The Baseball Scholar

Milwaukee Brewers Best Single Seasons

Dave Franks
2–3 minutes

This is a list of the Milwaukee Brewers best single seasons. I decided to select two players for each infield position, six outfielders (regardless of specific position), and one designated hitter for each AL team. Hitters had to play at least 51% of games at their position. For pitching, we selected seven starting pitchers, three non-closers, and two closers. Starting pitchers had to start at least 20 games during the selected season. Relief pitchers were deemed non-closers if they saved less than 10 games. Closers are pitchers that save more than 10 games.


  • Catcher – Jonathan Lucroy, 2014

    • Jonathan Lucroy
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    133 .368 6.7 153 655 73 176 53 2 13 69 4 66 71 .301 .373 .465 .837

  • First Base – Prince Fielder, 2009

    • Prince Fielder
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    161 .422 6.3 162 719 103 177 35 3 46 141 2 110 138 .299 .412 .602 1.014

  • Second Base – Paul Molitor, 1979

    • Paul Molitor
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    127 .371 5.6 140 645 88 188 27 16 9 62 33 48 48 .322 .372 .469 .842

  • Third Base – Tommy Harper, 1970

    • Tommy Harper
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    146 .396 7.4 154 692 104 179 35 4 31 82 38 77 107 .296 .377 .522 .899

  • Shortstop – Robin Yount, 1982

    • Robin Yount
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    164 .415 10.5 156 704 129 210 46 12 29 114 14 54 63 .331 .379 .578 .957

  • Outfield – Ryan Braun, 2011

    • Ryan Braun
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    171 .426 7.8 150 629 109 187 38 6 33 111 33 58 93 .332 .397 .597 .994

  • Outfield – Sixto Lezcano, 1979

    • Sixto Lezcano
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    165 .428 5.6 138 566 84 152 29 3 28 101 4 77 74 .321 .414 .573 .987

  • Outfield – Carlos Gomez, 2013

    • Carlos Gomez
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    128 .363 8.5 147 590 80 152 27 10 24 73 40 37 146 .284 .338 .506 .843

  • Starting Pitcher – Mike Caldwell, 1978

    • Mike Caldwell
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    62 8.1 37 34 22 9 2.36 293.1 23 6 1 90 77 54 131 4.0 1.064

  • Starting Pitcher – Ben Sheets, 2004

    • Ben Sheets
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    62 7.2 34 34 12 14 2.70 237 5 0 0 85 71 32 264 10.0 0.983

  • Starting Pitcher – Teddy Higuera, 1988

    • Teddy Higuera
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    62 7.4 31 31 16 9 2.45 227.1 8 1 0 66 62 59 192 7.6 0.999

  • Starting Pitcher – Chris Bosio, 1989

    • Chris Bosio
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    75 5.5 33 33 15 10 2.95 234.2 8 2 0 90 77 48 173 6.6 1.163

  • Starting Pitcher – Bill Wegman, 1991

    • Bill Wegman
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    71 4.4 28 28 15 7 2.84 193.1 7 2 0 76 61 40 89 4.1 1.117

  • Relief Pitcher – Paul Mirabella, 1988

    • Paul Mirabella
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    41 2.2 38 0 2 2 1.65 60 0 0 4 12 11 21 33 5.0 1.083

  • Relief Pitcher – Mike Fetters, 1992

    • Mike Fetters
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    48 2.2 50 0 5 1 1.87 62.2 0 0 2 15 13 24 43 6.2 0.989

  • Closer – Rollie Fingers, 1981

    • Rollie Fingers
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    30 4.2 47 0 6 3 1.04 78 0 0 28 9 9 13 61 7.0 0.872

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