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Milwaukee Brewers History And Information

Milwaukee Brewers, one of five teams in the Central Division of the National League. Formerly the Seattle Pilots, the Brewers play at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and wear uniforms of white, blue, and gold. The Brewers take there name from the city’s beer-making industry. Until 1998, Milwaukee was a member of the American League. The team’s switch to the NL made the Brewers the first club to switch from one major league to another major league since the AL was established.

In 1982 the powerful hitting of Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, and Cecil Cooper took the Brewers to their first pennant and only World Series appearance. Yount won two AL MVP awards, batted over .300 six times, and had 3142 hits during his 20-year career as a shortstop and outfielder.

Milwaukee made its first trip to the World Series in 1982, but fell to the St. Louis Cardinals. That year Yount took the AL in hits and doubles to win the first of his two AL MVP awards, and vet pitcher Don Sutton joined the Brewers to strengthen the teams pitching staff. Yount, Cooper, and Molitor were the first teammates to rank first, second, and third in hits since Ty Cobb, Sam Crawford, and Bobby Veach Milwaukee Brewers.

Yount took a second MVP award in 1989, and Molitor continued to be a leading hitter, but the Brewers finished no better than third in division from 1983 through 1991. The Brewers placed second in 1992 as shortstop Pat Listach hit .290 and scored 93 runs to take the AL rookie of the year award, and Yount joined the 3000 hits club late in the season. But the Brewers continued to struggle in the 1990s.

Before the 1998 season, the Brewers switched from Central Division of the AL to the Central Division of the NL. The unprecedented switch was made to adapt the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, a new expansion franchise in the AL East Division. As part of the switch, the Milwaukee Brewers replaced the Brewers in the AL Central.