1980 Milwaukee Brewers season

March 2026 November 2013 Milwaukee Brewers 1980 American League East Milwaukee County Stadium Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States 86 76 y 3rd Bud Selig Harry Dalton Buck Rodgers, George Bamberger WTMJ-TV(Lorn Brown, Bob Uecker, Mike Hegan) 620 WTMJ (Lorn Brown, Bob Uecker) mil MIL The 1980 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 11th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 12th overall. The Brewers finished third in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses. The Brewers led MLB in home runs (203), grand slams (8), runs batted in (774), slugging percentage (.448), on-base plus slugging (.777) and OPS+ (114).https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1980.shtml 1980 MLB Team Statistics Baseball Reference June 5, 2021https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/npoDg Team Batting Event Finder: 1980, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123 Baseball Reference July 3, 2018 Offseason October 11, 1979: Juan Castillo was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.Ray Fosse page on Baseball Reference December 6, 1979: Lenn Sakata was traded by the Brewers to the Baltimore Orioles for John Flinn.John Flinn at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents MIL Notable transactions April 3, 1980: Ray Fosse was released by the Brewers.Juan Castillo page on Baseball Reference July 24, 1980: Bill Lyons was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.Bill Lyons at Baseball Reference September 1, 1980: John Poff was selected off waivers by the Brewers from the Philadelphia Phillies.John Poff page on Baseball Reference Roster 1980 Milwaukee Brewers Roster Pitchers 46 Jerry Augustine 34 Dan Boitano 48 Mike Caldwell 35 Bill Castro 23 Reggie Cleveland 40 John Flinn 30 Moose Haas 47 Fred Holdsworth 45 Rickey Keeton 42 Dave LaPoint 10 Bob McClure 43 Paul Mitchell 41 Jim Slaton 39 Lary Sorensen 25 Bill Travers Catchers 21 Buck Martinez 22 Charlie Moore  5 Ned Yost Infielders  6 Sal Bando 15 Cecil Cooper 17 Jim Gantner  4 Paul Molitor  7 Don Money 34 Ed Romero 19 Robin Yount Outfielders 29 Mark Brouhard 26 Dick Davis 28 Vic Harris 16 Sixto Lezcano 24 Ben Oglivie  8 John Poff 20 Gorman Thomas Other batters  9 Larry Hisle Manager 31 George Bamberger 37 Buck Rodgers Coaches  6 Sal Bando 12 Larry Haney 18 Ron Hansen 33 Frank Howard 32 Harvey Kuenn 38 Cal McLish 37 Buck Rodgers Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 Charlie Moore Charlie Moore (baseball) 111 320 93 .291 2 30 1B Cecil Cooper 153 622 219 .352 25 122 2B Paul Molitor 111 450 137 .304 9 37 SS Robin Yount 143 611 179 .293 23 87 3B Jim Gantner 132 415 117 .282 4 40 LF Ben Oglivie 156 592 180 .304 41 118 CF Gorman Thomas 162 628 150 .239 38 105 RF Sixto Lezcano 112 411 94 .229 18 55 DH Dick Davis Dick Davis (baseball) 106 365 99 .271 4 30 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 Don Money 86 289 74 .256 17 46 Sal Bando 78 254 50 .197 5 31 Buck Martinez 76 219 49 .224 3 17 Mark Brouhard 45 125 29 .232 5 16 Ed Romero 42 104 27 .260 1 10 Vic Harris Vic Harris (second baseman) 34 89 19 .213 1 7 John Poff 19 68 17 .250 1 7 Larry Hisle 17 60 17 .283 6 16 Ned Yost 15 31 5 .161 0 0 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 Moose Haas 33 252.1 16 15 3.10 146 Mike Caldwell Mike Caldwell (baseball) 34 225.1 13 11 4.03 74 Lary Sorensen 35 195.2 12 10 3.68 54 Bill Travers Bill Travers (baseball) 29 154.1 12 6 3.91 62 Rickey Keeton 5 28.1 2 2 4.76 8 Jim Slaton 3 16.1 1 1 4.41 4 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 Reggie Cleveland 45 154.1 11 9 3.73 54 Paul Mitchell Paul Mitchell (baseball) 17 89.1 5 5 3.53 29 Dave LaPoint 5 15.0 1 0 6.00 5 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 Bob McClure 52 5 8 10 3.08 47 Bill Castro 56 2 4 8 2.77 32 Jerry Augustine 39 4 3 2 4.52 22 John Flinn baseball 20 2 1 2 3.89 15 Dan Boitano 11 0 1 0 8.15 11 Fred Holdsworth 9 0 0 0 4.58 12 Awards and honors Cecil Cooper, Silver Slugger Award, first base Farm system Minor League Baseball The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1980.https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/affiliate.cgi?id=MIL&year=1980 1980 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates Baseball-Reference Sports Reference December 30, 2020 The Holyoke Millers won the Eastern League championship,https://www.milb.com/eastern/history/champions Eastern League Champions Eastern League Minor League Baseball December 31, 2020 live https://web.archive.org/web/20201231153356/https://www.milb.com/eastern/history/champions December 31, 2020 and the Stockton Ports won the California League championship.https://www.milb.com/california/history/champions California League Champions California League Minor League Baseball December 31, 2020 live https://web.archive.org/web/20201022042921/https://www.milb.com/california/history/champions October 22, 2020 Triple-A Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Bob Didier Double-A Holyoke Millers Eastern League Lee Sigman Class A Stockton Ports California League Tony Muser Class A Burlington Bees Midwest League Duane Espy Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Ken Richardson Notes 2 External links 1980 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Reference 1980 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Almanac Category:Milwaukee Brewers seasons Milwaukee Brewers season Mil Category:Long stubs with short prose