The Brewers went 72 – 43 under Kuenn for the rest of the season and went wild offensively, clubbing a then club-record 216 home runs during the season.

Though the Brewers only went 68 – 94 in 2003, the Brewers did raise hopes with a winning record in August during the season.

On August 24 the Brewers completed a sweep of the Colorado Rockies to climb to less than five games out in both the NL Central Division and NL Wild Card races, but then Milwaukee went on a 10-game losing streak that ended any postseason hope.

The Brewers went on a hot winning stretch through the month of August and by the beginning of September were 10 1 / 2 games ahead of St. Louis for the NL Central lead.

The Brewers went on to win the game and the series in the 10th inning on a base hit by Nyjer Morgan driving in Carlos Gomez for the winning run.

Suddenly, in mid-August, the Brewers went on a run to put themselves back in postseason contention.

The Padres went on to lose that game, and the one that followed, even though the Milwaukee Brewers had been eliminated from the pennant race and had nothing left to play for.

He hit a long home run into the upper deck in Game 5 of the strike-forced 1981 American League Division Series with the Brewers, and the Yankees went on to win the pennant again.

During the year, Puckett put on his best performance on August 30 in Milwaukee against the Brewers, when he went 6-for-6 with two home runs, one off Juan Nieves in the third and the other off closer Dan Plesac in the ninth.

After becoming the top affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers in 2000, the Tribe won the league championship and went on to capture the Triple-A World Series in Las Vegas.

In the season, he went to the Brewers in a four-player deal, along with pitcher Kevin Brown, in exchange for catcher Charlie O ' Brien and a minor league player.

In an interleague game against the Milwaukee Brewers on June 19, Bautista hit the second of three straight solo home runs by the Blue Jays, between Colby Rasmus and Edwin Encarnacion, the first time since 2005 that the Jays went back-to-back-to-back with home runs.

On June 29, 2007, Ramírez had one of the best games of his career, in which he went 3 for 5, highlighted by ending a crucial game against the Milwaukee Brewers with a two-out, two-run home run in the bottom of the 9th off pitcher, Francisco Cordero to cap a five-run comeback win.

The Brewers went on to beat the Cardinals 6 – 0.

His batting average went below. 300, but he still led the league in RBI with 103, and at the end of the year he was voted the Brewers best prospect.

The Brewers thought they were finally getting the player they drafted in the first round, but there was still one concern: he was becoming a pain in the clubhouse, and went as far as accusing the organization of being racist after keeping him at third instead of playing him at shortstop where the white Bill Spiers played.

Brenly was in the running for the 2009 Milwaukee Brewers managerial position and was said to be the favorite, but the job went to Ken Macha instead.

In 1992, PC Premium Draft beer went on sale at Brewers Retail outlets in Ontario.

Fielder was again called up to the Majors on August 17, 2005, and went on to finish the season with the Brewers, where he was used as a pinch-hitter.

With the Brewers, Bennett went 1-5 with a 4. 79 ERA, in 60 appearances.

Against the Milwaukee Brewers, Bennett went 5 innings while striking out 8, earning the win.

At Nashville Glover went 6 – 4 with a 3. 03 in 16 starts ; the Brewers recalled him in September to place a struggling Obermueller.

* 1982 – Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves.

The 1982 campaign saw Baltimore eliminated on the final weekend of the season by the Milwaukee Brewers.

During Selig's tenure as club president, the Brewers participated in postseason play in 1981, when the team finished first in the American League East during the second half of the season, and in 1982, when the team made it to the World Series, under the leadership of future Hall of Famers Robin Yount and Paul Molitor.

In 1982, the Brewers were considered heavy favorites to win the AL East, but by June, the team had fallen to 23 – 24 and signs had shown that the players were having problems playing under manager Buck Rodgers.

The Brewers faced the California Angels in the 1982 American League Championship Series and lost the first two games in California, but then rallied to win the next two games back in Milwaukee, setting up the pivotal Game 5, with the winner being the American League Champions.

The Brewers had many individual accomplishments during their two playoff years, as both in 1981 and 1982, Brewer players won both the AL MVP and Cy Young awards, with Rollie Fingers winning both awards in 1981, and Robin Yount winning the MVP and Pete Vuckovich winning the Cy Young in 1982.

In 1992, reminiscent of the resurgence which greeted Trebelhorn's arrival in 1987, the Brewers rallied behind the leadership of rookie manager Phil Garner and posted their best record since their World Series year in 1982, finishing the season 92 – 70 and in second place, four games behind that year's eventual World Champion Toronto Blue Jays.

In 2003, the Brewers hired Doug Melvin as General Manager, who in turn brought in Ned Yost, coach with the Atlanta Braves and a former member of the 1982 American League Champion Brewers, as manager.

To celebrate the successful 1982 Milwaukee Brewers team, the franchise decided to have the 2007 season be named as the " 25th Anniversary of ' 82 ", with more fan giveaways than any other Major League Baseball team except the Pittsburgh Pirates, and more discounts and deals than any other time in Brewers ' history.

This was the first time the Brewers reached the playoffs since 1982.

It was the first time since 1982 that the Brewers had five pitchers with 10 or more wins in a season.

Many Brewer fans welcomed facing the Cardinals with the National League pennant at stake, with the Brewers and Cardinals having a growing rivalry, and also a chance for the Brewers to avenge their 1982 World Series defeat, which was at the hands of the Cardinals.

Just as Herzog had predicted when he told Smith the Cardinals would win the pennant with him on the team, Smith found himself as the team's starting shortstop in the best-of-seven 1982 World Series against the Milwaukee Brewers.

Molitor was part of a young Milwaukee Brewers team that lost the 1982 World Series in seven games to the St. Louis Cardinals.

In 1982 the league expanded to 12 teams by adding the Beloit Brewers, the Danville Suns, the Madison Muskies, and the Springfield Cardinals.

He saved 29 games for the 1982 Brewers, but he pitched most of the season in pain and was forced to miss the Brewers ' first ( and to date, only ) trip to the World Series — where they were beaten in seven games by the Cardinals — and any prospect of a showdown or two with Bruce Sutter, who proved vital to the Cardinals ' winning effort.

The 1982 Milwaukee Brewers, winners of the American League pennant, were nicknamed " Harvey's Wallbangers ," because of the team's power hitting ( wall banging ) under mid-season manager Harvey Kuenn.

# Paul Molitor: 48 ( Milwaukee Brewers 1982 )

Donnie Ray Moore ( February 13, 1954 – July 18, 1989 ) was an American relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs ( 1975, 1977 – 79 ), St. Louis Cardinals ( 1980 ), Milwaukee Brewers ( 1981 ), Atlanta Braves ( 1982 – 84 ) and California Angels ( 1985 – 88 ).