1977 California Angels season

The 1977 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing fifth in the American League West with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses.

1977 California Angels
Angel Stadium in 1977
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersGene Autry
General managersHarry Dalton
ManagersNorm Sherry, Dave Garcia
Local televisionKTLA
Local radioKMPC
(Dick Enberg, Don Drysdale, Al Wisk)
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Offseason

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

Notable transactions

Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 10260 0.630 — 55–26 47–34
Texas Rangers 9468 0.580 8 44–37 50–31
Chicago White Sox 9072 0.556 12 48–33 42–39
Minnesota Twins 8477 0.522 17½ 48–32 36–45
California Angels 7488 0.457 28 39–42 35–46
Seattle Mariners 6498 0.395 38 29–52 35–46
Oakland Athletics 6398 0.391 38½ 35–46 28–52

Record vs. opponents
1977 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —6–85–65–511–412–34–711–46–48–78–27–34–610–5
Boston 8–6—7–33–78–79–65–59–64–68–78–310–16–412–3
California 6–53–7—8–76–44–66–95–57–84–75–109–65–106–4
Chicago 5–57–37–8—6–44–68–76–510–53–710–510–56–98–3
Cleveland 4–117–84–64–6—8–73–711–42–93–127–37–32–99–5
Detroit 3–126–96–46–47–8—3–810–55–56–95–55–62–810–5
Kansas City 7–45–59–67–87–38–3—8–210–55–59–611–48–78–2
Milwaukee 4–116–95–55–64–115–102–8—3–88–75–57–35–58–7
Minnesota 4–66–48–75–109–25–55–108–3—2–88–67–88–79–1
New York 7–87–87–47–312–39–65–57–88–2—9–26–47–39–6
Oakland 2–83–810–55–103–75–56–95–56–82–9—7–82–137–3
Seattle 3–71–106–95–103–76–54–113–78–74–68–7—9–64–6
Texas 6–44–610–59–69–28–27–85–57–83–713–26–9—7–4
Toronto 5–103–124–63–85–95–102–87–81–96–93–76–44–7—

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

Roster
1977 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CTerry Humphrey12330469.227234
1BTony Solaita11632478.2411453
2BJerry Remy154575145.252444
SSRance Mulliniks7827173.269321
3BDave Chalk149519144.277345
LFJoe Rudi6424664.2641353
CFGil Flores10434295.278126
RFBobby Bonds158592156.26437115
DHDon Baylor154561141.2512575

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 Jackson10629271.243828
Mario Guerrero8624469.283128
Thad Bosley5821263.297019
Bobby Grich5218144.243723
Andy Etchebarren8011429.254014
Bruce Bochte2510029.29028
Willie Aikens429118.19806
Danny Goodwin359119.20918
Rusty Torres587712.156310
Ken Landreaux237619.25005
Dan Briggs597412.16214
Ike Hampton524413.29539
Dave Kingman10367.19424
Carlos May11186.33301
Bobby Jones14173.17613
Orlando Ramírez25131.07700

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 Ryan37299.019162.77341
Frank Tanana31241.11592.54205
Ken Brett21142.07104.2541
Wayne Simpson27122.06125.8355
Gary Ross1458.1245.5530
Gary Nolan518.1038.844

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 Hartzell41189.18123.5779
John Caneira628.2224.0817
Balor Moore722.2023.9714
Fred Kuhaulua36.10015.633
Mike Cuellar23.10118.903

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 LaRoche4665133.1061
Dyar Miller414443.0249
Mike Barlow204214.5825
Dick Drago130123.0015
Don Kirkwood131015.0910
Mickey Scott120205.635
Sid Monge40112.924
John Verhoeven30203.863
Tom Walker10009.001

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.
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