1977 Kansas City Royals season

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1977 Kansas City Royals 1977 AL West Champions
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1969) West Division (Since 1969)
Location
Royals Stadium (Since 1973) Kansas City, Missouri (Since 1969)
1977 Information
Owner(s)	Ewing Kauffman
Manager(s)	Whitey Herzog
Local television	KBMA
Local radio	WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White)

The 1977 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing 1st in the American League West with a record of 102 wins and 60 losses.

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Opening Day Lineup
- 1.2 Season standings
2 Player stats
- 2.1 Batting
  - 2.1.1 Other batters
- 2.2 Starting pitchers
  - 2.2.1 Other pitchers
    - 2.2.1.1 Relief pitchers
3 ALCS
4 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Opening Day Lineup

George Brett
Al Cowens
Pete LaCock
John Mayberry
Hal McRae
Amos Otis
Freddie Patek
Darrell Porter
Paul Splittorff
Frank White

[edit] Season standings

Team	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Kansas City Royals	102	60	.630	0
Texas Rangers	94	68	.580	8.0
Chicago White Sox	90	72	.556	12.0
Minnesota Twins	84	77	.522	17.5
California Angels	74	88	.457	28.0
Seattle Mariners	64	98	.395	38.0
Oakland Athletics	63	98	.391	38.5

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] ALCS

Main article: 1977 American League Championship Series

[edit] Game 1

October 5: Yankee Stadium, New York City, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	9	0
New York	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	0
W: Paul Splittorff (1-0) L: Don Gullett (0-1)
HRs: KC – Hal McRae (1), John Mayberry (1), Al Cowens (1) NYY – Thurman Munson (1)

[edit] Game 2

October 6: Yankee Stadium, New York City, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	1
New York	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	-	6	10	0
W: Ron Guidry (1-0) L: Andy Hassler (0-1)
HRs: KC – none; NYY – Cliff Johnson (1)

[edit] Game 3

October 7: Royals Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	4	1
Kansas City	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	-	6	12	1
W: Dennis Leonard (1-0) L: Mike Torrez (0-1)
HRs: NYY – none; KC – none

[edit] Game 4

October 8: Royals Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	13	0
Kansas City	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	2
W: Sparky Lyle (1-0) L: Larry Gura (0-1)
HRs: NYY – none; KC – none

[edit] Game 5

October 9: Royals Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	10	0
Kansas City	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	1
W: Sparky Lyle (2-0) L: Dennis Leonard (1-1)
HRs: NYY – none; KC – none

[edit] References

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v • d • e 1977 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto

AL West	California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas

NL East	Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco

1977 All-Star Game • 1977 World Series

Preceded by Kansas City Royals 1976	AL West Championship Season 1977	Succeeded by Kansas City Royals 1978

v • d • e

Kansas City Royals

Based in Kansas City, Missouri

The Franchise

History • Current Roster • All-Time Roster • Team Records • Awards & League Leaders • Broadcasters

Ballparks

Municipal Stadium • Kauffman Stadium • Surprise Stadium (spring training)

Culture

Pine Tar Incident • The Call • Sluggerrr • Denny Matthews • American Royal

Important Figures

Ewing Kauffman • George Brett • Frank White • Willie Wilson • Amos Otis • Hal McRae • Bret Saberhagen • Dennis Leonard • Dick Howser • Jeff Montgomery • Kevin Appier • Dan Quisenberry • Paul Splittorff • Larry Gura • Bo Jackson • Mike Sweeney • Zack Greinke • Alex Gordon

Team Hall of Fame

Steve Busby • Amos Otis • Dick Howser • Cookie Rojas • Paul Splittorff • Dennis Leonard • Hal McRae • Joe Burke • Larry Gura • Freddie Patek • Ewing Kauffman • George Brett • Frank White • Muriel Kauffman • John Mayberry • Dan Quisenberry • Whitey Herzog • Willie Wilson • Jeff Montgomery • Denny Matthews • Bret Saberhagen • Mark Gubicza • Art Stewart

Retired Numbers

5 • 10 • 20 • 42

Minors

AAA: Omaha Royals • AA: Northwest Arkansas Naturals • A: Wilmington Blue Rocks • Burlington Bees • Rookie: Idaho Falls Chukars • Burlington Royals • AZL Royals • Dominican League

Key Personnel

Owner: David Glass • General Manager: Dayton Moore • Manager: Trey Hillman

Team Managers

Joe Gordon • Charlie Metro • Bob Lemon • Jack McKeon • Whitey Herzog • Jim Frey • Dick Howser • Mike Ferraro • Billy Gardner • John Wathan • Bob Schaefer • Hal McRae • Bob Boone • Tony Muser • John Mizerock • Tony Peña • Bob Schaefer • Buddy Bell • Trey Hillman

World Series
Championships (1)

1985

American League
Pennants (2)

1980 • 1985

Division Titles

Western: 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1980 • 1981 (second half) • 1984 • 1985 • Central: none • Wild Card: none

Seasons (40)

1960s	1969

1970s	1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979

1980s	1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

1990s	1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

2000s	2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008

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