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2010 MILWAUKEE BREWERS (77-85) Third Place, National League Central Division, -14.0 Games Pitchers & Catchers Report: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 Opening Day: Thursday, March 31, 2011 at Cincinnati, 12:10 CT STREAK: Lost 2 LAST FIVE: 3-2 LAST TEN: 6-4 HOME: 40-41 ROAD: 37-44 DAY: 22-33 NIGHT: 55-52 WHAT’S BREWING? FREE AGENTS (3): The following players are eligible for free agency: RHP Dave Bush, LHP Chris 2010 BREWERS LEADERS Capuano and INF Craig Counsell.....LHP Doug Davis (mutual option), RHP Trevor Hoffman (mutual Thanks for Coming! option) and C Gregg Zaun (club option) all have options on their contracts for 2011. Games . .Fielder (161) The Brewers drew 2,776,531 fans this season Batting Average . .Braun (.304) at Miller Park.....the team finished 11th overall in attendance and saw at least 2.7+ million ARBITRATION (8): The following players are eligible for arbitration: RHP Todd Coffey, 1B Prince Fielder, At-Bats . .Weeks (651) fans attend for the fourth consecutive season. OF Carlos Gomez, INF/OF Joe Inglett, RHP Kameron Loe, LHP Manny Parra, RHP Carlos Villanueva Runs . .Weeks (112) Year Attendance and 2B Rickie Weeks. Hits . .Braun (188) 2007 . 2,869,144 Total Bases . .Braun (310) 2008 . 3,068,458 ARIZONA FALL LEAGUE: The following players are representing the Brewers in the Arizona Fall League, Doubles . .Braun (45) 2009 . 3,037,451 Triples . .Escobar (10) 2010 . 2,776,531 playing for the Surprise Rafters: INF Eric Farris, RHP Mike Fiers, OF Caleb Gindl, RHP Jeremy Jeffress, RHP Brandon Kintzler, LHP Lucas Luetge (taxi squad), RHP Mike McClendon, LHP Dan Merklinger Home Runs . .Fielder (32) Homer Happy (taxi squad) and INF Hunter Morris.....Double-A Huntsville manager Mike Guerrero will manage the team. RBI . .McGehee (104) The Brewers had five players with 20+ homers Stolen Bases . .Gomez (18) for the fourth time in franchise history and third MANAGER: Ken Macha completed his second season as Brewers manager, a position he was named to Walks . .Fielder (114) time in four seasons. on 10/30/08.....his 2011 club option was declined on 10/4.....Macha went 157-167 (.485) with the Brewers, Strikeouts . .Weeks (184) Year Players (HR) - 1982 . .Thomas (39), Oglivie (34), finishing in third place in both of his seasons (80-82 in 2009 and 77-85 in 2010).....he owns a career record Cooper (32), Yount (29), Simmons (23) of 525-447 (.540) over six seasons with Oakland (2003-06) and Milwaukee (2009-10). Games . .Coffey (69) 2007 . .Fielder (50), Braun (34), Wins . .Gallardo (14) Hardy (26), Hart (24), Jenkins (21) COACHES: Third-base coach Brad Fischer (2nd season), bullpen coach Stan Kyles (2nd season), bench Losses . .Bush (13) 2008 . .Braun (37), Fielder (34), ERA . .Gallardo (3.84) Cameron (25), Hardy (24), Hart (20) coach Willie Randolph (2nd season), first-base coach Ed Sedar (4th season) and hitting coach Dale Sveum (5th season, 2nd as hitting coach) all returned from the 2009 coaching staff.....new on the staff was Innings Pitched . .Wolf (215.2) 2010 . .Fielder (32), Hart (31), Weeks (29), Walks . .Wolf (87) Braun (25), McGehee (23) pitching coach Rick Peterson.....Fred Dabney was with the team from 4/23-5/23 from Class-A Brevard Strikeouts . .Gallardo (200) County, serving as interim bullpen coach.....Dabney took the place of Stan Kyles, who underwent prostate Three-Headed Monster Saves . .Axford (24) surgery on 4/29 and returned on 5/25. Casey McGehee (104), Ryan Braun (103) and Corey Hart (100) each had 100 or more RBI this season.....it marked just the fourth ALL-STARS: OF Ryan Braun, RHP Yovani Gallardo and OF Corey Hart represented the Brewers at the THE BREWERS WHEN..... time in franchise history that the team has had 2010 All-Star Game at Angel Stadium.....it marked the fifth consecutive season that the team had at least at least three players with 100 or more RBI in three All-Stars.....Braun and Hart were the first Brewers position players to start together in an All-Star Game Scoring First. 54-21 the same season. since 1983, when Robin Yount and Ted Simmons started at Chicago’s Comiskey Park.....Braun was voted Opponent Scores First. 23-64 Year Players (RBI) 1979 . Thomas (123), Cooper (106), Lezcano (101) in by the fans while Hart was named a starter after an injury to the Atlanta’s Jason Heyward.....Gallardo did 1980 . Cooper (122), Oglivie (118), Thomas (105) not participate in the All-Star Game as he was on the disabled list at the time. Out-hitting Opponent . 55-11 1982 . Cooper (121), Yount (114), Out-hit by Opponent . 17-68 Thomas (112), Oglivie (102) MINOR DETAILS: OF Erik Komatsu was named Brewers Minor League Player of the Year after batting Hit Totals Even. 5-6 2010 . McGehee (104), Braun (103), Hart (100) .323 with 5 HR, 63 RBI and 28 stolen bases in 130 games at Class-A Brevard County.....Komatsu led the Florida State League in runs (90), on-base percentage (.413) and walks (68).....he was a FSL midseason Committing An Error. 24-48 100 Runs Committing No Errors . 53-37 For the fifth time in franchise history, and for and postseason All-Star selection.....RHP Jake Odorizzi earned Brewers Minor League Pitcher of the Year the second consecutive season, the Brewers honors after going 7-3 with a 3.43 ERA in 23 games (20 starts) at Class-A Wisconsin.....he was named to Leading After 7 Innings . 62-6 had teammates with 100 or more runs scored the Midwest League All-Star team. in the same year as Rickie Weeks (112) and Trailing After 7 Innings . 6-70 Ryan Braun (101) led the team. Tied After 7 Innings . 9-9 Year Players (Runs) BREWERS AT HOME: The Brewers went 40-41 (.494) at home this season, going 13-13-0 in series 1982 . .Molitor (136), Yount (129), Cooper (104) play.....the team finished with consecutive losing seasons at home for the first time since 2001-04.....the Leading After 8 Innings . 64-6 1983 . .Cooper (106) & Yount (102) Brewers had a 7-game winning streak from 7/9-7/26, tying their longest winning streak ever at Miller Park Trailing After 8 Innings . 4-77 1996 . .Jaha (108) & Cirillo (101) (also 8/10-8/24, 2003).....the team began the year 4-14 at home, including an 8-game losing streak from 2009 . .Braun (113) & Fielder (103) Tied After 8 Innings . 9-2 2010 . .Weeks (112) & Braun (101) 4/27-5/16, which set a record for consecutive losses at Miller Park, breaking the previous mark of 7 games (6/20-7/13, 2002). Hitting a Home Run . 60-44 Hoff the Charts Not Hitting a Home Run. 17-41 Trevor Hoffman notched his 600th career BREWERS ON THE ROAD: The Brewers went 37-44 (.457) on the road this season, going 8-14-4 in series save in the 4-2 win on 9/7 vs. St. Louis.....the play.....the team had a pair of season-high 4-game road winning streaks (4/18-4/22 & 9/29-10/1).....they all-time Major League saves leader finished Stealing a Base . 37-23 the season with 601 career saves. dropped a season-high 5 straight road games from 8/30-9/4. Not Stealing a Base. 40-62 Pitcher Saves Trevor Hoffman . .601 BREWERS IN THE STANDINGS (182 days): The Brewers spent the following days alone or tied at each Scoring at Least 4 Runs . 63-29 Mariano Rivera . .559 position in the National League Central standings in 2010: FIRST: 1, SECOND: 6, THIRD: 95, FOURTH: 57, Scoring 3 Runs or Fewer. 14-56 Lee Smith . .478 FIFTH: 23, SIXTH: 0.....the team finished in third place, trailing the first-place Reds (91-71) by 14.0 games Everyday People and the second-place Cardinals (86-76) by 9.0 games.....the Brewers finished just 1.0 game ahead of the Decided In Last At-Bat. 16-15 Prince Fielder played in 327 consecutive fourth-place Astros (76-86), 2.0 games ahead of the fifth-place Cubs (75-87) and 20.0 games ahead of the Walkoff Wins & Losses . 10-7 games from 9/4/08 to 9/12/10 to set a new sixth-place Pirates (57-105). 1-Run Games. 26-23 franchise record.....the previous mark of 274 Extra Innings . 8-5 was held by Hall of Famer Robin Yount from Come-From-Behind Wins . 35 1987-89.....Fielder’s streak ended on 9/13 at SERIES-LY SPEAKING: The Brewers went 21-27-4 in series play.....Sweep Wins (8): at Pit (3g, 4/20-4/22), Houston as he was scratched from the lineup at Ari (3g, 5/7-5/9), vs. Min (3g, 6/22-6/24), vs. Pit (3g, 7/9-7/11), vs. Wsh (3g, 7/23-7/25), vs. Hou (3g, 8/6- Losses After Leading . 38 with flu-like symptoms. 8/8), at StL (2g, 8/17-8/18), vs. Pit (3g, 8/27-8/29).....Sweep Losses (8): vs. ChC (3g, 4/23-4/25), vs. Atl (3g, Shutouts. 7-14 5/10-5/12), vs. Phi (3g, 5/14-5/16), at Cin (2g, 5/17-5/18), vs. SF (4g, 7/8-7/11), at Hou (3g, 7/30-8/1), vs. LA Elite Company (3g, 8/24-8/26), at Cin (3g, 8/30-9/1).....Game 1: 24-28, Game 2: 22-30, Game 3: 27-22, Game 4: 4-5. vs. NL Central . 37-40 Ryan Braun has 128 home runs over his first vs.