1979 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1979 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 10th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 11th overall. The Brewers finished second in the American League East with a record of 95 wins and 66 losses. They scored at least one run in each of their first 160 games of the season, and were shutout (losing 5Ã¢ÂÂ0 to Minnesota) only in the 161st game which was to be their last game of the season.

Offseason

December 21, 1978: Steve Lake was purchased from the Orioles by the Milwaukee Brewers.
February 26, 1979: Eduardo RodrÃÂguez was purchased from the Brewers by the Kansas City Royals.
March 6, 1979: Vic Harris was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.
March 28, 1979: Gary Beare was traded by the Brewers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dan Boitano.

Regular season

Gorman Thomas enjoyed his best season in the majors, compiling career high numbers in home runs (45, tops in the AL), RBI (123), runs scored (97), hits (136), doubles (29), walks (98), on-base percentage (.356), total bases (300), slugging average (.539) and OPS (.895).

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

June 7, 1979: Randy Stein was traded by the Brewers to the Seattle Mariners for Paul Mitchell.

Roster

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

Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers