National League Central · 2021
Milwaukee Brewers
- Team WAR
- 36.2 15.9 bat / 20.4 pitch
- Win %
- .586 pyth .577
- Run diff
- +115 4.56 / 3.85 per g
- wRC+
- 93
- ERA
- 3.40 FIP 3.64
- Home runs
- 204
The Milwaukee Brewers went 95-67 in 2021, a .586 winning percentage — 5th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 738 runs and allowed 623, a run differential of +115. The offence ranked 12th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.40 staff ERA was the third best. Their 93 team wRC+ was 7% below league average — 23rd of 30 in MLB. Willy Adames led the position players at 4.0 WAR, and Corbin Burnes the rotation at a 2.43 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,296 team hits
Batting
43 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Willy Adames | SS | 137 | 555 | 130 | 25 | 73 | 5 | .262 | .337 | .481 | .352 | 123 | 4.0 |
| Luis Urías | SS | 149 | 570 | 122 | 23 | 75 | 5 | .249 | .345 | .445 | .344 | 117 | 3.6 |
| Kolten Wong | 2B | 115 | 492 | 121 | 14 | 50 | 12 | .272 | .335 | .447 | .339 | 114 | 2.7 |
| Omar Narváez | C | 123 | 445 | 104 | 11 | 49 | 0 | .266 | .342 | .402 | .325 | 104 | 2.6 |
| Avisaíl García | RF | 133 | 515 | 121 | 29 | 86 | 8 | .262 | .330 | .490 | .347 | 119 | 2.3 |
| Christian Yelich | LF | 117 | 475 | 99 | 9 | 51 | 9 | .248 | .362 | .373 | .329 | 107 | 1.4 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 78 | 286 | 66 | 8 | 36 | 13 | .257 | .329 | .401 | .321 | 102 | 1.3 |
| Tyrone Taylor | LF | 92 | 271 | 60 | 12 | 43 | 6 | .247 | .321 | .457 | .335 | 111 | 1.1 |
| Manny Piña | C | 73 | 208 | 34 | 13 | 33 | 0 | .189 | .293 | .439 | .318 | 99 | 1.1 |
| Jace Peterson | 2B | 93 | 302 | 64 | 6 | 31 | 10 | .247 | .348 | .367 | .323 | 102 | 1.0 |
| Daniel Vogelbach | 1B | 93 | 258 | 47 | 9 | 24 | 0 | .219 | .349 | .381 | .329 | 107 | 0.5 |
| Luke Maile | C | 13 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .300 | .382 | .433 | .362 | 130 | 0.3 |
| Pablo Reyes | 3B | 49 | 87 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .256 | .333 | .359 | .306 | 91 | 0.3 |
| Travis Shaw | 3B | 80 | 250 | 44 | 9 | 39 | 0 | .200 | .286 | .373 | .292 | 81 | 0.1 |
| Rowdy Tellez | 1B | 106 | 325 | 72 | 11 | 36 | 0 | .242 | .305 | .414 | .308 | 92 | 0.0 |
| Trevor Richards | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | .725 | 378 | 0.0 |
| Mario Feliciano | PH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | .725 | 378 | 0.0 |
| Hoby Milner | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .362 | 130 | 0.0 |
| Derek Fisher | RF | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .310 | 94 | 0.0 |
| Zack Godley | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Aaron Ashby | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .242 | 47 | -0.0 |
| Corey Ray | RF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .242 | 47 | -0.0 |
| Jordan Zimmermann | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Miguel Sánchez | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Josh Lindblom | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Justin Topa | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Alec Bettinger | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Hunter Strickland | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Daniel Norris | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Jandel Gustave | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Colin Rea | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Daniel Robertson | 3B | 44 | 90 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .164 | .303 | .274 | .270 | 66 | -0.1 |
| Brent Suter | P | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.1 |
| Eric Lauer | P | 22 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .154 | .258 | .269 | .243 | 48 | -0.1 |
| Tim Lopes | 2B | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .146 | -19 | -0.2 |
| Billy McKinney | RF | 113 | 300 | 51 | 9 | 27 | 2 | .192 | .280 | .358 | .280 | 73 | -0.4 |
| Adrian Houser | P | 25 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .071 | .114 | .214 | .143 | -20 | -0.5 |
| Brett Anderson | P | 21 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .091 | -56 | -0.5 |
| Corbin Burnes | P | 25 | 59 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .154 | .200 | .154 | .167 | -4 | -0.5 |
| Freddy Peralta | P | 25 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .093 | .114 | .093 | .096 | -53 | -0.7 |
| Brandon Woodruff | P | 28 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .115 | .164 | .115 | .135 | -26 | -0.7 |
| Keston Hiura | 1B | 60 | 197 | 29 | 4 | 19 | 3 | .168 | .256 | .301 | .253 | 55 | -0.7 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | CF | 129 | 428 | 63 | 6 | 29 | 7 | .163 | .236 | .261 | .227 | 37 | -1.7 |
Pitching
30 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Corbin Burnes | 28 | 28 | 167.0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 234 | 2.43 | 1.63 | 0.94 | 12.6 | 6.5 |
| Brandon Woodruff | 30 | 30 | 179.1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 211 | 2.56 | 2.96 | 0.96 | 10.6 | 4.4 |
| Freddy Peralta | 28 | 27 | 144.1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 195 | 2.81 | 3.12 | 0.97 | 12.2 | 3.2 |
| Josh Hader | 60 | 0 | 58.2 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 102 | 1.23 | 1.69 | 0.84 | 15.6 | 2.0 |
| Eric Lauer | 24 | 20 | 118.2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 117 | 3.19 | 4.04 | 1.14 | 8.9 | 1.4 |
| Adrian Houser | 28 | 26 | 142.1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 105 | 3.22 | 4.33 | 1.28 | 6.6 | 1.3 |
| Devin Williams | 58 | 0 | 54.0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 87 | 2.50 | 2.82 | 1.19 | 14.5 | 1.1 |
| Brett Anderson | 24 | 24 | 96.0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 58 | 4.22 | 4.39 | 1.35 | 5.4 | 0.8 |
| Brad Boxberger | 71 | 0 | 64.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 83 | 3.34 | 3.65 | 1.07 | 11.6 | 0.8 |
| Brent Suter | 61 | 1 | 73.1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 69 | 3.07 | 3.91 | 1.31 | 8.5 | 0.7 |
| Aaron Ashby | 13 | 4 | 31.2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 4.55 | 3.58 | 1.17 | 11.1 | 0.4 |
| Hunter Strickland | 57 | 0 | 58.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 2.61 | 4.19 | 1.16 | 8.9 | 0.3 |
| Jake Cousins | 30 | 0 | 30.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2.70 | 3.84 | 1.17 | 13.2 | 0.3 |
| Jace Peterson | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9.00 | 2.67 | 2.50 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Daniel Robertson | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.17 | 1.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Jandel Gustave | 14 | 0 | 18.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3.44 | 4.64 | 1.09 | 6.4 | 0.0 |
| Blaine Hardy | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18.00 | 4.17 | 4.00 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Patrick Weigel | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4.50 | 5.67 | 2.00 | 20.3 | -0.0 |
| John Axford | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 21.17 | 9.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Colin Rea | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7.50 | 5.84 | 1.17 | 7.5 | -0.1 |
| Luke Maile | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 16.17 | 2.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Jordan Zimmermann | 2 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.94 | 7.05 | 1.76 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Miguel Sánchez | 28 | 0 | 26.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4.15 | 5.25 | 1.58 | 8.0 | -0.2 |
| Justin Topa | 4 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29.70 | 11.27 | 3.90 | 2.7 | -0.2 |
| Angel Perdomo | 19 | 0 | 17.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6.35 | 6.11 | 1.65 | 14.8 | -0.3 |
| Alec Bettinger | 4 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13.50 | 7.27 | 2.10 | 4.5 | -0.3 |
| Hoby Milner | 19 | 0 | 21.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 5.40 | 5.89 | 1.52 | 12.5 | -0.3 |
| Zack Godley | 2 | 1 | 3.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16.20 | 13.37 | 2.70 | 13.5 | -0.3 |
| Eric Yardley | 17 | 0 | 18.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6.75 | 6.81 | 1.82 | 2.4 | -0.4 |
| Josh Lindblom | 8 | 0 | 16.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9.72 | 7.37 | 1.98 | 9.2 | -0.5 |
Record versus run differential
Milwaukee Brewers are 95-67, a .586 win rate, while their +115 run differential implies .577. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.