1977 Milwaukee Brewers season explained

Milwaukee Brewers
Season:	1977
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Milwaukee County Stadium
City:	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owners:	Bud Selig
General Managers:	Jim Baumer
Managers:	Alex Grammas
Television:	WTMJ-TV (Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker, Ray Scott)
Radio:	620 WTMJ (Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker)
Espntn:	mil
Brtn:	MIL

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

• November 19, 1976: Sal Bando was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[1]
• December 6, 1976: Jim Colborn and Darrell Porter were traded by the Brewers to the Kansas City Royals for Jamie Quirk, Jim Wohlford and a player to be named later. The Royals completed the deal by sending Bob McClure to the Brewers on March 15, 1977.^[2]
• December 6, 1976: George Scott and Bernie Carbo were traded by the Brewers to the Boston Red Sox for Cecil Cooper.^[3]
• December 7, 1976: Jeff Yurak was drafted by the Brewers from the San Francisco Giants in the 1976 minor league draft.^[4]
• February 25, 1977: Ken McMullen was purchased by the Brewers from the Oakland Athletics.^[5]

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]

Notable transactions

• June 7, 1977: Paul Molitor was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1977 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 24, 1977.^[7]

Roster

1977 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		Manager Coaches (Third base) (Hitting) (First base) (Pitching) (Bullpen)

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		138	375	93	.248	5	45
1B		160	643	193	.300	20	78
2B		152	570	159	.279	25	83
3B		159	580	145	.250	17	82
SS		154	605	174	.288	4	49
LF		129	391	97	.248	2	36
CF		144	536	140	.261	9	49
RF		109	400	109	.273	21	49
DH		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
	94	241	60	.249	7	28
	53	154	25	.162	2	12
	63	136	31	.228	5	19
	63	127	29	.228	0	10
	36	117	23	.197	0	10
	29	77	21	.273	0	6
	22	70	19	.271	2	11
	31	64	13	.203	0	3
	35	53	9	.170	2	3
	22	51	14	.275	0	6
	14	47	14	.298	1	2
	30	33	2	.061	0	2
	10	25	7	.280	0	2
	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
	32	221.0	10	14	3.58	104
	33	209.0	12	18	4.48	68
	32	197.2	10	12	4.33	113
	23	142.1	7	10	4.36	57
	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
	42	142.2	5	6	4.35	104
	21	94.1	5	8	4.58	38
	17	58.2	6	6	6.44	32
	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
	51	8	6	13	4.15	28
	68	2	1	6	2.52	57
	29	0	3	2	4.73	46
	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]

References

• 1977 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Reference
• 1977 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bandosa01.shtml Sal Bando
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/q/quirkja01.shtml Jamie Quirk
3. Web site: Cecil Cooper Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More .
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/y/yurakje01.shtml Jeff Yurak
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcmulke01.shtml Ken McMullen
6. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats18.shtml Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/molitpa01.shtml Paul Molitor
8. Web site: 1977 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. December 30, 2020.
9. Web site: Midwest League Champions. Midwest League. Minor League Baseball. December 31, 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201231154202/https://www.milb.com/midwest/history/champions . December 31, 2020 .