# 1976 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1976 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 7th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 8th overall. The Brewers finished sixth in the American League East with 66 wins and 95 losses.. It was the seventh consecutive losing season in Milwaukee and the eighth overall for the franchise since its inception.

## Offseason

* November 14, 1975: Ed Romero was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.

## Regular season

* (1976) Hank Aaron OF: 1954–65 1975–76

### Hank Aaron's 755th

* July 20, 1976: Hank Aaron hit the 755th and final home run of his career off California Angels pitcher Dick Drago.

#### Line score

July 20, County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| California | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Milwaukee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | x | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| W: Augustine (3–7) L: Ross (6–12) SV: Frisella (4) |||||||||||||
| Home runs: Melton (4), Scott (10), Aaron (10) Attendance: 10,134 Time: 2:37 |||||||||||||

#### Hank Aaron's final home runs

| Home run | Date | Pitcher | Inning | Location |
| 746 | May 4, 1976 | Nelson Briles | Bottom 4th | County Stadium |
| 747 | May 19, 1976 | Mike Cuellar | Top 6th | Memorial Stadium |
| 748 | June 14, 1976 | Frank Tanana | Bottom 3rd | County Stadium |
| 749 | June 16, 1976 | Paul Hartzell | Top 9th | Anaheim Stadium |
| 750 | June 18, 1976 | Jim Todd | Top 9th | Oakland Alameda County Coliseum |
| 751 | June 19, 1976 | Glenn Abbott | Top 6th | Oakland Alameda County Coliseum |
| 752 | June 22, 1976 | Dave Roberts | Bottom 4th | County Stadium |
| 753 | July 9, 1976 | Jim Umbarger | Bottom 2nd | County Stadium |
| 754 | July 11, 1976 | Steve Foucault | Bottom 10th | County Stadium |
| 755 | July 20, 1976 | Dick Drago | Bottom 7th | County Stadium |

### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 97 | 62 | .610 | — | 45‍–‍35 | 52‍–‍27 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 88 | 74 | .543 | 10½ | 42‍–‍39 | 46‍–‍35 |
| Boston Red Sox | 83 | 79 | .512 | 15½ | 46‍–‍35 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Cleveland Indians | 81 | 78 | .509 | 16 | 44‍–‍35 | 37‍–‍43 |
| Detroit Tigers | 74 | 87 | .460 | 24 | 36‍–‍44 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 66 | 95 | .410 | 32 | 36‍–‍45 | 30‍–‍50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1976 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | TEX |
| Baltimore | — | 7–11 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 7–11 | 12–6 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 4–8 | 13–5 | 4–8 | 8–4 |
| Boston | 11–7 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 14–4 | 3–9 | 12–6 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 4–8 | 3–9 |
| California | 4–8 | 5–7 | — | 11–7 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 8–10 | 5–7 | 6–12 | 12–6 |
| Chicago | 4–8 | 6–6 | 7–11 | — | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 1–11 | 8–9 | 7–11 |
| Cleveland | 11–7 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 9–3 | — | 6–12 | 6–6 | 11–6 | 9–3 | 4–12 | 4–8 | 7–5 |
| Detroit | 6–12 | 4–14 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 12–6 | — | 4–8 | 12–6 | 4–8 | 9–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 |
| Kansas City | 6–6 | 9–3 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 6–6 | 8–4 | — | 8–4 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 9–9 | 7–11 |
| Milwaukee | 7–11 | 6–12 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 6–11 | 6–12 | 4–8 | — | 4–8 | 5–13 | 5–7 | 10–2 |
| Minnesota | 8–4 | 5–7 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 3–9 | 8–4 | 8–10 | 8–4 | — | 2–10 | 11–7 | 11–7 |
| New York | 5–13 | 11–7 | 7–5 | 11–1 | 12–4 | 8–9 | 5–7 | 13–5 | 10–2 | — | 6–6 | 9–3 |
| Oakland | 8–4 | 8–4 | 12–6 | 9–8 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 6–6 | — | 7–11 |
| Texas | 4–8 | 9–3 | 6–12 | 11–7 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 11–7 | 2–10 | 7–11 | 3–9 | 11–7 | — |

### Opening day starters

* Hank Aaron
* Pedro García
* Sixto Lezcano
* Don Money
* Charlie Moore
* Darrell Porter
* George Scott
* Bill Sharp
* Jim Slaton
* Robin Yount

### Notable transactions

* June 2, 1976: Von Joshua was purchased by the Brewers from the San Francisco Giants.
* June 3, 1976: Bobby Darwin and Tom Murphy were traded by the Brewers to the Boston Red Sox for Bernie Carbo.
* June 8, 1976: Bill Bordley was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1976 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.

### 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 | Darrell Porter | 119 | 389 | 81 | .208 | 5 | 32 |
| 1B | George Scott | 156 | 606 | 166 | .274 | 18 | 77 |
| 2B | Tim Johnson | 105 | 273 | 75 | .275 | 0 | 14 |
| 3B | Don Money | 117 | 439 | 117 | .267 | 12 | 62 |
| SS | Robin Yount | 161 | 638 | 161 | .252 | 2 | 54 |
| LF | Dan Thomas | 32 | 105 | 29 | .276 | 4 | 15 |
| CF | Von Joshua | 107 | 423 | 113 | .267 | 5 | 28 |
| RF | Sixto Lezcano | 145 | 513 | 146 | .285 | 7 | 56 |
| DH | Hank Aaron | 85 | 271 | 62 | .229 | 10 | 35 |

#### 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 |
| Charlie Moore | 87 | 241 | 46 | .191 | 3 | 16 |
| Gorman Thomas | 99 | 227 | 45 | .198 | 8 | 36 |
| Mike Hegan | 80 | 218 | 54 | .248 | 5 | 31 |
| Bernie Carbo | 69 | 183 | 43 | .235 | 3 | 15 |
| Bill Sharp | 78 | 180 | 44 | .244 | 0 | 11 |
| Jack Heidemann | 69 | 146 | 32 | .219 | 2 | 10 |
| Gary Sutherland | 59 | 115 | 25 | .217 | 1 | 9 |
| Pedro García | 41 | 106 | 23 | .217 | 1 | 9 |
| Bobby Darwin | 25 | 73 | 18 | .247 | 1 | 5 |
| Jim Gantner | 26 | 69 | 17 | .246 | 0 | 7 |
| Bob Hansen | 24 | 61 | 10 | .164 | 0 | 4 |
| Steve Bowling | 14 | 42 | 7 | .167 | 0 | 2 |
| Jimmy Rosario | 15 | 37 | 7 | .189 | 1 | 5 |
| Art Kusnyer | 15 | 34 | 4 | .118 | 0 | 3 |
| Kurt Bevacqua | 12 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 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 | 38 | 292.2 | 14 | 15 | 3.44 | 138 |
| Bill Travers | 34 | 240.0 | 15 | 16 | 2.81 | 120 |
| Jim Colborn | 32 | 225.2 | 9 | 15 | 3.71 | 101 |
| Gary Beare | 6 | 41.0 | 2 | 3 | 3.29 | 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 |
| Jerry Augustine | 39 | 171.2 | 9 | 12 | 3.30 | 59 |
| Eduardo Rodríguez | 43 | 136.0 | 5 | 13 | 3.64 | 77 |
| Pete Broberg | 20 | 92.1 | 1 | 7 | 4.97 | 28 |
| Bill Champion | 10 | 24.1 | 0 | 1 | 7.03 | 8 |
| Moose Haas | 5 | 16.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.94 | 9 |

#### 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 |
| Danny Frisella | 32 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2.74 | 43 |
| Bill Castro | 39 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3.45 | 23 |
| Ray Sadecki | 36 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4.34 | 27 |
| Tom Murphy | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.36 | 7 |
| Ed Sprague Sr. | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.04 | 0 |
| Rick Austin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 3 |
| Kevin Kobel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.25 | 1 |
| Tom Hausman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 |

## Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1976.
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| Triple-A | Spokane Indians | Pacific Coast League | Frank Howard |
| Double-A | Berkshire Brewers | Eastern League | John Felske |
| Class A | Burlington Bees | Midwest League | Matt Galante |
| Class A Short Season | Newark Co-Pilots | New York–Penn League | Tony Roig |