1977 Milwaukee Brewers season

1977 Milwaukee Brewers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkMilwaukee County Stadium
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin
OwnersBud Selig
General managersJim Baumer
ManagersAlex Grammas
TelevisionWTMJ-TV
(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker, Ray Scott)
Radio620 WTMJ
(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball 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.

Offseason

Regular season

  • July 1, 1977: The Brewers played their first game in Seattle in 8 years, when they were the failed Seattle Pilots. The Brewers beat the hometown expansion Mariners 2–1.
  • September 14, 1977: Ken McMullen hit a home run in the last at bat of his career.[6]

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 100 62 .617 — 55‍–‍26 45‍–‍36
Baltimore Orioles 97 64 .602 2½ 54‍–‍27 43‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox 97 64 .602 2½ 51‍–‍29 46‍–‍35
Detroit Tigers 74 88 .457 26 39‍–‍42 35‍–‍46
Cleveland Indians 71 90 .441 28½ 37‍–‍44 34‍–‍46
Milwaukee Brewers 67 95 .414 33 37‍–‍44 30‍–‍51
Toronto Blue Jays 54 107 .335 45½ 25‍–‍55 29‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1977 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 — 6–8 5–6 5–5 11–4 12–3 4–7 11–4 6–4 8–7 8–2 7–3 4–6 10–5
Boston 8–6 — 7–3 3–7 8–7 9–6 5–5 9–6 4–6 8–7 8–3 10–1 6–4 12–3
California 6–5 3–7 — 8–7 6–4 4–6 6–9 5–5 7–8 4–7 5–10 9–6 5–10 6–4
Chicago 5–5 7–3 7–8 — 6–4 4–6 8–7 6–5 10–5 3–7 10–5 10–5 6–9 8–3
Cleveland 4–11 7–8 4–6 4–6 — 8–7 3–7 11–4 2–9 3–12 7–3 7–3 2–9 9–5
Detroit 3–12 6–9 6–4 6–4 7–8 — 3–8 10–5 5–5 6–9 5–5 5–6 2–8 10–5
Kansas City 7–4 5–5 9–6 7–8 7–3 8–3 — 8–2 10–5 5–5 9–6 11–4 8–7 8–2
Milwaukee 4–11 6–9 5–5 5–6 4–11 5–10 2–8 — 3–8 8–7 5–5 7–3 5–5 8–7
Minnesota 4–6 6–4 8–7 5–10 9–2 5–5 5–10 8–3 — 2–8 8–6 7–8 8–7 9–1
New York 7–8 7–8 7–4 7–3 12–3 9–6 5–5 7–8 8–2 — 9–2 6–4 7–3 9–6
Oakland 2–8 3–8 10–5 5–10 3–7 5–5 6–9 5–5 6–8 2–9 — 7–8 2–13 7–3
Seattle 3–7 1–10 6–9 5–10 3–7 6–5 4–11 3–7 8–7 4–6 8–7 — 9–6 4–6
Texas 6–4 4–6 10–5 9–6 9–2 8–2 7–8 5–5 7–8 3–7 13–2 6–9 — 7–4
Toronto 5–10 3–12 4–6 3–8 5–9 5–10 2–8 7–8 1–9 6–9 3–7 6–4 4–7 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1977 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 Charlie Moore 138 375 93 .248 5 45
1B Cecil Cooper 160 643 193 .300 20 78
2B Don Money 152 570 159 .279 25 83
3B Sal Bando 159 580 145 .250 17 82
SS Robin Yount 154 605 174 .288 4 49
LF Jim Wohlford 129 391 97 .248 2 36
CF Von Joshua 144 536 140 .261 9 49
RF Sixto Lezcano 109 400 109 .273 21 49
DH Jamie Quirk 93 221 48 .217 3 13

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
Steve Brye 94 241 60 .249 7 28
Lenn Sakata 53 154 25 .162 2 12
Ken McMullen 63 136 31 .228 5 19
Larry Haney 63 127 29 .228 0 10
Jim Wynn 36 117 23 .197 0 10
Ed Kirkpatrick 29 77 21 .273 0 6
Dan Thomas 22 70 19 .271 2 11
Bob Sheldon 31 64 13 .203 0 3
Mike Hegan 35 53 9 .170 2 3
Dick Davis 22 51 14 .275 0 6
Jim Gantner 14 47 14 .298 1 2
Tim Johnson 30 33 2 .061 0 2
Ed Romero 10 25 7 .280 0 2
Jack Heidemann 5 1 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
Jim Slaton 32 221.0 10 14 3.58 104
Jerry Augustine 33 209.0 12 18 4.48 68
Moose Haas 32 197.2 10 12 4.33 113
Lary Sorensen 23 142.1 7 10 4.36 57
Bill Travers 19 121.1 4 12 5.25 49

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
Eduardo Rodríguez 42 142.2 5 6 4.35 104
Mike Caldwell 21 94.1 5 8 4.58 38
Gary Beare 17 58.2 6 6 6.44 32
Barry Cort 7 24.1 1 1 3.33 17

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
Bill Castro 51 8 6 13 4.15 28
Bob McClure 68 2 1 6 2.52 57
Sam Hinds 29 0 3 2 4.73 46
Rich Folkers 3 0 1 0 4.26 6

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

Level Team League Manager
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.

References