1984 Milwaukee Brewers season

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1984 Milwaukee Brewers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkMilwaukee County Stadium
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin
OwnersBud Selig
General managersHarry Dalton
ManagersRene Lachemann
TelevisionWVTV
(Steve Shannon, Mike Hegan)
Sportsvue
(Bob Uecker, Mike Hegan, Steve Shannon)
RadioWTMJ (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.

Offseason[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 104 58 0.642 — 53–29 51–29
Toronto Blue Jays 89 73 0.549 15 49–32 40–41
New York Yankees 87 75 0.537 17 51–30 36–45
Boston Red Sox 86 76 0.531 18 41–40 45–36
Baltimore Orioles 85 77 0.525 19 44–37 41–40
Cleveland Indians 75 87 0.463 29 41–39 34–48
Milwaukee Brewers 67 94 0.416 36½ 38–43 29–51

Record vs. opponents[edit]

1984 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

[10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 6–7 8–4 7–5 7–6 7–6 5–7 7–6 5–7 5–8 6–6 9–3 9–3 4–9
Boston 7–6 — 9–3 7–5 10–3 7–6 3–9 9–4 6–6 7–6 7–5 4–8 5–7 5–8
California 4–8 3–9 — 8–5 8–4 4–8 6–7 8–4 4–9 8–4 7–6 9–4 5–8 7–5
Chicago 5–7 5–7 5–8 — 8–4 4–8 5–8 7–5 8–5 7–5 6–7 5–8 5–8 4–8
Cleveland 6–7 3–10 4–8 4–8 — 4–9 6–6 9–4 7–5 2–11 7–5 8–4 9–3 6–7–1
Detroit 6–7 6–7 8–4 8–4 9–4 — 7–5 11–2 9–3 7–6 9–3 6–6 10–2 8–5
Kansas City 7–5 9–3 7–6 8–5 6–6 5–7 — 6–6 6–7 5–7 5–8 9–4 6–7 5–7
Milwaukee 6–7 4–9 4–8 5–7 4–9 2–11 6–6 — 5–7 6–7 4–8 6–6 5–6 10–3
Minnesota 7–5 6–6 9–4 5–8 5–7 3–9 7–6 7–5 — 8–4 8–5 7–6 8–5 1–11
New York 8–5 6–7 4–8 5–7 11–2 6–7 7–5 7–6 4–8 — 8–4 7–5 6–6 8–5
Oakland 6–6 5–7 6–7 7–6 5–7 3–9 8–5 8–4 5–8 4–8 — 8–5 8–5 4–8
Seattle 3–9 8–4 4–9 8–5 4–8 6–6 4–9 6–6 6–7 5–7 5–8 — 10–3 5–7
Texas 3–9 7–5 8–5 8–5 3–9 2–10 7–6 6–5 5–8 6–6 5–8 3–10 — 6–6
Toronto 9–4 8–5 5–7 8–4 7–6–1 5–8 7–5 3–10 11–1 5–8 8–4 7–5 6–6 —


Notable transactions[edit]

  • April 18, 1984: Paul Hartzell was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[5]
  • May 9, 1984: Paul Hartzell was released by the Brewers.[5]
  • June 9, 1984: Paul Hartzell was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[5]
  • June 9, 1984: Chuck Hensley was purchased by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Oakland Athletics.[6]
  • July 2, 1984: Chuck Hensley was released by the Milwaukee Brewers.[6]
  • July 3, 1984: Danny Boone was released by the Brewers.[7]
  • August 8, 1984: Jim Kern was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.[8]
  • August 11, 1984, Frank Robinson was hired as hitting coach.[9]

Draft picks[edit]

Roster[edit]

1984 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

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
C Jim Sundberg 110 348 91 .261 7 43
1B Cecil Cooper 148 603 166 .275 11 67
2B Jim Gantner 153 613 173 .282 3 56
SS Robin Yount 160 624 186 .298 16 80
3B Ed Romero 116 357 90 .252 1 31
LF Ben Oglivie 131 461 121 .262 12 60
CF Rick Manning 119 341 85 .249 7 31
RF Dion James 128 387 114 .295 1 30
DH Ted Simmons 132 497 110 .221 4 52

Other batters[edit]

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Bill Schroeder 61 210 54 .257 14 25
Mark Brouhard 66 197 47 .239 6 22
Charlie Moore 70 188 44 .234 2 17
Bobby Clark 58 169 44 .260 2 16
Roy Howell 68 164 38 .232 4 17
Randy Ready 37 123 23 .187 3 13
Willie Lozado 43 107 29 .271 1 20
Doug Loman 23 76 21 .276 2 12
Paul Molitor 13 46 10 .217 0 6

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Don Sutton 33 213.0 14 12 3.77 143
Moose Haas 31 189.1 9 11 3.99 84
Jaime Cocanower 33 174.2 8 16 4.02 65
Mike Caldwell 26 126.0 6 13 4.64 34
Chuck Porter 17 81.1 6 4 3.87 48

Other pitchers[edit]

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob McClure 39 139.2 4 8 4.38 68
Bob Gibson 18 69.0 2 5 4.96 54
Tom Candiotti 8 32.1 2 2 5.29 23
Andy Beene 5 18.2 0 2 11.09 11
Paul Hartzell 4 10.1 0 1 7.84 3

Relief pitchers[edit]

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Rollie Fingers 33 1 2 23 1.96 40
Pete Ladd 54 4 9 3 5.24 75
Tom Tellmann 50 6 3 4 2.78 28
Rick Waits 47 2 4 3 3.58 49
Ray Searage 21 2 1 6 0.70 29
Jack Lazorko 15 0 1 1 4.31 24
Jim Kern 6 1 0 0 0.00 4
Jerry Augustine 4 0 0 0 0.00 3

Farm system[edit]

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

Level Team League Manager
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[edit]

  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. ^ a b c Paul Hartzell at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ a b "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.

References[edit]

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