1978 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1978 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers finishing third in the American League East with a record of 93 wins and 69 losses.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Farm system
5 Notes
6 References

Offseason

October 25, 1977: Gorman Thomas was sent by the Brewers to the Texas Rangers to complete an earlier deal (the Rangers traded Ed Kirkpatrick to the Brewers for a player to be named later) made on August 20.^[1]
December 6, 1977: Kevin Kobel was purchased from the Brewers by the New York Mets.^[2]
December 14, 1977: Ken McMullen was released by the Brewers.^[3]
December 31, 1977: Ray Fosse was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[4]
January 16, 1978: Randy Stein was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[5]
February 8, 1978: Gorman Thomas was purchased by the Brewers from the Rangers.^[1]
March 30, 1978: Von Joshua was released by the Brewers.^[6]

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

April 1, 1978: Bob Galasso was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[8]
April 4, 1978: Tony Muser was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[9]
June 6, 1978: Rickey Keeton was drafted by the Brewers in the 3rd round of the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft.^[10]
August 3, 1978: Jamie Quirk was traded by the Brewers to the Kansas City Royals for Gerry Ako (minors) and cash.^[11]

Roster

1978 Milwaukee Brewers

Roster

Pitchers

46 Jerry Augustine
36 Mark Bomback
48 Mike Caldwell
35 Bill Castro
47 Ed Farmer
30 Moose Haas
10 Bob McClure
40 Willie Mueller
27 Andy Replogle
23 Eduardo Rodríguez
39 Lary Sorensen
43 Randy Stein
25 Bill Travers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

31 George Bamberger

Coaches

12 Larry Haney (Bullpen)
33 Frank Howard (First Base)
32 Harvey Kuenn (Hitting)
38 Cal McLish (Pitching)
37 Buck Rodgers (Third Base)

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

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

References

1978 Milwaukee Brewers team page at Baseball Reference
1978 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v t e 1978 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1978 Major League Baseball Draft 1978 All-Star Game 1978 World Series

Milwaukee Brewers

Formerly the Seattle Pilots
Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The Franchise

Ballparks

Spring Training: Tempe Diablo Stadium
Sun City Stadium
Compadre Stadium
Maryvale Baseball Park

Culture

Retired Numbers

Key Personnel

Owner: Mark Attanasio
General Manager: Doug Melvin
Manager: Ron Roenicke

Minors

Rivalries

Chicago Cubs

League Pennants

American League: 1982
National League: none

Division Titles

AL East: 1981 (second half)
1982
NL Central: 2011
AL Wild Card: none
NL Wild Card: 2008

Seasons (46)

1960s	1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

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1978 Milwaukee Brewers season