Juan Ramón Pizarro a.k.a. "Terín" was a Puerto Rican Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. He played for 18 seasons on 9 teams,from 1957 through 1974. In 1964,he won 19 games (19–9) and pitched 4 shutouts for the Chicago White Sox. He was selected for the Major League All-Star Baseball game in 1963 and 1964.
Rickey Eugene Reuschel is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher from 1972 to 1991,winning 214 games with a career 3.37 ERA. His nickname was "Big Daddy" because his speed belied his portly physique. He was known for his deceptive style of pitching,which kept hitters off balance by constantly varying the speeds of his pitches.
Philip Mason Garner is an American former professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as an infielder with the Oakland Athletics,Pittsburgh Pirates,Houston Astros,Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants from 1973 to 1988. With the Pirates,he won the 1979 World Series over the Baltimore Orioles. He was manager of the Astros from July 14,2004 to August 27,2007,leading Houston to a World Series appearance in 2005.
The following are the baseball events of the year 1977 throughout the world.
Tommy Vann Helms is an American former professional baseball player and manager. Over a 14-year Major League Baseball career (1964–1977),Helms played for four teams,including eight seasons with the Cincinnati Reds,four with the Houston Astros,and one each with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox. He also managed the Reds for part of two seasons (1988–1989).
Michael Augustine Torrez is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) starting pitcher. In an 18-season career,he pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals (1967–1971),Montreal Expos (1971–1974),Baltimore Orioles (1975),Oakland Athletics,New York Yankees (1977),Boston Red Sox (1978–1982),and New York Mets (1983–1984). As a member of the Yankees,he won two games of the 1977 World Series over the Los Angeles Dodgers. He batted and threw right-handed.
Dennis Patrick Lamp is an American former professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1977 through 1992,the breaking ball specialist played for the Chicago Cubs,Chicago White Sox,Toronto Blue Jays,Oakland Athletics,Boston Red Sox,and Pittsburgh Pirates.
Charles Douglas Bair is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played for 15 Major League Baseball (MLB) seasons —from 1976 to 1990 —for seven teams.
Joseph Martin Boever is an American former professional baseball right-handed relief pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1985 to 1996 for the St. Louis Cardinals,Atlanta Braves,Philadelphia Phillies,Houston Astros,Oakland Athletics,Detroit Tigers,and Pittsburgh Pirates.
George Francis "Doc" Medich is an American former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1972 to 1982. He was a medical student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine,and acquired the nickname "Doc" during his early baseball career.
James Rick Langford is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1976 through 1986. He has served as a coach for the Toronto Blue Jays in MLB and for their farm teams in Minor League Baseball.
Darold Duane Knowles is an American former professional baseball pitcher and coach,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1965 through 1980,most notably as a member of the Oakland Athletics dynasty that won three consecutive World Series championships between 1972 and 1974. In the 1973 World Series,Knowles became the first pitcher to appear in all seven games of a World Series. He also played for the Baltimore Orioles,Philadelphia Phillies,Washington Senators / Texas Rangers,Chicago Cubs,Montreal Expos,and St. Louis Cardinals. Knowles batted and threw left-handed. In 2014,he was hired as the pitching coach of the Florida State League's Dunedin Blue Jays.
The 1971 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 90th season in St. Louis,Missouri and its 80th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 90–72 during the season and finished second in the National League East,seven games behind the eventual NL pennant and World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates.
The 1977 Oakland Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team finished seventh in the American League West with a record of 63 wins and 98 losses. Paid attendance for the season was 495,578,one of the worst attendance figures for the franchise during the 1970s.
The 1972 Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Reds winning the National League West title with a record of 95 wins and 59 losses,10+1⁄2 games over the Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Dodgers. They defeated the previous year's World Series Champion Pittsburgh Pirates in the NLCS,but lost to the Oakland Athletics in seven games in the World Series. The Reds were managed by Sparky Anderson.
The 1974 Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League West by four games over the Cincinnati Reds,then beat the Pittsburgh Pirates in the NLCS before losing to the Oakland Athletics in the World Series.
The 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 90th season for the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise;their 85th in the National League. It involved the Pirates finishing first in the National League East with a record of 97 wins and 65 losses. They defeated the San Francisco Giants three games to one in the NLCS and beat the Baltimore Orioles four games to three in the World Series. The Pirates were managed by Danny Murtaugh,and played their first full season at Three Rivers Stadium,which had opened in July the year before.
The 1977 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 96th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise;their 91st in the National League. The Pirates finished second in the National League East with a record of 96–66. This was the first season where the player's last names appeared on the back of the jerseys.
Paul Michael Mitchell Jr. is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played from 1975 to 1980 for the Baltimore Orioles,Oakland Athletics,Seattle Mariners and Milwaukee Brewers.
Christopher Sean Batton is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played part of one season in Major League Baseball for the Oakland Athletics.
