All-Time Favorite Brewers Bracket - The Winner Is...
After weeks of voting and finally finding the time to tally your Championship Game selections, we have a winner in the 2016 All-Time Favorite Brewers Bracket. Joining Robin Yount and Paul Molitor at the top of the Milwaukee Brewers' list of most popular players, the champion is...
Gorman Thomas
It was a hard-fought battle to the end with Jeff Cirillo consistently chipping away at Thomas' early lead. While some questioned the popularity of Cirillo, he clearly belonged in the discussion and nearly took the crown.
Instead, Stormin' Gorman powered his way through the field, fending off a variety of challenging candidates before ultimately putting his stamp on this inaugural bracket. Thomas defeated Cirillo with 54% of the vote in the Championship, a solid victory over a fellow top seed.
With his win, Thomas will be enshrined in the Milwaukee Brewers Fan Favorite Hall of Fame and be bronzed with a statue all his own. Of course, we're still waiting on the Molitor statue to be put up in front of Miller Park, but we'll address in an article later this year.
Anyway, congratulations to Gorman Thomas for winning this prestigious tournament...and a huge thank you to everyone who voted throughout the process. We hope you enjoyed the competition and the chance to take some trips down memory lane!
Gorman Thomas (1973-1983, 1986)
Statistics as a Milwaukee Brewer (Franchise rank in parentheses) 1,102 games played
4,133 plate appearances
815 hits
172 doubles
12 triples
208 home runs (5th)
392 extra-base hits (8th)
524 runs 605 RBI (8th)
501 walks (4th)
1,033 strikeouts (4th)
.230 batting average
.325 on-base percentage
.461 slugging percentage (10th)
.786 OPS
19.9 offensive WAR (10th)
*Led league in HR in 1979 (45) and 1982 (39) **Owns 3 of Brewers' top 10 seasons in HR (45, 39, 38)
