1979 Milwaukee Brewers season

1979 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969)
East Division (since 1972)
Location
Milwaukee County Stadium (since 1970)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (since 1970)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bud Selig
General manager(s)	Harry Dalton
Manager(s)	George Bamberger
Local television	WTMJ-TV (Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker, Mike Hegan)
Local radio	620 WTMJ (Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 1979 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing second in the American League East with a record of 95 wins and 66 losses.

Offseason

December 21, 1978: Steve Lake was purchased from the Orioles by the Milwaukee Brewers.^[1]
February 26, 1979: Eduardo Rodríguez was purchased from the Brewers by the Kansas City Royals.^[2]
March 6, 1979: Vic Harris was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[3]
March 28, 1979: Gary Beare was traded by the Brewers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dan Boitano.^[4]

Regular season

Gorman Thomas enjoyed his best season in the majors, compiling career high numbers in home runs (45, tops in the AL), RBI (123), runs scored (97), hits (136), doubles (29), walks (98), on-base percentage (.356), total bases (300), slugging average (.539) and OPS (.895).

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	102	57	0.642	—	55–24	47–33
Milwaukee Brewers	95	66	0.590	8	52–29	43–37
Boston Red Sox	91	69	0.569	11½	51–29	40–40
New York Yankees	89	71	0.556	13½	51–30	38–41
Detroit Tigers	85	76	0.528	18	46–34	39–42
Cleveland Indians	81	80	0.503	22	47–34	34–46
Toronto Blue Jays	53	109	0.327	50½	32–49	21–60

Record vs. opponents

1979 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	8–5	9–3	8–3	8–5	7–6	6–6	8–5	8–4	5–6	8–4	10–2	6–6	11–2
Boston	5–8	—	5–7	5–6	6–7	8–5	8–4	8–4	9–3	5–8	9–3	8–4	6–6	9–4
California	3–9	7–5	—	9–4	6–6	4–8	7–6	7–5	9–4	7–5	10–3	7–6	5–8	7–5
Chicago	3–8	6–5	4–9	—	6–6	3–9	5–8	5–7	5–8	4–8	9–4	5–8	11–2	7–5
Cleveland	5–8	7–6	6–6	6–6	—	6–6	6–6	4–9	8–4	5–8	8–4	7–5	5–7	8–5
Detroit	6–7	5–8	8–4	9–3	6–6	—	5–7	6–7	4–8	7–6	7–5	7–5	6–6	9–4
Kansas City	6–6	4–8	6–7	8–5	6–6	7–5	—	5–7	7–6	5–7	9–4	7–6	6–7	9–3
Milwaukee	5–8	4–8	5–7	7–5	9–4	7–6	7–5	—	8–4	9–4	6–6	9–3	9–3	10–3
Minnesota	4–8	3–9	4–9	8–5	4–8	8–4	6–7	4–8	—	7–5	9–4	10–3	4–9	11–1
New York	6–5	8–5	5–7	8–4	8–5	6–7	7–5	4–9	5–7	—	9–3	6–6	8–4	9–4
Oakland	4–8	3–9	3–10	4–9	4–8	5–7	4–9	6–6	4–9	3–9	—	8–5	2–11	4–8
Seattle	2–10	4–8	6–7	8–5	5–7	5–7	6–7	3–9	3–10	6–6	5–8	—	6–7	8–4
Texas	6–6	6–6	8–5	2–11	7–5	6–6	7–6	3–9	9–4	4–8	11–2	7–6	—	7–5
Toronto	2–11	4–9	5–7	5–7	5–8	4–9	3–9	3–10	1–11	4–9	8–4	4–8	5–7	—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

June 7, 1979: Randy Stein was traded by the Brewers to the Seattle Mariners for Paul Mitchell.^[5]

Roster

1979 Milwaukee Brewers

Roster

Pitchers

46 Jerry Augustine

34 Dan Boitano

48 Mike Caldwell

35 Bill Castro

23,47 Reggie Cleveland

18,45 Bob Galasso

30 Moose Haas

10 Bob McClure

43 Paul Mitchell

29 Lance Rautzhan

27 Andy Replogle

41 Jim Slaton

39 Lary Sorensen

25 Bill Travers

Catchers

13 Ray Fosse

21 Buck Martinez

22 Charlie Moore

Infielders

6 Sal Bando

15 Cecil Cooper

17 Jim Gantner

4 Paul Molitor

7 Don Money

1 Tim Nordbrook

2 Lenn Sakata

19 Robin Yount

Outfielders

26 Dick Davis

9 Larry Hisle

16 Sixto Lezcano

24 Ben Oglivie

20 Gorman Thomas

14 Jim Wohlford

Manager

31 George Bamberger

Coaches

12 Larry Haney

33 Frank Howard

32 Harvey Kuenn

38 Cal McLish

37 Buck Rodgers

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Moore, CharlieCharlie Moore	111	337	101	.300	5	38
1B	Cooper, CecilCecil Cooper	150	590	182	.308	24	106
3B	Bando, SalSal Bando	130	476	117	.246	9	43
LF	Oglivie, BenBen Oglivie	139	514	145	.282	29	81
CF	Thomas, GormanGorman Thomas	156	557	136	.244	45	123
RF	Lezcano, SixtoSixto Lezcano	138	473	152	.321	28	101
DH	Davis, DickDick Davis	91	335	89	.266	12	41

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Money, DonDon Money	92	350	83	.237	6	38
Hisle, LarryLarry Hisle	26	96	27	.281	3	14

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Caldwell, MikeMike Caldwell	30	235	16	6	3.29	89

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Augustine, JerryJerry Augustine	43	9	6	5	3.47	41
Castro, BillBill Castro	39	3	1	6	2.03	10
Galasso, BobBob Galasso	31	3	1	3	4.38	28
Cleveland, ReggieReggie Cleveland	29	1	5	4	6.71	22
Boitano, DanDan Boitano	5	0	0	0	1.50	5

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Vancouver Canadians	Pacific Coast League	John Felske
AA	Holyoke Millers	Eastern League	George Farson
A	Stockton Ports	California League	Lee Sigman
A	Burlington Bees	Midwest League	Duane Espy
Rookie	Butte Copper Kings	Pioneer League	Ken Richardson and Tom Gamboa

Notes

↑ Steve Lake page on Baseball Reference
↑ Eduardo Rodríguez page on Baseball Reference
↑ Vic Harris at Baseball Reference
↑ Dan Boitano at Baseball Reference
↑ Randy Stein at Baseball Reference

References

1979 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Reference
1979 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Almanac

1979 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1979 MLB draft 1979 All-Star Game 1979 World Series

Milwaukee Brewers

Formerly the Seattle Pilots
Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Tempe Diablo Stadium
Sun City Stadium
Compadre Stadium
Maryvale Baseball Park

Culture

Key personnel

Owner: Mark Attanasio
General Manager: David Stearns
Manager: Craig Counsell

Minors

Rivalries

Chicago Cubs

League pennants

American League: 1982
National League: none

Division titles

AL East: 1981 (second half)
1982
NL Central: 2011
AL Wild Card: none
NL Wild Card: 2008

Seasons (49)

1960s	1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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