.2 WAR
Drew Rasmussen12 G · 0.0 WAR
Ray Black3 G · 0.0 WAR
Jedd Gyorko1 G · 0.0 WAR
Phil Bickford1 G · -0.0 WAR
David Phelps22 G · -0.1 WAR
Angel Perdomo3 G · -0.1 WAR
Orlando Arcia2 G · -0.1 WAR
Bobby Wahl3 G · -0.2 WAR
Corey Knebel15 G · -0.2 WAR
J.P. Feyereisen6 G · -0.3 WAR
Justin Grimm4 G · -0.5 WAR

Batting

20 players, ranked by dbWAR.


Christian Yelich	LF	58	247	41	12	22	4	.205	.356	.430	.346	116	1.1
Orlando Arcia	SS	57	189	45	5	20	2	.260	.317	.416	.319	98	0.8
Jedd Gyorko	1B	42	135	29	9	17	0	.248	.333	.504	.352	120	0.6
Jace Peterson	RF	24	61	9	2	5	1	.200	.393	.356	.349	118	0.4
Keston Hiura	2B	59	246	46	13	32	3	.212	.297	.410	.305	88	0.3
Manny Piña	C	15	45	9	2	5	0	.231	.333	.410	.331	106	0.3
Jacob Nottingham	C	17	54	9	4	13	0	.188	.278	.458	.314	94	0.2
Avisaíl García	CF	53	207	43	2	15	1	.238	.333	.326	.299	84	0.2
Ryan Braun	RF	39	141	30	8	26	1	.233	.281	.488	.323	100	0.2
Lorenzo Cain	CF	5	21	6	0	2	0	.333	.429	.389	.355	122	0.1
Tyrone Taylor	RF	17	41	9	2	6	0	.237	.293	.500	.335	108	0.1
Ben Gamel	RF	38	127	27	3	10	0	.237	.315	.404	.315	95	0.1
Daniel Vogelbach	DH	39	136	24	6	16	0	.209	.331	.391	.320	98	0.1
Omar Narváez	C	39	126	19	2	10	0	.176	.294	.269	.265	61	0.0
Mark Mathias	RF	14	36	10	0	4	1	.278	.278	.361	.276	68	-0.0
Ryon Healy	1B	4	7	1	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.126	-33	-0.1
Eric Sogard	3B	41	128	24	1	10	0	.209	.281	.278	.256	55	-0.2
Luis Urías	3B	34	120	26	0	11	2	.239	.308	.294	.276	68	-0.2
Logan Morrison	DH	9	28	3	1	2	0	.120	.214	.280	.223	32	-0.2
Justin Smoak	1B	36	132	21	5	15	0	.176	.250	.361	.266	62	-0.5

Pitching

24 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Corbin Burnes	12	9	59.2	4	1	0	88	2.11	2.03	1.02	13.3	2.3
Brandon Woodruff	13	13	73.2	3	5	0	91	3.05	3.20	0.99	11.1	2.0
Devin Williams	22	0	27.0	4	1	0	53	0.33	0.86	0.63	17.7	1.3
Freddy Peralta	15	1	29.1	3	1	0	47	3.99	2.41	1.16	14.4	0.9
Josh Lindblom	12	10	45.1	2	4	0	52	5.16	3.88	1.28	10.3	0.8
Brent Suter	16	4	31.2	2	0	0	38	3.13	3.00	1.11	10.8	0.8
Brett Anderson	10	10	47.0	4	4	0	32	4.21	4.38	1.28	6.1	0.6
Adrian Houser	12	11	56.0	1	6	0	44	5.30	4.82	1.50	7.1	0.5
Justin Topa	6	0	7.2	0	1	0	12	2.35	1.76	0.91	14.1	0.3
Eric Yardley	24	0	23.1	2	0	0	19	1.54	4.09	1.24	7.3	0.2
Josh Hader	21	0	19.0	1	2	13	31	3.79	4.03	0.95	14.7	0.2
Alex Claudio	20	0	19.0	0	0	1	15	4.26	4.09	1.26	7.1	0.2
Drew Rasmussen	12	0	15.1	1	0	0	21	5.87	4.76	1.70	12.3	0.0
Ray Black	3	0	3.0	0	0	0	3	3.00	4.19	1.67	9.0	0.0
Jedd Gyorko	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.19	1.00	0.0	0.0
Phil Bickford	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	2	36.00	5.19	4.00	18.0	-0.0
David Phelps	22	0	20.2	2	4	0	31	6.53	5.47	1.16	13.5	-0.1
Angel Perdomo	3	0	2.2	0	0	0	5	20.25	8.44	3.75	16.9	-0.1
Eric Lauer	4	2	11.0	0	2	0	12	13.09	6.37	2.36	9.8	-0.1
Orlando Arcia	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	18.00	11.19	2.50	0.0	-0.1
Bobby Wahl	3	0	2.1	0	1	0	1	11.57	13.48	1.71	3.9	-0.2
Corey Knebel	15	0	13.1	0	0	0	15	6.07	6.64	1.72	10.1	-0.2
J.P. Feyereisen	6	0	9.1	0	0	0	7	5.79	7.80	0.96	6.8	-0.3
Justin Grimm	4	0	4.2	0	0	0	6	17.36	14.33	2.79	11.6	-0.5

Attendance

30 home dates played behind closed doors, 2020.

Average: 0
Median: 0
Total: 0
On the road: 0

By situation

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	30	0	0	0	0
Night	26	0	0	0	0
Day	4	0	0	0	0
Weekend	13	0	0	0	0
Weekday	17	0	0	0	0
On the road	30	0	0	0	0

By season

Every home game this season was played with no crowd admitted. The zero is the season, not a missing number — which is why it is shown rather than left out. 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 60 completed games, 2020.

Regulation: 2:59
All games: 3:02
Extra innings: 3:37
Longest: 3:43
Shortest: 2:01

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	60	3:02	3:01	2:01	4:28
Regulation	55	2:59	2:59	2:01	3:43
Extra innings	5	3:37	3:42	2:37	4:28
Home	30	2:58	2:56	2:01	3:43
Road	30	3:07	3:05	2:12	4:28
Day	13	3:10	3:11	2:43	3:36
Night	47	3:00	2:57	2:01	4:28

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
Month	Games	Average
Aug	16	3:02
Sep	14	2:53

By season

Regulation games only, in minutes. 179 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 29-31, a .483 win rate, while their -17 run differential implies .470. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.

Milwaukee Brewers 2020

The 2020 season

National League Central standings, 2020

2020 Milwaukee Brewers roster

Catchers 3

Infielders 7

Outfielders 8

Designated hitters 2

Starting pitchers 6

Relief pitchers 18

Where the offence comes from

Batting

Pitching

Attendance

By situation

By season

Game time

By situation

Through the season

By season