# 1984 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1984 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 15th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and the 16th overall.
The Brewers' finished seventh in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 94 losses, missing the postseason for the 2nd consecutive season and suffered their first losing season since 1977.

## Offseason

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

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Tigers | 104 | 58 | .642 | — | 53‍–‍29 | 51‍–‍29 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 89 | 73 | .549 | 15 | 49‍–‍32 | 40‍–‍41 |
| New York Yankees | 87 | 75 | .537 | 17 | 51‍–‍30 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Boston Red Sox | 86 | 76 | .531 | 18 | 41‍–‍40 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 85 | 77 | .525 | 19 | 44‍–‍37 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Cleveland Indians | 75 | 87 | .463 | 29 | 41‍–‍39 | 34‍–‍48 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 67 | 94 | .416 | 36½ | 38‍–‍43 | 29‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1984 American League recordvte 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.
* May 9, 1984: Paul Hartzell was released by the Brewers.
* June 9, 1984: Paul Hartzell was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.
* June 9, 1984: Chuck Hensley was purchased by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Oakland Athletics.
* July 2, 1984: Chuck Hensley was released by the Milwaukee Brewers.
* July 3, 1984: Danny Boone was released by the Brewers.
* August 8, 1984: Jim Kern was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
* August 11, 1984, Frank Robinson was hired as hitting coach.

#### 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.

### Roster
## 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 | Jim Sundberg | 110 | 348 | 91 | .261 | 7 | 43 |
| 1B | Cecil Cooper | 148 | 603 | 166 | .275 | 11 | 67 |
| 2B | Jim Gantner | 153 | 613 | 173 | .282 | 3 | 56 |
| SS | Robin Yount | 160 | 624 | 186 | .298 | 16 | 80 |
| 3B | Ed Romero | 116 | 357 | 90 | .252 | 1 | 31 |
| LF | Ben Oglivie | 131 | 461 | 121 | .262 | 12 | 60 |
| CF | Rick Manning | 119 | 341 | 85 | .249 | 7 | 31 |
| RF | Dion James | 128 | 387 | 114 | .295 | 1 | 30 |
| DH | Ted Simmons | 132 | 497 | 110 | .221 | 4 | 52 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Schroeder | 61 | 210 | 54 | .257 | 14 | 25 |
| Mark Brouhard | 66 | 197 | 47 | .239 | 6 | 22 |
| Charlie Moore | 70 | 188 | 44 | .234 | 2 | 17 |
| Bobby Clark | 58 | 169 | 44 | .260 | 2 | 16 |
| Roy Howell | 68 | 164 | 38 | .232 | 4 | 17 |
| Randy Ready | 37 | 123 | 23 | .187 | 3 | 13 |
| Willie Lozado | 43 | 107 | 29 | .271 | 1 | 20 |
| Doug Loman | 23 | 76 | 21 | .276 | 2 | 12 |
| Paul 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 |
| Don Sutton | 33 | 213.0 | 14 | 12 | 3.77 | 143 |
| Moose Haas | 31 | 189.1 | 9 | 11 | 3.99 | 84 |
| Jaime Cocanower | 33 | 174.2 | 8 | 16 | 4.02 | 65 |
| Mike Caldwell | 26 | 126.0 | 6 | 13 | 4.64 | 34 |
| Chuck 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 |
| Bob McClure | 39 | 139.2 | 4 | 8 | 4.38 | 68 |
| Bob Gibson | 18 | 69.0 | 2 | 5 | 4.96 | 54 |
| Tom Candiotti | 8 | 32.1 | 2 | 2 | 5.29 | 23 |
| Andy Beene | 5 | 18.2 | 0 | 2 | 11.09 | 11 |
| Paul Hartzell | 4 | 10.1 | 0 | 1 | 7.84 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Rollie Fingers | 33 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 1.96 | 40 |
| Pete Ladd | 54 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5.24 | 75 |
| Tom Tellmann | 50 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2.78 | 28 |
| Rick Waits | 47 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3.58 | 49 |
| Ray Searage | 21 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0.70 | 29 |
| Jack Lazorko | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.31 | 24 |
| Jim Kern | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 |
| Jerry Augustine | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |

## Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1984.
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| Triple-A | Vancouver Canadians | Pacific Coast League | Tony Muser |
| Double-A | El Paso Diablos | Texas League | Terry Bevington |
| Class A | Stockton Ports | California League | Tim Nordbrook, Mike Pazik, and Andy Etchebarren |
| Class A | Beloit Brewers | Midwest League | Tom Gamboa |
| Rookie | Paintsville Brewers | Appalachian League | Ron Hansen |