After 16 games, what do we know about the Milwaukee Brewers? They’re up, they’re down. In the end, they’re pretty mediocre. They’ve won more than they’ve lost, but they’ve also feasted on teams like the 7-11 Toronto Blue Jays.
The concern about this team is that we expected them to be the best (or one of the best) teams offensively this season. They haven’t been that so far. Other than a couple of blow-outs of the Blue Jays, they’ve been very average. You’ll see that in stats listed below. Very average in number of runs scored, hits, home runs… you know, all of the metrics you’d use to measure the effectiveness of an offense.
Luckily, the season’s still young. Just as luckily, a mediocre start has put the Brewers in third place and only a game and a half behind the AL East leading Red Sox and Tigers. A return to offensive normalcy, and this team should have no trouble taking over the division.
Tm | W | L | W-L% | GB |
1 BOS | 12 | 7 | .632 | — |
1 DET | 12 | 7 | .632 | — |
3 MIL | 9 | 7 | .563 | 1.5 |
4 NYY | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.5 |
4 CLE | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.5 |
6 TOR | 7 | 11 | .389 | 4.5 |
7 BAL | 5 | 11 | .313 | 5.5 |
Tm | W | L | W-L% | GB |
1 CAL | 14 | 6 | .700 | — |
2 KCR | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.5 |
2 CHW | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.5 |
4 SEA | 10 | 11 | .476 | 4.5 |
5 OAK | 9 | 11 | .450 | 5.0 |
6 TEX | 6 | 10 | .375 | 6.0 |
7 MIN | 8 | 13 | .381 | 6.5 |
Tm | W | L | W-L% | GB |
1 STL | 14 | 6 | .700 | — |
2 MON | 9 | 6 | .600 | 2.5 |
3 NYM | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.0 |
4 PIT | 7 | 9 | .438 | 5.0 |
5 CHC | 7 | 12 | .368 | 6.5 |
6 PHI | 5 | 12 | .294 | 7.5 |
Tm | W | L | W-L% | GB |
1 ATL | 14 | 5 | .737 | — |
2 SDP | 12 | 5 | .706 | 1.0 |
3 LAD | 9 | 10 | .474 | 5.0 |
4 SFG | 7 | 11 | .389 | 6.5 |
5 HOU | 8 | 13 | .381 | 7.0 |
6 CIN | 7 | 12 | .368 | 7.0 |
AL Team Runs 1 Cleveland (97) 2 Minnesota (87) 3 Boston (86) 4 Oakland (85) 5 *Milwaukee (84) 6 California (82) 7 Toronto (81) 8 Kansas City (80) 9 Detroit (79) 10 Chicago White Sox (72) 11 Baltimore (69) 12 Texas (68) 13 NY Yankees (64) |
AL Team Hits 1 Minnesota (193) 2 California (181) 2 Toronto (181) 4 Boston (175) 5 Cleveland (170) 6 Chicago White Sox (166) 6 Oakland (166) 8 Detroit (165) 9 Kansas City (158) 10 NY Yankees (153) 11 *Milwaukee (151) 12 Baltimore (146) 13 Texas (143) |
AL Team Doubles 1 California (39) 2 Kansas City (37) 3 Detroit (33) 4 NY Yankees (31) 5 Chicago White Sox (30) 5 *Milwaukee (30) 7 Minnesota (28) 7 Toronto (28) 7 Baltimore (28) 10 Oakland (27) 10 Boston (27) 12 Cleveland (25) 13 Texas (22) |
AL Team Triples 1 Chicago White Sox (6) 1 Kansas City (6) 1 Toronto (6) 1 Cleveland (6) 5 Boston (4) 6 Texas (3) 6 Minnesota (3) 6 *Milwaukee (3) 6 Detroit (3) 10 California (2) 10 NY Yankees (2) 12 Oakland (1) 12 Baltimore (1) |
AL Team Home Runs 1 Minnesota (25) 2 Oakland (21) 3 Kansas City (15) 3 Baltimore (15) 5 California (14) 6 *Milwaukee (13) 7 Cleveland (12) 8 Texas (11) 8 Toronto (11) 8 Boston (11) 8 Detroit (11) 12 Chicago White Sox (10) 13 NY Yankees (8) |
AL Team RBI 1 Cleveland (90) 2 Minnesota (83) 3 Oakland (80) 3 *Milwaukee (80) 5 Kansas City (79) 6 Toronto (77) 6 Boston (77) 8 California (75) 9 Detroit (73) 10 Chicago White Sox (67) 11 Baltimore (66) 12 Texas (65) 13 NY Yankees (59) |
AL Team Walks 1 Oakland (102) 2 California (97) 3 Minnesota (87) 4 Cleveland (73) 5 Boston (66) 6 *Milwaukee (62) 7 Baltimore (59) 8 Chicago White Sox (58) 9 Kansas City (57) 9 Detroit (57) 11 Toronto (54) 12 Texas (53) 13 NY Yankees (50) |
AL Team Strikeouts 1 Oakland (133) 2 Minnesota (114) 3 California (106) 4 Chicago White Sox (85) 4 Kansas City (85) 6 Detroit (79) 6 Baltimore (79) 8 Toronto (76) 9 Texas (74) 10 NY Yankees (70) 10 *Milwaukee (70) 12 Boston (69) 13 Cleveland (57) |
AL Team Stolen Bases 1 Oakland (40) 2 Cleveland (27) 3 Chicago White Sox (18) 4 California (17) 5 Kansas City (14) 6 Toronto (11) 7 Texas (9) 8 NY Yankees (8) 9 Detroit (7) 10 *Milwaukee (6) 10 Boston (6) 12 Minnesota (3) 12 Baltimore (3) |
AL Team Total Bases 1 Minnesota (302) 2 California (266) 3 Oakland (258) 4 Toronto (254) 5 Kansas City (252) 6 Cleveland (243) 6 Boston (243) 8 Chicago White Sox (238) 9 Detroit (237) 10 *Milwaukee (226) 11 Baltimore (221) 12 NY Yankees (212) 13 Texas (204) |
AL Team Average 1 Cleveland (.283) 2 Toronto (.276) 3 Boston (.273) 4 *Milwaukee (.271) 5 Chicago White Sox (.268) 6 Kansas City (.263) 7 Texas (.261) 8 NY Yankees (.261) 9 Minnesota (.261) 10 Baltimore (.258) 11 Detroit (.255) 12 California (.252) 13 Oakland (.218) |
AL Team On Base 1 Cleveland (.361) 2 *Milwaukee (.345) 3 Boston (.344) 4 Minnesota (.342) 5 California (.339) 6 Chicago White Sox (.335) 7 Baltimore (.332) 8 Toronto (.330) 9 Texas (.328) 10 Kansas City (.328) 11 NY Yankees (.320) 12 Detroit (.317) 13 Oakland (.310) |
AL Team Slugging 1 Kansas City (.420) 2 Minnesota (.408) 3 *Milwaukee (.405) 4 Cleveland (.405) 5 Baltimore (.390) 6 Toronto (.388) 7 Chicago White Sox (.384) 8 Boston (.379) 9 Texas (.373) 10 California (.371) 11 Detroit (.366) 12 NY Yankees (.362) 13 Oakland (.338) |