1977 California Angels season

1977  California Angels
Angel Stadium in 1977
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Anaheim Stadium
City	Anaheim, California
Owners	Gene Autry
General managers	Harry Dalton
Managers	Norm Sherry, Dave Garcia
Television	KTLA
Radio	KMPC (Dick Enberg, Don Drysdale, Al Wisk)
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The 1977 California Angels season was the 17th season of the Angels franchise in the American League, the 12th in Anaheim, and their 12th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished the season fifth in the American League West with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses.

Offseason

On January 6, 1977, Angels utility infielder Mike Miley died in a one-car accident in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. ^[1]

Notable transactions

• November 16, 1976: Don Baylor was signed as a free agent by the Angels. ^[2]
• November 17, 1976: Joe Rudi was signed as a free agent by the Angels. ^[3]
• November 24, 1976: Bobby Grich was signed as a free agent by the Angels. ^[4]
• January 11, 1977: Daryl Sconiers was drafted by the Angels in the 3rd round of the 1977 Major League Baseball draft. ^[5]

Regular season

Season standings

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	102	60	.630	—	55‍–‍26	47‍–‍34
Texas Rangers	94	68	.580	8	44‍–‍37	50‍–‍31
Chicago White Sox	90	72	.556	12	48‍–‍33	42‍–‍39
Minnesota Twins	84	77	.522	17½	48‍–‍32	36‍–‍45
California Angels	74	88	.457	28	39‍–‍42	35‍–‍46
Seattle Mariners	64	98	.395	38	29‍–‍52	35‍–‍46
Oakland Athletics	63	98	.391	38½	35‍–‍46	28‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1977 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–8	5–6	5–5	11–4	12–3	4–7	11–4	6–4	8–7	8–2	7–3	4–6	10–5
Boston	8–6	—	7–3	3–7	8–7	9–6	5–5	9–6	4–6	8–7	8–3	10–1	6–4	12–3
California	6–5	3–7	—	8–7	6–4	4–6	6–9	5–5	7–8	4–7	5–10	9–6	5–10	6–4
Chicago	5–5	7–3	7–8	—	6–4	4–6	8–7	6–5	10–5	3–7	10–5	10–5	6–9	8–3
Cleveland	4–11	7–8	4–6	4–6	—	8–7	3–7	11–4	2–9	3–12	7–3	7–3	2–9	9–5
Detroit	3–12	6–9	6–4	6–4	7–8	—	3–8	10–5	5–5	6–9	5–5	5–6	2–8	10–5
Kansas City	7–4	5–5	9–6	7–8	7–3	8–3	—	8–2	10–5	5–5	9–6	11–4	8–7	8–2
Milwaukee	4–11	6–9	5–5	5–6	4–11	5–10	2–8	—	3–8	8–7	5–5	7–3	5–5	8–7
Minnesota	4–6	6–4	8–7	5–10	9–2	5–5	5–10	8–3	—	2–8	8–6	7–8	8–7	9–1
New York	7–8	7–8	7–4	7–3	12–3	9–6	5–5	7–8	8–2	—	9–2	6–4	7–3	9–6
Oakland	2–8	3–8	10–5	5–10	3–7	5–5	6–9	5–5	6–8	2–9	—	7–8	2–13	7–3
Seattle	3–7	1–10	6–9	5–10	3–7	6–5	4–11	3–7	8–7	4–6	8–7	—	9–6	4–6
Texas	6–4	4–6	10–5	9–6	9–2	8–2	7–8	5–5	7–8	3–7	13–2	6–9	—	7–4
Toronto	5–10	3–12	4–6	3–8	5–9	5–10	2–8	7–8	1–9	6–9	3–7	6–4	4–7	—

Opening Day lineup

1 Jerry Remy 2B
2 Bobby Grich SS
3 Bobby Bonds RF
4 Don Baylor DH
5 Joe Rudi LF
6 Tony Solaita 1B
7 Bruce Bochte CF
8 Dave Chalk 3B
9 Terry Humphrey C
P Frank Tanana

Notable transactions

• June 7, 1977: 1977 Major League Baseball draft
  • Richard Dotson was drafted by the Angels in the 1st round (7th pick). ^[6]
  • Brian Harper was drafted by the Angels in the 4th round. ^[7]
• June 13, 1977: Dick Drago was traded by the Angels to the Baltimore Orioles for Dyar Miller. ^[8]
• June 15, 1977: Craig Hendrickson (minors) was traded by the Angels to the Cincinnati Reds for Gary Nolan. ^[9]
• September 16, 1977: Carlos May was purchased by the Angels from the New York Yankees. ^[10]

Roster

1977 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers 33 Mike Barlow 34 Ken Brett 39 John Caneira 35 Mike Cuellar 41 Dick Drago 45 Paul Hartzell 33 Don Kirkwood 31 Fred Kuhaulua 17 Dave LaRoche 41 Dyar Miller 35 Balor Moore 38 Gary Nolan 47 Gary Ross 30 Nolan Ryan 19 Mickey Scott 42,46 Wayne Simpson 40 Frank Tanana 48 John Verhoeven 43 Tom Walker		Catchers  8 Andy Etchebarren 15 Ike Hampton  9 Terry Humphrey Infielders 22 Willie Aikens 21 Dan Briggs  7 Dave Chalk  4 Bobby Grich 11 Mario Guerrero 16 Ron Jackson 10 Dave Kingman 44 Carlos May 18 Rance Mulliniks 14,17 Orlando Ramírez  2 Jerry Remy 27 Tony Solaita		Outfielders 12 Don Baylor 22 Bruce Bochte 25 Bobby Bonds 32 Thad Bosley 28 Gil Flores 19 Ken Landreaux 26 Joe Rudi  3 Rusty Torres Other batters 23 Danny Goodwin 18 Bobby Jones		Manager  6 Dave Garcia 37 Norm Sherry Coaches 49 Bob Clear (Bullpen)  1 Del Crandall (First base)  8 Andy Etchebarren (Bench)  6 Dave Garcia (Third base) 24 Marv Grissom (Pitching, after 7/13) 24 Billy Muffett (Pitching, until 7/11) 50 Jimmie Reese (Conditioning) 20 Frank Robinson (Hitting)

Player stats

Batting

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
C	Terry Humphrey	123	304	69	.227	2	34
1B	Tony Solaita	116	324	78	.241	14	53
2B	Jerry Remy	154	575	145	.252	4	44
SS	Rance Mulliniks	78	271	73	.269	3	21
3B	Dave Chalk	149	519	144	.277	3	45
LF	Joe Rudi	64	246	64	.264	13	53
CF	Gil Flores	104	342	95	.278	1	26
RF	Bobby Bonds	158	592	156	.264	37	115
DH	Don Baylor	154	561	141	.251	25	75

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
Ron Jackson	106	292	71	.243	8	28
Mario Guerrero	86	244	69	.283	1	28
Thad Bosley	58	212	63	.297	0	19
Bobby Grich	52	181	44	.243	7	23
Andy Etchebarren	80	114	29	.254	0	14
Bruce Bochte	25	100	29	.290	2	8
Willie Aikens	42	91	18	.198	0	6
Danny Goodwin	35	91	19	.209	1	8
Rusty Torres	58	77	12	.156	3	10
Ken Landreaux	23	76	19	.250	0	5
Dan Briggs	59	74	12	.162	1	4
Ike Hampton	52	44	13	.295	3	9
Dave Kingman	10	36	7	.194	2	4
Carlos May	11	18	6	.333	0	1
Bobby Jones	14	17	3	.176	1	3
Orlando Ramírez	25	13	1	.077	0	0

Pitching

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
Nolan Ryan	37	299.0	19	16	2.77	341
Frank Tanana	31	241.1	15	9	2.54	205
Ken Brett	21	142.0	7	10	4.25	41
Wayne Simpson	27	122.0	6	12	5.83	55
Gary Ross	14	58.1	2	4	5.55	30
Gary Nolan	5	18.1	0	3	8.84	4

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
Paul Hartzell	41	189.1	8	12	3.57	79
John Caneira	6	28.2	2	2	4.08	17
Balor Moore	7	22.2	0	2	3.97	14
Fred Kuhaulua	3	6.1	0	0	15.63	3
Mike Cuellar	2	3.1	0	1	18.90	3

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
Dave LaRoche	46	6	5	13	3.10	61
Dyar Miller	41	4	4	4	3.02	49
Mike Barlow	20	4	2	1	4.58	25
Dick Drago	13	0	1	2	3.00	15
Don Kirkwood	13	1	0	1	5.09	10
Mickey Scott	12	0	2	0	5.63	5
Sid Monge	4	0	1	1	2.92	4
John Verhoeven	3	0	2	0	3.86	3
Tom Walker	1	0	0	0	9.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Salt Lake City Gulls	Pacific Coast League	Jimy Williams
AA	El Paso Diablos	Texas League	Buck Rodgers
A	Salinas Packers	California League	Moose Stubing
A	Quad Cities Angels	Midwest League	Chuck Cottier
Rookie	Idaho Falls Angels	Pioneer League	Larry Himes

Notes

1. Mike Miley's death
2. Don Baylor at Baseball-Reference
3. Joe Rudi at Baseball-Reference
4. Bobby Grich at Baseball-Reference
5. Daryl Sconiers at Baseball-Reference
6. Richard Dotson at Baseball-Reference
7. Brian Harper at Baseball-Reference
8. Dick Drago at Baseball-Reference
9. Gary Nolan at Baseball-Reference
10. Carlos May at Baseball-Reference

References

• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN   978-0-9637189-8-3.

External links

• 1977 California Angels at Baseball-Reference
• 1977 California Angels at Baseball Almanac