1977 Boston Red Sox season

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1977 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record97–64 (.602)
Divisional place2nd
OwnerJean Yawkey
PresidentJean Yawkey
General managerDick O'Connell
ManagerDon Zimmer
TelevisionWSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Dick Stockton, Ken Harrelson)
RadioWMEX-AM 1510
(Ned Martin, Jim Woods)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 1977 Boston Red Sox season was the 77th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished tied for second in the American League East with a record of 97 wins and 64 losses, 2+1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Record by month[3]
Month Record Cumulative AL East Ref.
Won Lost Won Lost Position GB
April 9 9 9 9 4th 2+1⁄2 [4]
May 15 12 24 21 3rd 2+1⁄2 [5]
June 17 10 41 31 1st +1⁄2 [6]
July 17 12 58 43 1st — [7]
August 17 12 75 55 2nd (tie) 4 [8]
September 22 8 97 63 2nd 2 [9]
October 0 1 97 64 2nd (tie) 2+1⁄2 [10]

Boston's final game of the season, scheduled for October 2 at home against the Baltimore Orioles, was rained out and not rescheduled.[11]

Highlights

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Lack of pitching depth might have been a hindrance, but the team was helped by a league-leading offense,[12] which during one ten-game span hit 33 home runs.[12] With that kind of scoring, Boston managed to compete with the Yankees and Orioles—leading the division as late as August 22[13]—but at season's end, not even 97 wins would be enough.

On June 18, during a nationally televised game against the New York Yankees at Fenway Park in Boston, Jim Rice, a powerful hitter but a slow runner, hit a ball into right field. Yankees outfielder Reggie Jackson seemed to approach the ball indifferently, and Rice reached second base. Furious, Yankees manager Billy Martin removed Jackson from the game without even waiting for the end of the inning, sending Paul Blair out to replace him. When Jackson arrived at the dugout, Martin yelled that Jackson had shown him up. They argued, and Jackson said that Martin's heavy drinking had impaired his judgment. Despite Jackson being 18 years younger, about 4 inches (10 cm) taller and maybe 40 pounds (18 kg) heavier, Martin lunged at him, and had to be restrained by coaches Yogi Berra and Elston Howard. Red Sox fans could see this in the dugout and began cheering wildly, and the NBC television cameras showed the confrontation to the entire country. The Red Sox went on to win the game, 10–4.[14]

Season standings

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AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 100 62 .617 — 55‍–‍26 45‍–‍36
Baltimore Orioles 97 64 .602 2½ 54‍–‍27 43‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox 97 64 .602 2½ 51‍–‍29 46‍–‍35
Detroit Tigers 74 88 .457 26 39‍–‍42 35‍–‍46
Cleveland Indians 71 90 .441 28½ 37‍–‍44 34‍–‍46
Milwaukee Brewers 67 95 .414 33 37‍–‍44 30‍–‍51
Toronto Blue Jays 54 107 .335 45½ 25‍–‍55 29‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

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1977 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 6–8 5–6 5–5 11–4 12–3 4–7 11–4 6–4 8–7 8–2 7–3 4–6 10–5
Boston 8–6 — 7–3 3–7 8–7 9–6 5–5 9–6 4–6 8–7 8–3 10–1 6–4 12–3
California 6–5 3–7 — 8–7 6–4 4–6 6–9 5–5 7–8 4–7 5–10 9–6 5–10 6–4
Chicago 5–5 7–3 7–8 — 6–4 4–6 8–7 6–5 10–5 3–7 10–5 10–5 6–9 8–3
Cleveland 4–11 7–8 4–6 4–6 — 8–7 3–7 11–4 2–9 3–12 7–3 7–3 2–9 9–5
Detroit 3–12 6–9 6–4 6–4 7–8 — 3–8 10–5 5–5 6–9 5–5 5–6 2–8 10–5
Kansas City 7–4 5–5 9–6 7–8 7–3 8–3 — 8–2 10–5 5–5 9–6 11–4 8–7 8–2
Milwaukee 4–11 6–9 5–5 5–6 4–11 5–10 2–8 — 3–8 8–7 5–5 7–3 5–5 8–7
Minnesota 4–6 6–4 8–7 5–10 9–2 5–5 5–10 8–3 — 2–8 8–6 7–8 8–7 9–1
New York 7–8 7–8 7–4 7–3 12–3 9–6 5–5 7–8 8–2 — 9–2 6–4 7–3 9–6
Oakland 2–8 3–8 10–5 5–10 3–7 5–5 6–9 5–5 6–8 2–9 — 7–8 2–13 7–3
Seattle 3–7 1–10 6–9 5–10 3–7 6–5 4–11 3–7 8–7 4–6 8–7 — 9–6 4–6
Texas 6–4 4–6 10–5 9–6 9–2 8–2 7–8 5–5 7–8 3–7 13–2 6–9 — 7–4
Toronto 5–10 3–12 4–6 3–8 5–9 5–10 2–8 7–8 1–9 6–9 3–7 6–4 4–7 —


Notable transactions

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Opening Day lineup

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  7 Rick Burleson SS
  5 Denny Doyle 2B
14 Jim Rice LF
  8 Carl Yastrzemski     RF
15 George Scott 1B
  1 Bernie Carbo DH
24 Dwight Evans CF
27 Carlton Fisk C
  4 Butch Hobson 3B
31 Ferguson Jenkins P

Source:[17]

Roster

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1977 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

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Regular season

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1977 regular season game log: 97–64 (Home: 55–26; Away: 45–36)
April: 9–9 (Home: 4–4; Away: 5–5)
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
3 April 12 @ White Sox
4 April 13 @ White Sox
8 April 18 Tigers
9 April 19 Tigers
10 April 20 Tigers
11 April 21 Tigers
May: 15–12 (Home: 10–8; Away: 5–4)
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
37 May 23 @ Yankees W 4–3 Lee (2–0) Figueroa (5–3) Campbell (7) 2:20 31,261 21–16 W1
38 May 24 @ Yankees L 5–6 Tidrow (3–2) Tiant (2–4) — 2:16 27,013 21–17 L1
39 May 25
(1)		 Twins
40 May 25
(2)		 Twins
41 May 27 Royals
42 May 28 Royals
43 May 29 Royals
44 May 30 Yankees L 4–5 Torrez (6–3) Lee (2–1) — 2:24 35,521 23–21 L2
45 May 31 Yankees W 5–1 Cleveland (3–3) Patterson (1–2) — 2:04 30,102 24–21 W1
June: 17–10 (Home: 9–1; Away: 8–9)
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
46 June 1 @ Rangers
47 June 2 @ Rangers
48 June 3 @ Twins
49 June 4 @ Twins
50 June 5 @ Twins
51 June 6 @ Royals
52 June 7 @ Royals
53 June 8 Orioles
54 June 9 Orioles
— June 10 Rangers Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: June 12)
— June 11 Rangers Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 25)
55 June 12
(1)		 Rangers
56 June 12
(2)		 Rangers
57 June 13 White Sox
58 June 14 White Sox
59 June 16 White Sox
60 June 17 Yankees W 9–4 Stanley (4–3) Clay (0–1) Campbell (13) 2:27 34,557 35–25 W1
61 June 18 Yankees W 10–4 Cleveland (6–3) Torrez (7–6) Campbell (14) 2:38 34,603 36–25 W2
62 June 19 Yankees W 11–1 Jenkins (6–5) Figueroa (7–6) — 2:23 34,750 38–25 W3
63 June 20 @ Orioles
64 June 21 @ Orioles
65 June 22 @ Orioles
66 June 23 @ Orioles
67 June 24 @ Yankees L 5–6 (11) Lyle (4–2) Hernández (0–1) — 2:50 54,940 41–26 L1
68 June 25 @ Yankees L 1–5 Torrez (8–6) Tiant (5–6) — 2:14 47,481 41–27 L2
69 June 26 @ Yankees L 4–5 Lyle (5–2) Campbell (5–4) — 2:50 55,039 41–28 L3
70 June 27 @ Tigers
71 June 28 @ Tigers
72 June 29 @ Tigers
— June 30 @ Tigers Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 22)
July: 17–12 (Home: 7–8; Away: 10–4)
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
87 July 15 @ White Sox
88 July 16 @ White Sox
89 July 17 @ White Sox
48th All-Star Game in Bronx, New York
94 July 24 White Sox
95 July 25 White Sox
August: 17–12 (Home: 10–6; Away: 7–6)
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
113 August 15 Royals
114 August 16 Royals
117 August 19 @ Royals
118 August 20 @ Royals
119 August 21 @ Royals
120 August 22 @ Twins
121 August 23 @ Twins
122 August 24
(1)		 Rangers
123 August 24
(2)		 Rangers
124 August 25 Rangers
125 August 26 Twins
126 August 27 Twins
127 August 28 Twins
September: 22–8 (Home: 11–1; Away: 11–7)
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
132 September 2 @ Rangers
133 September 3 @ Rangers
134 September 4 @ Rangers
140 September 9
(1)		 Tigers
141 September 9
(2)		 Tigers
142 September 10 Tigers
143 September 11 Tigers
144 September 13 @ Yankees L 2–4 Guidry (14–6) Paxton (9–5) — 2:36 55,269 86–58 L1
145 September 14 @ Yankees L 0–2 Figueroa (15–9) Cleveland (9–8) — 2:23 54,365 86–59 L2
146 September 15 @ Yankees W 7–3 Tiant (11–8) Lyle (12–5) — 2:36 55,218 87–59 W1
147 September 16 @ Orioles
148 September 17 @ Orioles
149 September 18 @ Orioles
150 September 19 Yankees W 6–3 Cleveland (10–8) Figueroa (15–10) — 2:16 34,346 89–61 W2
— September 20 Yankees Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 21)
151 September 21 Yankees W 3–2 Willoughby (6–0) Torrez (16–13) Campbell (28) 2:33 30,212 90–61 W3
152 September 22 @ Tigers
153 September 23 @ Tigers
154 September 24 @ Tigers
155 September 25 @ Tigers
160 September 30 Orioles
October: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–0)
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
161 October 1 Orioles
— October 2 Orioles Postponed (Rain)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Red Sox team member

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Carlton Fisk 152 536 169 .315 26 102
1B George Scott 157 584 157 .269 33 95
2B Denny Doyle 137 455 109 .240 2 49
SS Rick Burleson 154 663 194 .293 3 52
3B Butch Hobson 159 593 157 .265 30 112
LF Carl Yastrzemski 150 558 165 .296 28 102
CF Fred Lynn 129 497 129 .260 18 76
RF Bernie Carbo 86 228 66 .289 15 34
DH Jim Rice 160 644 206 .320 39 114

Other batters

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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
Dwight Evans 73 230 66 .287 14 36
Rick Miller 86 189 48 .254 0 24
Steve Dillard 66 141 34 .241 1 13
Tommy Helms 21 59 16 .271 1 5
Ted Cox 13 58 21 .362 1 6
Bob Montgomery 17 40 12 .300 2 7
Dave Coleman 11 12 0 .000 0 0
Bobby Darwin 4 9 2 .222 0 1
Doug Griffin 5 6 0 .000 0 0
Jack Baker 2 3 0 .000 0 0
Bob Bailey 2 2 0 .000 0 0
Sam Bowen 3 2 0 .000 0 0
Bo Diaz 2 1 0 .000 0 0
Ramón Avilés 1 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ferguson Jenkins 28 193.0 10 10 3.68 105
Reggie Cleveland 36 190.1 11 8 4.26 85
Luis Tiant 32 188.2 12 8 4.53 124
Rick Wise 26 128.1 11 5 4.77 85
Bill Lee 27 128.0 9 5 4.43 31
Don Aase 13 92.1 6 2 3.12 49

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob Stanley 41 151.0 8 7 3.99 44
Mike Paxton 29 108.0 10 5 3.83 58

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bill Campbell 69 13 9 31 2.96 114
Jim Willoughby 31 6 2 2 4.94 33
Tom Murphy 16 0 1 0 6.75 13
Ramón Hernández 12 0 1 1 5.68 8
Tom House 8 1 0 0 12.91 6
Jim Burton 1 0 0 0 0.00 3
Rick Kreuger 1 0 1 0 inf 0

Awards and honors

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All-Star Game

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Joe Morgan
AA Bristol Red Sox Eastern League John Kennedy
A Winston-Salem Red Sox Carolina League Tony Torchia
A Winter Haven Red Sox Florida State League Rac Slider
A-Short Season Elmira Pioneer-Red Sox New York–Penn League Dick Berardino

Source:[18][19]

References

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  1. ^ a b Darryl Cias page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ "Cecil Cooper Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More".
  3. ^ "The 1977 Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  4. ^ "Events of Saturday, April 30, 1977".
  5. ^ "Events of Tuesday, May 31, 1977".
  6. ^ "Events of Thursday, June 30, 1977".
  7. ^ "Events of Sunday, July 31, 1977".
  8. ^ "Events of Wednesday, August 31, 1977".
  9. ^ "Events of Friday, September 30, 1977".
  10. ^ "Events of Sunday, October 2, 1977".
  11. ^ Peters, Gil (October 3, 1977). "Sox, Orioles end in tie". Bennington Banner. Bennington, Vermont. UPI. p. 13. Retrieved October 10, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  12. ^ a b Aron, Eric (September 11, 2013). "Looking back: 1977 Boston Red Sox and the eight-homer game". Through The Fence Baseball. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
  13. ^ "Events of Monday, August 22, 1977". Retrosheet. August 22, 1977.
  14. ^ "Boston Red Sox 10, New York Yankees 4". Retrosheet. June 18, 1977. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  15. ^ a b Ramón Hernández page at Baseball Reference
  16. ^ Pete Ladd page at Baseball Reference
  17. ^ "Cleveland Indians 5, Boston Red Sox 4". Retrosheet. April 7, 1977. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  18. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  19. ^ Boston Red Sox Press TV Radio Guide. 1977. p. 24. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.

Further reading

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  • Fitzgerald, Ray (October 10, 2020). "1977 Red Sox season ended in frustration". The Boston Globe. Retrieved October 10, 2020. Editor's note: The Globe is reaching into its archives to bring you "Replay," articles from the past that highlight something interesting, timely, or revealing. This column by Ray Fitzgerald on troubles facing the Red Sox as they concluded the 1977 season appeared on Sunday, Sept. 25, 1977, under the headline "5 frustrations hindered Sox."
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