1977 California Angels season

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1977 California Angels
Angel Stadium in 1977
Angel Stadium in 1977
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkAnaheim Stadium
CityAnaheim, California
OwnersGene Autry
General managersHarry Dalton
ManagersNorm Sherry, Dave Garcia
TelevisionKTLA
RadioKMPC
(Dick Enberg, Don Drysdale, Al Wisk)
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The 1977 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing fifth in the American League West with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses.

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 102 60 0.630 55–26 47–34
Texas Rangers 94 68 0.580 8 44–37 50–31
Chicago White Sox 90 72 0.556 12 48–33 42–39
Minnesota Twins 84 77 0.522 17½ 48–32 36–45
California Angels 74 88 0.457 28 39–42 35–46
Seattle Mariners 64 98 0.395 38 29–52 35–46
Oakland Athletics 63 98 0.391 38½ 35–46 28–52

Record vs. opponents


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore 6–8 5–6 5–5 11–4 12–3 4–7 11–4 6–4 8–7 8–2 7–3 4–6 10–5
Boston 8–6 7–3 3–7 8–7 9–6 5–5 9–6 4–6 8–7 8–3 10–1 6–4 12–3
California 6–5 3–7 8–7 6–4 4–6 6–9 5–5 7–8 4–7 5–10 9–6 5–10 6–4
Chicago 5–5 7–3 7–8 6–4 4–6 8–7 6–5 10–5 3–7 10–5 10–5 6–9 8–3
Cleveland 4–11 7–8 4–6 4–6 8–7 3–7 11–4 2–9 3–12 7–3 7–3 2–9 9–5
Detroit 3–12 6–9 6–4 6–4 7–8 3–8 10–5 5–5 6–9 5–5 5–6 2–8 10–5
Kansas City 7–4 5–5 9–6 7–8 7–3 8–3 8–2 10–5 5–5 9–6 11–4 8–7 8–2
Milwaukee 4–11 6–9 5–5 5–6 4–11 5–10 2–8 3–8 8–7 5–5 7–3 5–5 8–7
Minnesota 4–6 6–4 8–7 5–10 9–2 5–5 5–10 8–3 2–8 8–6 7–8 8–7 9–1
New York 7–8 7–8 7–4 7–3 12–3 9–6 5–5 7–8 8–2 9–2 6–4 7–3 9–6
Oakland 2–8 3–8 10–5 5–10 3–7 5–5 6–9 5–5 6–8 2–9 7–8 2–13 7–3
Seattle 3–7 1–10 6–9 5–10 3–7 6–5 4–11 3–7 8–7 4–6 8–7 9–6 4–6
Texas 6–4 4–6 10–5 9–6 9–2 8–2 7–8 5–5 7–8 3–7 13–2 6–9 7–4
Toronto 5–10 3–12 4–6 3–8 5–9 5–10 2–8 7–8 1–9 6–9 3–7 6–4 4–7


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

Batting

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
C Terry Humphrey 123 304 69 .227 2 34
1B Tony Solaita 116 324 78 .241 14 53
2B Jerry Remy 154 575 145 .252 4 44
SS Rance Mulliniks 78 271 73 .269 3 21
3B Dave Chalk 149 519 144 .277 3 45
LF Joe Rudi 64 246 64 .264 13 53
CF Gil Flores 104 342 95 .278 1 26
RF Bobby Bonds 158 592 156 .264 37 115
DH Don Baylor 154 561 141 .251 25 75

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 Jackson 106 292 71 .243 8 28
Mario Guerrero 86 244 69 .283 1 28
Thad Bosley 58 212 63 .297 0 19
Bobby Grich 52 181 44 .243 7 23
Andy Etchebarren 80 114 29 .254 0 14
Bruce Bochte 25 100 29 .290 2 8
Willie Aikens 42 91 18 .198 0 6
Danny Goodwin 35 91 19 .209 1 8
Rusty Torres 58 77 12 .156 3 10
Ken Landreaux 23 76 19 .250 0 5
Dan Briggs 59 74 12 .162 1 4
Ike Hampton 52 44 13 .295 3 9
Dave Kingman 10 36 7 .194 2 4
Carlos May 11 18 6 .333 0 1
Bobby Jones 14 17 3 .176 1 3
Orlando Ramírez 25 13 1 .077 0 0

Pitching

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 Ryan 37 299.0 19 16 2.77 341
Frank Tanana 31 241.1 15 9 2.54 205
Ken Brett 21 142.0 7 10 4.25 41
Wayne Simpson 27 122.0 6 12 5.83 55
Gary Ross 14 58.1 2 4 5.55 30
Gary Nolan 5 18.1 0 3 8.84 4

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 Hartzell 41 189.1 8 12 3.57 79
John Caneira 6 28.2 2 2 4.08 17
Balor Moore 7 22.2 0 2 3.97 14
Fred Kuhaulua 3 6.1 0 0 15.63 3
Mike Cuellar 2 3.1 0 1 18.90 3

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 LaRoche 46 6 5 13 3.10 61
Dyar Miller 41 4 4 4 3.02 49
Mike Barlow 20 4 2 1 4.58 25
Dick Drago 13 0 1 2 3.00 15
Don Kirkwood 13 1 0 1 5.09 10
Mickey Scott 12 0 2 0 5.63 5
Sid Monge 4 0 1 1 2.92 4
John Verhoeven 3 0 2 0 3.86 3
Tom Walker 1 0 0 0 9.00 1

Farm system

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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