1977 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1977 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing tied for second in the American League East with a record of 97 wins and 64 losses.

1977 Baltimore Orioles
Brooks Robinson's final season
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record97–64 (.602)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Jerold Hoffberger
General manager(s)Hank Peters
Manager(s)Earl Weaver
Local televisionWJZ-TV
Local radioWBAL (AM)
(Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell)
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Offseason

Regular season

Brooks
Robinson
3B
Retired 1977

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10062 0.617 — 55–26 45–36
Baltimore Orioles 9764 0.602 2½ 54–27 43–37
Boston Red Sox 9764 0.602 2½ 51–29 46–35
Detroit Tigers 7488 0.457 26 39–42 35–46
Cleveland Indians 7190 0.441 28½ 37–44 34–46
Milwaukee Brewers 6795 0.414 33 37–44 30–51
Toronto Blue Jays 54107 0.335 45½ 25–55 29–52

Record vs. opponents
1977 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
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 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CRick Dempsey9127061.226334
1BLee May150585148.2532799
2BBilly Smith10936779.215529
3BDoug DeCinces150522135.2591969
SSMark Belanger14440283.206230
LFPat Kelly12036092.2561049
CFAl Bumbry133518164.317441
RFKen Singleton152536176.3282499
DHEddie Murray160611173.2832788

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
Rich Dauer9630474.243525
Dave Skaggs8021662.287124
Andrés Mora7723357.2451344
Kiko Garcia6513129.221210
Tony Muser12011827.22907
Elliott Maddox4910728.26229
Tom Shopay676913.18814
Larry Harlow464810.20800
Brooks Robinson24477.14914
Terry Crowley18228.36419
Ken Rudolph11144.28602
Dave Criscione793.33311
Mike Dimmel2550.00000

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
Jim Palmer3931920112.91193
Rudy May37251.218143.61105
Mike Flanagan3623515103.64149
Ross Grimsley34218.114103.9653

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
Dennis Martínez42166.21474.10107
Scott McGregor29114354.4255

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
Tippy Martinez415192.7029
Dick Drago366333.6320
Dyar Miller122215.649
Fred Holdsworth120106.284
Tony Chévez400012.387
Mike Parrott30002.082
Nelson Briles20016.752
Earl Stephenson10009.002
Randy Miller100040.500
Ed Farmer1000∞0

Awards and honors

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Ken Boyer
AA Charlotte O's Southern League Jimmie Schaffer
A Miami Orioles Florida State League Len Johnston
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League J. R. Miner

See also

References
  1. Darryl Cias page at Baseball Reference
  2. Bob Galasso page at Baseball Reference
  3. Dave Pagan page at Baseball Reference
  4. Dave Criscione page at Baseball Reference
  5. John Shelby page at Baseball Reference
  6. Paul Blair page at Baseball Reference
  7. Billy Smith page at Baseball Reference
  8. Vic Rodriguez page at Baseball Reference
  9. Randy Stein page at Baseball Reference
  10. Dick Drago page at Baseball Reference
  11. Ken Rudolph page at Baseball Reference
  12. Nelson Briles transactions at Baseball Reference
  13. "Toronto Blue Jays 4, Baltimore Orioles 0". Retrosheet. September 15, 1977. Retrieved August 18, 2018. the Orioles forfeit when they refuse to take field because the umpires would not remove the tarp on the Blue Jays bullpen mound; Oriole manager Earl Weaver claimed it was a safety issue for his left fielder
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