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1977 Milwaukee Brewers season

Field	Value
name	Milwaukee Brewers
season	1977
league	American League
division	East
ballpark	Milwaukee County Stadium
city	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
record
divisional_place	6th
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

(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker, Ray Scott) (Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker) |}} The 1977 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 8th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 9th overall. The Brewers finished 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.
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.
December 6, 1976: George Scott and Bernie Carbo were traded by the Brewers to the Boston Red Sox for Cecil Cooper.
December 7, 1976: Jeff Yurak was drafted by the Brewers from the San Francisco Giants in the 1976 minor league draft.
February 25, 1977: Ken McMullen was purchased by the Brewers from the Oakland Athletics.

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.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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.

Roster

1977 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers

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		159	580	145	.250	17	82
SS		154	605	174	.288	4	49
LF		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		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
	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
	31	64	13	.203	0	3
Mike Hegan	35	53	9	.170	2	3
	22	51	14	.275	0	6
Jim Gantner	14	47	14	.298	1	2
	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
	33	209.0	12	18	4.48	68
	32	197.2	10	12	4.33	113
Lary Sorensen	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

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

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

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

Notes

References

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

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bandosa01.shtml Sal Bando] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/q/quirkja01.shtml Jamie Quirk] at ''Baseball Reference''
"Cecil Cooper Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/y/yurakje01.shtml Jeff Yurak] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcmulke01.shtml Ken McMullen] at ''Baseball Reference''
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats18.shtml Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/molitpa01.shtml Paul Molitor] at ''Baseball Reference''
"1977 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Sports Reference.
"Midwest League Champions". Minor League Baseball.

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