Brewers blossoming at Miller Park in May
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Sunday, May 1: The Milwaukee Brewers' Chris Carter hits a two-run home run during the third inning against the Miami Marlins in Milwaukee. Carter had two homers in the 14-5 win.
Forget May flowers, the Milwaukee Brewers have been blooming at home since the calendar changed from April.
The Brewers didn't have the best of Aprils at Miller Park, posting a 5-8 record while scoring 4.8 runs per game with a .242 team batting average and 5.46 team ERA.
But since the start of May, Milwaukee has turned things around, with a 5-3 record in the month on 5.1 runs per game with a .309 team batting average and 4.17 team ERA.
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One reason for Milwaukee's success at Miller Park has been the longball.
The Brewers are third in the majors in percentage of home runs hit at home. Twenty-seven of their 42 homers (64.3 percent) have been hit at Miller Park. Only the Reds (80.0 percent) and Yankees (75.7 percent) have a higher rate and the Dodgers (61.1 percent) are the only other team at 60 percent clip or higher.
Speaking of extra-base hits, Milwaukee first baseman Chris Carter keeps pounding them, as does a member of the visiting Chicago Cubs.
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HIGHEST % OF HITS FOR EXTRA BASES
Player | Team | Pct. |
Chris Carter | Brewers | 66.7 |
David Ortiz | Red Sox | 65.9 |
Jose Bautista | Blue Jays | 60.0 |
Trevor Story | Rockies | 59.5 |
Anthony Rizzo | Cubs | 58.3 |
This week's Brewers-Cubs series features two of the players with the biggest increase in batting average from last season.
Player | Team | 2015 BA | 2016 BA | Increase |
Daniel Murphy | Nationals | .281 | .400 | +.119 |
Martin Prado | Marlins | .288 | .381 | +.093 |
Nick Castellanos | Tigers | .255 | .367 | +.087 |
Ryan Braun | Brewers | .285 | .367 | +.082 |
Dexter Fowler | Cubs | .250 | .331 | +.081 |
Statistics courtesy STATS Inc.