Comparing this season's record at May 25 to previous Brewer seasons, no club has ever started as poorly as the 2012 squad (or worse) and ended up with a .500 record or better. The closest comparison is the 2010 squad, which started 18-27. They played slightly above .500 after that to finish at 77-85, good enough to get Ken Macha fired.
If we played like the 1989 squad, we could go 63-55 the rest of the way and finish exactly at .500. I'd be happy with that outcome, but we wouldn't make the playoffs. What we could really use is a finish like 1992. We started that season 20-22, but played .600 baseball from that point on and finished 92-70. If we played .600 ball for the rest of the year we would be 89-73, which would definitely put us in contention for a playoff spot.
Maybe. Playing .600 ball from here out might get us to the playoffs, and I don't think with all of our holes that we're capable of it. I think we're already a selling team.
Thru May 25 |
After May 25 |
Total |
|||||||
Year |
W |
L |
Pct. |
W |
L |
Pct. |
W |
L |
Pct. |
1970 |
13 |
27 |
.325 |
52 |
70 |
.426 |
65 |
97 |
.401 |
2002 |
17 |
32 |
.347 |
39 |
74 |
.345 |
56 |
106 |
.346 |
1972 |
10 |
18 |
.357 |
55 |
73 |
.430 |
65 |
91 |
.417 |
2003 |
18 |
32 |
.360 |
50 |
62 |
.446 |
68 |
94 |
.420 |
1994 |
17 |
28 |
.378 |
36 |
34 |
.514 |
53 |
62 |
.461 |
2010 |
18 |
27 |
.400 |
59 |
58 |
.504 |
77 |
85 |
.475 |
2012 |
18 |
26 |
.409 |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
1971 |
16 |
22 |
.421 |
53 |
70 |
.431 |
69 |
92 |
.429 |
2000 |
20 |
27 |
.426 |
53 |
62 |
.461 |
73 |
89 |
.451 |
1993 |
18 |
24 |
.429 |
51 |
69 |
.425 |
69 |
93 |
.426 |
1989 |
19 |
25 |
.432 |
62 |
56 |
.525 |
81 |
81 |
.500 |