1978 Milwaukee Brewers season

1978 Milwaukee Brewers
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

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

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

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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

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

References

[gorman-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.

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