1979 Milwaukee Brewers
Record: 72-88
Finish: 4th in NL West Division
Runs Scored: 677
Runs Allowed: 713
Exp W-L: 76-84
 
Ballpark: County Stadium
Attendance: 1,545,318
Manager: Fletch Lives

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 70-67, 6th in the National League
AA: 60-77, 8th in the National League
A: 67-70, 4th 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 *Greg Gross 26 154 534 77 162 15 7 11 72 6 3 66 29 .303 .376 .419 .796 84.6 19.7 4.7
LF  Benny Ayala 28 153 549 50 148 20 2 16 71 1 0 43 62 .270 .323 .401 .724 67.9 12.8 0.1
CF *Gene Richards 25 135 522 78 132 12 7 7 50 64 26 55 38 .253 .326 .343 .669 63.6 10.0 3.0
2B  Fernando Gonzalez 29 149 509 56 127 15 1 12 57 1 1 27 32 .250 .288 .354 .641 46.7 4.0 4.5
SS #Garry Templeton 23 144 458 59 123 23 9 7 50 7 0 21 79 .269 .301 .404 .705 50.6 8.7 4.6
3B  Ron Dunn 29 135 413 59 103 35 1 9 48 0 0 63 82 .249 .346 .404 .750 60.4 12.9 4.2
RF *Kirk Gibson 22 114 408 53 91 16 5 13 60 5 3 25 96 .223 .271 .382 .653 43.4 5.2 3.5
C  Rick Dempsey 29 101 387 42 88 15 3 7 38 0 0 26 82 .227 .280 .336 .615 33.1 2.6 2.7
DH *Jim Breazeale 29 86 288 39 72 6 1 13 39 0 0 35 23 .250 .327 .413 .740 37.9 6.0 0.0
C  Pete Varney 30 86 287 24 76 12 0 4 34 6 0 16 57 .265 .302 .348 .650 29.2 3.5 1.7
1B *Bob Molinaro 29 106 276 38 67 13 7 6 29 22 13 10 17 .243 .274 .406 .680 28.3 3.2 1.7
LF  Don Reynolds 26 62 187 17 38 4 1 0 21 0 0 26 25 .203 .301 .235 .536 15.7 0.4 1.4
3B  George Scott 35 45 176 23 59 15 1 7 30 3 1 9 25 .335 .365 .551 .916 32.1 8.4 0.5
1B  Robin Yount 23 72 158 24 39 9 1 1 16 9 2 12 25 .247 .298 .335 .634 14.5 1.2 1.8
1B  Gary Gray 26 51 141 15 42 7 2 2 22 0 0 9 25 .298 .338 .418 .756 18.0 3.8 0.2
3B  Jerry Royster 26 57 103 13 22 5 0 1 8 3 1 7 8 .214 .264 .291 .555 7.2 0.1 1.0
C *Jamie Quirk 24 10 33 3 11 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 2 .333 .324 .394 .717 3.6 0.6 0.2
RF *John Harris 24 10 27 4 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .259 .259 .370 .630 2.3 0.4 0.0
SS  Mike Fischlin 23 11 11 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .091 .231 .091 .322 0.3 0.0 0.1
DH  John Castino 24 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.3 0.1
  Team Totals 26.5 1685 5470 677 1409 228 48 116 653 127 51 452 712 .258 .314 .380 .695 639.9 104.2 36.0
  Rank among 12 NL teams 10 9 8 9 3 10 9 3 10 11 6 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
 Mike Norris 24 10 16 .385 31 31 0 233.7 223 105 24 50 136 4.04 10.6
*Dave Geisel 24 10 16 .385 34 34 0 218.7 233 109 26 98 115 4.49 5.8
 Lynn McGlothen 29 13 8 .619 28 28 0 202.0 181 71 7 106 73 3.16 14.2
 Roy Thomas 26 9 14 .391 30 30 0 186.3 189 89 15 75 106 4.30 6.3
*Bill Lee 32 12 9 .571 24 24 0 185.3 213 70 1 22 34 3.40 12.3
*David Clyde 24 5 9 .357 82 0 15 131.0 117 47 14 51 69 3.23 10.9
 Doc Medich 30 1 4 .200 61 0 11 72.3 80 41 9 37 21 5.10 1.6
 Danny Fife 29 4 6 .400 51 0 9 72.3 60 29 1 48 21 3.61 6.1
 Charlie Williams 31 4 3 .571 9 9 0 63.0 52 21 3 25 20 3.00 4.7
*Guy Hoffman 22 2 2 .500 6 4 0 37.0 37 18 4 12 18 4.38 1.4
 Randy Stein 26 2 1 .667 14 0 3 18.7 17 6 0 16 13 2.89 2.1
Team Totals 27.0 72 88 .450 370 160 38 1420.3 1402 606 104 540 626 3.84 75.8
Rank among 12 NL teams 9 9 9 9 11 4 6 6 9 11 8  
* - 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 .989 33.5
R.Dempsey 787.0 90 90 372 35 1 1 .998 26.3
P.Varney 480.0 54 60 218 24 1 0 .996 32.6
G.Gross 59.7 6 7 24 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
J.Quirk 25.0 3 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
G.Gray 18.0 2 2 9 1 1 0 .909 0.0
B.Ayala 14.7 1 2 4 0 1 0 .800 0.0
B.Molinaro 10.0 1 1 11 0 1 0 .917 0.0
R.Yount 9.0 1 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
K.Gibson 9.0 1 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
J.Breazeale 8.0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1420.3 160 168 661 61 5 1 .993 26.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.02
B.Ayala 815.0 93 96 1072 68 21 111 .982 12.59
G.Scott 219.2 24 24 279 27 3 23 .990 12.56
B.Molinaro 76.0 8 13 98 5 0 13 1.000 12.20
P.Varney 55.0 5 9 74 6 0 5 1.000 13.09
J.Harris 53.0 7 7 72 8 1 9 .988 13.58
G.Gray 26.7 2 6 28 3 1 2 .969 10.47
G.Richards 9.0 1 1 12 0 0 2 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1253.9 140 156 1635 117 26 165 .985 12.58
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.00
R.Dunn 1091.7 126 130 242 500 25 119 .967 6.12
R.Yount 222.7 24 35 61 109 3 28 .983 6.87
J.Royster 71.0 8 12 18 32 1 7 .980 6.34
F.Gonzalez 18.0 1 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.50
M.Fischlin 17.0 1 3 4 5 0 2 1.000 4.76
Team Total 1420.3 160 183 327 649 29 156 .971 6.18
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.92
F.Gonzalez 1213.0 139 144 88 338 16 24 .964 3.16
G.Scott 177.9 20 21 11 42 4 3 .930 2.68
J.Royster 136.3 13 27 3 34 5 2 .881 2.44
J.Quirk 54.0 7 7 0 15 2 2 .882 2.50
J.Castino 9.0 1 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00
R.Dunn 7.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Fischlin 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1598.2 180 207 103 432 27 31 .952 3.01
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.51
G.Templeton 1203.0 140 144 195 594 45 124 .946 5.90
R.Yount 136.3 13 29 19 67 1 10 .989 5.68
J.Royster 70.0 6 17 12 36 0 11 1.000 6.17
M.Fischlin 11.0 1 4 3 7 1 3 .909 8.18
Team Total 1420.3 160 194 229 704 47 148 .952 5.91
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.94
G.Richards 1082.0 125 131 209 6 2 1 .991 1.79
G.Gross 207.0 22 30 38 1 2 0 .951 1.70
B.Molinaro 53.0 6 7 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.21
G.Gray 51.3 6 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.10
B.Ayala 12.0 0 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
F.Gonzalez 8.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
J.Royster 7.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
Team Total 1420.3 160 184 279 7 4 1 .986 1.81
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.55
G.Gross 864.0 96 103 247 8 1 2 .996 2.66
K.Gibson 305.7 37 38 96 3 1 2 .990 2.92
B.Molinaro 197.0 21 25 59 0 2 0 .967 2.70
R.Yount 31.0 4 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
G.Richards 12.0 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Reynolds 10.7 1 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.22
Team Total 1420.3 160 177 418 11 4 4 .991 2.72
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.99
K.Gibson 613.0 70 73 134 3 3 0 .979 2.01
D.Reynolds 448.0 55 57 93 2 0 2 1.000 1.91
B.Molinaro 295.3 31 44 52 0 0 0 1.000 1.58
G.Gross 48.0 4 7 11 1 0 1 1.000 2.25
J.Breazeale 9.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
B.Ayala 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Royster 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1420.3 160 190 294 6 3 3 .990 1.90
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.07
M.Norris 233.7 31 31 24 35 3 4 .952 2.27
D.Geisel 218.7 34 34 13 43 1 3 .982 2.30
L.McGlothen 202.0 28 28 16 36 2 1 .963 2.32
R.Thomas 186.3 30 30 9 27 3 3 .923 1.74
B.Lee 185.3 24 24 15 33 1 1 .980 2.33
D.Clyde 131.0 0 82 6 13 3 3 .864 1.31
D.Medich 72.3 0 61 5 9 2 1 .875 1.74
D.Fife 72.3 0 51 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.62
C.Williams 63.0 9 9 5 11 0 1 1.000 2.29
G.Hoffman 37.0 4 6 4 4 0 1 1.000 1.95
R.Stein 18.7 0 14 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.45
Team Total 1420.3 160 370 101 223 15 18 .956 2.05
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Gross .303
On-Base Pct Gross .376
Slugging Pct Gross .419
OPS Gross .796
XR Gross 84.6
Games Gross 154
At-Bats Ayala 549
Runs Richards 78
Hits Gross 162
Total Bases Gross 224
Singles Gross 129
Doubles Dunn 35
Triples Templeton 9
Homeruns Ayala 16
RBIs Gross 72
Stolen Bases Richards 64
Caught Stealing Richards 26
Walks Gross 66
Strikeouts Gibson 96
ERA McGlothen 3.16
Wins McGlothen 13
Losses Geisel, Norris 16
Winning Pct McGlothen .619
Saves Clyde 15
Games Pitched Clyde 82
Games Started Geisel 34
Complete Games Norris 9
Shutouts Norris 2
Innings Pitched Norris 233.7
Hits Allowed Geisel 233
Homeruns Allowed Geisel 26
Strikeouts Norris 136
Walks Allowed McGlothen 106
Walks per 9IP Lee 1.1
Hits per 9IP McGlothen 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Norris 5.2
WHiP Norris 1.17
OAVG McGlothen .237
OOBP Norris .288
OSLG McGlothen .294
OOPS McGlothen .623
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Charlie Williams $ 5,500,000
Greg Gross $ 4,630,000
Rick Dempsey $ 3,150,000
Lynn McGlothen $ 1,600,000
Ron Dunn $ 1,450,000
Jim Breazeale $ 1,000,000
Pete Varney $ 350,000
David Clyde $ 350,000
Doc Medich $ 350,000
Gary Gray $ 300,000
Fernando Gonzalez $ 300,000
Kirk Gibson $ 300,000
Dave Geisel $ 300,000
Danny Fife $ 300,000
John Castino $ 300,000
Mike Fischlin $ 300,000
Benny Ayala $ 300,000
Guy Hoffman $ 300,000
Robin Yount $ 300,000
Bob Molinaro $ 300,000
Mike Norris $ 300,000
Jamie Quirk $ 300,000
Don Reynolds $ 300,000
Gene Richards $ 300,000
Jerry Royster $ 300,000
Randy Stein $ 300,000
Garry Templeton $ 300,000
Roy Thomas $ 300,000
John Harris $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/3 Released John Curtis    
7/31 Traded Bill Lee Boston (N) Charlie Williams
George Scott
9/22 Released George Scott