what brewers relief pitcher has the most saves single season

John Axford has the most saves by a Brewers relief pitcher in a season, with 46 saves in 2011.

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	NAME	SV	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	John Axford J. Axford	46	2011	MIL	74	2	2	.500	0	1.95	86	0	0	73.2	59	16	19	4	25	0	63	1	305	8	10.51	3.05	3.44	0.49	28.2	8.2	1.14	.289	2.32	7.21
2	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	44	2014	MIL	69	5	5	.500	0	3.04	73	0	0	68.0	49	23	23	14	18	1	66	1	268	0	9.66	2.38	4.06	1.85	27.2	6.7	0.99	.216	3.04	6.49
3	Francisco Cordero F. Cordero	44	2007	MIL	66	0	4	.000	0	2.98	86	0	0	63.1	52	21	23	4	18	1	58	1	261	2	12.22	2.56	4.78	0.57	33.0	6.9	1.11	.316	3.27	7.39
4	Corey Knebel C. Knebel	39	2017	MIL	76	1	4	.200	0	1.78	126	0	0	76.0	48	15	15	6	40	2	48	5	309	2	14.92	4.74	3.15	0.71	40.8	12.9	1.16	.311	1.78	5.68
5	Derrick Turnbow D. Turnbow	39	2005	MIL	69	7	1	.875	0	1.74	64	0	0	67.1	49	13	15	5	24	1	62	2	271	9	8.55	3.21	2.67	0.67	23.6	8.9	1.08	.249	2.00	6.55
6	Dan Kolb D. Kolb	39	2004	MIL	64	0	4	.000	0	2.98	21	0	0	57.1	50	19	22	3	15	3	48	1	236	2	3.30	2.35	1.40	0.47	8.9	6.4	1.13	.242	3.45	7.85
7	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	38	2015	MIL	60	1	3	.250	0	2.21	62	0	0	57.0	38	14	15	6	11	0	55	1	216	3	9.79	1.74	5.64	0.95	28.7	5.1	0.86	.234	2.37	6.00
8	Josh Hader J. Hader	37	2019	MIL	61	3	5	.375	0	2.62	138	0	0	75.2	41	22	24	15	20	4	46	2	289	0	16.41	2.38	6.90	1.78	47.8	6.9	0.81	.232	2.85	4.88
9	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	37	2009	MIL	55	3	2	.600	0	1.83	48	0	0	54.0	35	11	11	2	14	1	46	2	210	2	8.00	2.33	3.43	0.33	22.9	6.7	0.91	.228	1.83	5.83
10	Bob Wickman B. Wickman	37	1999	MIL	71	3	8	.273	0	3.39	60	0	0	74.1	75	28	31	6	38	2	63	6	331	2	7.26	4.60	1.58	0.73	18.1	11.5	1.52	.307	3.75	9.08
11	Devin Williams D. Williams	36	2023	MIL	61	8	3	.727	0	1.53	87	0	0	58.2	26	10	13	4	28	1	49	1	231	1	13.35	4.30	3.11	0.61	37.7	12.1	0.92	.198	1.99	3.99
12	Doug Jones D. Jones	36	1997	MIL	75	6	6	.500	0	2.02	82	0	0	80.1	62	18	20	4	9	3	73	1	307	2	9.19	1.01	9.11	0.45	26.7	2.9	0.88	.278	2.24	6.95
13	John Axford J. Axford	35	2012	MIL	75	5	8	.385	0	4.67	93	0	0	69.1	61	36	42	10	39	2	54	2	310	10	12.07	5.06	2.38	1.30	30.0	12.6	1.44	.307	5.45	7.92
14	Josh Hader J. Hader	34	2021	MIL	60	4	2	.667	0	1.23	102	0	0	58.2	25	8	8	3	24	2	42	0	224	3	15.65	3.68	4.25	0.46	45.5	10.7	0.84	.237	1.23	3.84
15	Dan Plesac D. Plesac	33	1989	MIL	52	3	4	.429	0	2.35	52	0	0	61.1	47	16	16	6	17	0	51	1	242	0	7.63	2.49	3.06	0.88	21.5	7.0	1.04	.246	2.35	6.90
16	Mike Fetters M. Fetters	32	1996	MIL	61	3	3	.500	0	3.38	53	0	0	61.1	65	23	28	4	26	1	55	4	268	5	7.78	3.82	2.04	0.59	19.8	9.7	1.48	.332	4.11	9.54
17	Ken Sanders K. Sanders	31	1971	MIL	83	7	12	.368	0	1.91	80	0	0	136.1	111	29	35	9	34	4	77	10	538	0	5.28	2.24	2.35	0.59	14.9	6.3	1.06	.248	2.31	7.33
18	Trevor Megill T. Megill	30	2026	MIL	63	3	3	.500	0	2.63	69	0	0	61.2	40	18	20	1	15	1	41	3	242	3	10.07	2.19	4.60	0.15	28.5	6.2	0.89	.250	2.92	5.84
19	Trevor Megill T. Megill	30	2025	MIL	50	6	3	.667	0	2.49	60	0	0	47.0	36	13	16	3	17	0	44	3	192	2	11.49	3.26	3.53	0.57	31.3	8.9	1.13	.295	3.06	6.89
20	Dan Plesac D. Plesac	30	1988	MIL	50	1	2	.333	0	2.41	52	0	0	52.1	46	14	14	2	12	0	48	2	211	4	8.94	2.06	4.33	0.34	24.6	5.7	1.11	.303	2.41	7.91
21	Josh Hader J. Hader	29	2022	MIL	37	1	4	.200	0	4.24	59	0	0	34.0	26	16	16	7	12	1	34	0	141	2	15.62	3.18	4.92	1.85	41.8	8.5	1.12	.306	4.24	6.88
22	Doug Henry D. Henry	29	1992	MIL	68	1	4	.200	0	4.02	52	0	0	65.0	64	29	34	6	24	0	56	4	277	4	7.20	3.32	2.17	0.83	18.8	8.7	1.35	.297	4.71	8.86
23	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	29	1982	MIL	50	5	6	.455	0	2.60	71	0	0	79.2	63	23	23	5	20	1	45	5	318	4	8.02	2.26	3.55	0.56	22.3	6.3	1.04	.262	2.60	7.12
24	Jim Henderson J. Henderson	28	2013	MIL	61	5	5	.500	0	2.70	75	0	0	60.0	44	18	18	8	24	2	45	2	247	0	11.25	3.60	3.13	1.20	30.4	9.7	1.13	.261	2.70	6.60
25	Salomon Torres S. Torres	28	2008	MIL	71	7	5	.583	0	3.49	51	0	0	80.0	75	31	35	6	33	4	46	5	344	2	5.74	3.71	1.55	0.68	14.8	9.6	1.35	.276	3.94	8.44

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Team Batting Leaders

3

Contreras

RBI

6

Chourio

AVG

.429

Hamilton

Team Pitching Leaders

2

Hall

11

Misiorowski

ERA

0.00

Uribe

Team Rankings

154

28th

832

2nd

1,544

2nd

ERA

3.51

2nd

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	103	59	.636
Cubs	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/14	MIL	@	LAD	8:00 PM
Thu 10/15	MIL	@	LAD	9:00 PM
Fri 10/16	MIL	@	LAD	9:00 PM
Sun 10/18	LAD	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Mon 10/19	LAD	@	MIL	8:00 PM

Last Game

Dodgers

0 - 2

Final

Brewers

2 - 0

Mon 12 Oct 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

Playoffs HR Leaders

4

Rice

3

Contreras

3

Muncy

Playoffs RBI Leaders

9

Rice

8

Adell

8

Ramírez

Playoffs Batting Average Leaders

1.000

Taylor

.500

Hoerner

.500

Genao

Playoffs Hit Leaders

11

Harris

9

Contreras

8

DeLauter

Playoffs Run Leaders

8

Ramírez

5

DeLauter

5

Vargas

Playoffs OBP Leaders

1.000

Sánchez

1.000

Taylor

.667

De Paula

Playoffs SLG Leaders

1.333

Mullins

1.333

Velázquez

1.333

Sheets

Playoffs SB Leaders

4

Chisholm

3

Acuña

2

Merrill

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Playoffs Win Leaders

2

Hall

2

Lee

1

Yamamoto

Playoffs Strikeout Leaders

24

Williams

19

Sale

18

Burke

Playoffs ERA Leaders

0.00

Sasaki

0.00

Suarez

0.00

Wrobleski

Playoffs WHIP Leaders

0.00

Chapman

0.00

VanWey

0.00

Weissert

Playoffs K/9 Leaders

27.00

Brown

27.00

Chapman

27.00

Bibee

Playoffs K/BB Leaders

19.00

Sale

18.00

Burke

13.00

Fried

Playoffs Walk Leaders

0

Suarez

0

Warren

0

Duran

MLB Fantasy 2026

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

122.6

Ramírez

119.5

Rice

107

Williams

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

90

Ramírez

88

Rice

76

Harris

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

97-72

96-72

91-71

88-74

87-75

85-76

Worst Record ATS

60-102

69-96

72-96

75-87

76-88

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	98	64	.605
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0