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Milwaukee Brewers
The Milwaukee Brewers are an American professional baseball team based in Milwaukee. The Brewers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Division. The team's name is derived from the city's association with the brewing industry and has been used by Milwaukee Brewers (other), several other baseball teams that have called Milwaukee home. Since 2001, the Brewers have played their home games at American Family Field, which was named Miller Park through the 2020 season and has a seating capacity of 41,900 people. The team was founded as the Seattle Pilots, an expansion team that joined the American League (AL) and began play in Seattle, Washington, in 1969 Major League Baseball season, 1969. The Pilots played their home games at Sick's Stadium. After only one season, the team relocation of professional sports teams, relocated to Milwaukee, becoming known as the Brewers an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National League (baseball)
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NAPBBP) of 1871–1875 (often called simply the "National Association"), the NL is sometimes called the Senior Circuit, in contrast to MLB's other league, the American League, which was founded 25 years later and is called the "Junior Circuit". Both leagues currently have 15 teams. The National League survived competition from various other professional baseball leagues during the late 19th century. Most did not last for more than a few seasons, with a handful of teams joining the NL once their leagues folded. The American League declared itself a second major league in 1901, and the AL and NL engaged in a "baseball war" durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American League
The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the American League (AL), is the younger of two sports leagues, leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League (original), Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to Major League Baseball, major league status. It is sometimes called the Junior Circuit because it claimed Major League status for the 1901 season, 25 years after the formation of the National League (baseball), National League (the "Senior Circuit"). Since 1903, the American League champion has played in the World Series against the National League champion with only two exceptions: 1904, when the NL champion New York Giants (baseball), New York Giants refused to play their AL counterpart, and 1994, when a 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike, players' strike resulted in the cancellation of the Series. Through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Milwaukee Brewers Season
The Milwaukee Brewers' 2011 season was their 42nd season for the franchise in Milwaukee, the 14th in the National League, and 43rd overall. The Brewers posted a franchise-best record of 96–66, winning their first-ever National League Central title, and their first title since winning the AL East in 1982. The Brewers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks in five games in the NLDS and advanced to the NLCS, where they lost in six games to the underdog division rival St. Louis Cardinals, who went on to win the World Series. 2010–11 offseason Despite having arguably the best offense in the National League, the Brewers had struggled in 2010 due to lack of starting pitching as the Brewers had finished next-to-last in the league in team ERA. Vowing to the Brewer fans to get more starting pitching, GM Doug Melvin traded or released three of the team's most ineffective starters in Jeff Suppan, Dave Bush, and Doug Davis. The Brewers also tabbed John Axford as the Brewers new closer wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier professional baseball league in the world. Each team plays 162 games per season, with Opening Day traditionally held during the first week of April. Six teams in each league then advance to a four-round Major League Baseball postseason, postseason tournament in October, culminating in the World Series, a best-of-seven championship series between the two league champions first played in 1903. MLB is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan. Formed in 1876 and 1901, respectively, the NL and AL cemented their cooperation with the National Agreement in 1903, making MLB the oldest major professional sports league in the world. They remained le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch (baseball), plays, with each play beginning when a player on the fielding team (baseball), fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a Baseball (ball), ball that a player on the batting team (baseball), batting team, called the Batter (baseball), batter, tries to hit with a baseball bat, bat. The objective of the offensive team (batting team) is to hit the ball into the field of play, away from the other team's players, allowing its players to run the Base (baseball), bases, having them advance counter-clockwise around four bases to score what are called "Run (baseball), runs". The objective of the defensive team (referred to as the fielding team) is to prevent batters from becoming Base running, runners, and to prevent runners base running ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Murphy (baseball Coach)
Patrick Thomas Murphy (born November 28, 1958) is an American professional baseball coach (baseball), coach and manager (baseball), manager who is the manager for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously served as the interim manager of the San Diego Padres and head coach for college baseball teams including Arizona State University and the University of Notre Dame. Playing career Murphy attended Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and played college baseball for the Florida Atlantic Owls baseball, Florida Atlantic Owls as a catcher and infielder. He also pitching (baseball), pitched on occasion. He was honored on FAU's 20th Anniversary Team as a pitcher and utility player and in 2008 was inducted into the school's Baseball Hall of Fame. Murphy signed a professional baseball contract with the San Francisco Giants in 1982 and played four years in the minor leagues for the Giants, San Diego Padres, and two independent teams. Coaching career Collegiate coac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Arnold (baseball)
Matt Arnold is an American baseball executive, who is the general manager of the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball. Career Arnold graduated from Highland High School in Bakersfield, California, and the University of California, Santa Barbara. He worked for the Tampa Bay Rays The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in the Tampa Bay area. The Rays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. They are one of two major ... until David Stearns hired Arnold for the Brewers in October 2015. Arnold was promoted to general manager in November 2020. On October 27, 2021, Arnold signed a contract extension with Milwaukee. After the 2022 season, Stearns stepped down as president of baseball operations to take on an advisory role with the Brewers. The team placed Arnold in charge of baseball operations. References Living people Sportspeople from Bakersfield, Cali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Attanasio
Mark L. Attanasio (born September 29, 1957) is an American businessman who is currently the principal owner of the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team and the majority shareholder of English football club Norwich City FC. As of 2023, he is worth an estimated $700 million. Early life Mark L. Attanasio was born in the Bronx borough of New York City on September 29, 1957, the son of real estate broker Connie and commercial consultant Joseph Attanasio. His great-grandparents were Italian immigrants from Positano. His younger brother, Paul Attanasio, is a screenwriter and producer; Paul's daughter, Annabelle Attanasio, is an actress and filmmaker. Attanasio grew up in Tenafly, New Jersey, where he attended high school. He graduated from Brown University with a BA in 1979 and received his JD from Columbia Law School in 1982. Career Finance Attanasio co-founded and served as a senior executive at the Los Angeles alternative investment firm Crescent Capital Group in 1991, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Milwaukee Brewers Season
The 2020 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 51st season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, the 23rd in the National League, and 52nd overall. The Brewers finished the regular season 29-31 and clinched the eighth seed in the postseason, becoming the first National League team to clinch the playoffs with a losing record. This marked the first time in franchise history where the Brewers clinched a playoff berth in three consecutive years, starting with the 2018 season. On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled. Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks. On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Milwaukee Brewers Season
The 2019 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 50th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, the 22nd in the National League, and 51st overall. On September 25, the Brewers clinched a playoff spot in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1982. They were defeated by the eventual World Series champions Washington Nationals in the NLWC Game. Season standings National League Central National League Wild Card Record vs. opponents Roster Game log Regular season , -style=background:#cfc , 1 , , March 28 , , Cardinals , , 5–4 , , Chacín (1–0) , , Mikolas (0–1) , , Hader (1) , , 45,304 , , 1–0 , W1, -style=background:#fbb , 2 , , March 29 , , Cardinals , , 5–9 , , Gant (1–0) , , Williams (0–1) , , — , , 30,157 , , 1–1 , L1, -style=background:#cfc , 3 , , March 30 , , Cardinals , , 4–2 , , Woodruff (1–0) , , Hudson (0–1) , , Hader (2) , 36,655 , , 2–1 , W1, -style=background:#cfc , 4 , , March 31 , , Cardin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Milwaukee Brewers Season
The 2008 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 39th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, their 11th in the National League, and their 40th overall. The season opened with optimism as the team attempted to build on the success of the 2007 season – their first winning season since 1992. With 12 games remaining in the regular season, manager Ned Yost was fired and replaced with bench coach Dale Sveum. Under Sveum, the team completed the regular season 7–5, finishing second place in the National League Central with a record of 90–72 and winning the NL Wild Card. With the Wild Card berth, the team clinched its first playoff berth in 26 years. The season was highlighted by the midseason trade for ace pitcher CC Sabathia, who posted a 1.65 ERA in 130.2 innings pitched and won all but two starts. In the NLDS, the Brewers were defeated 3–1 by the Philadelphia Phillies, who went on to win the World Series. Regular season The Brewers played 20 extra inning games, the most of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Milwaukee Brewers Season
The 1982 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 13th season for the franchise. The team finished with the best record in MLB (95–67) and won their first and only American League pennant. As a team, the Brewers led Major League Baseball in a number of offensive categories, including at bats (5733), runs scored (891), home runs (216), runs batted in (843), slugging percentage (.455), on-base plus slugging (.789), total bases (2606) and extra-base hits (534). This would be the last time that the Brewers won a playoff game as an American League team. The franchise would move to the National League for the 1998 season, and would not win another playoff game until 2008. Offseason *October 23, 1981: Rickey Keeton was traded by the Brewers to the Houston Astros for Pete Ladd. *January 12, 1982: Tom Pagnozzi was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 24th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign. *February 26, 1982: John Flinn was released by the Brewers. Regular season * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
