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- Offseason
- Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Notable transactions Roster
- Player stats Batting Starters by position Other batters Pitching Starting pitchers Other pitchers Relief pitchers
- Awards and honors Award winners All-Stars League top ten finishers Players ranking among top 100 all time at position
- Farm system
- References
- External links
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}{{Infobox MLB yearly | name = Detroit Tigers | season = 1977 | misc = | logo = | current league = American League | y1 = 1901 | division = Eastern Division | y2 = 1969 | Uniform logo = Al_1961_detroit_01.gif | ballpark = Tiger Stadium | y4 = 1912 | city = Detroit, Michigan | y5 = 1901 | owners = John Fetzer | general managers = Jim Campbell | managers = Ralph Houk | television = WWJ-TV (George Kell, Larry Osterman, Joe Pellegrino, Al Kaline) | radio = WJR (Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey) |}}The 1977 Detroit Tigers finished in fourth place in the American League East with a record of 74–88, 26 games behind the New York Yankees. They were outscored by their opponents 751 to 714. The Tigers drew 1,359,856 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1977, ranking 7th of the 14 teams in the American League. Offseason - February 23, 1977: Tito Fuentes was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.[1]
Regular season With 212 hits, 100 runs scored, and a .325 batting average, center fielder Ron LeFlore was the team's most valuable player, and the recipient of the "Tiger of the Year" award. First baseman Jason Thompson led the team with 31 home runs and 105 RBIs, and second baseman Tito Fuentes was the team's only other .300 hitter, with a .309 batting average and 190 hits. Designated hitter Rusty Staub also had a .278 batting average, 173 hits, 22 home runs, and 101 RBIs. Rookie Steve Kemp (the first pick in the 1976 amateur draft) hit .257 with 18 home runs and 88 RBIs. The rookie sensation of 1976, Mark Fidrych pitched in 1977 (2.89 ERA), but tendinitis limited "The Bird" to 11 games. The pitching star of 1977 for Detroit was rookie Dave Rozema who went 15–7 with a 3.09 ERA and finished eight in the American League Cy Young Award voting. 1977 also saw the debut of Steve Kemp (debut April 7, 1977), Dave Rozema (debut April 11, 1977), Jack Morris (debut July 26, 1977), Lance Parrish (debut September 5, 1977), Alan Trammell (debut September 9, 1977), and Lou Whitaker (debut September 9, 1977). Season standings {{1977 AL East standings}} Record vs. opponents {{1977 AL Record vs. opponents|team=DET}} Notable transactions - April 12, 1977: Willie Horton was traded by the Tigers to the Texas Rangers for Steve Foucault.[2]
Roster 1977 Detroit Tigers |
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Roster | Pitchers- {{MLBplayer|36|Fernando Arroyo}}
- {{MLBplayer|21|Ray Bare}}
- {{MLBplayer|28|Jim Crawford}}
- {{MLBplayer|20|Mark Fidrych}}
- {{MLBplayer|29|Steve Foucault}}
- {{MLBplayer|48|Ed Glynn}}
- {{MLBplayer|49|Steve Grilli}}
- {{MLBplayer|18|John Hiller}}
- {{MLBplayer|47|Jack Morris}}
- {{MLBplayer|17|Dave Roberts}}
- {{MLBplayer|19|Dave Rozema}}
- {{MLBplayer|31|Vern Ruhle}}
- {{MLBplayer|27|Bob Sykes}}
- {{MLBplayer|32|Bruce Taylor}}
- {{MLBplayer|39|Milt Wilcox}}
| | Catchers- {{MLBplayer|11|Bruce Kimm}}
- {{MLBplayer|12|Milt May}}
- {{MLBplayer|13|Lance Parrish}}
- {{MLBplayer|14|John Wockenfuss}}
Infielders- {{MLBplayer|40|Bob Adams}}
- {{MLBplayer|15|Luis Alvarado}}
- {{MLBplayer|44|Tito Fuentes}}
- {{MLBplayer| 2|Phil Mankowski}}
- {{MLBplayer| 4|Aurelio Rodríguez}}
- {{MLBplayer| 9|Chuck Scrivener}}
- {{MLBplayer|30|Jason Thompson}}
- {{MLBplayer|42|Alan Trammell}}
- {{MLBplayer| 7|Tom Veryzer}}
- {{MLBplayer| 5|Mark Wagner}}
- {{MLBplayer|43|Lou Whitaker}}
| | Outfielders- {{MLBplayer|25|Tim Corcoran}}
- {{MLBplayer|23|Willie Horton}}
- {{MLBplayer|33|Steve Kemp}}
- {{MLBplayer| 8|Ron LeFlore}}
- {{MLBplayer|22|Ben Oglivie}}
- {{MLBplayer|24|Mickey Stanley}}
Other batters- {{MLBplayer|34|Bob Molinaro}}
- {{MLBplayer|10|Rusty Staub}}
| | Manager- {{MLBplayer|35|Ralph Houk}}
Coaches- {{MLBplayer|52|Fred Gladding}}
- {{MLBplayer|51|Fred Hatfield}}
- {{MLBplayer|50|Jim Hegan}}
- {{MLBplayer|53|Dick Tracewski}}
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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 inPos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Milt|May}} | 115 | 397 | 99 | .249 | 12 | 46 | 1B | Jason|Thompson|Jason Thompson (first baseman, born 1954)}} | 158 | 585 | 158 | .270 | 31 | 105 | 2B | Tito|Fuentes}} | 151 | 615 | 190 | .309 | 5 | 51 | 3B | Aurelio|Rodríguez}} | 96 | 306 | 67 | .219 | 10 | 32 | SS | Tom|Veryzer}} | 125 | 350 | 69 | .197 | 2 | 28 | CF | Ron|LeFlore}} | 154 | 652 | 212 | .325 | 16 | 57 | LF | Steve|Kemp}} | 151 | 552 | 142 | .257 | 18 | 88 | RF | Ben|Oglivie}} | 132 | 450 | 118 | .262 | 21 | 61 | DH | Rusty|Staub}} | 158 | 623 | 173 | .278 | 22 | 101 |
Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted inPlayer | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Phil|Mankowski}} | 94 | 286 | 79 | .276 | 3 | 27 | Mickey|Stanley}} | 75 | 222 | 51 | .230 | 8 | 23 | John|Wockenfuss}} | 53 | 164 | 45 | .274 | 9 | 25 | Tim|Corcoran|Tim Corcoran (first baseman)}} | 55 | 103 | 29 | .282 | 3 | 15 | Chuck|Scrivener}} | 61 | 72 | 6 | .083 | 0 | 2 | Mark|Wagner|Mark Wagner (shortstop)}} | 22 | 48 | 7 | .146 | 1 | 3 | Lance|Parrish}} | 12 | 46 | 9 | .196 | 3 | 7 | Alan|Trammell}} | 19 | 43 | 8 | .186 | 0 | 0 | Lou|Whitaker}} | 11 | 32 | 8 | .250 | 0 | 2 | Bruce|Kimm}} | 14 | 25 | 2 | .080 | 0 | 1 | Bob|Adams|Bob Adams (first baseman)}} | 15 | 24 | 6 | .250 | 2 | 2 | Willie|Horton|Willie Horton (baseball)}} | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 | Bob|Molinaro}} | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 | Luis|Alvarado}} | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = StrikeoutsPlayer | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Dave|Rozema}} | 28 | 218.1 | 15 | 7 | 3.09 | 92 | Fernando|Arroyo}} | 38 | 209.1 | 8 | 18 | 4.17 | 60 | Dave|Roberts|Dave Roberts (pitcher)}} | 22 | 129.1 | 4 | 10 | 5.15 | 46 | Mark|Fidrych}} | 11 | 81 | 6 | 4 | 2.89 | 42 | Vern|Ruhle}} | 14 | 66.1 | 3 | 5 | 5.70 | 27 | Jack|Morris}} | 7 | 45.2 | 1 | 1 | 3.74 | 28 | Ray|Bare}} | 5 | 14.1 | 0 | 2 | 12.56 | 4 |
Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = StrikeoutsPlayer | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bob|Sykes|Bob Sykes (baseball)}} | 32 | 132.7 | 5 | 7 | 4.41 | 58 | Jim|Crawford|Jim Crawford (baseball)}} | 37 | 126 | 7 | 8 | 4.79 | 91 | Milt|Wilcox}} | 20 | 106.3 | 6 | 2 | 3.64 | 82 | Ed|Glynn}} | 8 | 27.1 | 2 | 1 | 5.27 | 13 |
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; GF = Games finished; ERA = Earned run average; SO = StrikeoutsPlayer | G | W | L | SV | GF | ERA | SO |
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Steve|Foucault}} | 44 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 3.15 | 58 | John|Hiller}} | 45 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 27 | 3.56 | 115 | Steve|Grilli}} | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4.83 | 49 | Bruce|Taylor|Bruce Taylor (baseball)}} | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 3.38 | 19 |
Awards and honors Award winners Ron LeFlore- Tiger of the Year Award from the Detroit baseball writers
- Finished 20th in AL MVP voting
Dave Rozema- Finished 8th in the AL Cy Young Award voting
Jason Thompson- Finished 21st in AL MVP voting
All-Stars Jason Thompson, reserve League top ten finishers Fernando ArroyoMark Fidrych- AL All Star Team, pitcher
Tito Fuentes- AL leader in innings played at second base (1327)
- AL leader in putouts at second base (379)
- AL leader in double plays at second base (115)
- AL leader in errors at second base (26)
- AL leader in complete games at second base (144)
- #2 in AL in singles (156)
- #8 in AL in hits (190)
- #8 in AL in triples (10)
- #9 in AL in sacrifice hits (13)
Steve Kemp- AL leader in games in left field (148)
- AL leader in complete games in left field (146)
- AL leader in innings played in left field (1316)
Ron LeFlore- AL leader in assists by a center fielder (12)
- #2 in AL in hits (212)
- #2 in AL in singles (156)
- #2 in AL in at bats (652)
- #2 in AL in singles (156)
- #2 in AL in times caught stealing (19)
- #4 in AL in plate appearances (698)
- #4 in AL in strikeouts (121) (tied with Tito Fuentes)
- #5 in AL in batting average (.325)
- #5 in AL in stolen bases (39)
- #5 in AL in total bases (310)
- #6 in AL in Power/Speed Number (22.7)
- #8 in AL in triples (10)
- #8 in AL in times on base (253)
- #9 in AL in runs scored (100)
- #9 in AL in outs (475)
- #10 in AL in runs created (110)
Dave Rozema- AL leader in bases on balls per 9 innings pitched (1.40)
- #5 in AL in Adjusted ERA+ (138)
- #6 in AL in strikeout to walk ratio (2.71)
- #7 in AL in ERA (3.09)
- #8 in AL in complete games (16)
- #9 in AL in win percentage (.682)
Rusty Staub- #1 in AL in times grounded into double plays (27)
- #2 in AL in outs (490)
- #3 in AL in sacrifice flies (10)
- #5 in AL in plate appearances (695)
- #7 in AL in at bats per strikeout (13.3)
- #8 in AL in doubles (34)
Jason Thompson- #6 in AL in home runs (31)
- #6 in AL in sacrifice flies (9)
- #8 in AL in RBIs (105)
Alan Trammell- Youngest player in the AL (19)
Players ranking among top 100 all time at position The following members of the 1977 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract in 2001: - Lance Parrish: 19th best catcher of all time (played 12 games as a rookie)
- Lou Whitaker: 13th best second baseman of all time (played 11 games as a rookie)
- Alan Trammell: 9th best shortstop of all time (played 19 games as a rookie)
- Aurelio Rodríguez: 91st best third baseman of all time
- Ron LeFlore: 80th best center fielder of all time
- Ben Oglivie: 64th best left fielder of all time
- Willie Horton: 55th best left fielder of all time (played one game for 1977 Tigers)
Farm system {{See also|Minor League Baseball}}{{MLB Farm System|level17=AAA|team17=Evansville Triplets|league17=American Association|manager17=Les Moss |level18=AA |team18=Montgomery Rebels|league18=Southern League|manager18=Eddie Brinkman |level19=A |team19=Lakeland Tigers|league19=Florida State League|manager19=Jim Leyland |level20=Rookie|team20=Bristol Tigers|league20=Appalachian League|manager20=Joe Lewis }}LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Montgomery, Lakeland, Bristol References 1. ^[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fuentti01.shtml Tito Fuentes page at Baseball Reference] 2. ^[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hortowi01.shtml Willie Horton page at Baseball Reference]
External links {{Portal|Baseball}}- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1977.shtml 1977 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics]
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