# 1977 Milwaukee Brewers season

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

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 100 | 62 | .617 | — | 55‍–‍26 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 97 | 64 | .602 | 2½ | 54‍–‍27 | 43‍–‍37 |
| Boston Red Sox | 97 | 64 | .602 | 2½ | 51‍–‍29 | 46‍–‍35 |
| Detroit Tigers | 74 | 88 | .457 | 26 | 39‍–‍42 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Cleveland Indians | 71 | 90 | .441 | 28½ | 37‍–‍44 | 34‍–‍46 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 67 | 95 | .414 | 33 | 37‍–‍44 | 30‍–‍51 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 54 | 107 | .335 | 45½ | 25‍–‍55 | 29‍–‍52 |

### Record vs. opponents

1977 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 6–8 | 5–6 | 5–5 | 11–4 | 12–3 | 4–7 | 11–4 | 6–4 | 8–7 | 8–2 | 7–3 | 4–6 | 10–5 |
| Boston | 8–6 | — | 7–3 | 3–7 | 8–7 | 9–6 | 5–5 | 9–6 | 4–6 | 8–7 | 8–3 | 10–1 | 6–4 | 12–3 |
| California | 6–5 | 3–7 | — | 8–7 | 6–4 | 4–6 | 6–9 | 5–5 | 7–8 | 4–7 | 5–10 | 9–6 | 5–10 | 6–4 |
| Chicago | 5–5 | 7–3 | 7–8 | — | 6–4 | 4–6 | 8–7 | 6–5 | 10–5 | 3–7 | 10–5 | 10–5 | 6–9 | 8–3 |
| Cleveland | 4–11 | 7–8 | 4–6 | 4–6 | — | 8–7 | 3–7 | 11–4 | 2–9 | 3–12 | 7–3 | 7–3 | 2–9 | 9–5 |
| Detroit | 3–12 | 6–9 | 6–4 | 6–4 | 7–8 | — | 3–8 | 10–5 | 5–5 | 6–9 | 5–5 | 5–6 | 2–8 | 10–5 |
| Kansas City | 7–4 | 5–5 | 9–6 | 7–8 | 7–3 | 8–3 | — | 8–2 | 10–5 | 5–5 | 9–6 | 11–4 | 8–7 | 8–2 |
| Milwaukee | 4–11 | 6–9 | 5–5 | 5–6 | 4–11 | 5–10 | 2–8 | — | 3–8 | 8–7 | 5–5 | 7–3 | 5–5 | 8–7 |
| Minnesota | 4–6 | 6–4 | 8–7 | 5–10 | 9–2 | 5–5 | 5–10 | 8–3 | — | 2–8 | 8–6 | 7–8 | 8–7 | 9–1 |
| New York | 7–8 | 7–8 | 7–4 | 7–3 | 12–3 | 9–6 | 5–5 | 7–8 | 8–2 | — | 9–2 | 6–4 | 7–3 | 9–6 |
| Oakland | 2–8 | 3–8 | 10–5 | 5–10 | 3–7 | 5–5 | 6–9 | 5–5 | 6–8 | 2–9 | — | 7–8 | 2–13 | 7–3 |
| Seattle | 3–7 | 1–10 | 6–9 | 5–10 | 3–7 | 6–5 | 4–11 | 3–7 | 8–7 | 4–6 | 8–7 | — | 9–6 | 4–6 |
| Texas | 6–4 | 4–6 | 10–5 | 9–6 | 9–2 | 8–2 | 7–8 | 5–5 | 7–8 | 3–7 | 13–2 | 6–9 | — | 7–4 |
| Toronto | 5–10 | 3–12 | 4–6 | 3–8 | 5–9 | 5–10 | 2–8 | 7–8 | 1–9 | 6–9 | 3–7 | 6–4 | 4–7 | — |

### 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
## 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 | Sal Bando | 159 | 580 | 145 | .250 | 17 | 82 |
| SS | Robin Yount | 154 | 605 | 174 | .288 | 4 | 49 |
| LF | Jim Wohlford | 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 | Jamie Quirk | 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 |
| Ken McMullen | 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 |
| Bob Sheldon | 31 | 64 | 13 | .203 | 0 | 3 |
| Mike Hegan | 35 | 53 | 9 | .170 | 2 | 3 |
| Dick Davis | 22 | 51 | 14 | .275 | 0 | 6 |
| Jim Gantner | 14 | 47 | 14 | .298 | 1 | 2 |
| Tim Johnson | 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 |
| Jerry Augustine | 33 | 209.0 | 12 | 18 | 4.48 | 68 |
| Moose Haas | 32 | 197.2 | 10 | 12 | 4.33 | 113 |
| Lary Sorensen | 23 | 142.1 | 7 | 10 | 4.36 | 57 |
| Bill Travers | 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 |
| Eduardo Rodríguez | 42 | 142.2 | 5 | 6 | 4.35 | 104 |
| Mike Caldwell | 21 | 94.1 | 5 | 8 | 4.58 | 38 |
| Gary Beare | 17 | 58.2 | 6 | 6 | 6.44 | 32 |
| Barry Cort | 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 |
| Bill Castro | 51 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 4.15 | 28 |
| Bob McClure | 68 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2.52 | 57 |
| Sam Hinds | 29 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4.73 | 46 |
| Rich Folkers | 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.
| 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 |