1977 Seattle Mariners season

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1977  Seattle Mariners
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Kingdome
City Seattle, Washington
Record64–98 (.395)
Divisional place6th
Owners Danny Kaye
General managers Dick Vertlieb/Lou Gorman
Managers Darrell Johnson
Television KING-TV 5 (NBC)
Radio KVI 570 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Ken Wilson)
Seasons 1978  →

The 1977 Seattle Mariners season was the first season in franchise history, which was established via the 1977 Major League Baseball expansion. The creation of the Mariners brought baseball back to Seattle, which had been without a major league team since the Seattle Pilots left for Milwaukee to become the Brewers in April 1970.

Contents

The Mariners ended the 1977 season by narrowly avoiding last place (held by the Oakland A's), finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 64–98 (.395), 38 games behind the AL West champion Kansas City Royals.

Offseason

Regular season

The first game

Linescore

April 6, Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

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W: Frank Tanana (1–0)  L: Diego Seguí (0–1)  
HRs: Joe Rudi (1)

Boxscore

Batting
California AngelsABRHRBISeattle MarinersABRHRBI
Remy, 2b3100 Collins, DH 4000
Grich, ss4000 Báez, 2B 4020
Bonds, rf5100 Braun, LF 3010
Baylor, dh3111 Stanton, RF 4010
Rudi, lf5134 Stein, 3B 4020
Solaita, 1b5010 Meyer, 1B 4000
Bochte, cf3220 Jones, CF 4000
Chalk, 3b5010 Stinson, C 3010
Humphrey, c4112 Reynolds, SS 4020
Totals37797Totals34090
Pitching
California AngelsIPHRERBBSOSeattle MarinersIPHRERBBSO
Tanana, W, (1–0)9.090029 Seguí, L, (0–1)3.256433
Montague 5.141133
Totals9.090029Totals9.097566

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Other notable events

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 102600.630—55–2647–34
Texas Rangers 94680.580844–3750–31
Chicago White Sox 90720.5561248–3342–39
Minnesota Twins 84770.52217½48–3236–45
California Angels 74880.4572839–4235–46
Seattle Mariners 64980.3953829–5235–46
Oakland Athletics 63980.39138½35–4628–52

Record vs. opponents

1977 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
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—

Notable transactions

Roster

1977 Seattle Mariners
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Game log

1977 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 6California Angels0–7Tanana (1–0)Segui (0–1)57,7620–1
2April 7California Angels0–2Ryan (1–0)Romo (0–1)10,1440–2
3April 8California Angels7–6Laxton (1–0)Verhoeven (0–1)11,8451–2
4April 9California Angels5–1Wheelock (1–0)Simpson (0–1)Montague (1)27,6682–2
5April 10California Angels5–12Tanana (2–0)Abbott (0–1)10,4052–3
6April 11Minnesota Twins3–12Zahn (1–0)Segui (0–2)8,9792–4
7April 12Minnesota Twins2–3Schueler (1–1)Laxton (1–1)Burgmeier (2)8,5892–5
8April 13Minnesota Twins3–2Moore (1–0)Burgmeier (0–1)11,6353–5
9April 14Minnesota Twins4–3Wheelock (2–0)Redfern (0–2)Montague (2)9,1674–5
10April 15@ California Angels0–7Ryan (2–1)Abbott (0–2)34,6544–6
11April 16@ California Angels4–6Hartzell (1–0)Montague (0–1)Kirkwood (1)19,6904–7
12April 17@ California Angels11–7Kekich (1–0)Monge (0–1)Pagan (1)13,8135–7
13April 18Texas Rangers8–6Thomas (1–0)Alexander (1–1)Laxton (1)9,5356–7
14April 19Texas Rangers1–3Lindblad (1–0)Wheelock (2–1)10,9476–8
15April 20Texas Rangers2–5Briles (1–0)Montague (0–2)Devine (1)10,7636–9
16April 22Kansas City Royals5–6Littell (2–1)Pagan (0–1)Gura (2)19,7566–10
17April 23Kansas City Royals6–8Leonard (1–0)Segui (0–3)Gura (3)22,6856–11
18April 24Kansas City Royals1–16Colborn (3–1)Wheelock (2–2)DH6–12
19April 24Kansas City Royals4–2Montague (1–2)Splittorff (1–1)21,7347–12
20April 26@ Minnesota Twins3–5Burgmeier (2–1)Thomas (1–1)Johnson (2)3,4227–13
21April 27@ Minnesota Twins3–5Johnson (3–0)Moore (1–1)Burgmeier (3)3,1707–14
22April 28@ Minnesota Twins4–3Montague (2–2)Goltz (0–2)3,7668–14
23April 29@ New York Yankees0–3Guidry (2–0)Thomas (1–2)Lyle (5)15,2848–15
24April 30@ New York Yankees2–7Figueroa (2–2)Wheelock (2–3)19,5258–16
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1@ New York Yankees2–5Holtzman (2–1)Abbott (0–3)Lyle (6)20,4778–17
26May 3@ Boston Red Sox10–8Montague (3–2)Wise (1–2)Pagan (2)12,4229–17
27May 4@ Boston Red Sox2–5Cleveland (2–2)Thomas (1–3)Campbell (3)11,4089–18
28May 5@ Boston Red Sox2–5Jenkins (4–1)Segui (0–4)10,3589–19
29May 6@ Baltimore Orioles1–4Grimsley (3–1)Abbott (0–4)4,4029–20
30May 7@ Baltimore Orioles2–4May (3–3)Jones (0–1)Flanagan (1)16,2129–21
31May 8@ Baltimore Orioles4–6Palmer (5–1)Pole (0–1)McGregor (1)9,6389–22
32May 9@ Toronto Blue Jays4–10Singer (2–4)Thomas (1–4)11,6809–23
33May 10@ Toronto Blue Jays3–9Garvin (5–0)Montague (3–3)13,0179–24
34May 11New York Yankees5–2Laxton (2–1)Holtzman (2–2)Romo (1)23,97810–24
35May 12New York Yankees8–6Moore (2–1)Hunter (1–2)42,13211–24
36May 13Boston Red Sox5–7Willoughby (3–0)Romo (0–2)Campbell (4)20,52311–25
37May 14Boston Red Sox4–8Stanley (3–0)Thomas (1–5)Campbell (5)52,48511–26
38May 15Boston Red Sox4–5Lee (1–0)Jones (0–2)Campbell (6)47,35311–27
39May 16Baltimore Orioles8–3Abbott (1–4)Palmer (5–3)Kekich (1)10,38812–27
40May 17Baltimore Orioles10–2Romo (1–2)May (4–4)10,92013–27
41May 19@ Oakland Athletics3–0Pagan (1–1)Langford (3–3)2,17914–27
42May 20@ Oakland Athletics5–14Medich (3–2)Jones (0–3)2,66014–28
43May 21@ Oakland Athletics7–6Kekich (2–0)Lacey (1–1)3,23015–28
44May 22@ Oakland Athletics6–2Pole (1–1)Blue (3–4)Romo (2)3,13816–28
45May 24@ Cleveland Indians5–7Waits (2–0)Romo (1–3)Kern (4)5,57616–29
46May 25@ Cleveland Indians1–2Eckersley (4–3)Laxton (2–2)4,51616–30
47May 27@ Detroit Tigers2–1Abbott (2–4)Fidrych (0–1)Kekich (2)44,20717–30
48May 28@ Detroit Tigers3–1Pole (2–1)Rozema (4–2)Laxton (2)15,82018–30
49May 29@ Detroit Tigers6–4Thomas (2–5)Foucault (3–2)11,77819–30
50May 30@ Texas Rangers7–4Romo (2–3)Blyleven (4–6)Laxton (3)DH20–30
51May 30@ Texas Rangers9–3Montague (4–3)Perry (4–5)Segui (1)17,84421–30
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 1Oakland Athletics3–6Medich (5–2)Abbott (2–5)Coleman (2)14,35021–31
53June 2Oakland Athletics0–1Norris (2–1)Pole (2–2)10,71221–32
54June 3Cleveland Indians1–7Eckersley (6–3)Jones (0–4)Kern (5)19,43821–33
55June 4Cleveland Indians5–7Waits (3–0)Kekich (2–1)Monge (3)24,07421–34
56June 5Cleveland Indians6–1Montague (5–3)Bibby (4–3)14,16722–34
57June 7Detroit Tigers2–5Rozema (6–2)Abbott (2–6)Foucault (5)10,05022–35
58June 8Detroit Tigers3–2Kekich (3–1)Hiller (3–6)11,21123–35
59June 9Detroit Tigers2–1Romo (3–3)Sykes (0–2)10,84024–35
60June 10Toronto Blue Jays3–4Lemanczyk (4–5)Montague (5–4)Willis (4)11,78624–36
61June 11Toronto Blue Jays4–5Johnson (2–2)Romo (3–4)21,31824–37
62June 12Toronto Blue Jays5–2Pole (3–2)Vuckovich (2–5)28,41225–37
63June 14Oakland Athletics3–6Torrealba (3–0)House (1–1)Lacey (3)13,76425–38
64June 15Oakland Athletics6–5Kekich (4–1)Torrealba (3–1)14,24826–38
65June 16Oakland Athletics3–1Abbott (3–6)Langford (4–5)11,09727–38
66June 17@ Texas Rangers2–1Pole (4–2)Marshall (2–1)House (1)DH28–38
67June 17@ Texas Rangers6–8Briles (3–3)Wheelock (2–4)Devine (3)21,57728–39
68June 18@ Texas Rangers6–1Jones (1–4)Blyleven (6–8)17,35229–39
69June 19@ Texas Rangers2–1Romo (4–4)Perry (6–6)12,46530–39
70June 20@ Kansas City Royals4–2Wheelock (3–4)Leonard (4–8)Romo (3)21,47531–39
71June 21@ Kansas City Royals3–13Colborn (8–7)Abbott (3–7)10,95831–40
72June 22@ Kansas City Royals3–4Bird (3–1)Pole (4–3)Littell (8)22,14031–41
73June 23@ Kansas City Royals8–6Romo (5–4)Littell (5–3)13,52032–41
74June 24@ Milwaukee Brewers1–7Sorensen (1–1)Montague (5–5)11,62532–42
75June 25@ Milwaukee Brewers8–3Wheelock (4–4)Haas (4–5)Romo (4)19,57233–42
76June 26@ Milwaukee Brewers6–8Caldwell (1–0)Romo (5–5)19,69933–43
77June 27@ Chicago White Sox4–10Kravec (3–2)Pole (4–4)Johnson (1)16,02633–44
78June 28@ Chicago White Sox4–10Barrios (7–3)Montague (5–6)8,36533–45
79June 29@ Chicago White Sox3–1House (2–1)Wood (1–2)Romo (5)15,41534–45
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1Milwaukee Brewers1–2Haas (5–5)Wheelock (4–5)16,11934–46
81July 2Milwaukee Brewers2–1Abbott (4–7)Slaton (6–7)Kekich (3)24,46635–46
82July 3Milwaukee Brewers3–10Augustine (9–9)Pole (4–5)16,22635–47
83July 4Chicago White Sox2–6Barrios (8–3)Montague (5–7)10,89735–48
84July 5Chicago White Sox1–4Stone (9–6)House (2–2)LaGrow (13)14,03235–49
85July 6Chicago White Sox2–4Wood (3–2)Wheelock (4–6)21,52635–50
86July 8@ Minnesota Twins13–11Laxton (3–2)Thormodsgard (6–5)Romo (6)11,96636–50
87July 9@ Minnesota Twins5–2Pole (5–5)Goltz (9–6)Romo (7)23,40137–50
88July 10@ Minnesota Twins0–15Zahn (7–7)Thomas (2–6)34,21337–51
89July 11@ Oakland Athletics1–8Coleman (1–0)House (2–3)Lacey (5)8,76037–52
90July 12@ Oakland Athletics2–3Blue (7–11)Romo (5–6)5,29937–53
91July 13@ Oakland Athletics3–1Abbott (5–7)Langford (7–8)4,52938–53
92July 14@ California Angels4–1Pole (6–5)Brett (6–8)Romo (8)11,40039–53
93July 15@ California Angels6–2House (3–3)Nolan (4–3)11,38340–53
94July 16@ California Angels4–5Ryan (13–8)Romo (5–7)29,06840–54
95July 17@ California Angels8–7Kekich (5–1)LaRoche (6–3)10,87941–54
96July 21Oakland Athletics4–3Abbott (6–7)Langford (7–10)Romo (9)17,38242–54
97July 22Oakland Athletics3–5Blue (9–11)Pole (6–6)Lacey (6)13,96042–55
98July 23Oakland Athletics10–3Wheelock (5–6)Norris (2–7)12,21643–55
99July 24California Angels1–3Hartzell (4–6)House (3–4)Miller (3)DH43–56
100July 24California Angels3–4Simpson (5–7)Galasso (0–1)LaRoche (10)25,34443–57
101July 25California Angels2–7Ryan (14–9)Pole (6–7)10,88643–58
102July 26Minnesota Twins9–7Abbott (7–7)Thormodsgard (7–8)Segui (2)12,01744–58
103July 27Minnesota Twins1–4Redfern (4–5)House (3–5)16,86944–59
104July 28Minnesota Twins5–2Wheelock (6–6)Zahn (9–8)Montague (3)11,75945–59
105July 29Baltimore Orioles4–5Drago (4–3)Kekich (5–2)14,31345–60
106July 30Baltimore Orioles3–5Martinez (9–6)Montague (5–8)31,60945–61
107July 31Baltimore Orioles6–1Abbott (8–7)Palmer (12–9)11,46446–61
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 2Boston Red Sox2–3Campbell (11–7)Montague (5–9)24,34446–62
109August 3Boston Red Sox12–4Paxton (5–2)Wheelock (6–7)21,15246–63
110August 5New York Yankees5–3Pole (7–7)Figueroa (10–8)Romo (10)36,83347–63
111August 6New York Yankees9–2Abbott (9–7)Hunter (6–7)42,14648–63
112August 7New York Yankees1–7Torrez (11–10)Montague (5–10)29,41248–64
113August 8@ Chicago White Sox4–5Wiles (1–0)Romo (5–8)17,04748–65
114August 9@ Chicago White Sox3–13Stone (12–7)Wheelock (6–8)12,29448–66
115August 10@ Baltimore Orioles4–5May (13–10)Pole (7–8)Drago (5)7,57948–67
116August 11@ Baltimore Orioles3–4Drago (5–3)Romo (5–9)7,89348–68
117August 12@ Boston Red Sox2–7Wise (9–4)Mitchell (0–4)27,00548–69
118August 13@ Boston Red Sox6–13Jenkins (9–7)Galasso (0–2)34,09548–70
119August 14@ Boston Red Sox1–11Paxton (6–2)Wheelock (6–9)31,22348–71
120August 15@ Detroit Tigers1–13Sykes (3–4)Pole (7–9)14,41448–72
121August 16@ Detroit Tigers3–2Abbott (10–7)Morris (1–1)9,06549–72
122August 17@ Minnesota Twins3–2Mitchell (1–4)Zahn (11–10)Romo (11)11,73950–72
123August 18@ Minnesota Twins2–8Thormodsgard (10–9)Galasso (0–3)13,88450–73
124August 19Detroit Tigers4–6Rozema (14–4)Pole (7–10)Taylor (1)19,69850–74
125August 20Detroit Tigers3–7Wilcox (5–0)Abbott (10–8)55,67050–75
126August 21Detroit Tigers4–5Crawford (5–5)Mitchell (1–5)Hiller (6)15,37350–76
127August 22Cleveland Indians1–12Bibby (10–10)Galasso (0–4)DH50–77
128August 22Cleveland Indians4–3Montague (6–10)Garland (10–15)12,34751–77
129August 24Toronto Blue Jays0–7Garvin (9–13)Pole (7–11)DH51–78
130August 24Toronto Blue Jays3–9Jefferson (8–13)Abbott (10–9)13,25351–79
131August 26@ Cleveland Indians4–2Romo (6–9)Kern (6–8)6,70752–79
132August 27@ Cleveland Indians0–10Eckersley (13–10)Galasso (0–5)7,87652–80
133August 28@ Cleveland Indians6–10Bibby (11–10)Abbott (10–10)9,59952–81
134August 30@ New York Yankees5–6Lyle (11–4)Segui (0–5)20,11652–82
135August 31@ New York Yankees4–5Lyle (12–4)Galasso (0–6)17,36252–83
September/October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 2@ Toronto Blue Jays4–3Abbott (11–10)Lemanczyk (10–13)13,50253–83
137September 3@ Toronto Blue Jays6–2Montague (7–10)Jefferson (8–14)Romo (12)15,10954–83
138September 4@ Toronto Blue Jays7–2Mitchell (2–5)Garvin (9–14)17,08455–83
139September 5Kansas City Royals4–8Colborn (16–13)Pole (7–12)11,75055–84
140September 6Kansas City Royals0–10Splittorff (13–6)Honeycutt (0–1)7,19155–85
141September 7Kansas City Royals7–10Littell (7–4)Romo (6–10)Bird (11)7,81455–86
142September 8Kansas City Royals2–7Leonard (16–11)Montague (7–11)7,78555–87
143September 9Texas Rangers8–3House (4–5)Perry (12–12)8,24556–87
144September 10Texas Rangers2–5Alexander (14–10)Mitchell (2–6)DH56–88
145September 10Texas Rangers1–7Moret (3–2)Kekich (5–3)12,80056–89
146September 11Texas Rangers6–4Romo (7–10)Lindblad (4–4)8,36357–89
147September 13Milwaukee Brewers5–6Beare (3–3)Abbott (11–11)McClure (6)7,59557–90
148September 14Milwaukee Brewers5–8Rodriguez (4–6)Erardi (0–1)5,71857–91
149September 16@ Kansas City Royals4–1Medich (11–6)Pattin (8–3)19,07258–91
150September 17@ Kansas City Royals5–7Gura (7–5)Segui (0–6)27,06758–92
151September 18@ Kansas City Royals3–8Leonard (18–11)Abbott (11–12)33,39758–93
152September 20@ Milwaukee Brewers1–5Slaton (10–14)Montague (7–12)3,00458–94
153September 21@ Milwaukee Brewers11–4Romo (8–10)Augustine (12–17)3,00859–94
154September 22Chicago White Sox4–5Renko (6–2)Burke (0–1)LaGrow (24)8,21159–95
155September 23Chicago White Sox3–2House (5–5)Barrios (14–6)Montague (4)9,73160–95
156September 24Chicago White Sox3–8Kravec (10–8)Segui (0–7)17,63660–96
157September 25Chicago White Sox5–4Medich (12–6)Stone (15–12)Romo (13)11,58961–96
158September 28@ Texas Rangers1–3Perry (15–12)Abbott (11–13)4,86061–97
159September 29@ Texas Rangers2–1Mitchell (3–6)Alexander (17–11)Romo (14)4,71462–97
160October 1@ Chicago White Sox5–3Montague (8–12)Barrios (14–7)Romo (15)DH63–97
161October 1@ Chicago White Sox1–6Kravec (11–8)Kekich (5–4)5,77863–98
162October 2@ Chicago White Sox3–2Abbott (12–13)Frost (1–1)Romo (16)20,95364–98

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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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Bob Stinson 10529780.269832
1B Dan Meyer 159582159.2732290
2B José Báez 9130579.259117
3B Bill Stein 151566144.2591367
SS Craig Reynolds 135420104.248428
LF Steve Braun 139451106.235531
CF Ruppert Jones 160597157.2632476
RF Leroy Stanton 133454125.2752790
DH Juan Bernhardt 8930574.243730

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Dave Collins 12040296.239528
Carlos López 9929784.283834
Larry Milbourne 8624253.219221
Julio Cruz 6019951.25617
Skip Jutze 4210924.220315
Larry Cox 359323.24726
Jimmy Sexton 14378.21613
Ray Fosse 113412.35305
Tommy Smith 21277.25904
Puchy Delgado 13224.18202
Kevin Pasley 4135.38502
Joe Lis 9133.23101
Tom McMillan 250.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Glenn Abbott 36204.112134.45100
Dick Pole 25122.17125.1551
Gary Wheelock 1788.1694.8947
Rick Jones 1042.1145.1016
Paul Mitchell 939.0334.9920
Doc Medich 322.1203.633
Frank MacCormack 37.0003.864

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
John Montague 47182.18124.2998
Diego Seguí 40110.2075.6991
Tom House 2689.1453.9339
Dave Pagan 2466.0116.1430
Stan Thomas 1358.1266.0214
Bob Galasso 1135.0069.0021
Rick Honeycutt 1029.0014.3417

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Enrique Romo 58810162.83105
Bill Laxton 433234.9549
Mike Kekich 415435.6055
Tommy Moore 142104.9113
Steve Burke 60102.876
Greg Erardi 50106.005
Byron McLaughlin 100027.001

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
A-Short Season Bellingham Mariners Northwest League Bobby Floyd

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bellingham [13]

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The 1978 Seattle Mariners season was the second in franchise history. The Mariners ended the season by finishing 7th in the American League West with a record of 56–104 (.350).

The 1977 Baltimore Orioles season finished with the ballclub tied for second place in the American League East with a record of 97 wins and 64 losses. The Orioles stayed in contention for the division title until an 11–10 loss to the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on September 30. They in turn eliminated the Red Sox 8–7 the following day on October 1.

The 1976 Baltimore Orioles season concluded with the ballclub finishing second in the American League East with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses. The Orioles stayed in contention for the division title until a 1–0 loss to the Boston Red Sox at Memorial Stadium on September 25.

The 1976 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing 4th in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

The 1977 Kansas City Royals season was their ninth in Major League Baseball. The Royals' franchise-best 102–60 record led the majors and Kansas City won its second consecutive American League West title. Once again, the Royals lost to the New York Yankees in the postseason, falling 3–2 in the 1977 American League Championship Series. Hal McRae led the American League in doubles, with 54. Al Cowens set a franchise single-season record with 112 runs batted in.

The 1977 Oakland Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team finished 7th in the American League West with a record of 63 wins and 98 losses. Paid attendance for the season was 495,578, one of the worst attendance figures for the franchise during the 1970s.

The Milwaukee Brewers' 2003 season involved the Brewers' finishing 6th in the National League Central with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses.

The 1977 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing sixth in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses.

The 1970 Milwaukee Brewers season was the second season for the franchise. The team finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 65 wins and 97 losses, 33 games behind the Minnesota Twins. This was the team's inaugural season in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after spending its first year of existence in Seattle, Washington as the Pilots.

The 1977 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 96th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their 91st in the National League. The Pirates finished second in the National League East with a record of 96–66. This was the first season where the player's last names appeared on the back of the jerseys.

The 1977 San Diego Padres season was the 9th season in franchise history.

The 1976 San Diego Padres season was the 8th season in franchise history.

References

  1. ↑ Stars and Strikes: Baseball and America in the Bicentennial Summer of '76, Dan Epstein, New York: St. Martin's Press, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Dave Johnson page at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Diego Segui page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Mike Kekich page at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ Game log for April 6, 1977
  6. ↑ Griffeys made home run history in '90 | Mariners.com: News
  7. ↑ Jim Todd page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Tony Phillips page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Dave Pagan page at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Stan Thomas page at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Ray Fosse page at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ "1977 Seattle Mariners Schedule by Baseball Almanac".
  13. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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