1980 Milwaukee Brewers season explained

Milwaukee Brewers
Season:	1980
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Milwaukee County Stadium
City:	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owners:	Bud Selig
General Managers:	Harry Dalton
Managers:	Buck Rodgers, George Bamberger
Television:	WTMJ-TV (Lorn Brown, Bob Uecker, Mike Hegan)
Radio:	620 WTMJ (Lorn Brown, Bob Uecker)
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Brtn:	MIL

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 led MLB in home runs (203), grand slams (8), runs batted in (774), slugging percentage (.448), on-base plus slugging (.777) and OPS+ (114).^{[1] [2]}

Offseason

• October 11, 1979: Juan Castillo was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.^[3]
• December 6, 1979: Lenn Sakata was traded by the Brewers to the Baltimore Orioles for John Flinn.^[4]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• April 3, 1980: Ray Fosse was released by the Brewers.^[5]
• July 24, 1980: Bill Lyons was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.^[6]
• September 1, 1980: John Poff was selected off waivers by the Brewers from the Philadelphia Phillies.^[7]

Roster

1980 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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		111	320	93	.291	2	30
1B		153	622	219	.352	25	122
2B		111	450	137	.304	9	37
SS		143	611	179	.293	23	87
3B		132	415	117	.282	4	40
LF		156	592	180	.304	41	118
CF		162	628	150	.239	38	105
RF		112	411	94	.229	18	55
DH		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
	86	289	74	.256	17	46
	78	254	50	.197	5	31
	76	219	49	.224	3	17
	45	125	29	.232	5	16
	42	104	27	.260	1	10
	34	89	19	.213	1	7
	19	68	17	.250	1	7
	17	60	17	.283	6	16
	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
	33	252.1	16	15	3.10	146
	34	225.1	13	11	4.03	74
	35	195.2	12	10	3.68	54
	29	154.1	12	6	3.91	62
	5	28.1	2	2	4.76	8
	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
	45	154.1	11	9	3.73	54
	17	89.1	5	5	3.53	29
	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
	52	5	8	10	3.08	47
	56	2	4	8	2.77	32
	39	4	3	2	4.52	22
	20	2	1	2	3.89	15
	11	0	1	0	8.15	11
	9	0	0	0	4.58	12

Awards and honors

• Cecil Cooper, Silver Slugger Award, first base

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1980.^[8] The Holyoke Millers won the Eastern League championship,^[9] and the Stockton Ports won the California League championship.^[10]

External links

• 1980 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Reference
• 1980 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1980 MLB Team Statistics. Baseball Reference. June 5, 2021.
2. Web site: Team Batting Event Finder: 1980, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123. Baseball Reference. July 3, 2018.
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fossera01.shtml Ray Fosse page on Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/flinnjo01.shtml John Flinn
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/castiju01.shtml Juan Castillo page on Baseball Reference
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lyonsbi01.shtml Bill Lyons
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/poffjo01.shtml John Poff page on Baseball Reference
8. Web site: 1980 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. December 30, 2020.
9. Web site: 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.
10. Web site: 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.