1984 Milwaukee Brewers season

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1984  Milwaukee Brewers
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Milwaukee County Stadium
City Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owners Bud Selig
General managers Harry Dalton
Managers Rene Lachemann
Television WVTV
(Steve Shannon, Mike Hegan)
Sportsvue
(Bob Uecker, Mike Hegan, Steve Shannon)
Radio WTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)
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The 1984 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing seventh in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 94 losses, their first losing season since 1977.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 104580.642—53–2951–29
Toronto Blue Jays 89730.5491549–3240–41
New York Yankees 87750.5371751–3036–45
Boston Red Sox 86760.5311841–4045–36
Baltimore Orioles 85770.5251944–3741–40
Cleveland Indians 75870.4632941–3934–48
Milwaukee Brewers 67940.41636½38–4329–51

Record vs. opponents

1984 American League record

Sources:

TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —6–78–47–57–67–65–77–65–75–86–69–39–34–9
Boston 7–6—9–37–510–37–63–99–46–67–67–54–85–75–8
California 4–83–9—8–58–44–86–78–44–98–47–69–45–87–5
Chicago 5–75–75–8—8–44–85–87–58–57–56–75–85–84–8
Cleveland 6–73–104–84–8—4–96–69–47–52–117–58–49–36–7–1
Detroit 6–76–78–48–49–4—7–511–29–37–69–36–610–28–5
Kansas City 7–59–37–68–56–65–7—6–66–75–75–89–46–75–7
Milwaukee 6–74–94–85–74–92–116–6—5–76–74–86–65–610–3
Minnesota 7–56–69–45–85–73–97–67–5—8–48–57–68–51–11
New York 8–56–74–85–711–26–77–57–64–8—8–47–56–68–5
Oakland 6–65–76–77–65–73–98–58–45–84–8—8–58–54–8
Seattle 3–98–44–98–54–86–64–96–66–75–75–8—10–35–7
Texas 3–97–58–58–53–92–107–66–55–86–65–83–10—6–6
Toronto 9–48–55–78–47–6–15–87–53–1011–15–88–47–56–6—

Notable transactions

Draft picks

Roster

1984 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Jim Sundberg 11034891.261743
1B Cecil Cooper 148603166.2751167
2B Jim Gantner 153613173.282356
SS Robin Yount 160624186.2981680
3B Ed Romero 11635790.252131
LF Ben Oglivie 131461121.2621260
CF Rick Manning 11934185.249731
RF Dion James 128387114.295130
DH Ted Simmons 132497110.221452

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Bill Schroeder 6121054.2571425
Mark Brouhard 6619747.239622
Charlie Moore 7018844.234217
Bobby Clark 5816944.260216
Roy Howell 6816438.232417
Randy Ready 3712323.187313
Willie Lozado 4310729.271120
Doug Loman 237621.276212
Paul Molitor 134610.21706

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Don Sutton 33213.014123.77143
Moose Haas 31189.19113.9984
Jaime Cocanower 33174.28164.0265
Mike Caldwell 26126.06134.6434
Chuck Porter 1781.1643.8748

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bob McClure 39139.2484.3868
Bob Gibson 1869.0254.9654
Tom Candiotti 832.1225.2923
Andy Beene 518.20211.0911
Paul Hartzell 410.1017.843

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Rollie Fingers 3312231.9640
Pete Ladd 544935.2475
Tom Tellmann 506342.7828
Rick Waits 472433.5849
Ray Searage 212160.7029
Jack Lazorko 150114.3124
Jim Kern 61000.004
Jerry Augustine 40000.003

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1984. [11]

LevelTeamLeagueManager
Triple-A Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Tony Muser
Double-A El Paso Diablos Texas League Terry Bevington
Class A Stockton Ports California League Tim Nordbrook, Mike Pazik, and Andy Etchebarren
Class A Beloit Brewers Midwest League Tom Gamboa
Rookie Paintsville Brewers Appalachian League Ron Hansen

Notes

  1. ↑ Sundberg fills Brewers No. 1 need
  2. ↑ Ted Simmons at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Don Money at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ Kelvin Moore at Baseball-Reference
  5. 1 2 3 Paul Hartzell at Baseball-Reference
  6. 1 2 "Chuck Hensley Stats".
  7. ↑ Danny Boone at Baseball-Reference
  8. ↑ "Jim Kern Stats".
  9. ↑ Frank Robinson hired as Milwaukee coach
  10. ↑ John Jaha at Baseball-Reference
  11. ↑ "1984 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.

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