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1979 Milwaukee Brewers  (1978)  (1980) 90-72, 3rd in AL Eastern Division Scored 914 runs, Allowed 774 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-68 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .706 Park Factor: Batting - 102 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 88-74   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 95-66 Manager(s): Paul Weinberg

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Gorman Thomas        28  158  581  120  139  28   4  51  131   0   1  103  204  .239  .354  .565  123   7.4  1(-2)e4    24  
 2B  Paul Molitor         22  154  609  120  205  27  13  15   86  27  10   56   51  .337  .391  .498  121   7.5  2e20       47  
 OF *Ben Oglivie          30  144  534   95  171  32   5  36  119   9   4   42   46  .320  .372  .601  114   8.0  4(0)e6    104  
 OF *Jose Cruz            31  137  512   93  165  33   6   9   52  38  10   54   52  .322  .385  .463   96   7.1  3(-1)e15   60  
 SS  Robin Yount          23  161  586   86  171  35   4  12   68  15   2   34   71  .292  .331  .427   83   5.1  2e27       78  
 3B #Steve Ontiveros      27  157  542   70  160  29   4   4   63   0   0   54   67  .295  .369  .386   76   5.2  4e27       23  
 1B *Cecil Cooper         29  136  507   60  139  36   0  14   72   5   0   50   69  .274  .336  .428   72   5.0  1e12     -108  
 OF  Cesar Cedeno         28  110  354   59   93  22   0   7   37  13   2   37   34  .263  .332  .384   48   4.9  2(-4)e3    -6  
 C   Charlie Moore        26  108  350   51  103  22   0   3   40   1   2   29   27  .294  .351  .383   44   4.5  3(0)e6    -25  
 DH  Dick Davis           25   96  329   51   83  16   0  14   50   3   0   14   53  .252  .280  .429   37   3.8             -7  
 OF  Mike Vail            27   46  163   28   61   9   2   6   42   0   0   11   24  .374  .407  .564   36   8.9  4(0)e10    72  
 C   Barry Foote          27   60  204   31   54  19   0  13   50   0   1   20   31  .265  .328  .549   36   6.1  2(-1)e6   134  
 C   Jim Essian           28   41  124   20   32   6   0   4   19   0   0    6   11  .258  .290  .403   13   3.5  2(+2)e4    28  
 2B *Jim Gantner          26   54  147    6   34   8   2   1   18   1   3    8   13  .231  .266  .333   11   2.5  4e15     -127  
 C  *Milt May             28   15   51    5   16   6   0   0    4   0   0    5    7  .314  .386  .431    8   6.0  3(0)e14    87  
 UT  George Scott         35   19   47    7   11   1   0   2    7   0   0    4    8  .234  .294  .383    5   3.7            -27  
 1B  Roger Freed          33   10   26    3    7   5   0   0    6   0   0    2    7  .269  .310  .462    3   4.6  4e30     -105  
 3B  Kevin Bell           23   22   55    4    7   5   0   0    3   0   0    9   13  .127  .250  .218    3   1.9  3e41     -183  
 C  *Tim McCarver         37   10   34    4    8   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .235  .278  .265    2   2.4  4(+2)e6  -105  
 OF  Paul Blair           35    6    4    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250  .250  .500    0   4.5  1(-2)e4   307  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           940                   22

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Lary Sorensen        23  19   8  .704  39  39   7   0   0   0   3  258.2  267  113  102  26   57   79  3.55  113   3.9  -62  
  P *Bill Travers         26  14   6  .700  28  27   4   0   0   0   0  192.2  182   97   88  25   71   80  4.11   94   4.4  -83  
  P *Mike Caldwell        30  14  13  .519  37  37   9   0   0   0   1  252.2  275  137  121  31   62   86  4.31  130   4.6   10  
  P  Enrique Romo         31  11  13  .458  77   0   0  38  11  10   0  138.0  136   64   56   9   52   98  3.65   62   4.1  -31  
  P  Steve Busby          29   9   1  .900  17  12   0   2   0   0   0   76.2   63   48   42   6   65   37  4.93   38   4.5  -16  
  P  Moose Haas           23   8   4  .667  15  15   3   0   0   0   2   96.1  114   54   53  14   25   47  4.95   58   5.3    4  
  P  Andy Messersmith     33   5   2  .714  11  11   1   0   0   0   0   61.1   44   28   25   5   29   21  3.67   24   3.6 -120  
  P *Jerry Augustine      26   4   4  .500  50   2   0  20   2   1   0   81.0   89   41   38   2   39   34  4.22   40   4.4  -62  
  P *Dave Hamilton        31   3   7  .300  38   6   0  17   4   0   0   83.2   85   48   43  12   38   55  4.63   50   5.4   44  
  P  Bill Castro          26   1   2  .333  48   0   0  29  21   8   0   37.0   43   20   19   1   14    8  4.62   20   4.8   70  
  P *Bob McClure          27   1   5  .167  40   0   0  11   3   2   0   30.0   37   22   16   2   22   24  4.80   24   7.3   60  
  P *Jon Matlack          29   1   6  .143  13  13   0   0   0   0   0   59.1   86   54   52  15   20   26  7.89   57   8.9  166  
  P  Lerrin LaGrow        31   0   0  .000  28   0   0  10   3   0   0   30.0   31   12   11   0   14   21  3.30   11   3.6  -91  
  P  Pedro Borbon         32   0   1  .000  38   0   0  11   2   0   0   54.2   74   36   32   7   10   29  5.27   43   7.2   70  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      771        -18

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Charlie Moore 800 89 101 427 34 7 2 .985 41 22 Barry Foote* 587 65 75 310 24 5 3 .985 Milt May* 504 57 59 328 16 7 3 .980 Jim Essian* 297 34 35 240 14 4 1 .984 Tim McCarver 76 9 9 38 3 0 0 1.000 6 2 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cecil Cooper 1101 119 132 1055 99 8 118 .993 9.43 Jim Essian 254 32 32 273 25 3 24 .990 10.56 Ben Oglivie 33 4 4 36 1 1 1 .974 10.19 Roger Freed 28 3 3 31 0 1 3 .969 9.96 George Scott 28 3 4 25 1 1 2 .963 8.36 Cesar Cedeno 7 1 2 10 1 0 1 1.000 14.14 Steve Ontiveros 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Paul Molitor 1287 146 151 484 380 12 103 .986 6.04 Jim Gantner 165 16 30 69 42 1 12 .991 6.07 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Steve Ontiveros 1212 136 149 110 265 22 28 .945 2.79 Jim Gantner 118 13 19 13 19 1 3 .970 2.44 Jim Essian 45 6 7 3 13 0 0 1.000 3.20 Kevin Bell 30 1 8 4 8 0 1 1.000 3.64 George Scott 26 3 5 6 5 0 1 1.000 3.81 Mike Vail 22 3 4 2 3 1 0 .833 2.08 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Robin Yount 1426 161 161 335 564 24 103 .974 5.67 Paul Molitor 17 0 9 5 5 0 0 1.000 5.40 Jim Gantner 8 1 1 4 1 0 0 1.000 5.62 Kevin Bell 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jose Cruz 979 108 113 201 9 11 0 .950 1.93 Ben Oglivie 280 32 33 63 4 0 0 1.000 2.15 Mike Vail 98 13 13 21 0 1 0 .955 1.94 Dick Davis 87 9 14 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.07 Cesar Cedeno 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Tim McCarver 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jim Essian 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gorman Thomas 1364 154 157 427 17 4 1 .991 2.93 Cesar Cedeno 75 8 13 32 2 1 0 .971 4.08 Paul Blair 11 0 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27 Jose Cruz 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cesar Cedeno 720 78 93 147 7 2 1 .987 1.92 Ben Oglivie 633 75 79 118 7 5 0 .962 1.78 Jose Cruz 86 9 13 22 0 2 0 .917 2.30 Gorman Thomas 8 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 Dick Davis 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Mike Vail 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1979 Draft

Round 1 (#18):	Enrique Romo
Round 3 (#56):	Milt May
Round 4 (#73):	Pedro Borbon
Round 5 (#89):	Dave Hamilton
Round 6 (#104):	Steve Busby
Round 7 (#118):	Tim McCarver
Round 8 (#131):	Andy Messersmith
Round 9 (#141):	Lerrin LaGrow
Round 10 (#147):	Paul Blair
Round 11 (#151):	Roger Freed

Transactions

• 1979-09: traded Milt May, Tim McCarver to SFN for Jim Essian, Barry Foote
• 1979 postseason: released Steve Busby, Barry Foote, Dave Hamilton, Steve Ontiveros

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