The 1982 Milwaukee Brewers team still holds a special place in the hearts of Wisconsin baseball fans. Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, Cecil Cooper, Gorman Thomas, Rollie Fingers, Jim Gantner… who can forget those players?
With a new team stepping up and taking the franchise to a World Series, life moves on. However, the 2026 World Series has some fans wondering about the 1982 stars. Where are the 1982 Milwaukee Brewers today? What are they doing now? Several of them have given interviews about the 2026 season, and Robin Yount and Paul Molitor are throwing out first pitches in games 1 and 2, respectively.
Robin Yount
Today, Yount is 71-years-old. He threw out the first pitch for World Series game 1, wearing a Bob Uecker jacket. He recently sold his home in Paradise Valley, AZ, for more than $2 million. You can book Yount for speaking engagements.
The Hall of Famer has periodically returned to Milwaukee to support the team and give interviews. “I felt the overwhelming support of the community not to leave. After that, there’s no way I could leave. I wasn’t leaving,” he told Milwaukee Magazine of his decision to remain a Brewer for his entire career. He is married to wife Michele Yount and has four kids.
Paul Molitor
Molitor is a married father of four kids who works for the Minnesota Twins. He is throwing out the first pitch in the second game of the 2026 World Series. His son, Ben, now plays college baseball. He spoke about the 2026 team to CBS 58, praising fans and the players. He expressed “my gratitude and thankfulness that Brewers fans are finally experiencing another World Series. Only four and a half decades. That’s all they’ve had to wait,” praising their loyalty.
“Molitor’s responsibilities include assisting the baseball operations department with minor league instruction during both minor league spring training and at the Twins’ affiliates during the regular season. He will also join the Twins radio broadcast for select games in 2024,” MLB explains of his role at the Twins. Molitor is in the Hall of Fame.
Cecil Cooper
Cecil Cooper spoke out about the 2026 team to Fox 6. “The kids really competed, and everybody stepped up. Everybody played well. You could just tell it was a team effort,” Cooper said. He said he was impressed by the 2026 players.
Cecil Cooper has a website where he can be booked for speaking engagements and autograph signings. He is on X but hasn’t updated the page for years. He periodically returns to Milwaukee for appearances. “Coooop” is how fans remember him. Six years ago, the Milwaukee Brewers posted a video interview with Cecil Cooper looking back at the 1982 season. He has not been inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Jim Gantner
Jim Gantner today resides in Eden, Wisconsin. “Gantner is a member of the NAIA District 14, UW-Oshkosh and Wisconsin Athletic halls of fame. He was selected to the Brewers Walk of Fame in 2004. In 2012, Gantner was named to the WIAC Baseball All-Time Team in conjunction with the conference’s Centennial Celebration,” according to WIAC Sports.
Gantner, a Wisconsin native, spoke out about the 1982 team and the current team in an interview in 2025. He was known as “Gumby.” Gantner said in that interview that he “takes a lot of pride you know playing for the state of Wisconsin, playing for the Brewers.” He spent his entire career with the Brewers.
Rollie Fingers
A fan posted a photo with former pitcher Rollie Fingers, who still has his famous handlebar mustache. “I ran into Fingers in Las Vegas this spring. Little did I know it was a portent of a World Series,” he wrote.
Fingers was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992. He’s shown up to speak on video a few times in recent years.
He even spoke about his iconic mustache and why he got it. He said he’s had it for “55 years,” and he was paid by another player to get the mustache. Then he started winning, so he decided, “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.”
Bob Uecker
The legendary broadcaster died at age 90 in 2025. Robin Yount wore a plaid Uecker jacket in his memory when throwing out the first pitch in the 2026 World Series.
“Some moments are worth waiting for,” Uecker’s family said to ESPN. “Generations of Brewers fans have held hope in their hearts, season after season, that someday this city would have its chance at another championship.
“That day has come. And with it, a truth we’ve always known is finally getting its due: Milwaukee is special. Its people are special. Our team is special. We are filled with elation and pride, but also longing. A wish that Bob was here to see it, too.”
Gorman Thomas
What happened to Stormin’ Gorman Thomas? “For Brewer fans, he was a folk hero, and he has essentially fashioned a second career around this status. He was the quintessential Brewer. He played hard and he partied hard,” Brewers Fanatic recalled.
Where is he today? According to Brewers Fanatic: “Over the years, Thomas has remained in the Brewer family working in a variety of capacities, including helping out at spring training, participating in fantasy camps, and doing personal appearances. He also lent his name to Gorman’s Grill at Miller Park. He still resides in the Milwaukee area, hunting, fishing and golfing in his retirement. Thomas was inducted into both the South Carolina and Wisconsin Athletic Halls of Fame as well as the Brewers Wall of Fame. “
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