robin yount led the brewers in home runs in 1982.
robin yount led the brewers in home runs in 1982.
who led the brewers in home runs in 1982?
robin yount
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. taking a gamble, the brewers fired rodgers and replaced him with hitting coach harvey kuenn. the team immediately excelled under kuenn's low-key managerial style and gained a new nickname as harvey's wallbangers, a play on the drink harvey wallbanger and the team's manager's name. 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. the brewers alone had three players finish in the top five in the league in home runs with gorman thomas, who led the league with 39, ben oglivie, who hit 34, and cecil cooper, who hit 32. late in the season, to try to ensure the brewers' pennant chase, the team made one last trade on august 30 for don sutton. that trade would become even more important on the final game of the regular season between the brewers and the baltimore orioles, with both teams tied for first place in the al east. don sutton started against jim palmer and the brewers won 10–2, thanks to robin yount hitting two clutch home runs, clinching the al east division. the brewers finished the season 95–67, the best record in baseball that year.
history of professional baseball in milwaukee
coulter was drafted by the milwaukee brewers in the first round of the 2012 major league baseball draft out of union high school in camas, washington. he had committed to arizona state university, but signed with the brewers. he made his professional debut for the arizona league brewers, hitting .302/.439/.444 with five home runs in 169 at-bats over 49 games. he spent 2013 with three different teams; the helena brewers, arizona league brewers and wisconsin timber rattlers. overall, he hit .244/.314/.400 with seven home runs over 250 at-bats in 70 games. he returned to the rattlers to start the 2014 season. he had a bounceback successful season hitting .287 with a .410 on-base percentage, 22 home runs, and 89 runs batted in. after spending his first three minor league seasons as a catcher, coulter was moved to the outfield during the arizona fall league in 2014. he spent 2015 with the brevard county manatees where he batted .246 with 13 home runs and 59 rbis in a career high 137 games. in 2016, he played for both brevard county and the biloxi shuckers, posting a combined .246 average with eight home runs and 44 rbis in 115 games between both teams. he spent 2017 with biloxi where he batted .234 with 14 home runs and 49 rbis. in 2018, he hit .255 with 13 home runs and 39 rbi across 3 teams. his contract was not renewed by the brewers organization, and he became a free agent on november 2nd, 2018.
clint coulter