The 2020 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 51st season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, the 23rd in the National League, and 52nd overall. The Brewers finished the regular season 29-31 and clinched the eighth seed in the postseason, becoming the first National League team to clinch the playoffs with a losing record. This marked the first time in franchise history where the Brewers clinched a playoff berth in three consecutive years, starting with the 2018 season.
| 2020 Milwaukee Brewers | ||
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| National League Wild Card Winners | ||
| League | National League | |
| Division | Central | |
| Ballpark | Miller Park | |
| City | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
| Record | 29–31 (.483) | |
| Divisional place | 4th | |
| Owners | Mark Attanasio | |
| General managers | David Stearns | |
| Managers | Craig Counsell | |
| Television | Fox Sports Wisconsin (Brian Anderson, Bill Schroeder, Craig Coshun, Matt Lepay) Telemundo Wisconsin (Spanish-language coverage, Sunday home games; Hector Molina, Kevin Holden) | |
| Radio | 620 WTMJ Milwaukee Brewers Radio Network (Bob Uecker, Jeff Levering, Lane Grindle) | |
| Stats | ESPN.com Baseball Reference | |
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On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled.[1] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks.[2] On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.[3] The Brewers lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in two games in the NLWCS.
Spring training
editThe Brewers finished spring training with a record of 10–7 (2 ties). They also had 15 games canceled, 3 due to rain, and 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Spring training was limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Upon returning to play in July 2020, the team played intra-squad scrimmages instead of playing a full complement of spring training games. The team flew by charter planes to their scrimmages.[4] On July 22, they defeated the Chicago White Sox, in their only exhibition game during the restart, 5–3.
Opening day starters
edit| Order | Name | Pos. |
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| 1 | Eric Sogard | 3B |
| 2 | Christian Yelich | LF |
| 3 | Keston Hiura | 2B |
| 4 | Justin Smoak | 1B |
| 5 | Ryan Braun | DH |
| 6 | Avisaíl García | RF |
| 7 | Omar Narvaez | C |
| 8 | Lorenzo Cain | CF |
| 9 | Orlando Arcia | SS |
| — | Brandon Woodruff | P |
Season standings
editNational League Central
edit| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| Chicago Cubs | 34 | 26 | .567 | — | 19–14 | 15–12 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 30 | 28 | .517 | 3 | 14–13 | 16–15 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 31 | 29 | .517 | 3 | 16–13 | 15–16 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 29 | 31 | .483 | 5 | 15–14 | 14–17 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 19 | 41 | .317 | 15 | 13–19 | 6–22 |
National League Wild Card
edit| Team | W | L | Pct. |
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| Los Angeles Dodgers | 43 | 17 | .717 |
| Atlanta Braves | 35 | 25 | .583 |
| Chicago Cubs | 34 | 26 | .567 |
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
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| San Diego Padres | 37 | 23 | .617 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 30 | 28 | .517 |
| Miami Marlins | 31 | 29 | .517 |
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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| Cincinnati Reds | 31 | 29 | .517 | +2 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 29 | 31 | .483 | — |
| San Francisco Giants | 29 | 31 | .483 | — |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 28 | 32 | .467 | 1 |
| Washington Nationals | 26 | 34 | .433 | 3 |
| New York Mets | 26 | 34 | .433 | 3 |
| Colorado Rockies | 26 | 34 | .433 | 3 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 25 | 35 | .417 | 4 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 19 | 41 | .317 | 10 |
The Brewers had the tiebreaker edge with their record against division opponents (19–21) better than the Giants' (18–22).
Record vs. opponents
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| Team | CHC | CIN | MIL | PIT | STL | AL | ||||||||||
| Chicago | — | 6–4 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 5–5 | 12–8 | ||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 4–6 | — | 6–4 | 7–3 | 4–6 | 10–10 | ||||||||||
| Milwaukee | 5–5 | 4–6 | — | 5–5 | 5–5 | 10–10 | ||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 4–6 | 3–7 | 5–5 | — | 4–6 | 3–17 | ||||||||||
| St. Louis | 5–5 | 6–4 | 5–5 | 6–4 | — | 8–10 | ||||||||||
Game log
editRegular season
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July: 3–3 (Home: 0–0; Away: 3–3)
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August: 13–15 (Home: 7–9; Away: 6–6)
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September: 13–13 (Home: 8–5; Away: 5–8)
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Postseason Game log
edit| 2020 Postseason game log: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–2) |
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Postseason rosters
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National League Wild Card Series
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Roster
editStatistics
editRegular season
editBatting
editNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; K = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; OBP = On base percentage; SLG = Slugging percentage; TB = Total bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omar Narváez | 40 | 108 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 39 | .176 | .294 | .562 | 29 |
| Justin Smoak | 33 | 113 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 40 | .186 | .262 | .381 | 43 |
| Keston Hiura | 59 | 217 | 30 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 32 | 3 | 16 | 85 | .212 | .297 | .410 | 89 |
| Orlando Arcia | 59 | 173 | 22 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 32 | .260 | .317 | .416 | 72 |
| Eric Sogard | 43 | 115 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 20 | .209 | .281 | .278 | 32 |
| Christian Yelich | 58 | 200 | 39 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 46 | 76 | .205 | .356 | .430 | 86 |
| Avisaíl García | 53 | 181 | 20 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 20 | 49 | .238 | .333 | .326 | 59 |
| Ben Gamel | 40 | 114 | 13 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 39 | .237 | .315 | .404 | 46 |
| Ryan Braun | 39 | 129 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 27 | .233 | .281 | .488 | 63 |
| Jedd Gyorko | 42 | 117 | 19 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 38 | .248 | .333 | .504 | 59 |
| Luis Urías | 41 | 109 | 11 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 32 | .239 | .308 | .294 | 32 |
| Daniel Vogelbach | 19 | 58 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .328 | .418 | .569 | 33 |
| Jace Peterson | 26 | 45 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 20 | .200 | .393 | .356 | 16 |
| Jacob Nottingham | 20 | 48 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 20 | .188 | .278 | .458 | 22 |
| Manny Piña | 15 | 39 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .231 | .333 | .410 | 16 |
| Tyrone Taylor | 22 | 38 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .237 | .293 | .500 | 19 |
| Mark Mathias | 16 | 36 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .278 | .278 | .361 | 13 |
| Brock Holt | 16 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .100 | .222 | .100 | 3 |
| Logan Morrison | 9 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .120 | .214 | .280 | 7 |
| Lorenzo Cain | 5 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .333 | .429 | .389 | 7 |
| Ryon Healy | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 60 | 1920 | 247 | 429 | 83 | 5 | 75 | 238 | 15 | 221 | 582 | .223 | .313 | .389 | 747 |
Source[5]
Pitching
editNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Woodruff | 3 | 5 | 3.05 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 73.2 | 55 | 26 | 25 | 18 | 91 |
| Corbin Burnes | 4 | 1 | 2.11 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 59.2 | 37 | 15 | 14 | 24 | 88 |
| Adrian Houser | 1 | 6 | 5.30 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 56.0 | 63 | 41 | 33 | 21 | 44 |
| Brett Anderson | 4 | 4 | 4.21 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 47.0 | 50 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 32 |
| Josh Lindblom | 2 | 4 | 5.16 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 45.1 | 42 | 26 | 26 | 16 | 52 |
| Josh Hader | 1 | 2 | 3.79 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 19.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 31 |
| Brent Suter | 2 | 0 | 3.13 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 31.2 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 38 |
| Devin Williams | 4 | 1 | 0.33 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 53 |
| Eric Yardley | 2 | 0 | 1.54 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| Alex Claudio | 0 | 0 | 4.26 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| Freddy Peralta | 3 | 1 | 3.99 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 29.1 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 47 |
| Drew Rasmussen | 1 | 0 | 5.87 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 15.1 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 21 |
| Corey Knebel | 0 | 0 | 6.08 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 15 |
| David Phelps | 2 | 3 | 2.77 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| Eric Lauer | 0 | 2 | 13.09 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11.0 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 12 |
| J. P. Feyereisen | 0 | 0 | 5.79 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| Justin Topa | 0 | 1 | 2.35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Justin Grimm | 0 | 0 | 17.36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 6 |
| Ray Black | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Ángel Perdomo | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Bobby Wahl | 0 | 1 | 11.57 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Orlando Arcia | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Phil Bickford | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Jedd Gyorko | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 31 | 4.16 | 60 | 60 | 14 | 517.1 | 446 | 264 | 239 | 189 | 614 |
Source[6]
Farm system
editThe Brewers' farm system consisted of nine minor league affiliates in 2020.[7] The minor league season, however, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] Milwaukee planned to operate a Dominican Summer League team as a co-op with the Toronto Blue Jays.[7]
Milwaukee Brewers monetary losses
editA report in the Milwaukee Business Journal has estimated that the Milwaukee Brewers lost $178.3 million revenue as a result of having no fans. For 2020, Team Marketing Report has calculated $5 billion in losses for Major League Baseball.[9]
References
edit- ^ Mark Feinsand (March 12, 2020). "Opening Day delayed at least 2 weeks; Spring Training games cancelled". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
- ^ "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ^ Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
- ^ Haudricourt, Tom; Rosiak, Todd (July 22, 2020). "Brewers get first taste of how different life on the road will be with COVID-19 protocols". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
- ^ "2020 Milwaukee Brewers Batting Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
- ^ "2020 Milwaukee Brewers Pitching Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
- ^ a b "2020 Milwaukee Brewers Media Guide" (PDF). Milwaukee Brewers. Major League Baseball. 2020. pp. 198–206. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 22, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
- ^ "2020 Minor League Baseball Season Shelved". Minor League Baseball. June 30, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ Weatherly, Kaleel; Adams, Michael (October 7, 2020). "No fans, no funds: Projected game-day losses for Brewers and other MLB teams in 2020". American City Business Journals. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
External links
edit- 2020 Milwaukee Brewers season at Baseball Reference
- Milwaukee Brewers season Official Site Archived October 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine