2021 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 2021 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 52nd season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, the 24th in the National League, and 53rd overall.

2021 Milwaukee Brewers
National League Central champions
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	American Family Field[1]
City	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Record	95–67 (.586)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Mark Attanasio
General managers	Matt Arnold
Managers	Craig Counsell
Television	Bally Sports Wisconsin (Brian Anderson, Bill Schroeder, Matt Lepay, Chris Singleton) Telemundo Wisconsin (Spanish-language coverage, Sunday home games; Jaime Cano, Kevin Holden)
Radio	620 WTMJ Milwaukee Brewers Radio Network (Bob Uecker, Jeff Levering, Lane Grindle)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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On July 9, 2020, MLB announced the 2021 season schedule.^[2] On July 24, they beat the Chicago White Sox 6–1 to win their 4,000th game in franchise history, doing so in their 8,289th game played.^[3]

On September 18, the Brewers clinched a playoff berth, extending their consecutive postseason streak to four years, a franchise record.^[4]

On September 26, the Brewers clinched the National League Central for the first time since the 2018 season. They lost to the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS.

Spring training

The Brewers finished spring training with a record of 15–11 (3 ties).

Opening Day Starters

Opening Day starting lineup

No.[5]	Player	Pos.	Times[6]
Batters
1	Kolten Wong	2B	2
2	Keston Hiura	1B	2
3	Christian Yelich	LF	5
4	Avisaíl García	RF	2
5	Travis Shaw	3B	4
6	Lorenzo Cain	CF	5
7	Omar Narvaez	C	2
8	Luis Urías	SS	1
9	Brandon Woodruff	P	2

Season standings

National League Central

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NL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Milwaukee Brewers	95	67	.586	—	45‍–‍36	50‍–‍31
St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	.556	5	45‍–‍36	45‍–‍36
Cincinnati Reds	83	79	.512	12	44‍–‍37	39‍–‍42
Chicago Cubs	71	91	.438	24	39‍–‍42	32‍–‍49
Pittsburgh Pirates	61	101	.377	34	37‍–‍44	24‍–‍57

National League Wild Card

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
San Francisco Giants	107	55	.660
Milwaukee Brewers	95	67	.586
Atlanta Braves	88	73	.547

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Los Angeles Dodgers	106	56	.654	+16
St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	.556	—
Cincinnati Reds	83	79	.512	7
Philadelphia Phillies	82	80	.506	8
San Diego Padres	79	83	.488	11
New York Mets	77	85	.475	13
Colorado Rockies	74	87	.460	15½
Chicago Cubs	71	91	.438	19
Miami Marlins	67	95	.414	23
Washington Nationals	65	97	.401	25
Pittsburgh Pirates	61	101	.377	29
Arizona Diamondbacks	52	110	.321	38

Record vs. opponents

2021 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2021
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	3–4	2–4	5–1	9–10	3–16	2–5	1–6	1–5	4–3	4–2	8–11	2–17	1–6	3–4	4–16
Atlanta	4–3	—	5–2	4–3	2–4	2–4	11–8	3–3	10–9	10–9	4–3	4–2	3–3	6–1	14–5	6–14
Chicago	4–2	2–5	—	8–11	3–3	4–3	1–5	4–15	4–3	2–5	14–5	5–1	1–6	9–10	4–3	6–14
Cincinnati	1–5	3–4	11–8	—	5–2	3–3	5–2	9–10	3–3	4–2	13–6	1–6	1–6	10–9	5–2	9–11
Colorado	10–9	4–2	3–3	2–5	—	6–13	4–2	2–5	2–5	5–2	4–2	11–8	4–15	3–4	4–2	10–10
Los Angeles	16–3	4–2	3–4	3–3	13–6	—	3–4	4–3	6–1	4–2	6–0	12–7	9–10	4–3	7–0	12–8
Miami	5–2	8–11	5–1	2–5	2–4	4–3	—	3–3	9–10	10–9	2–5	3–4	3–4	0–6	8–11	3–17
Milwaukee	6–1	3–3	15–4	10–9	5–2	3–4	3–3	—	4–2	2–5	14–5	5–2	4–3	8–11	5–1	8–12
New York	5–1	9–10	3–4	3–3	5–2	1–6	10–9	2–4	—	9–10	3–4	4–3	1–5	2–5	11–8	9–11
Philadelphia	3–4	9–10	5–2	2–4	2–5	2–4	9–10	5–2	10–9	—	4–3	4–2	2–4	4–3	13–6	8–12
Pittsburgh	2–4	3–4	5–14	6–13	2–4	0–6	5–2	5–14	4–3	3–4	—	3–4	4–3	7–12	2–4	10–10
San Diego	11–8	2–4	1–5	6–1	8–11	7–12	4–3	2–5	3–4	2–4	4–3	—	8–11	3–3	4–3	14–6
San Francisco	17–2	3–3	6–1	6–1	15–4	10–9	4–3	3–4	5–1	4–2	3–4	11–8	—	2–4	5–2	13–7
St. Louis	6–1	1–6	10–9	9–10	4–3	3–4	6–0	11–8	5–2	3–4	12–7	3–3	4–2	—	2–4	11–9
Washington	4–3	5–14	3–4	2–5	2–4	0–7	11–8	1–5	8–11	6–13	4–2	3–4	2–5	4–2	—	10–10

Roster

2021 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers 25 Brett Anderson 26 Aaron Ashby 59 John Axford 50 Alec Bettinger 32 Phil Bickford 45 Brad Boxberger 39 Corbin Burnes 54 Jake Cousins 46 John Curtiss 54 J. P. Feyereisen 46 Zack Godley 31 Jandel Gustave 71 Josh Hader 36 Blaine Hardy 37 Adrian Houser 52 Eric Lauer 29 Josh Lindblom 55 Hoby Milner 32 Daniel Norris 51 Freddy Peralta 47 Ángel Perdomo 43 Drew Rasmussen 48 Colin Rea 32 Trevor Richards 48 Sal Romano 58 Miguel Sánchez 43 Hunter Strickland 35 Brent Suter 56 Justin Topa 46 Ryan Weber 36 Patrick Weigel 38 Devin Williams 53 Brandon Woodruff 57 Eric Yardley 27 Jordan Zimmermann		Catchers  0 Mario Feliciano 12 Luke Maile 10 Omar Narváez 26 Jacob Nottingham  9 Manny Piña Infielders 27 Willy Adames  3 Orlando Arcia  5 Eduardo Escobar 18 Keston Hiura 5,7 Tim Lopes 14 Jace Peterson 33 Pablo Reyes 28 Daniel Robertson 21 Travis Shaw 11 Rowdy Tellez  2 Luis Urías 20 Daniel Vogelbach 16 Kolten Wong		Outfielders 41 Jackie Bradley Jr.  6 Lorenzo Cain  7 Derek Fisher 24 Avisaíl García 11 Billy McKinney  3 Corey Ray 15 Tyrone Taylor 22 Christian Yelich		Manager 30 Craig Counsell Coaches 23 Quintin Berry (first base coach) 65 Nestor Corredor (bullpen catcher) 63 Jacob Cruz (assistant hitting) 49 Andy Haines (hitting) 84 Chris Hook (pitching) 99 Steve Karsay (bullpen) 40 Jason Lane (third base coach) 60 Walker McKinven (associate pitching, catching, strategy) 00 Pat Murphy (bench) 62 Adam Weisenburger (bullpen catcher)

Game log

Regular season

2021 regular season game log: 95–67 (Home: 45–36; Away: 50–31)
April: 16–10 (Home: 7–7; Away: 9–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 1 April 1 Twins 6–5 (10) Hader (1–0) Dobnak (0–1) — 11,740 1–0 W1 2 April 3 Twins 0–2 Berríos (1–0) Burnes (0–1) Colomé (1) 11,383 1–1 L1 3 April 4 Twins 2–8 Pineda (1–0) Houser (0–1) — 10,666 1–2 L2 4 April 5 @ Cubs 3–5 Williams (1–0) Anderson (0–1) Mills (1) 10,343 1–3 L3 5 April 6 @ Cubs 4–0 Peralta (1–0) Alzolay (0–1) 10,343 2–3 W1 6 April 7 @ Cubs 4–2 (10) Hader (2–0) Workman (0–1) Boxberger (1) 10,343 3–3 W2 7 April 8 @ Cardinals 1–3 Gallegos (2–0) Rasmussen (0–1) Reyes (3) 13,328 3–4 L1 8 April 10 @ Cardinals 9–5 Houser (1–1) Martínez (0–2) — 13,304 4–4 W1 9 April 11 @ Cardinals 9–3 Anderson (1–1) Ponce de Leon (1–1) — 13,176 5–4 W2 10 April 12 Cubs 6–3 Peralta (2–0) Alzolay (0–2) Hader (1) 11,209 6–4 W3 11 April 13 Cubs 2–3 Strop (1–0) Suter (0–1) Kimbrel (3) 11,025 6–5 L1 12 April 14 Cubs 7–0 Burnes (1–1) Arrieta (2–1) — 10,598 7–5 W1 13 April 16 Pirates 1–6 Brubaker (2–0) Houser (1–2) — 11,967 7–6 L1 14 April 17 Pirates 7–1 Anderson (2–1) Cahill (0–2) — 12,038 8–6 W1 15 April 18 Pirates 5–6 (10) Rodríguez (1–0) Feyereisen (0–1) — 11,772 8–7 L1 16 April 19 @ Padres 3–1 Woodruff (1–0) Musgrove (2–2) Hader (2) 15,250 9–7 W1 17 April 20 @ Padres 6–0 Burnes (2–1) Paddack (1–2) — 15,250 10–7 W2 18 April 21 @ Padres 4–2 Suter (1–1) Kela (2–1) Hader (3) 15,250 11–7 W3 19 April 23 @ Cubs 2–15 Hendricks (1–2) Anderson (2–2) — 10,343 11–8 L1 20 April 24 @ Cubs 4–3 Suter (2–1) Chafin (0–1) Hader (4) 10,343 12–8 W1 21 April 25 @ Cubs 6–0 Woodruff (2–0) Arrieta (3–2) — 10,343 13–8 W2 22 April 26 Marlins 0–8 Rogers (3–1) Burnes (2–2) — 10,749 13–9 L1 23 April 27 Marlins 5–4 Houser (2–2) Curtiss (2–1) Hader (5) 10,620 14–9 W1 24 April 28 Marlins 2–6 Alcántara (1–2) Godley (0–1) — 11,564 14–10 L1 25 April 29 Dodgers 2–1 Lauer (1–0) Bauer (3–1) Hader (6) 10,621 15–10 W1 26 April 30 Dodgers 3–1 Peralta (3–0) Uceta (0–1) Hader (7) 12,044 16–10 W2
May: 13–15 (Home: 6–7; Away: 7–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 27 May 1 Dodgers 6–5 (11) Perdomo (1–0) Vesia (0–1) — 12,139 17–10 W3 28 May 2 Dodgers 4–16 Urías (4–0) Bettinger (0–1) — 12,130 17–11 L1 29 May 3 @ Phillies 3–4 Velasquez (1–0) Houser (2–3) Neris (6) 10,651 17–12 L2 30 May 4 @ Phillies 5–6 Nola (3–1) Lauer (1–1) Coonrod (2) 10,388 17–13 L3 31 May 5 @ Phillies 4–5 Kintzler (2–1) Peralta (3–1) Alvarado (2) 10,110 17–14 L4 32 May 6 @ Phillies 0–2 Wheeler (3–2) Woodruff (2–1) — 10,768 17–15 L5 33 May 7 @ Marlins 1–6 Rogers (4–2) Suter (2–2) — 5,507 17–16 L6 34 May 8 @ Marlins 6–2 Houser (3–3) Castano (0–2) — 5,764 18–16 W1 35 May 9 @ Marlins 2–1 (10) Hader (3–0) Bass (1–3) Rasmussen (1) 5,105 19–16 W2 36 May 11 Cardinals 1–6 (11) Reyes (2–0) Boxberger (0–1) — 10,595 19–17 L1 37 May 12 Cardinals 4–1 Williams (1–0) Helsley (3–1) Hader (8) 10,226 20–17 W1 38 May 13 Cardinals 0–2 Flaherty (7–0) Burnes (2–3) Reyes (11) 10,554 20–18 L1 39 May 14 Braves 3–6 Smyly (2–2) Houser (3–4) — 12,130 20–19 L2 40 May 15 Braves 1–5 Anderson (3–1) Anderson (2–3) — 16,344 20–20 L3 41 May 16 Braves 10–9 Peralta (4–1) Ynoa (4–2) Hader (9) 16,044 21–20 W1 42 May 18 @ Royals 0–2 Brentz (1–0) Woodruff (2–2) Staumont (4) 9,298 21–21 L1 43 May 19 @ Royals 4–6 Barlow (2–1) Feyereisen (0–2) Staumont (5) 8,950 21–22 L2 44 May 21 @ Reds 4–9 Hoffman (3–3) Houser (3–5) — 17,234 21–23 L3 45 May 22 @ Reds 4–3 Suter (3–2) Hembree (0–1) Hader (10) 17,611 22–23 W1 46 May 23 @ Reds 9–4 Boxberger (1–1) Castillo (1–7) — 16,171 23–23 W2 47 May 24 Padres 5–3 Woodruff (3–2) Snell (1–1) Hader (11) 14,524 24–23 W3 48 May 25 Padres 1–7 Hill (3–2) Burnes (2–4) — 13,566 24–24 L1 49 May 26 Padres 1–2 (10) Adams (1–0) Suter (3–3) Melancon (17) 13,478 24–25 L2 50 May 27 Padres 6–5 (10) Suter (4–3) Díaz (2–1) — 13,572 25–25 W1 — May 28 @ Nationals Postponed (rain; makeup May 29) 51 May 29 (1) @ Nationals 4–1 (7) Peralta (5–1) Corbin (3–4) — 9,910 26–25 W2 52 May 29 (2) @ Nationals 6–2 (7) Suter (5–3) Hudson (3–1) — 12,529 27–25 W3 53 May 30 @ Nationals 3–0 Woodruff (4–2) Scherzer (4–4) Hader (12) 15,326 28–25 W4 54 May 31 Tigers 3–2 (10) Boxberger (2–1) Cisnero (0–2) — 23,917 29–25 W5
June: 19–8 (Home: 13–4; Away: 6–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 55 June 1 Tigers 7–10 Holland (1–1) Lauer (1–2) — 12,058 29–26 L1 56 June 3 Diamondbacks 7–4 Suter (6–3) Duplantier (0–1) Hader (13) 12,392 30–26 W1 57 June 4 Diamondbacks 5–1 Peralta (6–1) Peacock (2–2) — 15,261 31–26 W2 58 June 5 Diamondbacks 7–5 Williams (2–0) Soria (0–2) Hader (14) 20,073 32–26 W3 59 June 6 Diamondbacks 2–0 Burnes (3–4) Smith (2–2) Boxberger (2) 20,117 33–26 W4 60 June 8 @ Reds 5–1 Houser (4–5) Hendrix (2–1) — 11,897 34–26 W5 61 June 9 @ Reds 3–7 Gutiérrez (2–1) Anderson (2–4) — 11,862 34–27 L1 62 June 10 @ Reds 7–2 Suter (7–3) Castillo (2–9) — 12,423 35–27 W1 63 June 11 Pirates 7–4 Woodruff (5–2) Holmes (2–1) Hader (15) 17,678 36–27 W2 64 June 12 Pirates 7–4 Richards (1–0) Kuhl (0–4) Hader (16) 20,126 37–27 W3 65 June 13 Pirates 5–2 Suter (8–3) Bednar (0–1) Hader (17) 20,545 38–27 W4 66 June 14 Reds 2–10 Gutiérrez (3–1) Lauer (1–3) — 17,127 38–28 L1 67 June 15 Reds 1–2 (10) Sims (4–1) Boxberger (2–2) Garrett (3) 16,584 38–29 L2 68 June 16 Reds 1–2 Mahle (7–2) Peralta (6–2) Sims (7) 20,088 38–30 L3 69 June 17 @ Rockies 3–7 Márquez (5–6) Woodruff (5–3) — 22,756 38–31 L4 70 June 18 @ Rockies 5–6 (10) Chacín (1–1) Williams (2–1) — 27,117 38–32 L5 71 June 19 @ Rockies 6–5 Richards (2–0) Kinley (1–1) Hader (18) 34,198 39–32 W1 72 June 20 @ Rockies 7–6 Williams (3–1) Bard (3–4) Boxberger (3) 34,224 40–32 W2 73 June 21 @ Diamondbacks 1–5 Kelly (3–7) Anderson (2–5) — 9,804 40–33 L1 74 June 22 @ Diamondbacks 5–0 Peralta (7–2) Gallen (1–3) — 9,358 41–33 W1 75 June 23 @ Diamondbacks 3–2 Woodruff (6–3) Smith (2–3) Hader (19) 8,676 42–33 W2 76 June 25 Rockies 5–4 (11) Williams (4–1) Gilbreath (0–1) — 31,140 43–33 W3 77 June 26 Rockies 10–4 Boxberger (3–2) Estévez (2–1) — 32,573 44–33 W4 78 June 27 Rockies 5–0 Lauer (2–3) Gonzalez (2–5) — 25,016 45–33 W5 79 June 28 Cubs 14–4 Williams (5–1) Tepera (0–2) — 30,251 46–33 W6 80 June 29 Cubs 2–1 Woodruff (7–3) Davies (5–5) Hader (20) 24,423 47–33 W7 81 June 30 Cubs 15–7 Richards (3–0) Brothers (2–1) — 32,193 48–33 W8
July: 14–10 (Home: 3–6; Away: 11–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 82 July 1 @ Pirates 7–2 Burnes (4–4) Crowe (1–5) — 11,074 49–33 W9 83 July 2 @ Pirates 7–2 Houser (5–5) Brubaker (4–8) — 15,421 50–33 W10 84 July 3 @ Pirates 11–2 Lauer (3–3) Ponce (0–2) — 17,451 51–33 W11 85 July 4 @ Pirates 0–2 Anderson (4–8) Peralta (7–3) Rodríguez (11) 12,527 51–34 L1 86 July 5 @ Mets 2–4 Lugo (2–1) Woodruff (7–4) Díaz (18) 15,145 51–35 L2 — July 6 @ Mets Postponed (Rain, Makeup: July 7) 87 July 7 (1) @ Mets 3–4 (8) Díaz (3–2) Suter (8–4) — 20,953 51–36 L3 88 July 7 (2) @ Mets 5–0 (7) Cousins (1–0) Stock (0–2) — 13,218 52–36 W1 89 July 8 Reds 5–3 Williams (6–1) Brach (0–1) Hader (21) 22,948 53–36 W2 90 July 9 Reds 0–2 Miley (7–4) Lauer (3–4) Hembree (5) 24,844 53–37 L1 91 July 10 Reds 3–4 Osich (2–0) Hader (3–1) Hembree (6) 32,034 53–38 L2 92 July 11 Reds 1–3 Hendrix (5–1) Hader (3–2) Osich (1) 32,135 53–39 L3 ASG July 13 AL @ NL 2–5 Ohtani (1–0) Burnes (0–1) Hendriks (1) 49,184 — ? 93 July 16 @ Reds 11–6 Suter (9–4) Garrett (0–3) — 34,844 54–39 W1 94 July 17 @ Reds 7–4 (11) Gustave (1–0) Doolittle (3–1) — 37,204 55–39 W2 95 July 18 @ Reds 8–0 Burnes (5–4) Gray (2–5) — 29,001 56–39 W3 96 July 20 Royals 2–5 Minor (7–8) Strickland (0–1) Holland (6) 20,140 56–40 L1 97 July 21 Royals 3–6 Keller (7–9) Suter (9–5) Barlow (5) 30,063 56–41 L2 98 July 23 White Sox 7–1 Houser (6–5) Giolito (8–7) — 32,714 57–41 W1 99 July 24 White Sox 6–1 Burnes (6–4) Rodón (8–4) — 41,686 58–41 W2 100 July 25 White Sox 1–3 Lynn (10–3) Woodruff (7–5) Hendriks (24) 36,887 58–42 L1 101 July 27 @ Pirates 9–0 Anderson (3–5) Oviedo (1–2) — 10,618 59–42 W1 102 July 28 @ Pirates 7–3 Houser (7–5) Kranick (1–2) — 10,204 60–42 W2 103 July 29 @ Pirates 12–0 Peralta (8–3) Kuhl (3–6) — 10,503 61–42 W3 104 July 30 @ Braves 9–5 Boxberger (4–2) Toussaint (1–2) — 38,680 62–42 W4 105 July 31 @ Braves 1–8 Chavez (2–2) Woodruff (7–6) — 39,088 62–43 L1
August: 19–9 (Home: 7–5; Away: 12–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 106 August 1 @ Braves 2–1 Anderson (4–5) Morton (10–4) Hader (22) 33,469 63–43 W1 107 August 2 Pirates 6–2 Lauer (4–4) Wilson (2–4) Boxberger (4) 23,563 64–43 W2 108 August 3 Pirates 5–8 (10) Bednar (3–1) Hardy (0–1) — 24,902 64–44 L1 109 August 4 Pirates 4–2 Suter (10–5) Keller (0–1) Williams (1) 28,003 65–44 W1 110 August 6 Giants 2–1 (10) Suter (11–5) García (3–3) — 33,250 66–44 W2 111 August 7 Giants 6–9 (11) García (4–3) Romano (0–1) — 34,155 66–45 L1 112 August 8 Giants 4–5 Watson (4–3) Boxberger (4–3) Littell (1) 38,597 66–46 L2 — August 9 @ Cubs Postponed (rain; makeup August 10) 113 August 10 (1) @ Cubs 4–2 (7) Peralta (9–3) Steele (2–1) Williams (2) 29,031 67–46 W1 114 August 10 (2) @ Cubs 6–3 (7) Sánchez (1–0) Winkler (1–3) — 28,674 68–46 W2 115 August 11 @ Cubs 10–0 Burnes (7–4) Arrieta (5–11) — 29,619 69–46 W3 116 August 12 @ Cubs 17–4 Strickland (1–1) Hendricks (13–5) — 32,502 70–46 W4 — August 13 @ Pirates Postponed (rain; makeup August 14) 117 August 14 (1) @ Pirates 4–14 (7) Shreve (1–0) Anderson (4–6) — 16,991 70–47 L1 118 August 14 (2) @ Pirates 6–0 (7) Boxberger (5–3) Keller (3–10) — 24,081 71–47 W1 119 August 15 @ Pirates 2–1 Suter (12–5) Peters (0–1) Hader (23) 12,001 72–47 W2 120 August 17 @ Cardinals 2–0 Burnes (8–4) Wainwright (11–7) Hader (24) 28,058 73–47 W3 121 August 18 @ Cardinals 6–4 (10) Hader (4–2) Reyes (5–6) Williams (3) 25,938 74–47 W4 122 August 19 @ Cardinals 4–8 Fernández (1–0) Woodruff (7–7) — 27,545 74–48 L1 123 August 20 Nationals 1–4 Corbin (7–12) Anderson (4–7) Finnegan (5) 27,998 74–49 L2 124 August 21 Nationals 9–6 Williams (7–1) Guerra (0–1) Hader (25) 36,938 75–49 W1 125 August 22 Nationals 7–3 Strickland (2–1) Nolin (0–2) Hader (26) 33,507 76–49 W2 126 August 24 Reds 7–4 Strickland (3–1) Lorenzen (0–1) Hader (27) 24,819 77–49 W3 127 August 25 Reds 4–1 Woodruff (8–7) Castillo (7–13) — 24,715 78–49 W4 128 August 26 Reds 1–5 Gray (6–6) Anderson (4–8) — 28,656 78–50 L1 129 August 27 @ Twins 0–2 Albers (1–0) Lauer (4–5) Colomé (8) 20,280 78–51 L2 130 August 28 @ Twins 4–6 Thielbar (6–0) Houser (7–6) Colomé (9) 29,342 78–52 L3 131 August 29 @ Twins 6–2 Ashby (1–0) Jax (3–3) — 26,186 79–52 W1 132 August 30 @ Giants 3–1 Burnes (9–4) Álvarez (4–2) Hader (28) 23,154 80–52 W2 133 August 31 @ Giants 6–2 Woodruff (9–7) Cueto (7–7) — 20,897 81–52 W3
September–October: 14–15 (Home: 9–7; Away: 5–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 134 September 1 @ Giants 5–2 Norris (2–3) Leone (3–3) Hader (29) 21,189 82–52 W4 135 September 2 @ Giants 1–5 Rogers (5–1) Williams (7–2) — 21,023 82–53 L1 136 September 3 Cardinals 4–15 Wainwright (14–7) Peralta (9–4) — 23,987 82–54 L2 137 September 4 Cardinals 4–0 Houser (8–6) Kim (6–7) — 33,439 83–54 W1 138 September 5 Cardinals 6–5 Sánchez (2–0) Reyes (5–8) — 33,845 84–54 W2 139 September 6 Phillies 0–12 Wheeler (12–9) Woodruff (9–8) — 30,192 84–55 L1 140 September 7 Phillies 10–0 Lauer (5–5) Nola (7–8) — 22,955 85–55 W1 141 September 8 Phillies 4–3 Ashby (2–0) Brogdon (5–4) Hader (30) 20,654 86–55 W2 142 September 10 @ Indians 10–3 Houser (9–6) Morgan (2–7) — 17,667 87–55 W3 143 September 11 @ Indians 3–0 Burnes (10–4) Plesac (10–5) Hader (31) 20,100 88–55 W4 144 September 12 @ Indians 11–1 Lauer (6–5) Civale (10–4) Ashby (1) 16,332 89–55 W5 145 September 14 @ Tigers 0–1 (11) Garcia (2–1) Strickland (3–2) — 12,433 89–56 L1 146 September 15 @ Tigers 1–4 Manning (4–6) Woodruff (9–9) Fulmer (9) 11,321 89–57 L2 147 September 17 Cubs 8–5 Ashby (3–0) Wick (0–1) Hader (32) 28,483 90–57 W1 148 September 18 Cubs 6–4 Williams (8–2) Effross (2–1) Hader (33) 33,625 91–57 W2 149 September 19 Cubs 4–6 Morgan (1–0) Boxberger (5–4) Rucker (1) 34,213 91–58 L1 150 September 20 Cardinals 2–5 Lester (7–6) Peralta (9–5) García (1) 28,291 91–59 L2 151 September 21 Cardinals 1–2 Woodford (3–3) Woodruff (9–10) Gallegos (11) 30,475 91–60 L3 152 September 22 Cardinals 2–10 Mikolas (2–2) Anderson (4–9) — 29,635 91–61 L4 153 September 23 Cardinals 5–8 McFarland (4–1) Ashby (3–1) Gallegos (12) 30,804 91–62 L5 154 September 24 Mets 5–1 Lauer (7–5) Megill (3–6) — 27,452 92–62 W1 155 September 25 Mets 2–1 Burnes (11–4) Hill (6–8) Hader (34) 35,388 93–62 W2 156 September 26 Mets 8–4 Peralta (10–5) Carrasco (1–4) — 43,430 94–62 W3 157 September 28 @ Cardinals 2–6 Wainwright (17–7) Gustave (1–1) — 35,726 94–63 L1 158 September 29 @ Cardinals 4–0 Houser (10–6) Mikolas (2–3) — 35,283 95–63 W1 159 September 30 @ Cardinals 3–4 Happ (10–8) Sánchez (2–1) García (2) 29,161 95–64 L1 160 October 1 @ Dodgers 6–8 Treinen (6–5) Gustave (1–2) Jansen (38) 51,388 95–65 L2 161 October 2 @ Dodgers 3–8 Urías (20–3) Burnes (11–5) — 49,705 95–66 L3 162 October 3 @ Dodgers 3–10 Buehler (16–4) Ashby (3–2) Jackson (1) 43,170 95–67 L4
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Brewers team member

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
Luis Urías	150	490	77	122	25	1	23	75	5	63	.249	.445
Avisaíl García	135	461	68	121	18	0	29	86	8	38	.262	.490
Kolten Wong	116	445	70	121	32	2	14	50	12	31	.272	.447
Christian Yelich	117	399	70	99	19	2	9	51	9	70	.248	.373
Omar Narváez	123	391	54	104	20	0	11	49	0	41	.266	.402
Jackie Bradley Jr.	134	387	39	63	14	3	6	29	7	28	.163	.261
Willy Adames	99	365	61	104	26	0	20	58	4	47	.285	.521
Jace Peterson	94	259	36	64	11	1	6	31	10	38	.247	.367
Lorenzo Cain	78	257	40	66	13	0	8	36	13	26	.257	.401
Tyrone Taylor	93	243	33	60	9	3	12	43	6	20	.247	.457
Daniel Vogelbach	93	215	30	47	8	0	9	24	0	43	.219	.381
Manny Piña	75	180	27	34	6	0	13	33	0	22	.189	.439
Eduardo Escobar	48	179	27	48	12	2	6	25	0	19	.268	.458
Travis Shaw	56	178	14	34	8	0	6	28	0	19	.191	.337
Keston Hiura	61	173	16	29	9	1	4	19	3	14	.168	.301
Rowdy Tellez	56	158	22	43	10	1	7	28	0	14	.272	.481
Billy McKinney	40	92	9	19	3	1	3	6	1	7	.207	.359
Pablo Reyes	53	78	12	20	5	0	1	3	4	9	.256	.359
Daniel Robertson	50	73	10	12	2	0	2	4	0	12	.164	.274
Luke Maile	15	30	6	9	4	0	0	3	0	3	.300	.433
Jacob Nottingham	5	14	2	3	1	0	2	4	0	0	.214	.714
Orlando Arcia	4	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.091	.091
Tim Lopes	7	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.100	.100
Derek Fisher	4	8	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	.250	.500
Corey Ray	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000
Mario Feliciano	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.---	.---
Pitcher Totals	162	264	11	25	0	0	3	13	0	19	.095	.129
Team Totals	162	5362	738	1251	255	18	194	700	82	586	.233	.396

Source:2021 Milwaukee Brewers Batting Statistics

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
Brandon Woodruff	9	10	2.56	30	30	0	179.1	130	54	51	43	211
Corbin Burnes	11	5	2.43	28	28	0	167.0	123	47	45	34	234
Freddy Peralta	10	5	2.81	28	27	0	144.1	84	47	45	56	195
Adrian Houser	10	6	3.22	28	26	0	142.1	118	61	51	64	105
Eric Lauer	7	5	3.19	24	20	0	118.2	94	46	42	41	117
Brett Anderson	4	9	4.22	24	24	0	96.0	102	52	45	28	58
Brent Suter	12	5	3.07	61	1	1	73.1	72	34	25	24	69
Brad Boxberger	5	4	3.34	71	0	4	64.2	44	26	24	25	83
Josh Hader	4	2	1.23	60	0	34	58.2	25	8	8	24	102
Devin Williams	8	2	2.50	58	0	3	54.0	36	17	15	28	87
Hunter Strickland	3	2	1.73	35	0	0	36.1	21	8	7	12	38
Aaron Ashby	3	2	4.55	13	4	1	31.2	25	20	16	12	39
Jake Cousins	1	0	2.70	30	0	0	30.0	16	9	9	19	44
Miguel Sánchez	2	1	4.15	28	0	0	26.0	27	14	12	14	23
Hoby Milner	0	0	5.40	19	0	0	21.2	30	15	13	3	30
Daniel Norris	1	0	6.64	18	0	0	20.1	17	16	15	15	18
Trevor Richards	3	0	3.20	15	0	0	19.2	15	7	7	9	25
J. P. Feyereisen	0	2	3.26	21	0	0	19.1	10	9	7	11	20
Eric Yardley	0	0	6.75	17	0	0	18.2	24	15	14	10	5
Jandel Gustave	1	2	3.44	14	0	0	18.1	15	10	7	5	13
Drew Rasmussen	0	1	4.24	15	0	1	17.0	13	11	8	12	25
Ángel Perdomo	1	0	6.35	19	0	0	17.0	12	12	12	16	28
Josh Lindblom	0	0	9.72	8	0	0	16.2	23	18	18	10	17
Alec Bettinger	0	1	13.50	4	1	0	10.0	18	15	15	3	5
Colin Rea	0	0	7.50	1	0	0	6.0	7	5	5	0	5
Jordan Zimmermann	0	0	7.94	2	0	0	5.2	8	5	5	2	0
John Curtiss	0	0	12.46	6	0	0	4.1	8	8	6	3	4
Patrick Weigel	0	0	4.50	3	0	0	4.0	4	2	2	4	9
Justin Topa	0	0	29.70	4	0	0	3.1	12	11	11	1	1
Zack Godley	0	1	16.20	2	1	0	3.1	4	7	6	5	5
Jace Peterson	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	1	2
Daniel Robertson	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
Phil Bickford	0	0	18.00	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	1	0
Ryan Weber	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
Luke Maile	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0
Blaine Hardy	0	1	18.00	1	0	0	1.0	3	3	2	1	1
Sal Romano	0	1	27.00	1	0	0	1.0	4	4	3	0	0
John Axford	0	0	54.00	1	0	0	0.1	2	2	2	1	0
Team Totals	95	67	3.50	162	162	44	1436.0	1156	623	558	537	1618

Source:2021 Milwaukee Brewers Pitching Statistics

Postseason

2021 Postseason game log: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–2)

NL Division Series: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 1 October 8 Braves 2–1 Houser (1–0) Morton (0–1) Hader (1) 40,852 1–0 W1 2 October 9 Braves 0–3 Fried (1–0) Woodruff (0–1) Smith (1) 43,812 1–1 L1 3 October 11 @ Braves 0–3 Anderson (1–0) Houser (1–1) Smith (2) 41,479 1–2 L2 4 October 12 @ Braves 4–5 Matzek (1–0) Hader (0–1) Smith (3) 40,195 1–3 L3

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters

National League Division Series Pitchers: 26 Aaron Ashby 31 Jandel Gustave 37 Adrian Houser 39 Corbin Burnes 43 Hunter Strickland 45 Brad Boxberger 51 Freddy Peralta 52 Eric Lauer 53 Brandon Woodruff 54 Jake Cousins 71 Josh Hader Catchers: 9 Manny Piña 10 Omar Narváez 12 Luke Maile Infielders: 2 Luis Urías 5 Eduardo Escobar 11 Rowdy Tellez 14 Jace Peterson 16 Kolten Wong 20 Daniel Vogelbach 27 Willy Adames Outfielders: 6 Lorenzo Cain 15 Tyrone Taylor 22 Christian Yelich 24 Avisaíl García 41 Jackie Bradley Jr.

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

The Brewers' farm system consisted of eight minor league affiliates in 2021.^[7]

Level	Team	League	Manager
Triple-A	Nashville Sounds	Triple-A East	Rick Sweet
Double-A	Biloxi Shuckers	Double-A South	Mike Guerrero
High-A	Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	High-A Central	Matt Erickson
Low-A	Carolina Mudcats	Low-A East	Joe Ayrault
Rookie	ACL Brewers Blue	Arizona Complex League	Rafael Neda
Rookie	ACL Brewers Gold	Arizona Complex League	David Tufo
Rookie	DSL Brewers 1	Dominican Summer League	Victor Estevez
Rookie	DSL Brewers 2	Dominican Summer League	Fidel Peña