They did it. They actually did it. In the nearly 70 years since the Milwaukee Braves won the 1957 World Series, the final Today in Wisconsin Baseball History entry has been a loss that ensured Milwaukee would wait one more year for another chance to experience a moment like this. Finally, for the first time in franchise history, the Milwaukee Brewers are World Champions.
Each year, I do my best to chronicle the good, bad, and weird of Brewers baseball by adding entries to that calendar when historic moments happen. This year I tagged 61 such events. The first 27 of them are catalogued in this piece, which ran the day after the regular season, and the remaining 34 are below.
July 17 – Singling to 60
With nearly every Brewer well-rested after the All Star break, they were able to quickly pick up where they left off. Their home series opener against the Marlins went to extras tied 1-1 but Craig Yoho retired the side in order to strand the automatic runner in the top of the tenth and Garrett Mitchell came through with a two-out, walkoff RBI single in the bottom half to close out a 2-1 win. The victory improved the Brewers’ record to 60-37 on the season, the fastest they had ever reached 60 wins.
July 19 – Battling Back Again
The aforementioned Marlins series would go on to be one of the most exciting of the regular season, as the Crew followed Friday night’s walkoff win with an 8-6 come-from-behind win on Saturday and left themselves the opportunity to go for a sweep on Sunday. The bats went quiet for the first eight innings in that game, however, and the Marlins took a 1-0 lead into the bottom of the ninth. The Brewers made the most of their last chance as Jackson Chourio singled and Brice Turang walked before William Contreras hit a three-run walkoff homer to send the fans home happy once again.
July 20 – Lance, but not a lot
Brewers history is peppered with players who had brief cups of coffee in Milwaukee as part of careers that are much better remembered for their work elsewhere, and 2026’s entry in that genre was former Astros All Star and eleven-year major leaguer Lance McCullers, Jr. He had spent his entire career in Houston before joining the Brewers in July and making his debut in this game, keeping the Mets offense relatively quiet for three innings in an 8-3 Brewers win. McCullers would make just two appearances as a Brewer and allow five runs before being released.
July 26 – More Miz Milestones
The Rockies are having one of the worst runs of any franchise in professional sports, and 2026 was their fourth consecutive season losing at least 100 games. Making them face Jacob Misiorowski was almost unfair, but nonetheless they had to do it on a Sunday afternoon in Milwaukee. He made quick work of their lineup, striking out eleven of the first 12 batters he faced and throwing 104.5 mph, another new record for a starting pitcher. The Brewers scored three in the bottom of the first inning and cruised to an 11-2 victory.
August 1 – Simply the Best
The Brewers returned from the All Star break with 15 consecutive games against teams that posted losing records this season, including consecutive series against the 58-104 Rockies, 65-97 Giants and 62-100 Angels. Perhaps unsurprisingly, they did well during that time. So well, in fact, that a 3-1 Saturday night win over the Angels improved them to 69-41 and gave them sole possession of baseball’s best record.
August 7 – A Rare Stumble
One of the many factors that went into a record breaking Brewers season was this: When they took the lead, they didn’t give it back very often. There is an exception to every rule, however, and this Friday night game against Minnesota was one of them. The Brewers took a 4-0 lead in the second inning but the Twins scored two runs each in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth innings on their way to a 8-6 victory. It was the Brewers’ 116th game of the season but the first time they had led a game by four runs or more at any point and gone on to lose.
August 16 – No Skubal, No Problem
For all the things the Brewers did well in 2026, one of the biggest headlines of July and early August was a thing they didn’t do: Despite their best efforts they were unable to acquire Tigers ace and former Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal at the trade deadline, and he ended up with the Dodgers. Moreover, he was lined up to start against the Brewers on this day.
By the end of the day, however, the narrative had shifted: Skubal was good in this game, allowing two runs over six innings, but he was outdueled by Logan Henderson’s seven innings of one-run ball. The Brewers won the game 6-2.
August 18 – A Rout for the Ages
The Brewers were one of 2026’s biggest storylines, but the decline of a Mariners team that entered the season as one of the American League’s favorites was another. On this night those two narratives crossed paths in an emphatic way. The Brewers took a 1-0 lead into the bottom of the fifth inning but scored five in that frame, five more in the sixth, two in the seventh and nine in the eighth on their way to a 22-0 win, matching the largest margin of victory in a shutout in modern MLB history and tying the franchise record for runs in a game. This game also featured Luis Lara’s first MLB home run, which came off Mariners position player Leo Rivas.
August 23 – Winless in Williamsport
The Brewers picked up a pair of wins over the Braves to open a weekend series in Milwaukee and improve their chances of having the NL’s best record, but the third game in the series saw a change in venue: For the first time the Brewers were invited to play in the Little League Classic in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. This was the 60th different facility to host a Brewers regular season game but not the most fruitful as the Braves won 4-2.
August 26 – May Be Not
Part of the trepidation about the Brewers’ failure to acquire Tarik Skubal was the relatively limited nature of alternatives available on the trade market. Nearly a month after the deadline trade acquisition JoJo Romero had yet to pitch in a game and Dustin May had a 6.00 ERA across three starts. Things went from bad to worse on this night as May was hit by a comebacker on his first pitch and left the game after facing just one batter in a game against the Mets. May was the first Brewers starting pitcher to leave a game after one pitch since pitch counts became an official statistic in the late 1980s.
September 9 – Double Digits
The Brewers took an seven-game lead in the NL Central into September, but they really erased all doubt about who would win the division by beating the Cubs five times in the month’s first nine days. Their 8-6 home win on this night completed a sweep and expanded their lead to 10 games, marking just the fourth time in franchise history they’ve been in first by that wide of a margin.
September 11 – It Still Counts As One
The Brewers continued to carry baseball’s best record into September, so the celebrations started to come early. On this day, with 15 games left to play, the Brewers’ magic number to clinch their eighth playoff appearance in nine years was down to just one. They wasted no time finishing things off.
In a home game against the Reds, they scored two in the bottom of the first and probably could have stopped there, but instead they tacked on six more in the second and eight in the fifth on their way to a 20-0 victory. It was only the fourth time in franchise history but the second time this season they had won a game by 20 runs or more.
September 12 – Climbing the Charts
It hasn’t always been as dynamic as it was during his early seasons, but Christian Yelich’s steady performance and long tenure as a Brewer is starting to put him in elite company on the franchise’s various all-time lists. On this night, he scored two runs in the Brewers’ 13-9 win over the Reds to get to 727 during his Milwaukee tenure, passing Jim Gantner’s career total and moving into fifth place. He finished the regular season with 733, less than 90 behind Cecil Cooper for fourth.
September 15 – Aaveryday Aaron and the Central Crown
It took a collection of performances ranging from unexpected to unbelievable for the Brewers to have the season they had, but Aaron Ashby’s campaign belongs near the top of that list. He worked two more scoreless innings in relief on this night to get past 80 on the season, becoming the first Brewers reliever to reach that mark this decade. He finished the regular season with 87 innings out of the bullpen (not counting one game as a starter), the most by a Brewer since 1999 (and then he pitched nearly every day in October, but we’ll get to that).
Ashby’s pair of scoreless frames were a big part of a 5-1 Brewers win over the Pirates, which combined with a Cubs loss and allowed them to clinch the NL Central for the fourth consecutive season. The Brewers now have nine division titles in franchise history and six in the last nine years.
September 16 – Twenty for Trevor
He’s not as hyped or recognizable as some of the other names on the list, but Trevor Megill has relatively quietly added his name to the list of some of the most successful closers in Brewers history. His 30 saves this season brought him to 81 for his career, sixth most in franchise history, and only one of the relievers ahead of him (Josh Hader) converted more than 86% of save opportunities as Megill has. In this day’s 5-4 win over the Pirates Megill recorded the final outs for his 20th consecutive successful save, one of just 10 such streaks in franchise history.
September 20 – The 98th Degree
When the Brewers won their 95th game on the season’s final day in 1982 they could not possibly have known they were setting a record that would stand alone for decades. The Brewers didn’t win 96 games in a season for the first time until 2011 and needed a 163rd game to match that total in 2018. That record remained until the Brewers picked up their 97th win in 2025, but was shattered by the 2026 team. This 3-0 win on Sunday Night Baseball in Baltimore was the Brewers’ 98th of the season, giving them sole possession of the franchise record with six games left to play. As it turned out, they weren’t done.
September 24 – The Century Club
Entering the 2026 season there were seven members in one of baseball’s least desirable clubs: The Brewers, Blue Jays, Rangers, Marlins, Nationals, Padres and Rockies were the last MLB teams that had never won 100 games in a regular season. For 2027, that list will be down to six. This night’s 5-1 win in Philadelphia improved the Brewers’ record to 100-59 on the season and made them the year’s first 100-win team.
September 26 – This Is Your Captain Speaking
From the early years of his tenure through his 2020 extension, Christian Yelich seemed destined for a spot among the Brewers’ all-time greats. His path to that level took a few twists and turns, but near the end of the season, he accepted an honor that no Brewers legend had ever received before. During the final week of the season Pat Murphy named him the team captain, the first player in franchise history to wear that “C” on his uniform. He entered that night’s game as a pinch hitter and went 0-for-2, but it didn’t matter as the Brewers picked up a 3-2 win over the Cardinals to improve to 102-59 on the season.
September 27 – Miz Milestone Mania
The Brewers didn’t have much to play for on the final day of the regular season, but they trotted out a star-studded lineup anyway, sending Jacob Misiorowski to the mound with virtually all of the regulars in the field behind him. Misiorowski pitched 5 ⅓ scoreless innings in the game as the Brewers won 6-4 to finish the regular season 103-59.
Other notables from that game:
• Misiorowski finished the game with a 1.80 ERA, 252 strikeouts, 0.802 walks and hits per inning pitched, 4.9 hits per nine innings and 13 strikeouts per nine innings, all of which led the majors. His ERA was also the lowest ever for a Brewer who pitched at least 131 innings (he logged 174 ⅔).
• Jake Bauers entered the season’s final day atop the National League in OBP and only one other Brewer (Christian Yelich in 2019) had ever led a league in that category. He went 1-for-4 on the season’s final day to fall to .389 and Rockies first baseman TJ Rumfield passed him at .390. If Bauers had reached base one more time or batted one fewer time, he would have finished ahead of Rumfield.
October 3 – The Playoffs Come At You Fast
Carlos Gomez and Teddy Higuera were on hand to throw out the ceremonial first pitches as the Brewers opened postseason play with NLDS Game 1 at home against the Padres, but those weren’t the pitches people would be talking about later. Jacob Misiorowski, who pitched exclusively out of the bullpen last October, started the game and blew up the radar gun with a postseason record 104.8 mph fastball on the first pitch of the game.
Those were not, however, the day’s only heroics. Trailing 2-0 in the third inning, Jackson Chourio hit a two-run home run off Padres starter Robbie Ray to tie the game. That home run gave Chourio, who still won’t turn 23 until March, the Brewers’ all-time lead with five postseason long balls. William Contreras would later follow with a solo home run of his own in the seventh inning to give the Brewers the lead and an eventual 3-2 victory.
October 4 – Miller Time
For much of Game 2, the Padres looked like they were about to even the series. They got through against Logan Henderson for single runs in the first and fifth innings and handed the ball to star closer Mason Miller in the eighth inning to protect a 3-2 lead. He retired the side in order in the eighth but ran into trouble in the ninth, issuing walks to Christian Yelich, Sal Frelick and Gary Sanchez to load the bases for Jackson Chourio with two outs. With the Brewers down to their final strike, Chourio lined a single to right center to score two runs and give the Brewers just their third postseason walkoff win in franchise history.
October 7 – From Biting Nails to Spraying Champagne
The Brewers and Padres played well past most Midwesterners’ normal bedtime with a 9 pm Central start for NLDS Game 4, but provided plenty of tension to keep fans awake. Both teams scored in the third inning but the Brewers managed single tallies in the fifth and sixth and got three scoreless innings in relief from Aaron Ashby on their way to a 3-1 win to clinch a 3-1 series victory and send them to the NLCS.
Jackson Chourio singled in the fifth inning and drove in the Brewers’ second run, his sixth RBI of the series. Again, Chourio won’t be 23 until March but that hit made him the Brewers’ new all-time leader in postseason RBI.
October 12 – Perfection Paves The Way
The Brewers had already put together a nailbiting 2-1 victory in Game 1 of the NLCS, but their clutch skills would be tested again the following afternoon in the series’ second game. The Dodgers chased Logan Henderson from the game with none out in the fifth inning and took a 4-3 lead, but the Brewers fought back with a run in the bottom of that inning, another in the sixth and two in the eighth to pick up a 7-4 victory. The bullpen, meanwhile, didn’t need that much help. Dustin May, JoJo Romero, Abner Uribe and Aaron Ashby combined to retire all 15 batters they faced and, improbable as this might seem, they were the first pitchers ever to combine to throw five perfect innings in relief in a postseason game.
October 15 – “Oh my God, the Brewers win the pennant!”
Coming into NLCS Game 4 with a 3-0 series lead, the Brewers would have had as many as four chances to clinch a series victory. In the early innings of this night’s game it looked like they would need at least two. Shane Drohan allowed a run in the first inning and was followed to the mound by Dustin May, who gave up a home run to Shohei Ohtani in the second that put the Brewers down 4-0. “Seemingly impossible,” however, was just a suggestion for this Brewers team.
The Brewers chipped away at the lead with two in the fourth, tied the game with an RBI single and bases loaded walk in the fifth, and kept the heroics going as Garrett Mitchell gave them the lead with a leadoff homer in the sixth, JoJo Romero and Aaron Ashby combined for five scoreless innings of relief and the Brewers were headed to the World Series for the first time in 44 years.
It will take time to determine how the highlights from this season will assimilate into the lore of Brewers history, but it’s hard to imagine Jeff Levering’s call of the series’ final out not becoming one of the most iconic moments in franchise history.
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October 23 – Win, Overturn, Win Again
In an October full of nail-biting finishes, the Brewers scoring two in the first inning and holding on for a 3-2 victory in Game 1 of the World Series almost felt routine. The way the game ended, however, was anything but normal. Protecting a two-run lead in the ninth inning, Trevor Megill gave up back-to-back singles and a walk with one out to bring up Rays catcher Liam Hicks, who appeared to ground the first pitch into a 4-6-3 game-ending double play. While the Brewers celebrated on the field, however, MLB’s replay crew determined that Cooper Pratt had not been on second base when receiving the throw from Brice Turang, a run had scored and the game would continue.
Five minutes after seemingly throwing the game’s final pitch and with smoke from the premature fireworks still hanging in the air, Megill struck out Rays center fielder Jonny DeLuca on five pitches to close out the game a second time and give the Brewers a 1-0 series lead.
October 24 – 4-0 Is Far from Over
Less than 24 hours removed from the finish of Game 1, the Brewers found themselves facing a big deficit early in a game for the second time this postseason. This time all of the opponent’s damage came in the first inning as the Rays took advantage of a first inning error and took a 4-0 lead five batters into the game against Logan Henderson. Once again, the Brewers were undaunted and scored two in the bottom of the first to get back into it and eventually tied it in the bottom of the sixth on a Sal Frelick home run that belongs among the franchise’s greatest highlights. An inning later, Cooper Pratt drove in Brice Turang with the go-ahead run and the bullpen took over from there, guiding the Brewers to a 5-4 victory.
October 26 – Five Runs at Freddy’s
It’s possible no one has had a stranger 2026 season than former Brewers ace Freddy Peralta, who was traded to the Mets in January but then traded again at the deadline to the Rays before rediscovering his arsenal and pitching in the World Series. His October reunion with the Brewers, however, quickly went from dream to nightmare.
Peralta had held the Brewers to two runs across 4 ⅔ innings and appeared to have gotten out of the inning on a ground ball to the left side but Christian Yelich was called safe on review. Peralta proceeded to induce two more ground balls that both got through for hits and the Brewers used their new life to score eight runs in the inning, all with two outs, and open up a 10-0 lead. Peralta was charged with five of the 10 runs. The Brewers’ big advantage also opened the door for a sentimental moment in the ninth as Brandon Woodruff, who had been rehabbing a shoulder injury since early July, was able to return to the mound and record the final three outs of a 10-1 victory.
October 27 – Up All Night To Get (Un)Lucky
With a championship at stake for the first time in 44 years the Brewers sent their entire bullpen to the mound in Game 4, and they did their part. After Dustin May allowed two runs over three innings, the Brewers got scoreless outings from JoJo Romero, Abner Uribe, DL Hall, Trevor Megill and 2 ⅓ scoreless from Aaron Ashby, but the Rays matched them pitch for pitch as the game was still 2-2 heading into the 12th inning. Finally, Cooper Pratt came through with what seemed like it might be an iconic moment in franchise history, a leadoff home run to give the Crew a 3-2 lead, but a depleted Brewers bullpen was unable to hold the lead and the Rays walked off with a 4-3 win in the bottom half.
October 28 – An Emphatic End
While many of the games had been close, the Brewers entered Game 5 of the World Series looking like a juggernaut. They had won 10 of 12 games in the postseason and 24 of the 27 games they had played since Labor Day. In the end, they closed out the World Series like dominant teams do. They took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on Cooper Pratt’s single and never looked back, tacking on runs in the fifth and sixth and winning 4-1 in a game that was never in much danger. Jacob Misiorowski got through 5 ⅔ scoreless innings on just 86 pitches before leaving due to leg cramping, but it was more than enough to get the Brewers across the finish line for the first championship in franchise history and first for a Milwaukee-based baseball team in almost 70 years. William Contreras, who caught all four games, drove in four runs and successfully overturned 10 pitches on ABS challenges, became the first World Series MVP in Brewers history.
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