1989 Milwaukee Brewers season
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Owner(s) | Bud Selig |
General manager(s) | Harry Dalton |
Manager(s) | Tom Trebelhorn |
Local television | WCGV-TV (Pete Vuckovich, Jim Paschke) |
Local radio | WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes) |
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The Milwaukee Brewers' 1989 season involved the Brewers' finishing 4th in the American League East with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses.
Offseason
- October 26, 1988: Steve Stanicek was released by the Brewers.[1]
- December 20, 1988: Jim Gantner was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[2]
- March 30, 1989: Terry Francona was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[3]
- March 30, 1989: Dave Engel was signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.[4]
Regular season
- 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
- June 5, 1989: Jason Giambi was drafted by the Brewers in the 43rd round of the 1989 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.[5]
- August 2, 1989: Dave Engel was released by the Milwaukee Brewers.[4]
- August 23, 1989: The Milwaukee Brewers traded a player to be named later to the Atlanta Braves for Ed Romero. The Brewers completed the deal by sending Jay Aldrich to the Braves on September 1.[6]
Season standings
AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Toronto Blue Jays | 89 | 73 | 0.549 | — | 46–35 | 43–38 |
Baltimore Orioles | 87 | 75 | 0.537 | 2 | 47–34 | 40–41 |
Boston Red Sox | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 6 | 46–35 | 37–44 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 81 | 81 | 0.500 | 8 | 45–36 | 36–45 |
New York Yankees | 74 | 87 | 0.460 | 14½ | 41–40 | 33–47 |
Cleveland Indians | 73 | 89 | 0.451 | 16 | 41–40 | 32–49 |
Detroit Tigers | 59 | 103 | 0.364 | 30 | 38–43 | 21–60 |
Record vs. opponents
1989 American League Records
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 10–3 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 7–6 |
Boston | 7–6 | — | 4–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 11–2 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–8 |
California | 6–6 | 8–4 | — | 8–5 | 5–7 | 11–1 | 4–9 | 7–5 | 11–2 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 7–5 |
Chicago | 6–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | — | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 10–2 | 5–8 | 5–6 | 5–8 | 7–6 | 3–10 | 1–11 |
Cleveland | 6–7 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 5–7 | — | 5–8 | 8–4 | 3–10 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 2–10 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 5–8 |
Detroit | 3–10 | 2–11 | 1–11 | 8–4 | 8–5 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 2–11 |
Kansas City | 6–6 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | — | 8–4 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 9–4 | 8–5 | 7–5 |
Milwaukee | 6–7 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 2–10 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 4–8 | — | 9–3 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–7 |
Minnesota | 8–4 | 6–6 | 2–11 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 3–9 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 9–3 |
New York | 5–8 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 4–9 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 6–6 | — | 3–9 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 7–6 |
Oakland | 7–5 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 9–3 | — | 9–4 | 8–5 | 7–5 |
Seattle | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–9 | — | 6–7 | 5–7 |
Texas | 3–9 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 10–3 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 7–6 | — | 5–7 |
Toronto | 6–7 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 11–1 | 8–5 | 11–2 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 7–5 | — |
First SkyDome Game
The Brewers played in the first baseball game at 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
June 5, SkyDome, Toronto, Canada
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Milwaukee | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
Toronto | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
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 |
Roster
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Player stats
= Indicates team leader |
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 |
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C | B. J. Surhoff | 126 | 436 | 108 | .248 | 5 | 55 |
1B | Greg Brock | 107 | 373 | 99 | .265 | 12 | 52 |
2B | Jim Gantner | 116 | 409 | 112 | .274 | 0 | 34 |
3B | Paul Molitor | 155 | 615 | 194 | .315 | 11 | 56 |
SS | Bill Spiers | 114 | 345 | 88 | .255 | 4 | 33 |
LF | Glenn Braggs | 144 | 514 | 127 | .247 | 15 | 66 |
CF | Robin Yount | 160 | 614 | 195 | .318 | 21 | 103 |
RF | Rob Deer | 130 | 466 | 98 | .210 | 26 | 65 |
DH | Joey Meyer | 53 | 147 | 33 | .224 | 7 | 29 |
Other batters
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Gary Sheffield | 95 | 368 | 91 | .247 | 5 | 32 |
Terry Francona | 89 | 233 | 54 | .232 | 3 | 23 |
Charlie O'Brien | 40 | 118 | 26 | .220 | 2 | 9 |
Greg Vaughn | 38 | 113 | 30 | .265 | 5 | 23 |
Juan Castillo | 3 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 3 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Chris Bosio | 33 | 235 | 15 | 10 | 2.95 | 173 |
Jerry Reuss | 7 | 33.2 | 1 | 4 | 5.35 | 13 |
Other pitchers
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Relief pitchers
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Paul Mirabella | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.63 | 6 |
Awards and honors
- Robin Yount – American League Most Valuable Player
- Dan Plesac, Pitcher, Reserve
Farm system
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References
- ↑ Steve Stanicek at Baseball-Reference
- ↑ Jim Gantner at Baseball-Reference
- ↑ Terry Francona at Baseball-Reference
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.baseball-reference.com/e/engleda01.shtml
- ↑ Jason Giambi at Baseball-Reference
- ↑ Ed Romero at Baseball-Reference
- ↑ Box Score of Game played on Monday, June 5, 1989 at Skydome
- 1989 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference
- 1989 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Almanac