1980 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1980 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing third in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses. The Brewers hit eight grand slams, the most in MLB in 1980.[1]

1980 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Bud Selig
General manager(s)Harry Dalton
Manager(s)Buck Rodgers, George Bamberger
Local televisionWTMJ-TV
(Lorn Brown, Bob Uecker, Mike Hegan)
Local radio620 WTMJ
(Lorn Brown, Bob Uecker)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10359 0.636 — 53–28 50–31
Baltimore Orioles 10062 0.617 3 50–31 50–31
Milwaukee Brewers 8676 0.531 17 40–42 46–34
Boston Red Sox 8377 0.519 19 36–45 47–32
Detroit Tigers 8478 0.519 19 43–38 41–40
Cleveland Indians 7981 0.494 23 44–35 35–46
Toronto Blue Jays 6795 0.414 36 35–46 32–49

Record vs. opponents
1980 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–510–26–66–710–36–67–610–27–67–56–66–611–2
Boston 5–8—9–36–47–68–55–76–76–63–109–37–55–77–6
California 2–103–9—3–104–65–75–86–67–62–103–1011–211–23–9
Chicago 6–64–610–3—5–72–105–85–75–85–76–76–76–7–25–7
Cleveland 7–66–76–47–5—3–105–73–109–35–86–68–46–68–5
Detroit 3–105–87–510–210–3—2–107–66–65–86–610–2–14–89–4
Kansas City 6–67–58–58–57–510–2—6–65–88–46–77–610–39–3
Milwaukee 6–77–66–67–510–36–76–6—7–55–87–59–35–75–8
Minnesota 2–106–66–78–53–96–68–55–7—4–86–77–69–37–5
New York 6–710–310–27–58–58–54–88–58–4—8–49–37–510–3
Oakland 5–73–910–37–66–66–67–65–77–64–8—8–57–68–4
Seattle 6–65–72–117–64–82–10–16–73–96–73–95–8—4–96–6
Texas 6–67–52–117–6–26–68–43–107–53–95–76–79–4—7–5
Toronto 2–116–79–37–55–84–93–98–55–73–104–86–65–7—

Notable transactions

Roster
1980 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CCharlie Moore11132093.291230
1BCecil Cooper153622219.35225122
2BPaul Molitor111450137.304937
SSRobin Yount143611179.2932387
3BJim Gantner132415117.282440
LFBen Oglivie156592180.30441118
CFGorman Thomas162628150.23938105
RFSixto Lezcano11241194.2291855
DHDick Davis10636599.271430

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 Money8628974.2561746
Sal Bando7825450.197531
Buck Martinez7621949.224317
Mark Brouhard4512529.232516
Ed Romero4210427.260110
Vic Harris348919.21317
John Poff196817.25017
Larry Hisle176017.283616
Ned Yost15315.16100

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 Haas33252.116153.10146
Mike Caldwell34225.113114.0374
Lary Sorensen35195.212103.6854
Bill Travers29154.11263.9162
Rickey Keeton528.1224.768
Jim Slaton316.1114.414

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 Cleveland45154.11193.7354
Paul Mitchell1789.1553.5329
Dave LaPoint515106.005

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 Castro562482.7732
Bob McClure5258103.0847
Jerry Augustine394324.5222
John Flinn202123.8915
Dan Boitano110108.1511
Fred Holdsworth90004.5812

Awards and honors

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball

The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1980.[7] The Holyoke Millers won the Eastern League championship,[8] and the Stockton Ports won the California League championship.[9]

Level Team League Manager
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
  1. "Team Batting Event Finder: 1980, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  2. Ray Fosse page on Baseball Reference
  3. John Flinn at Baseball Reference
  4. Juan Castillo page on Baseball Reference
  5. Bill Lyons at Baseball Reference
  6. John Poff page on Baseball Reference
  7. "1980 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  8. "Eastern League Champions". Eastern League. Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on December 31, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  9. "California League Champions". California League. Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on December 31, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.


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