1978 Milwaukee Brewers season

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
Seasons

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.

Offseason

• October 25, 1977: Gorman Thomas was sent by the Brewers to the Texas Rangers to complete an earlier deal (the Rangers traded Ed Kirkpatrick to the Brewers for a player to be named later) made on August 20.[1]
• December 6, 1977: Kevin Kobel was purchased from the Brewers by the New York Mets.[2]
• December 14, 1977: Ken McMullen was released by the Brewers.[3]
• December 31, 1977: Ray Fosse was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[4]
• January 16, 1978: Randy Stein was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[5]
• February 8, 1978: Gorman Thomas was purchased by the Brewers from the Rangers.[1]
• March 30, 1978: Von Joshua was released by the Brewers.[6]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Jerry Augustine
• Sal Bando
• Cecil Cooper
• Andy Etchebarren
• Larry Hisle
• Sixto Lezcano
• Paul Molitor
• Don Money
• Lenn Sakata
• Gorman Thomas[7]

Season standings

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	100	63	.613	—	55‍–‍26	45‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox	99	64	.607	1	59‍–‍23	40‍–‍41
Milwaukee Brewers	93	69	.574	6½	54‍–‍27	39‍–‍42
Baltimore Orioles	90	71	.559	9	51‍–‍30	39‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers	86	76	.531	13½	47‍–‍34	39‍–‍42
Cleveland Indians	69	90	.434	29	42‍–‍36	27‍–‍54
Toronto Blue Jays	59	102	.366	40	37‍–‍44	22‍–‍58

Record vs. opponents

1978 American League record v t e 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	—	7–8	4–6	8–1	9–6	7–8	2–8	7–8	5–5	6–9	11–0	9–1	7–4	8–7
Boston	8–7	—	9–2	7–3	7–8	12–3	4–6	10–5	9–2	7–9	5–5	7–3	3–7	11–4
California	6–4	2–9	—	8–7	6–4	4–7	9–6	5–5	12–3	5–5	9–6	9–6	5–10	7–3
Chicago	1–8	3–7	7–8	—	8–2	2–9	8–7	4–7	8–7	1–9	7–8	7–8	11–4	4–6
Cleveland	6–9	8–7	4–6	2–8	—	5–10	5–6	5–10	5–5	6–9	4–6	8–1	1–9	10–4
Detroit	8–7	3–12	7–4	9–2	10–5	—	4–6	7–8	4–6	4–11	6–4	8–2	7–3	9–6
Kansas City	8–2	6–4	6–9	7–8	6–5	6–4	—	6–4	7–8	6–5	10–5	12–3	7–8	5–5
Milwaukee	8–7	5–10	5–5	7–4	10–5	8–7	4–6	—	4–7	10–5	9–1	5–5	6–4	12–3
Minnesota	5–5	2–9	3–12	7–8	5–5	6–4	8–7	7–4	—	3–7	9–6	6–9	6–9	6–4
New York	9–6	9–7	5–5	9–1	9–6	11–4	5–6	5–10	7–3	—	8–2	6–5	6–4	11–4
Oakland	0–11	5–5	6–9	8–7	6–4	4–6	5–10	1–9	6–9	2–8	—	13–2	6–9	7–4
Seattle	1–9	3–7	6–9	8–7	1–8	2–8	3–12	5–5	9–6	5–6	2–13	—	3–12	8–2
Texas	4–7	7–3	10–5	4–11	9–1	3–7	8–7	4–6	9–6	4–6	9–6	12–3	—	4–7
Toronto	7–8	4–11	3–7	6–4	4–10	6–9	5–5	3–12	4–6	4–11	4–7	2–8	7–4	—

Notable transactions

• April 1, 1978: Bob Galasso was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[8]
• April 4, 1978: Tony Muser was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[9]
• June 6, 1978: Rickey Keeton was drafted by the Brewers in the 3rd round of the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft.[10]
• August 3, 1978: Jamie Quirk was traded by the Brewers to the Kansas City Royals for Gerry Ako (minors) and cash.[11]

Roster

1978 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers 46 Jerry Augustine 36 Mark Bomback 48 Mike Caldwell 35 Bill Castro 47 Ed Farmer 30 Moose Haas 10 Bob McClure 40 Willie Mueller 27 Andy Replogle 23 Eduardo Rodríguez 39 Lary Sorensen 43 Randy Stein 25 Bill Travers		Catchers  8 Andy Etchebarren 12 Larry Haney 21 Buck Martinez 22 Charlie Moore Infielders  6 Sal Bando 15 Cecil Cooper 11 Jim Gantner  1 Tim Johnson  4 Paul Molitor  7 Don Money  5 Tony Muser  1 Tim Nordbrook 21 Lenn Sakata 19 Robin Yount		Outfielders 26 Dick Davis  9 Larry Hisle 16 Sixto Lezcano 11 Dave May 24 Ben Oglivie 20 Gorman Thomas 14 Jim Wohlford 11 Jeff Yurak		Manager 31 George Bamberger Coaches 12 Larry Haney (Bullpen) 33 Frank Howard (First base) 32 Harvey Kuenn (Hitting) 38 Cal McLish (Pitching) 37 Buck Rodgers (Third base)

Game log

Legend
	Brewers win
	Brewers loss
	Postponement
Bold	Brewers team member

1978 regular season game log: 93–69 (Home: 54–27; Away: 39–42)
April: 9–11 (Home: 6–1; Away: 3–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak – April 6 Orioles Postponed (rain); Makeup: April 7 1 April 7 Orioles 11–3 Augustine (1–0) Flanagan (0–1) 47,824 1–0 W1 2 April 8 Orioles 16–3 Haas (1–0) D. Martínez (0–1) 6,470 2–0 W2 3 April 9 Orioles 13–5 Sorensen (1–0) McGregor (0–1) 18,514 3–0 W3 4 April 11 Yankees 9–6 Augustine (2–0) Hunter (0–1) Caldwell (1) 8,934 4–0 W4 5 April 12 Yankees 5–3 Haas (2–0) Gossage (0–2) 8,751 5–0 W5 6 April 14 @ Orioles 5–6 D. Martínez (1–1) Sorensen (1–1) Stanhouse (1) 36,086 5–1 L1 7 April 15 @ Orioles 0–7 Palmer (1–0) Augustine (2–1) 7,527 5–2 L2 8 April 16 @ Orioles 5–7 Briles (1–1) Haas (2–1) Stanhouse (2) – 5–3 L3 9 April 16 @ Orioles 9–2 Replogle (1–0) McGregor (0–2) Rodríguez (1) 14,995 6–3 W1 10 April 17 @ Red Sox 2–9 Torrez (2–0) Stein (0–1) 26,075 6–4 L1 11 April 18 @ Red Sox 6–7 Tiant (1–0) Rodríguez (0–1) 18,928 6–5 L2 – April 19 @ Red Sox Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 12 12 April 20 @ Red Sox 4–10 Lee (3–0) Haas (2–2) 16,238 6–6 L3 13 April 21 @ Yankees 9–2 Augustine (3–1) Figueroa (2–1) 15,105 7–6 W1 14 April 22 @ Yankees 3–4 (12) Lyle (2–0) McClure (0–1) 17,594 7–7 L1 15 April 23 @ Yankees 3–2 Sorensen (2–1) Hunter (0–3) McClure (1) 26,291 8–7 W1 16 April 25 Red Sox 3–4 Lee (4–0) Augustine (3–2) Drago (2) 9,051 8–8 L1 17 April 26 Red Sox 6–4 Caldwell (1–0) Torrez (2–1) McClure (2) 8,724 9–8 W1 18 April 28 @ Royals 6–7 Colborn (1–0) Rodríguez (0–2) Pattin (2) 20,166 9–9 L1 19 April 29 @ Royals 2–11 Leonard (3–3) Augustine (3–3) 27,521 9–10 L2 20 April 30 @ Royals 0–3 Gale (1–0) Caldwell (1–1) Mingori (3) 19,827 9–11 L3
May: 14–11 (Home: 7–7; Away: 7–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 21 May 2 White Sox 3–5 Wood (2–3) Sorensen (2–2) 7,880 9–12 L4 22 May 3 White Sox 4–0 Augustine (4–3) Wortham (0–1) 5,720 10–12 W1 23 May 5 Royals 9–0 Caldwell (2–1) Colborn (1–1) 10,435 11–12 W2 24 May 6 Royals 4–3 Sorensen (3–2) Bird (1–2) 13,914 12–12 W3 25 May 7 Royals 6–8 Gale (2–0) Augustine (4–4) Mingori (4) 10,887 12–13 L1 26 May 9 Rangers 1–7 Jenkins (3–1) Caldwell (2–2) 4,790 12–14 L2 27 May 10 Rangers 3–4 Alexander (3–1) Sorensen (3–3) Cleveland (1) 6,528 12–15 L3 28 May 12 @ White Sox 3–4 (5) Wood (3–3) Augustine (4–5) Willoughby (1) 17,953 12–16 L4 29 May 13 @ White Sox 6–1 Replogle (2–0) Stone (1–2) 13,521 13–16 W1 30 May 14 @ White Sox 5–4 Caldwell (3–2) Barrios (1–3) 12,505 14–16 W2 31 May 15 @ Rangers 6–8 Jenkins (4–1) Travers (0–1) Cleveland (2) 11,622 14–17 L1 32 May 16 @ Rangers 4–3 Sorensen (4–3) Alexander (3–2) 11,351 15–17 W1 33 May 17 Tigers 3–5 Billingham (4–1) Augustine (4–6) Hiller (3) 10,004 15–18 L1 34 May 18 Tigers 8–7 Castro (1–0) Foucault (1–3) 15,217 16–18 W1 35 May 19 Angels 1–7 Tanana (7–1) Caldwell (3–3) 13,843 16–19 L1 36 May 20 Angels 6–4 Travers (1–1) Brett (1–3) Castro (1) 18,916 17–19 W1 37 May 21 Angels 2–1 Sorensen (5–3) LaRoche (3–1) 42,376 18–19 W2 38 May 23 @ Athletics 3–2 Augustine (5–6) Keough (2–3) 2,534 19–19 W3 39 May 24 @ Athletics 7–1 Caldwell (4–3) Broberg (4–4) 2,257 20–19 W4 40 May 26 @ Angels 5–6 Hartzell (1–3) Rodríguez (0–3) 19,277 20–20 L1 41 May 27 @ Angels 4–2 Sorensen (6–3) Griffin (0–1) 29,097 21–20 W1 42 May 28 @ Angels 6–3 Replogle (3–0) Ryan (3–4) McClure (3) 21,869 22–20 W2 43 May 29 Athletics 2–6 Broberg (5–4) Augustine (5–7) 18,665 22–21 L1 44 May 30 Athletics 2–1 Caldwell (5–3) Sosa (4–1) 8,322 23–21 W1 45 May 31 @ Tigers 0–3 Wilcox (4–2) Travers (1–2) 13,017 23–22 L1
June: 21–9 (Home: 13–7; Away: 8–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 46 June 1 @ Tigers 3–4 Slaton (5–2) Sorensen (6–4) Hiller (6) 11,614 23–23 L2 47 June 2 Indians 6–7 Kern (5–1) McClure (0–2) 16,779 23–24 L3 48 June 3 Indians 4–6 Paxton (2–3) Augustine (5–8) Monge (1) 11,933 23–25 L4 49 June 4 Indians 12–7 Stein (1–1) Wise (3–9) – 24–25 W1 50 June 4 Indians 9–4 Travers (2–2) Hood (3–3) Castro (2) 23,850 25–25 W2 51 June 6 Tigers 5–1 Sorensen (7–4) Wilcox (4–3) 13,022 26–25 W3 52 June 7 Tigers 1–8 Slaton (6–2) Replogle (3–1) 7,437 26–26 L1 53 June 9 Blue Jays 3–2 (10) Caldwell (6–3) Murphy (2–2) 9,959 27–26 W1 54 June 10 Blue Jays 5–0 Travers (3–2) Garvin (2–5) 25,889 28–26 W2 55 June 11 Blue Jays 2–1 Sorensen (8–4) Underwood (2–7) – 29–26 W3 56 June 11 Blue Jays 5–4 Stein (2–1) Murphy (2–3) 21,568 30–26 W4 57 June 12 @ Tigers 7–4 McClure (1–2) Wilcox (4–4) 14,472 31–26 W5 58 June 13 @ Tigers 7–2 Caldwell (7–3) Slaton (6–3) 16,622 32–26 W6 59 June 14 @ Blue Jays 7–5 Castro (2–0) Murphy (2–4) – 33–26 W7 60 June 14 @ Blue Jays 5–0 Augustine (6–8) Garvin (2–6) 28,346 34–26 W8 61 June 16 @ Indians 8–6 (10) McClure (2–2) Kern (5–2) Castro (3) 9,175 35–26 W9 62 June 17 @ Indians 4–3 (12) Castro (3–0) Kern (5–3) 16,923 36–26 W10 63 June 18 @ Indians 0–3 Waits (4–7) Caldwell (7–4) – 36–27 L1 64 June 18 @ Indians 4–1 Augustine (7–8) Paxton (3–4) Castro (4) 20,140 37–27 W1 65 June 20 Orioles 5–8 McGregor (8–4) Travers (3–3) 22,640 37–28 L1 66 June 21 Orioles 5–3 Sorensen (9–4) D. Martínez (6–4) Castro (5) 21,732 38–28 W1 67 June 22 Orioles 3–10 Flanagan (11–4) Haas (2–3) 26,586 38–29 L1 68 June 23 Mariners 0–3 Abbott (3–4) Caldwell (7–5) 8,268 38–30 L2 69 June 24 Mariners 5–0 Augustine (8–8) Colborn (1–6) 20,820 39–30 W1 70 June 25 Mariners 8–10 Romo (4–2) Stein (2–2) Montague (1) 24,526 39–31 L1 71 June 26 Twins 8–2 Sorensen (10–4) Serum (3–3) 7,988 40–31 W1 72 June 27 Twins 13–6 Replogle (4–1) Goltz (5–5) 16,137 41–31 W2 73 June 28 Yankees 5–0 Caldwell (8–5) Tidrow (3–6) – 42–31 W3 74 June 28 Yankees 7–2 Augustine (9–8) McCall (0–1) 39,283 43–31 W4 75 June 30 @ Mariners 13–3 Travers (4–3) Parrott (1–1) Rodríguez (2) 7,772 44–31 W5
July: 15–12 (Home: 10–3; Away: 5–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 76 July 1 @ Mariners 4–0 Sorensen (11–4) Mitchell (4–8) 14,836 45–31 W6 77 July 2 @ Mariners 3–4 (11) Rawley (4–5) Castro (3–1) 9,904 45–32 L1 78 July 3 @ Twins 2–7 Erickson (9–5) Augustine (9–9) 19,062 45–33 L2 79 July 4 @ Twins 2–7 Serum (4–3) Travers (4–4) 26,263 45–34 L3 80 July 5 @ Twins 1–3 Goltz (7–5) Sorensen (11–5) 11,409 45–35 L4 81 July 7 Yankees 6–0 Caldwell (9–5) Guidry (13–1) 40,216 46–35 W1 82 July 8 Yankees 6–5 Rodríguez (1–3) Gossage (4–8) McClure (4) 46,518 47–35 W2 83 July 9 Yankees 8–4 Travers (5–4) Gullett (4–2) Stein (1) 42,633 48–35 W3 ASG July 11 AL @ NL 3–7 Sutter (1–0) Gossage (0–1) 51,549 – – 84 July 13 Royals 13–2 Caldwell (10–5) Splittorff (10–8) 16,706 49–35 W4 85 July 14 Royals 2–9 Gale (10–3) Replogle (4–2) 43,993 49–36 L1 86 July 15 White Sox 3–1 Sorensen (12–5) Schueler (3–4) 41,379 50–36 W1 87 July 16 White Sox 10–1 Travers (6–4) Stone (7–7) 33,862 51–36 W2 88 July 17 White Sox 6–1 Caldwell (11–5) Barrios (5–9) 15,993 52–36 W3 89 July 18 White Sox 7–2 Augustine (10–9) Wood (10–6) 17,660 53–36 W4 90 July 19 Red Sox 2–8 Torrez (12–5) Sorensen (12–6) 45,332 53–37 L1 91 July 20 Red Sox 8–6 Rodríguez (2–3) Lee (10–4) McClure (5) 35,044 54–37 W1 92 July 21 @ Rangers 4–3 Travers (7–4) Medich (4–5) McClure (6) 28,419 55–37 W2 93 July 22 @ Rangers 2–1 (10) Caldwell (12–5) Cleveland (3–6) 30,354 56–37 W3 94 July 23 @ Rangers 17–8 Replogle (5–2) Comer (3–3) 11,615 57–37 W4 95 July 24 @ White Sox 1–5 Stone (8–7) Sorensen (12–7) 11,091 57–38 L1 96 July 25 @ White Sox 2–4 Barrios (6–9) Rodríguez (2–4) Proly (1) 28,057 57–39 L2 97 July 26 Angels 9–11 Tanana (14–5) Travers (7–5) LaRoche (14) 21,584 57–40 L3 98 July 27 Angels 6–3 Caldwell (13–5) Ryan (5–9) 18,847 58–40 W1 99 July 28 @ Blue Jays 2–3 (11) Cruz (2–0) Castro (3–2) 17,060 58–41 L1 100 July 29 @ Blue Jays 3–4 Lemanczyk (4–12) Sorensen (12–8) Cruz (6) 25,037 58–42 L2 101 July 30 @ Blue Jays 10–5 Stein (3–2) Murphy (4–8) 21,511 59–42 W1 102 July 31 @ Orioles 5–6 (10) Kerrigan (3–0) Castro (3–3) 10,514 59–43 L1
August: 17–14 (Home: 10–4; Away: 7–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 103 August 2 @ Orioles 5–3 Caldwell (14–5) Palmer (13–9) Sorensen (1) 10,663 60–43 W1 104 August 3 @ Orioles 2–3 (10) D. Martínez (8–8) Augustine (10–10) 9,654 60–44 L1 105 August 4 Red Sox 6–2 Sorensen (13–8) Lee (10–7) 52,562 61–44 W1 106 August 5 Red Sox 1–8 Eckersley (13–4) Rodríguez (2–5) 52,968 61–45 L1 107 August 6 Red Sox 0–4 Tiant (8–4) Travers (7–6) 48,444 61–46 L2 108 August 8 @ Yankees 0–3 Tidrow (5–8) Caldwell (14–6) Gossage (16) 22,549 61–47 L3 109 August 9 @ Yankees 7–8 McCall (1–1) McClure (2–3) 27,172 61–48 L4 110 August 10 @ Yankees 0–9 Guidry (16–2) Augustine (10–11) 35,127 61–49 L5 111 August 11 @ Red Sox 10–5 Rodríguez (3–5) Tiant (8–5) 35,142 62–49 W1 112 August 12 @ Red Sox 1–3 Wright (7–2) Travers (7–7) 33,092 62–50 L1 113 August 12 @ Red Sox 4–11 Stanley (9–1) Caldwell (14–7) 27,030 62–51 L2 114 August 13 @ Red Sox 3–4 (10) Torrez (14–6) Castro (3–4) 34,460 62–52 L3 115 August 14 @ Red Sox 4–3 Sorensen (14–8) Lee (10–9) McClure (7) 33,766 63–52 W1 – August 15 Blue Jays Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 16 116 August 15 Blue Jays 9–1 Augustine (11–11) Lemanczyk (4–14) 17,578 64–52 W2 117 August 16 Blue Jays 8–1 Caldwell (15–7) Jefferson (7–10) – 65–52 W3 118 August 16 Blue Jays 3–2 Rodríguez (4–5) Moore (5–4) McClure (8) 16,920 66–52 W4 119 August 17 Blue Jays 6–0 Travers (8–7) Clancy (9–10) 18,829 67–52 W5 120 August 18 Tigers 2–0 Sorensen (15–8) Rozema (6–7) 27,543 68–52 W6 121 August 19 Tigers 4–6 Wilcox (10–8) Augustine (11–12) 35,104 68–53 L1 122 August 20 Tigers 2–1 Caldwell (16–7) Young (4–3) 46,791 69–53 W1 123 August 22 Indians 3–2 Castro (4–4) Kern (8–7) – 70–53 W2 124 August 22 Indians 5–4 Mueller (1–0) Kern (8–8) 23,918 71–53 W3 125 August 23 Indians 9–4 Replogle (6–2) Monge (3–3) 20,157 72–53 W4 126 August 24 Indians 8–9 (10) Spillner (3–1) McClure (2–4) Monge (6) 16,362 72–54 L1 127 August 25 @ Tigers 3–6 Young (5–3) Caldwell (16–8) Hiller (10) 32,010 72–55 L2 128 August 26 @ Tigers 9–5 Travers (9–7) Billingham (14–6) McClure (9) 32,103 73–55 W1 129 August 27 @ Tigers 2–4 Slaton (14–9) Sorensen (15–9) Hiller (11) 43,478 73–56 L1 130 August 28 @ Tigers 10–1 Augustine (12–12) Rozema (6–9) 23,037 74–56 W1 131 August 29 @ Indians 6–0 Replogle (7–2) Wise (9–17) 5,498 75–56 W2 – August 30 @ Indians Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 31 132 August 31 @ Indians 1–0 Caldwell (17–8) Paxton (9–8) – 76–56 W3 133 August 31 @ Indians 6–12 Waits (10–13) Travers (9–8) 5,328 76–57 L1
September: 16–12 (Home: 8–5; Away: 8–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 134 September 1 Rangers 4–5 Jenkins (13–8) Sorensen (15–10) Cleveland (11) 13,648 76–58 L2 135 September 2 Rangers 10–6 Castro (5–4) Barker (1–5) 17,795 77–58 W1 136 September 3 Rangers 4–3 Farmer (1–0) Matlack (12–12) 14,014 78–58 W2 137 September 4 Mariners 3–4 Abbott (7–10) Caldwell (17–9) – 78–59 L1 138 September 4 Mariners 5–0 Travers (10–8) McLaughlin (2–6) 19,408 79–59 W1 139 September 6 @ Blue Jays 7–0 Sorensen (16–10) Jefferson (7–12) 21,390 80–59 W2 140 September 7 @ Blue Jays 4–5 Cruz (7–1) McClure (2–5) 12,092 80–60 L1 141 September 8 @ Twins 3–0 Replogle (8–2) Serum (8–7) 9,262 81–60 W1 142 September 9 @ Twins 3–0 Caldwell (18–9) Erickson (13–11) 10,639 82–60 W2 143 September 10 @ Twins 1–3 Goltz (12–10) Travers (10–9) 10,512 82–61 L1 144 September 11 @ Mariners 5–3 Sorensen (17–10) McLaughlin (2–7) Castro (6) 5,246 83–61 W1 145 September 12 @ Mariners 5–6 Todd (3–4) McClure (2–6) 5,577 83–62 L1 146 September 13 Orioles 7–5 Replogle (9–2) Flanagan (17–13) Farmer (1) 8,863 84–62 W1 147 September 14 Orioles 4–3 Caldwell (19–9) McGregor (14–13) 12,587 85–62 W2 148 September 15 Twins 3–10 Erickson (14–11) Travers (10–10) 12,496 85–63 L1 149 September 16 Twins 2–5 Goltz (13–10) Sorensen (17–11) Marshall (20) 37,809 85–64 L2 150 September 17 Twins 3–4 Serum (9–8) Replogle (9–3) Marshall (21) 11,007 85–65 L3 151 September 18 @ Yankees 3–4 Figueroa (18–9) Travers (10–11) 20,557 85–66 L4 152 September 19 @ Yankees 2–0 Caldwell (20–9) Tidrow (7–11) 26,682 86–66 W1 153 September 20 @ Royals 5–4 Augustine (13–12) Paschall (0–1) 15,917 87–66 W2 154 September 21 @ Royals 4–8 Leonard (19–17) Replogle (9–4) 17,799 87–67 L1 155 September 22 Athletics 3–0 Rodríguez (5–5) Keough (8–14) Castro (7) 9,675 88–67 W1 156 September 23 Athletics 13–4 Travers (11–11) Norris (0–5) 14,450 89–67 W2 157 September 24 Athletics 5–2 Caldwell (21–9) Langford (7–13) 16,535 90–67 W3 158 September 26 @ Angels 3–4 (10) LaRoche (10–8) Sorensen (17–12) 12,646 90–68 L1 159 September 27 @ Angels 1–4 Frost (5–4) Replogle (9–5) LaRoche (25) 12,302 90–69 L2 160 September 29 @ Athletics 3–1 Travers (12–11) Keough (8–15) 1,992 91–69 W1 161 September 30 @ Athletics 8–5 Caldwell (22–9) Johnson (11–10) Castro (8) 2,143 92–69 W2
October: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 162 October 1 @ Athletics 9–0 Sorensen (18–12) Wirth (5–6) Haas (1) 2,742 93–69 W3

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	Buck Martinez	89	256	56	.219	1	20
1B	Cecil Cooper	107	407	127	.312	13	54
2B	Paul Molitor	125	521	142	.273	6	45
3B	Sal Bando	152	540	154	.285	17	78
SS	Robin Yount	127	502	147	.293	9	71
LF	Larry Hisle	142	520	151	.290	34	115
CF	Gorman Thomas	137	452	111	.246	32	86
RF	Sixto Lezcano	132	442	129	.292	15	61
DH	Dick Davis	69	218	54	.248	5	26

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 Money	137	518	152	.293	14	54
Ben Oglivie	128	469	142	.303	18	72
Charlie Moore	96	268	72	.269	5	31
Jim Wohlford	46	118	35	.297	1	19
Jim Gantner	43	97	21	.216	1	8
Lenn Sakata	30	78	15	.192	0	3
Dave May	39	77	15	.195	2	11
Tony Muser	15	30	4	.133	0	5
Tim Nordbrook	2	5	0	.000	0	0
Andy Etchebarren	4	5	2	.400	0	2
Jeff Yurak	5	5	0	.000	0	0
Larry Haney	5	5	1	.200	0	1
Tim Johnson	3	3	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
Mike Caldwell	37	293.1	22	9	2.36	131
Lary Sorensen	37	280.2	18	12	3.21	78
Jerry Augustine	35	188.1	13	12	4.54	59
Bill Travers	28	175.2	12	11	4.41	66
Moose Haas	7	30.2	2	3	6.16	32

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 Replogle	32	149.1	9	5	3.92	41
Eduardo Rodríguez	32	105.1	5	5	3.93	51
Mark Bomback	2	1.2	0	0	16.20	1

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 McClure	44	2	6	9	3.74	47
Bill Castro	42	5	4	8	1.81	17
Randy Stein	31	3	2	1	5.33	42
Willie Mueller	5	1	0	0	6.39	6
Ed Farmer	3	1	0	1	0.82	6

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

• 1978 Milwaukee Brewers team page at Baseball Reference
• 1978 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com