1979 Milwaukee Brewers season

March 2026 November 2013 Milwaukee Brewers 1979 American League East Milwaukee County Stadium Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States 95 66 y 2nd Bud Selig Harry Dalton George Bamberger WTMJ-TV(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker, Mike Hegan) 620 WTMJ (Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker) mil MIL The 1979 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 10th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 11th overall. The Brewers finished second in the American League East with a record of 95 wins and 66 losses. They scored at least one run in each of their first 160 games of the season, and were shutout (losing 5–0 to Minnesota) only in the 161st game which was to be their last game of the season. Offseason December 21, 1978: Steve Lake was purchased from the Orioles by the Milwaukee Brewers.Steve Lake page on Baseball Reference February 26, 1979: Eduardo Rodríguez was purchased from the Brewers by the Kansas City Royals.Eduardo Rodríguez page on Baseball Reference March 6, 1979: Vic Harris was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.Vic Harris at Baseball Reference March 28, 1979: Gary Beare was traded by the Brewers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dan Boitano.Dan Boitano at Baseball Reference 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 Record vs. opponents MIL Opening Day starters Sal Bando Mike Caldwell Cecil Cooper Larry Hisle Sixto Lezcano Don Money Charlie Moore Ben Oglivie Gorman Thomas Robin Yount Notable transactions June 7, 1979: Randy Stein was traded by the Brewers to the Seattle Mariners for Paul Mitchell.Randy Stein at Baseball Reference 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 Charlie Moore Charlie Moore (baseball) 111 337 101 .300 5 38 1B Cecil Cooper 150 590 182 .308 24 106 2B Paul Molitor 140 584 188 .322 9 62 SS Robin Yount 149 577 154 .267 8 51 3B Sal Bando 130 476 117 .246 9 43 LF Ben Oglivie 139 514 145 .282 29 81 CF Gorman Thomas 156 557 136 .244 45 123 RF Sixto Lezcano 138 473 152 .321 28 101 DH Dick Davis Dick Davis (baseball) 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 Don Money 92 350 83 .237 6 38 Jim Gantner 70 208 59 .284 2 22 Buck Martinez 69 196 53 .270 4 26 Jim Wohlford 63 175 46 .263 1 17 Larry Hisle 26 96 27 .281 3 14 Ray Fosse 19 52 12 .231 0 2 Lenn Sakata 4 14 7 .500 0 1 Tim Nordbrook 2 2 1 .500 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 Lary Sorensen 34 235.1 15 14 3.98 63 Mike Caldwell Mike Caldwell (baseball) 30 235.0 16 6 3.29 89 Jim Slaton 32 213.0 15 9 3.63 80 Bill Travers Bill Travers (baseball) 30 187.1 14 8 3.89 74 Moose Haas 29 184.2 11 11 4.78 95 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 Paul Mitchell Paul Mitchell (baseball) 18 75.0 3 3 5.76 32 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 Bill Castro 39 3 1 6 2.03 10 Jerry Augustine 43 9 6 5 3.47 41 Bob McClure 36 5 2 5 3.88 37 Bob Galasso 31 3 1 3 4.38 28 Reggie Cleveland 29 1 5 4 6.71 22 Dan Boitano 5 0 0 0 1.50 5 Andy Replogle 3 0 0 0 5.63 2 Lance Rautzhan 3 0 0 0 9.00 2 Sal Bando 1 0 0 0 6.00 0 Jim Gantner 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Buck Martinez 1 0 0 0 9.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1979.https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/affiliate.cgi?id=MIL&year=1979 1979 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates Baseball-Reference Sports Reference December 30, 2020 Triple-A Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League John Felske Double-A Holyoke Millers Eastern League George Farson Class A Stockton Ports California League Lee Sigman Class A Burlington Bees Midwest League Duane Espy Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Ken Richardson and Tom Gamboa Notes 2 References 1979 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Reference 1979 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Almanac Category:Milwaukee Brewers seasons Milwaukee Brewers season Milwaukee Brewers Category:1970s in Milwaukee