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. It was the Brewers first winning season in franchise history since moving to Milwaukee from Seattle in 1970.

1978 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Bud Selig
General manager(s)Harry Dalton
Manager(s)George Bamberger
Local televisionWTMJ-TV
(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker, Mike Hegan)
Local radio620 WTMJ
(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10063 0.613 — 55–26 45–37
Boston Red Sox 9964 0.607 1 59–23 40–41
Milwaukee Brewers 9369 0.574 6½ 54–27 39–42
Baltimore Orioles 9071 0.559 9 51–30 39–41
Detroit Tigers 8676 0.531 13½ 47–34 39–42
Cleveland Indians 6990 0.434 29 42–36 27–54
Toronto Blue Jays 59102 0.366 40 37–44 22–58

Record vs. opponents
1978 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —7–84–68–19–67–82–87–85–56–911–09–17–48–7
Boston 8–7—9–27–37–812–34–610–59–27–95–57–33–711–4
California 6–42–9—8–76–44–79–65–512–35–59–69–65–107–3
Chicago 1–83–77–8—8–22–98–74–78–71–97–87–811–44–6
Cleveland 6–98–74–62–8—5–105–65–105–56–94–68–11–910–4
Detroit 8–73–127–49–210–5—4–67–84–64–116–48–27–39–6
Kansas City 8–26–46–97–86–56–4—6–47–86–510–512–37–85–5
Milwaukee 8–75–105–57–410–58–74–6—4–710–59–15–56–412–3
Minnesota 5–52–93–127–85–56–48–77–4—3–79–66–96–96–4
New York 9–69–75–59–19–611–45–65–107–3—8–26–56–411–4
Oakland 0–115–56–98–76–44–65–101–96–92–8—13–26–97–4
Seattle 1–93–76–98–71–82–83–125–59–65–62–13—3–128–2
Texas 4–77–310–54–119–13–78–74–69–64–69–612–3—4–7
Toronto 7–84–113–76–44–106–95–53–124–64–114–72–87–4—

Notable transactions

Roster
1978 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CBuck Martinez8925656.219120
1BCecil Cooper107407127.3121354
2BPaul Molitor125521142.273645
3BSal Bando152540154.2851778
SSRobin Yount127502147.293971
LFLarry Hisle142520151.29034115
CFGorman Thomas137452111.2463286
RFSixto Lezcano132442129.2921561
DHDick Davis6921854.248526

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 Money137518152.2931454
Ben Oglivie128469142.3031872
Charlie Moore9626872.269531
Jim Wohlford4611835.297119
Jim Gantner439721.21618
Lenn Sakata307815.19203
Dave May397715.195211
Tony Muser15304.13305
Tim Nordbrook250.00000
Andy Etchebarren452.40002
Jeff Yurak550.00000
Larry Haney551.20001
Tim Johnson330.00000

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
Lary Sorensen37280.218123.2178
Mike Caldwell37293.12292.36131
Jerry Augustine35188.113124.5459
Bill Travers28175.212114.4166
Moose Haas730.2236.1632

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 Replogle32149.1953.9241
Eduardo Rodríguez32105.1553.9351
Mark Bomback21.20016.201

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 McClure442693.7447
Bill Castro425481.8117
Randy Stein313215.3342
Willie Mueller51006.396
Ed Farmer31010.826

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. 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
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