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
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. 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 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 100 63 0.613 — 55–26 45–37
Boston Red Sox 99 64 0.607 1 59–23 40–41
Milwaukee Brewers 93 69 0.574 6½ 54–27 39–42
Baltimore Orioles 90 71 0.559 9 51–30 39–41
Detroit Tigers 86 76 0.531 13½ 47–34 39–42
Cleveland Indians 69 90 0.434 29 42–36 27–54
Toronto Blue Jays 59 102 0.366 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

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.

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