The 2016 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 47th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, the 19th in the National League, and 48th overall. They finished the season in fourth place in the National League Central and did not make the playoffs.
As of , this remains the last time they finished with a losing record in a full 162-game season.
Regular season
Season standings
National League Central
National League Wild Card
Record vs. opponents
Game log
! width="5%" | Streak |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 1 || April 4 || Giants || 3–12 || Bumgarner (1–0) || Peralta (0–1) || — || 44,318 || 0–1 || L1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2 || April 5 || Giants || 1–2 || Cueto (1–0) || Nelson (0–1) || Casilla (1) || 24,123 || 0–2 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 || April 6 || Giants || 4–3 || Thornburg (1–0) || López (0–1) || Jeffress (1) || 20,098 || 1–2 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4 || April 8 || Astros || 6–4 || Anderson (1–0) || Feldman (0–1) || Jeffress (2) || 30,100 || 2–2 || W2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 5 || April 9 || Astros || 4–6 || Fister (1–0) || Peralta (0–2) || Gregerson (2) || 28,127 || 2–3 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 || April 10 || Astros || 3–2 || Nelson (1–1) || Keuchel (1–1) || Jeffress (3) || 28,441 || 3–3 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 7 || April 11 || @ Cardinals || 1–10 || Wacha (1–0) || Jungmann (0–1) || — || 47,608 || 3–4 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 8 || April 13 || @ Cardinals || 6–4 || Blazek (1–0) || Rosenthal (0–1) || Jeffress (4) || 40,994 || 4–4 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 9 || April 14 || @ Cardinals || 0–7 || García (1–0) || Peralta (0–3) || — || 40,168 || 4–5 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 10 || April 15 || @ Pirates || 8–4 || Nelson (2–1) || Locke (0–1) || — || 24,280 || 5–5 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 11 || April 16 || @ Pirates || 0–5 || Niese (2–0) || Jungmann (0–2) || — || 34,957 || 5–6 || L1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 12 || April 17 || @ Pirates || 3–9 || Nicasio (2–1) || Davies (0–1) || — || 31,124 || 5–7 || L2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 13 || April 18 || @ Twins || 4–7 (6) || Hughes (1–2) || Anderson (1–1) || — || 21,078 || 5–8 || L3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 14 || April 19 || @ Twins || 6–5 || Thornburg (2–0) || Jepsen (0–3) || Jeffress (5) || 17,597 || 6–8 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 15 || April 20 || Twins || 10–5 || Nelson (3–1) || Pressly (1–1) || — || 21,087 || 7–8 || W2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 16 || April 21 || Twins || 1–8 || Nolasco (1–0) || Jungmann (0–3) || — || 30,107 || 7–9 || L1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 17 || April 22 || Phillies || 2–5 || Nola (1–2) || Davies (0–2) || — || 23,439 || 7–10 || L2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 18 || April 23 || Phillies || 6–10 || Oberholtzer (1–0) || Anderson (1–2) || — || 34,813 || 7–11 || L3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 19 || April 24 || Phillies || 8–5 || Peralta (1–3) || Eickhoff (1–3) || Jeffress (6) || 28,131 || 8–11 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 20 || April 26 || @ Cubs || 3–4 || Warren (2–0) || Nelson (3–2) || Rondón (4) || 35,861 || 8–12 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || April 27 || @ Cubs || |colspan="7" | Postponed (inclement weather) (Makeup date: August 16) |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 21 || April 28 || @ Cubs || 2–7 || Arrieta (5–0) || Jungmann (0–4) || — || 32,734 || 8–13 || L2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 22 || April 29 || Marlins || 3–6 || Conley (1–1) || Davies (0–3) || Ramos (7) || 23,215 || 8–14 || L3 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 23 || April 30 || Marlins || 5–7 || Chen (2–1) || Anderson (1–3) || Phelps (1) || 28,193 || 8–15 || L4
! width="5%" | Streak |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 24 || May 1 || Marlins || 14–5 || Peralta (2–3) || Koehler (2–3) || — || 28,181 || 9–15 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 25 || May 2 || Angels || 8–5 || Nelson (4–2) || Weaver (3–1) || — || 21,352 || 10–15 || W2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 26 || May 3 || Angels || 5–4 || Guerra (1–0) || Tropeano (1–1) || Jeffress (7) || 28,180 || 11–15 || W3 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 27 || May 4 || Angels || 3–7 || Salas (2–1) || Thornburg (2–1) || Smith (2) || 21,907 || 11–16 || L1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 28 || May 5 || @ Reds || 5–9 || Simón (1–3) || Anderson (1–4) || — || 13,088 || 11–17 || L2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 29 || May 6 || @ Reds || 1–5 || Adleman (1–0) || Cravy (0–1) || Cingrani (1) || 28,249 || 11–18 || L3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 30 || May 7 || @ Reds || 13–7 (10) || Jeffress (1–0) || Cotham (0–2) || — || 27,567 || 12–18 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 31 || May 8 || @ Reds || 5–4 || Capuano (1–0) || Ohlendorf (3–3) || Jeffress (8) || 22,376 || 13–18 || W2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 32 || May 9 || @ Marlins || 1–4 || Fernández (4–2) || Peralta (2–4) || Morris (1) || 16,769 || 13–19 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 33 || May 10 || @ Marlins || 10–2 || Davies (1–3) || Conley (2–2) || — || 17,225 || 14–19 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 34 || May 11 || @ Marlins || 2–3 || Chen (3–1) || Anderson (1–5) || Ramos (10) || 19,893 || 14–20 || L1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 35 || May 12 || Padres || 0–3 || Shields (2–5) || Nelson (4–3) || Buchter (1) || 17,374 || 14–21 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 36 || May 13 || Padres || 1–0 || Guerra (2–0) || Friedrich (0–1) || Jeffress (9) || 35,291 || 15–21 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 37 || May 14 || Padres || 7–8 (12) || Campos (1–0) || Capuano (1–1) || Villanueva (1) || 28,896 || 15–22 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 38 || May 15 || Padres || 3–2 || Boyer (1–0) || Quackenbush (1–2) || Jeffress (10) || 26,306 || 16–22 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 39 || May 17 || Cubs || 4–2 || Anderson (2–5) || Hendricks (2–3) || Jeffress (11) || 24,361 || 17–22 || W2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 40 || May 18 || Cubs || 1–2 (13) || Wood (2–0) || Torres (0–1) || Richard (1) || 31,212 || 17–23 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 41 || May 19 || Cubs || 5–3 || Guerra (3–0) || Hammel (5–1) || Thornburg (1) || 38,781 || 18–23 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 42 || May 20 || @ Mets || 2–3 || Matz (6–1) || Peralta (2–5) || Familia (14) || 36,239 || 18–24 || L1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 43 || May 21 || @ Mets || 4–5 || Familia (1–0) || Blazek (1–1) || — || 39,688 || 18–25 || L2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 44 || May 22 || @ Mets || 1–3 || Syndergaard (5–2) || Anderson (2–6) || Familia (15) || 40,173 || 18–26 || L3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 45 || May 24 || @ Braves || 2–1 || Blazek (2–1) || Norris (1–6) || Jeffress (12) || 15,185 || 19–26 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 46 || May 25 || @ Braves || 3–2 (13) || Blazek (3–1) || Kelly (0–2) || Torres (1) || 12,869 || 20–26 || W2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 47 || May 26 || @ Braves || 6–2 || Peralta (3–5) || Wisler (2–4) || Torres (2) || 14,885 || 21–26 || W3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 48 || May 27 || Reds || 9–5 || Davies (2–3) || Lamb (0–3) || — || 20,441 || 22–26 || W4 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 49 || May 28 || Reds || 6–7 || Wood (4–1) || Jeffress (1–1) || Cingrani (4) || 30,293 || 22–27 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 50 || May 29 || Reds || 5–4 || Nelson (5–3) || Finnegan (1–4) || Boyer (1) || 34,901 || 23–27 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 51 || May 30 || Cardinals || 0–6 || Martínez (5–5) || Guerra (3–1) || — || 34,569 || 23–28 || L1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 52 || May 31 || Cardinals || 3–10 || Leake (4–4) || Peralta (3–6) || — || 24,487 || 23–29 || L2
! width="5%" | Streak |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 53 || June 1 || Cardinals || 3–1 || Davies (3–3) || García (4–5) || Jeffress (13) || 24,050 || 24–29 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 54 || June 2 || @ Phillies || 4–1 || Anderson (3–6) || Eickhoff (2–8) || Jeffress (14) || 22,890 || 25–29 || W2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 55 || June 3 || @ Phillies || 3–6 || Bailey (3–0) || Nelson (5–4) || Gómez (18) || 20,138 || 25–30 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 56 || June 4 || @ Phillies || 6–3 || Smith (1–0) || Neris (1–3) || Jeffress (15) || 25,177 || 26–30 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 57 || June 5 || @ Phillies || 1–8 || Nola (5–4) || Peralta (3–7) || — || 24,259 || 26–31 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 58 || June 7 || Athletics || 5–4 || Davies (4–3) || Manaea (2–4) || Jeffress (16) || 19,283 || 27–31 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 59 || June 8 || Athletics || 4–0 || Anderson (4–6) || Hahn (2–4) || — || 18,188 || 28–31 || W2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 60 || June 9 || Mets || 2–5 || Colón (5–3) || Nelson (5–5) || Familia (20) || 22,980 || 28–32 || L1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 61 || June 10 || Mets || 1–2 (11) || Blevins (2–0) || Boyer (1–1) || Familia (21) || 27,358 || 28–33 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 62 || June 11 || Mets || 7–4 || Peralta (4–7) || Verrett (3–4) || Jeffress (17) || 38,423 || 29–33 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 63 || June 12 || Mets || 5–3 || Davies (5–3) || Matz (7–3) || Jeffress (18) || 32,491 || 30–33 || W2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 64 || June 13 || @ Giants || 5–11 || Suárez (2–1) || Knebel (0–1) || Law (1) || 41,543 || 30–34 || L1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 65 || June 14 || @ Giants || 2–3 || Bumgarner (8–2) || Smith (1–1) || Casilla (14) || 41,750 || 30–35 || L2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 66 || June 15 || @ Giants || 1–10 || Cueto (10–1) || Nelson (5–6) || — || 41,811 || 30–36 || L3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 67 || June 16 || @ Dodgers || 8–6 || Thornburg (3–1) || Báez (0–2) || Jeffress (19) || 44,183 || 31–36 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 68 || June 17 || @ Dodgers || 2–3 (10) || Báez (1–2) || Jeffress (1–2) || — || 44,998 || 31–37 || L1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 69 || June 18 || @ Dodgers || 6–10 || Hatcher (4–3) || Anderson (4–7) || — || 44,112 || 31–38 || L2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 70 || June 19 || @ Dodgers || 1–2 || Jansen (3–2) || Thornburg (3–2) || — || 45,931 || 31–39 || L3 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 71 || June 21 || @ Athletics || 3–5 || Doolittle (2–2) || Smith (1–2) || Madson (13) || 14,810 || 31–40 || L4 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 72 || June 22 || @ Athletics || 4–2 || Guerra (4–1) || Mengden (0–3) || Thornburg (2) || 13,586 || 32–40 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 73 || June 24 || Nationals || 5–3 || Torres (1–1) || Scherzer (8–5) || Jeffress (20) || 32,668 || 33–40 || W2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 74 || June 25 || Nationals || 6–5 || Garza (1–0) || González (3–7) || Jeffress (21) || 30,085 || 34–40 || W3 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 75 || June 26 || Nationals || 2–3 || Roark (7–5) || Barnes (0–1) || Kelley (3) || 30,215 || 34–41 || L1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 76 || June 28 || Dodgers || 5–6 || Urías (1–2) || Anderson (4–8) || Jansen (23) || 33,819 || 34–42 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 77 || June 29 || Dodgers || 7–0 || Guerra (5–1) || Stewart (0–1) || — || 26,566 || 35–42 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 78 || June 30 || Dodgers || 1–8 || Maeda (7–5) || Davies (5–4) || — || 33,029 || 35–43 || L1
! width="5%" | Streak |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 79 || July 1 || @ Cardinals || 1–7 || García (6–6) || Garza (1–1) || — || 42,987 || 35–44 || L2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 80 || July 2 || @ Cardinals || 0–3 || Wainwright (7–5) || Nelson (5–7) || Oh (1) || 40,573 || 35–45 || L3 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 81 || July 3 || @ Cardinals || 8–9 || Wacha (5–7) || Anderson (4–9) || Oh (2) || 41,148 || 35–46 || L4 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 82 || July 4 || @ Nationals || 1–0 || Guerra (6–1) || Scherzer (9–6) || Jeffress (22) || 29,174 || 36–46 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 83 || July 5 || @ Nationals || 5–2 || Davies (6–4) || González (4–8) || Jeffress (23) || 25,138 || 37–46 || W2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 84 || July 6 || @ Nationals || 4–7 || Roark (8–5) || Garza (1–2) || Papelbon (17) || 26,330 || 37–47 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 85 || July 8 || Cardinals || 4–3 || Jeffress (2–2) || Rosenthal (2–4) || — || 28,343 || 38–47 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 86 || July 9 || Cardinals || 1–8 || Martínez (8–6) || Anderson (4–10) || — || 37,101 || 38–48 || L1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 87 || July 10 || Cardinals || 1–5 || Leake (6–7) || Guerra (6–2) || — || 42,066 || 38–49 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbcaff;" | colspan="10" | 87th All-Star Game in San Diego, California |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 88 || July 15 || @ Reds || 4–5 || DeSclafani (4–0) || Garza (1–3) || Ohlendorf (2) || 30,680 || 38–50 || L3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 89 || July 16 || @ Reds || 9–1 || Nelson (6–7) || Lamb (1–7) || — || 31,328 || 39–50 || W1 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"