Brewers win 4th NL Central title in last 5 seasons
The Milwaukee Brewers are once again kings of the National League Central.
Despite losing in St. Louis on Sunday, Milwaukee clinched its third straight division title and its fourth in the last five seasons, thanks to the Chicago Cubs' 1-0 loss to the Cincinnati Reds.
It's the seventh division title in Brewers history.
“Not only did you win the division, you crushed it” pic.twitter.com/UTr3wP1JvU
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) September 21, 2025
The Brewers spent most of the first half chasing the Cubs, who had been the popular preseason pick to win the division. Milwaukee was 6 1/2 games back of Chicago in mid-June.
However, an early-summer surge, which included an 11-game winning streak in July, helped the Brewers catch up to their longtime rivals. Pat Murphy's team moved into first place for good on July 28, then pulled away from the Cubs with a 14-game winning streak in early August.
Oh we partying tonight boys pic.twitter.com/sMSwXVoWIC
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) September 21, 2025
Since 2018, the Brewers have reached the postseason seven times and won five division titles despite fielding one of the lower payrolls in baseball. However, they've won just one playoff series - the 2018 NLDS - during that span. Milwaukee last won a pennant in 1982, when the team played in the AL.
The Brewers' 95 wins are tops in the majors and one shy of tying the franchise record previously achieved in 2011 and 2018. In both of those seasons, the Brewers went on to reach the NLCS.