2015 Milwaukee Brewers season

2015 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1998);
	Central Division (since 1998);
Location
	Miller Park (since 2001); Milwaukee, Wisconsin (since 1970);
Results
Record	68–94 (.420)
Divisional place	4th
Other information
Owner(s)	Mark Attanasio
General manager(s)	Doug Melvin
Manager(s)	Ron Roenicke, Craig Counsell
Local television	Fox Sports Wisconsin; (Brian Anderson, Bill Schroeder, Craig Coshun, Matt Lepay); WYTU-LD (Spanish-language coverage, Sunday home games; Hector Molina, Kevin Holden)
Local radio	620 WTMJ; (Bob Uecker, Joe Block, Jeff Levering); 1510 ESPN Deportes (Spanish-language coverage, select daytime games; Andy Olivares)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference
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The 2015 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 46th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, the 18th in the National League, and 47th overall.

Offseason

October 30: Francisco Rodríguez, Mark Reynolds, Lyle Overbay, Tom Gorzelanny, and Zach Duke become free agents.

Reynolds signed with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Gorzelanny signed with the Detroit Tigers.
Duke signed with the Chicago White Sox.

October 31: Claimed Juan Centeno off waivers from the New York Mets.

November 1: Received Adam Lind from the Toronto Blue Jays for Marco Estrada.

November 7: Released Miguel De Los Santos and signed Jeremy Hermida and Pete Orr to minor leagues contracts and invited Orr to spring training.

November 14: Received Kyle Wren from the Atlanta Braves for Zach Quintana and signed Jaye Chapman.

November 18: Signed John Ely to a minor league contract.

November 20: Promoted 4 players from the minors.

November 25: Sent Ariel Pena to the minors and signed Nick Additon to a minor league contract.

November 29: Signed Brent Leach to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.

December 2-December 17: Signed 4 players to a minor league contract and invited 1 of them to spring training.

December 18: Received Matt Long and Jarrett Martin from the Los Angeles Dodgers for Shawn Zarraga.

December 23: Claimed Shane Peterson off waivers from the Chicago Cubs.

January 5: Signed Nevin Ashley to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.

January 19: Received Corey Knebel, Luis Sardinas, and Marcos Diplan from the Texas Rangers for Yovani Gallardo and cash. Also sent Hunter Morris to the minors.

January 21: Signed Dontrelle Willis to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.

January 26: Invited 8 players to spring training.

January 29: Signed Hiram Burgos to a minor league contract.

January 30: Signed Neal Cotts and sent Elian Herrera to the minors.

February 2: Signed Beau Wallace to a minor league contract.

February 5: Signed Chris Perez to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.

Regular season

National League Central

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	100	62	0.617	—	55–26	45–36
Pittsburgh Pirates	98	64	0.605	2	53–28	45–36
Chicago Cubs	97	65	0.599	3	49–32	48–33
Milwaukee Brewers	68	94	0.420	32	34–47	34–47
Cincinnati Reds	64	98	0.395	36	34–47	30–51

National League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	100	62	0.617
Los Angeles Dodgers	92	70	0.568
New York Mets	90	72	0.556

Wild Card teams (Top two qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Pittsburgh Pirates	98	64	0.605	+1
Chicago Cubs	97	65	0.599	—
San Francisco Giants	84	78	0.519	13
Washington Nationals	83	79	0.512	14
Arizona Diamondbacks	79	83	0.488	18
San Diego Padres	74	88	0.457	23
Miami Marlins	71	91	0.438	26
Milwaukee Brewers	68	94	0.420	29
Colorado Rockies	68	94	0.420	29
Atlanta Braves	67	95	0.414	30
Cincinnati Reds	64	98	0.395	33
Philadelphia Phillies	63	99	0.389	34

Record vs. opponents

2015 National League Records Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	3–3	2–4	6–1	13–6	6–13	5–2	5–2	2–5	2–4	1–5	9–10	11–8	0–7	3–4	11–9
Atlanta	3–3	—	1–6	3–4	1–6	3–3	10–9	5–2	8–11	11–8	2–4	2–5	3–4	4–2	5–14	6–14
Chicago	4–2	6–1	—	13–6	4–2	3–4	3–3	14–5	7–0	2–5	11–8	3–3	5–2	8–11	4–3	10–10
Cincinnati	1–6	4–3	6–13	—	2–4	1–6	3–4	9–10	0–7	4–2	11–8	2–4	2–5	7–12	5–1	7–13
Colorado	6–13	6–1	2–4	4–2	—	8–11	2–5	5–1	0–7	5–2	1–6	7–12	11–8	3–4	3–3	5–15
Los Angeles	13–6	3–3	4–3	6–1	11–8	—	4–2	4–3	3–4	5–2	1–5	14–5	8–11	2–5	4–2	10–10
Miami	2–5	9–10	3–3	4–3	5–2	2–4	—	4–2	8–11	9–10	1–6	2–5	5–2	1–5	9–10	7–13
Milwaukee	2–5	2–5	5–14	10–9	1–5	3–4	2–4	—	3–3	7–0	10–9	5–2	1–5	6–13	3–4	8–12
New York	5–2	11–8	0–7	7–0	7–0	4–3	11–8	3–3	—	14–5	0–6	2–4	3–3	3–4	11–8	9–11
Philadelphia	4–2	8–11	5–2	2–4	2–5	2–5	10–9	0–7	5–14	—	2–5	5–1	1–5	2–5	7–12	8–12
Pittsburgh	5–1	4–2	8–11	8–11	6–1	5–1	6–1	9–10	6–0	5–2	—	5–2	6–1	9–10	3–4	13–7
San Diego	10–9	5–2	3–3	4–2	12–7	5–14	5–2	2–5	4–2	1–5	2–5	—	8–11	4–3	2–5	7–13
San Francisco	8–11	4–3	2–5	5–2	8–11	11–8	2–5	5–1	3–3	5–1	1–6	11–8	—	2–4	4–3	13–7
St. Louis	7–0	2–4	11–8	12–7	4–3	5–2	5–1	13–6	4–3	5–2	10–9	3–4	4–2	—	4–2	11–9
Washington	4–3	14–5	3–4	1–5	3–3	2–4	10–9	4–3	8–11	12–7	4–3	5–2	3–4	2–4	—	8–12

Game log

2015 game log[1]

April: 5–17 (Home: 3–10 ; Away: 2–7)

May: 12–17 (Home: 6–10 ; Away: 6–7)

June: 14–14 (Home: 6–6 ; Away: 8–8)

July: 13–12 (Home: 5–5 ; Away: 8–7)

August: 11–15 (Home: 10–8 ; Away: 1–7)

September: 13–15 (Home: 4–5 ; Away: 9–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
131	September 1	Pirates	7–4	Nelson (11–10)	Cole (15–8)	Rodríguez (32)	18,468	56–75
132	September 2	Pirates	9–4	Jeffress (4–0)	Locke (7–9)	—	24,521	57–75
133	September 3	Pirates	5–3	Jungmann (9–5)	Liriano (9–7)	Rodríguez (33)	22,424	58–75
–	September 4	@ Reds	6:10pm	PPD, RAIN; rescheduled for September 5
134	September 5	@ Reds	8–6	Jeffress (5–0)	Hoover (7–1)	Rodríguez (34)	28,632	59–75
135	September 5	@ Reds	7–3	Peña (1–0)	Sampson (2–3)	—	29,842	60–75
136	September 6	@ Reds	3–6	Lorenzen (4–8)	Nelson (11–11)	Chapman (28)	28,027	60–76
137	September 7	@ Marlins	9–1	Davies (1–0)	Nicolino (3–3)	—	16,804	61–76
138	September 8	@ Marlins	4–6	Barraclough (2–0)	Jungmann (9–6)	Ramos (24)	14,958	61–77
139	September 9	@ Marlins	2–5	Koehler (9–13)	Cravy (0–6)	Ramos (25)	15,316	61–78
140	September 10	@ Pirates	6–4 (13)	Rodríguez (1–3)	Liz (1–4)	Lohse (2)	21,964	62–78
141	September 11	@ Pirates	3–6	Morton (9–7)	Nelson (11–12)	Melancon (45)	28,346	62–79
142	September 12	@ Pirates	2–10	Locke (8–10)	Davies (1–1)	—	35,749	62–80
143	September 13	@ Pirates	6–7 (11)	Hughes (3–1)	Thornburg (0–1)	—	34,740	62–81
144	September 15	Cardinals	1–3 (10)	Siegrist (7–1)	Thornburg (0–2)	Rosenthal (44)	30,349	62–82
145	September 16	Cardinals	4–5	García (9–5)	Peralta (5–9)	Rosenthal (45)	19,827	62–83
146	September 17	Cardinals	3–6	Lackey (12–9)	Nelson (11–13)	—	23,734	62–84
147	September 18	Reds	3–5	Finnegan (4–0)	Davies (1–2)	Chapman (31)	37,158	62–85
148	September 19	Reds	7–9	Badenhop (2–4)	Cravy (0–7)	Chapman (32)	30,387	62–86
149	September 20	Reds	8–4	Peña (2–0)	DeSclafani (9–11)	—	29,479	63–86
150	September 21	@ Cubs	5–9	Hammel (9–6)	Peralta (5–10)	—	34,373	63–87
151	September 22	@ Cubs	0–4	Arrieta (20–6)	Cravy (0–8)	—	36,270	63–88
152	September 23	@ Cubs	4–1	Davies (2–2)	Hendricks (7–7)	Rodríguez (35)	37,559	64–88
153	September 24	@ Cardinals	3–7	Wacha (17–6)	Jungmann (9–7)	—	43,243	64–89
154	September 25	@ Cardinals	4–3	Smith (7–2)	Rosenthal (2–3)	Rodríguez (36)	45,057	65–89
155	September 26	@ Cardinals	1–5	García (10–5)	Wagner (0–1)	—	45,561	65–90
156	September 27	@ Cardinals	8–4	Goforth (1–0)	Rosenthal (2–4)	Rodríguez (37)	45,021	66–90
157	September 29	@ Padres	4–3	López (1–0)	Ross (10–12)	Rodríguez (38)	36,047	67–90
158	September 30	@ Padres	5–0	Davies (3–2)	Cashner (6–16)	—	30,514	68–90

October: 0–4 (Home: 0–3 ; Away: 0–1)

Brewers win
Brewers loss
Postponement
Bold: Brewers team member

Detailed records

Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pct.	Runs scored	Runs allowed
National League
NL East
Atlanta Braves	1–2	1–3	2–5	.286	27	29
Miami Marlins	1–2	1–2	2–4	.333	31	34
New York Mets	2–1	1–2	3–3	.500	16	24
Philadelphia Phillies	3–0	4–0	7–0	1.000	41	23
Washington Nationals	2–2	1–2	3–4	.429	32	38
	9–7	8–9	17–16	.515	147	148
NL Central
Milwaukee Brewers	—	—	—	—	—	—
Chicago Cubs	2–8	3–6	5–14	.263	58	77
Cincinnati Reds	4–6	6–3	10–9	.526	111	93
Pittsburgh Pirates	7–2	3–7	10–9	.526	79	81
St. Louis Cardinals	2–7	4–6	6–13	.316	50	77
	15–23	16–22	31–45	.408	298	328
NL West
Arizona Diamondbacks	1–2	1–3	2–5	.286	20	34
Colorado Rockies	0–3	1–2	1–5	.167	20	40
Los Angeles Dodgers	2–2	1–2	3–4	.429	28	36
San Diego Padres	3–1	2–1	5–2	.714	37	26
San Francisco Giants	0–3	1–2	1–5	.167	15	28
	6–11	6–10	12–21	.364	120	164

Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pct.	Runs scored	Runs allowed
American League
Chicago White Sox	1–2	—	1–2	.333	14	15
Cleveland Indians	1–1	0–2	1–3	.250	21	25
Detroit Tigers	—	2–1	2–1	.667	13	8
Kansas City Royals	0–2	0–2	0–4	.000	11	28
Minnesota Twins	2–1	2–1	4–2	.667	31	21
	4–6	4–6	8–12	.400	90	97

Roster

2015 Milwaukee Brewers

Roster

Pitchers

50 Yhonathan Barrios

54 Michael Blazek

51 Jonathan Broxton

48 Neal Cotts

45 Tyler Cravy

27 Zach Davies

50 Mike Fiers

22 Matt Garza

32 David Goforth

58 Preston Guilmet

47 Adrian Houser

21 Jeremy Jeffress

51 César Jiménez

41 Taylor Jungmann

53 Brandon Kintzler

46 Corey Knebel

26 Kyle Lohse

28 Jorge López

52 Jimmy Nelson

58 Ariel Peña

38 Wily Peralta

57 Francisco Rodríguez

13 Will Smith

30,37 Tyler Thornburg

59 Tyler Wagner

47 Rob Wooten

Catchers

5 Nevin Ashley

25 Juan Centeno

20 Jonathan Lucroy

12 Martín Maldonado

Infielders

2 Scooter Gennett

5 Héctor Gómez

3 Elián Herrera

14 Luis Jiménez

24 Adam Lind

14 Hernán Pérez

16 Aramis Ramírez

29 Yadiel Rivera

15 Jason Rogers

10 Luis Sardiñas

9 Jean Segura

Outfielders

8 Ryan Braun

18 Khris Davis

27 Carlos Gómez

28 Gerardo Parra

35 Shane Peterson

25 Michael Reed

16 Domingo Santana

7 Logan Schafer

Manager

30 Craig Counsell

10 Ron Roenicke

Coaches

11 Darnell Coles (hitting)

56 Joe Crawford (coach)

33 Mike Guerrero (first base)

55 Marcus Hanel (bullpen catcher)

39 Rick Kranitz (pitching)

36 Jerry Narron (bench)

6 Ed Sedar (third base)

43 Lee Tunnell (bullpen)

Statistics

Through August 17, 2015

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Michael Blazek, P	45	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	.250	0
Ryan Braun, RF	140	506	87	144	27	3	25	84	54	115	.285	24
Juan Centeno, C	10	21	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	7	.048	0
Tyler Cravy, P	14	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Khris Davis, LF	121	392	54	97	16	2	27	66	44	122	.247	6
Mike Fiers, P	21	30	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	12	.100	0
Matt Garza, P	26	39	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	21	.077	0
Scooter Gennett, 2B	114	375	42	99	18	4	6	29	12	68	.264	1
Carlos Gómez, CF	74	286	42	75	20	1	8	43	23	70	.262	7
Héctor Gómez, 2B	66	127	15	23	11	2	1	7	3	40	.181	0
Elián Herrera, 2B,3B	83	256	29	62	18	0	7	33	18	72	.242	3
Luis Jiménez, 3B	15	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.067	0
Taylor Jungmann, P	21	37	2	10	2	0	0	0	1	12	.270	0
Brandon Kintzler, P	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Adam Lind, 1B	149	502	72	139	32	0	20	87	66	100	.277	0
Kyle Lohse, P	41	39	3	9	1	0	0	1	0	10	.231	0
Jonathan Lucroy, C	103	371	51	98	20	3	7	43	36	64	.264	1
Martín Maldonado, C	79	229	19	48	7	0	4	22	23	65	.210	0
Jimmy Nelson, P	30	55	1	6	1	0	0	2	1	34	.109	0
Gerardo Parra, OF	100	323	53	106	24	5	9	31	20	57	.328	9
Wily Peralta, P	20	30	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	15	.033	0
Hernán Pérez, 3B	90	230	13	62	15	2	1	21	4	48	.270	4
Shane Peterson, OF	93	201	22	52	7	3	2	16	20	55	.259	0
Aramis Ramírez, 3B	81	279	25	69	18	0	11	42	16	42	.247	1
Jason Rogers, 1B	86	152	22	45	6	2	4	16	15	34	.296	0
Luis Sardiñas, SS,2B	36	97	8	19	0	1	0	4	6	25	.196	0
Logan Schafer, CF	69	122	17	27	6	1	1	6	12	29	.221	0
Jean Segura, SS	142	560	57	144	16	5	6	50	13	93	.257	25
Tyler Thornburg, P	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Tyler Wagner, P	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	0
Rob Wooten, P	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0

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; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Michael Blazek	5	3	2.43	45	0	0	55.2	40	17	15	3	18	47
Jonathan Broxton	1	2	5.89	40	0	0	36.2	41	24	24	5	10	37
Neal Cotts	1	0	3.26	51	0	0	49.2	44	18	18	9	17	49
Tyler Cravy	0	8	5.70	14	7	0	42.2	47	27	27	5	22	35
Mike Fiers	5	9	3.89	21	21	0	118.0	117	57	51	14	43	121
Matt Garza	6	14	5.63	26	25	0	148.2	176	101	93	23	57	104
David Goforth	1	0	4.01	20	0	0	24.2	32	11	11	4	8	24
Preston Guilmet	0	0	27.00	2	0	0	2.0	4	6	6	1	2	1
Jeremy Jeffress	5	0	2.65	72	0	0	68.0	64	21	20	5	22	67
Taylor Jungmann	9	8	3.77	21	21	0	119.1	106	54	50	11	47	107
Brandon Kintzler	0	1	6.43	7	0	0	7.0	12	6	5	1	5	7
Corey Knebel	0	0	3.22	48	0	0	50.1	44	18	18	8	17	58
Kyle Lohse	5	13	5.85	37	22	2	152.1	180	99	99	29	43	108
Jimmy Nelson	11	13	4.11	30	30	0	177.1	163	89	81	18	65	148
Wily Peralta	5	10	4.72	20	20	0	108.2	130	58	57	14	37	60
Francisco Rodríguez	1	3	2.21	60	0	38	57.0	38	14	14	6	11	62
Will Smith	7	2	2.70	76	0	0	63.1	52	22	19	5	24	91
Tyler Thornburg	0	2	3.67	24	0	0	34.1	31	21	14	7	12	34
Tyler Wagner	0	2	7.24	3	3	0	13.2	22	11	11	1	7	5
Rob Wooten	0	0	12.00	4	0	0	6.0	5	8	8	1	6	6

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of seven minor league affiliates in 2015.[2]

Level	Team	League	Manager
Triple-A	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Pacific Coast League	Rick Sweet
Double-A	Biloxi Shuckers	Southern League	Carlos Subero
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	Tony Diggs
Rookie	AZL Brewers	Arizona League	Nestor Corredor
Rookie	DSL Brewers	Dominican Summer League	—

References

"2015 Milwaukee Brewers Sortable Schedule". Milwaukee Brewers.
"2015 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved January 1, 2021.

External links

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[1] "2015 Milwaukee Brewers Sortable Schedule". Milwaukee Brewers.

[2] "2015 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved January 1, 2021.