Английская Википедия:1977 Kansas City Royals season

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox baseball team season 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 ALCS. Hal McRae led the American League in doubles, with 54. Al Cowens set a franchise single-season record with 112 runs batted in.

Offseason

• November 5, 1976: Ruppert Jones was drafted from the Royals by the Seattle Mariners with the first pick in the 1976 Major League Baseball expansion draft.
• December 6, 1976: Jamie Quirk, Jim Wohlford and a player to be named later were traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Milwaukee Brewers for Jim Colborn and Darrell Porter. The Kansas City Royals completed the trade by sending Bob McClure to the Brewers on March 15, 1977.
• December 7, 1976: Frank Ortenzio was traded by the Royals to the Montreal Expos for Rudy Kinard (minors).

Regular season

Opening Day starters

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

Notable transactions

• May 27, 1977: Tim Ireland was signed as a free agent by the Royals.

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	Шаблон:Sortname	130	425	117	.275	16	60
1B	Шаблон:Sortname	153	543	125	.230	23	82
2B	Шаблон:Sortname	152	474	116	.245	5	50
3B	Шаблон:Sortname	139	564	176	.312	22	88
SS	Шаблон:Sortname	154	497	130	.262	5	60
LF	Шаблон:Sortname	106	342	100	.292	2	33
CF	Шаблон:Sortname	142	478	120	.251	17	78
RF	Шаблон:Sortname	162	606	189	.312	23	112
DH	Шаблон:Sortname	162	641	191	.298	21	92

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
Шаблон:Sortname	88	218	66	.303	3	29
Шаблон:Sortname	105	195	58	.297	2	23
Шаблон:Sortname	64	156	39	.250	0	10
Шаблон:Sortname	55	119	39	.328	2	21
Шаблон:Sortname	29	80	18	.225	1	9
Шаблон:Sortname	34	65	17	.262	2	8
Шаблон:Sortname	54	62	16	.258	0	5
Шаблон:Sortname	27	48	9	.188	0	4
Шаблон:Sortname	13	34	11	.324	0	1
Шаблон:Sortname	10	20	4	.200	0	1
Шаблон:Sortname	9	26	8	.308	2	7

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
Шаблон:Sortname	38	292.2	20	12	3.04	244
Шаблон:Sortname	36	239.0	18	14	3.62	103
Шаблон:Sortname	37	229.0	16	6	3.69	99
Шаблон:Sortname	29	156.1	9	6	4.20	83

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
Шаблон:Sortname	31	128.1	10	13	3.58	55

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
Шаблон:Sortname	53	11	4	14	3.88	83
Шаблон:Sortname	52	8	5	10	3.13	46
Шаблон:Sortname	48	8	4	12	3.58	55
Шаблон:Sortname	43	2	4	4	3.09	19
Шаблон:Sortname	6	0	0	0	3.52	10
Шаблон:Sortname	4	0	0	1	3.38	1
Шаблон:Sortname	3	0	1	0	5.14	1
Шаблон:Sortname	1	0	1	0	4.50	0

Other events

Before they were to play a game on June 12 against the Milwaukee Brewers at Milwaukee County Stadium, thieves stole gloves and uniforms belonging to Royals players. Due to this, all but seven Kansas City Royals players had to wear Milwaukee road uniforms for the game played that day.

ALCS

Game 1

October 5: Yankee Stadium, New York City

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)

Game 2

October 6: Yankee Stadium, New York City

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)

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

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

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

References

• Шаблон:Cite book

External links

• 1977 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
• 1977 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac