1989 Milwaukee Brewers season explained

Milwaukee Brewers
Season:	1989
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Milwaukee County Stadium
City:	Milwaukee
Owners:	Bud Selig
General Managers:	Harry Dalton
Managers:	Tom Trebelhorn
Television:	WCGV-TV (Jim Paschke, Pete Vuckovich)
Radio:	WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)

The Milwaukee Brewers' 1989 season involved the Brewers' finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses. The Brewers led MLB with 165 stolen bases.^[1]

Offseason

• October 26, 1988: Steve Stanicek was released by the Brewers.^[2]
• December 20, 1988: Jim Gantner was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[3]
• March 30, 1989: Terry Francona was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[4]
• March 30, 1989: Dave Engel was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.^[5]

Regular season

• During the season, Robin Yount had a 19-game hitting streak. Yount finished the season leading the Brewers in RBIs for the third straight season.

Notable transactions

• June 5, 1989: Jason Giambi was drafted by the Brewers in the 43rd round of the 1989 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.^[6]
• August 2, 1989: Dave Engel was released by the Milwaukee Brewers.^[5]
• August 23, 1989: The Milwaukee Brewers traded a player to be named later to the Atlanta Braves for Ed Romero. The Brewers completed the deal by sending Jay Aldrich to the Braves on September 1.^[7]

First SkyDome Game

The Brewers played in the first baseball game at the SkyDome. The game was played on June 5 against the Toronto Blue Jays, and the Brewers won by a score of 5-3. Don August was the winning pitcher as he won his 5th game of the season, while Toronto's Jimmy Key lost his 4th game of the season. The attendance at SkyDome was 48,378.

Linescore

June 5, SkyDome, Toronto, Canada

align=left width=28%	Team	width=6%	1	width=6%	2	width=6%	3	width=6%	4	width=6%	5	width=6%	6	width=6%	7	width=6%	8	width=6%	9	width=6%	R	width=6%	H	width=6%	E
Milwaukee	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	5	9	0
Toronto	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	8	0
W: Don August (5-6)  L: Jimmy Key (6-4)   SV: Dan Plesac (13)
Home Runs: Braggs (10), McGriff (13), Bell (8) Attendance: 48,378 Time: 2:43

^[8]

Roster

Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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		126	436	108	.248	5	55
1B		107	373	99	.265	12	52
2B		116	409	112	.274	0	34
3B		155	615	194	.315	11	56
SS		114	345	88	.255	4	33
LF		144	514	127	.247	15	66
CF		160	614	195	.318	21	103
RF		130	466	98	.210	26	65
DH		53	147	33	.224	7	29

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
	95	368	91	.247	5	32
	117	315	76	.241	3	23
	89	233	54	.232	3	23
	79	175	34	.194	0	14
	40	118	26	.220	2	9
	38	113	30	.265	5	23
	27	65	14	.215	2	8
	15	50	10	.200	0	3
	13	26	5	.192	1	3
	7	14	3	.214	0	0
	3	4	0	.000	0	3
	2	3	0	.000	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	235.0	15	10	2.95	173
	31	142.1	12	12	5.31	51
	22	135.1	9	6	3.46	91
	19	109.2	7	8	3.12	56
	13	72.1	7	3	3.61	20
	14	67.1	2	5	4.14	29
	11	51.0	2	6	6.71	27
	9	44.2	0	4	5.44	31
	7	33.2	1	4	5.35	13

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
	40	123.2	8	5	3.35	47
	34	93.2	3	2	3.84	72
	7	31.1	0	2	4.02	16
	3	8.1	0	1	4.32	8

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	3	4	33	2.35	52
	76	9	7	7	2.83	59
	51	2	2	1	3.54	42
	16	1	0	1	3.81	12
	13	0	0	0	7.63	6
	1	0	0	0	13.50	6
	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Awards and honors

• Robin Yount – American League Most Valuable Player

All-Star Game

• Dan Plesac, pitcher, reserve

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

The Brewers' farm system consisted of seven minor league affiliates in 1989.^{[9] [10]} The Brewers operated a Dominican Summer League team as a co-op with the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles.^[10] The AZL Brewers won the Arizona League championship.^[11]

References

1. Web site: 1989 MLB Team Statistics. Baseball Reference. July 20, 2018.
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stanist01.shtml Steve Stanicek
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gantnji01.shtml Jim Gantner
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/francte01.shtml Terry Francona
5. Web site: Dave Engle Stats.
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/giambja01.shtml Jason Giambi
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/romered01.shtml Ed Romero
8. http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=198906050TOR Box Score of Game played on Monday, June 5, 1989 at Skydome
9. Web site: 1989 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. December 30, 2020.
10. Web site: 1989 Dominican Summer League Statistics. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. December 31, 2020. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140329124140/http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/league.cgi?id=8dce88c2. March 29, 2014.
11. Web site: 1989 Arizona League Standings. Stats Crew. December 9, 2020.

• 1989 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference
• 1989 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Almanac