1989 Milwaukee Brewers season

The Milwaukee Brewers' 1989 season involved the Brewers' finishing 4th in the American League East with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses. The Brewers led MLB with 165 stolen bases.[1]

1989 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersBud Selig
General managersHarry Dalton
ManagersTom Trebelhorn
Local televisionWCGV-TV
(Jim Paschke, Pete Vuckovich)
Local radioWTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)
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Offseason
  • October 26, 1988: Steve Stanicek was released by the Brewers.[2]
  • December 20, 1988: Jim Gantner was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[3]
  • March 30, 1989: Terry Francona was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[4]
  • March 30, 1989: Dave Engel was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.[5]

Regular season
  • During the season, Robin Yount had a 19-game hitting streak. Yount finished the season leading the Brewers in RBIs for the third straight season.

Notable transactions

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 8973 0.549 — 46–35 43–38
Baltimore Orioles 8775 0.537 2 47–34 40–41
Boston Red Sox 8379 0.512 6 46–35 37–44
Milwaukee Brewers 8181 0.500 8 45–36 36–45
New York Yankees 7487 0.460 14½ 41–40 33–47
Cleveland Indians 7389 0.451 16 41–40 32–49
Detroit Tigers 59103 0.364 30 38–43 21–60

Record vs. opponents
1989 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —6–76–66–67–610–36–67–64–88–55–76–69–37–6
Boston 7–6—4–87–58–511–24–86–76–67–67–55–76–65–8
California 6–68–4—8–55–711–14–97–511–26–65–87–66–77–5
Chicago 6–65–75–8—7–54–86–710–25–85–65–87–63–101–11
Cleveland 6–75–87–55–7—5–88–43–105–79–42–106–67–55–8
Detroit 3–102–111–118–48–5—6–66–75–76–74–84–84–82–11
Kansas City 6–68–49–47–64–86–6—8–47–66–67–69–48–57–5
Milwaukee 6–77–65–72–1010–37–64–8—9–38–55–77–55–76–7
Minnesota 8–46–62–118–57–57–56–73–9—6–66–77–65–89–3
New York 5–86–76–66–54–97–66–65–86–6—3–98–45–77–6
Oakland 7–55–78–58–510–28–46–77–57–69–3—9–48–57–5
Seattle 6–67–56–76–76–68–44–95–76–74–84–9—6–75–7
Texas 3–96–67–610–35–78–45–87–58–57–55–87–6—5–7
Toronto 6–78–55–711–18–511–25–77–63–96–75–77–57–5—

First SkyDome Game

The Brewers played in the first baseball game at the SkyDome. The game was played on June 5 against the Toronto Blue Jays, and the Brewers won by a score of 5-3. Don August was the winning pitcher as he won his 5th game of the season, while Toronto's Jimmy Key lost his 4th game of the season. The attendance at SkyDome was 48,378.

Linescore

June 5, SkyDome, Toronto, Canada

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Milwaukee 101 210 000 590
Toronto 020 000 010 380
W: Don August (5-6)  L: Jimmy Key (6-4)   SV: Dan Plesac (13)  
Home Runs: Braggs (10), McGriff (13), Bell (8) Attendance: 48,378 Time: 2:43

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Roster
Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

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
CB. J. Surhoff126436108.248555
1BGreg Brock10737399.2651252
2BJim Gantner116409112.274034
3BPaul Molitor155615194.3151156
SSBill Spiers11434588.255433
LFGlenn Braggs144514127.2471566
CFRobin Yount160614195.31821103
RFRob Deer13046698.2102665
DHJoey Meyer5314733.224729

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
Gary Sheffield9536891.247532
Mike Felder11731576.241323
Terry Francona8923354.232323
Gus Polidor7917534.194014
Charlie O'Brien4011826.22029
Greg Vaughn3811330.265523
Dave Engle276514.21528
Ed Romero155010.20003
George Canale13265.19213
Billy Bates7143.21400
Juan Castillo340.00003
LaVel Freeman230.00000

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
Chris Bosio33235.015102.95173
Don August31142.112125.3151
Teddy Higuera22135.1963.4691
Jaime Navarro19109.2783.1256
Tom Filer1372.1733.6120
Bryan Clutterbuck1467.1254.1429
Bill Wegman1151.0266.7127
Mike Birkbeck944.2045.4431
Jerry Reuss733.2145.3513

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
Mark Knudson40123.2853.3547
Bill Krueger3493.2323.8472
Jeff Peterek731.1024.0216
Randy Veres38.1014.328

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
Dan Plesac5234332.3552
Chuck Crim769772.8359
Tony Fossas512213.5442
Jay Aldrich161013.8112
Paul Mirabella130007.636
Ray Krawczyk100013.506
Terry Francona10000.001

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball

The Brewers' farm system consisted of seven minor league affiliates in 1989.[9][10] The Brewers operated a Dominican Summer League team as a co-op with the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles.[10] The AZL Brewers won the Arizona League championship.[11]

Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Denver Zephyrs American Association Dave Machemer
Double-A El Paso Diablos Texas League Marc Bombard
Class A Stockton Ports California League Dave Huppert
Class A Beloit Brewers Midwest League Alex Taveras
Rookie Helena Brewers Pioneer League Dusty Rhodes
Rookie AZL Brewers Arizona League Jeff Nate
Rookie DSL Red Sox/Orioles/Brewers Dominican Summer League
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References
  1. "1989 MLB Team Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  2. Steve Stanicek at Baseball-Reference
  3. Jim Gantner at Baseball-Reference
  4. Terry Francona at Baseball-Reference
  5. "Dave Engle Stats".
  6. Jason Giambi at Baseball-Reference
  7. Ed Romero at Baseball-Reference
  8. Box Score of Game played on Monday, June 5, 1989 at Skydome
  9. "1989 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  10. "1989 Dominican Summer League Statistics". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  11. "1989 Arizona League Standings". Stats Crew. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
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