1978 Milwaukee Brewers season

1978 Milwaukee Brewers
Major league affiliations
Location
1978 information
Owner(s) Bud Selig
Manager(s) George Bamberger
Local television WTMJ-TV
(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker, Mike Hegan)
Local radio 620 WTMJ
(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker)
Stats ESPN.com

BB-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.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 100 63 .613 --
Boston Red Sox 99 64 .607 1
Milwaukee Brewers 93 69 .574 6.5
Baltimore Orioles 90 71 .559 9
Detroit Tigers 86 76 .531 13.5
Cleveland Indians 69 90 .434 29
Toronto Blue Jays 59 102 .366 40

Notable transactions

Roster

1978 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Martinez, BuckBuck Martinez 89 256 56 .219 1 20
1B Cooper, CecilCecil Cooper 107 407 127 .312 13 54
2B Molitor, PaulPaul Molitor 125 521 142 .273 6 45
3B Bando, SalSal Bando 152 540 154 .285 17 78
SS Yount, RobinRobin Yount 127 502 147 .293 9 71
LF Hisle, LarryLarry Hisle 142 520 151 .290 34 115
CF Thomas, GormanGorman Thomas 137 452 111 .246 32 86
RF Lezcano, SixtoSixto Lezcano 132 442 129 .292 15 61
DH Davis, DickDick 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
Money, DonDon Money 137 518 152 .293 14 54
Oglivie, BenBen Oglivie 128 469 142 .303 18 72
Moore, CharlieCharlie Moore 96 268 72 .269 5 31
Wohlford, JimJim Wohlford 46 118 35 .297 1 19
Gantner, JimJim Gantner 43 97 21 .216 1 8
Sakata, LennLenn Sakata 30 78 15 .192 0 3
May, DaveDave May 39 77 15 .195 2 11
Muser, TonyTony Muser 15 30 4 .133 0 5
Nordbrook, TimTim Nordbrook 2 5 0 .000 0 0
Etchebarren, AndyAndy Etchebarren 4 5 2 .400 0 2
Yurak, JeffJeff Yurak 5 5 0 .000 0 0
Haney, LarryLarry Haney 5 5 1 .200 0 1
Johnson, TimTim 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
Sorensen, LaryLary Sorensen 37 280.2 18 12 3.21 78
Caldwell, MikeMike Caldwell 37 293.1 22 9 2.36 131
Augustine, JerryJerry Augustine 35 188.1 13 12 4.54 59
Travers, BillBill Travers 28 175.2 12 11 4.41 66
Haas, MooseMoose 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
Replogle, AndyAndy Replogle 32 149.1 9 5 3.92 41
Rodríguez, EduardoEduardo Rodríguez 32 105.1 5 5 3.93 51
Bomback, MarkMark 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
McClure, BobBob McClure 44 2 6 9 3.74 47
Castro, BillBill Castro 42 5 4 8 1.81 17
Stein, RandyRandy Stein 31 3 2 1 5.33 42
Mueller, WillieWillie Mueller 5 1 0 0 6.39 6
Farmer, EdEd Farmer 3 1 0 1 0.82 6

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Spokane Indians Pacific Coast League John Felske
AA Holyoke Millers Eastern League George Farson
A Burlington Bees Midwest League Lee Sigman
Short-Season A 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

References

AL East
Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto
AL West
NL East
NL West
Formerly the Seattle Pilots • Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Franchise
Ballparks
Culture
Retired Numbers
4 • 19 • 34 • 42 • 44
Key Personnel
Owner: Mark Attanasio • General Manager: Doug Melvin • Manager: Ron Roenicke
Minors
Rivalries
League Pennants
American League: 1982 • National League: none
Division Titles
AL East: 1981 (second half) • 1982 • NL Central: 2011 • Wild Card: 2008