1977 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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1977 Los Angeles Dodgers
1977 National League Champions
NL West champions
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Dodger Stadium (since 1962)
  • Los Angeles (since 1958)
Other information
Owner(s)Walter O'Malley
General manager(s)Al Campanis
Manager(s)Tommy Lasorda
Local televisionKTTV (11)
Local radioKABC
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter
XEGM
Jaime Jarrín, Rudy Hoyos
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The 1977 Los Angeles Dodgers season saw Tommy Lasorda in his first full season at the helm of the Dodgers, replacing longtime manager Walter Alston as Manager of the team near the end of the previous season. The Dodgers won the National League West by 10 games and defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in four games in the NLCS, then lost to the New York Yankees in the World Series. This edition of the Dodgers featured the first quartet of teammates that hit 30 or more home runs: Steve Garvey with 33, Reggie Smith with 32, and Dusty Baker and Ron Cey, who both hit 30. The Dodgers duplicated this feat again 20 years later in 1997.

Offseason[]

  • December 20, 1976: Ted Sizemore was traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Johnny Oates and a player to be named later. The Phillies completed the deal by sending Quincy Hill (minors) to the Dodgers on January 4, 1977.[1]
  • January 11, 1977: Bill Buckner, Iván DeJesús and Jeff Albert (minors) were traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Rick Monday and Mike Garman.[2]
  • February 7, 1977: Rick Auerbach was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Mets for Hank Webb and Richard Sander (minors).[3]

Regular season[]

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Walter Alston's number 24 was retired by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1977.

Season standings[]

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NL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 98 64 0.605 — 51–30 47–34
Cincinnati Reds 88 74 0.543 10 48–33 40–41
Houston Astros 81 81 0.500 17 46–35 35–46
San Francisco Giants 75 87 0.463 23 38–43 37–44
San Diego Padres 69 93 0.426 29 35–46 34–47
Atlanta Braves 61 101 0.377 37 40–41 21–60

Record vs. opponents[]

1977 National League Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 5–7 4–14 9–9 5–13 6–6 7–5 2–10 3–9 11–7 8–10 1–11
Chicago 7–5 — 7–5 6–6 6–6 10–8 9–9 6–12 7–11 7–5 9–3 7–11
Cincinnati 14–4 5–7 — 5–13 10–8 7–5 10–2 8–4 3–9 11–7 10–8 5–7
Houston 9–9 6–6 13–5 — 9–9 8–4 6–6 4–8 4–8 8–10 9–9 5–7
Los Angeles 13–5 6–6 8–10 9–9 — 7–5 8–4 6–6 9–3 12–6 14–4 6–6
Montreal 6–6 8–10 5–7 4–8 5–7 — 10–8 7–11 7–11 5–7 6–6 12–6
New York 5–7 9–9 2–10 6–6 4–8 8–10 — 5–13 4–14 6–6 7–5 8–10
Philadelphia 10-2 12–6 4–8 8–4 6–6 11–7 13–5 — 8–10 9–3 9–3 11–7
Pittsburgh 9–3 11–7 9–3 8–4 3–9 11–7 14–4 10–8 — 10–2 2–10 9–9
San Diego 7–11 5–7 7–11 10–8 6–12 7–5 6–6 3–9 2–10 — 8–10 8–4
San Francisco 10–8 3–9 8–10 9–9 4–14 6–6 5–7 3–9 10–2 10–8 — 7–5
St. Louis 11–1 11–7 7–5 7–5 6–6 6–12 10–8 7–11 9–9 4–8 5–7 —


Opening Day lineup[]

Opening Day Starters
# Name Position
15 Davey Lopes 2B
18 Bill Russell SS
8 Reggie Smith RF
10 Ron Cey 3B
6 Steve Garvey 1B
16 Rick Monday CF
12 Dusty Baker LF
7 Steve Yeager C
20 Don Sutton P

[4]

Notable transactions[]

  • September 2, 1977: John Hale was claimed off waivers from the Dodgers by the Toronto Blue Jays.[5]
  • September 2, 1977: Henry Cruz was claimed off waivers from the Dodgers by the Chicago White Sox.[6]
  • September 8, 1977: Kevin Pasley was sold by the Dodgers to the Seattle Mariners.[7]

Roster[]

1977 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders
  • 12 Dusty Baker
  •  3 Glenn Burke
  • 33 Vic Davalillo
  • 43 John Hale
  • 34 Lee Lacy
  • 51 Jeffrey Leonard
  • 16 Rick Monday
  • 11 Manny Mota
  • 17 Joe Simpson
  •  8 Reggie Smith
 Manager
  •  2 Tommy Lasorda

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 Steve Yeager 125 387 99 .256 16 55
1B Steve Garvey 162 696 192 .297 33 115
2B Davey Lopes 134 502 142 .283 11 53
3B Ron Cey 153 564 136 .241 30 110
SS Bill Russell 153 634 176 .278 4 51
LF Dusty Baker 153 533 155 .291 30 86
CF Rick Monday 118 392 90 .230 15 48
RF Reggie Smith 148 488 150 .307 32 87

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
Lee Lacy 75 169 45 .266 6 21
Glenn Burke 83 169 43 .254 1 13
Johnny Oates 60 156 42 .269 3 11
Ted Martinez 67 137 41 .299 1 10
John Hale 79 108 26 .241 2 11
Ed Goodson 61 66 11 .167 1 5
Boog Powell 50 41 10 .244 0 5
Manny Mota 50 38 15 .395 1 4
Vic Davalillo 24 48 15 .313 0 4
Jerry Grote 18 27 7 .259 0 4
Joe Simpson 29 23 4 .174 0 1
Rafael Landestoy 15 18 5 .278 0 0
Ron Washington 10 19 7 .368 0 1
Jeffrey Leonard 11 10 3 .300 0 2
Kevin Pasley 2 3 1 .333 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
Don Sutton 33 240.1 14 8 3.18 150
Burt Hooton 32 223.1 12 7 2.62 153
Tommy John 31 220.1 20 7 2.78 123
Rick Rhoden 31 216.1 16 10 3.74 122
Doug Rau 32 212.1 14 8 3.43 126

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
Al Downing 12 20 0 1 6.75 23
Dennis Lewallyn 5 17 3 1 4.24 8
Bobby Castillo 6 1 0 0 3.97 7
Hank Webb 5 8 0 0 2.25 2

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
Charlie Hough 70 6 12 22 3.32 105
Elias Sosa 44 2 2 1 1.98 47
Mike Garman 49 4 4 12 2.73 29
Stan Wall 25 2 3 0 5.34 22
Lance Rautzhan 25 4 1 2 4.35 13

Postseason[]

1977 National League Championship Series[]

Main article: 1977 National League Championship Series

Game One[]

October 4, Dodger Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Philadelphia 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 7 9 0
Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 5 9 2
W: Gene Garber (1–0)  L: Elías Sosa (0–1)  SV: Tug McGraw (1)
HRs: PHI – Greg Luzinski (1); LAD – Ron Cey (1)

Game Two[]

October 5, Dodger Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Philadelphia 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 1
Los Angeles 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 X 7 9 1
W: Don Sutton (1–0)  L: Jim Lonborg (0–1)  
HRs: PHI – Bake McBride (1); LAD – Dusty Baker (1)

Game Three[]

October 7, Veterans Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 12 2
Philadelphia 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 6 2
W: Lance Rautzhan (1–0)  L: Gene Garber (1–1)  SV: Mike Garman (1)
HRs: None

Game Four[]

October 8, Veterans Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 5 0
Philadelphia 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
W: Tommy John (1–0)  L: Steve Carlton (0–1)  
HRs: LAD – Dusty Baker (2)

1977 World Series[]

Main article: 1977 World Series
AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Los Angeles Dodgers (2)
Game Score Date Location Attendance Time of Game
1 Dodgers – 3, Yankees – 4 (12 inns) October 11 Yankee Stadium 56,668 3:24
2 Dodgers – 6, Yankees – 1 October 12 Yankee Stadium 56,691 2:27
3 Yankees – 5, Dodgers – 3 October 14 Dodger Stadium 55,992 2:31
4 Yankees – 4, Dodgers – 2 October 15 Dodger Stadium 55,995 2:07
5 Yankees – 4, Dodgers – 10 October 16 Dodger Stadium 55,995 2:29
6 Dodgers – 4, Yankees – 8 October 18 Yankee Stadium 56,407 2:18

Awards and honors[]

Farm system[]

Level Team League Manager
AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League James B. Williams
AA San Antonio Dodgers Texas League Don LeJohn
A Lodi Dodgers California League Stan Wasiak
A Clinton Dodgers Midwest League Dick McLaughlin
Rookie Lethbridge Dodgers Pioneer League Gail Henley

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

Major League Baseball Draft[]

Main article: 1977 Major League Baseball draft

The Dodgers drafted 40 players in the June draft and eight in the January draft. Of those, eight players would eventually play in the Major Leagues.

The first round draft pick in the June draft was pitcher Bob Welch from Eastern Michigan University. In 17 years with the Dodgers and Oakland Athletics he started 462 games with a 211–146 record and a 3.47 ERA. He became a two time All-Star, a two time World Series Champion and won the 1990 American League Cy Young Award.

The draft also included Mickey Hatcher, who hit .280 in 1130 games, mostly as an outfielder and was a part of two Dodgers World Series champions; outfielder/utility player Ron Roenicke who played eight seasons in the Majors before becoming a coach and manager; and relief pitcher Tom Niedenfuer, who was picked in the 36th round but would play 10 seasons in the Majors and save 97 games.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Johnny Oates at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Bill Buckner at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Rick Auerbach at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ 1977 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ John Hale at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Henry Cruz at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Kevin Pasley at Baseball-Reference
  8. ^ 1977 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
  9. ^ 1977 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
  10. ^ 1977 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
  11. ^ 1977 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase

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