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.

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. 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. 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. 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. On July 22, they defeated the Chicago White Sox, in their only exhibition game during the restart, 5–3.

Opening day starters Order Name 1 Eric Sogard 2 Christian Yelich 3 Keston Hiura 4 Justin Smoak 5 Ryan Braun 6 Avisaíl García 7 Omar Narvaez 8 Lorenzo Cain 9 Orlando Arcia — Brandon Woodruff

Season standings

National League Central

National League Wild Card

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Regular season

|-style=background:#fcc | 1 || July 24 || @ Cubs || 0–3 || Woodruff (0–1) || Hendricks (1–0) || — || 0–1 || L1 |-style=background:#cfc | 2 || July 25 || @ Cubs || 8–3 || Darvish (0–1) || Suter (1–0) || — || 1–1 || W1 |-style=background:#fcc | 3 || July 26 || @ Cubs || 1–9 || Peralta (0–1) || Chatwood (1–0) || — || 1–2 || L1 |-style=background:#cfc | 4 || July 27 || @ Pirates || 6–5 || Neverauskas (0–1) || Phelps (1–0) || — || 2–2 || W1 |-style=background:#fcc | 5 || July 28 || @ Pirates || 6–8 || Wahl (0–1) || Hartlieb (1–0) || Burdi (1) || 2–3 || L1 |-style=background:#cfc | 6 || July 29 || @ Pirates || 3–0 || Musgrove (0–2) || Woodruff (1–1) || Hader (1) || 3–3 || W1 |-style=background:#bbb | — || July 31 || Cardinals || colspan="6"|Postponed (COVID-19); Makeup: September 14

|-style=background:#bbb | — || August 1 || Cardinals || colspan="6"|Postponed (COVID-19); Makeup: September 16 |-style=background:#bbb | — || August 2 || Cardinals || colspan="6"|Postponed (COVID-19); Makeup: September 25 |-style=background:#fcc | 7 || August 3 || White Sox || 4–6 || Phelps (1–1) || Detwiler (1–0) || Colomé (2) || 3–4 || L1 |-style=background:#fcc | 8 || August 4 || White Sox || 2–3 || Williams (0–1) || Giolito (1–1) || Colomé (3) || 3–5 || L2 |-style=background:#cfc | 9 || August 5 || @ White Sox || 1–0 || Keuchel (2–1) || Houser (1–0) || Hader (2) || 4–5 || W1 |-style=background:#cfc | 10 || August 6 || @ White Sox || 8–3 || González (0–1) || Lindblom (1–0) || — || 5–5 || W2 |-style=background:#fcc | 11 || August 7 || Reds || 3–8 || Lauer (0–1) || Bauer (2–0) || — || 5–6 || L1 |-style=background:#fcc | 12 || August 8 || Reds || 1–4 || Anderson (0–1) || DeSclafani (1–0) || Iglesias (2) || 5–7 || L2 |-style=background:#cfc | 13 || August 9 || Reds || 9–3 || Gray (3–1) || Suter (2–0) || — || 6–7 || W1 |-style=background:#fcc | 14 || August 10 || Twins || 2–4 || Houser (1–1) || Dobnak (3–1) || Rogers (4) || 6–8 || L1 |-style=background:#cfc | 15 || August 11 || Twins || 6–4 || Rogers (1–2) || Williams (1–1) || Hader (3) || 7–8 || W1 |-style=background:#fcc | 16 || August 12 || Twins || 2–12 || Lauer (0–2) || Maeda (3–0) || — || 7–9 || L1 |-style=background:#fcc | 17 || August 13 || @ Cubs || 2–4 || Anderson (0–2) || Darvish (3–1) || Wick (3) || 7–10 || L2 |-style=background:#cfc | 18 || August 14 || @ Cubs || 4–3 || Mills (2–1) || Peralta (1–1) || Hader (4) || 8–10 || W1 |-style=background:#cfc | 19 || August 15 || @ Cubs || 6–5 || Jeffress (1–1) || Phelps (2–1) || Claudio (1) || 9–10 || W2 |-style=background:#cfc | 20 || August 16 || @ Cubs || 6–5 || Adam (0–1) || Yardley (1–0) || Hader (5) || 10–10 || W3 |-style=background:#fcc | 21 || August 18 || @ Twins || 3–4 || Phelps (2–2) || Alcalá (1–0) || — || 10–11 || L1 |-style=background:#cfc | 22 || August 19 || @ Twins || 9–3 || Hill (1–1) || Anderson (1–2) || — || 11–11 || W1 |-style=background:#fcc | 23 || August 20 || @ Twins || 1–7 || Woodruff (1–2) || Berríos (2–3) || — || 11–12 || L1 |-style=background:#fcc | 24 || August 21 || @ Pirates || 2–7 || Houser (1–2) || Kuhl (1–1) || — || 11–13 || L2 |-style=background:#fcc | 25 || August 22 || @ Pirates || 5–12 || Lindblom (1–1) || Holland (1–1) || — || 11–14 || L3 |-style=background:#fcc | 26 || August 23 || @ Pirates || 4–5 || Phelps (2–3) || Stratton (1–0) || Rodríguez (1) || 11–15 || L4 |-style=background:#cfc | 27 || August 24 || Reds || 4–2 || Bauer (3–1) || Anderson (2–2) || Hader (6) || 12–15 || W1 |-style=background:#cfc | 28 || August 25 || Reds || 3–2 || Castillo (0–4) || Woodruff (2–2) || Hader (7) || 13–15 || W2 |-style="background:#bbb | — || August 26 || Reds || colspan=7 | Postponed (Boycotts due to Jacob Blake shooting); Makeup: August 27 |-style=background:#fcc | 29 || August 27 || Reds || 1–6 || Houser (1–3) || Gray (5–1) || – || 13–16 || L1 |-style=background:#fcc | 30 || August 27 || Reds || 0–6 || Lindblom (1–2) || Sims (2–0) || – || 13–17 || L2 |-style=background:#cfc | 31 || August 28 || Pirates || 9–1 || Holland (1–2) || Burnes (1–0) || — || 14–17 || W1 |-style=background:#cfc | 32 || August 29 || Pirates || 7–6 || Rodríguez (0–2) || Williams (2–1) || – || 15–17 || W2 |-style=background:#fcc | 33 || August 30 || Pirates || 1–5 || Woodruff (2–3) || Tropeano (1–0) || — || 15–18 || L1 |-style=background:#cfc | 34 || August 31 || Pirates || 6–5 || Turley (0–1) || Williams (3–1) || Hader (8) || 16–18 || W1

|-style=background:#fcc | 35 || September 1 || Tigers || 1–12 || Lindblom (1–3) || Norris (3–1) || — || 16–19 || L1 |-style=background:#cfc | 36 || September 2 || Tigers || 8–5 || Jiménez (1–2) || Yardley (2–0) || Hader (9) || 17–19 || W1 |-style=background:#cfc | 37 || September 4 || @ Indians || 7–1 || Maton (2–1) || Burnes (2–0) || — || 18–19 || W2 |-style=background:#fcc | 38 || September 5 || @ Indians || 3–4 || Hader (0–1) || Hand (1–1) || — || 18–20 || L1 |-style=background:#fcc | 39 || September 6 || @ Indians || 1–4 || Anderson (2–3) || Bieber (7–0) || Hand (11) || 18–21 || L2 |-style=background:#fcc | 40 || September 8 || @ Tigers || 3–8 || Houser (1–4) || Turnbull (4–2) || — || 18–22 || L3 |-style=background:#cfc | 41 || September 9 || @ Tigers || 19–0 || Boyd (1–6) || Burnes (3–0) || — || 19–22 || W1 |-style=background:#cfc | 42 || September 11 || Cubs || 1–0 || Wick (0–1) || Hader (1–1) || — || 20–22 || W2 |-style=background:#fcc | 43 || September 12 || Cubs || 2–4 || Hader (1–2) || Adam (1–1) || Kimbrel (2) || 20–23 || L1 |-style=background:#fcc | 44 || September 13 || Cubs || 0–12 || Houser (1–5) || Mills (5–3) || — || 20–24 || L2 |-style=background:#cfc | 45 || September 14 || Cardinals || 2–1 || Helsley (1–1) || Peralta (2–1) || — || 21–24 || W1 |-style=background:#fcc | 46 || September 14 || Cardinals || 2–3 || Topa (0–1) || Cabrera (4–1) || Webb (1) || 21–25 || L1 |-style=background:#cfc | 47 || September 15 || Cardinals || 18–3 || Flaherty (3–2) || Anderson (3–3) || — || 22–25 || W1 |-style=background:#fcc | 48 || September 16 || Cardinals || 2–4 || Woodruff (2–4) || Wainwright (5–1) || — || 22–26 || L1 |-style=background:#cfc | 49 || September 16 || Cardinals || 6–0 || Oviedo (0–3) || Peralta (3–1) || — || 23–26 || W1 |-style=background:#cfc | 50 || September 18 || Royals || 9–5 || Duffy (3–4) || Rasmussen (1–0) || — || 24–26 || W2 |-style=background:#cfc | 51 || September 19 || Royals || 5–0 || Bubic (1–6) || Burnes (4–0) || — || 25–26 || W3 |-style=background:#cfc | 52 || September 20 || Royals || 5–3 || Keller (4–3) || Lindblom (2–3) || Hader (10) || 26–26 || W4 |-style=background:#fcc | 53 || September 21 || @ Reds || 3–6 || Woodruff (2–5) || Castillo (4–5) || — || 26–27 || L1 |-style=background:#cfc | 54 || September 22 || @ Reds || 3–2 || Antone (0–3) || Anderson (4–3) || Hader (11) || 27–27 || W1 |-style=background:#fcc | 55 || September 23 || @ Reds || 1–6 || Houser (1–6) || Bauer (5–4) || — || 27–28 || L1 |-style=background:#fcc | 56 || September 24 || @ Cardinals || 2–4 || Burnes (4–1) || Kim (3–0) || Miller (4) || 27–29 || L2 |-style="background:#cfc | 57 || September 25 || @ Cardinals || 3–0 || Flaherty (4–3) || Williams (4–1) || Hader (12) || 28–29 || W1 |-style=background:#fcc | 58 || September 25 || @ Cardinals || 1–9 || Lindblom (2–4) || Ponce de Leon (1–3) || — || 28–30 || L1 |-style=background:#cfc | 59 || September 26 || @ Cardinals || 3–0 || Wainwright (5–3) || Woodruff (3–5) || Hader (13) || 29–30 || W1 |-style=background:#fcc | 60 || September 27 || @ Cardinals || 2–5 || Anderson (4–4) || Gallegos (2–2) || Reyes (1) || 29–31 || L1

|- style="text-align:center;" | Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = PostponementBold = Brewers team member

Postseason Game log

|- style="background:#fcc | 1 || September 30 || @ Dodgers || 2–4 || Suter (0–1) || Urías (1–0) || Jansen (1) || 0–1 || L1 |- style="background:#fcc | 2 || October 1 || @ Dodgers || 0–3 || Woodruff (0–1) || Kershaw (1–0) || Graterol (1) || 0–2 || L2

Postseason rosters

| style="text-align:left" | Pitchers: 29 Josh Lindblom 35 Brent Suter 37 Adrian Houser 43 Drew Rasmussen 46 Corey Knebel 50 Ray Black 51 Freddy Peralta 53 Brandon Woodruff 56 Justin Topa 57 Eric Yardley 58 Alex Claudio 71 Josh Hader Catchers: 9 Manny Piña 10 Omar Narváez 20 David Freitas Infielders: 2 Luis Urías 3 Orlando Arcia 5 Jedd Gyorko 7 Eric Sogard 18 Keston Hiura 20 Daniel Vogelbach 28 Ryon Healy Outfielders: 8 Ryan Braun 14 Jace Peterson 15 Tyrone Taylor 16 Ben Gamel 22 Christian Yelich 24 Avisaíl García |- valign="top"

Roster 2020 Milwaukee Brewers Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

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

Player 40 108 8 19 4 0 2 10 0 16 39 .176 .294 .562 29 33 113 14 21 7 0 5 15 1 10 40 .186 .262 .381 43 59 217 30 46 4 0 13 32 3 16 85 .212 .297 .410 89 59 173 22 45 10 1 5 20 2 14 32 .260 .317 .416 72 43 115 10 24 5 0 1 10 0 11 20 .209 .281 .278 32 58 200 39 41 7 1 12 22 4 46 76 .205 .356 .430 86 53 181 20 43 10 0 2 15 1 20 49 .238 .333 .326 59 40 114 13 27 8 1 3 10 0 13 39 .237 .315 .404 46 39 129 14 30 7 1 8 26 1 7 27 .233 .281 .488 63 42 117 19 29 3 0 9 17 0 15 38 .248 .333 .504 59 41 109 11 26 4 1 0 11 2 10 32 .239 .308 .294 32 19 58 13 19 2 0 4 12 0 8 18 .328 .418 .569 33 26 45 6 9 1 0 2 5 1 15 20 .200 .393 .356 16 20 48 8 9 1 0 4 13 0 5 20 .188 .278 .458 22 15 39 4 9 1 0 2 5 0 3 11 .231 .333 .410 16 22 38 6 9 4 0 2 6 0 2 8 .237 .293 .500 19 16 36 2 10 3 0 0 4 1 0 7 .278 .278 .361 13 16 30 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 .100 .222 .100 3 9 25 3 3 1 0 1 2 0 3 8 .120 .214 .280 7 5 18 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 .333 .429 .389 7 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 1Team totals6019202474298357523815221582.223.313.389747 Source

Pitching