2020 Milwaukee Brewers season

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
National League Wild Card
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record29–31 (.483)
Divisional place4th
Other information
OwnersMark Attanasio
General managersDavid Stearns
ManagersCraig Counsell
Local televisionFox Sports Wisconsin
(Brian Anderson, Bill Schroeder, Craig Coshun, Matt Lepay)
Telemundo Wisconsin
(Spanish-language coverage, Sunday home games; Hector Molina, Kevin Holden)
Local radio620 WTMJ
Milwaukee Brewers Radio Network
(Bob Uecker, Jeff Levering, Lane Grindle)
StatsESPN.com
BB-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 2020 National League Wild Card Series.

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.
1Eric Sogard3B
2Christian YelichLF
3Keston Hiura2B
4Justin Smoak1B
5Ryan BraunDH
6Avisaíl GarcíaRF
7Omar NarvaezC
8Lorenzo CainCF
9Orlando ArciaSS
—Brandon WoodruffP

Season standings

National League Central
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 3426 0.567 — 19–14 15–12
St. Louis Cardinals 3028 0.517 3 14–13 16–15
Cincinnati Reds 3129 0.517 3 16–13 15–16
Milwaukee Brewers 2931 0.483 5 15–14 14–17
Pittsburgh Pirates 1941 0.317 15 13–19 6–22

National League Wild Card
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers 4317 0.717
Atlanta Braves 3525 0.583
Chicago Cubs 3426 0.567


Division 2nd Place W L Pct.
San Diego Padres 3723 0.617
St. Louis Cardinals 3028 0.517
Miami Marlins 3129 0.517


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Cincinnati Reds 3129 0.517 +2
Milwaukee Brewers 2931 0.483 —
San Francisco Giants 2931 0.483 —
Philadelphia Phillies 2832 0.467 1
Washington Nationals 2634 0.433 3
New York Mets 2634 0.433 3
Colorado Rockies 2634 0.433 3
Arizona Diamondbacks 2535 0.417 4
Pittsburgh Pirates 1941 0.317 10

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

Record vs. opponents
2020 National League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020

Team CHC CIN MIL PIT STL AL
Chicago —6–45–56–45–512–8
Cincinnati 4–6—6–47–34–610–10
Milwaukee 5–54–6—5–55–510–10
Pittsburgh 4–63–75–5—4–63–17
St. Louis 5–56–45–56–4—8–10

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/
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1July 24@ Cubs0–3Woodruff (0–1)Hendricks (1–0)—0–1L1
2July 25@ Cubs8–3Darvish (0–1)Suter (1–0)—1–1W1
3July 26@ Cubs1–9Peralta (0–1)Chatwood (1–0)—1–2L1
4July 27@ Pirates6–5 (11)Neverauskas (0–1)Phelps (1–0)—2–2W1
5July 28@ Pirates6–8Wahl (0–1)Hartlieb (1–0)Burdi (1)2–3L1
6July 29@ Pirates3–0Musgrove (0–2)Woodruff (1–1)Hader (1)3–3W1
—July 31CardinalsPostponed (COVID-19); Makeup: September 14
August: 13–15 (Home: 7–9; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreLossWinSaveRecordBox/
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—August 1CardinalsPostponed (COVID-19); Makeup: September 16
—August 2CardinalsPostponed (COVID-19); Makeup: September 25
7August 3White Sox4–6Phelps (1–1)Detwiler (1–0)Colomé (2)3–4L1
8August 4White Sox2–3Williams (0–1)Giolito (1–1)Colomé (3)3–5L2
9August 5@ White Sox1–0Keuchel (2–1)Houser (1–0)Hader (2)4–5W1
10August 6@ White Sox8–3González (0–1)Lindblom (1–0)—5–5W2
11August 7Reds3–8Lauer (0–1)Bauer (2–0)—5–6L1
12August 8Reds1–4Anderson (0–1)DeSclafani (1–0)Iglesias (2)5–7L2
13August 9Reds9–3Gray (3–1)Suter (2–0)—6–7W1
14August 10Twins2–4Houser (1–1)Dobnak (3–1)Rogers (4)6–8L1
15August 11Twins6–4Rogers (1–2)Williams (1–1)Hader (3)7–8W1
16August 12Twins2–12Lauer (0–2)Maeda (3–0)—7–9L1
17August 13@ Cubs2–4Anderson (0–2)Darvish (3–1)Wick (3)7–10L2
18August 14@ Cubs4–3Mills (2–1)Peralta (1–1)Hader (4)8–10W1
19August 15@ Cubs6–5 (10)Jeffress (1–1)Phelps (2–1)Claudio (1)9–10W2
20August 16@ Cubs6–5Adam (0–1)Yardley (1–0)Hader (5)10–10W3
21August 18@ Twins3–4 (12)Phelps (2–2)Alcalá (1–0)—10–11L1
22August 19@ Twins9–3Hill (1–1)Anderson (1–2)—11–11W1
23August 20@ Twins1–7Woodruff (1–2)Berríos (2–3)—11–12L1
24August 21@ Pirates2–7Houser (1–2)Kuhl (1–1)—11–13L2
25August 22@ Pirates5–12Lindblom (1–1)Holland (1–1)—11–14L3
26August 23@ Pirates4–5Phelps (2–3)Stratton (1–0)Rodríguez (1)11–15L4
27August 24Reds4–2Bauer (3–1)Anderson (2–2)Hader (6)12–15W1
28August 25Reds3–2Castillo (0–4)Woodruff (2–2)Hader (7)13–15W2
—August 26RedsPostponed (Boycotts due to Jacob Blake shooting); Makeup: August 27
29August 27 (1)Reds1–6Houser (1–3)Gray (5–1)–13–16L1
30August 27 (2)Reds0–6Lindblom (1–2)Sims (2–0)–13–17L2
31August 28Pirates9–1Holland (1–2)Burnes (1–0)—14–17W1
32August 29Pirates7–6Rodríguez (0–2)Williams (2–1)–15–17W2
33August 30Pirates1–5Woodruff (2–3)Tropeano (1–0)—15–18L1
34August 31Pirates6–5Turley (0–1)Williams (3–1)Hader (8)16–18W1
September: 13–13 (Home: 8–5; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreLossWinSaveRecordBox/
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35September 1Tigers1–12Lindblom (1–3)Norris (3–1)—16–19L1
36September 2Tigers8–5Jiménez (1–2)Yardley (2–0)Hader (9)17–19W1
37September 4@ Indians7–1Maton (2–1)Burnes (2–0)—18–19W2
38September 5@ Indians3–4Hader (0–1)Hand (1–1)—18–20L1
39September 6@ Indians1–4Anderson (2–3)Bieber (7–0)Hand (11)18–21L2
40September 8@ Tigers3–8Houser (1–4)Turnbull (4–2)—18–22L3
41September 9@ Tigers19–0Boyd (1–6)Burnes (3–0)—19–22W1
42September 11Cubs1–0Wick (0–1)Hader (1–1)—20–22W2
43September 12Cubs2–4Hader (1–2)Adam (1–1)Kimbrel (2)20–23L1
44September 13Cubs0–12Houser (1–5)Mills (5–3)—20–24L2
45September 14 (1)Cardinals2–1 (8)Helsley (1–1)Peralta (2–1)—21–24W1
46September 14 (2)Cardinals2–3 (9)Topa (0–1)Cabrera (4–1)Webb (1)21–25L1
47September 15Cardinals18–3Flaherty (3–2)Anderson (3–3)—22–25W1
48September 16 (1)Cardinals2–4 (7)Woodruff (2–4)Wainwright (5–1)—22–26L1
49September 16 (2)Cardinals6–0 (7)Oviedo (0–3)Peralta (3–1)—23–26W1
50September 18Royals9–5Duffy (3–4)Rasmussen (1–0)—24–26W2
51September 19Royals5–0Bubic (1–6)Burnes (4–0)—25–26W3
52September 20Royals5–3Keller (4–3)Lindblom (2–3)Hader (10)26–26W4
53September 21@ Reds3–6Woodruff (2–5)Castillo (4–5)—26–27L1
54September 22@ Reds3–2Antone (0–3)Anderson (4–3)Hader (11)27–27W1
55September 23@ Reds1–6Houser (1–6)Bauer (5–4)—27–28L1
56September 24@ Cardinals2–4Burnes (4–1)Kim (3–0)Miller (4)27–29L2
57September 25 (1)@ Cardinals3–0 (7)Flaherty (4–3)Williams (4–1)Hader (12)28–29W1
58September 25 (2)Cardinals1–9 (7)Lindblom (2–4)Ponce de Leon (1–3)—28–30L1
59September 26@ Cardinals3–0Wainwright (5–3)Woodruff (3–5)Hader (13)29–30W1
60September 27@ Cardinals2–5Anderson (4–4)Gallegos (2–2)Reyes (1)29–31L1
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/
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1September 30@ Dodgers2–4Suter (0–1)Urías (1–0)Jansen (1)0–1L1
2October 1@ Dodgers0–3Woodruff (0–1)Kershaw (1–0)Graterol (1)0–2L2

Postseason rosters
Playoff rosters
National League Wild Card Series

Roster
2020 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Statistics

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

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG OBP SLG TB
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 Totals 6019202474298357523815221582.223.313.389747

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

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
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 Totals 29314.16606014517.1446264239189614

Source[6]

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball

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]

Level Team League Manager
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]

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  3. Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  4. 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.
  5. "2020 Milwaukee Brewers Batting Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  6. "2020 Milwaukee Brewers Pitching Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  7. "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.
  8. "2020 Minor League Baseball Season Shelved". Minor League Baseball. June 30, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  9. 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.
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