| 释义 |
- Offseason
- Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Opening Day starters Notable transactions Roster
- Player stats Batting Starters by position Other batters Pitching Starting pitchers Other pitchers Relief pitchers
- Other events
- ALCS Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
- Farm system
- Notes
- References
- External links
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}{{Infobox MLB yearly
| name = Kansas City Royals
| season = 1977
| misc = 1977 AL West Champions
| logo =
| current league = American League
| y1 = 1969
| division = West Division
| y2 = 1969
| Uniform logo =
| ballpark = Royals Stadium
| y4 = 1973
| city = Kansas City, Missouri
| y5 = 1969
| owners = Ewing Kauffman
| general managers = Joe Burke
| managers = Whitey Herzog
| television = KBMA
| radio = WIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)
|}}The 1977 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing first in the American League West with a record of 102 wins and 60 losses. They went on to lose the 1977 American League Championship Series to the New York Yankees, 3 games to 2. 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.[1]
- 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.[2]
- December 7, 1976: Frank Ortenzio was traded by the Royals to the Montreal Expos for Rudy Kinard (minors).[3]
Regular season Season standings {{1977 AL West standings}} Record vs. opponents {{1977 AL Record vs. opponents|team=KC}} 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.[4]
Roster| 1977 Kansas City Royals |
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| Roster | | Pitchers{{MLBplayer|29|Doug Bird}}{{MLBplayer|48|Jim Colborn}}{{MLBplayer|37|Larry Gura}}{{MLBplayer|42|Tom Hall}}{{MLBplayer|16|Andy Hassler}}{{MLBplayer|39|Gary Lance}}{{MLBplayer|22|Dennis Leonard}}{{MLBplayer|17|Mark Littell}}{{MLBplayer|31|Randy McGilberry}}{{MLBplayer|23|Steve Mingori}}{{MLBplayer|33|Marty Pattin}}{{MLBplayer|34|Paul Splittorff}}{{MLBplayer|35|George Throop}} | | Catchers{{MLBplayer|21|Buck Martinez}}{{MLBplayer|15|Darrell Porter}}{{MLBplayer|12|John Wathan}}Infielders{{MLBplayer| 5|George Brett}}{{MLBplayer| 6|Bob Heise}}{{MLBplayer| 8|Pete LaCock}}{{MLBplayer| 7|John Mayberry}}{{MLBplayer| 3|Dave Nelson}}{{MLBplayer| 2|Freddie Patek}}{{MLBplayer| 1|Cookie Rojas}}{{MLBplayer|30|U L Washington}}{{MLBplayer|20|Frank White}} | | Outfielders{{MLBplayer|18|Al Cowens}}{{MLBplayer| 9|Clint Hurdle}}{{MLBplayer|10|Joe Lahoud}}{{MLBplayer|11|Hal McRae}}{{MLBplayer|26|Amos Otis}}{{MLBplayer|25|Tom Poquette}}{{MLBplayer|32|Willie Wilson}}{{MLBplayer|19|Joe Zdeb}} | | Manager{{MLBplayer|24|Whitey Herzog}}Coaches{{MLBplayer|14|Steve Boros}}{{MLBplayer|36|Galen Cisco}}{{MLBplayer| 4|Chuck Hiller}}{{MLBplayer|27|Charley Lau}} | |
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 |
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| C | Darrell|Porter}} | 130 | 425 | 117 | .275 | 16 | 60 | | 1B | John|Mayberry}} | 153 | 543 | 125 | .230 | 23 | 82 | | 2B | Frank|White|Frank White (baseball)}} | 152 | 474 | 116 | .245 | 5 | 50 | | 3B | George|Brett}} | 139 | 564 | 176 | .312 | 22 | 88 | | SS | Freddie|Patek}} | 154 | 497 | 130 | .262 | 5 | 60 | | CF | Amos|Otis}} | 142 | 478 | 120 | .251 | 17 | 78 | | RF | Al|Cowens}} | 162 | 606 | 189 | .312 | 23 | 112 | | DH | Hal|McRae}} | 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 |
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| Pete|LaCock}} | 88 | 218 | 66 | .303 | 3 | 29 | | Joe|Zdeb}} | 105 | 195 | 58 | .297 | 2 | 23 | | Cookie|Rojas}} | 64 | 156 | 39 | .250 | 0 | 10 | | John|Wathan}} | 55 | 119 | 39 | .328 | 2 | 21 | | Buck|Martinez}} | 29 | 80 | 18 | .225 | 1 | 9 | | Joe|Lahoud}} | 34 | 65 | 17 | .262 | 2 | 8 | | Bob|Heise}} | 54 | 62 | 16 | .258 | 0 | 5 | | Dave|Nelson}} | 27 | 48 | 9 | .188 | 0 | 4 | | Willie|Wilson|Willie Wilson (baseball)}} | 13 | 34 | 11 | .324 | 0 | 1 | | U L|Washington}} | 10 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 1 | | Clint|Hurdle}} | 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 |
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| Dennis|Leonard}} | 38 | 292.2 | 20 | 12 | 3.04 | 244 | | Jim|Colborn}} | 36 | 239 | 18 | 14 | 3.62 | 103 | | Paul|Splittorff}} | 37 | 229 | 16 | 6 | 3.69 | 99 | | Andy|Hassler}} | 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 |
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| Marty|Pattin}} | 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 |
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| Doug|Bird}} | 53 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 3.88 | 83 | | Larry|Gura}} | 52 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 3.13 | 46 | | Mark|Littell}} | 48 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 3.58 | 55 | | Steve|Mingori}} | 43 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3.09 | 19 | | Tom|Hall|Tom Hall (baseball)}} | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.52 | 10 | | George|Throop|George Throop (baseball)}} | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.38 | 1 | | Randy|McGilberry}} | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.14 | 1 | | Gary|Lance}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |
Other eventsBefore they were to play a game on June 12th 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.[5] ALCS {{Main article|1977 American League Championship Series}} Game 1 October 5: Yankee Stadium, New York City | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
Farm system {{See also|Minor League Baseball}}{{MLB Farm System|level17=AAA|team17=Omaha Royals|league17=American Association|manager17=John Sullivan
|level18=AA |team18=Jacksonville Suns|league18=Southern League|manager18=Gordon Mackenzie
|level19=A |team19=Daytona Beach Islanders|league19=Florida State League|manager19=José Martínez
|level20=Rookie|team20=GCL Royals|league20=Gulf Coast League|manager20=Bill Scripture
}} Notes 1. ^[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jonesru01.shtml Ruppert Jones] at Baseball-Reference
2. ^[https://www.baseball-reference.com/q/quirkja01.shtml Jamie Quirk] at Baseball Reference
3. ^[https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ortenfr01.shtml Frank Ortenzio] at Baseball Reference
4. ^[https://www.baseball-reference.com/i/irelati01.shtml Tim Ireland] at Baseball Reference
5. ^[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2202&dat=19770613&id=rZsyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0OgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1786,1369705 Kansas City Royals have gloves, uniforms stolen before game]
References - {{Cite book| editor1-last=Johnson| editor1-first=Lloyd| editor2-last=Wolff| editor2-first=Miles| title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball| edition=2nd| location=Durham, North Carolina| publisher=Baseball America| year=1997| isbn=978-0-9637189-8-3}}
External links - [https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KC/1977.shtml 1977 Kansas City Royals] at Baseball Reference
- 1977 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac
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