MILWAUKEE — Christian Yelich will become the first player to hold the Milwaukee Brewers’ official captaincy, a distinction the team announced Saturday before its game against the St. Louis Cardinals. The decision came during a team meeting, in Yelich’s ninth season with Milwaukee. He will wear a captain’s “C” patch on his jersey. The honorary title is uncommon in Major League Baseball; Yelich joins Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees and Salvador Perez of the Kansas City Royals as the only active major-league captains. Manager Pat Murphy said Yelich has long acted as a leader in the clubhouse. “Everybody knows he’s our captain,” Murphy said, citing Yelich’s role in upholding the team’s standards for winning and conduct. Before accepting, Yelich asked Robin Yount to approve the move. Yount, a Hall of Famer who spent his entire 20-year career with Milwaukee, was a leader on the Brewers’ 1982 team — the only one in franchise history to reach the World Series. Murphy said Yount agreed wholeheartedly, adding that “in Yeli’s mind, Robin was the first captain.” Yelich, the 2018 National League Most Valuable Player, was not in Saturday’s starting lineup. He entered the game batting .236 with 12 home runs and 58 RBIs. The Brewers had clinched the NL Central title and held baseball’s best record, along with home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.