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2020 Milwaukee Brewers
National League Wild Card Winners
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkMiller Park
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin
Record29–31 (.483)
Divisional place4th
OwnersMark Attanasio
General managersDavid Stearns
ManagersCraig Counsell
TelevisionFox Sports Wisconsin
(Brian Anderson, Bill Schroeder, Craig Coshun, Matt Lepay)

Telemundo Wisconsin
(Spanish-language coverage, Sunday home games; Hector Molina, Kevin Holden)
Radio620 WTMJ
Milwaukee Brewers Radio Network
(Bob Uecker, Jeff Levering, Lane Grindle)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball 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.

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

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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

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Order Name Pos.
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

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National League Central

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NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

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Division Leaders
Team W L Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers 43 17 .717
Atlanta Braves 35 25 .583
Chicago Cubs 34 26 .567
Division 2nd Place
Team W L Pct.
San Diego Padres 37 23 .617
St. Louis Cardinals 30 28 .517
Miami Marlins 31 29 .517
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
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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2020 National League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020

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

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Regular season

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

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

Postseason rosters

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Playoff rosters
National League Wild Card Series

Roster

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2020 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Statistics

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Regular season

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Batting

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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 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

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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 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

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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

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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

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  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. ^ 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.
  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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