1976 Milwaukee Brewers | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Milwaukee County Stadium | |
City | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
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) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1976 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing 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
[edit]Regular season
[edit](1976) Hank Aaron OF: 1954–65 1975–76 |
Hank Aaron's 755th
[edit]- July 20, 1976: Hank Aaron hit the 755th and final home run of his career off California Angels pitcher Dick Drago.
Line score
[edit]July 20, County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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
[edit]Home run | Date | Pitcher | Inning | Location |
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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
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] | |||||||||||||
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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
[edit]- Hank Aaron
- Pedro García
- Sixto Lezcano
- Don Money
- Charlie Moore
- Darrell Porter
- George Scott
- Bill Sharp
- Jim Slaton
- Robin Yount[4]
Notable transactions
[edit]- June 2, 1976: Von Joshua was purchased by the Brewers from the San Francisco Giants.[5]
- June 3, 1976: Bobby Darwin and Tom Murphy were traded by the Brewers to the Boston Red Sox for Bernie Carbo.[6]
- 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.[7]
Roster
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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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
[edit]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 |
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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
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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
[edit]The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1976.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Ed Romero at Baseball Reference
- ^ "Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, July 20, 1976 at County Stadium". Baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
- ^ "Hank Aaron's 1976 Home Runs". 755homeruns.com. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
- ^ "1976 Milwaukee Brewers Roster by Baseball Almanac". Baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
- ^ Von Joshua at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bobby Darwin at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bill Bordley at Baseball Reference
- ^ "1976 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
External links
[edit]- 1976 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Reference
- 1976 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Almanac