# 1980 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1980 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 11th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 12th overall. The Brewers finished third in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses. The Brewers led MLB in home runs (203), grand slams (8), runs batted in (774), slugging percentage (.448), on-base plus slugging (.777) and OPS+ (114).

## Offseason

* October 11, 1979: Juan Castillo was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.
* December 6, 1979: Lenn Sakata was traded by the Brewers to the Baltimore Orioles for John Flinn.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 103 | 59 | .636 | — | 53‍–‍28 | 50‍–‍31 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 100 | 62 | .617 | 3 | 50‍–‍31 | 50‍–‍31 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 86 | 76 | .531 | 17 | 40‍–‍42 | 46‍–‍34 |
| Boston Red Sox | 83 | 77 | .519 | 19 | 36‍–‍45 | 47‍–‍32 |
| Detroit Tigers | 84 | 78 | .519 | 19 | 43‍–‍38 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Cleveland Indians | 79 | 81 | .494 | 23 | 44‍–‍35 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 67 | 95 | .414 | 36 | 35‍–‍46 | 32‍–‍49 |

### Record vs. opponents

1980 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 8–5 | 10–2 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 10–3 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 10–2 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 11–2 |
| Boston | 5–8 | — | 9–3 | 6–4 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 3–10 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–6 |
| California | 2–10 | 3–9 | — | 3–10 | 4–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 2–10 | 3–10 | 11–2 | 11–2 | 3–9 |
| Chicago | 6–6 | 4–6 | 10–3 | — | 5–7 | 2–10 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–7–2 | 5–7 |
| Cleveland | 7–6 | 6–7 | 6–4 | 7–5 | — | 3–10 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 9–3 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 8–5 |
| Detroit | 3–10 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 10–3 | — | 2–10 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 10–2–1 | 4–8 | 9–4 |
| Kansas City | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 10–2 | — | 6–6 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 10–3 | 9–3 |
| Milwaukee | 6–7 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 6–7 | 6–6 | — | 7–5 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 5–8 |
| Minnesota | 2–10 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 5–7 | — | 4–8 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 9–3 | 7–5 |
| New York | 6–7 | 10–3 | 10–2 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 8–4 | — | 8–4 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 10–3 |
| Oakland | 5–7 | 3–9 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 4–8 | — | 8–5 | 7–6 | 8–4 |
| Seattle | 6–6 | 5–7 | 2–11 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 2–10–1 | 6–7 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 3–9 | 5–8 | — | 4–9 | 6–6 |
| Texas | 6–6 | 7–5 | 2–11 | 7–6–2 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 3–10 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 9–4 | — | 7–5 |
| Toronto | 2–11 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 4–9 | 3–9 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 3, 1980: Ray Fosse was released by the Brewers.
* July 24, 1980: Bill Lyons was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.
* September 1, 1980: John Poff was selected off waivers by the Brewers from the Philadelphia Phillies.

### 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 | Charlie Moore | 111 | 320 | 93 | .291 | 2 | 30 |
| 1B | Cecil Cooper | 153 | 622 | 219 | .352 | 25 | 122 |
| 2B | Paul Molitor | 111 | 450 | 137 | .304 | 9 | 37 |
| SS | Robin Yount | 143 | 611 | 179 | .293 | 23 | 87 |
| 3B | Jim Gantner | 132 | 415 | 117 | .282 | 4 | 40 |
| LF | Ben Oglivie | 156 | 592 | 180 | .304 | 41 | 118 |
| CF | Gorman Thomas | 162 | 628 | 150 | .239 | 38 | 105 |
| RF | Sixto Lezcano | 112 | 411 | 94 | .229 | 18 | 55 |
| DH | Dick Davis | 106 | 365 | 99 | .271 | 4 | 30 |

#### 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 |
| Don Money | 86 | 289 | 74 | .256 | 17 | 46 |
| Sal Bando | 78 | 254 | 50 | .197 | 5 | 31 |
| Buck Martinez | 76 | 219 | 49 | .224 | 3 | 17 |
| Mark Brouhard | 45 | 125 | 29 | .232 | 5 | 16 |
| Ed Romero | 42 | 104 | 27 | .260 | 1 | 10 |
| Vic Harris | 34 | 89 | 19 | .213 | 1 | 7 |
| John Poff | 19 | 68 | 17 | .250 | 1 | 7 |
| Larry Hisle | 17 | 60 | 17 | .283 | 6 | 16 |
| Ned Yost | 15 | 31 | 5 | .161 | 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 |
| Moose Haas | 33 | 252.1 | 16 | 15 | 3.10 | 146 |
| Mike Caldwell | 34 | 225.1 | 13 | 11 | 4.03 | 74 |
| Lary Sorensen | 35 | 195.2 | 12 | 10 | 3.68 | 54 |
| Bill Travers | 29 | 154.1 | 12 | 6 | 3.91 | 62 |
| Rickey Keeton | 5 | 28.1 | 2 | 2 | 4.76 | 8 |
| Jim Slaton | 3 | 16.1 | 1 | 1 | 4.41 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Reggie Cleveland | 45 | 154.1 | 11 | 9 | 3.73 | 54 |
| Paul Mitchell | 17 | 89.1 | 5 | 5 | 3.53 | 29 |
| Dave LaPoint | 5 | 15.0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Bob McClure | 52 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3.08 | 47 |
| Bill Castro | 56 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2.77 | 32 |
| Jerry Augustine | 39 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4.52 | 22 |
| John Flinn | 20 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3.89 | 15 |
| Dan Boitano | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.15 | 11 |
| Fred Holdsworth | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.58 | 12 |

## Awards and honors

* Cecil Cooper, Silver Slugger Award, first base

## Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1980. The Holyoke Millers won the Eastern League championship, and the Stockton Ports won the California League championship.
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| Triple-A | Vancouver Canadians | Pacific Coast League | Bob Didier |
| Double-A | Holyoke Millers | Eastern League | Lee Sigman |
| Class A | Stockton Ports | California League | Tony Muser |
| Class A | Burlington Bees | Midwest League | Duane Espy |
| Rookie | Butte Copper Kings | Pioneer League | Ken Richardson |