1978 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics
Team Record: 93-69
Finished 3rd in the AL's East Division
Attendance: 1,601,406, Avg. 21,325
Ballpark: County Stadium
Manager: George Bamberger (93-69)
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1978 Milwaukee Brewers Results
The Milwaukee Brewers of the American League ended the 1978 season with a record of 93 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the AL's East Division.
The Brewers led the league with 804 runs, fueled by 173 home runs. Milwaukee allowed 650 runs. Larry Hisle walloped 34 home runs for the squad, while Sal Bando, Sixto Lezcano, Ben Oglivie and Gorman Thomas each swatted 20 or more also. Larry Hisle drove in 115 runs. Ben Oglivie paced all regular hitters by hitting .303. Mike Caldwell topped the squad with 22 wins, and Lary Sorensen, too added 15 or more wins, too Mike Caldwell recorded a 2.36 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
George Bamberger coached the team.
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Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Caldwell | 22 | 9 | .710 | 2.36 | 37 | 34 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 293.3 | 258 | 90 | 77 | 14 | 54 | 3 | 131 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1176 |
Lary Sorensen | 18 | 12 | .600 | 3.21 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 280.7 | 277 | 111 | 100 | 14 | 50 | 4 | 78 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1150 |
Jerry Augustine | 13 | 12 | .520 | 4.54 | 35 | 30 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 188.3 | 204 | 100 | 95 | 14 | 61 | 2 | 59 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 810 |
Bill Travers | 12 | 11 | .522 | 4.41 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 175.7 | 184 | 93 | 86 | 20 | 58 | 1 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 760 |
Andy Replogle | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.92 | 32 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 149.3 | 177 | 75 | 65 | 14 | 47 | 3 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 645 |
Bill Castro | 5 | 4 | .556 | 1.81 | 42 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 49.7 | 43 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 211 |
Eduardo Rodriguez | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.93 | 32 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 105.3 | 107 | 49 | 46 | 9 | 26 | 3 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 448 |
Randy Stein | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.33 | 31 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 72.7 | 78 | 51 | 43 | 5 | 39 | 1 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 329 |
Moose Haas | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30.7 | 33 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 131 |
Bob McClure | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3.74 | 44 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 65.0 | 53 | 30 | 27 | 8 | 30 | 4 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 283 |
Ed Farmer | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.82 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
Willie Mueller | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.39 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
Mark Bomback | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
Totals | 93 | 69 | .574 | 3.65 | 335 | 162 | 100 | 62 | 16 | 24 | 1436.0 | 1442 | 650 | 583 | 109 | 398 | 26 | 577 | 41 | 7 | 34 | 6060 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sal Bando | 152 | 629 | 540 | 85 | 154 | 20 | 6 | 17 | 78 | 3 | 2 | 72 | 52 | .285 | .371 | .439 | .810 | 237 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
Don Money | 137 | 588 | 518 | 88 | 152 | 30 | 2 | 14 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 70 | .293 | .361 | .440 | .801 | 228 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 2 |
Larry Hisle | 142 | 600 | 520 | 96 | 151 | 24 | 0 | 34 | 115 | 10 | 6 | 67 | 90 | .290 | .374 | .533 | .906 | 277 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
Robin Yount | 127 | 545 | 502 | 66 | 147 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 71 | 16 | 5 | 24 | 43 | .293 | .323 | .428 | .752 | 215 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 1 |
Ben Oglivie | 128 | 527 | 469 | 71 | 142 | 29 | 4 | 18 | 72 | 11 | 7 | 52 | 69 | .303 | .370 | .497 | .867 | 233 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
Paul Molitor | 125 | 556 | 521 | 73 | 142 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 30 | 12 | 19 | 54 | .273 | .301 | .372 | .673 | 194 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
Sixto Lezcano | 132 | 519 | 442 | 62 | 129 | 21 | 4 | 15 | 61 | 3 | 3 | 64 | 83 | .292 | .377 | .459 | .837 | 203 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
Cecil Cooper | 107 | 448 | 407 | 60 | 127 | 23 | 2 | 13 | 54 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 72 | .312 | .359 | .474 | .833 | 193 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Gorman Thomas | 137 | 536 | 452 | 70 | 111 | 24 | 1 | 32 | 86 | 3 | 4 | 73 | 133 | .246 | .351 | .515 | .866 | 233 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
Charlie Moore | 96 | 285 | 268 | 30 | 72 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 24 | .269 | .300 | .358 | .658 | 96 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Buck Martinez | 89 | 286 | 256 | 26 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 42 | .219 | .255 | .277 | .533 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 |
Dick Davis | 69 | 235 | 218 | 28 | 54 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 23 | .248 | .273 | .372 | .644 | 81 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Jim Wohlford | 46 | 127 | 118 | 16 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | .297 | .325 | .415 | .741 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Jim Gantner | 43 | 105 | 97 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .216 | .269 | .258 | .527 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dave May | 39 | 91 | 77 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | .195 | .295 | .325 | .620 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Lenn Sakata | 30 | 86 | 78 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .192 | .267 | .244 | .511 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Tony Muser | 15 | 34 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .133 | .212 | .233 | .445 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Andy Etchebarren | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .400 | .500 | .600 | 1.100 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Haney | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tim Nordbrook | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Jeff Yurak | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tim Johnson | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lary Sorensen | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Randy Stein | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bill Travers | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Eduardo Rodriguez | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Andy Replogle | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Willie Mueller | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bob McClure | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Moose Haas | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ed Farmer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bill Castro | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mike Caldwell | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mark Bomback | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jerry Augustine | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1967 | 6227 | 5536 | 804 | 1530 | 265 | 38 | 173 | 762 | 95 | 53 | 520 | 805 | .276 | .339 | .432 | .771 | 2390 | 94 | 32 | 89 | 50 | 38 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cecil Cooper | 1B | 84 | 84 | 729.3 | 842 | 66 | 11 | 71 | .988 | 11.205 | 1.810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Money | 1B | 61 | 59 | 514.3 | 615 | 37 | 4 | 49 | .994 | 11.409 | 1.689 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ben Oglivie | 1B | 11 | 9 | 80.0 | 88 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .978 | 1.238 | 8.273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tony Muser | 1B | 12 | 6 | 73.3 | 79 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .988 | 1.309 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sal Bando | 1B | 5 | 4 | 38.0 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .979 | 1.895 | 9.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Gantner | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Molitor | 2B | 91 | 87 | 784.3 | 197 | 283 | 12 | 57 | .976 | 5.508 | 5.275 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Money | 2B | 36 | 35 | 298.7 | 66 | 116 | 3 | 30 | .984 | 5.484 | 5.056 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lenn Sakata | 2B | 29 | 24 | 208.7 | 50 | 66 | 3 | 12 | .975 | 5.003 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Gantner | 2B | 21 | 16 | 144.3 | 41 | 55 | 2 | 10 | .980 | 5.986 | 4.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sal Bando | 3B | 134 | 131 | 1148.0 | 89 | 329 | 14 | 25 | .968 | 3.277 | 3.119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Money | 3B | 25 | 22 | 199.0 | 21 | 55 | 1 | 9 | .987 | 3.437 | 3.040 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Gantner | 3B | 15 | 8 | 82.0 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 2 | .931 | 2.963 | 1.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Molitor | 3B | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.571 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Buck Martinez | C | 89 | 85 | 716.3 | 327 | 32 | 8 | 7 | .978 | 4.510 | 4.034 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 24 | 35.3 |
Charlie Moore | C | 95 | 74 | 684.7 | 314 | 41 | 6 | 2 | .983 | 4.667 | 3.737 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 21 | 36.8 |
Andy Etchebarren | C | 4 | 2 | 20.0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.750 | 3.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
Larry Haney | C | 4 | 1 | 15.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.600 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gorman Thomas | OF | 137 | 130 | 1173.0 | 345 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .983 | 2.685 | 2.555 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sixto Lezcano | OF | 127 | 124 | 1080.0 | 262 | 18 | 6 | 5 | .979 | 2.333 | 2.205 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Larry Hisle | OF | 87 | 87 | 756.0 | 172 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .978 | 2.119 | 2.046 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ben Oglivie | OF | 89 | 84 | 741.3 | 187 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .980 | 2.331 | 2.157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Wohlford | OF | 35 | 25 | 239.0 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 2.033 | 1.543 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Davis | OF | 28 | 22 | 198.7 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.537 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave May | OF | 16 | 14 | 115.0 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .944 | 2.661 | 2.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jeff Yurak | OF | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.200 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Caldwell | P | 37 | 34 | 293.3 | 14 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.964 | 1.730 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lary Sorensen | P | 37 | 36 | 280.7 | 28 | 44 | 3 | 1 | .960 | 2.309 | 1.946 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jerry Augustine | P | 35 | 30 | 188.3 | 10 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.437 | 1.457 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Travers | P | 28 | 28 | 175.7 | 5 | 36 | 3 | 1 | .932 | 2.101 | 1.464 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Andy Replogle | P | 32 | 18 | 149.3 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 1.386 | .719 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Eduardo Rodriguez | P | 32 | 8 | 105.3 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.880 | .688 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Randy Stein | P | 31 | 1 | 72.7 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .864 | 2.353 | .613 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob McClure | P | 44 | 0 | 65.0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.246 | .205 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Castro | P | 42 | 0 | 49.7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 2.356 | .310 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Moose Haas | P | 7 | 6 | 30.7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.761 | .857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Willie Mueller | P | 5 | 0 | 12.7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.132 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed Farmer | P | 3 | 0 | 11.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.636 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mark Bomback | P | 2 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Robin Yount | SS | 125 | 125 | 1113.0 | 246 | 453 | 30 | 78 | .959 | 5.652 | 5.592 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Molitor | SS | 31 | 31 | 271.0 | 54 | 118 | 10 | 17 | .945 | 5.712 | 5.548 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Money | SS | 2 | 2 | 17.0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 5.824 | 5.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tim Nordbrook | SS | 2 | 2 | 16.0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 5.625 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tim Johnson | SS | 2 | 1 | 11.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .818 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Gantner | SS | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.500 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1736 | 1458 | 12924.0 | 4308 | 1976 | 150 | 396 | .977 | 4.376 | 3.620 | 4 | 0 | 80 | 46 | 36.5 |
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