1980 Milwaukee Brewers season

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]

1980 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969) East Division (since 1972)
Location
Milwaukee County Stadium (since 1970) Milwaukee, Wisconsin (since 1970)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bud Selig
General manager(s)	Harry Dalton
Manager(s)	Buck Rodgers, George Bamberger
Local television	WTMJ-TV (Lorn Brown, Bob Uecker, Mike Hegan)
Local radio	620 WTMJ (Lorn Brown, Bob Uecker)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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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

Season standings

v t e AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	103	59	0.636	—	53–28	50–31
Baltimore Orioles	100	62	0.617	3	50–31	50–31
Milwaukee Brewers	86	76	0.531	17	40–42	46–34
Boston Red Sox	83	77	0.519	19	36–45	47–32
Detroit Tigers	84	78	0.519	19	43–38	41–40
Cleveland Indians	79	81	0.494	23	44–35	35–46
Toronto Blue Jays	67	95	0.414	36	35–46	32–49

Record vs. opponents

1980 American League Records v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	8–5	10–2	6–6	6–7	10–3	6–6	7–6	10–2	7–6	7–5	6–6	6–6	11–2
Boston	5–8	—	9–3	6–4	7–6	8–5	5–7	6–7	6–6	3–10	9–3	7–5	5–7	7–6
California	2–10	3–9	—	3–10	4–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	7–6	2–10	3–10	11–2	11–2	3–9
Chicago	6–6	4–6	10–3	—	5–7	2–10	5–8	5–7	5–8	5–7	6–7	6–7	6–7–2	5–7
Cleveland	7–6	6–7	6–4	7–5	—	3–10	5–7	3–10	9–3	5–8	6–6	8–4	6–6	8–5
Detroit	3–10	5–8	7–5	10–2	10–3	—	2–10	7–6	6–6	5–8	6–6	10–2–1	4–8	9–4
Kansas City	6–6	7–5	8–5	8–5	7–5	10–2	—	6–6	5–8	8–4	6–7	7–6	10–3	9–3
Milwaukee	6–7	7–6	6–6	7–5	10–3	6–7	6–6	—	7–5	5–8	7–5	9–3	5–7	5–8
Minnesota	2–10	6–6	6–7	8–5	3–9	6–6	8–5	5–7	—	4–8	6–7	7–6	9–3	7–5
New York	6–7	10–3	10–2	7–5	8–5	8–5	4–8	8–5	8–4	—	8–4	9–3	7–5	10–3
Oakland	5–7	3–9	10–3	7–6	6–6	6–6	7–6	5–7	7–6	4–8	—	8–5	7–6	8–4
Seattle	6–6	5–7	2–11	7–6	4–8	2–10–1	6–7	3–9	6–7	3–9	5–8	—	4–9	6–6
Texas	6–6	7–5	2–11	7–6–2	6–6	8–4	3–10	7–5	3–9	5–7	6–7	9–4	—	7–5
Toronto	2–11	6–7	9–3	7–5	5–8	4–9	3–9	8–5	5–7	3–10	4–8	6–6	5–7	—

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 46 Jerry Augustine 34 Dan Boitano 48 Mike Caldwell 35 Bill Castro 23 Reggie Cleveland 40 John Flinn 30 Moose Haas 47 Fred Holdsworth 45 Rickey Keeton 42 Dave LaPoint 10 Bob McClure 43 Paul Mitchell 41 Jim Slaton 39 Lary Sorensen 25 Bill Travers		Catchers 21 Buck Martinez 22 Charlie Moore  5 Ned Yost Infielders  6 Sal Bando 15 Cecil Cooper 17 Jim Gantner  4 Paul Molitor  7 Don Money 34 Ed Romero 19 Robin Yount		Outfielders 29 Mark Brouhard 26 Dick Davis 28 Vic Harris 16 Sixto Lezcano 24 Ben Oglivie  8 John Poff 20 Gorman Thomas Other batters  9 Larry Hisle		Manager 31 George Bamberger 37 Buck Rodgers Coaches  6 Sal Bando 12 Larry Haney 18 Ron Hansen 33 Frank Howard 32 Harvey Kuenn 38 Cal McLish 37 Buck Rodgers

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	Charlie Moore	111	320	93	.291	2	30
1B	Cecil Cooper	153	622	219	.352	25	122
2B	Paul Molitor	111	450	137	.304	9	37
SS	Robin Yount	143	611	179	.293	23	87
3B	Jim Gantner	132	415	117	.282	4	40
LF	Ben Oglivie	156	592	180	.304	41	118
CF	Gorman Thomas	162	628	150	.239	38	105
RF	Sixto Lezcano	112	411	94	.229	18	55
DH	Dick Davis	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
Don Money	86	289	74	.256	17	46
Sal Bando	78	254	50	.197	5	31
Buck Martinez	76	219	49	.224	3	17
Mark Brouhard	45	125	29	.232	5	16
Ed Romero	42	104	27	.260	1	10
Vic Harris	34	89	19	.213	1	7
John Poff	19	68	17	.250	1	7
Larry Hisle	17	60	17	.283	6	16
Ned Yost	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
Moose Haas	33	252.1	16	15	3.10	146
Mike Caldwell	34	225.1	13	11	4.03	74
Lary Sorensen	35	195.2	12	10	3.68	54
Bill Travers	29	154.1	12	6	3.91	62
Rickey Keeton	5	28.1	2	2	4.76	8
Jim Slaton	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
Reggie Cleveland	45	154.1	11	9	3.73	54
Paul Mitchell	17	89.1	5	5	3.53	29
Dave LaPoint	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
Bob McClure	52	5	8	10	3.08	47
Bill Castro	56	2	4	8	2.77	32
Jerry Augustine	39	4	3	2	4.52	22
John Flinn	20	2	1	2	3.89	15
Dan Boitano	11	0	1	0	8.15	11
Fred Holdsworth	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]

Level	Team	League	Manager
Triple-A	Vancouver Canadians	Pacific Coast League	Bob Didier
Double-A	Holyoke Millers	Eastern League	Lee Sigman
Class A	Stockton Ports	California League	Tony Muser
Class A	Burlington Bees	Midwest League	Duane Espy
Rookie	Butte Copper Kings	Pioneer League	Ken Richardson

Notes

1. "1980 MLB Team Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
2. "Team Batting Event Finder: 1980, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
3. Ray Fosse page on Baseball Reference
4. John Flinn at Baseball Reference
5. Juan Castillo page on Baseball Reference
6. Bill Lyons at Baseball Reference
7. John Poff page on Baseball Reference
8. "1980 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
9. "Eastern League Champions". Eastern League. Minor League Baseball. from the original on December 31, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
10. "California League Champions". California League. Minor League Baseball. from the original on December 31, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

External links

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