Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2024 revision of our top 50 Milwaukee Brewers.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Please note that our algorithm has changed, which yielded minor changes throughout the baseball lists.

Last year, the Brewers won the National League Central, but were bounced by the New York Mets in three games in the Wild Card round.  There were two new entrants and a few notable player movements.

As always, we present our top five, which had no changes.

1. Robin Yount

2. Paul Molitor

3. Ryan Braun

4. Cecil Cooper

5. Teddy Higuera

You can find the entire list here. 

Former MVP Christian Yelich advanced one spot to #6.

Pitcher Brandon Woodruff held at #20.

Infielder Willy Adames and Pitcher Devin Williams enter at #40 and #41 respectively. 

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Drafted from the University of Missouri, Devin Williams had a delated start with a UCL tear and subsequent Tommy John Surgery, but he debuted for the Brewers in 2019, and was in the Futures Game.

COVID-19 ravaged the 2020 season, but Williams, who was still rookie eligible, had a phenomenal year, winning the Rookie of the Year with a 0.33 ERA over 27 Innings, and was the best set-up man in Baseball.  Williams continued with another good year in 2021 (8-2, 2.50 ERA), and was an All-Star in 2022 and 2023, moving more towards a closer role with Josh Hader departing the team. 

Williams, who won the TSN Pitcher of the Year in 2020 and 2023, left Milwaukee when he was traded to the New York Yankees after the 2024 Season, and departs as one of the great relievers in Milwaukee history.

In what was considered a minor surprise, the Tampa Bay Rays traded Willy Adames early in the 2021 Season to Milwaukee, and from that point until 2024, he was one of the more dependable Infielders in the game.

Adames, finished the season with 20 Home Runs and a .285 Batting Average, and the year after, his Batting Average dipped (.238), but he provided the Brewers with his first 30-plus Home Run Season.  In 2024, he had his best power year for the Brewers, with 32 Home Runs and 112 RBIs, and was tenth in MVP voting.

Adames left after the 2024 campaign for the West Coast, joining the San Francisco Giants as a Free Agent.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2023 revision of our top 50 Milwaukee Brewers.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in Major League Baseball.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Brewers made the playoffs but did not go very far as they were eliminated in the first round.  There were no entrants, but two elevations.

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:

1. Robin Yount

2. Paul Molitor

3. Ryan Braun

4. Cecil Cooper

5. Prince Fielder 

You can find the entire list here.

Of note, Christian Yelich remained at #7.

Pitcher, Corbin Burnes, who is now in Baltimore, went from #24 to #17.  Fellow hurler, Brandon Woodruff, went two spots.  He is now ranked at #19.

We thank you for your continued support for our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022 revision of our top Milwaukee Brewers.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National League. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, Milwaukee won 86 Games, finishing second in the NL Central, though failed to make the playoffs.  There were no new entries in the Top 50, but five players were able to raise their rank.

As always, we present our top five, which has no changes.

1. Robin Yount

2. Paul Molitor                       

3. Ryan Braun

4. Cecil Cooper

5. Prince Fielder

You can find the entire list here.

Christian Yelich, who won the MVP three years ago, moved up from #10 to #7.

Starting Pitcher, Brandon Woodruff, who went 13-4 last year climbed to #23 from #31.

Right behind him is fellow starter, Corbin Burnes, who rocketed to #24 from #43, was the 2021 Cy Young winner and finished seventh last year.  He went to the last two All-Star Games.

Closer, Josh Hader, who was traded to San Diego during the 2022 Season, inched up one position to #27.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

The first half of Ryan Braun's career looked like it was on a Hall of Fame trajectory.  A two-time All-American at the University of Miami, Braun was considered a five-tool prospect and was the fifth overall pick in 2005, and he rose quickly, entering the Majors in 2007.

It was a great rookie campaign for Braun, winning the National League Rookie of the Year in a season where he belted 34 Home Runs and won the Slugging Title (.634) in a 113 Game year.  Braun was a top star the next five seasons, a perennial All-Star in that span, with him also collecting five straight Silver Sluggers.  Braun had at least 25 Home Runs and 100 RBIs in all of those five campaigns, winning the Home Run Title in 2012 (41) and the MVP the year before when he batted .332 (a career-high), blasted 33 Home Runs and led the league in Slugging (.597) and OPS (.994).  He also was the MVP runner u in 2012 and was third in voting in 2008.

It all came tumbling down when a positive (very positive) PED test was released in late October, and Braun was able to get the suspension overturned on a technicality, all the while (falsely) accusing the tester of being an Antisemitic.  Two years later, Braun was suspended when he was linked to Biogenesis, and he was forever labeled a steroid cheat.  

He was never the same player afterward, though he was still a bona fide everyday player, just not a superstar.  Braun retired after the 2020 Season, leaving Baseball with 1,963 Hits, a .296 Batting Average, 352 Home Runs, and 1,154 RBIs, all of which are more than respectable statistics.

Even without the PED scandal, is Braun still on the wrong side of the Hall of Fame ledger? He probably is, but Brewers fans knew for a time that they had a top-five star.  Not many baseball players can make that claim.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our pre-2022 revision of our top 50 Milwaukee Brewers.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National/American League. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

The Brewers are coming off another year where they made the post-season, and they are loaded with young talent, two of which make their debuts on this list.

As always, we present the top five, which remain unchanged from last year.

1. Robin Yount

2. Paul Molitor

3. Ryan Braun

4. Cecil Cooper

5. Prince Fielder

You can find the entire list here.

Christian Yelich, who is a former MVP for the team, inched up one spot to #10.

Pitcher, Brandon Woodruff, debuts at #31, and his teammate, and current Cy Young winner, Corbin Burnes comes in at #43.

The alterations remove Kevin Seitzer and Bill Hall from the list.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

Corbin Burnes made the Milwaukee Brewers two years after he was drafted in the Fourth Round, and after he debuted in July of 2018, he rattled off seven wins out of the bullpen with a 2.61 ERA.  That promising start unraveled in 2019, where his ERA exploded to 8.82 with a WHIP of 1.837.  The Brewers had no idea what to expect from Burnes in the COVID plagued 2020 Season, and thankfully for all parties concerned, Burnes had a very good comeback season, where he was sixth in Cy Young voting, with a 4-1 Record and a 2.11 ERA.

Burnes exploded in 2021, winning the Cy Young, while leading the NL in ERA (2.43), ERA+ (176), FIP (1.63), SO/9 (12.6) and SO/BB (6.88), had a record of 11-5 and struck out 234 batters.  He won the Cy Young, and though he did not repeat in 2022, he was in contention, finishing seventh, and winning his first Strikeout crown (243), with another All-Star and sub-three ERA.  Burnes followed that with another All-Star year, though with reduced numbers (10-8, 3.39 ERA with 200 Strikeouts), though that was where it ended for him in Milwaukee as he was traded to Baltimore.

As a Brewer, Burnes posted a record of 45 and 27 with 870 Strikouts.

In any other era, the current career stats of Brandon Woodruff don’t look like they belong on a top 50 list of any team, but there is no doubt that Woodruff earns his spot here in the modern era.

As of this writing, Woodruff is entering his seventh year in the Majors, all of which have been as a Brewer.  Woodruff debuted in 2017, but broke out in 2019, becoming a permanent starter and an All-Star, going 11-3 with a 3.62 ERA.  Over the two years after, Woodruff might have had a losing record (12-15), but he has been dynamic, finishing in the top five in WHIP, the top ten in ERA and SP/BB in both years, and led the NL in cPWA in 2021.

An All-Star in 2021, Woodruff did not make the mid-season classic in 2022, but had a much better record (13-4) with 190 Strikeouts.  2023 was promising, but injuries held him to only 11 Starts, though he went 5-1 with a 2.28 ERA.  This looks to be it for Woodruff as a Brewer, as he was non-tendered by the team.

It was a very good start for George Scott in the Majors, where as a rookie, he was named to the All-Star Team and was third in 1966 Rookie of the Year voting.  Playing at First Base for the Boston Red Sox, Scott had an above-average glove, and he was a decent power hitter, and “Boomer” became a fan-favorite at Fenway.

Cecil Cooper is mostly known for his work with the Milwaukee Brewers, but the First Baseman had a very healthy career in the Majors beyond what he accomplished in the state of Wisconsin.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our pre-2021 revision of our top 50 Milwaukee Brewers of all-time.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in their League. 

3. Playoff accomplishments.

4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

There is one new addition on out Top 50, but nothing affecting our top five.  As always, we announce them here.

They are:

1. Robin Yount                                

2. Paul Molitor

3. Ryan Braun 

4. Cecil Cooper

5. Teddy Higuera

The complete list can be found here. 

The only new entry is Josh Hader, who enters at #44.  Active Brewers, Ryan Braun, Christian Yelich and Lorenzo Cain, did not climb up from their existing spots.

We welcome your input and commentsand as always, we thank you for your support.

Josh Hader was traded twice before he made it to the Majors in 2017, but once he did, the two teams that dealt him previously (Baltimore and Houston) have been regretting it ever since.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present the first revision of our top 50 Milwaukee Brewers of all-time.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in their respective League.

3. Playoff accomplishments.

4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

This is the first time that we have revised this specific list, which was first put up in 2016, and there are many changes, though none that are changing the top five.

Remember, this is ONLY based on what a player does on that particular team and not what he accomplished elsewhere and also note that we have placed an increased importance on the first two categories, which has altered the rankings considerably.

This list is updated up until the end of the 2019 Season.

The complete list can be found here, but as always we announce our top five in this article.  They are:

1. Robin Yount

2. Paul Molitor

3. Ryan Braun

4. Cecil Cooper

5. Teddy Higuera

We had a debut of Christian Yelich, who despite only having completed two full seasons, won two Batting Titles, two OPS Titles and an MVP.  No Brewer has ever had back-to-back years like Yelich, who arrives on this list at #11.  Two-time All-Star, Corey Hart was overlooked in our original list.  He now appears at #25. Current Milwaukee Centerfielder, Lorenzo Cain debuts at #37.  Former 2000s infielder Bill Hall, who was previously overlooked, comes in at #49.

We welcome your input and commentsand as always, we thank you for your support.

This Corey Hart may or may not have worn sunglasses at night, but we do know that as a Milwaukee Brewer, he was pretty good!

After being drafted in the 17^th Round in 2004, Lorenz Cain defied the odds and made the main roster for Milwaukee in 2004.  He only played 43 Games for the Blue Brew Crew before being traded to Kansas City as part of six-man trade.  The Royals treated Cain well, and he would win the World Series with them in 2015, but he returned to the Brewers in 2018 as a Free Agent.

There is nobody in the history of the Milwaukee Brewers that had two seasons back-to-back like Christian Yelich.  We can even argue that there is nobody even close.