1977 Milwaukee Brewers 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.

1977 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersBud Selig
General managersJim Baumer
ManagersAlex Grammas
Local televisionWTMJ-TV
(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker, Ray Scott)
Local radio620 WTMJ
(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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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.[5]

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10062 0.617 — 55–26 45–36
Baltimore Orioles 9764 0.602 2½ 54–27 43–37
Boston Red Sox 9764 0.602 2½ 51–29 46–35
Detroit Tigers 7488 0.457 26 39–42 35–46
Cleveland Indians 7190 0.441 28½ 37–44 34–46
Milwaukee Brewers 6795 0.414 33 37–44 30–51
Toronto Blue Jays 54107 0.335 45½ 25–55 29–52

Record vs. opponents
1977 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —6–85–65–511–412–34–711–46–48–78–27–34–610–5
Boston 8–6—7–33–78–79–65–59–64–68–78–310–16–412–3
California 6–53–7—8–76–44–66–95–57–84–75–109–65–106–4
Chicago 5–57–37–8—6–44–68–76–510–53–710–510–56–98–3
Cleveland 4–117–84–64–6—8–73–711–42–93–127–37–32–99–5
Detroit 3–126–96–46–47–8—3–810–55–56–95–55–62–810–5
Kansas City 7–45–59–67–87–38–3—8–210–55–59–611–48–78–2
Milwaukee 4–116–95–55–64–115–102–8—3–88–75–57–35–58–7
Minnesota 4–66–48–75–109–25–55–108–3—2–88–67–88–79–1
New York 7–87–87–47–312–39–65–57–88–2—9–26–47–39–6
Oakland 2–83–810–55–103–75–56–95–56–82–9—7–82–137–3
Seattle 3–71–106–95–103–76–54–113–78–74–68–7—9–64–6
Texas 6–44–610–59–69–28–27–85–57–83–713–26–9—7–4
Toronto 5–103–124–63–85–95–102–87–81–96–93–76–44–7—

Notable transactions

Roster
1977 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CCharlie Moore13837593.248545
1BCecil Cooper160643193.3002078
2BDon Money152570159.2792583
3BSal Bando159580145.2501782
SSRobin Yount154605174.288449
LFJim Wohlford12939197.248236
CFVon Joshua144536140.261949
RFSixto Lezcano109400109.2732149
DHJamie Quirk9322148.217313

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 Brye9424160.249728
Lenn Sakata5315425.162212
Ken McMullen6313631.228519
Larry Haney6312729.228010
Jim Wynn3611723.197010
Ed Kirkpatrick297721.27306
Dan Thomas227019.271211
Bob Sheldon316413.20303
Mike Hegan35539.17023
Dick Davis225114.27506
Jim Gantner144714.29812
Tim Johnson30332.06102
Ed Romero10257.28002
Jack Heidemann510.00000

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 Slaton32221.010143.58104
Jerry Augustine33209.012184.4868
Moose Haas32197.210124.33113
Lary Sorensen23142.17104.3657
Bill Travers19121.14125.2549

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 Rodríguez42142.2564.35104
Mike Caldwell2194.1584.5838
Gary Beare1758.2666.4432
Barry Cort724.1113.3317

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 Castro5186134.1528
Bob McClure682162.5257
Sam Hinds290324.7346
Rich Folkers30104.266

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball

The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1977.[7] The Burlington Bees won the Midwest League championship.[8]

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. Jeff Yurak at Baseball Reference
  4. Ken McMullen at Baseball Reference
  5. Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac
  6. Paul Molitor at Baseball Reference
  7. "1977 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  8. "Midwest League Champions". Midwest League. Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on December 31, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

References
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