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1979 Milwaukee Brewers season

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Owner(s)
  
Bud Selig

Manager(s)
  
George Bamberger

General manager(s)
  
Harry Dalton

Stats
  
ESPN.com BB-reference

Local television
  
WTMJ-TV (Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker, Mike Hegan)

Local radio
  
620 WTMJ (Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker)

The 1979 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing second in the American League East with a record of 95 wins and 66 losses.

Contents

Offseason

  • December 21, 1978: Steve Lake was purchased from the Orioles by the Milwaukee Brewers.
  • February 26, 1979: Eduardo Rodríguez was purchased from the Brewers by the Kansas City Royals.
  • March 6, 1979: Vic Harris was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.
  • March 28, 1979: Gary Beare was traded by the Brewers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dan Boitano.

    • Regular season

    Gorman Thomas enjoyed his best season in the majors, compiling career high numbers in home runs (45, tops in the AL), RBI (123), runs scored (97), hits (136), doubles (29), walks (98), on-base percentage (.356), total bases (300), slugging average (.539) and OPS (.895).

    Opening Day starters

  • Sal Bando
  • Mike Caldwell
  • Cecil Cooper
  • Larry Hisle
  • Sixto Lezcano
  • Don Money
  • Charlie Moore
  • Ben Oglivie
  • Gorman Thomas
  • Robin Yount

    • Notable transactions

  • June 7, 1979: Randy Stein was traded by the Brewers to the Seattle Mariners for Paul Mitchell.

    • Starters by position

    Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Other batters

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Starting pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Other pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Relief pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    References

    1979 Milwaukee Brewers season Wikipedia
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