1984 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1984 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing 7th in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 94 losses, their first losing season since 1977.

1984 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersBud Selig
General managersHarry Dalton
ManagersRene Lachemann
Local televisionWVTV
(Steve Shannon, Mike Hegan)
Sportsvue
(Bob Uecker, Mike Hegan, Steve Shannon)
Local radioWTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 10458 0.642 — 53–29 51–29
Toronto Blue Jays 8973 0.549 15 49–32 40–41
New York Yankees 8775 0.537 17 51–30 36–45
Boston Red Sox 8676 0.531 18 41–40 45–36
Baltimore Orioles 8577 0.525 19 44–37 41–40
Cleveland Indians 7587 0.463 29 41–39 34–48
Milwaukee Brewers 6794 0.416 36½ 38–43 29–51

Record vs. opponents
1984 American League record

Sources:

Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —6–78–47–57–67–65–77–65–75–86–69–39–34–9
Boston 7–6—9–37–510–37–63–99–46–67–67–54–85–75–8
California 4–83–9—8–58–44–86–78–44–98–47–69–45–87–5
Chicago 5–75–75–8—8–44–85–87–58–57–56–75–85–84–8
Cleveland 6–73–104–84–8—4–96–69–47–52–117–58–49–36–7–1
Detroit 6–76–78–48–49–4—7–511–29–37–69–36–610–28–5
Kansas City 7–59–37–68–56–65–7—6–66–75–75–89–46–75–7
Milwaukee 6–74–94–85–74–92–116–6—5–76–74–86–65–610–3
Minnesota 7–56–69–45–85–73–97–67–5—8–48–57–68–51–11
New York 8–56–74–85–711–26–77–57–64–8—8–47–56–68–5
Oakland 6–65–76–77–65–73–98–58–45–84–8—8–58–54–8
Seattle 3–98–44–98–54–86–64–96–66–75–75–8—10–35–7
Texas 3–97–58–58–53–92–107–66–55–86–65–83–10—6–6
Toronto 9–48–55–78–47–6–15–87–53–1011–15–88–47–56–6—

Notable transactions
  • 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

Roster
1984 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CJim Sundberg11034891.261743
1BCecil Cooper148603166.2751167
2BJim Gantner153613173.282356
SSRobin Yount160624186.2981680
3BEd Romero11635790.252131
LFBen Oglivie131461121.2621260
CFRick Manning11934185.249731
RFDion James128387114.295130
DHTed Simmons132497110.221452

Other batters

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 Schroeder6121054.2571425
Mark Brouhard6619747.239622
Charlie Moore7018844.234217
Bobby Clark5816944.260216
Roy Howell6816438.232417
Randy Ready3712323.187313
Willie Lozado4310729.271120
Doug Loman237621.276212
Paul Molitor134610.21706

Starting pitchers

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 Sutton33213.014123.77143
Moose Haas31189.19113.9984
Jaime Cocanower33174.28164.0265
Mike Caldwell26126.06134.6434
Chuck Porter1781.1643.8748

Other pitchers

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 McClure39139.2484.3868
Bob Gibson1869.0254.9654
Tom Candiotti832.1225.2923
Andy Beene518.20211.0911
Paul Hartzell410.1017.843

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Rollie Fingers3312231.9640
Pete Ladd544935.2475
Tom Tellmann506342.7828
Rick Waits472433.5849
Ray Searage212160.7029
Jack Lazorko150114.3124
Jim Kern61000.004
Jerry Augustine40000.003

Farm system
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
  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. Paul Hartzell at Baseball-Reference
  6. "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
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