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Arizona Complex League Brewers

Minor League Baseball team

Minor League Baseball team

FieldValue
nameArizona Complex League Brewers
allyears1988–1995, 2001–present
cityPhoenix, Arizona
class levelRookie
current leagueArizona Complex League (2021–present)
divisionCentral Division
past leagueArizona League (1988–1995, 2001–2020)
majorleagueMilwaukee Brewers
leaguenum5
leaguechamps
divnum2
divisionchamps
firsthalfnum1
firsthalfchamps2017
nicknameACL Brewers (2023–present)
pastnames{{plainlist
colorsNavy blue, yellow
ballparkAmerican Family Fields of Phoenix (2001–present)
pastparksCompadre Stadium (1988–1995)
ownerMilwaukee Brewers
managerRafael Neda
  • ACL Brewers Blue (2021–2022)
  • ACL Brewers Gold (2021–2022)
  • AZL Brewers Blue (2019–2020)
  • AZL Brewers Gold (2019–2020)
  • AZL Brewers (1988–1995, 2001–2018)

The Arizona Complex League Brewers are a Minor League Baseball team of the Arizona Complex League (ACL) and a Rookie-level affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. They are located in Phoenix, Arizona, and play their home games at American Family Fields of Phoenix.

Established as members of the Arizona League (AZL) in its inaugural 1988 season, the Arizona League Brewers played at Compadre Stadium until 1995. Milwaukee did not operate a team in the league from 1996 through 2000, but it returned to play in 2001 at American Family Fields of Phoenix, then known as Maryvale Baseball Park. With the reorganization of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the AZL Brewers became the ACL Brewers after their league was renamed. Milwaukee fielded two squads from 2019 to 2022: the AZL/ACL Brewers Blue and AZL/ACL Brewers Gold. The Brewers have won five ACL championships, including three consecutive titles in their first three seasons and most recently in 2023.

History

The Arizona League Brewers were one of four teams to compete in the inaugural Arizona League (AZL) season of 1988. The short-season Rookie classification league was created to serve as a developmental league, similar to extended spring training, specifically for recently drafted high school and Latin American players. The Brewers played their home games at Compadre Stadium in Chandler, Arizona.

The AZL Brewers' first game was a 13–11 victory over the AZL Mariners/Red Sox on June 23, 1988. Managed by Alex Taveras, the Brewers won the first Arizona League championship with a league-best 40–18 record. They won a third consecutive AZL championship in 1990 with a league-best 36–17 record under the returning Taveras. The Brewers posted winning records in each of their next five seasons, but did not finish atop the league standings.

Following the 1995 season, Milwaukee moved their Rookie affiliation from Chandler to the Ogden Raptors of the Pioneer League in Ogden, Utah, to escape Arizona's summer heat and provide their players with better working conditions.

Unlike AZL Brewers teams from the initial 1988 to 1995 run, those in the second stretch starting in 2001 posted losing records through 2009.

In the 2010 season, manager Tony Diggs led the team to win the Central Division title and a berth in the AZL's limited playoffs. The Brewers defeated the AZL Rangers in a single semifinal game before winning the championship game versus the AZL Reds to earn their fourth league crown. Diggs won the league's Manager of the Year Award.

After this success in 2010, the Brewers returned to posting losing records each season from 2011 to 2016. but they were eliminated by the AZL Cubs in the quarterfinal match.

In 2019, Milwaukee began fielding two Arizona League squads. AZL Brewers Blue and AZL Brewers Gold, named for their major league team's colors, were created to allow ample playing time for the Brewers' large number of recent high school draftees and international signings. Prior to the 2021 season, the Arizona League was renamed the Arizona Complex League (ACL). In 2022, Brewers Blue outfielder Jace Avina was chosen for the ACL Most Valuable Player Award.

Milwaukee consolidated its Blue and Gold squads into a single team in 2023. They qualified for the playoffs that season for the first time since 2017 by winning the Central Division, 31–25. They defeated the ACL Rockies in a single game, 3–2, to advance to the best-of-three finals. The Brewers won their fifth ACL championship over the ACL Diamondbacks Red, 2–1.

Season-by-season records

LeagueDivisionGB*^
The team's final position in the league standings
The team's final position in the divisional standings
Games behind the team that finished in first place in the division that season
League champions (1988–present)
Division champions (2009–present)
Postseason berth (2001–present)
SeasonRegular-seasonPostseasonRef.RecordWin %LeagueDivisionGBRecordWin %Result1988
1989
1990
199119921993199419952001200220032004200520062007200820092010
*2011201220132014201520162017
^2018201920192020202020212021202220222023
*20242025Totals917–1,032———5–2——
40–18.690Won AZL championship
41–15.732Won AZL championship
36–17.679Won AZL championship
34–26.567url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=2f5819c4title=1991 Arizona Leaguewebsite=Baseball-Referencepublisher=Sports Referenceaccess-date=December 8, 2020}}
31–25.554url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=a49783d8title=1992 Arizona Leaguewebsite=Baseball-Referencepublisher=Sports Referenceaccess-date=December 8, 2020}}
29–27.518url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=83fcbc14title=1993 Arizona Leaguewebsite=Baseball-Referencepublisher=Sports Referenceaccess-date=December 8, 2020}}
32–24.571url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=4e40f903title=1994 Arizona Leaguewebsite=Baseball-Referencepublisher=Sports Referenceaccess-date=December 8, 2020}}
34–22.607url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=f93e751btitle=1995 Arizona Leaguewebsite=Baseball-Referencepublisher=Sports Referenceaccess-date=December 8, 2020}}
27–29.482url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=858edb9atitle=2001 Arizona Leaguewebsite=Baseball-Referencepublisher=Sports Referenceaccess-date=December 8, 2020}}
26–30.464url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=7a5044f9title=2002 Arizona Leaguewebsite=Baseball-Referencepublisher=Sports Referenceaccess-date=December 8, 2020}}
18–37.327url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/standings/l-ARIZ/y-2003title=2003 Arizona League Standingswebsite=Stats Crewaccess-date=December 8, 2020}}
24–32.429url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=7860ace2title=2004 Arizona Leaguewebsite=Baseball-Referencepublisher=Sports Referenceaccess-date=December 8, 2020}}
22–34.393url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=2d7e5f47title=2005 Arizona Leaguewebsite=Baseball-Referencepublisher=Sports Referenceaccess-date=December 8, 2020}}
21–35.375url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=3298d605title=2006 Arizona Leaguewebsite=Baseball-Referencepublisher=Sports Referenceaccess-date=December 8, 2020}}
19–37.339url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/standings/l-ARIZ/y-2007title=2007 Arizona League Standingswebsite=Stats Crewaccess-date=December 8, 2020}}
13–42.236url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/standings/l-ARIZ/y-2008title=2008 Arizona League Standingswebsite=Stats Crewaccess-date=December 8, 2020}}
25–31.446url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/standings/l-ARIZ/y-2009title=2009 Arizona League Standingswebsite=Stats Crewaccess-date=December 8, 2020}}
34–22.6072–0Won Central Division title
Won semifinals vs. AZL Rangers, 1–0
Won AZL championship vs. AZL Reds, 1–0
17–39.304url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=dbe00e4ctitle=2011 Arizona Leaguewebsite=Baseball-Referencepublisher=Sports Referenceaccess-date=December 8, 2020}}
19–37.339url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=2a28cb4dtitle=2012 Arizona Leaguewebsite=Baseball-Referencepublisher=Sports Referenceaccess-date=December 8, 2020}}
23–33.411url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=c6fc7407title=2013 Arizona Leaguewebsite=Baseball-Referencepublisher=Sports Referenceaccess-date=December 8, 2020}}
24–31.436url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=210322detitle=2014 Arizona Leaguewebsite=Baseball-Referencepublisher=Sports Referenceaccess-date=December 8, 2020}}
23–33.411url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=26b64861title=2015 Arizona Leaguewebsite=Baseball-Referencepublisher=Sports Referenceaccess-date=December 8, 2020}}
24–29.453url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=330c8b6ftitle=2016 Arizona Leaguewebsite=Baseball-Referencepublisher=Sports Referenceaccess-date=December 8, 2020}}
33–23.5890–1Won First Half Central Division title
Lost quarterfinals vs. AZL Cubs, 1–0
22–33.400url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=bd6133cetitle=2018 Arizona Leaguewebsite=Baseball-Referencepublisher=Sports Referenceaccess-date=December 8, 2020}}
23–33.411url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=5a17c1f0title=2019 Arizona Leaguewebsite=Baseball-Referencepublisher=Sports Referenceaccess-date=December 8, 2020}}
16–40.286
Season cancelled (COVID-19 pandemic)url=https://pressbox.athletics.com/Publications/MLB%20Media%20Guides/2020%20Milwaukee%20Brewers%20Media%20Guide.pdftitle=2020 Milwaukee Brewers Media Guidewebsite=Milwaukee Brewerspublisher=Major League Baseballdate=2020access-date=August 12, 2020pages=203–204url-status=livearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622004638/https://pressbox.athletics.com/Publications/MLB%20Media%20Guides/2020%20Milwaukee%20Brewers%20Media%20Guide.pdfarchive-date=June 22, 2020}}
21–33.389url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=1ed8c15btitle=2021 Arizona Complex Leaguewebsite=Baseball-Referencepublisher=Sports Referenceaccess-date=September 20, 2021}}
26–23.531
19–34.538url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=50c8c3d1title=2022 Arizona Complex Leaguewebsite=Baseball-Referencepublisher=Sports Referenceaccess-date=September 2, 2022}}
32–21.604
31–25.5543–1Won Central Division title
Won semifinals vs. ACL Rockies, 1–0
Won ACL championship vs. ACL Diamondbacks Red, 2–1
28–32.467url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=7f120c6ftitle=2024 Arizona Complex Leaguewebsite=Baseball-Referencepublisher=Sports Referenceaccess-date=September 2, 2024}}
30–30.500url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=7b0a61eftitle=2025 Arizona Complex Leaguewebsite=Baseball-Referencepublisher=Sports Referenceaccess-date=August 1, 2025}}

Roster

References

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