2020 Milwaukee Brewers season

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2020  Milwaukee Brewers
National League Wild Card Winners
League National League
Division Central
Ballpark Miller Park
City Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Record29–31 (.483)
Divisional place4th
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
BB-reference
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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.

Contents

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

The 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

OrderNamePos.
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

National League Central

NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 34260.56719–1415–12
St. Louis Cardinals 30280.517314–1316–15
Cincinnati Reds 31290.517316–1315–16
Milwaukee Brewers 29310.483515–1414–17
Pittsburgh Pirates 19410.3171513–196–22

National League Wild Card

Division Leaders W L Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers 43170.717
Atlanta Braves 35250.583
Chicago Cubs 34260.567


Division 2nd Place W L Pct.
San Diego Padres 37230.617
St. Louis Cardinals 30280.517
Miami Marlins 31290.517


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
W L Pct. GB
Cincinnati Reds 31290.517+2
Milwaukee Brewers 29310.483
San Francisco Giants 29310.483
Philadelphia Phillies 28320.4671
Washington Nationals 26340.4333
New York Mets 26340.4333
Colorado Rockies 26340.4333
Arizona Diamondbacks 25350.4174
Pittsburgh Pirates 19410.31710

The Brewers had the tiebreaker edge with their record against division opponents (19–21) better than the Giants' (18–22).

Record vs. opponents

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020

TeamCHCCINMILPITSTLAL
Chicago 6–45–56–45–512–8
Cincinnati 4–66–47–34–610–10
Milwaukee 5–54–65–55–510–10
Pittsburgh 4–63–75–54–63–17
St. Louis 5–56–45–56–48–10

Game log

Regular season

2020 regular season game log: 29–31 (Home: 15–14; Away: 14–17)
July: 3–3 (Home: 0–0; Away: 3–3)
#DateOpponentScoreLossWinSaveRecordBox/
Streak
1July 24@ Cubs 0–3 Woodruff (0–1) Hendricks (1–0)0–1 L1
2July 25@ Cubs 8–3 Darvish (0–1) Suter (1–0)1–1 W1
3July 26@ Cubs 1–9 Peralta (0–1) Chatwood (1–0)1–2 L1
4July 27@ Pirates 6–5 (11) Neverauskas (0–1) Phelps (1–0)2–2 W1
5July 28@ Pirates 6–8 Wahl (0–1) Hartlieb (1–0) Burdi (1)2–3 L1
6July 29@ Pirates 3–0 Musgrove (0–2) Woodruff (1–1) Hader (1)3–3 W1
July 31 Cardinals Postponed (COVID-19);Makeup: September 14
August: 13–15 (Home: 7–9; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreLossWinSaveRecordBox/
Streak
August 1 Cardinals Postponed (COVID-19);Makeup: September 16
August 2 Cardinals Postponed (COVID-19);Makeup: September 25
7August 3 White Sox 4–6 Phelps (1–1) Detwiler (1–0) Colomé (2)3–4 L1
8August 4 White Sox 2–3 Williams (0–1) Giolito (1–1) Colomé (3)3–5 L2
9August 5@ White Sox 1–0 Keuchel (2–1) Houser (1–0) Hader (2)4–5 W1
10August 6@ White Sox 8–3 González (0–1) Lindblom (1–0)5–5 W2
11August 7 Reds 3–8 Lauer (0–1) Bauer (2–0)5–6 L1
12August 8 Reds 1–4 Anderson (0–1) DeSclafani (1–0) Iglesias (2)5–7 L2
13August 9 Reds 9–3 Gray (3–1) Suter (2–0)6–7 W1
14August 10 Twins 2–4 Houser (1–1) Dobnak (3–1) Rogers (4)6–8 L1
15August 11 Twins 6–4 Rogers (1–2) Williams (1–1) Hader (3)7–8 W1
16August 12 Twins 2–12 Lauer (0–2) Maeda (3–0)7–9 L1
17August 13@ Cubs 2–4 Anderson (0–2) Darvish (3–1) Wick (3)7–10 L2
18August 14@ Cubs 4–3 Mills (2–1) Peralta (1–1) Hader (4)8–10 W1
19August 15@ Cubs 6–5 (10) Jeffress (1–1) Phelps (2–1) Claudio (1)9–10 W2
20August 16@ Cubs 6–5 Adam (0–1) Yardley (1–0) Hader (5)10–10 W3
21August 18@ Twins 3–4 (12) Phelps (2–2) Alcalá (1–0)10–11 L1
22August 19@ Twins 9–3 Hill (1–1) Anderson (1–2)11–11 W1
23August 20@ Twins 1–7 Woodruff (1–2) Berríos (2–3)11–12 L1
24August 21@ Pirates 2–7 Houser (1–2) Kuhl (1–1)11–13 L2
25August 22@ Pirates 5–12 Lindblom (1–1) Holland (1–1)11–14 L3
26August 23@ Pirates 4–5 Phelps (2–3) Stratton (1–0) Rodríguez (1)11–15 L4
27August 24 Reds 4–2 Bauer (3–1) Anderson (2–2) Hader (6)12–15 W1
28August 25 Reds 3–2 Castillo (0–4) Woodruff (2–2) Hader (7)13–15 W2
August 26 Reds Postponed (Boycotts due to Jacob Blake shooting); Makeup: August 27
29August 27 (1) Reds 1–6 Houser (1–3) Gray (5–1)13–16 L1
30August 27 (2) Reds 0–6 Lindblom (1–2) Sims (2–0)13–17 L2
31August 28 Pirates 9–1 Holland (1–2) Burnes (1–0)14–17 W1
32August 29 Pirates 7–6 Rodríguez (0–2) Williams (2–1)15–17 W2
33August 30 Pirates 1–5 Woodruff (2–3) Tropeano (1–0)15–18 L1
34August 31 Pirates 6–5 Turley (0–1) Williams (3–1) Hader (8)16–18 W1
September: 13–13 (Home: 8–5; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreLossWinSaveRecordBox/
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35September 1 Tigers 1–12 Lindblom (1–3) Norris (3–1)16–19 L1
36September 2 Tigers 8–5 Jiménez (1–2) Yardley (2–0) Hader (9)17–19 W1
37September 4@ Indians 7–1 Maton (2–1) Burnes (2–0)18–19 W2
38September 5@ Indians 3–4 Hader (0–1) Hand (1–1)18–20 L1
39September 6@ Indians 1–4 Anderson (2–3) Bieber (7–0) Hand (11)18–21 L2
40September 8@ Tigers 3–8 Houser (1–4) Turnbull (4–2)18–22 L3
41September 9@ Tigers 19–0 Boyd (1–6) Burnes (3–0)19–22 W1
42September 11 Cubs 1–0 Wick (0–1) Hader (1–1)20–22 W2
43September 12 Cubs 2–4 Hader (1–2) Adam (1–1) Kimbrel (2)20–23 L1
44September 13 Cubs 0–12 Houser (1–5) Mills (5–3)20–24 L2
45September 14 (1) Cardinals 2–1 (8) Helsley (1–1) Peralta (2–1)21–24 W1
46September 14 (2) Cardinals 2–3 (9) Topa (0–1) Cabrera (4–1) Webb (1)21–25 L1
47September 15 Cardinals 18–3 Flaherty (3–2) Anderson (3–3)22–25 W1
48September 16 (1) Cardinals 2–4 (7) Woodruff (2–4) Wainwright (5–1)22–26 L1
49September 16 (2) Cardinals 6–0 (7) Oviedo (0–3) Peralta (3–1)23–26 W1
50September 18 Royals 9–5 Duffy (3–4) Rasmussen (1–0)24–26 W2
51September 19 Royals 5–0 Bubic (1–6) Burnes (4–0)25–26 W3
52September 20 Royals 5–3 Keller (4–3) Lindblom (2–3) Hader (10)26–26 W4
53September 21@ Reds 3–6 Woodruff (2–5) Castillo (4–5)26–27 L1
54September 22@ Reds 3–2 Antone (0–3) Anderson (4–3) Hader (11)27–27 W1
55September 23@ Reds 1–6 Houser (1–6) Bauer (5–4)27–28 L1
56September 24@ Cardinals 2–4 Burnes (4–1) Kim (3–0) Miller (4)27–29 L2
57September 25 (1)@ Cardinals 3–0 (7) Flaherty (4–3) Williams (4–1) Hader (12)28–29 W1
58September 25 (2) Cardinals 1–9 (7) Lindblom (2–4) Ponce de Leon (1–3)28–30 L1
59September 26@ Cardinals 3–0 Wainwright (5–3) Woodruff (3–5) Hader (13)29–30 W1
60September 27@ Cardinals 2–5 Anderson (4–4) Gallegos (2–2) Reyes (1)29–31 L1
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Brewers team member

Postseason Game log

2020 Postseason game log: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–2)
NL Wild Card Series: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–2)
#DateOpponentScoreLossWinSaveRecordBox/
Streak
1September 30@ Dodgers 2–4 Suter (0–1) Urías (1–0) Jansen (1)0–1 L1
2October 1@ Dodgers 0–3 Woodruff (0–1) Kershaw (1–0) Graterol (1)0–2 L2

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters

Roster

2020 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Statistics

Regular season

Batting

Note: 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

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBKAVGOBPSLGTB
Omar Narváez 401088194021001639.176.294.56229
Justin Smoak 3311314217051511040.186.262.38143
Keston Hiura 59217304640133231685.212.297.41089
Orlando Arcia 59173224510152021432.260.317.41672
Eric Sogard 4311510245011001120.209.281.27832
Christian Yelich 58200394171122244676.205.356.43086
Avisaíl García 53181204310021512049.238.333.32659
Ben Gamel 4011413278131001339.237.315.40446
Ryan Braun 391291430718261727.233.281.48863
Jedd Gyorko 4211719293091701538.248.333.50459
Luis Urías 4110911264101121032.239.308.29432
Daniel Vogelbach 19581319204120818.328.418.56933
Jace Peterson 264569102511520.200.393.35616
Jacob Nottingham 204889104130520.188.278.45822
Manny Piña 15394910250311.231.333.41016
Tyrone Taylor 2238694026028.237.293.50019
Mark Mathias 16362103004107.278.278.36113
Brock Holt 1630130001049.100.222.1003
Logan Morrison 925331012038.120.214.2807
Lorenzo Cain 518461002032.333.429.3897
Ryon Healy 47010000002.143.143.1431
Team Totals6019202474298357523815221582.223.313.389747

Source [5]

Pitching

Note: 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

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBK
Brandon Woodruff 353.051313073.25526251891
Corbin Burnes 412.11129059.23715142488
Adrian Houser 165.301211056.06341332144
Brett Anderson 444.211010047.05024221032
Josh Lindblom 245.161210045.14226261652
Josh Hader 123.792101319.08881031
Brent Suter 203.13164031.2301311538
Devin Williams 410.33220027.0841953
Eric Yardley 201.54240023.119641019
Alex Claudio 004.26200119.018109615
Freddy Peralta 313.99150029.12214131247
Drew Rasmussen 105.87120015.1171010921
Corey Knebel 006.08150013.11599815
David Phelps 232.77120013.0754220
Eric Lauer 0213.0942011.0171616912
J. P. Feyereisen 005.796009.146657
Justin Topa 012.356007.2732012
Justin Grimm 0017.364004.299946
Ray Black 003.003003.021133
Ángel Perdomo 0020.253002.237675
Bobby Wahl 0111.573002.143301
Orlando Arcia 0018.002002.044410
Phil Bickford 0036.001001.044402
Jedd Gyorko 000.001001.010000
Team Totals29314.16606014517.1446264239189614

Source [6]

Farm system

The 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]

LevelTeamLeagueManager
Triple-A San Antonio Missions Pacific Coast League Rick Sweet
Double-A Biloxi Shuckers Southern League Mike Guerrero
Class A-Advanced Carolina Mudcats Carolina League Joe Ayrault
Class A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Midwest League Matt Erickson
Rookie Rocky Mountain Vibes Pioneer League Liu Rodríguez
Rookie AZL Brewers Blue Arizona League Rafael Neda
Rookie AZL Brewers Gold Arizona League Nick Stanley
Rookie DSL Brewers Dominican Summer League Victor Estevez
Rookie DSL Brewers/Blue Jays Dominican Summer League Fidel Peña

Milwaukee Brewers monetary losses

A 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]

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