https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers-history/page/6/?d=1News: Milwaukee Brewers Historyenhttps://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers-history/don-money-an-outstanding-defender-at-third-in-the-age-of-brooks-robinson-r2715/Donald Wayne Money was born in June 1947 in Washington, DC. His family moved to Cherry Hill, New Jersey when Money was an infant. He started playing baseball when he was seven years old and played every year for the next 31 years until he retired at age 37. Don Money graduated from La Plata...2715Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:51:02 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers-history/the-best-drafts-in-milwaukee-brewers-history-r2387/This weekend, the 2024 MLB Draft will take place July 14-16 in Fort Worth, Texas, in conjunction with the All-Star Game played at Globe Life Field in neighboring Arlington. This is the final of a three-part series discussing past Brewers drafts. Today, we look at the top drafts in Milwaukee...2387Sat, 13 Jul 2024 18:19:01 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers-history/milwaukee-brewers-draft-history-the-ones-that-got-away-r2367/This is the second of a three-part series discussing past Brewers drafts. Today, we look at 12 top players who ‘got away’ from the Brewers, who were drafted by Milwaukee but did not sign. They became All-Stars, 20-game winners, MVPs, Rookies of the Year, and Cy Young winners. Unfortunately, none...2367Tue, 09 Jul 2024 13:17:02 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers-history/milwaukee-brewers-draft-history-the-worst-drafts-r2295/The Milwaukee Brewers have the 17th pick in the first round, along with the 34th pick in the competitive balance round ‘A,’ acquired from Baltimore in the Corbin Burnes trade. In the second round, they have the 57th overall pick. The Brewers also have the 67th overall in the Competitive balance...2295Sat, 29 Jun 2024 13:18:01 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers-history/the-sad-strange-story-of-dan-thomas-the-sundown-kid-r2074/Many of the topics mentioned in the article below will be difficult to read. They include drug abuse, mental illness, sexual assault, and suicide. We try to present these events in as straightforward a manner as possible without judgment or editorialization. If you are concerned about reading an...2074Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:13:00 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers-history/bill-parsons-early-brewers-pitching-star-r2050/Bill Parsons was one of the top hurlers for the Milwaukee Brewers in the early 1970s. He won 13 games in each of his first two seasons in Brewtown, but injuries and inconsistency derailed his promising career. Parsons—born in 1948—attended Riverside (California) Polytechnic High School and...2050Sat, 20 Apr 2024 13:11:01 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers-history/tommy-harper-the-first-brewers-superstar-r2024/Tommy Harper bounced around a lot. During his 15-year big league career, he played first base, second base, third base, left field, center field, and right field in the major leagues. He also played for Cincinnati, Cleveland, Seattle, Boston, Oakland, California, Baltimore, and two years f...2024Sun, 14 Apr 2024 12:54:20 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers-history/stormin-gorman-the-man-who-set-brewers-facial-hair-standards-r2004/Born in South Carolina, Gorman Thomas had an upbringing similar to many current and future major leaguers. His father was a former minor league pitcher, and Gorman was a generally gifted athlete, earning varsity letters for football, basketball, track, and baseball. His professional career start...2004Sun, 07 Apr 2024 15:16:03 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers-history/crew-throwback-claudio-vargas-was-brewers-starters-in-a-nutshell-r1844/Go back to 1970, when the Seattle Pilots moved to Milwaukee and rebranded themselves as the Brewers, and their starting pitchers are just about the least dominant in the game. The only two franchises with a lower strikeout rate from their starters than the Crew has in the last five-plus decades...1844Sat, 10 Feb 2024 18:04:22 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers-history/mike-caldwell-pitched-with-a-mountainous-chip-on-his-shoulder-r1818/Mike Caldwell was nicknamed ‘Mr. Warmth.’ But let’s be clear: the name was dripping with irony. It was sort of like calling the 6’6” guy ‘Tiny.’ Caldwell was called many things during his playing days, including mean, fierce, nasty, obnoxious, and passionate. He is one of the finest pitchers eve...1818Sun, 04 Feb 2024 13:11:01 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers-history/geoff-jenkins-played-hard-hit-harder-r1776/The list of developmental shortcomings includes Ty Hill, Ken Henderson, Gabby Martinez, Todd Dunn, Antone Williamson, Chad Green, J.M. Gold, Kyle Peterson, Ken Felder... you get the picture. However, the decade found a couple of gold nuggets in the first round. This included pitcher Ben Sheets i...1776Sat, 13 Jan 2024 13:13:01 +0000https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers-history/ken-sanders-was-the-first-great-brewer-pitcher-r1728/Ken George Sanders was born in St. Louis, Missouri on July 8, 1941. He attended high school in St. Louis, where he starred in football, baseball, and soccer. After graduation, Sanders briefly went to St. Louis University before signing with the Kansas City Athletics as a free agent in 1960....1728Sat, 16 Dec 2023 12:17:01 +0000