1977 Philadelphia Phillies season
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1977 National League East Championship | |
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Owner(s) | R. R. M. "Ruly" Carpenter III |
General manager(s) | Paul Owens |
Manager(s) | Danny Ozark |
Local television | WPHL-TV |
Local radio | KYW (Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Andy Musser) |
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The 1977 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 95th season in the history of the franchise. The Phillies won their second consecutive National League East division title with a record of 101–61, five games over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Phillies lost the NLCS to the Los Angeles Dodgers, three games to one. The Phillies were managed by Danny Ozark, as they played their home games at Veterans Stadium.
Offseason[]
- November 2, 1976: Tony Taylor was released by the Phillies.[1]
- December 6, 1976: Willie Hernández was drafted from the Phillies by the Chicago Cubs in the 1976 rule 5 draft.[2]
- December 20, 1976: Johnny Oates and a player to be named later were traded by the Phillies to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Ted Sizemore. The Phillies completed the deal by sending Quency Hill to the Dodgers on January 4, 1977.[3]
- March 26, 1977: Sergio Ferrer was traded by the Phillies to the New York Yankees for Kerry Dineen.[4]
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
NL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Phillies | 101 | 61 | 0.623 | — | 60–21 | 41–40 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 96 | 66 | 0.593 | 5 | 58–23 | 38–43 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 18 | 52–31 | 31–48 |
Chicago Cubs | 81 | 81 | 0.500 | 20 | 46–35 | 35–46 |
Montreal Expos | 75 | 87 | 0.463 | 26 | 38–43 | 37–44 |
New York Mets | 64 | 98 | 0.395 | 37 | 35–44 | 29–54 |
Record vs. opponents[]
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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 | — |
Notable transactions[]
- June 15, 1977: Tom Underwood, Dane Iorg, and Rick Bosetti were traded by the Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bake McBride and Steve Waterbury.[5]
Draft picks[]
- June 7, 1977: George Vukovich was drafted by the Phillies in the 4th round of the 1977 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 21, 1977.[6]
1977 game log[]
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May (18–10)
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October (1–1)
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Roster[]
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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 |
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C | Bob Boone | 132 | 440 | 125 | .284 | 11 | 66 |
1B | Richie Hebner | 118 | 397 | 113 | .285 | 18 | 62 |
2B | Ted Sizemore | 152 | 519 | 146 | .281 | 4 | 47 |
SS | Larry Bowa | 154 | 624 | 175 | .280 | 4 | 41 |
3B | Mike Schmidt | 154 | 544 | 149 | .274 | 38 | 101 |
LF | Greg Luzinski | 149 | 554 | 171 | .309 | 39 | 130 |
CF | Garry Maddox | 139 | 571 | 167 | .292 | 14 | 74 |
RF | Jay Johnstone | 112 | 363 | 103 | .284 | 15 | 59 |
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 |
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Bake McBride | 85 | 280 | 95 | .339 | 11 | 41 |
Jerry Martin | 116 | 215 | 56 | .260 | 6 | 28 |
Davey Johnson | 78 | 156 | 50 | .321 | 8 | 36 |
Tommy Hutton | 107 | 81 | 25 | .309 | 2 | 11 |
Ollie Brown | 53 | 70 | 17 | .243 | 1 | 13 |
Terry Harmon | 46 | 60 | 11 | .183 | 2 | 5 |
Barry Foote | 18 | 32 | 7 | .219 | 1 | 3 |
Dane Iorg | 12 | 30 | 5 | .167 | 0 | 2 |
Fred Andrews | 12 | 23 | 4 | .174 | 0 | 2 |
Bobby Tolan | 15 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
Mike Buskey | 6 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
Jim Morrison | 5 | 7 | 3 | .429 | 0 | 1 |
John Vukovich | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Tim Blackwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | --- | 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 |
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Steve Carlton | 36 | 283 | 23 | 10 | 2.64 | 198 |
Larry Christenson | 34 | 219.1 | 19 | 6 | 4.06 | 118 |
Randy Lerch | 32 | 168.2 | 10 | 6 | 5.07 | 81 |
Jim Kaat | 35 | 160.1 | 6 | 11 | 5.39 | 55 |
Jim Lonborg | 25 | 157.2 | 11 | 4 | 4.11 | 76 |
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 |
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Wayne Twitchell | 12 | 45.2 | 0 | 5 | 4.53 | 37 |
Manny Seoane | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 4 |
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 |
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Gene Garber | 64 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 2.35 | 78 |
Ron Reed | 60 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 2.75 | 84 |
Warren Brusstar | 46 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2.65 | 46 |
Tug McGraw | 45 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 2.62 | 58 |
Tom Underwood | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5.13 | 20 |
Dan Warthen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
1977 National League Championship Series[]
The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, 3 games to 1.
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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1 | Philadelphia – 7, Los Angeles – 5 | October 4 | Dodger Stadium | 55,968 |
2 | Philadelphia – 1, Los Angeles – 7 | October 5 | Dodger Stadium | 55,973 |
3 | Los Angeles – 6, Philadelphia – 5 | October 7 | Veterans Stadium | 63,719 |
4 | Los Angeles – 4, Philadelphia – 1 | October 8 | Veterans Stadium | 64,924 |
1977 postseason game log[]
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Bold | Phillies team member |
1977 Postseason Game Log[7] Overall Record: 1–3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Oklahoma City 89ers | American Association | Cal Emery, Billy Connors and Mike Ryan |
AA | Reading Phillies | Eastern League | Lee Elia |
A | Peninsula Pilots | Carolina League | Jim Snyder |
A | Spartanburg Phillies | Western Carolinas League | Mike Compton |
A-Short Season | Auburn Phillies | New York–Penn League | Rubén Amaro, Sr. |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Peninsula[11]
References[]
- ^ Tony Taylor at Baseball Reference
- ^ Willie Hernández at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnny Oates at Baseball Reference
- ^ Kerry Dineen at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bake McBride at Baseball Reference
- ^ George Vukovich at Baseball Reference
- ^ a b "1977 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule, Box Scores and Splits". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Baseball". Milwaukee Sentinel. April 21, 1977. p. 5, part 2. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ "Baseball". Milwaukee Sentinel. May 9, 1977. p. 2, part 2. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ "Scoreboard". Milwaukee Journal. May 10, 1977. p. 9. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
Further reading[]
- Red Smith (March 23, 1977). "Dateline 1977: The Philadelphia Story". New York Times.
External links[]
- Philadelphia Phillies seasons
- 1977 Major League Baseball season
- National League East champion seasons
- 1977 in sports in Pennsylvania