Ken Sanders has to be considered the first real reliever in franchise history and was one of the few bright spots for the team in the early 1970’s.  Sanders would lead the American League in Saves in 1971 with 31, a very high number for those days.  He would also lead in Games Played and Games Finished that year.  He would actually finish 16th in MVP voting.

The best season of Dave May’s career occurred in 1973 when he would make the All-Star Team and finish 8th in MVP voting.  That year, May would have 25 Home Runs with 189 Hits, a .303 Batting Average and would also lead the American League in Total Bases and Win Probability Added.  While Dave May would never have a season like that again, he would have another two decent campaigns with Milwaukee.  Over May's two runs in Milwaukee, he would have 652 Hits.

An All-Star in 1978, Lary Sorenen would go 18 and 12 and finish 2nd in BB/9.  Sorensen was a very good control pitcher who would have two more seasons with 12 Wins or more and two more top ten finishes in BB/9.  Overall, he gave Milwaukee three good seasons as a Starting Pitcher, which was the first team he played for.  Sorensen had a Brewers record of 52-46.

The first Pitcher to ever win 20 Games for the Brewers, Jim Colborn easily had his best year in Major League Baseball when he accomplished that feat.  That year Colborn was named to the All Star Team and finished 6th in Cy Young Voting.  He would have four other seasons with Milwaukee, but did not approach his accomplishments from 1973.