# 2012 Milwaukee Brewers season

The Milwaukee Brewers' 2012 season was the 43rd season for the franchise in Milwaukee, the 15th in the National League, and 44th overall. The Brewers finished the season with an 83–79 record and third place in the National League Central. They did not make the playoffs.
The Brewers struck out 10 or more opposing batters in each of eight consecutive games between August 20 and August 28, the longest such streak in MLB history as of 2016.

## Regular season
### NL Central standings

vteNL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cincinnati Reds | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 50‍–‍31 | 47‍–‍34 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 88 | 74 | .543 | 9 | 50‍–‍31 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 83 | 79 | .512 | 14 | 49‍–‍32 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 79 | 83 | .488 | 18 | 45‍–‍36 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Chicago Cubs | 61 | 101 | .377 | 36 | 38‍–‍43 | 23‍–‍58 |
| Houston Astros | 55 | 107 | .340 | 42 | 35‍–‍46 | 20‍–‍61 |

### NL Wild Card

vteDivision leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Washington Nationals | 98 | 64 | .605 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 97 | 65 | .599 |
| San Francisco Giants | 94 | 68 | .580 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Atlanta Braves | 94 | 68 | .580 | +6 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 88 | 74 | .543 | — |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 86 | 76 | .531 | 2 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 83 | 79 | .512 | 5 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 81 | 81 | .500 | 7 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 81 | 81 | .500 | 7 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 79 | 83 | .488 | 9 |
| San Diego Padres | 76 | 86 | .469 | 12 |
| New York Mets | 74 | 88 | .457 | 14 |
| Miami Marlins | 69 | 93 | .426 | 19 |
| Colorado Rockies | 64 | 98 | .395 | 24 |
| Chicago Cubs | 61 | 101 | .377 | 27 |
| Houston Astros | 55 | 107 | .340 | 33 |

### Roster
## Player stats
### 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; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
| Ryan Braun | 154 | 598 | 108 | 191 | 36 | 3 | 41 | 112 | 30 | 63 | .319 | .595 |
| Rickie Weeks | 157 | 588 | 85 | 135 | 29 | 4 | 21 | 63 | 16 | 74 | .230 | .400 |
| Aramis Ramírez | 149 | 570 | 92 | 171 | 50 | 3 | 27 | 105 | 9 | 44 | .300 | .540 |
| Corey Hart | 149 | 562 | 91 | 152 | 35 | 4 | 30 | 83 | 5 | 44 | .270 | .507 |
| Nori Aoki | 151 | 520 | 81 | 150 | 37 | 4 | 10 | 50 | 30 | 43 | .288 | .433 |
| Carlos Gómez | 137 | 415 | 72 | 108 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 51 | 37 | 20 | .260 | .463 |
| Jonathan Lucroy | 96 | 316 | 46 | 101 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 58 | 4 | 22 | .320 | .513 |
| Nyjer Morgan | 122 | 289 | 41 | 69 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 20 | .239 | .308 |
| Martín Maldonado | 78 | 233 | 22 | 62 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 30 | 1 | 17 | .266 | .408 |
| Cody Ransom | 64 | 168 | 18 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 23 | .196 | .345 |
| Cesar Izturis | 57 | 162 | 9 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .235 | .333 |
| Travis Ishikawa | 94 | 152 | 19 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 13 | .257 | .428 |
| Jean Segura | 44 | 148 | 19 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 13 | .264 | .331 |
| Taylor Green | 58 | 103 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 10 | .184 | .340 |
| George Kottaras | 58 | 86 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 29 | .209 | .360 |
| Álex González | 24 | 81 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 6 | .259 | .457 |
| Jeff Bianchi | 33 | 69 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 4 | .188 | .348 |
| Mat Gamel | 21 | 69 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | .246 | .348 |
| Edwin Maysonet | 30 | 60 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .350 |
| Brooks Conrad | 25 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | .075 | .225 |
| Logan Schafer | 16 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .304 | .522 |
| Eric Farris | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .125 | .125 |
| Yorvit Torrealba | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 292 | 13 | 40 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 5 | .137 | .202 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5557 | 776 | 1442 | 300 | 39 | 202 | 741 | 158 | 466 | .259 | .437 |
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; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Yovani Gallardo | 16 | 9 | 3.66 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 204.0 | 185 | 86 | 83 | 81 | 204 |
| Randy Wolf | 3 | 10 | 5.69 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 142.1 | 179 | 94 | 90 | 45 | 96 |
| Marco Estrada | 5 | 7 | 3.64 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 138.1 | 129 | 62 | 56 | 29 | 143 |
| Mike Fiers | 9 | 10 | 3.74 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 127.2 | 125 | 56 | 53 | 36 | 135 |
| Shaun Marcum | 7 | 4 | 3.70 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 124.0 | 116 | 57 | 51 | 41 | 109 |
| Zack Greinke | 9 | 3 | 3.44 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 123.0 | 120 | 49 | 47 | 28 | 122 |
| Francisco Rodríguez | 2 | 7 | 4.38 | 78 | 0 | 3 | 72.0 | 65 | 37 | 35 | 31 | 72 |
| John Axford | 5 | 8 | 4.67 | 75 | 0 | 35 | 69.1 | 61 | 42 | 36 | 39 | 93 |
| Kameron Loe | 6 | 5 | 4.61 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 68.1 | 78 | 41 | 35 | 20 | 55 |
| José Veras | 5 | 4 | 3.63 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 67.0 | 61 | 29 | 27 | 40 | 79 |
| Manny Parra | 2 | 3 | 5.06 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 58.2 | 62 | 39 | 33 | 35 | 61 |
| Mark Rogers | 3 | 1 | 3.92 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 39.0 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 41 |
| Tim Dillard | 0 | 2 | 4.38 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 45 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 29 |
| Liván Hernández | 3 | 0 | 7.68 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 36.1 | 44 | 31 | 31 | 8 | 29 |
| Jim Henderson | 1 | 3 | 3.52 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 30.2 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 45 |
| Wily Peralta | 2 | 1 | 2.48 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 29.0 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 23 |
| Tyler Thornburg | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22.0 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 20 |
| Brandon Kintzler | 3 | 0 | 3.78 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 16.2 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Mike McClendon | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 |
| Josh Stinson | 0 | 0 | 0.96 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9.1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Chris Narveson | 1 | 1 | 7.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Vinnie Chulk | 1 | 0 | 10.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 10 |
| Juan Pérez | 0 | 1 | 5.14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 |
| Team Totals | 83 | 79 | 4.22 | 162 | 162 | 44 | 1453.2 | 1458 | 733 | 682 | 525 | 1402 |
Source:

### Game log

2012 Game Log :
April (11–12) – home (6–6) – road (5–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 6Cardinals5–11García (1–0)Gallardo (0–1)46,0860–1
2April 7Cardinals6–0Greinke (1–0)Wainwright (0–1)42,0841–1
3April 8Cardinals3–9Lynn (1–0)Wolf (0–1)33,2111–2
4April 9@ Cubs7–5Marcum (1–0)Camp (0–1)Axford (1)38,1362–2
5April 10@ Cubs7–4Narveson (1–0)Maholm (0–1)Rodríguez (1)37,2653–2
6April 11@ Cubs2–1Gallardo (1–1)Dempster (0–1)Axford (2)34,0444–2
7April 12@ Cubs0–8Garza (1–0)Greinke (1–1)36,3114–3
8April 13@ Braves8–10Venters (1–0)Rodríguez (0–1)Kimbrel (3)50,6354–4
9April 14@ Braves1–2Minor (1–1)Marcum (1–1)Kimbrel (4)37,4384–5
10April 15@ Braves4–7Beachy (1–1)Narveson (1–1)30,8314–6
11April 17Dodgers5–4Veras (1–0)Guerra (1–1)27,1595–6
12April 18Dodgers3–2 (10)Loe (1–0)Guerrier (0–1)30,1896–6
13April 19Dodgers3–4Harang (1–1)Wolf (0–2)Guerra (6)30,0916–7
14April 20Rockies3–4Belisle (1–0)Axford (0–1)Betancourt (4)39,1886–8
15April 21Rockies9–4Veras (2–0)Rogers (0–1)43,5657–8
16April 22Rockies1–4Guthrie (2–1)Rodríguez (0–2)Betancourt (5)42,6117–9
17April 23Astros6–5Greinke (2–1)Harrell (1–1)Axford (3)36,2918–9
18April 24Astros9–6Wolf (1–2)Norris (1–1)Axford (4)38,6869–9
19April 25Astros5–7López (2–0)Veras (2–1)Myers (3)26,7789–10
20April 27@ Cardinals1–13Westbrook (3–1)Gallardo (1–2)43,0639–11
21April 28@ Cardinals3–7Lohse (4–0)Estrada (0–1)42,5869–12
22April 29@ Cardinals3–2Greinke (3–1)García (2–1)Axford (5)45,82410–12
23April 30@ Padres8–3Wolf (2–2)Wieland (0–4)16,21811–12 :
May (12–16) – home (5–7) – road (7–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 1@ Padres0–2Cashner (2–1)Rodríguez (0–3)Street (4)19,26011–13
25May 2@ Padres0–5Suppan (1–0)Gallardo (1–3)15,78611–14
26May 4@ Giants6–4Loe (2–0)Hensley (1–3)Axford (6)41,08212–14
27May 5@ Giants2–5Bumgarner (5–1)Wolf (2–3)Casilla (5)41,13512–15
28May 6@ Giants3–4 (11)López (3–0)Dillard (0–1)41,79612–16
29May 7Reds1–6Arroyo (2–1)Estrada (0–2)27,15712–17
30May 8Reds8–3Gallardo (2–3)Bailey (1–3)28,10813–17
31May 9Reds1–2Chapman (3–0)Axford (0–2)Ondrusek (1)27,09013–18
32May 11Cubs8–7 (13)Chulk (1–0)Castillo (0–1)40,09714–18
33May 12Cubs8–2Marcum (2–1)Volstad (0–5)42,33915–18
34May 13Cubs2–8Camp (1–1)Loe (2–1)42,16715–19
35May 14@ Mets1–3Batista (1–1)Gallardo (2–4)Francisco (9)20,06115–20
36May 15@ Mets8–0Greinke (4–1)Gee (2–3)22,26816–20
37May 16@ Astros3–8Norris (4–1)Wolf (2–4)15,45316–21
38May 17@ Astros0–4Happ (3–3)Marcum (2–2)15,17316–22
39May 18Twins3–11Diamond (3–0)Estrada (0–3)32,42116–23
40May 19Twins4–5 (11)Gray (3–0)Parra (0–1)Capps (9)42,39816–24
41May 20Twins16–4Greinke (5–1)Marquis (2–4)33,06417–24
42May 21Giants3–4 (14)Casilla (1–2)Pérez (0–1)31,64417–25
43May 22Giants4–6Cain (4–2)Marcum (2–3)Casilla (11)30,45117–26
44May 23Giants8–5Veras (3–1)Zito (3–2)Axford (7)37,69118–26
45May 25@ Diamondbacks7–1Gallardo (3–4)Kennedy (3–5)35,47819–26
46May 26@ Diamondbacks5–8Miley (6–1)Greinke (5–2)Putz (10)30,18419–27
47May 27@ Diamondbacks3–4Shaw (1–2)Veras (3–2)Putz (11)33,48119–28
48May 28@ Dodgers3–2Marcum (3–3)Harang (3–3)Axford (8)38,01620–28
49May 29@ Dodgers2–1Fiers (1–0)Eovaldi (0–1)Axford (9)51,13721–28
50May 30@ Dodgers6–3Gallardo (4–4)Kershaw (4–3)Axford (10)25,50922–28
51May 31@ Dodgers6–2Greinke (6–2)Billingsley (2–4)26,77323–28 :
June (12–14) – home (8–6) – road (4–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 1Pirates2–8Correia (2–5)Wolf (2–5)33,05523–29
53June 2Pirates5–1Marcum (4–3)Bédard (3–6)39,60324–29
54June 3Pirates5–6McDonald (5–2)Fiers (1–1)Hanrahan (14)34,33424–30
55June 5Cubs0–10Dempster (1–3)Gallardo (4–5)28,07124–31
56June 6Cubs8–0Greinke (7–2)Maholm (4–5)27,11225–31
57June 7Cubs4–3 (10)Axford (1–2)Coleman (0–1)30,12326–31
58June 8Padres9–5Marcum (5–3)Vólquez (2–6)32,75927–31
59June 9Padres2–5Ohlendorf (1–0)Fiers (1–2)Street (5)41,60427–32
60June 10Padres6–5Gallardo (5–5)Bass (2–6)Veras (1)43,02128–32
61June 12@ Royals1–2Holland (2–2)Rodríguez (0–4)Broxton (15)24,25828–33
62June 13@ Royals3–4 (11)Collins (3–0)Loe (2–2)17,88528–34
63June 14@ Royals3–4Collins (4–0)Axford (1–3)21,86928–35
64June 15@ Twins5–3Loe (3–2)Capps (1–4)Axford (11)37,29529–35
65June 16@ Twins6–2Fiers (2–2)Hendriks (0–3)37,69830–35
66June 17@ Twins4–5 (15)Swarzak (1–4)Dillard (0–2)39,20630–36
67June 18Blue Jays7–6Loe (4–2)Coello (0–1)Axford (12)32,22331–36
68June 19Blue Jays9–10Oliver (1–2)Axford (1–4)Janssen (7)36,33431–37
69June 20Blue Jays8–3Gallardo (6–5)Carreño (0–2)33,07732–37
70June 22@ White Sox1–0 (10)Greinke (8–2)Crain (1–1)Axford (13)22,79833–37
71June 23@ White Sox6–8Crain (2–1)Veras (3–3)Reed (9)30,33733–38
72June 24@ White Sox0–1 (10)Bruney (1–0)Parra (0–2)26,54533–39
73June 25@ Reds1–3Latos (6–2)Gallardo (6–6)34,48533–40
74June 26@ Reds3–4Marshall (3–4)Axford (1–5)Chapman (9)32,98633–41
75June 27@ Reds8–4Greinke (9–2)Bailey (5–6)28,90634–41
76June 29Diamondbacks3–9Kennedy (6–7)Wolf (2–6)38,03034–42
77June 30Diamondbacks10–2Fiers (3–2)Miley (9–4)41,64735–42 :
July (12–14) – home (10–7) – road (2–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78July 1Diamondbacks2–1Axford (2–5)Corbin (2–4)38,60536–42
79July 2Marlins6–5Rodríguez (1–4)Webb (3–2)Axford (14)28,67437–42
80July 3Marlins13–12 (10)Hernández (2–1)Bell (2–4)33,17838–42
81July 4Marlins6–7 (10)LeBlanc (1–0)Parra (0–3)Bell (18)31,91038–43
82July 5Marlins0–4Buehrle (8–8)Fiers (3–3)27,44338–44
83July 6@ Astros7–1Gallardo (7–6)Happ (6–9)23,43039–44
84July 7@ Astros3–6Rodríguez (7–6)Greinke (9–3)Myers (18)23,02739–45
85July 8@ Astros5–3 (10)Parra (1–3)Rodriguez (1–8)Axford (15)16,96640–45
86July 13Pirates10–7Rodríguez (2–4)Watson (4–1)35,02541–45
87July 14Pirates4–6Correia (6–6)Loe (4–3)Hanrahan (24)42,02941–46
88July 15Pirates4–1Gallardo (8–6)Burnett (10–3)Axford (16)35,43042–46
89July 16Cardinals2–3Motte (4–3)Axford (2–6)30,12842–47
90July 17Cardinals3–2Wolf (3–6)Kelly (1–2)Rodríguez (2)30,49143–47
91July 18Cardinals4–3Axford (3–6)Wainwright (7–10)Rodríguez (3)37,75344–47
92July 20@ Reds1–3Bailey (9–6)Estrada (0–4)Chapman (16)30,24744–48
93July 21@ Reds2–6Arroyo (5–6)Gallardo (8–7)40,09044–49
94July 22@ Reds1–2Cueto (12–5)Fiers (3–4)Chapman (17)32,88444–50
95July 23@ Phillies6–7Savery (1–2)Rodríguez (2–5)43,71744–51
96July 24@ Phillies6–7Schwimer (1–1)Loe (4–4)Papelbon (22)43,74544–52
97July 25@ Phillies6–7 (10)Schwimer (2–1)Rodríguez (2–6)44,71544–53
98July 26Nationals2–8Jackson (6–6)Gallardo (8–8)33,17644–54
99July 27Nationals6–0Fiers (4–4)Detwiler (5–4)35,85845–54
100July 28Nationals1–4Zimmermann (8–6)Wolf (3–7)Clippard (19)41,89045–55
101July 29Nationals10–11 (11)Stammen (4–1)Veras (3–4)Clippard (20)44,66345–56
102July 30Astros8–7Hernández (3–1)Cordero (3–8)Axford (17)28,13146–56
103July 31Astros10–1Gallardo (9–8)Keuchel (1–4)30,01147–56 :
August (16–12) – home (10–2) – road (6–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1Astros13–4Fiers (5–4)Lyles (2–8)32,21748–56
105August 3@ Cardinals3–9Kelly (2–4)Wolf (3–8)41,50548–57
106August 4@ Cardinals1–6Wainwright (9–10)Rogers (0–1)42,03648–58
107August 5@ Cardinals0–3Lohse (12–2)Estrada (0–5)Motte (24)40,27448–59
108August 6Reds6–3Gallardo (10–8)Arroyo (7–7)Axford (18)31,31949–59
109August 7Reds3–1Fiers (6–4)Cueto (14–6)Henderson (1)41,21350–59
110August 8Reds3–2Axford (4–6)Broxton (2–3)Henderson (2)33,78851–59
111August 10@ Astros3–4López (4–1)Axford (4–7)21,02551–60
112August 11@ Astros5–6 (10)López (5–1)Henderson (0–1)17,94251–61
113August 12@ Astros5–3Gallardo (11–8)Lyles (2–9)Loe (1)19,23552–61
114August 13@ Rockies6–9Francis (4–4)Fiers (6–5)26,82152–62
115August 14@ Rockies6–8Chatwood (3–2)Wolf (3–9)Betancourt (21)28,03652–63
116August 15@ Rockies6–7Harris (1–0)Henderson (0–2)23,41152–64
117August 16Phillies7–4Hernández (4–1)Lindblom (2–3)Henderson (3)30,11753–64
118August 17Phillies6–2Gallardo (12–8)Worley (6–8)39,16354–64
119August 18Phillies3–4Hamels (14–6)Fiers (6–6)Papelbon (27)43,38654–65
120August 19Phillies0–8Kendrick (6–9)Wolf (3–10)42,22454–66
121August 20Cubs9–5Rogers (1–1)Germano (2–3)28,77655–66
122August 21Cubs5–2Estrada (1–5)Rusin (0–1)Axford (19)29,17956–66
123August 22Cubs3–2Gallardo (13–8)Wood (4–10)Axford (20)30,74357–66
124August 24@ Pirates6–5Fiers (7–6)Rodríguez (8–13)Loe (2)37,19758–66
125August 25@ Pirates0–4Karstens (5–3)Marcum (5–4)37,46058–67
126August 26@ Pirates7–0Rogers (2–1)Bédard (7–14)36,62659–67
127August 27@ Cubs15–4Estrada (2–5)Germano (2–4)32,54160–67
128August 28@ Cubs4–1Gallardo (14–8)Wood (4–11)Axford (21)30,01761–67
129August 29@ Cubs3–1Fiers (8–6)Samardzija (8–12)Axford (22)33,27162–67
130August 30@ Cubs11–12Mármol (2–2)Rodríguez (2–7)28,85962–68
131August 31Pirates9–3Rogers (3–1)Karstens (5–4)33,87763–68 :
September (18–10) – home (8–3) – road (10–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
132September 1Pirates3–2Axford (5–7)Hanrahan (4–1)32,06064–68
133September 2Pirates12–8Loe (5–4)McDonald (12–7)Axford (23)32,72865–68
134September 3@ Marlins3–7Nolasco (11–12)Fiers (8–7)Cishek (12)22,39165–69
135September 4@ Marlins8–4Loe (6–4)Dunn (0–2)Axford (24)23,40366–69
136September 5@ Marlins8–5Peralta (1–0)Eovaldi (4–11)Axford (25)22,28867–69
137September 6@ Marlins2–6Johnson (8–11)Estrada (2–6)18,70767–70
138September 7@ Cardinals5–4 (13)Kintzler (1–0)Lynn (13–7)Axford (26)38,64868–70
139September 8@ Cardinals6–3Fiers (9–7)Westbrook (13–11)Axford (27)40,42269–70
140September 9@ Cardinals4–5 (10)Lynn (14–7)Loe (6–5)39,91969–71
141September 10Braves4–1Veras (4–4)Venters (5–4)Axford (28)34,39570–71
142September 11Braves5–0Estrada (3–6)Hudson (14–6)27,38271–71
143September 12Braves8–2Gallardo (15–8)Maholm (12–10)37,84772–71
144September 14Mets3–7Niese (11–9)Fiers (9–8)38,21672–72
145September 15Mets9–6Kintzler (2–0)Mejía (0–1)38,10873–72
146September 16Mets3–0Peralta (2–0)Young (4–8)Axford (29)38,67774–72
147September 18@ Pirates6–0Gallardo (16–8)Burnett (15–8)15,49275–72
148September 19@ Pirates3–1Estrada (4–6)McPherson (0–1)Axford (30)15,33776–72
149September 20@ Pirates9–7Parra (2–3)Resop (1–4)Axford (31)14,69777–72
150September 21@ Nationals4–2Veras (5–4)Clippard (2–6)Axford (32)30,38278–72
151September 22@ Nationals4–10Gonzalez (20–8)Peralta (2–1)40,49378–73
152September 23@ Nationals6–2Kintzler (3–0)Mattheus (5–3)Axford (33)33,11179–73
153September 24@ Nationals2–12Zimmermann (12–8)Estrada (4–7)25,30279–74
154September 25@ Reds2–4Cueto (19–9)Fiers (9–9)Chapman (36)18,15579–75
155September 26@ Reds8–1Marcum (6–4)Arroyo (12–9)20,57080–75
156September 27@ Reds1–2Broxton (4–3)Axford (5–8)23,41180–76
157September 28Astros6–7González (3–1)Gallardo (16–9)López (9)41,71680–77
158September 29Astros9–5Estrada (5–7)Keuchel (3–8)34,29481–77
159September 30Astros0–7Lyles (5–12)Fiers (9–10)38,44381–78 :
October (2–1) – home (2–1) – road (0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 1Padres5–3Marcum (7–4)Richard (14–14)Axford (34)30,39882–78
161October 2Padres4–3Henderson (1–2)Bass (2–8)Axford (35)30,71483–78
162October 3Padres6–7Layne (2–0)Henderson (1–3)Gregerson (9)34,45183–79 :
Brewers win  Brewers loss  PostponementBold: Brewers team member :

## Transactions

* December 7, 2011: Signed RP Francisco Rodriguez.
* December 12, 2011: Signed SS Alex Gonzalez.
* December 13, 2011: Traded 3B Casey McGehee to Pirates for RP José Veras.
* December 14, 2011: Signed 3B Aramis Ramírez.
* January 9, 2012: Signed 3B Brooks Conrad.
* January 17, 2012: Signed LF Norichika Aoki.

## Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of seven minor league affiliates in 2012. The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers won the Midwest League championship.
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| Triple-A | Nashville Sounds | Pacific Coast League | Mike Guerrero |
| Double-A | Huntsville Stars | Southern League | Darnell Coles |
| Class A-Advanced | Brevard County Manatees | Florida State League | Joe Ayrault |
| Class A | Wisconsin Timber Rattlers | Midwest League | Matt Erickson |
| Rookie | Helena Brewers | Pioneer League | Jeff Isom |
| Rookie | AZL Brewers | Arizona League | Tony Diggs |
| Rookie | DSL Brewers | Dominican Summer League | Nestor Corredor |