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1980 Milwaukee Brewers season

1980 Milwaukee Brewers
American League
East
Milwaukee County Stadium
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
86–76 (.531)
3rd
Bud Selig
Harry Dalton
Buck Rodgers, George Bamberger
WTMJ-TV(Lorn Brown, Bob Uecker, Mike Hegan)
620 WTMJ (Lorn Brown, Bob Uecker)
ESPN.comBaseball Reference
Seasons

The 1980 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 11th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 12th overall. The Brewers finished 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).

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.

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

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.

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 |

Column 1	Column 2
	= Indicates team leader

Column 1	Column 2
	= Indicates league leader

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

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

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

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

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

Cecil Cooper, Silver Slugger Award, first base

The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1980. The Holyoke Millers won the Eastern League championship, and the Stockton Ports won the California League championship.

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

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

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