1976 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1976 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing sixth in the American League East with 66 wins. 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
Owner(s)Bud Selig
General manager(s)Jim Baumer
Manager(s)Alex 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 05/04/1976 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 07/09/1976 Jim Umbarger Bottom 2nd County Stadium
754 07/11/1976 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 Records

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
1BGeorge Scott156606166.2741877
3BDon Money117439117.2671262
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
Pedro García4110623.21719

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
Gary Beare641233.2932

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 Rodríguez431365133.6477
Pete Broberg2092.1174.9728

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
Bill Castro394683.4523
Danny Frisella325292.7443
Rick Austin30005.063
Kevin Kobel301011.251

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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