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Brewers MIL

200581–81 (0.500)
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GM: Douglas Melvin

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2005, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$42M
Surplus $M
+23
Win %
0.500
TAB
+8.1
WAB
+5.9
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
35.9
Dead money %
11%
Depth Players
7.0
Dead WAR
-2.7

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2005 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RDamian Miller111
RChad Moeller65
RJulio Mosquera1

1B

LLyle Overbay154
RWes Helms16
LPrince Fielder7
LRussell Branyan5
RJeff Cirillo1

2B

RRickie Weeks Jr.95
RJunior Spivey⇄49
RBill Hall23
RJeff Cirillo3

3B

RBill Hall59
LRussell Branyan59
RJeff Cirillo53
RWes Helms35
RTrent Durrington1

SS

RJ.J. Hardy119
RBill Hall66

LF

RCarlos Lee162
BChris Magruder5
LRussell Branyan3
RCorey Hart2
RNelson Cruz2

CF

RBrady Clark145
RCorey Hart11
BChris Magruder9
LDave Krynzel1

RF

LGeoff Jenkins144
BChris Magruder31
RNelson Cruz6
RCorey Hart3

DH

LPrince Fielder4
RWes Helms3
LGeoff Jenkins2
LRussell Branyan1

Starters

LDoug Davis3.6 WAR
RBen Sheets3.1 WAR
LChris Capuano2.3 WAR
RTomo Ohka⇄1.5 WAR
RRick Helling1.2 WAR
RGary Glover0.8 WAR
RVictor Santos0.2 WAR
RWes Obermueller0.0 WAR

Bullpen

★ RDerrick Turnbow39 sv
RJulio Santana11 h
RMatt Wise10 h
RRicky Bottalico9 h
LDana Eveland7 h
LJorge De La Rosa5 h
LTommy Phelps4 h
RJustin Lehr3 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 2004)

PlayerfWAR
Carlos Lee1.8
Jeff Cirillo1.7
Damian Miller1.7
J.J. Hardy1.6
Tomo Ohka1.5
Derrick Turnbow1.2

Key subtractions (gone from 2004)

Player2004 fWAR
Scott Podsednik1.9
Keith Ginter1.8
Craig Counsell1.3
Dan Kolb0.6
Dave Burba0.5
Matt Kinney0.5

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Brewers. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 2005; everyone else is shown as a 2005 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Geoff Jenkins 2005 +4.9 +69.6 7.3 +62.2 $1.5M 1.79× –
Doug Davis 2005 +3.6 +62.2 2.0 +60.2 $0.6M 2.19× –
Ben Sheets 2005 +3.1 +48.9 6.0 +42.9 $1.9M 1.96× –
Brady Clark 2005 +2.8 +36.2 1.1 +35.1 $0.4M 1.60× –
Bill Hall 2005 +3.4 +32.4 0.3 +32.1 $0.1M 1.18× –
Chris Capuano 2005 +2.3 +27.0 0.3 +26.7 $0.1M 1.49× –
Lyle Overbay 2005 +2.3 +14.6 0.4 +14.2 $0.2M 0.81× –
Derrick Turnbow 2005 +1.2 +12.8 0.3 +12.5 $0.3M 1.34× –
Jeff Cirillo 2005 +1.7 +11.6 0.3 +11.2 $0.2M 0.85× –
J.J. Hardy 2005 +1.6 +11.1 0.3 +10.8 $0.2M 0.89× –
Tomo Ohka↔ 2005 +1.5 +11.9 1.8 +10.1 $1.2M 1.02× –
Carlos Lee 2005 +1.8 +17.8 8.0 +9.8 $4.4M 1.22× –
Damian Miller 2005 +1.7 +10.1 3.2 +6.9 $2.0M 0.76× –
Gary Glover 2005 +0.8 +6.8 0.4 +6.4 $0.5M 1.02× –
Russell Branyan 2005 +1.1 +5.1 0.8 +4.3 $0.7M 0.58× –
Matt Wise 2005 +0.8 +4.5 0.3 +4.1 $0.4M 0.67× –
Junior Spivey↔ 2005 +0.6 +2.8 1.4 +1.5 $2.1M 0.56× –
Jorge De La Rosa 2005 +0.3 +1.6 0.3 +1.2 $1.1M 0.67× –
Victor Santos 2005 +0.2 +1.4 0.4 +1.0 $2.4M 1.02× –
Wes Helms 2005 +0.7 +3.4 2.8 +0.6 $3.8M 0.58× –
Nelson Cruz 2005 +0.1 +0.5 0.3 +0.2 $4.3M 0.83× –
Prince Fielder 2005 +0.1 +0.4 0.2 +0.2 $1.9M 0.56× –
Wes Obermueller 2005 +0.0 +0.0 0.3 -0.3 $135.3M 0.67× –
Tommy Phelps 2005 -0.0 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 – 0.67× –
Mike Adams 2005 -0.1 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 – 0.67× –
Chris Magruder 2005 -0.2 -1.1 0.3 -1.5 – 0.83× –
Corey Hart 2005 -0.3 -1.9 0.3 -2.2 – 0.83× –
Chad Moeller 2005 -0.5 -1.9 0.7 -2.6 – 0.52× –
Rickie Weeks Jr. 2005 -0.5 -2.4 0.4 -2.8 – 0.56× –
Ricky Bottalico 2005 -0.5 -5.2 0.8 -6.0 – 1.34× –
Dana Eveland 2005 +0.1 +0.5 – – – 0.67× –
Dave Krynzel 2005 -0.2 -1.1 – – – 0.83× –
Jose Capellan 2005 +0.3 +1.6 – – – 0.67× –
Julio Mosquera 2005 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.52× –
Julio Santana 2005 +0.5 +2.6 – – – 0.67× –
Justin Lehr 2005 -0.2 -0.9 – – – 0.67× –
Kane Davis 2005 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Rick Helling 2005 +1.2 +6.3 – – – 0.67× –
Trent Durrington 2005 -0.3 -1.2 – – – 0.58× –
Total—+35.9+386.941.7+337.3—

Trades

Every graded 2005 deal involving the Brewers — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 5 total.

2005 · MIL / TOR
MIL · Douglas Melvin +$99.2M
Dave Bush, Gabe Gross, Zach Jackson
TOR · JP Ricciardi −$99.2M
Lyle Overbay, Ty Taubenheim
MIL came out ahead by $99.2M
2005 · MIL / WSN
MIL · Douglas Melvin +$6.4M
Tomo Ohka
WSN · Jim Bowden −$6.4M
Junior Spivey
MIL came out ahead by $6.4M
2005 · CHC / MIL
CHC · Jim Hendry +$0.0M
Mark Johnson
MIL · Douglas Melvin +$0.0M
Travis Ezi
Even trade
2005 · KCR / MIL
KCR · Allard Baird +$1.6M
Justin Barnes
MIL · Douglas Melvin −$1.6M
Chris Demaria
KCR came out ahead by $1.6M
2005 · ATL / MIL
ATL · John Schuerholz +$4.0M
Wes Obermueller
MIL · Douglas Melvin −$4.0M
Danny Kolb
ATL came out ahead by $4.0M

Current & Historical Payroll

2005 payroll
$42.2M

What the front office was committed to as of 2005, 2005–2011. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2005200620072008200920102011
Carlos Lee296.000$8.0M$5.4MFREE AGENT
Geoff Jenkins307.000$7.3M$7.8M$7.3MFREE AGENT
Damian Miller358.000$3.2M$3.2M$2.2MFREE AGENT
Wes Helms297.000$2.8MFREE AGENT
Doug Davis296.000$2.0M$3.2MFREE AGENT$4.2M
Tomo Ohka296.000$1.8M$4.5MFREE AGENT
Ricky Bottalico3511.000$800kFREE AGENT
Russell Branyan297.000$800kFREE AGENT
Gary Glover286.000$390kFREE AGENT
Jeff Cirillo3511.000$316k$850kFREE AGENT
Rick Helling3411.000—$850kFREE AGENT
Julio Santana328.000—FREE AGENT
Trent Durrington296.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (12)

PlayerAgeSvc2005200620072008200920102011
Ben Sheets264.000$6.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Junior Spivey304.000$1.4MARB 3FREE AGENT
Brady Clark325.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Chad Moeller305.000$700kFREE AGENT
Lyle Overbay284.000$446kARB 3FREE AGENT
Victor Santos284.000$420kARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Wise295.000$345kFREE AGENT
Bill Hall253.000$344kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wes Obermueller283.000$342kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Magruder284.000$325kARB 3FREE AGENT
Derrick Turnbow275.000$322kFREE AGENT
Kane Davis305.000—FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2005200620072008200920102011
Rickie Weeks Jr.222.000$400kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tommy Phelps312.000$360kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Capuano262.000$340kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Adams261.000$331kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jorge De La Rosa241.000$317kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Corey Hart231.000$316kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
J.J. Hardy220.000$316kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nelson Cruz240.000$316kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Prince Fielder210.000$190kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Julio Mosquera33–—
Dave Krynzel23–—
Jose Capellan241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Justin Lehr271.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dana Eveland210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2005 acquisition stacked onto Brewers's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Decision-maker records extend to 1933; resource-controlled WAR and payroll metrics cover 1985–2026. Data sources include FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, the Chadwick Bureau register, the Lahman Database, prospect rankings from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and FanGraphs, and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0).
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