Brewers' regular season dominance reaches new heights with franchise-record-breaking win over Orioles

The 2026 Milwaukee Brewers stand alone in the franchise record books. With a win over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday night, which completed a three-game sweep, the Brewers secured their 98th win of the 2026 season, giving them more regular season wins than any other team in franchise history.

It marks the second consecutive season in which Pat Murphy's squad has set a franchise record for the most wins in a single season. In 2025, the Brew Crew went 97-65, breaking the previous wins record of 96 that was set by the 1979 team and matched by the 2011 and 2018 squads. Now, however, with the six games still to play in the 2026 season, this year's team has reached a level of success that no other team in franchise history has seen.

Not only have the Brewers set new franchise records for single-season wins in each of the last two campaigns, but Milwaukee has achieved 92 wins or more in each of the last four seasons. They have more regular season wins since Pat Murphy took over as the manager at the start of the 2024 season than any other team in baseball. Not even the Los Angeles Dodgers' and their constant supply of "superteams" have done as much winning as the Brewers over the last three seasons.

Clearly, Milwaukee's formula is working. The combination of the front office's ability to assemble the right group of players, Pat Murphy's relentless "win tonight" mentality, and the players' unparalleled ability to execute, night after night, out a style of play that requires constant buy-in, has led to an unprecedented level of success for the Brewers. Now, however, the attention once again turns to whether or not this formula can yield success in the postseason.

Brewers set new franchise record with 98th win of the 2026 season

"Can the Brewers replicate their unbelievable regular season success in the playoffs?" It's a question that tends to be asked in Milwaukee this time of year, and one, for the most part over the last decade, that has been met with a confident "no." Despite the Brewers qualifying for the postseason in eight of the last nine seasons, Milwaukee has collected just two playoff series wins during that span.

Most frequently, the Brewers' unique offensive approach is cited as the reason for their regular season success not translating to the postseason. The Brewers, somewhat out of necessity due to their inability to pay the premium price that power commands on the free agent market, build their offense around on-base percentage, a disciplined approach at the plate, and an ability to wreak havoc on the basepaths. Typically, that type of offense has more success in the regular season than in the playoffs, with the logic being that it's more difficult to string together base hits in October when teams are facing the best pitching staffs in the game and managers adopt a more aggressive bullpen strategy. For this reason, teams with more power, who need just one or two mistakes from an opposing pitcher to change the game, have generally found more success in the postseason than "small ball" teams like the Brewers.

However, just because the Brewers' approach hasn't yielded as much postseason success as fans were hoping for over the last nine years, doesn't mean it can't work in the future. Teams like the 2015 Kansas City Royals, the 2003 Florida Marlins, and the 2002 Anaheim Angels have proven that winning a World Series title after not being among the top home run-hitting teams during the regular season is possible.

With the best starting pitcher in baseball, Jacob Misiorowski, who threw three innings in Sunday night's win over the Orioles as the Brewers monitor his workload down the stretch, and one of the best bullpen groups in MLB, which is hitting its stride at the perfect moment, the pressure on the Brewers' offense is somewhat lessened in October. So long as they continue to put pressure on opposing defenses by putting the ball in play and maintain their disciplined approach at the plate, the Brewers' offense absolutely has what it takes to win a World Series this year.

Milwaukee has seemingly mastered the art of winning in the regular season -- an accomplishment that should by no means be diminished by their lack of a World Series title during this incredibly successful stretch. However, said World Series title would increase the deserved respect that Pat Murphy and his squad receive for this unprecedented level of success. While 98 regular season wins are undoubtedly an incredible feat, it's what the 2026 Brewers do next that will determine their place in MLB history.

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