1989 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1989 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 20th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 21st overall. The Brewers finished fourth in the American League East with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses. The Brewers led MLB with 165 stolen bases.[1]

1989 Milwaukee Brewers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkMilwaukee County Stadium
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Record81–81 (.500)
Divisional place4th
OwnersBud Selig
General managersHarry Dalton
ManagersTom Trebelhorn
TelevisionWCGV-TV
(Jim Paschke, Pete Vuckovich)
RadioWTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)
 1988
1990 

Offseason

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Season standings

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AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 8973 .549 4635 4338
Baltimore Orioles 8775 .537 2 4734 4041
Boston Red Sox 8379 .512 6 4635 3744
Milwaukee Brewers 8181 .500 8 4536 3645
New York Yankees 7487 .460 14½ 4140 3347
Cleveland Indians 7389 .451 16 4140 3249
Detroit Tigers 59103 .364 30 3843 2160

Record vs. opponents

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Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore 6–76–66–67–610–36–67–64–88–55–76–69–37–6
Boston 7–64–87–58–511–24–86–76–67–67–55–76–65–8
California 6–68–48–55–711–14–97–511–26–65–87–66–77–5
Chicago 6–65–75–87–54–86–710–25–85–65–87–63–101–11
Cleveland 6–75–87–55–75–88–43–105–79–42–106–67–55–8
Detroit 3–102–111–118–48–56–66–75–76–74–84–84–82–11
Kansas City 6–68–49–47–64–86–68–47–66–67–69–48–57–5
Milwaukee 6–77–65–72–1010–37–64–89–38–55–77–55–76–7
Minnesota 8–46–62–118–57–57–56–73–96–66–77–65–89–3
New York 5–86–76–66–54–97–66–65–86–63–98–45–77–6
Oakland 7–55–78–58–510–28–46–77–57–69–39–48–57–5
Seattle 6–67–56–76–76–68–44–95–76–74–84–96–75–7
Texas 3–96–67–610–35–78–45–87–58–57–55–87–65–7
Toronto 6–78–55–711–18–511–25–77–63–96–75–77–57–5

First SkyDome Game

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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

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June 5, SkyDome, Toronto, Canada

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Milwaukee 101 210 000 590
Toronto 020 000 010 380
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

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Roster

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Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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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
CB. J. Surhoff126436108.248555
1BGreg Brock10737399.2651252
2BJim Gantner116409112.274034
3BPaul Molitor155615194.3151156
SSBill Spiers11434588.255433
LFGlenn Braggs144514127.2471566
CFRobin Yount160614195.31821103
RFRob Deer13046698.2102665
DHJoey Meyer5314733.224729

Other batters

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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
Gary Sheffield9536891.247532
Mike Felder11731576.241323
Terry Francona8923354.232323
Gus Polidor7917534.194014
Charlie O'Brien4011826.22029
Greg Vaughn3811330.265523
Dave Engle276514.21528
Ed Romero155010.20003
George Canale13265.19213
Billy Bates7143.21400
Juan Castillo340.00003
LaVel Freeman230.00000

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Chris Bosio33235.015102.95173
Don August31142.112125.3151
Teddy Higuera22135.1963.4691
Jaime Navarro19109.2783.1256
Tom Filer1372.1733.6120
Bryan Clutterbuck1467.1254.1429
Bill Wegman1151.0266.7127
Mike Birkbeck944.2045.4431
Jerry Reuss733.2145.3513

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mark Knudson40123.2853.3547
Bill Krueger3493.2323.8472
Jeff Peterek731.1024.0216
Randy Veres38.1014.328

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dan Plesac5234332.3552
Chuck Crim769772.8359
Tony Fossas512213.5442
Jay Aldrich161013.8112
Paul Mirabella130007.636
Ray Krawczyk100013.506
Terry Francona10000.001

Awards and honors

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All-Star Game

Farm system

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References

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  1. "1989 MLB Team Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  2. Steve Stanicek at Baseball-Reference
  3. Jim Gantner at Baseball-Reference
  4. Terry Francona at Baseball-Reference
  5. 1 2 "Dave Engle Stats".
  6. Jason Giambi at Baseball-Reference
  7. Ed Romero at Baseball-Reference
  8. Box Score of Game played on Monday, June 5, 1989 at Skydome
  9. "1989 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  10. 1 2 "1989 Dominican Summer League Statistics". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  11. "1989 Arizona League Standings". Stats Crew. Retrieved December 9, 2020.