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1978 Milwaukee Brewers season

1978 Milwaukee Brewers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkMilwaukee County Stadium
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin
OwnersBud Selig
General managersHarry Dalton
ManagersGeorge Bamberger
TelevisionWTMJ-TV
(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker, Mike Hegan)
Radio620 WTMJ
(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 1978 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers finishing third in the American League East with a record of 93 wins and 69 losses. The Brewers achieved their first winning season in franchise history, nine in Milwaukee after the first (1969) as the Seattle Pilots.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 100 63 .613 — 55‍–‍26 45‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox 99 64 .607 1 59‍–‍23 40‍–‍41
Milwaukee Brewers 93 69 .574 6½ 54‍–‍27 39‍–‍42
Baltimore Orioles 90 71 .559 9 51‍–‍30 39‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers 86 76 .531 13½ 47‍–‍34 39‍–‍42
Cleveland Indians 69 90 .434 29 42‍–‍36 27‍–‍54
Toronto Blue Jays 59 102 .366 40 37‍–‍44 22‍–‍58

Record vs. opponents

1978 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 7–8 4–6 8–1 9–6 7–8 2–8 7–8 5–5 6–9 11–0 9–1 7–4 8–7
Boston 8–7 — 9–2 7–3 7–8 12–3 4–6 10–5 9–2 7–9 5–5 7–3 3–7 11–4
California 6–4 2–9 — 8–7 6–4 4–7 9–6 5–5 12–3 5–5 9–6 9–6 5–10 7–3
Chicago 1–8 3–7 7–8 — 8–2 2–9 8–7 4–7 8–7 1–9 7–8 7–8 11–4 4–6
Cleveland 6–9 8–7 4–6 2–8 — 5–10 5–6 5–10 5–5 6–9 4–6 8–1 1–9 10–4
Detroit 8–7 3–12 7–4 9–2 10–5 — 4–6 7–8 4–6 4–11 6–4 8–2 7–3 9–6
Kansas City 8–2 6–4 6–9 7–8 6–5 6–4 — 6–4 7–8 6–5 10–5 12–3 7–8 5–5
Milwaukee 8–7 5–10 5–5 7–4 10–5 8–7 4–6 — 4–7 10–5 9–1 5–5 6–4 12–3
Minnesota 5–5 2–9 3–12 7–8 5–5 6–4 8–7 7–4 — 3–7 9–6 6–9 6–9 6–4
New York 9–6 9–7 5–5 9–1 9–6 11–4 5–6 5–10 7–3 — 8–2 6–5 6–4 11–4
Oakland 0–11 5–5 6–9 8–7 6–4 4–6 5–10 1–9 6–9 2–8 — 13–2 6–9 7–4
Seattle 1–9 3–7 6–9 8–7 1–8 2–8 3–12 5–5 9–6 5–6 2–13 — 3–12 8–2
Texas 4–7 7–3 10–5 4–11 9–1 3–7 8–7 4–6 9–6 4–6 9–6 12–3 — 4–7
Toronto 7–8 4–11 3–7 6–4 4–10 6–9 5–5 3–12 4–6 4–11 4–7 2–8 7–4 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1978 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

Legend
  Brewers win
  Brewers loss
  Postponement
Bold Brewers team member
1978 regular season game log: 93–69 (Home: 54–27; Away: 39–42)
April: 9–11 (Home: 6–1; Away: 3–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
– April 6 Orioles Postponed (rain); Makeup: April 7
1 April 7 Orioles 11–3 Augustine (1–0) Flanagan (0–1) 47,824 1–0 W1
2 April 8 Orioles 16–3 Haas (1–0) D. Martínez (0–1) 6,470 2–0 W2
3 April 9 Orioles 13–5 Sorensen (1–0) McGregor (0–1) 18,514 3–0 W3
4 April 11 Yankees 9–6 Augustine (2–0) Hunter (0–1) Caldwell (1) 8,934 4–0 W4
5 April 12 Yankees 5–3 Haas (2–0) Gossage (0–2) 8,751 5–0 W5
6 April 14 @ Orioles 5–6 D. Martínez (1–1) Sorensen (1–1) Stanhouse (1) 36,086 5–1 L1
7 April 15 @ Orioles 0–7 Palmer (1–0) Augustine (2–1) 7,527 5–2 L2
8 April 16 @ Orioles 5–7 Briles (1–1) Haas (2–1) Stanhouse (2) – 5–3 L3
9 April 16 @ Orioles 9–2 Replogle (1–0) McGregor (0–2) Rodríguez (1) 14,995 6–3 W1
10 April 17 @ Red Sox 2–9 Torrez (2–0) Stein (0–1) 26,075 6–4 L1
11 April 18 @ Red Sox 6–7 Tiant (1–0) Rodríguez (0–1) 18,928 6–5 L2
– April 19 @ Red Sox Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 12
12 April 20 @ Red Sox 4–10 Lee (3–0) Haas (2–2) 16,238 6–6 L3
13 April 21 @ Yankees 9–2 Augustine (3–1) Figueroa (2–1) 15,105 7–6 W1
14 April 22 @ Yankees 3–4 (12) Lyle (2–0) McClure (0–1) 17,594 7–7 L1
15 April 23 @ Yankees 3–2 Sorensen (2–1) Hunter (0–3) McClure (1) 26,291 8–7 W1
16 April 25 Red Sox 3–4 Lee (4–0) Augustine (3–2) Drago (2) 9,051 8–8 L1
17 April 26 Red Sox 6–4 Caldwell (1–0) Torrez (2–1) McClure (2) 8,724 9–8 W1
18 April 28 @ Royals 6–7 Colborn (1–0) Rodríguez (0–2) Pattin (2) 20,166 9–9 L1
19 April 29 @ Royals 2–11 Leonard (3–3) Augustine (3–3) 27,521 9–10 L2
20 April 30 @ Royals 0–3 Gale (1–0) Caldwell (1–1) Mingori (3) 19,827 9–11 L3
May: 14–11 (Home: 7–7; Away: 7–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
21 May 2 White Sox 3–5 Wood (2–3) Sorensen (2–2) 7,880 9–12 L4
22 May 3 White Sox 4–0 Augustine (4–3) Wortham (0–1) 5,720 10–12 W1
23 May 5 Royals 9–0 Caldwell (2–1) Colborn (1–1) 10,435 11–12 W2
24 May 6 Royals 4–3 Sorensen (3–2) Bird (1–2) 13,914 12–12 W3
25 May 7 Royals 6–8 Gale (2–0) Augustine (4–4) Mingori (4) 10,887 12–13 L1
26 May 9 Rangers 1–7 Jenkins (3–1) Caldwell (2–2) 4,790 12–14 L2
27 May 10 Rangers 3–4 Alexander (3–1) Sorensen (3–3) Cleveland (1) 6,528 12–15 L3
28 May 12 @ White Sox 3–4 (5) Wood (3–3) Augustine (4–5) Willoughby (1) 17,953 12–16 L4
29 May 13 @ White Sox 6–1 Replogle (2–0) Stone (1–2) 13,521 13–16 W1
30 May 14 @ White Sox 5–4 Caldwell (3–2) Barrios (1–3) 12,505 14–16 W2
31 May 15 @ Rangers 6–8 Jenkins (4–1) Travers (0–1) Cleveland (2) 11,622 14–17 L1
32 May 16 @ Rangers 4–3 Sorensen (4–3) Alexander (3–2) 11,351 15–17 W1
33 May 17 Tigers 3–5 Billingham (4–1) Augustine (4–6) Hiller (3) 10,004 15–18 L1
34 May 18 Tigers 8–7 Castro (1–0) Foucault (1–3) 15,217 16–18 W1
35 May 19 Angels 1–7 Tanana (7–1) Caldwell (3–3) 13,843 16–19 L1
36 May 20 Angels 6–4 Travers (1–1) Brett (1–3) Castro (1) 18,916 17–19 W1
37 May 21 Angels 2–1 Sorensen (5–3) LaRoche (3–1) 42,376 18–19 W2
38 May 23 @ Athletics 3–2 Augustine (5–6) Keough (2–3) 2,534 19–19 W3
39 May 24 @ Athletics 7–1 Caldwell (4–3) Broberg (4–4) 2,257 20–19 W4
40 May 26 @ Angels 5–6 Hartzell (1–3) Rodríguez (0–3) 19,277 20–20 L1
41 May 27 @ Angels 4–2 Sorensen (6–3) Griffin (0–1) 29,097 21–20 W1
42 May 28 @ Angels 6–3 Replogle (3–0) Ryan (3–4) McClure (3) 21,869 22–20 W2
43 May 29 Athletics 2–6 Broberg (5–4) Augustine (5–7) 18,665 22–21 L1
44 May 30 Athletics 2–1 Caldwell (5–3) Sosa (4–1) 8,322 23–21 W1
45 May 31 @ Tigers 0–3 Wilcox (4–2) Travers (1–2) 13,017 23–22 L1
June: 21–9 (Home: 13–7; Away: 8–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
46 June 1 @ Tigers 3–4 Slaton (5–2) Sorensen (6–4) Hiller (6) 11,614 23–23 L2
47 June 2 Indians 6–7 Kern (5–1) McClure (0–2) 16,779 23–24 L3
48 June 3 Indians 4–6 Paxton (2–3) Augustine (5–8) Monge (1) 11,933 23–25 L4
49 June 4 Indians 12–7 Stein (1–1) Wise (3–9) – 24–25 W1
50 June 4 Indians 9–4 Travers (2–2) Hood (3–3) Castro (2) 23,850 25–25 W2
51 June 6 Tigers 5–1 Sorensen (7–4) Wilcox (4–3) 13,022 26–25 W3
52 June 7 Tigers 1–8 Slaton (6–2) Replogle (3–1) 7,437 26–26 L1
53 June 9 Blue Jays 3–2 (10) Caldwell (6–3) Murphy (2–2) 9,959 27–26 W1
54 June 10 Blue Jays 5–0 Travers (3–2) Garvin (2–5) 25,889 28–26 W2
55 June 11 Blue Jays 2–1 Sorensen (8–4) Underwood (2–7) – 29–26 W3
56 June 11 Blue Jays 5–4 Stein (2–1) Murphy (2–3) 21,568 30–26 W4
57 June 12 @ Tigers 7–4 McClure (1–2) Wilcox (4–4) 14,472 31–26 W5
58 June 13 @ Tigers 7–2 Caldwell (7–3) Slaton (6–3) 16,622 32–26 W6
59 June 14 @ Blue Jays 7–5 Castro (2–0) Murphy (2–4) – 33–26 W7
60 June 14 @ Blue Jays 5–0 Augustine (6–8) Garvin (2–6) 28,346 34–26 W8
61 June 16 @ Indians 8–6 (10) McClure (2–2) Kern (5–2) Castro (3) 9,175 35–26 W9
62 June 17 @ Indians 4–3 (12) Castro (3–0) Kern (5–3) 16,923 36–26 W10
63 June 18 @ Indians 0–3 Waits (4–7) Caldwell (7–4) – 36–27 L1
64 June 18 @ Indians 4–1 Augustine (7–8) Paxton (3–4) Castro (4) 20,140 37–27 W1
65 June 20 Orioles 5–8 McGregor (8–4) Travers (3–3) 22,640 37–28 L1
66 June 21 Orioles 5–3 Sorensen (9–4) D. Martínez (6–4) Castro (5) 21,732 38–28 W1
67 June 22 Orioles 3–10 Flanagan (11–4) Haas (2–3) 26,586 38–29 L1
68 June 23 Mariners 0–3 Abbott (3–4) Caldwell (7–5) 8,268 38–30 L2
69 June 24 Mariners 5–0 Augustine (8–8) Colborn (1–6) 20,820 39–30 W1
70 June 25 Mariners 8–10 Romo (4–2) Stein (2–2) Montague (1) 24,526 39–31 L1
71 June 26 Twins 8–2 Sorensen (10–4) Serum (3–3) 7,988 40–31 W1
72 June 27 Twins 13–6 Replogle (4–1) Goltz (5–5) 16,137 41–31 W2
73 June 28 Yankees 5–0 Caldwell (8–5) Tidrow (3–6) – 42–31 W3
74 June 28 Yankees 7–2 Augustine (9–8) McCall (0–1) 39,283 43–31 W4
75 June 30 @ Mariners 13–3 Travers (4–3) Parrott (1–1) Rodríguez (2) 7,772 44–31 W5
July: 15–12 (Home: 10–3; Away: 5–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
76 July 1 @ Mariners 4–0 Sorensen (11–4) Mitchell (4–8) 14,836 45–31 W6
77 July 2 @ Mariners 3–4 (11) Rawley (4–5) Castro (3–1) 9,904 45–32 L1
78 July 3 @ Twins 2–7 Erickson (9–5) Augustine (9–9) 19,062 45–33 L2
79 July 4 @ Twins 2–7 Serum (4–3) Travers (4–4) 26,263 45–34 L3
80 July 5 @ Twins 1–3 Goltz (7–5) Sorensen (11–5) 11,409 45–35 L4
81 July 7 Yankees 6–0 Caldwell (9–5) Guidry (13–1) 40,216 46–35 W1
82 July 8 Yankees 6–5 Rodríguez (1–3) Gossage (4–8) McClure (4) 46,518 47–35 W2
83 July 9 Yankees 8–4 Travers (5–4) Gullett (4–2) Stein (1) 42,633 48–35 W3
ASG July 11 AL @ NL 3–7 Sutter (1–0) Gossage (0–1) 51,549 – –
84 July 13 Royals 13–2 Caldwell (10–5) Splittorff (10–8) 16,706 49–35 W4
85 July 14 Royals 2–9 Gale (10–3) Replogle (4–2) 43,993 49–36 L1
86 July 15 White Sox 3–1 Sorensen (12–5) Schueler (3–4) 41,379 50–36 W1
87 July 16 White Sox 10–1 Travers (6–4) Stone (7–7) 33,862 51–36 W2
88 July 17 White Sox 6–1 Caldwell (11–5) Barrios (5–9) 15,993 52–36 W3
89 July 18 White Sox 7–2 Augustine (10–9) Wood (10–6) 17,660 53–36 W4
90 July 19 Red Sox 2–8 Torrez (12–5) Sorensen (12–6) 45,332 53–37 L1
91 July 20 Red Sox 8–6 Rodríguez (2–3) Lee (10–4) McClure (5) 35,044 54–37 W1
92 July 21 @ Rangers 4–3 Travers (7–4) Medich (4–5) McClure (6) 28,419 55–37 W2
93 July 22 @ Rangers 2–1 (10) Caldwell (12–5) Cleveland (3–6) 30,354 56–37 W3
94 July 23 @ Rangers 17–8 Replogle (5–2) Comer (3–3) 11,615 57–37 W4
95 July 24 @ White Sox 1–5 Stone (8–7) Sorensen (12–7) 11,091 57–38 L1
96 July 25 @ White Sox 2–4 Barrios (6–9) Rodríguez (2–4) Proly (1) 28,057 57–39 L2
97 July 26 Angels 9–11 Tanana (14–5) Travers (7–5) LaRoche (14) 21,584 57–40 L3
98 July 27 Angels 6–3 Caldwell (13–5) Ryan (5–9) 18,847 58–40 W1
99 July 28 @ Blue Jays 2–3 (11) Cruz (2–0) Castro (3–2) 17,060 58–41 L1
100 July 29 @ Blue Jays 3–4 Lemanczyk (4–12) Sorensen (12–8) Cruz (6) 25,037 58–42 L2
101 July 30 @ Blue Jays 10–5 Stein (3–2) Murphy (4–8) 21,511 59–42 W1
102 July 31 @ Orioles 5–6 (10) Kerrigan (3–0) Castro (3–3) 10,514 59–43 L1
August: 17–14 (Home: 10–4; Away: 7–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
103 August 2 @ Orioles 5–3 Caldwell (14–5) Palmer (13–9) Sorensen (1) 10,663 60–43 W1
104 August 3 @ Orioles 2–3 (10) D. Martínez (8–8) Augustine (10–10) 9,654 60–44 L1
105 August 4 Red Sox 6–2 Sorensen (13–8) Lee (10–7) 52,562 61–44 W1
106 August 5 Red Sox 1–8 Eckersley (13–4) Rodríguez (2–5) 52,968 61–45 L1
107 August 6 Red Sox 0–4 Tiant (8–4) Travers (7–6) 48,444 61–46 L2
108 August 8 @ Yankees 0–3 Tidrow (5–8) Caldwell (14–6) Gossage (16) 22,549 61–47 L3
109 August 9 @ Yankees 7–8 McCall (1–1) McClure (2–3) 27,172 61–48 L4
110 August 10 @ Yankees 0–9 Guidry (16–2) Augustine (10–11) 35,127 61–49 L5
111 August 11 @ Red Sox 10–5 Rodríguez (3–5) Tiant (8–5) 35,142 62–49 W1
112 August 12 @ Red Sox 1–3 Wright (7–2) Travers (7–7) 33,092 62–50 L1
113 August 12 @ Red Sox 4–11 Stanley (9–1) Caldwell (14–7) 27,030 62–51 L2
114 August 13 @ Red Sox 3–4 (10) Torrez (14–6) Castro (3–4) 34,460 62–52 L3
115 August 14 @ Red Sox 4–3 Sorensen (14–8) Lee (10–9) McClure (7) 33,766 63–52 W1
– August 15 Blue Jays Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 16
116 August 15 Blue Jays 9–1 Augustine (11–11) Lemanczyk (4–14) 17,578 64–52 W2
117 August 16 Blue Jays 8–1 Caldwell (15–7) Jefferson (7–10) – 65–52 W3
118 August 16 Blue Jays 3–2 Rodríguez (4–5) Moore (5–4) McClure (8) 16,920 66–52 W4
119 August 17 Blue Jays 6–0 Travers (8–7) Clancy (9–10) 18,829 67–52 W5
120 August 18 Tigers 2–0 Sorensen (15–8) Rozema (6–7) 27,543 68–52 W6
121 August 19 Tigers 4–6 Wilcox (10–8) Augustine (11–12) 35,104 68–53 L1
122 August 20 Tigers 2–1 Caldwell (16–7) Young (4–3) 46,791 69–53 W1
123 August 22 Indians 3–2 Castro (4–4) Kern (8–7) – 70–53 W2
124 August 22 Indians 5–4 Mueller (1–0) Kern (8–8) 23,918 71–53 W3
125 August 23 Indians 9–4 Replogle (6–2) Monge (3–3) 20,157 72–53 W4
126 August 24 Indians 8–9 (10) Spillner (3–1) McClure (2–4) Monge (6) 16,362 72–54 L1
127 August 25 @ Tigers 3–6 Young (5–3) Caldwell (16–8) Hiller (10) 32,010 72–55 L2
128 August 26 @ Tigers 9–5 Travers (9–7) Billingham (14–6) McClure (9) 32,103 73–55 W1
129 August 27 @ Tigers 2–4 Slaton (14–9) Sorensen (15–9) Hiller (11) 43,478 73–56 L1
130 August 28 @ Tigers 10–1 Augustine (12–12) Rozema (6–9) 23,037 74–56 W1
131 August 29 @ Indians 6–0 Replogle (7–2) Wise (9–17) 5,498 75–56 W2
– August 30 @ Indians Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 31
132 August 31 @ Indians 1–0 Caldwell (17–8) Paxton (9–8) – 76–56 W3
133 August 31 @ Indians 6–12 Waits (10–13) Travers (9–8) 5,328 76–57 L1
September: 16–12 (Home: 8–5; Away: 8–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
134 September 1 Rangers 4–5 Jenkins (13–8) Sorensen (15–10) Cleveland (11) 13,648 76–58 L2
135 September 2 Rangers 10–6 Castro (5–4) Barker (1–5) 17,795 77–58 W1
136 September 3 Rangers 4–3 Farmer (1–0) Matlack (12–12) 14,014 78–58 W2
137 September 4 Mariners 3–4 Abbott (7–10) Caldwell (17–9) – 78–59 L1
138 September 4 Mariners 5–0 Travers (10–8) McLaughlin (2–6) 19,408 79–59 W1
139 September 6 @ Blue Jays 7–0 Sorensen (16–10) Jefferson (7–12) 21,390 80–59 W2
140 September 7 @ Blue Jays 4–5 Cruz (7–1) McClure (2–5) 12,092 80–60 L1
141 September 8 @ Twins 3–0 Replogle (8–2) Serum (8–7) 9,262 81–60 W1
142 September 9 @ Twins 3–0 Caldwell (18–9) Erickson (13–11) 10,639 82–60 W2
143 September 10 @ Twins 1–3 Goltz (12–10) Travers (10–9) 10,512 82–61 L1
144 September 11 @ Mariners 5–3 Sorensen (17–10) McLaughlin (2–7) Castro (6) 5,246 83–61 W1
145 September 12 @ Mariners 5–6 Todd (3–4) McClure (2–6) 5,577 83–62 L1
146 September 13 Orioles 7–5 Replogle (9–2) Flanagan (17–13) Farmer (1) 8,863 84–62 W1
147 September 14 Orioles 4–3 Caldwell (19–9) McGregor (14–13) 12,587 85–62 W2
148 September 15 Twins 3–10 Erickson (14–11) Travers (10–10) 12,496 85–63 L1
149 September 16 Twins 2–5 Goltz (13–10) Sorensen (17–11) Marshall (20) 37,809 85–64 L2
150 September 17 Twins 3–4 Serum (9–8) Replogle (9–3) Marshall (21) 11,007 85–65 L3
151 September 18 @ Yankees 3–4 Figueroa (18–9) Travers (10–11) 20,557 85–66 L4
152 September 19 @ Yankees 2–0 Caldwell (20–9) Tidrow (7–11) 26,682 86–66 W1
153 September 20 @ Royals 5–4 Augustine (13–12) Paschall (0–1) 15,917 87–66 W2
154 September 21 @ Royals 4–8 Leonard (19–17) Replogle (9–4) 17,799 87–67 L1
155 September 22 Athletics 3–0 Rodríguez (5–5) Keough (8–14) Castro (7) 9,675 88–67 W1
156 September 23 Athletics 13–4 Travers (11–11) Norris (0–5) 14,450 89–67 W2
157 September 24 Athletics 5–2 Caldwell (21–9) Langford (7–13) 16,535 90–67 W3
158 September 26 @ Angels 3–4 (10) LaRoche (10–8) Sorensen (17–12) 12,646 90–68 L1
159 September 27 @ Angels 1–4 Frost (5–4) Replogle (9–5) LaRoche (25) 12,302 90–69 L2
160 September 29 @ Athletics 3–1 Travers (12–11) Keough (8–15) 1,992 91–69 W1
161 September 30 @ Athletics 8–5 Caldwell (22–9) Johnson (11–10) Castro (8) 2,143 92–69 W2
October: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
162 October 1 @ Athletics 9–0 Sorensen (18–12) Wirth (5–6) Haas (1) 2,742 93–69 W3

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Buck Martinez 89 256 56 .219 1 20
1B Cecil Cooper 107 407 127 .312 13 54
2B Paul Molitor 125 521 142 .273 6 45
3B Sal Bando 152 540 154 .285 17 78
SS Robin Yount 127 502 147 .293 9 71
LF Larry Hisle 142 520 151 .290 34 115
CF Gorman Thomas 137 452 111 .246 32 86
RF Sixto Lezcano 132 442 129 .292 15 61
DH Dick Davis 69 218 54 .248 5 26

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Don Money 137 518 152 .293 14 54
Ben Oglivie 128 469 142 .303 18 72
Charlie Moore 96 268 72 .269 5 31
Jim Wohlford 46 118 35 .297 1 19
Jim Gantner 43 97 21 .216 1 8
Lenn Sakata 30 78 15 .192 0 3
Dave May 39 77 15 .195 2 11
Tony Muser 15 30 4 .133 0 5
Tim Nordbrook 2 5 0 .000 0 0
Andy Etchebarren 4 5 2 .400 0 2
Jeff Yurak 5 5 0 .000 0 0
Larry Haney 5 5 1 .200 0 1
Tim Johnson 3 3 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Caldwell 37 293.1 22 9 2.36 131
Lary Sorensen 37 280.2 18 12 3.21 78
Jerry Augustine 35 188.1 13 12 4.54 59
Bill Travers 28 175.2 12 11 4.41 66
Moose Haas 7 30.2 2 3 6.16 32

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Andy Replogle 32 149.1 9 5 3.92 41
Eduardo Rodríguez 32 105.1 5 5 3.93 51
Mark Bomback 2 1.2 0 0 16.20 1

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bob McClure 44 2 6 9 3.74 47
Bill Castro 42 5 4 8 1.81 17
Randy Stein 31 3 2 1 5.33 42
Willie Mueller 5 1 0 0 6.39 6
Ed Farmer 3 1 0 1 0.82 6

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1978.[12]

Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Spokane Indians Pacific Coast League John Felske
Double-A Holyoke Millers Eastern League George Farson
Class A Burlington Bees Midwest League Lee Sigman
Class A Short Season Newark Co-Pilots New York–Penn League Ken Richardson

Notes

  1. ^ a b Gorman Thomas page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Kevin Kobel page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Ken McMullen page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Ray Fosse page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Randy Stein page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Von Joshua page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ 1978 Milwaukee Brewers Roster by Baseball Almanac
  8. ^ Bob Galasso page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Tony Muser page at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Rickey Keeton page at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Jamie Quirk page at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ "1978 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.

References

Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_Milwaukee_Brewers_season