1989 Milwaukee Brewers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkMilwaukee County Stadium
CityMilwaukee
OwnersBud Selig
General managersHarry Dalton
ManagersTom Trebelhorn
TelevisionWCGV-TV
(Jim Paschke, Pete Vuckovich)
RadioWTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)
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The Milwaukee Brewers' 1989 season involved the Brewers' finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses. The Brewers led MLB with 165 stolen bases.[1]

Offseason

Regular season

Notable transactions

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 record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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 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 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 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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

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 Sheffield 95 368 91 .247 5 32
Mike Felder 117 315 76 .241 3 23
Terry Francona 89 233 54 .232 3 23
Gus Polidor 79 175 34 .194 0 14
Charlie O'Brien 40 118 26 .220 2 9
Greg Vaughn 38 113 30 .265 5 23
Dave Engle 27 65 14 .215 2 8
Ed Romero 15 50 10 .200 0 3
George Canale 13 26 5 .192 1 3
Billy Bates 7 14 3 .214 0 0
Juan Castillo 3 4 0 .000 0 3
LaVel Freeman 2 3 0 .000 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
Chris Bosio 33 235.0 15 10 2.95 173
Don August 31 142.1 12 12 5.31 51
Teddy Higuera 22 135.1 9 6 3.46 91
Jaime Navarro 19 109.2 7 8 3.12 56
Tom Filer 13 72.1 7 3 3.61 20
Bryan Clutterbuck 14 67.1 2 5 4.14 29
Bill Wegman 11 51.0 2 6 6.71 27
Mike Birkbeck 9 44.2 0 4 5.44 31
Jerry Reuss 7 33.2 1 4 5.35 13

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 Knudson 40 123.2 8 5 3.35 47
Bill Krueger 34 93.2 3 2 3.84 72
Jeff Peterek 7 31.1 0 2 4.02 16
Randy Veres 3 8.1 0 1 4.32 8

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 Plesac 52 3 4 33 2.35 52
Chuck Crim 76 9 7 7 2.83 59
Tony Fossas 51 2 2 1 3.54 42
Jay Aldrich 16 1 0 1 3.81 12
Paul Mirabella 13 0 0 0 7.63 6
Ray Krawczyk 1 0 0 0 13.50 6
Terry Francona 1 0 0 0 0.00 1

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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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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