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 5–0 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.Steve Lake page on Baseball Reference February 26, 1979: Eduardo Rodríguez was purchased from the Brewers by the Kansas City Royals.Eduardo Rodríguez page on Baseball Reference March 6, 1979: Vic Harris was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.Vic Harris at Baseball Reference March 28, 1979: Gary Beare was traded by the Brewers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dan Boitano.Dan Boitano at Baseball Reference

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 Sal Bando Mike Caldwell Cecil Cooper Larry Hisle Sixto Lezcano Don Money Charlie Moore Ben Oglivie Gorman Thomas Robin Yount

Notable transactions June 7, 1979: Randy Stein was traded by the Brewers to the Seattle Mariners for Paul Mitchell.Randy Stein at Baseball Reference

Roster 1979 Milwaukee Brewers Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C 111 337 101 .300 5 38 1B 150 590 182 .308 24 106 2B 140 584 188 .322 9 62 SS 149 577 154 .267 8 51 3B 130 476 117 .246 9 43 LF 139 514 145 .282 29 81 CF 156 557 136 .244 45 123 RF 138 473 152 .321 28 101 DH 91 335 89 .266 12 41

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 92 350 83 .237 6 38 70 208 59 .284 2 22 69 196 53 .270 4 26 63 175 46 .263 1 17 26 96 27 .281 3 14 19 52 12 .231 0 2 4 14 7 .500 0 1 2 2 1 .500 0 0

Pitching

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 34 235.1 15 14 3.98 63 30 235.0 16 6 3.29 89 32 213.0 15 9 3.63 80 30 187.1 14 8 3.89 74 29 184.2 11 11 4.78 95

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 18 75.0 3 3 5.76 32

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 39 3 1 6 2.03 10 43 9 6 5 3.47 41 36 5 2 5 3.88 37 31 3 1 3 4.38 28 29 1 5 4 6.71 22 5 0 0 0 1.50 5 3 0 0 0 5.63 2 3 0 0 0 9.00 2 1 0 0 0 6.00 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 9.00 0

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1979.

Notes

References 1979 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Reference 1979 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Almanac