1977 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1977 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
	Eastern Division (since 1969);
Location
	Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907);
Results
Record	96–66 (.593)
Divisional place	2nd
Other information
Owner(s)	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
General manager(s)	Harding "Pete" Peterson
Manager(s)	Chuck Tanner
Local television	KDKA-TV; Milo Hamilton, Lanny Frattare
Local radio	KDKA; Milo Hamilton, Lanny Frattare
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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.

Offseason

November 5, 1976: Manny Sanguillén was traded by the Pirates to the Oakland Athletics for manager Chuck Tanner.[2]
December 10, 1976: Richie Zisk and Silvio Martínez were traded by the Pirates to the Chicago White Sox for Goose Gossage and Terry Forster.[3]
March 15, 1977: Rick Langford, Tony Armas, Doug Bair, Dave Giusti, Doc Medich, and Mitchell Page were traded by the Pirates to the Oakland Athletics for Phil Garner, Tommy Helms, and Chris Batton.[4]

Regular season

May 11: Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner appointed himself manager of the team before a game against the Pirates.[5] After losing the game 2–1, Turner stepped down.
June 30: Willie Stargell hits his 400th career home run versus Philadelphia Phillies.

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1977 National League Records Sources:
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	—

Game log

1977 Game Log: 95–66 (Home: 57–23; Away: 38–43)

April: 10–7 (Home: 5–4; Away: 5–3)

May: 16–10 (Home: 10–3; Away: 6–7)

June: 12–17 (Home: 7–6; Away: 5–11)

July: 20–10 (Home: 15–1; Away: 5–9)

August: 18–12 (Home: 10–5; Away: 8–7)

September: 17–10 (Home: 8–4; Away: 9–6)

October: 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 0–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Notable transactions

June 7, 1977: Wayne Tolleson was drafted by the Pirates in the 12th round of the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.[6]
June 15, 1977: Ed Kirkpatrick was traded by the Pirates to the Texas Rangers for Jim Fregosi.[7]
July 27, 1977: The Pirates traded a player to be named later to the Seattle Mariners for Dave Pagan. The Pirates completed the deal by sending Rick Honeycutt to the Mariners on August 22.[8]
August 18, 1977: Doug Frobel was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.[9]

Roster

1977 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

45 John Candelaria

44 Larry Demery

51 Terry Forster

54 Goose Gossage

31 Al Holland

23,35 Grant Jackson

36 Odell Jones

48 Tim Jones

25 Bruce Kison

34 Dave Pagan

41 Jerry Reuss

19 Jim Rooker

27 Kent Tekulve

46 Ed Whitson

Catchers

5 Duffy Dyer

14 Ed Ott

Infielders

4 Dale Berra

26 Mike Edwards

29 Jim Fregosi

3,17 Phil Garner

13 Fernando González

23 Ed Kirkpatrick

29,30 Ken Macha

11 Mario Mendoza

28 Bill Robinson

8 Willie Stargell

6 Rennie Stennett

10 Frank Taveras

24 Bobby Tolan

Outfielders

37 Miguel Diloné

24 Mike Easler

22 Jerry Hairston

18 Omar Moreno

16 Al Oliver

39 Dave Parker

Other batters

24 Tommy Helms

Manager

7 Chuck Tanner

Coaches

32 Joe Lonnett

42 Alex Monchak

2 José Pagán

43 Larry Sherry

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
C	Duffy Dyer	94	270	65	.241	3	19
1B	Bill Robinson	137	507	154	.304	26	104
2B	Rennie Stennett	116	453	152	.336	5	51
SS	Frank Taveras	147	544	137	.252	1	29
3B	Phil Garner	153	585	152	.260	17	77
LF	Al Oliver	154	568	175	.308	19	82
CF	Omar Moreno	150	492	118	.240	7	34
RF	Dave Parker	159	637	215	.338	21	88

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
Ed Ott	104	311	82	.264	7	38
Willie Stargell	63	186	51	.274	13	35
Fernando González	80	181	50	.276	4	27
Ken Macha	35	95	26	.274	0	11
Mario Mendoza	70	81	16	.198	0	4
Bobby Tolan	49	74	15	.203	2	9
Jim Fregosi	36	56	16	.286	3	16
Jerry Hairston	51	52	10	.192	2	6
Miguel Diloné	29	44	6	.136	0	0
Dale Berra	17	40	7	.175	0	3
Ed Kirkpatrick	21	28	4	.143	1	4
Mike Easler	10	18	8	.444	1	5
Tommy Helms	15	12	0	.000	0	0
Mike Edwards	7	6	0	.000	0	0

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
John Candelaria	33	230.2	20	5	2.34	133
Jerry Reuss	33	208	10	13	4.11	116
Jim Rooker	30	204.1	14	9	3.08	89
Bruce Kison	33	193	9	10	4.90	122

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
Odell Jones	34	108	3	7	5.08	66
Larry Demery	39	90.1	6	5	5.08	35
Terry Forster	33	87.1	6	4	4.43	58
Ed Whitson	5	15.2	1	0	3.45	10
Tim Jones	3	10	1	0	0.00	5

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
Goose Gossage	72	11	9	26	1.62	151
Kent Tekulve	72	10	1	7	3.06	59
Grant Jackson	49	5	3	4	3.86	41
Al Holland	2	0	0	0	7.71	1
Dave Pagan	1	0	0	0	0.00	4
Mario Mendoza	1	0	0	0	13.50	0

Awards and honors

1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Dave Parker, outfield, starter
John Candelaria, reserve
Goose Gossage, reserve

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	Tim Murtaugh and Johnny Lipon
AA	Shreveport Captains	Texas League	Johnny Lipon and Tim Murtaugh
A	Salem Pirates	Carolina League	Steve Demeter
A	Charleston Patriots	Western Carolinas League	Jim Mahoney
A-Short Season	Niagara Falls Pirates	New York–Penn League	Luther Quinn
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

Notes

From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
Chuck Tanner page at Baseball Reference
Rich Gossage page at Baseball Reference
Rick Langford page at Baseball Reference
Sandomir, Richard (March 8, 1998). "Long Before Murdoch, There Was Ted Turner". The New York Times. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
Wayne Tolleson page at Baseball Reference
Jim Fregosi page at Baseball Reference
Dave Pagan page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/frobedo01.shtm%5B%5D

References

1977 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1977 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

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[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[2] Chuck Tanner page at Baseball Reference

[3] Rich Gossage page at Baseball Reference

[4] Rick Langford page at Baseball Reference

[5] Sandomir, Richard (March 8, 1998). "Long Before Murdoch, There Was Ted Turner". The New York Times. Retrieved April 20, 2010.

[6] Wayne Tolleson page at Baseball Reference

[7] Jim Fregosi page at Baseball Reference

[8] Dave Pagan page at Baseball Reference

[9] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/frobedo01.shtm%5B%5D