1979 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics and Roster

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1979 Milwaukee Brewers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978/1980)
95-66, Finished 2nd in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 807 runs, Allowed 722 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-72
Managed by George Bamberger

Ballpark: County Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,918,343 (5th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
  (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Charlie Moore       26  111  337   45  101  16  2   5   38  29   32  .300  .355  .404   8   5  11   1   3   2   1  105
1B *Cecil Cooper        29  150  590   83  182  44  1  24  106  56   77  .308  .364  .508  15   3  14   0   6   8  10  133
2B  Paul Molitor        22  140  584   88  188  27 16   9   62  48   48  .322  .372  .469  33  13   9   2   6   5   5  126
3B  Sal Bando           35  130  476   57  117  14  3   9   43  57   42  .246  .330  .345   2   0  17   3   6   1   3   83
SS  Robin Yount         23  149  577   72  154  26  5   8   51  35   52  .267  .308  .371  11   8  15   1  10   3   3   83
LF *Ben Oglivie         30  139  514   88  145  30  4  29   81  48   56  .282  .343  .525  12   5  11   2   4   4  12  131
CF  Gorman Thomas       28  156  557   97  136  29  0  45  123  98  175  .244  .356  .539   1   5   8   2   5   6   6  138
RF  Sixto Lezcano       25  138  473   84  152  29  3  28  101  77   74  .321  .414  .573   4   3  11   3   6   7   5  164
DH  Dick Davis          25   91  335   51   89  13  1  12   41  16   46  .266  .298  .418   3   3  10   0   1   1   0   92
    Don Money           32   92  350   52   83  20  1   6   38  40   47  .237  .316  .351   1   0  10   2   6   4   0   80
   *Jim Gantner         26   70  208   29   59  10  3   2   22  16   17  .284  .336  .389   3   5   3   2   5   3   1   96
    Buck Martinez       30   69  196   17   53   8  0   4   26   8   25  .270  .296  .372   0   1   3   0   8   2   0   80
    Jim Wohlford        28   63  175   19   46  13  1   1   17   8   28  .263  .290  .366   6   2   3   0   5   3   0   76
    Larry Hisle         32   26   96   18   27   7  0   3   14  11   19  .281  .352  .448   1   0   4   0   0   1   2  115
    Ray Fosse           32   19   52    6   12   3  1   0    2   2    6  .231  .286  .327   0   0   1   2   0   0   0   66
    Lenn Sakata         25    4   14    1    7   2  0   0    1   0    1  .500  .500  .643   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  207
    Tim Nordbrook       29    2    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  172

   *Bill Travers        26   30    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   1   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.5  161 5536  807 1552 291 41 185  754 549  745  .280  .345  .448 100  53 118   8  60  38  36  113
    Rank among 14 AL teams         7    4    4   2  5   2        5    6     4     2     2   6   7                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Lary Sorensen       23  34   3.98  15  14  0  34   0  16   2  235.3  250  113  104  30   42   63  967   3   4  0   3 105
SP  Jim Slaton          29  32   3.63  15   9  0  31   0  12   3  213.0  229   95   86  15   54   80  894   5   2  0   1 115
SP *Mike Caldwell       30  30   3.29  16   6  0  30   0  16   4  235.0  252   96   86  18   39   89  967   5   4  0   2 127
SP  Moose Haas          23  29   4.78  11  11  0  28   0   8   1  184.7  198  112   98  26   59   95  790   9   0  0   2  88
SP *Bill Travers        26  30   3.89  14   8  0  27   2   9   2  187.3  196   89   81  33   45   74  785   6   3  0   0 108

CL  Bill Castro         27  39   2.03   3   1  6   0  26   0   0   44.3   40   14   10   2   13   10  181   2   0  0   5 206
RP *Jerry Augustine     26  43   3.47   9   6  5   2  23   0   0   85.7   95   38   33   6   30   41  375   4   1  0   4 121
RP *Bob McClure         27  36   3.88   5   2  5   0  16   0   0   51.0   53   29   22   6   24   37  229   5   3  0   0 108
RP  Bob Galasso         27  31   4.38   3   1  3   0  14   0   0   51.3   64   30   25   5   26   28  243   3   0  0   3  96
RP  Reggie Cleveland    31  29   6.71   1   5  4   1  11   0   0   55.0   77   44   41   9   23   22  258   2   0  1   4  62

    Paul Mitchell       29  18   5.76   3   3  0   8   4   0   0   75.0   81   50   48  11   10   32  312   0   3  0   0  73
    Andy Replogle       25   3   5.63   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    8.0   13    5    5   0    2    2   36   0   0  0   0  74
    Dan Boitano         26   5   1.50   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    6.0    6    1    1   1    3    5   26   0   0  0   0 279
    Sal Bando           35   1   6.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.0    3    2    2   0    0    0   13   0   0  0   0  70
   *Lance Rautzhan      26   3   9.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.0    3    3    3   0   10    2   20   4   0  0   0  47
    Jim Gantner         26   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.0    2    0    0   0    0    0    5   0   0  0   0    
    Buck Martinez       30   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    1    1    1   0    1    0    5   0   0  0   0  46
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.6 161   4.03  95  66 23 161 100  61  12 1439.0 1563  722  644 162  381  580 6106  48  20  1  24 104
    Rank among 14 AL teams          4   2  13 12           1   1      3   11    5       10    1   14

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- CMoore 832 89 106 414 58 10 7 .979 6 39 64 35 BMartinez 547 67 68 198 39 8 2 .967 4 9 31 23 RFosse 59 5 13 32 3 0 1 1.000 0 0 2 2 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1439 161 161 644 100 18 10 .976 10 48 97 60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *10.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CCooper 1186 134 135 1323 78 10 119 .993 10.63 DMoney 163 19 19 196 11 0 20 1.000 11.38 BOglivie 61 5 9 68 3 1 3 .986 10.42 SBando 20 2 4 18 2 0 3 1.000 9.00 RFosse 8 1 1 9 0 0 0 1.000 10.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1439 161 161 1614 94 11 145 .994 10.68 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *5.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PMolitor 1075 121 122 289 413 15 81 .979 5.87 JGantner 186 20 22 50 76 2 16 .984 6.10 DMoney 141 16 16 26 42 2 7 .971 4.34 LSakata 35 4 4 10 13 0 5 1.000 5.91 SBando 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1439 161 161 376 545 19 109 .980 5.76 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 *3.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SBando 934 107 109 87 222 12 16 .963 2.98 JGantner 302 33 42 28 71 5 8 .952 2.95 DMoney 203 21 26 18 64 0 6 1.000 3.63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1439 161 161 133 357 17 30 .966 3.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 *5.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RYount 1319 149 149 267 517 25 97 .969 5.35 PMolitor 89 9 10 20 27 1 3 .979 4.75 JGantner 26 3 3 2 13 0 2 1.000 5.19 TNordbrook 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1439 161 161 290 557 26 102 .970 5.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BOglivie 822 95 102 208 6 1 0 .995 2.34 JWohlford 270 28 35 78 0 1 0 .987 2.59 DDavis 256 28 32 68 1 1 0 .986 2.42 LHisle 81 9 10 16 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 SLezcano 9 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1439 161 161 373 9 3 0 .992 2.39 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GThomas 1341 151 152 433 5 4 0 .991 2.94 JWohlford 92 9 14 39 0 2 0 .951 3.82 LHisle 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1439 161 161 473 5 6 0 .988 2.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SLezcano 1173 134 134 281 10 4 3 .986 2.23 BOglivie 183 18 24 44 1 3 0 .937 2.21 JWohlford 59 7 8 12 0 1 0 .923 1.83 DDavis 24 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1439 161 161 341 11 8 3 .978 2.20 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.46 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- GThomas 1341 151 152 435 4 4 0 .991 2.94 SLezcano 1182 135 135 281 10 4 2 .986 2.22 BOglivie 1006 113 120 252 7 4 0 .985 2.32 JWohlford 421 44 55 126 0 4 0 .969 2.69 DDavis 280 30 35 72 1 2 0 .973 2.34 LHisle 87 10 10 17 2 0 0 1.000 1.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1439 161 161 1183 24 18 2 .985 2.52 161 161 161 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 *1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LSorensen 235 34 34 23 39 6 3 .912 2.37 MCaldwell 235 31 30 7 64 2 3 .973 2.72 JSlaton 213 30 32 16 35 1 3 .981 2.15 BTravers 187 27 30 7 25 2 0 .941 1.54 MHaas 184 28 29 14 21 1 3 .972 1.71 JAugustine 85 2 43 3 6 0 1 1.000 0.95 PMitchell 75 8 18 3 8 0 1 1.000 1.32 RCleveland 55 1 29 2 5 2 1 .778 1.15 BGalasso 51 0 31 0 7 0 0 1.000 1.23 BMcClure 51 0 36 1 7 3 1 .727 1.41 BCastro 44 0 39 1 7 1 1 .889 1.63 AReplogle 8 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 DBoitano 6 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 LRautzhan 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 SBando 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JGantner 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 BMartinez 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1439 161 161 79 228 18 17 .945 1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- DDavis 53 DMoney 33 SBando 19 CCooper 15 LHisle 15 BOglivie 13 PMolitor 8 RFosse 5 JWohlford 5 GThomas 4 SLezcano 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Molitor .322

On-base % Lezcano .414

Slugging % Lezcano .573

OPS Lezcano .987

Games Thomas 156

At Bats Cooper 590

Plate Appearances (approx.) Thomas 668

Runs Thomas 97

Hits Molitor 188

Total Bases Cooper and Thomas 300

Doubles Cooper 44

Triples Molitor 16

Home Runs Thomas 45

RBI Thomas 123

Bases on Balls Thomas 98

Strikeouts Thomas 175

Stolen Bases Molitor 33

Singles Molitor 136

Adjusted OPS+ Lezcano 164

Runs Created Lezcano 115

Adjusted Batting Runs Lezcano 46

Batting Wins Lezcano 4.4

Extra-Base Hits Thomas 74

Times on Base Cooper and Molitor 238

Offensive Win% Lezcano .759

Hit By Pitch Bando and Lezcano 3

Sac. Hits Yount 10

Sac. Flies Cooper 8

Intentional Walks Oglivie 12

Grounded into Double Plays Bando 17

Caught Stealing Molitor 13

Power/Speed Number Cooper 18.5

At Bats per Strikeout Molitor 12.2

At Bats per Home Run Thomas 12.4

Outs Yount 459

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ERA Caldwell 3.29

Wins Caldwell 16

Won-Loss % Caldwell .727

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Caldwell 1.238

Hits Allowed/9IP Travers 9.42

Bases on Balls/9IP Caldwell 1.49

Strikeouts/9IP Haas 4.63

Games Augustine 43

Saves Castro 6

Innings Sorensen 235.3

Strikeouts Haas 95

Games Started Sorensen 34

Comp. Games Caldwell and Sorensen 16

Shutouts Caldwell 4

Home Runs Allow. Travers 33

Bases On Balls Allow. Haas 59

Hits Allowed Caldwell 252

SO to Walk Caldwell 2.28

Losses Sorensen 14

Earned Runs Allow. Sorensen 104

Wild Pitches Haas 9

Hit Batsmen Caldwell and Sorensen 4

Batters Faced Caldwell and Sorensen 967

Games Finished Castro 26

Adjusted ERA+ Caldwell 127

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