1982 Milwaukee Brewers

Here is the only Milwaukee Brewers team to make it to the World Series. Here is a video clip at MLB.com paying tribute to this team.

MVP
Well, the real AL MVP was Robin Yount. Can't say I disagree with that. He was 2nd in the league in batting average and 2nd on the Brewers in RBI. So I will give him the award. This was a monster lineup, arguably the best in the 1980s. It had two hall-of-famers in Yount and Paul Molitor, who led the AL in runs scored. It had three players hit 30+ home runs, which in 1982 was a big deal (Cecil Cooper, Gorman Thomas, Ben Oglivie). It had 4 players with 100+ RBIs (which again was a big deal in 1982) in Cooper, Yount, Thomas, and Oglivie. I give honorable mention to Cecil Cooper who had this line of stats in 1982; .313 (2nd on team), 32 (3rd on team), and 121 (team leader, 2nd in AL to KC's Hal McRae)

Cy Young
Pete Vuckovich was the real AL Cy Young winner. Although argued that he is one of the alltime worst selections for this award, mostly by people who invent new stats, he was the staff ace for the AL pennant winning team. He went 18-6 with a 3.34 ERA, which is not too shabby.

Rookie Of The Year
Not sure what the exact rules are that define a rookie in Major League Baseball, but I will give the award to Kevin Bass for this team, since he saw his first major league action on this team. He was a decent major league outfielder playing until 1995 mostly with the Astros, Giants, and Mets. He split the '82 season between Milwaukee and Houston, as he was traded late in the season to the Astros for hall-of-famer Don Sutton in a typical stretch drive trade where a young player is traded for a veteran player. He only got into 18 games for the Brewers and then 12 more for the Astros in 1982. Unfortunately, there were no Kevin Bass cards in 1982 in any of the sets. His rookie card was actually in the 1979 Topps set as one of the three players on the Brewers Prospects card that year. He didn't appear in another set until 1984.

Interesting non-Topps card
In the 1982 Donruss set, there were a handful of coaches thrown into the set. One of those coaches that got a card was Harvey Kuenn who was the batting coach for the 1981 Brewers. Buck Rodgers started out the 1982 season as the manager, but the '82 Brewers struggled to a 23-24 start and he was replaced as manager by Harvey Kuenn. In the 1982 Donruss set, you are able to get cards of both Rodgers and Kuenn.

Starters

__	TO	150	C	Ted Simmons	MIL
__	TO	675	1B	Cecil Cooper	MIL
__	TO	613	2B	Jim Gantner	MIL
__	TO	195	3B	Paul Molitor	MIL
__	TO	435	SS	Robin Yount	MIL
__	TO	280	LF	Ben Oglivie	MIL
__	TO	765	CF	Gorman Thomas	MIL
__	TO	308	RF	Charlie Moore	MIL
__	TO	68	DH	Roy Howell	MIL
__	TO	709	DH	Don Money	MIL

Starting Pitchers

__	TO	643	SP	Pete Vuckovich	MIL
__	TO	378	SP	Mike Caldwell	MIL
__	TO	12	SP	Moose Haas	MIL
__	TO	487	SP	Bob McClure	MIL
__	TO	466	SP	Randy Lerch	MIL

Relief Pitchers

__	TO	585	CL	Rollie Fingers	MIL
__	TO	221	RP	Jim Slaton	MIL
__			RP	Dwight Bernard
__			SP	Don Sutton
__			SP	Doc Medich
__	TO	46	RP	Jerry Augustine	MIL

Other Players

__	FL	140	RF	Marshall Edwards	MIL
__	TO	408	2B	Ed Romero	MIL
__	TO	517	RF	Mark Brouhard	MIL
__	TO	542	C	Ned Yost	MIL
__	TO	93	DH	Larry Hisle	MIL
__	TT	89	UT	Rob Picciolo	MIL
__			UT	Kevin Bass
__			UT	Bob Skube
__	TO	122	RP	Jamie Easterly	MIL
__			RP	Pete Ladd
__			RP	Chuck Porter
__			RP	Doug Jones

Manager/Coaches

__	DO	232	MG	Buck Rodgers	MIL
__	DO	578	MG	Harvey Kuenn	MIL