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1978 Milwaukee Brewers
Record: 68-92
Finish: 4th in NL West Division
Runs Scored: 596
Runs Allowed: 729
Exp W-L: 65-95
 
Ballpark: County Stadium
Attendance: 1,558,167
Manager: Fletch Lives

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 68-69, 6th in the National League
AA: 56-81, 10th in the National League
A: 61-76, 8th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF *Gene Richards 24 155 583 72 145 19 8 4 45 70 32 61 64 .249 .324 .329 .653 65.6 11.0 3.9
DH *Jim Breazeale 28 152 568 64 125 14 1 23 80 1 0 54 65 .220 .284 .370 .654 60.5 7.8 0.0
1B *Bob Molinaro 28 138 516 62 125 16 3 7 57 46 20 29 41 .242 .288 .326 .613 50.7 6.2 2.8
2B  Fernando Gonzalez 28 149 523 50 109 21 5 5 42 2 0 32 26 .208 .252 .296 .548 36.6 0.5 3.9
LF  Benny Ayala 27 155 507 59 142 18 1 25 82 0 0 36 58 .280 .325 .467 .793 73.2 16.9 1.7
CF *Greg Gross 25 137 483 52 136 22 0 12 64 5 6 62 19 .282 .362 .402 .763 68.9 16.0 3.7
SS #Garry Templeton 22 145 472 57 118 20 5 4 43 8 1 27 54 .250 .287 .339 .626 45.9 6.6 3.1
3B  Ron Dunn 28 138 412 46 88 37 1 9 41 0 1 46 90 .214 .291 .374 .664 41.3 5.5 5.7
C *Charlie Sands 30 120 314 40 56 5 0 7 45 0 2 67 71 .178 .324 .261 .585 30.9 2.5 5.8
C  Rick Dempsey 28 111 289 24 55 11 0 3 31 0 0 34 50 .190 .277 .260 .536 19.8 0.0 2.7
1B  Robin Yount 22 106 285 35 69 11 5 5 29 16 6 23 66 .242 .298 .368 .666 32.9 5.5 3.0
3B  Jerry Royster 25 101 184 20 34 8 0 2 14 1 0 13 13 .185 .236 .261 .497 11.0 0.0 1.6
C  Pete Varney 29 56 103 13 31 1 0 1 7 0 0 4 21 .301 .327 .340 .667 9.8 1.5 0.6
SS  Mike Fischlin 22 23 24 1 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .208 .208 .333 .542 1.4 0.0 0.2
1B  Gary Gray 25 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .143 .000 .143 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 26.1 1693 5269 596 1238 203 29 108 583 149 68 489 644 .235 .299 .346 .645 548.2 80.1 38.8
  Rank among 12 NL teams 12 11 12 12 8 7 11 2 10 7 3 12 12 11 11 11  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Bill Lee 31 19 12 .613 36 36 0 283.0 316 100 8 30 69 3.18 24.9
 Lynn McGlothen 28 13 18 .419 34 34 0 248.7 254 116 7 119 89 4.20 13.6
 Mike Norris 23 7 16 .304 30 30 0 229.7 215 121 38 77 159 4.74 7.6
*Dave Geisel 23 11 11 .500 28 28 0 191.3 209 96 19 70 100 4.52 9.1
*David Clyde 23 5 14 .263 26 26 0 183.0 178 82 20 73 81 4.03 9.7
 Roy Thomas 25 10 10 .500 77 0 18 108.0 119 62 15 51 58 5.17 5.1
 Don Wilson 33 2 7 .222 67 0 8 102.7 110 34 9 37 45 2.98 10.1
 Charlie Williams 30 1 4 .200 6 6 0 40.7 35 15 2 19 18 3.32 3.0
 Danny Fife 28 0 0 .000 11 0 0 16.7 17 3 0 7 5 1.62 1.9
 Doc Medich 29 0 0 .000 6 0 0 6.7 12 9 2 3 0 12.16 0.0
Team Totals 27.3 68 92 .425 321 160 26 1410.3 1465 638 120 486 624 4.07 85.1
Rank among 12 NL teams 11 11 6 11 12 9 8 6 7 9 7  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 34.2
C.Sands 863.0 94 112 408 67 3 0 .994 40.7
R.Dempsey 444.3 53 59 212 20 1 0 .996 24.0
P.Varney 103.0 13 15 45 6 2 0 .962 12.5
Team Total 1410.3 160 186 665 93 6 0 .992 33.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.10
B.Ayala 1230.0 142 144 1612 115 22 160 .987 12.64
R.Dempsey 118.7 12 20 160 15 2 14 .989 13.27
P.Varney 47.3 5 10 66 4 2 4 .972 13.31
G.Gray 14.3 1 5 29 2 0 2 1.000 19.47
Team Total 1410.3 160 179 1867 136 26 180 .987 12.78
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.97
R.Dunn 1112.0 130 136 297 549 31 123 .965 6.85
J.Royster 137.7 15 22 30 54 1 14 .988 5.49
R.Yount 127.0 12 24 37 66 3 20 .972 7.30
M.Fischlin 33.7 3 7 5 17 0 2 1.000 5.88
Team Total 1410.3 160 189 369 686 35 159 .968 6.73
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 3.05
F.Gonzalez 1230.7 146 147 71 367 8 33 .982 3.20
J.Royster 174.7 14 42 11 51 4 3 .939 3.19
M.Fischlin 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Dunn 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1410.3 160 191 83 419 12 36 .977 3.20
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.52
G.Templeton 1172.7 139 142 180 567 33 100 .958 5.73
R.Yount 117.3 11 18 22 59 4 15 .953 6.21
J.Royster 84.7 8 20 19 43 5 5 .925 6.59
M.Fischlin 34.7 2 13 2 16 1 2 .947 4.67
R.Dempsey 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1410.3 160 194 224 685 43 122 .955 5.80
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.96
G.Richards 1241.7 144 150 278 6 5 1 .983 2.06
J.Royster 101.0 13 13 17 1 0 1 1.000 1.60
B.Molinaro 27.0 3 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.33
B.Ayala 13.7 0 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.64
G.Gross 13.0 0 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
F.Gonzalez 12.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Breazeale 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1410.3 160 184 313 7 5 2 .985 2.04
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.49
G.Gross 825.3 94 94 210 6 0 1 1.000 2.36
R.Yount 516.7 61 62 122 5 0 2 1.000 2.21
B.Molinaro 42.0 3 9 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.36
G.Richards 10.0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 3.60
C.Sands 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
G.Templeton 7.3 0 1 2 0 1 0 .667 2.46
Team Total 1410.3 160 169 348 13 1 3 .997 2.30
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.99
B.Molinaro 1065.7 124 126 196 2 1 1 .995 1.67
G.Gross 275.0 31 33 44 1 0 0 1.000 1.47
J.Royster 30.0 3 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
C.Sands 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
G.Richards 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Ayala 8.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
R.Yount 8.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
J.Breazeale 5.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1410.3 160 171 250 3 1 1 .996 1.61
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.11
B.Lee 283.0 36 36 19 62 1 2 .988 2.58
L.McGlothen 248.7 34 34 20 39 1 3 .983 2.14
M.Norris 229.7 30 30 22 42 2 2 .970 2.51
D.Geisel 191.3 28 28 12 29 1 0 .976 1.93
D.Clyde 183.0 26 26 9 26 1 2 .972 1.72
R.Thomas 108.0 0 77 11 22 2 3 .943 2.75
D.Wilson 102.7 0 67 8 18 2 2 .929 2.28
C.Williams 40.7 6 6 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.77
D.Fife 16.7 0 11 3 2 1 1 .833 2.70
D.Medich 6.7 0 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.35
Team Total 1410.3 160 321 106 247 11 15 .970 2.25
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Gross .282
On-Base Pct Gross .362
Slugging Pct Ayala .467
OPS Ayala .793
XR Ayala 73.2
Games Ayala, Richards 155
At-Bats Richards 583
Runs Richards 72
Hits Richards 145
Total Bases Ayala 237
Singles Richards 114
Doubles Dunn 37
Triples Richards 8
Homeruns Ayala 25
RBIs Ayala 82
Stolen Bases Richards 70
Caught Stealing Richards 32
Walks Sands 67
Strikeouts Dunn 90
ERA Lee 3.18
Wins Lee 19
Losses McGlothen 18
Winning Pct Lee .613
Saves Thomas 18
Games Pitched Thomas 77
Games Started Lee 36
Complete Games Lee 11
Shutouts Lee, McGlothen 1
Innings Pitched Lee 283.0
Hits Allowed Lee 316
Homeruns Allowed Norris 38
Strikeouts Norris 159
Walks Allowed McGlothen 119
Walks per 9IP Lee 1.0
Hits per 9IP Norris 8.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Norris 6.2
WHiP Lee 1.22
OAVG Norris .244
OOBP Lee .301
OSLG McGlothen .341
OOPS Lee .656
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Bill Lee $ 7,000,000
Greg Gross $ 3,600,000
Rick Dempsey $ 3,150,000
Jim Breazeale $ 1,892,857
Lynn McGlothen $ 1,600,000
Ron Dunn $ 828,571
Pete Varney $ 300,000
David Clyde $ 300,000
Danny Fife $ 300,000
Mike Fischlin $ 300,000
Dave Geisel $ 300,000
Gary Gray $ 300,000
Benny Ayala $ 300,000
Roy Thomas $ 300,000
Robin Yount $ 300,000
Doc Medich $ 300,000
Bob Molinaro $ 300,000
Mike Norris $ 300,000
Gene Richards $ 300,000
Jerry Royster $ 300,000
Garry Templeton $ 300,000
Fernando Gonzalez $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     Charlie Sands
2/5 Signed     Don Wilson
5/1 Traded Charlie Williams
$2,325,000		 New York (N) John Curtis
10/29 Released Don Wilson    
10/29 Released Charlie Sands    
 
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