The Baseball Scholar

Updated 11/23/2024

This is the Milwaukee Brewers all-time roster. The roster consists of one starter and one bench player for each infield position and one starter and one bench player for each outfield position. Hitters had to have a minimum of 1,500 plate appearances. For pitching, I selected five starting pitchers and three relief pitchers. Starting pitchers had to start at least 75 games during their time with the franchise to qualify. Relief pitchers had to accumulate a minimum of 150 innings pitched to be eligible.

• Catcher – Jonathan Lucroy



• Age: 24 – 30
• Years: 2010 – 2016

Jonathan Lucroy

WAR	wRC+	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
17.3	111	805	3137	2838	346	806	157	19	79	387	29	9	250	461	.284	.345	.436	.781

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• First Base – Cecil Cooper



• Age: 27 – 37
• Years: 1977 – 1987

Cecil Cooper

WAR	wRC+	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
30.7	121	1490	6492	6019	821	1815	345	33	201	944	77	37	367	721	.302	.341	.470	.811

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• Second Base – Jim Gantner



• Age: 23 – 39
• Years: 1976 – 1992




Jim Gantner

WAR	wRC+	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
22.4	87	1801	6787	6189	726	1696	262	38	47	568	137	78	383	501	.274	.319	.351	0.67

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• Third Base – Paul Molitor



• Age: 21 – 35
• Years: 1978 – 1992

Paul Molitor

WAR	wRC+	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
59.9	125	1856	8438	7520	1275	2281	405	86	160	790	412	115	755	882	.303	.366	.444	.810

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• Shortstop – Robin Yount



• Age: 18 – 37
• Years: 1974 – 1993

Robin Yount

WAR	wRC+	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
77.3	113	2856	12249	11008	1632	3142	583	126	251	1406	271	105	966	1350	.285	.343	.430	.773

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• Outfield – Ryan Braun



• Age: 23 – 35
• Years: 2007 – 2019

Ryan Braun

WAR	wRC+	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
47.1	136	1727	7197	6493	1066	1933	401	48	344	1128	215	60	579	1336	.298	.362	.533	.895

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• Outfield – Christian Yelich



• Age: 26 – 32
• Years: 2018 – 2024




Christian Yelich

WAR	wRC+	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
24.3	136	823	3571	3057	576	871	160	21	145	455	133	18	470	802	.285	.384	.493	.877

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• Outfield – Ben Oglivie



• Age: 29 – 37
• Years: 1978 – 1986




Ben Oglivie

WAR	wRC+	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
21.5	121	1149	4658	4136	567	1144	194	21	176	685	44	44	432	530	.277	.345	.461	.806

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• Starting Pitcher – Teddy Higuera



• Age: 27 – 33, 35 – 36
• Years: 1985 – 1991, 1993 – 1994

Teddy Higuera

WAR	ERA-	G	GS	W	L	ERA	IP	CG	SHO	SV	R	ER	BB	SO	K%	WHIP
30.3	86	213	205	94	64	3.61	1380	50	12	0	608	554	443	1081	18.8%	1.24

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• Starting Pitcher – Ben Sheets



• Age: 22 – 29
• Years: 2001 – 2008

Ben Sheets

WAR	ERA-	G	GS	W	L	ERA	IP	CG	SHO	SV	R	ER	BB	SO	K%	WHIP
25.6	87	221	221	86	83	3.72	1428	18	4	0	650	591	313	1206	20.4%	1.20

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• Starting Pitcher – Brandon Woodruff



• Age: 24 – 30
• Years: 2017 – 2023

Brandon Woodruff

WAR	ERA-	G	GS	W	L	ERA	IP	CG	SHO	SV	R	ER	BB	SO	K%	WHIP
16.6	73	130	115	46	26	3.10	680.1	2	1	1	243	234	176	788	28.9%	1.05

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• Starting Pitcher – Chris Bosio



• Age: 23 – 29
• Years: 1986 – 1992

Chris Bosio

WAR	ERA-	G	GS	W	L	ERA	IP	CG	SHO	SV	R	ER	BB	SO	K%	WHIP
18.6	93	212	163	67	62	3.76	1190	32	8	8	546	497	289	749	15.1%	1.24

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• Starting Pitcher – Corbin Burnes



• Age: 23 – 28
• Years: 2018 – 2023

Corbin Burnes

WAR	ERA-	G	GS	W	L	ERA	IP	CG	SHO	SV	R	ER	BB	SO	K%	WHIP
13.4	77	167	106	45	27	3.26	709.1	0	0	2	275	257	206	870	30.4%	1.05

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• Relief Pitcher – Devin Williams



• Age: 24 – 29
• Years: 2019 – 2024

Devin Williams

WAR	ERA-	G	GS	W	L	ERA	IP	CG	SHO	SV	R	ER	BB	SO	K%	WHIP
8.9	43	241	0	27	10	1.83	235.2	0	0	68	63	48	112	375	39.4%	1.02

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• Relief Pitcher – Josh Hader



• Age: 23 – 27
• Years: 2017 – 2021




Josh Hader

WAR	ERA-	G	GS	W	L	ERA	IP	CG	SHO	SV	R	ER	BB	SO	K%	WHIP
10.4	53	232	0	16	13	2.26	282.3	0	0	96	74	71	106	482	44.4%	0.85

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• Relief Pitcher – Ken Sanders



• Age: 28 – 30
• Years: 1970 – 1972

Ken Sanders

WAR	ERA-	G	GS	W	L	ERA	IP	CG	SHO	SV	R	ER	BB	SO	K%	WHIP
8.7	67	195	0	14	23	2.21	321	0	0	61	92	79	90	195	15.1%	1.10

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Bench

• Catcher – Darrell Porter, 1971 – 1976
• First Base – George Scott, 1972 – 1976
• Second Base – Ronnie Belliard, 1998 – 2002
• Third Base – Don Money, 1973 – 1983
• Shortstop – Willy Adames, 2021 – 2024
• Outfield – Sixto Lezcano, 1974 – 1980
• Outfield – Geoff Jenkins, 1998 – 2007
• Outfield – Carlos Gomez, 2010 – 2015
• Starting Pitcher – Mike Caldwell, 1977 – 1984
• Starting Pitcher – Bill Wegman, 1985 – 1995
• Starting Pitcher – Yovani Gallardo, 2007 – 2014
• Relief Pitcher – Rollie Fingers, 1981 – 1982, 1984 – 1985