1980 Milwaukee Brewers
Record: 81-79
Finish: 2nd in NL West Division
Runs Scored: 667
Runs Allowed: 623
Exp W-L: 85-75
 
Ballpark: County Stadium
Attendance: 1,679,523
Manager: Fletch Lives

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 7th in the National League
AA: 60-77, 10th in the National League
A: 53-84, 12th in the National League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF *Gene Richards 26 153 622 96 178 16 7 9 61 90 35 66 58 .286 .355 .378 .733 89.5 19.0 0.0
CF *Greg Gross 27 156 587 74 153 18 4 11 73 8 7 75 36 .261 .342 .361 .704 76.3 14.3 4.8
RF *Kirk Gibson 23 154 589 83 158 30 12 16 85 32 15 49 108 .268 .324 .441 .766 81.5 17.0 3.4
LF  Benny Ayala 29 154 584 72 162 24 1 25 102 0 0 40 66 .277 .319 .450 .769 83.5 17.2 3.6
SS #Garry Templeton 24 155 521 55 131 28 4 0 39 33 6 31 113 .251 .293 .321 .614 48.9 6.6 7.8
3B  Ron Dunn 30 156 505 62 113 53 1 7 62 1 2 49 123 .224 .292 .374 .666 51.6 7.8 5.2
C  Rick Dempsey 30 129 462 44 103 15 2 8 41 0 0 45 104 .223 .294 .316 .610 41.6 3.9 5.9
1B *Mike Jorgensen 31 134 441 53 103 14 0 9 53 1 0 52 41 .234 .311 .327 .638 47.5 6.1 2.6
DH  John Castino 25 144 432 47 101 18 3 4 32 2 2 24 55 .234 .272 .317 .589 35.6 2.5 5.2
1B  Gary Gray 27 83 201 25 49 9 2 10 28 0 0 9 36 .244 .280 .458 .737 23.9 3.9 1.1
C *Jamie Quirk 25 86 163 14 33 3 0 1 16 0 0 15 29 .202 .270 .239 .509 9.8 0.0 2.5
1B *Bob Molinaro 30 44 91 14 23 4 1 2 11 12 4 1 6 .253 .266 .385 .651 9.1 0.9 0.6
DH *Jim Breazeale 30 54 83 6 15 0 0 2 10 0 0 6 17 .181 .231 .253 .484 4.9 0.0 0.1
C  Pete Varney 31 51 68 7 26 4 1 0 16 1 0 0 16 .382 .382 .471 .853 10.1 2.8 0.3
2B *Jack Perconte 25 22 57 9 19 2 2 0 7 7 0 3 2 .333 .367 .439 .805 9.5 2.6 0.8
2B  Fernando Gonzalez 30 46 43 5 12 1 0 2 7 1 0 3 6 .279 .326 .442 .768 6.0 1.1 0.6
  Team Totals 27.7 1721 5449 666 1379 239 40 106 643 188 71 468 816 .253 .311 .370 .681 629.2 105.6 44.6
  Rank among 12 NL teams 9 9 8 8 4 11 9 1 11 8 10 8 9 9 9 9  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Dave Geisel 25 18 14 .563 36 36 0 289.0 241 91 13 104 160 2.83 24.4
 Roy Thomas 27 12 13 .480 35 35 0 248.3 227 98 12 82 165 3.55 15.9
 Mike Norris 25 16 14 .533 32 32 0 233.0 205 98 26 66 158 3.79 13.6
*Fernando Valenzuela 19 8 9 .471 21 21 0 158.3 156 83 14 60 67 4.72 4.8
 Lynn McGlothen 30 5 7 .417 53 14 11 139.7 142 49 5 63 66 3.16 11.4
*Guy Hoffman 23 7 5 .583 23 13 4 108.3 101 38 6 44 54 3.16 9.2
 Ernie Camacho 25 5 10 .333 72 1 11 100.7 113 49 5 48 38 4.38 4.8
*David Clyde 25 4 2 .667 38 1 9 60.0 50 28 6 34 33 4.20 4.6
 Charlie Williams 32 3 1 .750 7 7 0 48.3 43 16 2 18 21 2.98 4.0
 Danny Fife 30 2 3 .400 19 0 2 30.7 30 28 2 28 13 8.22 0.0
 Doc Medich 31 1 1 .500 11 0 0 12.0 18 11 0 5 4 8.25 0.0
Team Totals 26.5 81 79 .506 347 160 37 1428.3 1326 589 91 552 779 3.71 92.7
Rank among 12 NL teams 8 8 9 8 9 2 2 6 8 7 7  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 31.5
R.Dempsey 1108.7 128 129 624 37 2 0 .997 27.5
J.Quirk 258.0 30 30 153 10 3 0 .982 35.7
P.Varney 61.7 2 24 27 4 1 0 .969 25.0
Team Total 1428.3 160 183 804 51 6 0 .993 29.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.90
M.Jorgensen 993.0 113 126 1273 87 8 125 .994 12.33
G.Gray 401.3 47 51 510 42 1 50 .998 12.38
P.Varney 23.7 0 16 32 4 1 4 .973 13.69
J.Breazeale 6.3 0 1 12 0 0 1 1.000 17.06
B.Molinaro 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Ayala 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1428.3 160 197 1830 133 10 180 .995 12.37
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.93
J.Castino 1174.0 141 141 253 507 14 125 .982 5.83
J.Perconte 161.0 18 18 31 77 1 15 .991 6.04
F.Gonzalez 83.3 1 36 22 40 1 11 .984 6.70
J.Quirk 10.0 0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1428.3 160 200 307 628 16 151 .983 5.89
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.98
R.Dunn 1343.3 154 155 82 377 6 33 .987 3.08
J.Quirk 69.0 5 20 6 14 0 0 1.000 2.61
F.Gonzalez 15.0 1 7 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Breazeale 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1428.3 160 183 89 393 6 33 .988 3.04
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 5.35
G.Templeton 1298.0 154 154 197 607 20 125 .976 5.57
J.Quirk 118.3 6 32 23 62 1 11 .988 6.46
J.Castino 6.0 0 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Perconte 5.0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60
J.Breazeale 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1428.3 160 194 220 674 21 136 .977 5.63
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.90
B.Ayala 1313.3 148 151 265 7 0 1 1.000 1.86
B.Molinaro 44.0 5 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.23
J.Breazeale 31.0 3 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.45
F.Gonzalez 31.0 4 4 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.32
G.Gray 7.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Gibson 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1428.3 160 173 284 8 0 1 1.000 1.84
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.48
G.Gross 1327.3 149 151 339 5 1 1 .997 2.33
B.Molinaro 100.0 11 12 35 0 1 0 .972 3.15
K.Gibson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1428.3 160 164 374 5 2 1 .995 2.39
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.96
K.Gibson 1319.0 148 151 272 6 9 1 .969 1.90
B.Molinaro 58.0 7 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.78
M.Jorgensen 27.0 3 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
J.Breazeale 17.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06
B.Ayala 5.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
G.Gross 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1428.3 160 167 287 6 9 1 .970 1.85
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.05
D.Geisel 289.0 36 36 14 51 1 4 .985 2.02
R.Thomas 248.3 35 35 12 57 1 1 .986 2.50
M.Norris 233.0 32 32 16 38 0 3 1.000 2.09
F.Valenzuela 158.3 21 21 10 32 0 2 1.000 2.39
L.McGlothen 139.7 14 53 12 25 0 3 1.000 2.38
G.Hoffman 108.3 13 23 8 13 0 2 1.000 1.74
E.Camacho 100.7 1 72 5 16 0 0 1.000 1.88
D.Clyde 60.0 1 38 5 4 1 0 .900 1.35
C.Williams 48.3 7 7 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.86
D.Fife 30.7 0 19 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.05
D.Medich 12.0 0 11 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1428.3 160 347 87 251 3 15 .991 2.13
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Richards .286
On-Base Pct Richards .355
Slugging Pct Ayala .450
OPS Ayala .769
XR Richards 89.5
Games Dunn, Gross 156
At-Bats Richards 622
Runs Richards 96
Hits Richards 178
Total Bases Ayala 263
Singles Richards 146
Doubles Dunn 53
Triples Gibson 12
Homeruns Ayala 25
RBIs Ayala 102
Stolen Bases Richards 90
Caught Stealing Richards 35
Walks Gross 75
Strikeouts Dunn 123
ERA Geisel 2.83
Wins Geisel 18
Losses Geisel, Norris 14
Winning Pct Geisel .563
Saves Camacho, McGlothen 11
Games Pitched Camacho 72
Games Started Geisel 36
Complete Games Geisel, Norris 13
Shutouts Norris 5
Innings Pitched Geisel 289.0
Hits Allowed Geisel 241
Homeruns Allowed Norris 26
Strikeouts Thomas 165
Walks Allowed Geisel 104
Walks per 9IP Norris 2.5
Hits per 9IP Geisel 7.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Norris 6.1
WHiP Norris 1.16
OAVG Geisel .229
OOBP Norris .289
OSLG Geisel .325
OOPS Geisel .624
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Charlie Williams $ 5,500,000
Greg Gross $ 4,630,000
Benny Ayala $ 2,492,857
Roy Thomas $ 2,435,714
Ron Dunn $ 2,207,143
Lynn McGlothen $ 1,670,000
Rick Dempsey $ 1,070,000
Jim Breazeale $ 1,000,000
David Clyde $ 662,857
Dale Murray $ 400,000
Gary Gray $ 350,000
Pete Varney $ 350,000
Danny Fife $ 320,000
Bob Molinaro $ 300,000
Mike Norris $ 300,000
Jack Perconte $ 300,000
Jamie Quirk $ 300,000
Fernando Gonzalez $ 300,000
Kirk Gibson $ 300,000
Dave Geisel $ 300,000
Gene Richards $ 300,000
Garry Templeton $ 300,000
Fernando Valenzuela $ 300,000
John Castino $ 300,000
Ernie Camacho $ 300,000
Guy Hoffman $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Mike Jorgensen
2/17 Signed     Dale Murray
9/1 Released Doc Medich    
10/23 Released Mike Jorgensen