1978 Milwaukee Brewers season

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1978  Milwaukee Brewers
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Milwaukee County Stadium
City Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owners Bud Selig
General managers Harry Dalton
Managers George Bamberger
Television WTMJ-TV
(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker, Mike Hegan)
Radio 620 WTMJ
(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker)
Stats ESPN.com
Baseball 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.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10063.613—55‍–‍2645‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox 9964.607159‍–‍2340‍–‍41
Milwaukee Brewers 9369.5746½54‍–‍2739‍–‍42
Baltimore Orioles 9071.559951‍–‍3039‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers 8676.53113½47‍–‍3439‍–‍42
Cleveland Indians 6990.4342942‍–‍3627‍–‍54
Toronto Blue Jays 59102.3664037‍–‍4422‍–‍58

Record vs. opponents

1978 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
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
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Game log

Legend
 Brewers win
 Brewers loss
 Postponement
BoldBrewers team member
1978 regular season game log: 93–69 (Home: 54–27; Away: 39–42)
April: 9–11 (Home: 6–1; Away: 3–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
–April 6 Orioles Postponed (rain); Makeup: April 7
1April 7 Orioles 11–3 Augustine (1–0) Flanagan (0–1)47,8241–0W1
2April 8 Orioles 16–3 Haas (1–0) D. Martínez (0–1)6,4702–0W2
3April 9 Orioles 13–5 Sorensen (1–0) McGregor (0–1)18,5143–0W3
4April 11 Yankees 9–6 Augustine (2–0) Hunter (0–1) Caldwell (1)8,9344–0W4
5April 12 Yankees 5–3 Haas (2–0) Gossage (0–2)8,7515–0W5
6April 14@ Orioles 5–6 D. Martínez (1–1) Sorensen (1–1) Stanhouse (1)36,0865–1L1
7April 15@ Orioles 0–7 Palmer (1–0) Augustine (2–1)7,5275–2L2
8April 16@ Orioles 5–7 Briles (1–1) Haas (2–1) Stanhouse (2)–5–3L3
9April 16@ Orioles 9–2 Replogle (1–0) McGregor (0–2) Rodríguez (1)14,9956–3W1
10April 17@ Red Sox 2–9 Torrez (2–0) Stein (0–1)26,0756–4L1
11April 18@ Red Sox 6–7 Tiant (1–0) Rodríguez (0–1)18,9286–5L2
–April 19@ Red Sox Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 12
12April 20@ Red Sox 4–10 Lee (3–0) Haas (2–2)16,2386–6L3
13April 21@ Yankees 9–2 Augustine (3–1) Figueroa (2–1)15,1057–6W1
14April 22@ Yankees 3–4 (12) Lyle (2–0) McClure (0–1)17,5947–7L1
15April 23@ Yankees 3–2 Sorensen (2–1) Hunter (0–3) McClure (1)26,2918–7W1
16April 25 Red Sox 3–4 Lee (4–0) Augustine (3–2) Drago (2)9,0518–8L1
17April 26 Red Sox 6–4 Caldwell (1–0) Torrez (2–1) McClure (2)8,7249–8W1
18April 28@ Royals 6–7 Colborn (1–0) Rodríguez (0–2) Pattin (2)20,1669–9L1
19April 29@ Royals 2–11 Leonard (3–3) Augustine (3–3)27,5219–10L2
20April 30@ Royals 0–3 Gale (1–0) Caldwell (1–1) Mingori (3)19,8279–11L3
May: 14–11 (Home: 7–7; Away: 7–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
21May 2 White Sox 3–5 Wood (2–3) Sorensen (2–2)7,8809–12L4
22May 3 White Sox 4–0 Augustine (4–3) Wortham (0–1)5,72010–12W1
23May 5 Royals 9–0 Caldwell (2–1) Colborn (1–1)10,43511–12W2
24May 6 Royals 4–3 Sorensen (3–2) Bird (1–2)13,91412–12W3
25May 7 Royals 6–8 Gale (2–0) Augustine (4–4) Mingori (4)10,88712–13L1
26May 9 Rangers 1–7 Jenkins (3–1) Caldwell (2–2)4,79012–14L2
27May 10 Rangers 3–4 Alexander (3–1) Sorensen (3–3) Cleveland (1)6,52812–15L3
28May 12@ White Sox 3–4 (5) Wood (3–3) Augustine (4–5) Willoughby (1)17,95312–16L4
29May 13@ White Sox 6–1 Replogle (2–0) Stone (1–2)13,52113–16W1
30May 14@ White Sox 5–4 Caldwell (3–2) Barrios (1–3)12,50514–16W2
31May 15@ Rangers 6–8 Jenkins (4–1) Travers (0–1) Cleveland (2)11,62214–17L1
32May 16@ Rangers 4–3 Sorensen (4–3) Alexander (3–2)11,35115–17W1
33May 17 Tigers 3–5 Billingham (4–1) Augustine (4–6) Hiller (3)10,00415–18L1
34May 18 Tigers 8–7 Castro (1–0) Foucault (1–3)15,21716–18W1
35May 19 Angels 1–7 Tanana (7–1) Caldwell (3–3)13,84316–19L1
36May 20 Angels 6–4 Travers (1–1) Brett (1–3) Castro (1)18,91617–19W1
37May 21 Angels 2–1 Sorensen (5–3) LaRoche (3–1)42,37618–19W2
38May 23@ Athletics 3–2 Augustine (5–6) Keough (2–3)2,53419–19W3
39May 24@ Athletics 7–1 Caldwell (4–3) Broberg (4–4)2,25720–19W4
40May 26@ Angels 5–6 Hartzell (1–3) Rodríguez (0–3)19,27720–20L1
41May 27@ Angels 4–2 Sorensen (6–3) Griffin (0–1)29,09721–20W1
42May 28@ Angels 6–3 Replogle (3–0) Ryan (3–4) McClure (3)21,86922–20W2
43May 29 Athletics 2–6 Broberg (5–4) Augustine (5–7)18,66522–21L1
44May 30 Athletics 2–1 Caldwell (5–3) Sosa (4–1)8,32223–21W1
45May 31@ Tigers 0–3 Wilcox (4–2) Travers (1–2)13,01723–22L1
June: 21–9 (Home: 13–7; Away: 8–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
46June 1@ Tigers 3–4 Slaton (5–2) Sorensen (6–4) Hiller (6)11,61423–23L2
47June 2 Indians 6–7 Kern (5–1) McClure (0–2)16,77923–24L3
48June 3 Indians 4–6 Paxton (2–3) Augustine (5–8) Monge (1)11,93323–25L4
49June 4 Indians 12–7 Stein (1–1) Wise (3–9)–24–25W1
50June 4 Indians 9–4 Travers (2–2) Hood (3–3) Castro (2)23,85025–25W2
51June 6 Tigers 5–1 Sorensen (7–4) Wilcox (4–3)13,02226–25W3
52June 7 Tigers 1–8 Slaton (6–2) Replogle (3–1)7,43726–26L1
53June 9 Blue Jays 3–2 (10) Caldwell (6–3) Murphy (2–2)9,95927–26W1
54June 10 Blue Jays 5–0 Travers (3–2) Garvin (2–5)25,88928–26W2
55June 11 Blue Jays 2–1 Sorensen (8–4) Underwood (2–7)–29–26W3
56June 11 Blue Jays 5–4 Stein (2–1) Murphy (2–3)21,56830–26W4
57June 12@ Tigers 7–4 McClure (1–2) Wilcox (4–4)14,47231–26W5
58June 13@ Tigers 7–2 Caldwell (7–3) Slaton (6–3)16,62232–26W6
59June 14@ Blue Jays 7–5 Castro (2–0) Murphy (2–4)–33–26W7
60June 14@ Blue Jays 5–0 Augustine (6–8) Garvin (2–6)28,34634–26W8
61June 16@ Indians 8–6 (10) McClure (2–2) Kern (5–2) Castro (3)9,17535–26W9
62June 17@ Indians 4–3 (12) Castro (3–0) Kern (5–3)16,92336–26W10
63June 18@ Indians 0–3 Waits (4–7) Caldwell (7–4)–36–27L1
64June 18@ Indians 4–1 Augustine (7–8) Paxton (3–4) Castro (4)20,14037–27W1
65June 20 Orioles 5–8 McGregor (8–4) Travers (3–3)22,64037–28L1
66June 21 Orioles 5–3 Sorensen (9–4) D. Martínez (6–4) Castro (5)21,73238–28W1
67June 22 Orioles 3–10 Flanagan (11–4) Haas (2–3)26,58638–29L1
68June 23 Mariners 0–3 Abbott (3–4) Caldwell (7–5)8,26838–30L2
69June 24 Mariners 5–0 Augustine (8–8) Colborn (1–6)20,82039–30W1
70June 25 Mariners 8–10 Romo (4–2) Stein (2–2) Montague (1)24,52639–31L1
71June 26 Twins 8–2 Sorensen (10–4) Serum (3–3)7,98840–31W1
72June 27 Twins 13–6 Replogle (4–1) Goltz (5–5)16,13741–31W2
73June 28 Yankees 5–0 Caldwell (8–5) Tidrow (3–6)–42–31W3
74June 28 Yankees 7–2 Augustine (9–8) McCall (0–1)39,28343–31W4
75June 30@ Mariners 13–3 Travers (4–3) Parrott (1–1) Rodríguez (2)7,77244–31W5
July: 15–12 (Home: 10–3; Away: 5–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
76July 1@ Mariners 4–0 Sorensen (11–4) Mitchell (4–8)14,83645–31W6
77July 2@ Mariners 3–4 (11) Rawley (4–5) Castro (3–1)9,90445–32L1
78July 3@ Twins 2–7 Erickson (9–5) Augustine (9–9)19,06245–33L2
79July 4@ Twins 2–7 Serum (4–3) Travers (4–4)26,26345–34L3
80July 5@ Twins 1–3 Goltz (7–5) Sorensen (11–5)11,40945–35L4
81July 7 Yankees 6–0 Caldwell (9–5) Guidry (13–1)40,21646–35W1
82July 8 Yankees 6–5 Rodríguez (1–3) Gossage (4–8) McClure (4)46,51847–35W2
83July 9 Yankees 8–4 Travers (5–4) Gullett (4–2) Stein (1)42,63348–35W3
ASG July 11 AL @ NL 3–7 Sutter (1–0) Gossage (0–1)51,549––
84July 13 Royals 13–2 Caldwell (10–5) Splittorff (10–8)16,70649–35W4
85July 14 Royals 2–9 Gale (10–3) Replogle (4–2)43,99349–36L1
86July 15 White Sox 3–1 Sorensen (12–5) Schueler (3–4)41,37950–36W1
87July 16 White Sox 10–1 Travers (6–4) Stone (7–7)33,86251–36W2
88July 17 White Sox 6–1 Caldwell (11–5) Barrios (5–9)15,99352–36W3
89July 18 White Sox 7–2 Augustine (10–9) Wood (10–6)17,66053–36W4
90July 19 Red Sox 2–8 Torrez (12–5) Sorensen (12–6)45,33253–37L1
91July 20 Red Sox 8–6 Rodríguez (2–3) Lee (10–4) McClure (5)35,04454–37W1
92July 21@ Rangers 4–3 Travers (7–4) Medich (4–5) McClure (6)28,41955–37W2
93July 22@ Rangers 2–1 (10) Caldwell (12–5) Cleveland (3–6)30,35456–37W3
94July 23@ Rangers 17–8 Replogle (5–2) Comer (3–3)11,61557–37W4
95July 24@ White Sox 1–5 Stone (8–7) Sorensen (12–7)11,09157–38L1
96July 25@ White Sox 2–4 Barrios (6–9) Rodríguez (2–4) Proly (1)28,05757–39L2
97July 26 Angels 9–11 Tanana (14–5) Travers (7–5) LaRoche (14)21,58457–40L3
98July 27 Angels 6–3 Caldwell (13–5) Ryan (5–9)18,84758–40W1
99July 28@ Blue Jays 2–3 (11) Cruz (2–0) Castro (3–2)17,06058–41L1
100July 29@ Blue Jays 3–4 Lemanczyk (4–12) Sorensen (12–8) Cruz (6)25,03758–42L2
101July 30@ Blue Jays 10–5 Stein (3–2) Murphy (4–8)21,51159–42W1
102July 31@ Orioles 5–6 (10) Kerrigan (3–0) Castro (3–3)10,51459–43L1
August: 17–14 (Home: 10–4; Away: 7–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
103August 2@ Orioles 5–3 Caldwell (14–5) Palmer (13–9) Sorensen (1)10,66360–43W1
104August 3@ Orioles 2–3 (10) D. Martínez (8–8) Augustine (10–10)9,65460–44L1
105August 4 Red Sox 6–2 Sorensen (13–8) Lee (10–7)52,56261–44W1
106August 5 Red Sox 1–8 Eckersley (13–4) Rodríguez (2–5)52,96861–45L1
107August 6 Red Sox 0–4 Tiant (8–4) Travers (7–6)48,44461–46L2
108August 8@ Yankees 0–3 Tidrow (5–8) Caldwell (14–6) Gossage (16)22,54961–47L3
109August 9@ Yankees 7–8 McCall (1–1) McClure (2–3)27,17261–48L4
110August 10@ Yankees 0–9 Guidry (16–2) Augustine (10–11)35,12761–49L5
111August 11@ Red Sox 10–5 Rodríguez (3–5) Tiant (8–5)35,14262–49W1
112August 12@ Red Sox 1–3 Wright (7–2) Travers (7–7)33,09262–50L1
113August 12@ Red Sox 4–11 Stanley (9–1) Caldwell (14–7)27,03062–51L2
114August 13@ Red Sox 3–4 (10) Torrez (14–6) Castro (3–4)34,46062–52L3
115August 14@ Red Sox 4–3 Sorensen (14–8) Lee (10–9) McClure (7)33,76663–52W1
–August 15 Blue Jays Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 16
116August 15 Blue Jays 9–1 Augustine (11–11) Lemanczyk (4–14)17,57864–52W2
117August 16 Blue Jays 8–1 Caldwell (15–7) Jefferson (7–10)–65–52W3
118August 16 Blue Jays 3–2 Rodríguez (4–5) Moore (5–4) McClure (8)16,92066–52W4
119August 17 Blue Jays 6–0 Travers (8–7) Clancy (9–10)18,82967–52W5
120August 18 Tigers 2–0 Sorensen (15–8) Rozema (6–7)27,54368–52W6
121August 19 Tigers 4–6 Wilcox (10–8) Augustine (11–12)35,10468–53L1
122August 20 Tigers 2–1 Caldwell (16–7) Young (4–3)46,79169–53W1
123August 22 Indians 3–2 Castro (4–4) Kern (8–7)–70–53W2
124August 22 Indians 5–4 Mueller (1–0) Kern (8–8)23,91871–53W3
125August 23 Indians 9–4 Replogle (6–2) Monge (3–3)20,15772–53W4
126August 24 Indians 8–9 (10) Spillner (3–1) McClure (2–4) Monge (6)16,36272–54L1
127August 25@ Tigers 3–6 Young (5–3) Caldwell (16–8) Hiller (10)32,01072–55L2
128August 26@ Tigers 9–5 Travers (9–7) Billingham (14–6) McClure (9)32,10373–55W1
129August 27@ Tigers 2–4 Slaton (14–9) Sorensen (15–9) Hiller (11)43,47873–56L1
130August 28@ Tigers 10–1 Augustine (12–12) Rozema (6–9)23,03774–56W1
131August 29@ Indians 6–0 Replogle (7–2) Wise (9–17)5,49875–56W2
–August 30@ Indians Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 31
132August 31@ Indians 1–0 Caldwell (17–8) Paxton (9–8)–76–56W3
133August 31@ Indians 6–12 Waits (10–13) Travers (9–8)5,32876–57L1
September: 16–12 (Home: 8–5; Away: 8–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
134September 1 Rangers 4–5 Jenkins (13–8) Sorensen (15–10) Cleveland (11)13,64876–58L2
135September 2 Rangers 10–6 Castro (5–4) Barker (1–5)17,79577–58W1
136September 3 Rangers 4–3 Farmer (1–0) Matlack (12–12)14,01478–58W2
137September 4 Mariners 3–4 Abbott (7–10) Caldwell (17–9)–78–59L1
138September 4 Mariners 5–0 Travers (10–8) McLaughlin (2–6)19,40879–59W1
139September 6@ Blue Jays 7–0 Sorensen (16–10) Jefferson (7–12)21,39080–59W2
140September 7@ Blue Jays 4–5 Cruz (7–1) McClure (2–5)12,09280–60L1
141September 8@ Twins 3–0 Replogle (8–2) Serum (8–7)9,26281–60W1
142September 9@ Twins 3–0 Caldwell (18–9) Erickson (13–11)10,63982–60W2
143September 10@ Twins 1–3 Goltz (12–10) Travers (10–9)10,51282–61L1
144September 11@ Mariners 5–3 Sorensen (17–10) McLaughlin (2–7) Castro (6)5,24683–61W1
145September 12@ Mariners 5–6 Todd (3–4) McClure (2–6)5,57783–62L1
146September 13 Orioles 7–5 Replogle (9–2) Flanagan (17–13) Farmer (1)8,86384–62W1
147September 14 Orioles 4–3 Caldwell (19–9) McGregor (14–13)12,58785–62W2
148September 15 Twins 3–10 Erickson (14–11) Travers (10–10)12,49685–63L1
149September 16 Twins 2–5 Goltz (13–10) Sorensen (17–11) Marshall (20)37,80985–64L2
150September 17 Twins 3–4 Serum (9–8) Replogle (9–3) Marshall (21)11,00785–65L3
151September 18@ Yankees 3–4 Figueroa (18–9) Travers (10–11)20,55785–66L4
152September 19@ Yankees 2–0 Caldwell (20–9) Tidrow (7–11)26,68286–66W1
153September 20@ Royals 5–4 Augustine (13–12) Paschall (0–1)15,91787–66W2
154September 21@ Royals 4–8 Leonard (19–17) Replogle (9–4)17,79987–67L1
155September 22 Athletics 3–0 Rodríguez (5–5) Keough (8–14) Castro (7)9,67588–67W1
156September 23 Athletics 13–4 Travers (11–11) Norris (0–5)14,45089–67W2
157September 24 Athletics 5–2 Caldwell (21–9) Langford (7–13)16,53590–67W3
158September 26@ Angels 3–4 (10) LaRoche (10–8) Sorensen (17–12)12,64690–68L1
159September 27@ Angels 1–4 Frost (5–4) Replogle (9–5) LaRoche (25)12,30290–69L2
160September 29@ Athletics 3–1 Travers (12–11) Keough (8–15)1,99291–69W1
161September 30@ Athletics 8–5 Caldwell (22–9) Johnson (11–10) Castro (8)2,14392–69W2
October: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
162October 1@ Athletics 9–0 Sorensen (18–12) Wirth (5–6) Haas (1)2,74293–69W3

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 Buck Martinez 8925656.219120
1B Cecil Cooper 107407127.3121354
2B Paul Molitor 125521142.273645
3B Sal Bando 152540154.2851778
SS Robin Yount 127502147.293971
LF Larry Hisle 142520151.29034115
CF Gorman Thomas 137452111.2463286
RF Sixto Lezcano 132442129.2921561
DH Dick Davis 6921854.248526

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Don Money 137518152.2931454
Ben Oglivie 128469142.3031872
Charlie Moore 9626872.269531
Jim Wohlford 4611835.297119
Jim Gantner 439721.21618
Lenn Sakata 307815.19203
Dave May 397715.195211
Tony Muser 15304.13305
Tim Nordbrook 250.00000
Andy Etchebarren 452.40002
Jeff Yurak 550.00000
Larry Haney 551.20001
Tim Johnson 330.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mike Caldwell 37293.12292.36131
Lary Sorensen 37280.218123.2178
Jerry Augustine 35188.113124.5459
Bill Travers 28175.212114.4166
Moose Haas 730.2236.1632

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Andy Replogle 32149.1953.9241
Eduardo Rodríguez 32105.1553.9351
Mark Bomback 21.20016.201

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Bob McClure 442693.7447
Bill Castro 425481.8117
Randy Stein 313215.3342
Willie Mueller 51006.396
Ed Farmer 31010.826

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1978. [12]

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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. 1 2 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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The 1978 Kansas City Royals season was their tenth in Major League Baseball. The Royals won their third consecutive American League West title with a record of 92–70. For the third postseason in a row, Kansas City lost to the New York Yankees, falling 3-1 in the ALCS.

The 1977 Kansas City Royals season was their ninth in Major League Baseball. The Royals' franchise-best 102–60 record led the majors and Kansas City won its second consecutive American League West title. Once again, the Royals lost to the New York Yankees in the postseason, falling 3–2 in the ALCS. Hal McRae led the American League in doubles, with 54. Al Cowens set a franchise single-season record with 112 runs batted in.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1985 Oakland Athletics season</span> Major League Baseball team season

The Oakland Athletics' 1985 season involved the A's finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses. While the Athletics' on-field performance continued to disappoint, the debut of slugger Jose Canseco gave fans a measure of hope.

The Oakland Athletics' 1982 season involved the A's finishing fifth in the American League West with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses.

The 2006 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 37th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, the ninth in the National League, and 38th overall. They finished the season in fourth place in the National League Central and did not make the playoffs.

The 1997 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers finishing third in the American League Central, eight games behind the Cleveland Indians, with a record of 78 wins and 83 losses. 1997 was the Brewers' final season in the American League, before moving to the National League for the following season.

The 1985 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers finishing sixth in the American League East with a record of 71 wins and 90 losses.

The 1984 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing seventh in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 94 losses, their first losing season since 1977.

The 1983 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 15th in franchise history and 14th in Milwaukee. As defending American League champions, they sought to return to the World Series. This season involved the Brewers finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses, missing the playoffs for the first time since 1980.

The 1981 Milwaukee Brewers season was the franchise's 13th overall season and 12th season based in Milwaukee. The Brewers finished first in American League East during the second half of the split season and compiled an overall record of 62 wins and 47 losses. The team advanced to the postseason for the first time in franchise history due to their second-half first-place finish, but lost to the New York Yankees in the ALDS. Rollie Fingers became the first relief pitcher in the history of the American League to win the MVP Award.

The 1980 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing third in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses. The Brewers led MLB in home runs (203), grand slams (8), runs batted in (774), slugging percentage (.448), on-base plus slugging (.777) and OPS+ (114).

The 1979 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing second in the American League East with a record of 95 wins and 66 losses. They scored at least one run in each of their first 160 games of the season, and were shutout only in the 161st game which was to be their last game of the season.

The 1977 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing sixth in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses.

The 1971 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 69 wins and 92 losses.

The Houston Astros' 1982 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West.

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