Monday, November 2, 2026

The Brewers had one of the most dominant post seasons since 1995 measured by OPS differential

All data from Baseball Reference and Stathead unless otherwise noted. 

The Brewers had a team OPS of .742 in the three series. Their pitchers allowed .498 (I calculated that by doing a weighted average of the OPS they allowed in each of the three series-weighted by plate appearances and I used ABs + BBs for that).

So that gives them a differential of .244. Where does that rank since 1995?  This table shows the top 5 from 1995-2025.

Season

Team

OPS For

OPS Against

OPS Diff

2007

Boston Red Sox

0.911

0.645

0.266

2005

Chicago White Sox

0.821

0.594

0.227

1995

Atlanta Braves

0.803

0.633

0.170

2008

Philadelphia Phillies

0.798

0.628

0.170

2020

Los Angeles Dodgers

0.814

0.660

0.155

At .244, the 2026 Brewers would be second. Data from this table comes from bases.chat, the AI program created by SABR member Ted Ingram. 

The Brewers also had 11 individual games during the 2026 post season when their OPS differential was at least .100, tying for the most since 1995. This next table has the top 10 from 1995-2025 (this is not limited to World Series winners)

Season

Team

Games at +.100 OPS Differential or better

Total postseason games

2011

Cardinals

11

18

2020

Dodgers

11

18

2019

Nationals

10

17

1996

Braves

10

16

2021

Braves

10

16

2023

Rangers

10

17

2025

Blue Jays

10

18

2007

Red Sox

10

14

 
Data for the preceding table came for bases.chat. 
 
This table has the Brewers' OPS differential for each post season game this year. They tied for the most .100+ differential games while only playing 13 total games. The two other teams that had 11 played a total of 18 games.
 

Series, Game#

Brewers OPS

OPS Allowed

Diff

Div-1

0.753

0.619

0.134

Div-2

0.458

0.446

0.012

Div-3

0.775

0.568

0.207

Div-4

0.757

0.406

0.351

LCS-1

0.739

0.577

0.162

LCS-2

0.910

0.299

0.611

LCS-3

0.812

0.458

0.354

LCS-4

0.677

0.710

-0.033

WS-1

0.720

0.531

0.189

WS-2

0.807

0.661

0.146

WS-3

0.932

0.281

0.651

WS-4

0.627

0.471

0.156

WS-5

0.618

0.364

0.254

 

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