1979 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics
Team Record: 95-66
Finished 2nd in the AL's East Division
Attendance: 1,918,343, Avg. 25,249
Ballpark: County Stadium
Manager: George Bamberger (95-66)
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1979 Milwaukee Brewers Results
The Milwaukee Brewers of the American League ended the 1979 season with a record of 95 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the AL's East Division.
The Brewers plated 807 runs and allowed 722 runs. Gorman Thomas walloped 45 home runs for Milwaukee, while Cecil Cooper, Sixto Lezcano and Ben Oglivie each added 20 or more, too. Gorman Thomas drove in 123 runs. Paul Molitor led all regular batters by hitting .322. Mike Caldwell topped the team with 16 wins, and Jim Slaton and Lary Sorensen contributed 15 or more victories as well Mike Caldwell recorded a 3.29 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
George Bamberger coached the team.
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Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Caldwell | 16 | 6 | .727 | 3.29 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 235.0 | 252 | 96 | 86 | 18 | 39 | 2 | 89 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 967 |
Jim Slaton | 15 | 9 | .625 | 3.63 | 32 | 31 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 213.0 | 229 | 95 | 86 | 15 | 54 | 1 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 894 |
Lary Sorensen | 15 | 14 | .517 | 3.98 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 235.3 | 250 | 113 | 104 | 30 | 42 | 3 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 967 |
Bill Travers | 14 | 8 | .636 | 3.89 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 187.3 | 196 | 89 | 81 | 33 | 45 | 0 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 785 |
Moose Haas | 11 | 11 | .500 | 4.78 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 184.7 | 198 | 112 | 98 | 26 | 59 | 2 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 790 |
Jerry Augustine | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.47 | 43 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 85.7 | 95 | 38 | 33 | 6 | 30 | 4 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 375 |
Bob McClure | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.88 | 36 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 51.0 | 53 | 29 | 22 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 229 |
Bill Castro | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.03 | 39 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 44.3 | 40 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 181 |
Bob Galasso | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.38 | 31 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 51.3 | 64 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 243 |
Paul Mitchell | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.76 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 81 | 50 | 48 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 312 |
Reggie Cleveland | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.71 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 55.0 | 77 | 44 | 41 | 9 | 23 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 258 |
Jim Gantner | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
Dan Boitano | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | |
Andy Replogle | 0 | 0 | 5.63 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
Sal Bando | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
Buck Martinez | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
Lance Rautzhan | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | |
Totals | 95 | 66 | .590 | 4.04 | 365 | 161 | 100 | 61 | 12 | 23 | 1439.7 | 1563 | 722 | 646 | 162 | 381 | 24 | 580 | 20 | 1 | 48 | 6106 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Molitor | 140 | 645 | 584 | 88 | 188 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 62 | 33 | 13 | 48 | 48 | .322 | .372 | .469 | .842 | 274 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Cecil Cooper | 150 | 660 | 590 | 83 | 182 | 44 | 1 | 24 | 106 | 15 | 3 | 56 | 77 | .308 | .364 | .508 | .872 | 300 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
Robin Yount | 149 | 626 | 577 | 72 | 154 | 26 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 52 | .267 | .308 | .371 | .679 | 214 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 |
Sixto Lezcano | 138 | 566 | 473 | 84 | 152 | 29 | 3 | 28 | 101 | 4 | 3 | 77 | 74 | .321 | .414 | .573 | .987 | 271 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
Ben Oglivie | 139 | 572 | 514 | 88 | 145 | 30 | 4 | 29 | 81 | 12 | 5 | 48 | 56 | .282 | .343 | .525 | .869 | 270 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Gorman Thomas | 156 | 668 | 557 | 97 | 136 | 29 | 0 | 45 | 123 | 1 | 5 | 98 | 175 | .244 | .356 | .539 | .895 | 300 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Sal Bando | 130 | 543 | 476 | 57 | 117 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 42 | .246 | .330 | .345 | .674 | 164 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
Charlie Moore | 111 | 372 | 337 | 45 | 101 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 32 | .300 | .355 | .404 | .759 | 136 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Dick Davis | 91 | 353 | 335 | 51 | 89 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 41 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 46 | .266 | .298 | .418 | .716 | 140 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Don Money | 92 | 402 | 350 | 52 | 83 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 47 | .237 | .316 | .351 | .667 | 123 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
Jim Gantner | 70 | 234 | 208 | 29 | 59 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | .284 | .336 | .389 | .726 | 81 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Buck Martinez | 69 | 214 | 196 | 17 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 25 | .270 | .296 | .372 | .669 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
Jim Wohlford | 63 | 191 | 175 | 19 | 46 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 28 | .263 | .290 | .366 | .656 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
Larry Hisle | 26 | 108 | 96 | 18 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 19 | .281 | .352 | .448 | .800 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Ray Fosse | 19 | 56 | 52 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .231 | .286 | .327 | .613 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lenn Sakata | 4 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .643 | 1.143 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tim Nordbrook | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Andy Replogle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Lance Rautzhan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bill Travers | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jim Slaton | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Lary Sorensen | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Paul Mitchell | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bob McClure | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Moose Haas | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bob Galasso | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Reggie Cleveland | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bill Castro | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mike Caldwell | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dan Boitano | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jerry Augustine | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1911 | 6227 | 5536 | 807 | 1552 | 291 | 41 | 185 | 766 | 100 | 53 | 549 | 745 | .280 | .345 | .448 | .793 | 2480 | 130 | 20 | 72 | 50 | 48 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cecil Cooper | 1B | 135 | 134 | 1186.7 | 1323 | 78 | 10 | 119 | .993 | 1.626 | 1.378 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Money | 1B | 19 | 19 | 163.7 | 196 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 1.000 | 11.383 | 1.895 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ben Oglivie | 1B | 9 | 5 | 61.3 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .986 | 1.418 | 7.889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sal Bando | 1B | 4 | 2 | 20.0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ray Fosse | 1B | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | 9.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Molitor | 2B | 122 | 121 | 1075.7 | 289 | 413 | 15 | 81 | .979 | 5.874 | 5.754 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Gantner | 2B | 22 | 20 | 186.0 | 50 | 76 | 2 | 16 | .984 | 6.097 | 5.727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Money | 2B | 16 | 16 | 141.0 | 26 | 42 | 2 | 7 | .971 | 4.340 | 4.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lenn Sakata | 2B | 4 | 4 | 35.0 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 5.914 | 5.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sal Bando | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sal Bando | 3B | 109 | 107 | 934.3 | 87 | 222 | 12 | 16 | .963 | 2.976 | 2.835 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Gantner | 3B | 42 | 33 | 302.0 | 28 | 71 | 5 | 8 | .952 | 2.950 | 2.357 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Money | 3B | 26 | 21 | 203.3 | 18 | 64 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 3.630 | 3.154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Charlie Moore | C | 106 | 89 | 832.7 | 414 | 58 | 10 | 7 | .979 | 5.102 | 4.453 | 6 | 0 | 64 | 35 | 35.4 |
Buck Martinez | C | 68 | 67 | 547.7 | 198 | 39 | 8 | 2 | .967 | 3.895 | 3.485 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 23 | 42.6 |
Ray Fosse | C | 13 | 5 | 59.3 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.309 | 2.692 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 |
Gorman Thomas | OF | 152 | 151 | 1341.7 | 435 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .991 | 2.945 | 2.888 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sixto Lezcano | OF | 135 | 135 | 1182.3 | 281 | 10 | 4 | 2 | .986 | 2.215 | 2.156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ben Oglivie | OF | 120 | 113 | 1006.0 | 252 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .985 | 2.317 | 2.158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Wohlford | OF | 55 | 44 | 421.7 | 126 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .969 | 2.689 | 2.291 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Davis | OF | 35 | 30 | 280.3 | 72 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .973 | 2.344 | 2.086 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Larry Hisle | OF | 10 | 10 | 87.0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.966 | 1.900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lary Sorensen | P | 34 | 34 | 235.3 | 23 | 39 | 6 | 3 | .912 | 2.371 | 1.824 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Caldwell | P | 30 | 31 | 235.0 | 7 | 64 | 2 | 3 | .973 | 2.719 | 2.367 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Slaton | P | 32 | 30 | 213.0 | 16 | 35 | 1 | 3 | .981 | 2.155 | 1.594 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Travers | P | 30 | 27 | 187.3 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.537 | 1.067 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Moose Haas | P | 29 | 28 | 184.7 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 3 | .972 | 1.706 | 1.207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jerry Augustine | P | 43 | 2 | 85.7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .946 | .209 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Mitchell | P | 18 | 8 | 75.0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.320 | .611 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Reggie Cleveland | P | 29 | 1 | 55.0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .778 | 1.145 | .241 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Galasso | P | 31 | 0 | 51.3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.227 | .226 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob McClure | P | 36 | 0 | 51.0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .727 | 1.412 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Castro | P | 39 | 0 | 44.3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 1.624 | .205 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Andy Replogle | P | 3 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dan Boitano | P | 5 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lance Rautzhan | P | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sal Bando | P | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Buck Martinez | P | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Gantner | P | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Robin Yount | SS | 149 | 149 | 1319.7 | 267 | 517 | 25 | 97 | .969 | 5.347 | 5.262 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Molitor | SS | 10 | 9 | 89.0 | 20 | 27 | 1 | 3 | .979 | 4.753 | 4.700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Gantner | SS | 3 | 3 | 26.0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.192 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tim Nordbrook | SS | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1733 | 1449 | 12957.0 | 4319 | 1905 | 127 | 415 | .980 | 4.323 | 3.591 | 10 | 0 | 97 | 60 | 38.2 |
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