1989 Milwaukee Brewers season

March 2026 November 2013 Milwaukee Brewers 1989 American League East Milwaukee County Stadium Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States 81 81 y 4th Bud Selig Harry Dalton Tom Trebelhorn WCGV-TV(Jim Paschke, Pete Vuckovich) WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes) The 1989 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 20th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 21st overall. The Brewers finished fourth in the American League East with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses. The Brewers led MLB with 165 stolen bases.https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1989.shtml 1989 MLB Team Statistics Baseball Reference July 20, 2018 Offseason October 26, 1988: Steve Stanicek was released by the Brewers.Steve Stanicek at Baseball-Reference December 20, 1988: Jim Gantner was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.Jim Gantner at Baseball-Reference March 30, 1989: Terry Francona was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.Terry Francona at Baseball-Reference March 30, 1989: Dave Engel was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/engleda01.shtml Dave Engle Stats Regular season During the season, Robin Yount had a 19-game hitting streak. Yount finished the season leading the Brewers in RBIs for the third straight season. Notable transactions June 5, 1989: Jason Giambi was drafted by the Brewers in the 43rd round of the 1989 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.Jason Giambi at Baseball-Reference August 2, 1989: Dave Engel was released by the Milwaukee Brewers. August 23, 1989: The Milwaukee Brewers traded a player to be named later to the Atlanta Braves for Ed Romero. The Brewers completed the deal by sending Jay Aldrich to the Braves on September 1.Ed Romero at Baseball-Reference Season standings Record vs. opponents MIL First SkyDome Game The Brewers played in the first baseball game at the SkyDome. The game was played on June 5 against the Toronto Blue Jays, and the Brewers won by a score of 5-3. Don August was the winning pitcher as he won his 5th game of the season, while Toronto's Jimmy Key lost his 4th game of the season. The attendance at SkyDome was 48,378. Linescore June 5, SkyDome, Toronto, Canada Team123456789RHEMilwaukee101210000590Toronto020000010380W: Don August (5-6)  L: Jimmy Key (6-4)   SV: Dan Plesac (13)  Home Runs: Braggs (10), McGriff (13), Bell (8) Attendance: 48,378 Time: 2:43 Box Score of Game played on Monday, June 5, 1989 at Skydome Roster Milwaukee Brewers Roster Pitchers 33 Jay Aldrich 38 Don August 40 Mike Birkbeck 29 Chris Bosio 48 Bryan Clutterbuck 32 Chuck Crim 39 Tom Filer 36 Tony Fossas 49 Teddy Higuera 41 Mark Knudson 36 Ray Krawczyk 47 Bill Kreuger 27 Paul Mirabella 31 Jaime Navarro 28 Jeff Peterek 37 Dan Plesac 21 Jerry Reuss 43 Randy Veres 46 Bill Wegman Catchers 22 Charlie O'Brien  5 B. J. Surhoff Infielders 34 Billy Bates  9 Greg Brock 33 George Canale  3 Juan Castillo 25 Dave Engle 30 Terry Francona 17 Jim Gantner 23 Joey Meyer  4 Paul Molitor 14 Gus Polidor 15 Ed Romero 1,11 Gary Sheffield  6 Bill Spiers Outfielders 26 Glenn Braggs 45 Rob Deer 16 Mike Felder 11 La Vel Freeman 25 Greg Vaughn 19 Robin Yount Manager 42 Tom Trebelhorn Coaches 31 Duffy Dyer  8 Andy Etchebarren 12 Larry Haney 24 Chuck Hartenstein 35 Tony Muser Player stats = Indicates team 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 B. J. Surhoff 126 436 108 .248 5 55 1B Greg Brock 107 373 99 .265 12 52 2B Jim Gantner 116 409 112 .274 0 34 3B Paul Molitor 155 615 194 .315 11 56 SS Bill Spiers 114 345 88 .255 4 33 LF Glenn Braggs 144 514 127 .247 15 66 CF Robin Yount 160 614 195 .318 21 103 RF Rob Deer 130 466 98 .210 26 65 DH Joey Meyer 53 147 33 .224 7 29 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 Gary Sheffield 95 368 91 .247 5 32 Mike Felder 117 315 76 .241 3 23 Terry Francona 89 233 54 .232 3 23 Gus Polidor 79 175 34 .194 0 14 Charlie O'Brien 40 118 26 .220 2 9 Greg Vaughn 38 113 30 .265 5 23 Dave Engle 27 65 14 .215 2 8 Ed Romero 15 50 10 .200 0 3 George Canale 13 26 5 .192 1 3 Billy Bates 7 14 3 .214 0 0 Juan Castillo 3 4 0 .000 0 3 LaVel Freeman 2 3 0 .000 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 Chris Bosio 33 235.0 15 10 2.95 173 Don August 31 142.1 12 12 5.31 51 Teddy Higuera 22 135.1 9 6 3.46 91 Jaime Navarro 19 109.2 7 8 3.12 56 Tom Filer 13 72.1 7 3 3.61 20 Bryan Clutterbuck 14 67.1 2 5 4.14 29 Bill Wegman 11 51.0 2 6 6.71 27 Mike Birkbeck 9 44.2 0 4 5.44 31 Jerry Reuss 7 33.2 1 4 5.35 13 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 Mark Knudson 40 123.2 8 5 3.35 47 Bill Krueger 34 93.2 3 2 3.84 72 Jeff Peterek 7 31.1 0 2 4.02 16 Randy Veres 3 8.1 0 1 4.32 8 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 Dan Plesac 52 3 4 33 2.35 52 Chuck Crim 76 9 7 7 2.83 59 Tony Fossas 51 2 2 1 3.54 42 Jay Aldrich 16 1 0 1 3.81 12 Paul Mirabella 13 0 0 0 7.63 6 Ray Krawczyk 1 0 0 0 13.50 6 Terry Francona 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 Awards and honors Robin Yount – American League Most Valuable Player All-Star Game Dan Plesac, pitcher, reserve Farm system Minor League Baseball The Brewers' farm system consisted of seven minor league affiliates in 1989.https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/affiliate.cgi?id=MIL&year=1989 1989 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates Baseball-Reference Sports Reference December 30, 2020http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/league.cgi?id=8dce88c2 1989 Dominican Summer League Statistics Baseball-Reference Sports Reference December 31, 2020 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140329124140/http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/league.cgi?id=8dce88c2 March 29, 2014 The Brewers operated a Dominican Summer League team as a co-op with the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles. The AZL Brewers won the Arizona League championship.https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/standings/l-ARIZ/y-1989 1989 Arizona League Standings Stats Crew December 9, 2020 Triple-A Denver Zephyrs American Association Dave Machemer Double-A El Paso Diablos Texas League Marc Bombard Class A Stockton Ports California League Dave Huppert Class A Beloit Brewers Midwest League Alex Taveras Rookie Helena Brewers Pioneer League Dusty Rhodes Rookie AZL Brewers Arizona League Jeff Nate Rookie DSL Red Sox/Orioles/Brewers Dominican Summer League — References 1989 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference 1989 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Almanac 53em Category:Milwaukee Brewers seasons Milwaukee Brewers season Mil