Johnny Estrada, Greg Aquino, and Claudio Vargas were dealt to the Milwaukee Brewers for Doug Davis, Dana Eveland, and Dave Krynzel.

In 1981, a split-season format forced the first ever divisional playoff series, in which the New York Yankees won the Eastern Division series over the Milwaukee Brewers ( who were in the American League until 1998 ) in five games while the Oakland Athletics swept the Kansas City Royals in three games in the Western Division.

The Brewers were there when the WL renamed itself the American League in 1900.

As a result of several franchise shifts, the Brewers were one of only two Western League teams that didn't fold, move or get kicked out of the league ( the other being the Detroit Tigers ).

The Brewers were part of the American League from their creation as an expansion club in 1969 through the 1997 season, after which they moved to the National League Central Division.

The Brewers were born at the 1967 Major League Baseball winter meetings as the Seattle Pilots, owned by former Cleveland Indians owner William R. Daley and former Pacific Coast League president Dewey Soriano.

As a result, the Brewers were forced to replace the Pilots logos with Brewers logos.

Because of the team's slugging ability and the nickname of their manager Bamberger, the Brewers were nicknamed " Bambi's Bombers.

As 1980 began, the Brewers and their fans were optimistic about becoming pennant winners, but the team scuffled during the season, partially due to manager George Bamberger suffering a heart attack and having to be replaced by Buck Rodgers.

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.

Two milestones were reached by Brewers players in 1983, however, when Don Sutton got his 3, 000th career strikeout and Ted Simmons got his 2, 000th career hit.

As a bit of a shocker for Brewers fans, who were used to the team sporting several power hitters, the Brewers in 1992 instead led the American League with 256 stolen bases, while hitting only 82 home runs, with only two players ( Greg Vaughn and Paul Molitor ) hitting more than 12 for the year.

As 1990s came to a close, the Brewers were on their way to becoming a perennial doormat.

A lack of good management and an aging ballpark in old County Stadium, were both becoming stark problems for the Brewers and many fans began to wonder if the Brewers would ever become contenders again.

The Brewers were transferred from the old AL East division to the newly created AL Central.

After the 2004 season, with Mark Attanasio now in control of the franchise, the Brewers were finally able to spend some money on free agents.

The arrival of Lee gave Brewer fans even higher hopes that better seasons were on the way for the Brewers.

However, soon starters JJ Hardy, Rickie Weeks, and Corey Koskie were lost to injuries, and the Brewers were forced to trade for veteran infielders David Bell and Tony Graffanino.

While the Brewers were still holding on to the Wild Card lead, the division was never seriously challenged for the remainder of the year.

The Brewers rebounded in June as Salomon Torres took over as closer, becoming a big success, and soon climbed back into contention.

As June came to a close, the Brewers made their biggest move for playoff contention as they traded 4 prospects, most notably Matt LaPorta, to the Cleveland Indians for CC Sabathia.

Poor bullpen play put the team even further out of contention by the end of July, which caused the Brewers to trade ace pitcher Zack Greinke to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in exchange for top minor league shortstop Jean Segura and two minor league relief pitchers.

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

However, the Brewers were eliminated from postseason contention on Spetember 30, a 7-0 loss to the Houston Astros.

The Brewers ' upper management, citing the large attendance at Ross ' number retirement ceremony and the fact that the Brewers are out of playoff contention, agrees to bring Ross back during the September roster expansion.

Part of the reason for the Brewers ' fall in 1983 was the absence of three main parts of their pennant-winning club the year before.

Eighteen teams have all hosted an all-star game at least twice since the Mets last did: Atlanta Braves ( 1972 and 2000 ), Chicago White Sox ( 1983 and 2003 ), Cincinnati Reds ( 1970 and 1988 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1981 and 1997 ), Detroit Tigers ( 1971 and 2005 ), Houston Astros ( 1968, 1986, and 2004 ), Kansas City Royals ( 1973 and 2012 ), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ( 1967, 1989, and 2010 ), Milwaukee Brewers ( 1975 and 2002 ), Minnesota Twins ( 1965, 1985, and 2014 ), New York Yankees ( 1977 and 2008 ), Philadelphia Phillies ( 1976 and 1996 ), Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1974, 1994, and 2006 ), San Diego Padres ( 1978 and 1992 ), San Francisco Giants ( 1984 and 2007 ), Seattle Mariners ( 1979 and 2001 ), and St. Louis Cardinals ( 1966 and 2009 ), and Washington Senators / Texas Rangers ( 1969 and 1995 ).

Barker pitched for the Texas Rangers ( 1976 – 78 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1979 – 83 ), Atlanta Braves ( 1983 – 85 ) and Milwaukee Brewers ( 1987 ).

James Gorman Thomas III ( born December 12, 1950 in Charleston, South Carolina ) is a former Major League Baseball center fielder and right-handed hitter who played in the American League with the Milwaukee Brewers ( 1973 – 76, 1978 – 83, 1986 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1983 ) and Seattle Mariners ( 1984 – 86 ).

Then, on September 19, Fielder set the Brewers ' single-season record for RBIs at 127, beating Cecil Cooper's 1983 record of 126.

Caldwell finished in double figures in victories for 6 consecutive seasons for the Brewers ( 1978 – 1983 ) and won 2 games in the 1982 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals in a losing effort.

In December 1983, after ten years with the Rangers, he was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers.

He played for the Philadelphia Phillies ( 1968 – 1972 ) and the Milwaukee Brewers ( 1973 – 1983 ).

Yost, as a player, was used primarily as a backup catcher for the Brewers from 1980 to 1983 ( which included the 1982 World Series ), and then spent a year with the Texas Rangers ( 1984 ; he played a career-high 80 games with the Rangers, hitting. 182 ) and played 5 games for the Montreal Expos ( 1985 ) before retiring.

He also posted three seasons with 200-plus hits, in 1980, and 1983, finished fifth in the AL MVP vote, and was named the Brewers ' team MVP in three seasons ( 1980, 1982 – 83 ).

" Cecil Cooper holds Brewers single season records in hits ( 219 in 1980 ) and RBIs ( 126 in 1983 ).

Crandall eventually turned to managing, and piloted two American League clubs, the Milwaukee Brewers ( 1972 – 75 ) and the Seattle Mariners ( 1983 – 84 ).

From 1980 through 1997, he played for the Philadelphia Phillies ( 1980 – 81, 1993 ), San Francisco Giants ( 1983 – 1987 ), Padres ( 1987 – 1989, 1993 – 1994 ), Kansas City Royals ( 1990 – 92 ), Atlanta Braves ( 1992 ) and Milwaukee Brewers ( 1997 ).

In 1983, the Brewers purchased his contract from Indios de Ciudad Juárez of the Mexican League.

Selig was previously the team owner and team president of the Milwaukee Brewers.

In 1970, he purchased the Seattle Pilots in bankruptcy court and renamed them the Milwaukee Brewers after minor league team of the same name he had watched in his youth, which existed until the arrival of the Braves in Milwaukee in 1952.

When his quest to keep the team in Milwaukee finally failed after the 1965 season, he changed the group's name to Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Inc., after the minor league baseball team he grew up watching, and devoted himself to returning Major League Baseball to Milwaukee.

One of the games played in Milwaukee that year was against the expansion Seattle Pilots, the team that would become the Brewers.

In 1970, he purchased the bankrupt Seattle Pilots franchise, moving them to his hometown and officially renaming the team the 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.

Upon his assumption of the commissioner's role, Selig transferred his ownership interest in the Brewers to his daughter Wendy Selig-Prieb in order to remove any technical conflicts of interest, though it was widely presumed he maintained some hand in team operations.

The Milwaukee Brewers benefited from these events by qualifying in the playoffs as a Wild Card team, to lose to the Philadelphia Phillies, the eventual World Series winner.

The Tigers played their first game as a major league team at home against the Milwaukee Brewers on April 25, 1901, with 10, 000 fans at Bennett Park.

Don Sutton asked to be traded and was sent to the Milwaukee Brewers for cash and the team gained three new prospects, including Kevin Bass.

The Milwaukee Brewers are a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

In 2008, the Brewers achieved their first postseason berth in the 26 years since their World Series appearance as the wildcard team in the National League.

Selig had already announced plans to rename the team the Brewers, a name that had been used by past Milwaukee baseball teams ( most notably by a very successful minor league team that played there from 1902 to 1952 ).

A year later, the Brewers engineered a trade that brought Hank Aaron back to Milwaukee, a move which gave the team instant credibility.

Late in the season, to try to ensure the Brewers ' pennant chase, the team made one last trade on August 30 for Don Sutton.

The Brewers became the first team to win the American League Championship Series when down two games to none.