1989 Milwaukee Brewers season

1989 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969)
East Division (since 1972)
Location
Milwaukee County Stadium (since 1970)
Milwaukee (since 1970)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bud Selig
General manager(s)	Harry Dalton
Manager(s)	Tom Trebelhorn
Local television	WCGV-TV (Pete Vuckovich, Jim Paschke)
Local radio	WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)
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The Milwaukee Brewers' 1989 season involved the Brewers' finishing 4th in the American League East with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses.

Offseason

• October 26, 1988: Steve Stanicek was released by the Brewers.^[1]
• December 20, 1988: Jim Gantner was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[2]
• March 30, 1989: Terry Francona was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[3]
• March 30, 1989: Dave Engel was signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.^[4]

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

• June 5, 1989: Jason Giambi was drafted by the Brewers in the 43rd round of the 1989 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.^[5]
• August 2, 1989: Dave Engel was released by the Milwaukee Brewers.^[4]
• August 23, 1989: The Milwaukee Brewers traded a player to be named later to the Atlanta Braves for Ed Romero. The Brewers completed the deal by sending Jay Aldrich to the Braves on September 1.^[6]

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Toronto Blue Jays	89	73	0.549	—	46–35	43–38
Baltimore Orioles	87	75	0.537	2	47–34	40–41
Boston Red Sox	83	79	0.512	6	46–35	37–44
Milwaukee Brewers	81	81	0.500	8	45–36	36–45
New York Yankees	74	87	0.460	14½	41–40	33–47
Cleveland Indians	73	89	0.451	16	41–40	32–49
Detroit Tigers	59	103	0.364	30	38–43	21–60

Record vs. opponents

1989 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–7	6–6	6–6	7–6	10–3	6–6	7–6	4–8	8–5	5–7	6–6	9–3	7–6
Boston	7–6	—	4–8	7–5	8–5	11–2	4–8	6–7	6–6	7–6	7–5	5–7	6–6	5–8
California	6–6	8–4	—	8–5	5–7	11–1	4–9	7–5	11–2	6–6	5–8	7–6	6–7	7–5
Chicago	6–6	5–7	5–8	—	7–5	4–8	6–7	10–2	5–8	5–6	5–8	7–6	3–10	1–11
Cleveland	6–7	5–8	7–5	5–7	—	5–8	8–4	3–10	5–7	9–4	2–10	6–6	7–5	5–8
Detroit	3–10	2–11	1–11	8–4	8–5	—	6–6	6–7	5–7	6–7	4–8	4–8	4–8	2–11
Kansas City	6–6	8–4	9–4	7–6	4–8	6–6	—	8–4	7–6	6–6	7–6	9–4	8–5	7–5
Milwaukee	6–7	7–6	5–7	2–10	10–3	7–6	4–8	—	9–3	8–5	5–7	7–5	5–7	6–7
Minnesota	8–4	6–6	2–11	8–5	7–5	7–5	6–7	3–9	—	6–6	6–7	7–6	5–8	9–3
New York	5–8	6–7	6–6	6–5	4–9	7–6	6–6	5–8	6–6	—	3–9	8–4	5–7	7–6
Oakland	7–5	5–7	8–5	8–5	10–2	8–4	6–7	7–5	7–6	9–3	—	9–4	8–5	7–5
Seattle	6–6	7–5	6–7	6–7	6–6	8–4	4–9	5–7	6–7	4–8	4–9	—	6–7	5–7
Texas	3–9	6–6	7–6	10–3	5–7	8–4	5–8	7–5	8–5	7–5	5–8	7–6	—	5–7
Toronto	6–7	8–5	5–7	11–1	8–5	11–2	5–7	7–6	3–9	6–7	5–7	7–5	7–5	—

First SkyDome Game

The Brewers played in the first baseball game at 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	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	5	9	0
Toronto	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	8	0
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 33 Jay Aldrich 38 Don August 40 Mike Birkbeck 29 Chris Bosio 48 Bryan Clutterbuck 32 Chuck Crim 39 Tom Filer 36 Tony Fossas 49 Teddy Higuera 41 Mark Knudson 36 Ray Krawczyk 47 Bill Kreuger 27 Paul Mirabella 31 Jaime Navarro 28 Jeff Peterek 37 Dan Plesac 21 Jerry Reuss 43 Randy Veres 46 Bill Wegman		Catchers 22 Charlie O'Brien  5 B. J. Surhoff Infielders 34 Billy Bates  9 Greg Brock 33 George Canale  3 Juan Castillo 25 Dave Engle 30 Terry Francona 17 Jim Gantner 23 Joey Meyer  4 Paul Molitor 14 Gus Polidor 15 Ed Romero 1,11 Gary Sheffield  6 Bill Spiers		Outfielders 26 Glenn Braggs 45 Rob Deer 16 Mike Felder 11 La Vel Freeman 25 Greg Vaughn 19 Robin Yount		Manager 42 Tom Trebelhorn Coaches 31 Duffy Dyer  8 Andy Etchebarren 12 Larry Haney 24 Chuck Hartenstein 35 Tony Muser

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	B. J. Surhoff	126	436	108	.248	5	55
1B	Greg Brock	107	373	99	.265	12	52
2B	Jim Gantner	116	409	112	.274	0	34
3B	Paul Molitor	155	615	194	.315	11	56
SS	Bill Spiers	114	345	88	.255	4	33
LF	Glenn Braggs	144	514	127	.247	15	66
CF	Robin Yount	160	614	195	.318	21	103
RF	Rob Deer	130	466	98	.210	26	65
DH	Joey Meyer	53	147	33	.224	7	29

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Gary Sheffield	95	368	91	.247	5	32
Terry Francona	89	233	54	.232	3	23
Charlie O'Brien	40	118	26	.220	2	9
Greg Vaughn	38	113	30	.265	5	23
Juan Castillo	3	4	0	.000	0	3

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Chris Bosio	33	235	15	10	2.95	173
Jerry Reuss	7	33.2	1	4	5.35	13

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Paul Mirabella	13	0	0	0	7.63	6

Awards and honors

• Robin Yount – American League Most Valuable Player

All-Star Game

• Dan Plesac, Pitcher, Reserve

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Denver Zephyrs	American Association	Dave Machemer
AA	El Paso Diablos	Texas League	Marc Bombard
A	Stockton Ports	California League	Dave Huppert
A	Beloit Brewers	Midwest League	Savannah Fossey
Rookie	AZL Brewers	Arizona League	Sam Harry
Rookie	Helena Brewers	Pioneer League	Ben Anderson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Brewers

References

1. Steve Stanicek at Baseball-Reference
2. Jim Gantner at Baseball-Reference
3. Terry Francona at Baseball-Reference
4. http://www.baseball-reference.com/e/engleda01.shtml
5. Jason Giambi at Baseball-Reference
6. Ed Romero at Baseball-Reference
7. Box Score of Game played on Monday, June 5, 1989 at Skydome

• 1989 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference
• 1989 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Almanac