1977 Milwaukee Brewers season

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1977  Milwaukee Brewers
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Milwaukee County Stadium
City Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owners Bud Selig
General managers Jim Baumer
Managers Alex Grammas
Television WTMJ-TV
(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker, Ray Scott)
Radio 620 WTMJ
(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 1977 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing sixth in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10062.617—55‍–‍2645‍–‍36
Baltimore Orioles 9764.6022½54‍–‍2743‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox 9764.6022½51‍–‍2946‍–‍35
Detroit Tigers 7488.4572639‍–‍4235‍–‍46
Cleveland Indians 7190.44128½37‍–‍4434‍–‍46
Milwaukee Brewers 6795.4143337‍–‍4430‍–‍51
Toronto Blue Jays 54107.33545½25‍–‍5529‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1977 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —6–85–65–511–412–34–711–46–48–78–27–34–610–5
Boston 8–6—7–33–78–79–65–59–64–68–78–310–16–412–3
California 6–53–7—8–76–44–66–95–57–84–75–109–65–106–4
Chicago 5–57–37–8—6–44–68–76–510–53–710–510–56–98–3
Cleveland 4–117–84–64–6—8–73–711–42–93–127–37–32–99–5
Detroit 3–126–96–46–47–8—3–810–55–56–95–55–62–810–5
Kansas City 7–45–59–67–87–38–3—8–210–55–59–611–48–78–2
Milwaukee 4–116–95–55–64–115–102–8—3–88–75–57–35–58–7
Minnesota 4–66–48–75–109–25–55–108–3—2–88–67–88–79–1
New York 7–87–87–47–312–39–65–57–88–2—9–26–47–39–6
Oakland 2–83–810–55–103–75–56–95–56–82–9—7–82–137–3
Seattle 3–71–106–95–103–76–54–113–78–74–68–7—9–64–6
Texas 6–44–610–59–69–28–27–85–57–83–713–26–9—7–4
Toronto 5–103–124–63–85–95–102–87–81–96–93–76–44–7—

Notable transactions

Roster

1977 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Charlie Moore 13837593.248545
1B Cecil Cooper 160643193.3002078
2B Don Money 152570159.2792583
3B Sal Bando 159580145.2501782
SS Robin Yount 154605174.288449
LF Jim Wohlford 12939197.248236
CF Von Joshua 144536140.261949
RF Sixto Lezcano 109400109.2732149
DH Jamie Quirk 9322148.217313

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Steve Brye 9424160.249728
Lenn Sakata 5315425.162212
Ken McMullen 6313631.228519
Larry Haney 6312729.228010
Jim Wynn 3611723.197010
Ed Kirkpatrick 297721.27306
Dan Thomas 227019.271211
Bob Sheldon 316413.20303
Mike Hegan 35539.17023
Dick Davis 225114.27506
Jim Gantner 144714.29812
Tim Johnson 30332.06102
Ed Romero 10257.28002
Jack Heidemann 510.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jim Slaton 32221.010143.58104
Jerry Augustine 33209.012184.4868
Moose Haas 32197.210124.33113
Lary Sorensen 23142.17104.3657
Bill Travers 19121.14125.2549

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Eduardo Rodríguez 42142.2564.35104
Mike Caldwell 2194.1584.5838
Gary Beare 1758.2666.4432
Barry Cort 724.1113.3317

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Bill Castro 5186134.1528
Bob McClure 682162.5257
Sam Hinds 290324.7346
Rich Folkers 30104.266

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1977. [8] The Burlington Bees won the Midwest League championship. [9]

LevelTeamLeagueManager
Triple-A Spokane Indians Pacific Coast League John Felske
Double-A Holyoke Millers Eastern League Matt Galante
Class A Burlington Bees Midwest League Denis Menke
Class A Short Season Newark Co-Pilots New York–Penn League Dennis Holmberg

Notes

  1. ↑ Sal Bando at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Jamie Quirk at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ "Cecil Cooper Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More".
  4. ↑ Jeff Yurak at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Ken McMullen at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac
  7. ↑ Paul Molitor at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ "1977 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Midwest League Champions". Midwest League. Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on December 31, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

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