1984 Milwaukee Brewers season

1984 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969)
East Division (since 1972)
Location
Milwaukee County Stadium (since 1970)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (since 1970)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bud Selig
General manager(s)	Harry Dalton
Manager(s)	Rene Lachemann
Local television	WVTV (Mike Hegan, Steve Shannon) Sportsvue (Bob Uecker, Mike Hegan, Steve Shannon)
Local radio	WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)
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The 1984 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing 7th in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 94 losses.

Offseason

• December 8, 1983: Ned Yost and Dan Scarpetta (minors) was traded by the Brewers to the Texas Rangers for Jim Sundberg.^[1]
• January 16, 1984: Ted Simmons was signed as a free agent with the Brewers.^[2]
• January 17, 1984: Don Money was released by the Brewers.^[3]
• February 19, 1984: Billy Max (minors) was traded by the Brewers to the New York Mets for Kelvin Moore.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	104	58	0.642	—	53–29	51–29
Toronto Blue Jays	89	73	0.549	15	49–32	40–41
New York Yankees	87	75	0.537	17	51–30	36–45
Boston Red Sox	86	76	0.531	18	41–40	45–36
Baltimore Orioles	85	77	0.525	19	44–37	41–40
Cleveland Indians	75	87	0.463	29	41–39	34–48
Milwaukee Brewers	67	94	0.416	36½	38–43	29–51

Record vs. opponents

1984 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–7	8–4	7–5	7–6	7–6	5–7	7–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	9–3	9–3	4–9
Boston	7–6	—	9–3	7–5	10–3	7–6	3–9	9–4	6–6	7–6	7–5	4–8	5–7	5–8
California	4–8	3–9	—	8–5	8–4	4–8	6–7	8–4	4–9	8–4	7–6	9–4	5–8	7–5
Chicago	5–7	5–7	5–8	—	8–4	4–8	5–8	7–5	8–5	7–5	6–7	5–8	5–8	4–8
Cleveland	6–7	3–10	4–8	4–8	—	4–9	6–6	9–4	7–5	2–11	7–5	8–4	9–3	6–7–1
Detroit	6–7	6–7	8–4	8–4	9–4	—	7–5	11–2	9–3	7–6	9–3	6–6	10–2	8–5
Kansas City	7–5	9–3	7–6	8–5	6–6	5–7	—	6–6	6–7	5–7	5–8	9–4	6–7	5–7
Milwaukee	6–7	4–9	4–8	5–7	4–9	2–11	6–6	—	5–7	6–7	4–8	6–6	5–6	10–3
Minnesota	7–5	6–6	9–4	5–8	5–7	3–9	7–6	7–5	—	8–4	8–5	7–6	8–5	1–11
New York	8–5	6–7	4–8	5–7	11–2	6–7	7–5	7–6	4–8	—	8–4	7–5	6–6	8–5
Oakland	6–6	5–7	6–7	7–6	5–7	3–9	8–5	8–4	5–8	4–8	—	8–5	8–5	4–8
Seattle	3–9	8–4	4–9	8–5	4–8	6–6	4–9	6–6	6–7	5–7	5–8	—	10–3	5–7
Texas	3–9	7–5	8–5	8–5	3–9	2–10	7–6	6–5	5–8	6–6	5–8	3–10	—	6–6
Toronto	9–4	8–5	5–7	8–4	7–6–1	5–8	7–5	3–10	11–1	5–8	8–4	7–5	6–6	—

Notable transactions

• April 18, 1984: Paul Hartzell was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[5]
• May 9, 1984: Paul Hartzell was released by the Brewers.^[5]
• June 9, 1984: Paul Hartzell was signed as a free Agent by the Brewers.^[5]
• June 9, 1984: Chuck Hensley was purchased by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Oakland Athletics.^[6]
• July 2, 1984: Chuck Hensley was released by the Milwaukee Brewers.^[6]
• July 3, 1984: Danny Boone was released by the Brewers.^[7]
• August 8, 1984: Jim Kern was signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.^[8]
• August 11, 1984, Frank Robinson was hired as hitting coach.^[9]

Draft picks

• June 4, 1984: John Jaha was drafted by the Brewers in the 14th round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed September 3, 1984.^[10]

Roster

1984 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers 46 Jerry Augustine 46 Andy Beene 48 Mike Caldwell 49 Tom Candiotti 47 Jaime Cocanower 34 Rollie Fingers 40 Bob Gibson 30 Moose Haas 39 Paul Hartzell 31 Jim Kern 27 Pete Ladd 33,41 Jack Lazorko 10 Bob McClure 43 Chuck Porter 41 Ray Searage 20 Don Sutton 42 Tom Tellmann 36 Rick Waits		Catchers 21 Bill Schroeder  8 Jim Sundberg Infielders 15 Cecil Cooper 17 Jim Gantner 13 Roy Howell 26 Willie Lozado  4 Paul Molitor  2 Randy Ready 11 Ed Romero 19 Robin Yount		Outfielders 29 Mark Brouhard 25 Bobby Clark 14 Dion James  5 Doug Loman 28 Rick Manning 22 Charlie Moore 24 Ben Oglivie Other batters 23 Ted Simmons		Manager  9 Rene Lachemann Coaches 45 Pat Dobson  1 Dave Garcia 12 Larry Haney  7 Frank Robinson 35 Tom Trebelhorn

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	Sundberg, JimJim Sundberg	110	348	91	.261	7	43

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
Molitor, PaulPaul Molitor	13	46	10	.217	0	6

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
Sutton, DonDon Sutton	33	213	14	12	3.77	143
Porter, ChuckChuck Porter	17	81.1	6	4	3.87	48

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

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
Ladd, PetePete Ladd	54	4	9	3	5.24	75

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Vancouver Canadians	Pacific Coast League	Tony Muser
AA	El Paso Diablos	Texas League	Terry Bevington
A	Stockton Ports	California League	Tim Nordbrook, Mike Pazik and Andy Etchebarren
A	Beloit Brewers	Midwest League	Tom Gamboa
Rookie	Paintsville Brewers	Appalachian League	Ron Hansen

Notes

1. Jim Sundberg at Baseball-Reference
2. Ted Simmons at Baseball-Reference
3. Don Money at Baseball-Reference
4. Kelvin Moore at Baseball-Reference
5. Paul Hartzell at Baseball-Reference
6. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/henslch01.shtml
7. Danny Boone at Baseball-Reference
8. http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kernji01.shtml
10. John Jaha at Baseball-Reference

References

• 1984 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference
• 1984 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com