# 1978 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1978 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 9th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 10th overall. The Brewers finished 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.
* December 6, 1977: Kevin Kobel was purchased from the Brewers by the New York Mets.
* December 14, 1977: Ken McMullen was released by the Brewers.
* December 31, 1977: Ray Fosse was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.
* January 16, 1978: Randy Stein was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.
* February 8, 1978: Gorman Thomas was purchased by the Brewers from the Rangers.
* March 30, 1978: Von Joshua was released by the Brewers.

## Regular season
### Opening Day starters

* Jerry Augustine
* Sal Bando
* Cecil Cooper
* Andy Etchebarren
* Larry Hisle
* Sixto Lezcano
* Paul Molitor
* Don Money
* Lenn Sakata
* Gorman Thomas

### Season standings

vteAL 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 recordvte Sources: :
| 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.
* April 4, 1978: Tony Muser was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.
* June 6, 1978: Rickey Keeton was drafted by the Brewers in the 3rd round of the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft.
* August 3, 1978: Jamie Quirk was traded by the Brewers to the Kansas City Royals for Gerry Ako (minors) and cash.

### 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)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
–April 6OriolesPostponed (rain); Makeup: April 7
1April 7Orioles11–3Augustine (1–0)Flanagan (0–1)47,8241–0W1
2April 8Orioles16–3Haas (1–0)D. Martínez (0–1)6,4702–0W2
3April 9Orioles13–5Sorensen (1–0)McGregor (0–1)18,5143–0W3
4April 11Yankees9–6Augustine (2–0)Hunter (0–1)Caldwell (1)8,9344–0W4
5April 12Yankees5–3Haas (2–0)Gossage (0–2)8,7515–0W5
6April 14@ Orioles5–6D. Martínez (1–1)Sorensen (1–1)Stanhouse (1)36,0865–1L1
7April 15@ Orioles0–7Palmer (1–0)Augustine (2–1)7,5275–2L2
8April 16@ Orioles5–7Briles (1–1)Haas (2–1)Stanhouse (2)–5–3L3
9April 16@ Orioles9–2Replogle (1–0)McGregor (0–2)Rodríguez (1)14,9956–3W1
10April 17@ Red Sox2–9Torrez (2–0)Stein (0–1)26,0756–4L1
11April 18@ Red Sox6–7Tiant (1–0)Rodríguez (0–1)18,9286–5L2
–April 19@ Red SoxPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 12
12April 20@ Red Sox4–10Lee (3–0)Haas (2–2)16,2386–6L3
13April 21@ Yankees9–2Augustine (3–1)Figueroa (2–1)15,1057–6W1
14April 22@ Yankees3–4 (12)Lyle (2–0)McClure (0–1)17,5947–7L1
15April 23@ Yankees3–2Sorensen (2–1)Hunter (0–3)McClure (1)26,2918–7W1
16April 25Red Sox3–4Lee (4–0)Augustine (3–2)Drago (2)9,0518–8L1
17April 26Red Sox6–4Caldwell (1–0)Torrez (2–1)McClure (2)8,7249–8W1
18April 28@ Royals6–7Colborn (1–0)Rodríguez (0–2)Pattin (2)20,1669–9L1
19April 29@ Royals2–11Leonard (3–3)Augustine (3–3)27,5219–10L2
20April 30@ Royals0–3Gale (1–0)Caldwell (1–1)Mingori (3)19,8279–11L3 :
May: 14–11 (Home: 7–7; Away: 7–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
21May 2White Sox3–5Wood (2–3)Sorensen (2–2)7,8809–12L4
22May 3White Sox4–0Augustine (4–3)Wortham (0–1)5,72010–12W1
23May 5Royals9–0Caldwell (2–1)Colborn (1–1)10,43511–12W2
24May 6Royals4–3Sorensen (3–2)Bird (1–2)13,91412–12W3
25May 7Royals6–8Gale (2–0)Augustine (4–4)Mingori (4)10,88712–13L1
26May 9Rangers1–7Jenkins (3–1)Caldwell (2–2)4,79012–14L2
27May 10Rangers3–4Alexander (3–1)Sorensen (3–3)Cleveland (1)6,52812–15L3
28May 12@ White Sox3–4 (5)Wood (3–3)Augustine (4–5)Willoughby (1)17,95312–16L4
29May 13@ White Sox6–1Replogle (2–0)Stone (1–2)13,52113–16W1
30May 14@ White Sox5–4Caldwell (3–2)Barrios (1–3)12,50514–16W2
31May 15@ Rangers6–8Jenkins (4–1)Travers (0–1)Cleveland (2)11,62214–17L1
32May 16@ Rangers4–3Sorensen (4–3)Alexander (3–2)11,35115–17W1
33May 17Tigers3–5Billingham (4–1)Augustine (4–6)Hiller (3)10,00415–18L1
34May 18Tigers8–7Castro (1–0)Foucault (1–3)15,21716–18W1
35May 19Angels1–7Tanana (7–1)Caldwell (3–3)13,84316–19L1
36May 20Angels6–4Travers (1–1)Brett (1–3)Castro (1)18,91617–19W1
37May 21Angels2–1Sorensen (5–3)LaRoche (3–1)42,37618–19W2
38May 23@ Athletics3–2Augustine (5–6)Keough (2–3)2,53419–19W3
39May 24@ Athletics7–1Caldwell (4–3)Broberg (4–4)2,25720–19W4
40May 26@ Angels5–6Hartzell (1–3)Rodríguez (0–3)19,27720–20L1
41May 27@ Angels4–2Sorensen (6–3)Griffin (0–1)29,09721–20W1
42May 28@ Angels6–3Replogle (3–0)Ryan (3–4)McClure (3)21,86922–20W2
43May 29Athletics2–6Broberg (5–4)Augustine (5–7)18,66522–21L1
44May 30Athletics2–1Caldwell (5–3)Sosa (4–1)8,32223–21W1
45May 31@ Tigers0–3Wilcox (4–2)Travers (1–2)13,01723–22L1 :
June: 21–9 (Home: 13–7; Away: 8–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
46June 1@ Tigers3–4Slaton (5–2)Sorensen (6–4)Hiller (6)11,61423–23L2
47June 2Indians6–7Kern (5–1)McClure (0–2)16,77923–24L3
48June 3Indians4–6Paxton (2–3)Augustine (5–8)Monge (1)11,93323–25L4
49June 4Indians12–7Stein (1–1)Wise (3–9)–24–25W1
50June 4Indians9–4Travers (2–2)Hood (3–3)Castro (2)23,85025–25W2
51June 6Tigers5–1Sorensen (7–4)Wilcox (4–3)13,02226–25W3
52June 7Tigers1–8Slaton (6–2)Replogle (3–1)7,43726–26L1
53June 9Blue Jays3–2 (10)Caldwell (6–3)Murphy (2–2)9,95927–26W1
54June 10Blue Jays5–0Travers (3–2)Garvin (2–5)25,88928–26W2
55June 11Blue Jays2–1Sorensen (8–4)Underwood (2–7)–29–26W3
56June 11Blue Jays5–4Stein (2–1)Murphy (2–3)21,56830–26W4
57June 12@ Tigers7–4McClure (1–2)Wilcox (4–4)14,47231–26W5
58June 13@ Tigers7–2Caldwell (7–3)Slaton (6–3)16,62232–26W6
59June 14@ Blue Jays7–5Castro (2–0)Murphy (2–4)–33–26W7
60June 14@ Blue Jays5–0Augustine (6–8)Garvin (2–6)28,34634–26W8
61June 16@ Indians8–6 (10)McClure (2–2)Kern (5–2)Castro (3)9,17535–26W9
62June 17@ Indians4–3 (12)Castro (3–0)Kern (5–3)16,92336–26W10
63June 18@ Indians0–3Waits (4–7)Caldwell (7–4)–36–27L1
64June 18@ Indians4–1Augustine (7–8)Paxton (3–4)Castro (4)20,14037–27W1
65June 20Orioles5–8McGregor (8–4)Travers (3–3)22,64037–28L1
66June 21Orioles5–3Sorensen (9–4)D. Martínez (6–4)Castro (5)21,73238–28W1
67June 22Orioles3–10Flanagan (11–4)Haas (2–3)26,58638–29L1
68June 23Mariners0–3Abbott (3–4)Caldwell (7–5)8,26838–30L2
69June 24Mariners5–0Augustine (8–8)Colborn (1–6)20,82039–30W1
70June 25Mariners8–10Romo (4–2)Stein (2–2)Montague (1)24,52639–31L1
71June 26Twins8–2Sorensen (10–4)Serum (3–3)7,98840–31W1
72June 27Twins13–6Replogle (4–1)Goltz (5–5)16,13741–31W2
73June 28Yankees5–0Caldwell (8–5)Tidrow (3–6)–42–31W3
74June 28Yankees7–2Augustine (9–8)McCall (0–1)39,28343–31W4
75June 30@ Mariners13–3Travers (4–3)Parrott (1–1)Rodríguez (2)7,77244–31W5 :
July: 15–12 (Home: 10–3; Away: 5–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
76July 1@ Mariners4–0Sorensen (11–4)Mitchell (4–8)14,83645–31W6
77July 2@ Mariners3–4 (11)Rawley (4–5)Castro (3–1)9,90445–32L1
78July 3@ Twins2–7Erickson (9–5)Augustine (9–9)19,06245–33L2
79July 4@ Twins2–7Serum (4–3)Travers (4–4)26,26345–34L3
80July 5@ Twins1–3Goltz (7–5)Sorensen (11–5)11,40945–35L4
81July 7Yankees6–0Caldwell (9–5)Guidry (13–1)40,21646–35W1
82July 8Yankees6–5Rodríguez (1–3)Gossage (4–8)McClure (4)46,51847–35W2
83July 9Yankees8–4Travers (5–4)Gullett (4–2)Stein (1)42,63348–35W3
ASGJuly 11AL @ NL3–7Sutter (1–0)Gossage (0–1)51,549––
84July 13Royals13–2Caldwell (10–5)Splittorff (10–8)16,70649–35W4
85July 14Royals2–9Gale (10–3)Replogle (4–2)43,99349–36L1
86July 15White Sox3–1Sorensen (12–5)Schueler (3–4)41,37950–36W1
87July 16White Sox10–1Travers (6–4)Stone (7–7)33,86251–36W2
88July 17White Sox6–1Caldwell (11–5)Barrios (5–9)15,99352–36W3
89July 18White Sox7–2Augustine (10–9)Wood (10–6)17,66053–36W4
90July 19Red Sox2–8Torrez (12–5)Sorensen (12–6)45,33253–37L1
91July 20Red Sox8–6Rodríguez (2–3)Lee (10–4)McClure (5)35,04454–37W1
92July 21@ Rangers4–3Travers (7–4)Medich (4–5)McClure (6)28,41955–37W2
93July 22@ Rangers2–1 (10)Caldwell (12–5)Cleveland (3–6)30,35456–37W3
94July 23@ Rangers17–8Replogle (5–2)Comer (3–3)11,61557–37W4
95July 24@ White Sox1–5Stone (8–7)Sorensen (12–7)11,09157–38L1
96July 25@ White Sox2–4Barrios (6–9)Rodríguez (2–4)Proly (1)28,05757–39L2
97July 26Angels9–11Tanana (14–5)Travers (7–5)LaRoche (14)21,58457–40L3
98July 27Angels6–3Caldwell (13–5)Ryan (5–9)18,84758–40W1
99July 28@ Blue Jays2–3 (11)Cruz (2–0)Castro (3–2)17,06058–41L1
100July 29@ Blue Jays3–4Lemanczyk (4–12)Sorensen (12–8)Cruz (6)25,03758–42L2
101July 30@ Blue Jays10–5Stein (3–2)Murphy (4–8)21,51159–42W1
102July 31@ Orioles5–6 (10)Kerrigan (3–0)Castro (3–3)10,51459–43L1 :
August: 17–14 (Home: 10–4; Away: 7–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
103August 2@ Orioles5–3Caldwell (14–5)Palmer (13–9)Sorensen (1)10,66360–43W1
104August 3@ Orioles2–3 (10)D. Martínez (8–8)Augustine (10–10)9,65460–44L1
105August 4Red Sox6–2Sorensen (13–8)Lee (10–7)52,56261–44W1
106August 5Red Sox1–8Eckersley (13–4)Rodríguez (2–5)52,96861–45L1
107August 6Red Sox0–4Tiant (8–4)Travers (7–6)48,44461–46L2
108August 8@ Yankees0–3Tidrow (5–8)Caldwell (14–6)Gossage (16)22,54961–47L3
109August 9@ Yankees7–8McCall (1–1)McClure (2–3)27,17261–48L4
110August 10@ Yankees0–9Guidry (16–2)Augustine (10–11)35,12761–49L5
111August 11@ Red Sox10–5Rodríguez (3–5)Tiant (8–5)35,14262–49W1
112August 12@ Red Sox1–3Wright (7–2)Travers (7–7)33,09262–50L1
113August 12@ Red Sox4–11Stanley (9–1)Caldwell (14–7)27,03062–51L2
114August 13@ Red Sox3–4 (10)Torrez (14–6)Castro (3–4)34,46062–52L3
115August 14@ Red Sox4–3Sorensen (14–8)Lee (10–9)McClure (7)33,76663–52W1
–August 15Blue JaysPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 16
116August 15Blue Jays9–1Augustine (11–11)Lemanczyk (4–14)17,57864–52W2
117August 16Blue Jays8–1Caldwell (15–7)Jefferson (7–10)–65–52W3
118August 16Blue Jays3–2Rodríguez (4–5)Moore (5–4)McClure (8)16,92066–52W4
119August 17Blue Jays6–0Travers (8–7)Clancy (9–10)18,82967–52W5
120August 18Tigers2–0Sorensen (15–8)Rozema (6–7)27,54368–52W6
121August 19Tigers4–6Wilcox (10–8)Augustine (11–12)35,10468–53L1
122August 20Tigers2–1Caldwell (16–7)Young (4–3)46,79169–53W1
123August 22Indians3–2Castro (4–4)Kern (8–7)–70–53W2
124August 22Indians5–4Mueller (1–0)Kern (8–8)23,91871–53W3
125August 23Indians9–4Replogle (6–2)Monge (3–3)20,15772–53W4
126August 24Indians8–9 (10)Spillner (3–1)McClure (2–4)Monge (6)16,36272–54L1
127August 25@ Tigers3–6Young (5–3)Caldwell (16–8)Hiller (10)32,01072–55L2
128August 26@ Tigers9–5Travers (9–7)Billingham (14–6)McClure (9)32,10373–55W1
129August 27@ Tigers2–4Slaton (14–9)Sorensen (15–9)Hiller (11)43,47873–56L1
130August 28@ Tigers10–1Augustine (12–12)Rozema (6–9)23,03774–56W1
131August 29@ Indians6–0Replogle (7–2)Wise (9–17)5,49875–56W2
–August 30@ IndiansPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 31
132August 31@ Indians1–0Caldwell (17–8)Paxton (9–8)–76–56W3
133August 31@ Indians6–12Waits (10–13)Travers (9–8)5,32876–57L1 :
September: 16–12 (Home: 8–5; Away: 8–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
134September 1Rangers4–5Jenkins (13–8)Sorensen (15–10)Cleveland (11)13,64876–58L2
135September 2Rangers10–6Castro (5–4)Barker (1–5)17,79577–58W1
136September 3Rangers4–3Farmer (1–0)Matlack (12–12)14,01478–58W2
137September 4Mariners3–4Abbott (7–10)Caldwell (17–9)–78–59L1
138September 4Mariners5–0Travers (10–8)McLaughlin (2–6)19,40879–59W1
139September 6@ Blue Jays7–0Sorensen (16–10)Jefferson (7–12)21,39080–59W2
140September 7@ Blue Jays4–5Cruz (7–1)McClure (2–5)12,09280–60L1
141September 8@ Twins3–0Replogle (8–2)Serum (8–7)9,26281–60W1
142September 9@ Twins3–0Caldwell (18–9)Erickson (13–11)10,63982–60W2
143September 10@ Twins1–3Goltz (12–10)Travers (10–9)10,51282–61L1
144September 11@ Mariners5–3Sorensen (17–10)McLaughlin (2–7)Castro (6)5,24683–61W1
145September 12@ Mariners5–6Todd (3–4)McClure (2–6)5,57783–62L1
146September 13Orioles7–5Replogle (9–2)Flanagan (17–13)Farmer (1)8,86384–62W1
147September 14Orioles4–3Caldwell (19–9)McGregor (14–13)12,58785–62W2
148September 15Twins3–10Erickson (14–11)Travers (10–10)12,49685–63L1
149September 16Twins2–5Goltz (13–10)Sorensen (17–11)Marshall (20)37,80985–64L2
150September 17Twins3–4Serum (9–8)Replogle (9–3)Marshall (21)11,00785–65L3
151September 18@ Yankees3–4Figueroa (18–9)Travers (10–11)20,55785–66L4
152September 19@ Yankees2–0Caldwell (20–9)Tidrow (7–11)26,68286–66W1
153September 20@ Royals5–4Augustine (13–12)Paschall (0–1)15,91787–66W2
154September 21@ Royals4–8Leonard (19–17)Replogle (9–4)17,79987–67L1
155September 22Athletics3–0Rodríguez (5–5)Keough (8–14)Castro (7)9,67588–67W1
156September 23Athletics13–4Travers (11–11)Norris (0–5)14,45089–67W2
157September 24Athletics5–2Caldwell (21–9)Langford (7–13)16,53590–67W3
158September 26@ Angels3–4 (10)LaRoche (10–8)Sorensen (17–12)12,64690–68L1
159September 27@ Angels1–4Frost (5–4)Replogle (9–5)LaRoche (25)12,30290–69L2
160September 29@ Athletics3–1Travers (12–11)Keough (8–15)1,99291–69W1
161September 30@ Athletics8–5Caldwell (22–9)Johnson (11–10)Castro (8)2,14392–69W2 :
October: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
162October 1@ Athletics9–0Sorensen (18–12)Wirth (5–6)Haas (1)2,74293–69W3 :

## 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.
| 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 |