1976 Milwaukee Brewers season

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.

1976 Milwaukee Brewers
Hank Aaron's final season
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersBud Selig
General managersJim Baumer
ManagersAlex Grammas
Local televisionWTMJ-TV
(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker, Ray Scott)
Local radio620 WTMJ
(Merle Harmon, Bob Uecker)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason
  • November 14, 1975: Ed Romero was signed as an amateur free agent by the Brewers.[1]

Regular season
(1976)

Hank Aaron
OF: 1954–65
1975–76

Hank Aaron's 755th

Line score

July 20, County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
California 000 100 001 262
Milwaukee 100 100 31x 6120
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

[2]

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

[3]

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9762 0.610 — 45–35 52–27
Baltimore Orioles 8874 0.543 10½ 42–39 46–35
Boston Red Sox 8379 0.512 15½ 46–35 37–44
Cleveland Indians 8178 0.509 16 44–35 37–43
Detroit Tigers 7487 0.460 24 36–44 38–43
Milwaukee Brewers 6695 0.410 32 36–45 30–50

Record vs. opponents
1976 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK TEX
Baltimore —7–118–48–47–1112–66–611–74–813–54–88–4
Boston 11–7—7–56–69–914–43–912–67–57–114–83–9
California 4–85–7—11–77–56–68–104–88–105–76–1212–6
Chicago 4–86–67–11—3–96–68–107–57–111–118–97–11
Cleveland 11–79–95–79–3—6–126–611–69–34–124–87–5
Detroit 6–124–146–66–612–6—4–812–64–89–86–65–7
Kansas City 6–69–310–810–86–68–4—8–410–87–59–97–11
Milwaukee 7–116–128–45–76–116–124–8—4–85–135–710–2
Minnesota 8–45–710–811–73–98–48–108–4—2–1011–711–7
New York 5–1311–77–511–112–48–95–713–510–2—6–69–3
Oakland 8–48–412–69–88–46–69–97–57–116–6—7–11
Texas 4–89–36–1211–75–77–511–72–107–113–911–7—

Opening day starters

Notable transactions

Roster
1976 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CDarrell Porter11938981.208532
1BGeorge Scott156606166.2741877
2BTim Johnson10527375.275014
3BDon Money117439117.2671262
SSRobin Yount161638161.252254
LFDan Thomas3210529.276415
CFVon Joshua107423113.267528
RFSixto Lezcano145513146.285756
DHHank Aaron8527162.2291035

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 Moore8724146.191316
Gorman Thomas9922745.198836
Mike Hegan8021854.248531
Bernie Carbo6918343.235315
Bill Sharp7818044.244011
Jack Heidemann6914632.219210
Gary Sutherland5911525.21719
Pedro García4110623.21719
Bobby Darwin257318.24715
Jim Gantner266917.24607
Bob Hansen246110.16404
Steve Bowling14427.16702
Jimmy Rosario15377.18915
Art Kusnyer15344.11803
Kurt Bevacqua1271.14300

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 Slaton38292.214153.44138
Bill Travers34240.015162.81120
Jim Colborn32225.29153.71101
Gary Beare641.0233.2932

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 Augustine39171.29123.3059
Eduardo Rodríguez43136.05133.6477
Pete Broberg2092.1174.9728
Bill Champion1024.1017.038
Moose Haas516.0013.949

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 Frisella325292.7443
Bill Castro394683.4523
Ray Sadecki362014.3427
Tom Murphy150117.367
Ed Sprague Sr.30207.040
Rick Austin30005.063
Kevin Kobel301011.251
Tom Hausman30005.401

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball

The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1976.[8]

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

References
  1. Ed Romero at Baseball Reference
  2. "Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, July 20, 1976 at County Stadium". Baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  3. "Hank Aaron's 1976 Home Runs". 755homeruns.com. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  4. "1976 Milwaukee Brewers Roster by Baseball Almanac". Baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  5. Von Joshua at Baseball Reference
  6. Bobby Darwin at Baseball Reference
  7. Bill Bordley at Baseball Reference
  8. "1976 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
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