1980 Milwaukee Brewers season

1980 Milwaukee Brewers
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Division	East Division
Ballpark	Milwaukee County Stadium
City	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owners	Bud Selig
Managers	Buck Rodgers and George Bamberger
Television	WTMJ-TV (Lorn Brown, Bob Uecker, Mike Hegan)
Radio	620 WTMJ (Lorn Brown, Bob Uecker)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
Seasons

The Milwaukee Brewers' 1980 season involved the Brewers' finishing 3rd in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses.

Offseason

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

Regular season

Season standings

AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	103	59	.636	—	53‍–‍28	50‍–‍31
Baltimore Orioles	100	62	.617	3	50‍–‍31	50‍–‍31
Milwaukee Brewers	86	76	.531	17	40‍–‍42	46‍–‍34
Boston Red Sox	83	77	.519	19	36‍–‍45	47‍–‍32
Detroit Tigers	84	78	.519	19	43‍–‍38	41‍–‍40
Cleveland Indians	79	81	.494	23	44‍–‍35	35‍–‍46
Toronto Blue Jays	67	95	.414	36	35‍–‍46	32‍–‍49

Notable transactions

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

Opening Day Lineup 1B Cecil Cooper 2B Jim Gantner 3B Paul Molitor SS Robin Yount LF Sixto Lezcano CF Gorman Thomas RF Ben Oglivie C Charlie Moore P Mike Caldwell

Roster

1980 Milwaukee Brewers roster
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 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
DH	Dick Davis	106	365	99	.271	4	30

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Vic Harris	34	89	19	.213	1	7
John Poff	19	68	17	.250	1	7

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bill Travers	29	154.1	12	6	3.91	62
Rickey Keeton	5	28.1	2	2	4.76	8

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Paul Mitchell	17	89.1	5	5	3.53	29
Dave LaPoint	5	15	1	0	6.00	5

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
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

Awards and honors

• Cecil Cooper, Silver Slugger Award

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Holyoke, Stockton

External links

• 1980 Milwaukee Brewers team page at Baseball Reference
• 1980 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com