1984 Milwaukee Brewers season explained

Milwaukee Brewers
Season:	1984
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Milwaukee County Stadium
City:	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owners:	Bud Selig
General Managers:	Harry Dalton
Managers:	Rene Lachemann
Television:	WVTV (Steve Shannon, Mike Hegan) Sportsvue (Bob Uecker, Mike Hegan, Steve Shannon)
Radio:	WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)

The 1984 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing seventh in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 94 losses, their first losing season since 1977.

Offseason

• December 8, 1983: Ned Yost and Dan Scarpetta (minors) were traded by the Brewers to the Texas Rangers for Jim Sundberg.^[1]
• January 16, 1984: Ted Simmons was signed as a free agent with the Brewers.^[2]
• January 17, 1984: Don Money was released by the Brewers.^[3]
• February 19, 1984: Billy Max (minors) was traded by the Brewers to the New York Mets for Kelvin Moore.^[4]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• April 18, 1984: Paul Hartzell was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[5]
• May 9, 1984: Paul Hartzell was released by the Brewers.^[5]
• June 9, 1984: Paul Hartzell was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[5]
• June 9, 1984: Chuck Hensley was purchased by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Oakland Athletics.^[6]
• July 2, 1984: Chuck Hensley was released by the Milwaukee Brewers.^[6]
• July 3, 1984: Danny Boone was released by the Brewers.^[7]
• August 8, 1984: Jim Kern was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.^[8]
• August 11, 1984, Frank Robinson was hired as hitting coach.^[9]

Draft picks

• June 4, 1984: John Jaha was drafted by the Brewers in the 14th round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed September 3, 1984.^[10]

Roster

1984 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		Manager Coaches

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		110	348	91	.261	7	43
1B		148	603	166	.275	11	67
2B		153	613	173	.282	3	56
SS		160	624	186	.298	16	80
3B		116	357	90	.252	1	31
LF		131	461	121	.262	12	60
CF		119	341	85	.249	7	31
RF		128	387	114	.295	1	30
DH		132	497	110	.221	4	52

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
	61	210	54	.257	14	25
	66	197	47	.239	6	22
	70	188	44	.234	2	17
	58	169	44	.260	2	16
	68	164	38	.232	4	17
	37	123	23	.187	3	13
	43	107	29	.271	1	20
	23	76	21	.276	2	12
	13	46	10	.217	0	6

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	213.0	14	12	3.77	143
	31	189.1	9	11	3.99	84
	33	174.2	8	16	4.02	65
	26	126.0	6	13	4.64	34
	17	81.1	6	4	3.87	48

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
	39	139.2	4	8	4.38	68
	18	69.0	2	5	4.96	54
	8	32.1	2	2	5.29	23
	5	18.2	0	2	11.09	11
	4	10.1	0	1	7.84	3

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
	33	1	2	23	1.96	40
	54	4	9	3	5.24	75
	50	6	3	4	2.78	28
	47	2	4	3	3.58	49
	21	2	1	6	0.70	29
	15	0	1	1	4.31	24
	6	1	0	0	0.00	4
	4	0	0	0	0.00	3

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1984.^[11]

References

• 1984 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference
• 1984 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19831209&id=W49QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-BIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6734,2612375&hl=en Sundberg fills Brewers No. 1 need
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/simmote01.shtml Ted Simmons
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/moneydo01.shtml Don Money
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mooreke01.shtml Kelvin Moore
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hartzpa01.shtml Paul Hartzell
6. Web site: Chuck Hensley Stats.
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/booneda02.shtml Danny Boone
8. Web site: Jim Kern Stats.
9. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19840810&id=bYI0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=zaUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3550,2835862&hl=en Frank Robinson hired as Milwaukee coach
10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jahajo01.shtml John Jaha
11. Web site: 1984 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. December 30, 2020.