January 18 – February 7, 1960
Johnny Preston
Running Bear

While Pete Vuckovich would win the Cy Young Award in 1982 and finish fourth in voting the year before that, he probably shouldn’t have.  Vuckovich won on the strength of am 18-6 record but had a WHIP over 1.5 and did not finish in the top ten in bWAR for Pitchers.  Actually, he really wasn’t close.

The story of Dave Nilsson cannot be told without specifying that he left MLB to represent Australia in the 2000 Olympics.  This was right after Nilsson was named to his first (and only) All-Star Game. 

Arguably, Darryl Hamilton would have better seasons outside of Milwaukee, but the first half of his career was with the Brewers where he did offer some valuable contributions.  Hamilton would bat over .310 in two of Brewers campaigns and would also have a 41 Stolen Base season.  Overall, Hamilton 637 Hits with a .290 Batting Average as a Milwaukee Brewer.