With an average of 4.48 runs per game in 2022, the Brewers for the 23rd consecutive season averaged under five runs per game. The last season the Brewers averaged more than five runs per game was in 1999 when they averaged 5.06 that season. In the 54-year history of the franchise, the Brewers have averaged five runs per game in seven seasons. The most runs they averaged in a season was in 1996 when they averaged 5.52 runs per game. They finished that season 80-82.
Brewers one of three teams with longest drought
The Brewers are one of three teams that have not averaged 5+ runs per game in a season this century. The other two teams are the Miami Marlins, who have never averaged five or more runs per game since the franchise began in 1993. And, the Pittsburgh Pirates, who averaged 5+ runs per game last in 1940, a span of 83 seasons.
Here is a look at the last season each of the 30 MLB teams averaged five or more runs per game.
Last season each MLB team averaged 5+ runs per game
1940-Pitsburgh
1993-Miami
1999-Milwaukee
2002-Seattle
2003-Kansas City
2004-Baltimore
2005-Cincinnati, St. Louis
2007-N.Y. Mets
2008-Detroit
2009-L.A. Angels
2018-Cleveland
2019-Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, Oakland, Texas, Washington
2020-Atlanta, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia, San Diego
2021-Boston, Houston, San Francisco, Tampa Bay, Toronto
2022: L.A. Dodgers, N.Y. Yankees
Last season only two teams averaged five or more runs per game, the Dodgers and Yankees. The Brewers ranked 10th in the majors with their 4.48 runs per game. The two teams with an average of five or more runs per game was the fewest since 2016 when only the Red Sox and Rockies averaged 5+ runs per game in that season.
Runs per game, per team down for third straight season
The MLB average of 4.38 runs scored per team in 2022 was the lowest since the 2015 season when the average runs scored by a team was 4.25. Since the MLB average was 4.83 in 2019, the average runs per game, per team has dropped each season for the past three years.
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