1977 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1977 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1977

World Series Champions

New York Yankees

Runner Up

Los Angeles Dodgers

Most Valuable Players

AL: Rod Carew NL: George Foster

Cy Young Winners

AL: Sparky Lyle NL: Steve Carlton

Rookies of the Year

AL: Eddie Murray NL: Andre Dawson

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

Harold Baines (Chicago White Sox)

All-Star Game

Bronx,New York

Teams

Players

900

Attendance

38,709,779

Payroll

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1977 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	3	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	100	62	.617	--	831	651	180	Won World Series (Dodgers)	2,103,092	4	Gabe Paul	Billy Martin	Yankee Stadium I
2	4	5	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	161	97	64	.602	2.5	719	653	66	dnq	1,195,769	18	Hank Peters	Earl Weaver	Memorial Stadium
3	3	6	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	161	97	64	.602	2.5	859	712	147	dnq	2,074,549	5	Dick O'Connell	Don Zimmer	Fenway Park
4	9	17	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	26.0	714	751	-37	dnq	1,359,856	14	Jim Campbell	Ralph Houk	Tiger Stadium
5	10	19	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	161	71	90	.441	28.5	676	739	-63	dnq	900,365	23	Phil Seghi	Jeff Torborg, Frank Robinson	Cleveland Stadium
6	11	21	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	162	67	95	.414	33.0	639	765	-126	dnq	1,114,938	20	Jim Baumer	Alex Grammas	County Stadium
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	161	54	107	.335	45.5	605	822	-217	dnq	1,701,052	7	Buzzie Bavasi	Roy Hartsfield	Exhibition Stadium
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	162	102	60	.630	--	822	651	171	Lost ALCS (Yankees)	1,852,603	6	Joe Burke	Whitey Herzog	Royals Stadium
2	5	8	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	94	68	.580	8.0	767	657	110	dnq	1,250,722	16	Dan O'Brien	Billy Hunter, Frank Lucchesi, Connie Ryan, Eddie Stanky	Arlington Stadium
3	6	9	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	12.0	844	771	73	dnq	1,657,135	9	Roland Hemond	Bob Lemon	Comiskey Park
4	7	11	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	161	84	77	.522	17.5	867	776	91	dnq	1,162,727	19	Calvin Griffith	Gene Mauch	Metropolitan Stadium
5	8	18	California Angels	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	28.0	675	695	-20	dnq	1,432,633	12	Harry Dalton	Dave Garcia, Norm Sherry	Anaheim Stadium
6	12	22	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	162	64	98	.395	38.0	624	855	-231	dnq	1,338,511	15	Lou Gorman	Darrell Johnson	The Kingdome
7	13	24	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	161	63	98	.391	38.5	605	749	-144	dnq	495,599	26	Charlie Finley	Bobby Winkles, Jack McKeon	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	101	61	.623	--	847	668	179	Lost NLCS (Dodgers)	2,700,070	2	Paul Owens	Danny Ozark	Veterans Stadium
2	3	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	96	66	.593	5.0	734	665	69	dnq	1,237,349	17	Hardy Peterson, Joseph O'Toole	Chuck Tanner	Three Rivers Stadium
3	5	12	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	18.0	737	688	49	dnq	1,659,287	8	Bing Devine	Vern Rapp	Busch Stadium II
4	7	13	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	81	81	.500	20.0	692	739	-47	dnq	1,439,834	10	Bob Kennedy	Herman Franks	Wrigley Field
5	9	15	Montreal Expos	T - S - R - L	162	75	87	.463	26.0	665	736	-71	dnq	1,433,757	11	Charlie Fox	Dick Williams	Olympic Stadium
6	11	23	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	64	98	.395	37.0	587	663	-76	dnq	1,066,825	22	Joe McDonald	Joe Torre, Joe Frazier	Shea Stadium
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	98	64	.605	--	769	582	187	Lost World Series (Yankees)	2,955,087	1	Al Campanis	Tom Lasorda	Dodger Stadium
2	4	10	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	10.0	802	725	77	dnq	2,519,670	3	Bob Howsam	Sparky Anderson	Riverfront Stadium
3	6	14	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	81	81	.500	17.0	680	650	30	dnq	1,109,560	21	Tal Smith	Bill Virdon	Astrodome
4	8	16	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	75	87	.463	23.0	673	711	-38	dnq	700,056	25	Spec Richardson	Joe Altobelli	Candlestick Park
5	10	20	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	69	93	.426	29.0	692	834	-142	dnq	1,376,269	13	Bob Fontaine	Alvin Dark, John McNamara, Bob Skinner	San Diego Stadium
6	12	25	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	61	101	.377	37.0	678	895	-217	dnq	872,464	24	Bill Lucas	Dave Bristol, Ted Turner, Vern Benson	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
26 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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