1977 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 6 – October 18, 1977 |
Number of games | 162 |
Number of teams | 26 |
TV partner(s) | ABC, NBC |
Draft | |
Top draft pick | Harold Baines |
Picked by | Chicago White Sox |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | AL: Rod Carew (MIN) NL: George Foster (CIN) |
Postseason | |
AL champions | New York Yankees |
AL runners-up | Kansas City Royals |
NL champions | Los Angeles Dodgers |
NL runners-up | Philadelphia Phillies |
World Series | |
Champions | New York Yankees |
Runners-up | Los Angeles Dodgers |
World Series MVP | Reggie Jackson (NYY) |
The 1977 Major League Baseball season saw the American League (AL) having its third expansion, as the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays began play, with Seattle returning to the MLB fold after a seven-year absence when the Pilots relocated to Milwaukee to become the Brewers. However, the National League (NL) did not expand, remaining at 12 teams compared to the AL's 14, until the Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins joined the NL in 1993.
The season ended with the New York Yankees winning their 21st World Series title (and first since 1962) over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
American League
| National League
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League Championship Series (ALCS, NLCS) | World Series | ||||||||
East | NY Yankees | 3 | |||||||
West | Kansas City | 2 | |||||||
AL | NY Yankees | 4 | |||||||
NL | Los Angeles | 2 | |||||||
East | Philadelphia | 1 | |||||||
West | Los Angeles | 3 |
1977 MLB Award Winners | ||||||
American League | National League | |||||
Award | Player | Position | Team | Player | Position | Team |
Most Valuable Player | Rod Carew | 2B | MIN | George Foster | LF | CIN |
Cy Young Award | Sparky Lyle | LHP | NYY | Steve Carlton | LHP | PHI |
Rookie of the Year | Eddie Murray | 1B | BAL | Andre Dawson | CF | MTL |
Relief Man of the Year | Bill Campbell | RHP | BOS | Rollie Fingers | RHP | SD |
1977 Gold Glove Awards | ||||
American League | National League | |||
Position | Player | Team | Player | Team |
P | Jim Palmer | BAL | Jim Kaat | PHI |
C | Jim Sundberg | TEX | Johnny Bench | CIN |
1B | Jim Spencer | CWS | Steve Garvey | LA |
2B | Frank White | KC | Joe Morgan | CIN |
3B | Graig Nettles | NYY | Mike Schmidt | PHI |
SS | Mark Belanger | BAL | Dave Concepción | CIN |
OF | Juan Beníquez | TEX | César Gerónimo | CIN |
OF | Al Cowens | KC | Garry Maddox | PHI |
OF | Carl Yastrzemski | BOS | Dave Parker | PIT |
Statistic | American League | National League | ||
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AVG | Rod Carew, MIN | .388 | Dave Parker, PIT | .338 |
HR | Jim Rice, BOS | 39 | George Foster, CIN | 52 |
RBIs | Larry Hisle, MIN | 119 | George Foster, CIN | 149 |
SB | Freddie Patek, KC | 68 | Frank Taveras, PIT | 70 |
Wins | Dave Goltz, MIN Dennis Leonard, KC Jim Palmer, BAL | 20 | Steve Carlton, PHI | 23 |
ERA | Frank Tanana, CAL | 2.54 | John Candelaria, PIT | 2.34 |
Ks | Nolan Ryan, CAL | 341 | Phil Niekro, ATL | 262 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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National League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
American League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Starting pitchers: NL: Don Sutton AL: Jim Palmer WP: Don Sutton (1–0) LP: Jim Palmer (0–1) Home runs: NL: Joe Morgan (1), Greg Luzinski (1), Steve Garvey (1) AL: George Scott (1) |
Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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Los Angeles Dodgers [1] | 98 | 6.5% | 2,955,087 | 23.8% | 36,483 |
Philadelphia Phillies [2] | 101 | 0.0% | 2,700,070 | 8.9% | 33,334 |
Cincinnati Reds [3] | 88 | -13.7% | 2,519,670 | -4.2% | 31,107 |
New York Yankees [4] | 100 | 3.1% | 2,103,092 | 4.5% | 25,964 |
Boston Red Sox [5] | 97 | 16.9% | 2,074,549 | 9.4% | 25,932 |
Kansas City Royals [6] | 102 | 13.3% | 1,852,603 | 10.3% | 22,872 |
Toronto Blue Jays [7] | 54 | 1,701,052 | 21,263 | ||
St. Louis Cardinals [8] | 83 | 15.3% | 1,659,287 | 37.5% | 19,991 |
Chicago White Sox [9] | 90 | 40.6% | 1,657,135 | 81.1% | 20,458 |
Chicago Cubs [10] | 81 | 8.0% | 1,439,834 | 40.3% | 17,776 |
Montreal Expos [11] | 75 | 36.4% | 1,433,757 | 121.7% | 17,701 |
California Angels [12] | 74 | -2.6% | 1,432,633 | 42.3% | 17,687 |
San Diego Padres [13] | 69 | -5.5% | 1,376,269 | -5.6% | 16,991 |
Detroit Tigers [14] | 74 | 0.0% | 1,359,856 | -7.3% | 16,788 |
Seattle Mariners [15] | 64 | 1,338,511 | 16,525 | ||
Texas Rangers [16] | 94 | 23.7% | 1,250,722 | 7.4% | 15,441 |
Pittsburgh Pirates [17] | 96 | 4.3% | 1,237,349 | 20.6% | 15,276 |
Baltimore Orioles [18] | 97 | 10.2% | 1,195,769 | 13.0% | 14,763 |
Minnesota Twins [19] | 84 | -1.2% | 1,162,727 | 62.5% | 14,534 |
Milwaukee Brewers [20] | 67 | 1.5% | 1,114,938 | 10.2% | 13,765 |
Houston Astros [21] | 81 | 1.3% | 1,109,560 | 25.2% | 13,698 |
New York Mets [22] | 64 | -25.6% | 1,066,825 | -27.4% | 13,504 |
Cleveland Indians [23] | 71 | -12.3% | 900,365 | -5.1% | 11,116 |
Atlanta Braves [24] | 61 | -12.9% | 872,464 | 6.6% | 10,771 |
San Francisco Giants [25] | 75 | 1.4% | 700,056 | 11.7% | 8,643 |
Oakland Athletics [26] | 63 | -27.6% | 495,599 | -36.5% | 6,119 |
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