2012 Milwaukee Brewers season

2012 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1998);
	Central Division (since 1998);
Location
	Miller Park (since 2001); Milwaukee, Wisconsin (since 1970);
Results
Record	83–79 (.512)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	Mark Attanasio
General manager(s)	Doug Melvin
Manager(s)	Ron Roenicke
Local television	WBME-CA; Fox Sports Wisconsin; (Brian Anderson, Bill Schroeder, Craig Coshun)
Local radio	620 WTMJ; (Bob Uecker, Joe Block)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference
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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 Central Division of the National League. 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.[1]

Regular season

NL Central standings

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	97	65	0.599	—	50–31	47–34
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	0.543	9	50–31	38–43
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	0.512	14	49–32	34–47
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	83	0.488	18	45–36	34–47
Chicago Cubs	61	101	0.377	36	38–43	23–58
Houston Astros	55	107	0.340	42	35–46	20–61

NL Wild Card

Division leaders	W	L	Pct.
Washington Nationals	98	64	0.605
Cincinnati Reds	97	65	0.599
San Francisco Giants	94	68	0.580

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Atlanta Braves	94	68	0.580	+6
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	0.543	—
Los Angeles Dodgers	86	76	0.531	2
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	0.512	5
Arizona Diamondbacks	81	81	0.500	7
Philadelphia Phillies	81	81	0.500	7
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	83	0.488	9
San Diego Padres	76	86	0.469	12
New York Mets	74	88	0.457	14
Miami Marlins	69	93	0.426	19
Colorado Rockies	64	98	0.395	24
Chicago Cubs	61	101	0.377	27
Houston Astros	55	107	0.340	33

Roster

2012 Milwaukee Brewers

Roster

Pitchers

59 John Axford

54 Vinnie Chulk

48 Tim Dillard

41 Marco Estrada

64 Michael Fiers

49 Yovani Gallardo

13 Zack Greinke

51 Jim Henderson

61 Liván Hernández

53 Brandon Kintzler

50 Kameron Loe

18 Shaun Marcum

58 Mike McClendon

38 Chris Narveson

26 Manny Parra

60 Wily Peralta

46 Juan Pérez

57 Francisco Rodríguez

37 Mark Rogers

54 Josh Stinson

63 Tyler Thornburg

40 José Veras

43 Randy Wolf

Catchers

9 George Kottaras

20 Jonathan Lucroy

12 Martín Maldonado

3 Yorvit Torrealba

Infielders

14 Jeff Bianchi

14 Brooks Conrad

33 Eric Farris

24 Mat Gamel

11 Álex González

5 Taylor Green

1 Corey Hart

45 Travis Ishikawa

3 César Izturis

29 Edwin Maysonet

16 Aramis Ramírez

21 Cody Ransom

9 Jean Segura

23 Rickie Weeks

Outfielders

7 Norichika Aoki

8 Ryan Braun

27 Carlos Gómez

2 Nyjer Morgan

22 Logan Schafer

Manager

10 Ron Roenicke

Coaches

55 Marcus Hanel (bullpen catcher)

35 Garth Iorg (first base)

39 Rick Kranitz (pitching)

53 Stan Kyles (bullpen)

36 Jerry Narron (bench)

32 Johnny Narron (hitting)
6 Ed Sedar (third base)
31 John Shelby (coach)

85 Lee Tunnell (bullpen)

Game log

2012 game log

April (11–12) – home (6–6) – road (5–6)

May (12–16) – home (5–7) – road (7–9)

June (12–14) – home (8–6) – road (4–8)

July (12–14) – home (10–7) – road (2–7)

August (16–12) – home (10–2) – road (6–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
104	August 1	Astros	13–4	Fiers (5–4)	Lyles (2–8)		32,217	48–56
105	August 3	@ Cardinals	3–9	Kelly (2–4)	Wolf (3–8)		41,505	48–57
106	August 4	@ Cardinals	1–6	Wainwright (9–10)	Rogers (0–1)		42,036	48–58
107	August 5	@ Cardinals	0–3	Lohse (12–2)	Estrada (0–5)	Motte (24)	40,274	48–59
108	August 6	Reds	6–3	Gallardo (10–8)	Arroyo (7–7)	Axford (18)	31,319	49–59
109	August 7	Reds	3–1	Fiers (6–4)	Cueto (14–6)	Henderson (1)	41,213	50–59
110	August 8	Reds	3–2	Axford (4–6)	Broxton (2–3)	Henderson (2)	33,788	51–59
111	August 10	@ Astros	3–4	López (4–1)	Axford (4–7)		21,025	51–60
112	August 11	@ Astros	5–6 (10)	López (5–1)	Henderson (0–1)		17,942	51–61
113	August 12	@ Astros	5–3	Gallardo (11–8)	Lyles (2–9)	Loe (1)	19,235	52–61
114	August 13	@ Rockies	6–9	Francis (4–4)	Fiers (6–5)		26,821	52–62
115	August 14	@ Rockies	6–8	Chatwood (3–2)	Wolf (3–9)	Betancourt (21)	28,036	52–63
116	August 15	@ Rockies	6–7	Harris (1–0)	Henderson (0–2)		23,411	52–64
117	August 16	Phillies	7–4	Hernández (4–1)	Lindblom (2–3)	Henderson (3)	30,117	53–64
118	August 17	Phillies	6–2	Gallardo (12–8)	Worley (6–8)		39,163	54–64
119	August 18	Phillies	3–4	Hamels (14–6)	Fiers (6–6)	Papelbon (27)	43,386	54–65
120	August 19	Phillies	0–8	Kendrick (6–9)	Wolf (3–10)		42,224	54–66
121	August 20	Cubs	9–5	Rogers (1–1)	Germano (2–3)		28,776	55–66
122	August 21	Cubs	5–2	Estrada (1–5)	Rusin (0–1)	Axford (19)	29,179	56–66
123	August 22	Cubs	3–2	Gallardo (13–8)	Wood (4–10)	Axford (20)	30,743	57–66
124	August 24	@ Pirates	6–5	Fiers (7–6)	Rodríguez (8–13)	Loe (2)	37,197	58–66
125	August 25	@ Pirates	0–4	Karstens (5–3)	Marcum (5–4)		37,460	58–67
126	August 26	@ Pirates	7–0	Rogers (2–1)	Bédard (7–14)		36,626	59–67
127	August 27	@ Cubs	15–4	Estrada (2–5)	Germano (2–4)		32,541	60–67
128	August 28	@ Cubs	4–1	Gallardo (14–8)	Wood (4–11)	Axford (21)	30,017	61–67
129	August 29	@ Cubs	3–1	Fiers (8–6)	Samardzija (8–12)	Axford (22)	33,271	62–67
130	August 30	@ Cubs	11–12	Mármol (2–2)	Rodríguez (2–7)		28,859	62–68
131	August 31	Pirates	9–3	Rogers (3–1)	Karstens (5–4)		33,877	63–68

September (18–10) – home (8–3) – road (10–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
132	September 1	Pirates	3–2	Axford (5–7)	Hanrahan (4–1)		32,060	64–68
133	September 2	Pirates	12–8	Loe (5–4)	McDonald (12–7)	Axford (23)	32,728	65–68
134	September 3	@ Marlins	3–7	Nolasco (11–12)	Fiers (8–7)	Cishek (12)	22,391	65–69
135	September 4	@ Marlins	8–4	Loe (6–4)	Dunn (0–2)	Axford (24)	23,403	66–69
136	September 5	@ Marlins	8–5	Peralta (1–0)	Eovaldi (4–11)	Axford (25)	22,288	67–69
137	September 6	@ Marlins	2–6	Johnson (8–11)	Estrada (2–6)		18,707	67–70
138	September 7	@ Cardinals	5–4 (13)	Kintzler (1–0)	Lynn (13–7)	Axford (26)	38,648	68–70
139	September 8	@ Cardinals	6–3	Fiers (9–7)	Westbrook (13–11)	Axford (27)	40,422	69–70
140	September 9	@ Cardinals	4–5 (10)	Lynn (14–7)	Loe (6–5)		39,919	69–71
141	September 10	Braves	4–1	Veras (4–4)	Venters (5–4)	Axford (28)	34,395	70–71
142	September 11	Braves	5–0	Estrada (3–6)	Hudson (14–6)		27,382	71–71
143	September 12	Braves	8–2	Gallardo (15–8)	Maholm (12–10)		37,847	72–71
144	September 14	Mets	3–7	Niese (11–9)	Fiers (9–8)		38,216	72–72
145	September 15	Mets	9–6	Kintzler (2–0)	Mejía (0–1)		38,108	73–72
146	September 16	Mets	3–0	Peralta (2–0)	Young (4–8)	Axford (29)	38,677	74–72
147	September 18	@ Pirates	6–0	Gallardo (16–8)	Burnett (15–8)		15,492	75–72
148	September 19	@ Pirates	3–1	Estrada (4–6)	McPherson (0–1)	Axford (30)	15,337	76–72
149	September 20	@ Pirates	9–7	Parra (2–3)	Resop (1–4)	Axford (31)	14,697	77–72
150	September 21	@ Nationals	4–2	Veras (5–4)	Clippard (2–6)	Axford (32)	30,382	78–72
151	September 22	@ Nationals	4–10	Gonzalez (20–8)	Peralta (2–1)		40,493	78–73
152	September 23	@ Nationals	6–2	Kintzler (3–0)	Mattheus (5–3)	Axford (33)	33,111	79–73
153	September 24	@ Nationals	2–12	Zimmermann (12–8)	Estrada (4–7)		25,302	79–74
154	September 25	@ Reds	2–4	Cueto (19–9)	Fiers (9–9)	Chapman (36)	18,155	79–75
155	September 26	@ Reds	8–1	Marcum (6–4)	Arroyo (12–9)		20,570	80–75
156	September 27	@ Reds	1–2	Broxton (4–3)	Axford (5–8)		23,411	80–76
157	September 28	Astros	6–7	González (3–1)	Gallardo (16–9)	López (9)	41,716	80–77
158	September 29	Astros	9–5	Estrada (5–7)	Keuchel (3–8)		34,294	81–77
159	September 30	Astros	0–7	Lyles (5–12)	Fiers (9–10)		38,443	81–78

October (2–1) – home (2–1) – road (0–0)

Brewers win
Brewers loss
Postponement
Bold: 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

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pacific Coast League	Mike Guerrero
AA	Huntsville Stars	Southern League	Darnell Coles
A	Brevard County Manatees	Florida State League	Joe Ayrault
A	Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	Midwest League	Matt Erickson
Rookie	AZL Brewers	Arizona League	Tony Diggs
Rookie	Helena Brewers	Pioneer League	Jeff Isom

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wisconsin

References

Reavy, Kevin; Spaeder, Ryan (2016). "Milwaukee Brewers". Incredible Baseball Stats. Sports Publishing. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-61321-894-5.

External links

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[1] Reavy, Kevin; Spaeder, Ryan (2016). "Milwaukee Brewers". Incredible Baseball Stats. Sports Publishing. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-61321-894-5.