# 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 | Pos. |
| 1 | Eric Sogard | 3B |
| 2 | Christian Yelich | LF |
| 3 | Keston Hiura | 2B |
| 4 | Justin Smoak | 1B |
| 5 | Ryan Braun | DH |
| 6 | Avisaíl García | RF |
| 7 | Omar Narvaez | C |
| 8 | Lorenzo Cain | CF |
| 9 | Orlando Arcia | SS |
| — | Brandon Woodruff | P |

## Season standings
### National League Central

vteNL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Cubs | 34 | 26 | .567 | — | 19‍–‍14 | 15‍–‍12 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 30 | 28 | .517 | 3 | 14‍–‍13 | 16‍–‍15 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 31 | 29 | .517 | 3 | 16‍–‍13 | 15‍–‍16 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 29 | 31 | .483 | 5 | 15‍–‍14 | 14‍–‍17 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 19 | 41 | .317 | 15 | 13‍–‍19 | 6‍–‍22 |

### National League Wild Card

vteDivision Leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 43 | 17 | .717 |
| Atlanta Braves | 35 | 25 | .583 |
| Chicago Cubs | 34 | 26 | .567 |
vteDivision 2nd Place :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| San Diego Padres | 37 | 23 | .617 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 30 | 28 | .517 |
| Miami Marlins | 31 | 29 | .517 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Cincinnati Reds | 31 | 29 | .517 | +2 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 29 | 31 | .483 | — |
| San Francisco Giants | 29 | 31 | .483 | — |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 28 | 32 | .467 | 1 |
| Washington Nationals | 26 | 34 | .433 | 3 |
| New York Mets | 26 | 34 | .433 | 3 |
| Colorado Rockies | 26 | 34 | .433 | 3 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 25 | 35 | .417 | 4 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 19 | 41 | .317 | 10 |
The Brewers had the tiebreaker edge with their record against division opponents (19–21) better than the Giants' (18–22).

### Record vs. opponents

2020 National League recordvte
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020 :
| Team | CHC | CIN | MIL | PIT | STL | AL |
| Chicago | — | 6–4 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 5–5 | 12–8 |
| Cincinnati | 4–6 | — | 6–4 | 7–3 | 4–6 | 10–10 |
| Milwaukee | 5–5 | 4–6 | — | 5–5 | 5–5 | 10–10 |
| Pittsburgh | 4–6 | 3–7 | 5–5 | — | 4–6 | 3–17 |
| St. Louis | 5–5 | 6–4 | 5–5 | 6–4 | — | 8–10 |

## Game log
### Regular season

2020 regular season game log: 29–31 (Home: 15–14; Away: 14–17) :
July: 3–3 (Home: 0–0; Away: 3–3)
#DateOpponentScoreLossWinSaveRecordBox/ Streak
1July 24@ Cubs0–3Woodruff (0–1)Hendricks (1–0)—0–1L1
2July 25@ Cubs8–3Darvish (0–1)Suter (1–0)—1–1W1
3July 26@ Cubs1–9Peralta (0–1)Chatwood (1–0)—1–2L1
4July 27@ Pirates6–5 (11)Neverauskas (0–1)Phelps (1–0)—2–2W1
5July 28@ Pirates6–8Wahl (0–1)Hartlieb (1–0)Burdi (1)2–3L1
6July 29@ Pirates3–0Musgrove (0–2)Woodruff (1–1)Hader (1)3–3W1
—July 31CardinalsPostponed (COVID-19); Makeup: September 14 :
August: 13–15 (Home: 7–9; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreLossWinSaveRecordBox/ Streak
—August 1CardinalsPostponed (COVID-19); Makeup: September 16
—August 2CardinalsPostponed (COVID-19); Makeup: September 25
7August 3White Sox4–6Phelps (1–1)Detwiler (1–0)Colomé (2)3–4L1
8August 4White Sox2–3Williams (0–1)Giolito (1–1)Colomé (3)3–5L2
9August 5@ White Sox1–0Keuchel (2–1)Houser (1–0)Hader (2)4–5W1
10August 6@ White Sox8–3González (0–1)Lindblom (1–0)—5–5W2
11August 7Reds3–8Lauer (0–1)Bauer (2–0)—5–6L1
12August 8Reds1–4Anderson (0–1)DeSclafani (1–0)Iglesias (2)5–7L2
13August 9Reds9–3Gray (3–1)Suter (2–0)—6–7W1
14August 10Twins2–4Houser (1–1)Dobnak (3–1)Rogers (4)6–8L1
15August 11Twins6–4Rogers (1–2)Williams (1–1)Hader (3)7–8W1
16August 12Twins2–12Lauer (0–2)Maeda (3–0)—7–9L1
17August 13@ Cubs2–4Anderson (0–2)Darvish (3–1)Wick (3)7–10L2
18August 14@ Cubs4–3Mills (2–1)Peralta (1–1)Hader (4)8–10W1
19August 15@ Cubs6–5 (10)Jeffress (1–1)Phelps (2–1)Claudio (1)9–10W2
20August 16@ Cubs6–5Adam (0–1)Yardley (1–0)Hader (5)10–10W3
21August 18@ Twins3–4 (12)Phelps (2–2)Alcalá (1–0)—10–11L1
22August 19@ Twins9–3Hill (1–1)Anderson (1–2)—11–11W1
23August 20@ Twins1–7Woodruff (1–2)Berríos (2–3)—11–12L1
24August 21@ Pirates2–7Houser (1–2)Kuhl (1–1)—11–13L2
25August 22@ Pirates5–12Lindblom (1–1)Holland (1–1)—11–14L3
26August 23@ Pirates4–5Phelps (2–3)Stratton (1–0)Rodríguez (1)11–15L4
27August 24Reds4–2Bauer (3–1)Anderson (2–2)Hader (6)12–15W1
28August 25Reds3–2Castillo (0–4)Woodruff (2–2)Hader (7)13–15W2
—August 26RedsPostponed (Boycotts due to Jacob Blake shooting); Makeup: August 27
29August 27 (1)Reds1–6Houser (1–3)Gray (5–1)–13–16L1
30August 27 (2)Reds0–6Lindblom (1–2)Sims (2–0)–13–17L2
31August 28Pirates9–1Holland (1–2)Burnes (1–0)—14–17W1
32August 29Pirates7–6Rodríguez (0–2)Williams (2–1)–15–17W2
33August 30Pirates1–5Woodruff (2–3)Tropeano (1–0)—15–18L1
34August 31Pirates6–5Turley (0–1)Williams (3–1)Hader (8)16–18W1 :
September: 13–13 (Home: 8–5; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreLossWinSaveRecordBox/ Streak
35September 1Tigers1–12Lindblom (1–3)Norris (3–1)—16–19L1
36September 2Tigers8–5Jiménez (1–2)Yardley (2–0)Hader (9)17–19W1
37September 4@ Indians7–1Maton (2–1)Burnes (2–0)—18–19W2
38September 5@ Indians3–4Hader (0–1)Hand (1–1)—18–20L1
39September 6@ Indians1–4Anderson (2–3)Bieber (7–0)Hand (11)18–21L2
40September 8@ Tigers3–8Houser (1–4)Turnbull (4–2)—18–22L3
41September 9@ Tigers19–0Boyd (1–6)Burnes (3–0)—19–22W1
42September 11Cubs1–0Wick (0–1)Hader (1–1)—20–22W2
43September 12Cubs2–4Hader (1–2)Adam (1–1)Kimbrel (2)20–23L1
44September 13Cubs0–12Houser (1–5)Mills (5–3)—20–24L2
45September 14 (1)Cardinals2–1 (8)Helsley (1–1)Peralta (2–1)—21–24W1
46September 14 (2)Cardinals2–3 (9)Topa (0–1)Cabrera (4–1)Webb (1)21–25L1
47September 15Cardinals18–3Flaherty (3–2)Anderson (3–3)—22–25W1
48September 16 (1)Cardinals2–4 (7)Woodruff (2–4)Wainwright (5–1)—22–26L1
49September 16 (2)Cardinals6–0 (7)Oviedo (0–3)Peralta (3–1)—23–26W1
50September 18Royals9–5Duffy (3–4)Rasmussen (1–0)—24–26W2
51September 19Royals5–0Bubic (1–6)Burnes (4–0)—25–26W3
52September 20Royals5–3Keller (4–3)Lindblom (2–3)Hader (10)26–26W4
53September 21@ Reds3–6Woodruff (2–5)Castillo (4–5)—26–27L1
54September 22@ Reds3–2Antone (0–3)Anderson (4–3)Hader (11)27–27W1
55September 23@ Reds1–6Houser (1–6)Bauer (5–4)—27–28L1
56September 24@ Cardinals2–4Burnes (4–1)Kim (3–0)Miller (4)27–29L2
57September 25 (1)@ Cardinals3–0 (7)Flaherty (4–3)Williams (4–1)Hader (12)28–29W1
58September 25 (2)Cardinals1–9 (7)Lindblom (2–4)Ponce de Leon (1–3)—28–30L1
59September 26@ Cardinals3–0Wainwright (5–3)Woodruff (3–5)Hader (13)29–30W1
60September 27@ Cardinals2–5Anderson (4–4)Gallegos (2–2)Reyes (1)29–31L1 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Brewers team member :

### Postseason Game log

2020 Postseason game log: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–2) :
NL Wild Card Series: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–2)
#DateOpponentScoreLossWinSaveRecordBox/ Streak
1September 30@ Dodgers2–4Suter (0–1)Urías (1–0)Jansen (1)0–1L1
2October 1@ Dodgers0–3Woodruff (0–1)Kershaw (1–0)Graterol (1)0–2L2 :

## Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters :
National League Wild Card Series
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 :

## 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 | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | TB |
| Omar Narváez | 40 | 108 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 39 | .176 | .294 | .562 | 29 |
| Justin Smoak | 33 | 113 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 40 | .186 | .262 | .381 | 43 |
| Keston Hiura | 59 | 217 | 30 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 32 | 3 | 16 | 85 | .212 | .297 | .410 | 89 |
| Orlando Arcia | 59 | 173 | 22 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 32 | .260 | .317 | .416 | 72 |
| Eric Sogard | 43 | 115 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 20 | .209 | .281 | .278 | 32 |
| Christian Yelich | 58 | 200 | 39 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 46 | 76 | .205 | .356 | .430 | 86 |
| Avisaíl García | 53 | 181 | 20 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 20 | 49 | .238 | .333 | .326 | 59 |
| Ben Gamel | 40 | 114 | 13 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 39 | .237 | .315 | .404 | 46 |
| Ryan Braun | 39 | 129 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 27 | .233 | .281 | .488 | 63 |
| Jedd Gyorko | 42 | 117 | 19 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 38 | .248 | .333 | .504 | 59 |
| Luis Urías | 41 | 109 | 11 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 32 | .239 | .308 | .294 | 32 |
| Daniel Vogelbach | 19 | 58 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .328 | .418 | .569 | 33 |
| Jace Peterson | 26 | 45 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 20 | .200 | .393 | .356 | 16 |
| Jacob Nottingham | 20 | 48 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 20 | .188 | .278 | .458 | 22 |
| Manny Piña | 15 | 39 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .231 | .333 | .410 | 16 |
| Tyrone Taylor | 22 | 38 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .237 | .293 | .500 | 19 |
| Mark Mathias | 16 | 36 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .278 | .278 | .361 | 13 |
| Brock Holt | 16 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .100 | .222 | .100 | 3 |
| Logan Morrison | 9 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .120 | .214 | .280 | 7 |
| Lorenzo Cain | 5 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .333 | .429 | .389 | 7 |
| Ryon Healy | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 60 | 1920 | 247 | 429 | 83 | 5 | 75 | 238 | 15 | 221 | 582 | .223 | .313 | .389 | 747 |
Source

#### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
| Brandon Woodruff | 3 | 5 | 3.05 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 73.2 | 55 | 26 | 25 | 18 | 91 |
| Corbin Burnes | 4 | 1 | 2.11 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 59.2 | 37 | 15 | 14 | 24 | 88 |
| Adrian Houser | 1 | 6 | 5.30 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 56.0 | 63 | 41 | 33 | 21 | 44 |
| Brett Anderson | 4 | 4 | 4.21 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 47.0 | 50 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 32 |
| Josh Lindblom | 2 | 4 | 5.16 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 45.1 | 42 | 26 | 26 | 16 | 52 |
| Josh Hader | 1 | 2 | 3.79 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 19.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 31 |
| Brent Suter | 2 | 0 | 3.13 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 31.2 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 38 |
| Devin Williams | 4 | 1 | 0.33 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 53 |
| Eric Yardley | 2 | 0 | 1.54 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| Alex Claudio | 0 | 0 | 4.26 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| Freddy Peralta | 3 | 1 | 3.99 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 29.1 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 47 |
| Drew Rasmussen | 1 | 0 | 5.87 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 15.1 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 21 |
| Corey Knebel | 0 | 0 | 6.08 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 15 |
| David Phelps | 2 | 3 | 2.77 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| Eric Lauer | 0 | 2 | 13.09 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11.0 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 12 |
| J. P. Feyereisen | 0 | 0 | 5.79 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| Justin Topa | 0 | 1 | 2.35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Justin Grimm | 0 | 0 | 17.36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 6 |
| Ray Black | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Ángel Perdomo | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Bobby Wahl | 0 | 1 | 11.57 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Orlando Arcia | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Phil Bickford | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Jedd Gyorko | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 31 | 4.16 | 60 | 60 | 14 | 517.1 | 446 | 264 | 239 | 189 | 614 |
Source

## Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of nine minor league affiliates in 2020. The minor league season, however, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Milwaukee planned to operate a Dominican Summer League team as a co-op with the Toronto Blue Jays.
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| Triple-A | San Antonio Missions | Pacific Coast League | Rick Sweet |
| Double-A | Biloxi Shuckers | Southern League | Mike Guerrero |
| Class A-Advanced | Carolina Mudcats | Carolina League | Joe Ayrault |
| Class A | Wisconsin Timber Rattlers | Midwest League | Matt Erickson |
| Rookie | Rocky Mountain Vibes | Pioneer League | Liu Rodríguez |
| Rookie | AZL Brewers Blue | Arizona League | Rafael Neda |
| Rookie | AZL Brewers Gold | Arizona League | Nick Stanley |
| Rookie | DSL Brewers | Dominican Summer League | Victor Estevez |
| Rookie | DSL Brewers/Blue Jays | Dominican Summer League | Fidel Peña |

## Milwaukee Brewers monetary losses

A report in the Milwaukee Business Journal has estimated that the Milwaukee Brewers lost $178.3 million revenue as a result of having no fans. For 2020, Team Marketing Report has calculated $5 billion in losses for Major League Baseball.