Oct 21, 2018 milwaukee the last time the milwaukee brewers made the world series was 1982, back when they were led by paul molitor, robin yount and cecil cooper, back when craig counsell was a 12yearold. Milwaukee brewers win world series in stunning upset. Until 1946, that means world series game sevens none of the bestofnine world series went the full length. The milwaukee brewers five greatest pitchers of all time. Heres a look at the storylines to keep an eye on in the nl championship series. The cardinals victory helped the national league win four straight world series from 1979 to 1982. Louis pitchers for 17 hits and 10 runs, while mike caldwell tossed a threehit shutout. Louis cardinals in the 1982 world series when he toed the rubber against the milwaukee brewers in game 7 on oct.
The 1982 milwaukee brewers season resulted in the team winning its first and only american league championship as a team, the brewers led major league baseball in a number of offensive categories, including at bats 5733, runs scored 891, home runs 216, runs batted in 843, slugging percentage. Last world series starting lineup by team quiz by dabbas. The 1982 milwaukee brewers felt like they were coming into a mustwin season, after reaching the expanded playoffs in the strike year of 1981, but losing to the new york yankees. Louis cardinals, who won their first national league pennant in 14 years 1968, and the milwaukee brewers, who were seeking their first major league title and first for the city of milwaukee since 1957 when the milwaukee braves beat the new york yankees.
Unfortunately for the brewers, they would enter the world series without their relief ace, rollie fingers, who suffered a torn arm muscle in september. Tv, the live video streaming product that airs every game in hd to nearly 400 different devices. What is the value of a 1982 world series official program guide. Apr 30, 2020 that remains the only time in franchise history the brewers reached the world series. Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually. Oct 19, 2018 friday night in the mlb world brings us game 6 of the nlcs between the dodgers and brewers. The 1982 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 1982 season. Designated hitters for each team will be selected among players who were not picked for the starting lineup.
The only previous game 7 in brewers history was a 63 loss to the cardinals in the 1982 world series. I missed the post season of 1981 and the world series of 1982 and it wasnt until the following year that i bought a vcr beta. Robin yount 1988 starting lineup figure rookie card milwaukee. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. The 1982 milwaukee brewers team roster seen on this. Mar 22, 2019 a brewers team comprised of players from 1982, 1992, 2011 and 2018 win a favorite team world series in computer simulation. Louis cardinals 6, f clutch hits by keith hernandez and george hendrick backed the gutsy pitching of joaquin. The 1982 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 1982. The cards evened the series with a taut 54 victory in game 2, the decisive run scoring when pinchhitter steve braun walked with the bases loaded in the eighth inning.
The 1982 brewers went 9567 and won the al east division. While his rookie season did feature 32 steals and a. The dodgers fell behind, 21, in the series, but won in innings in game 4. The tale of two cities in the 1982 world series had to do with the contrast between the speed of whitey herzogs st. In fact, 1981 and 1982 were the only times that the brewers made the postseason in consecutive years. Setting the scene i vaguely remembered some of the details. Your friday nlcs guide dodgers eye world series return. Louis cardinals, making three world series and winning one in 1982.
Louis cardinals world series pennant robin yount milwaukee brewers 1980s cooperstown collection mlb. The brewers did plenty of banging in game 1, rocking st. He was also very good for the brewers world series team in 1982, hitting 23 home runs with 97 rbis during the regular season. The milwaukee brewers made their only world series appearances in 1982. The milwaukee team of 1982 started as an expansion team in seattle in 1969, which then moved to milwaukee in 1970 and changed their name to the brewers. The 1982 american league championship series was played between the milwaukee brewers and the california angels from october 5 to 10, 1982. Oct 21, 2012 the brewers might have lost the 1982 world series, but it didnt stop milwaukee from celebrating.
Jan 02, 2015 this is the third season replay ive completed this year, the others being the 2008 brewers playoff team and the 1969 cubs, who also managed to win more than 100 games in my replay. Theyll get another shot at keeping their season alive and at making their first world series appearance since 1982 in front of a home crowd at miller park in game 7. A brewers team comprised of players from 1982, 1992, 2011 and 2018 win a favorite team world series in computer simulation. Cain became the third brewer to log three hits in the lcs, with mark brouhard game 4 of the 1982 american league championship series and corey hart game 5 of the 2011 nlcs. Age displayed is as of june 30th for the 1982 baseball season. Friday night in the mlb world brings us game 6 of the nlcs between the dodgers and brewers. Louis cardinals and the american league al champion milwaukee brewers. However, i subscribed to the milwaukee journal boy was that expensive and, since 1979 when i was still in milwaukee, i saved every sports page from opening day until the brewers were mathmatically eliminated from. Today, stearns is facing the challenge of overseeing milwaukees rebirth. Admittingly, chicagos run to its first world series title since 1917 was not all that dramatic white sox starting pitchers had a combined 2. Check the starting lineup and batting order for the milwaukee brewers on. Zack grienke moved into my starting lineup, while starting pitcher shaun marcum was added to the starting rotation mix, as was as yovani gallardo.
This is the starting lineup of the 82 al champs, the milwaukee brewers. Milwaukee won the series three games to two to advance to the franchises first world series, where they would lose to the st. Louis first world championship in 15 years and they started fast. Louis on wednesday night, and on thursday the club was feted with a. Robin yount 1988 starting lineup figure rookie card milwaukee brewers new.
The brewers might have lost the 1982 world series, but it didnt stop milwaukee from celebrating. Jul 26, 2007 this is the starting lineup of the 82 al champs, the milwaukee brewers. Jul 19, 2017 members of the milwaukee brewers 1982 world series team gathered in milwaukee this past weekend for a reunion, with one of the highlights being a private reception at the kimpton journeyman hotel. After going hitless in the first two games of the nlds, aguilar has homered in consecutive games. In replaying the 1982 brewers i used the teams actual starting pitching rotation and opponents starting lineups. He was fired even after having a winning record in 1983 and watched as the brewers had three straight losing seasons after his departure. Ranking every mlb team by its alltime starting lineup. Aguilar, brewers beat dodgers 72, send nlcs to game 7 fox news. Simmons did make the final two of his eight allstar teams as a brewer, including in a 1983 season in which he set a franchise record for a catcher with 108 rbis.
So which players from the 1980s would improve the current 2020 starting lineup. The brewers were stacked with veterans, in the everyday lineup and in the rotation and if they were going to make the franchises first world series it was now or never. Use of dh in series to his advantage, surest strikeout in league as batter. Bruce sutter had already appeared in three games for the st.
That remains the only time in franchise history the brewers reached the world series. Aguilar, brewers beat dodgers 72, send nlcs to game 7. Lovable world series losers the 1993 phillies, 2014 royals and 1982 brewers are among the most memorable world series losers. The cardinals had last been in the world series in 1968. Bruce sutter wraps up game 7 of the 1982 world series. Tom pagnozzi was drafted by the milwaukee brewers in the 24th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign. This is the first game 7 in milwaukee since the 1958 world series, when the milwaukee braves lost to the yankees, 62. Universal dh could give brewers added lineup flexibility.
Harveys wallbangers the 1982 milwaukee brewers i70 baseball. To commemorate the milwaukee brewers lone world series appearance 30 years ago, each morning well post on this date recaps. It was the first world series for the milwaukee brewers, who had entered the league in 1969 as the seattle pilots, and the th world series for their opponents, the st. As of 2019, it is the brewers only world series appearance.
Louis cardinals over milwaukee brewers 43 series statistics and schedule. Courtesy of cubbie72, this is the intro to game 2 of the 82 series on nbc. Of all of the players on the brewers roster, thomas was the one that cardinals. Milwaukee had a heavyhitting lineup that had led the majors in runs scored in 1982 and became known as harveys wallbangers, after manager harvey kuenn.
Brewers come alive at the plate, forcing the dodgers to game. The 79th edition of the world series, it was a bestofseven playoff played between the national league nl champion st. Baseball quiz, mlb quiz, lineup, new york yankees, starter, starting lineups, world series top quizzes today american football players by first names 1,646. Two years, 121 days after the final out in the brewers game 7 loss to the cardinals, david stearns was born on feb. The players below represent all players who played at least 1 game for the 1982 milwaukee brewers.
Louis cardinals and the power of harvey kuenns milwaukee brewers, although you could not tell from game 1 when harveys wallbangers went into busch stadium and crushed the redbirds 100 with mike caldwell pitching a 3hit shutout and paul molitor setting a record. If a squad gets hot at the right time, it can ascend to the top of the baseball world. Oct 12, 2018 the brewers have never won a world series and havent even been to one since 1982. Nov 12, 2015 since that time, millions of baseball fans around the world have subscribed to mlb. However, he led them to their only world series in 1982 though they would eventually lose in seven games to the cardinals. Ive done my fair share of reminiscing of that team over the weekend, and it got me thinkingwhat exactly were the brewers up to on these dates in 1982. Each mlb franchises best squad that didnt win a world series. Ted higuera 198594 five years after fernandomania swept the baseball world, higueraa fellow mexican native whose middle name, ironically, was valenzuelafailed to engender the same publicity, but he was beloved in milwaukee, where he was arguably the american leagues top lefthanded pitcher in the late 1980s. Against the brewers, rickey henderson broke lou brocks record for most stolen bases in one season. The 1982 milwaukee brewers team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1982 season. Dave lapoint became a dependable arm in the starting rotation, and. If a virtual private party is more your thing, go here for details. The dodgers fell behind, 21, in the series, but won in innings in game 4 and took game 5 with authority.
With the cardinals nursing a 43 lead in the top of the eighth inning, sutter came on in relief of starter joaquin andujar. He saved his best performance for the 1982 world series as he would. Oct 20, 2018 the brewers last reached the final round in 1982, when they lost to the st. This weekend the milwaukee brewers honored the 1982 world series team with special promotions and ceremonies. Player count jerry augustine 2 kevin bass 1 mark brouhard 30 mike caldwell 34 cecil cooper 155 marshall edwards 48 jim gantner 127 moose haas 27 larry hisle 8 roy howell 83 randy lerch 20 bob mcclure 26 doc medich 10 paul molitor 159 don money 67 charlie moore 117 ben oglivie 156 rob picciolo 3 ed romero 40 ted simmons 5 jim slaton 7 don sutton 7 gorman thomas 157 pete vuckovich 30 ned yost 27 robin yount 154. July 918, 1982 zantmandu july 16, 2017 this weekend the milwaukee brewers honored the 1982 world series team with special promotions and ceremonies. This airing was from espncl in the early 2000s and games 2, 3, 4, 5 were edited from the broadcast. Milwaukee brewers all time 25 man roster fox sports. The 1982 milwaukee brewers season resulted in the team winning its first and only american. They beat the california angels in the american league championship series, 32, to advance to the world series, where milwaukee lost to. From april 1124, they reeled off a 12game winning streak to take over the. May 18, 2006 the tale of two cities in the 1982 world series had to do with the contrast between the speed of whitey herzogs st.
Scenes from 1982 milwaukee brewers reunion at journeyman. Louis cardinals won al championship series 32 over california angels. The most memorable and lovable world series losers. Division title since 2011 and then fell just a game shy of advancing to the world series for the first time since 1982. Louis cardinals and the power of harvey kuenns milwaukee brewers, although you could not tell from game 1 when harveys wallbangers went into busch stadium and crushed the redbirds 100 with mike caldwell pitching a 3hit shutout and paul molitor setting a record with five hits.
Milwaukee brewers win world series in stunning upset sports. Louis cardinals 4 vs milwaukee brewers 3 in 1982, the surprising brewers stormed their way to the top of the american league for their first world series appearance twelve years after moving to milwaukee from seattle as the expansion pilots. This raises the possibility of the brewers eventually playing a world series in two. Louis cardinals, whereas the dodgers reached the world series last year, losing to the houston astros. Play sporcle s virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on. Manager harvey kuenn had assembled a defensively dominant lineup. Robin yount 1988 starting lineup figure rookie card. Series, fans are starting to think back on what it was like in 1982. However, he led them to their only world series in 1982 though they would eventually lose in seven. Another member of that 82 team, left fielder ben oglivie 1,149 g.