Lousy season after lousy season, these Brewers got to a 500 record in 2005. They did it by playing small ball. Kudos to them on a promising year. Now we just have to wait and see what they do for an encore. The Brewers average about 4.5 runs per game in 2005. This is an improvement by about 0.6 runs a game from the previous year. Conclusion? Small ball works. They were an impressive 46-35 (+8 units) at home in 2005. They average about 4.65 runs per game at home. As compared to 4.35 on the road. It is very common for teams playing small ball to perform much better at home than on the road. Familiarity with one's ballpark has a lot to do with it. Against lefties at home, they were 15-8 averaging about 4.8 runs per game. The funny thing about that statistic is that they did not have similar success on the road against lefties. They did average 5.13 runs per game on the road versus lefties but were still only 11-12 (-1 units). Look for these Brewers against Lefties, home or away. We expect them to continue their success against southpaws in 2006. Their season average hovered around 5 runs a game against them and you can also find some decent overs as well in these games. |
