1977 Boston Red Sox season

1977 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Jean Yawkey
General manager(s) Dick O'Connell
Manager(s) Don Zimmer
Local television WSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Dick Stockton, Ken Harrelson)
Local radio WMEX-AM 1510
(Ned Martin, Jim Woods)
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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, 2½ games behind the New York Yankees.

Lack of pitching depth might have been a hindrance, but the team was helped by a league-leading offense,[1] which during one ten-game span hit 33 home runs.[1] With that kind of scoring, Boston managed to compete with the Yankees and Orioles – leading the division as late as August 22[2] – but at season's end, not even 97 wins would be enough.

Offseason

  • November 22, 1976: Darryl Cias was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.[3]

Regular season

On June 18, 1977, 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 eighteen years younger, about four inches taller and maybe forty pounds 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 TV cameras showed the confrontation to the entire country. The Red Sox went on to win the game, 10–4.

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—

Opening Day lineup

  7Rick BurlesonSS
  5Denny Doyle2B
14Jim RiceLF
  8Carl Yastrzemski    RF
16Rick MillerCF
15George Scott1B
  1Bernie CarboDH
27Carlton FiskC
  4Butch Hobson3B
31Ferguson JenkinsP

Notable transactions

Roster

1977 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
1BGeorge Scott157584157.2693395
2BDenny Doyle137455109.240249
SSRick Burleson154663194.293352
LFCarl Yastrzemski150558165.29628102
RFBernie Carbo8622866.2891534
DHJim Rice160644206.32039114

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
Rick Miller8618948.254024
Bobby Darwin492.22201

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
Ferguson Jenkins2819310103.68105
Reggie Cleveland36190.11184.2685
Don Aase1392.1623.1249

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
Mike Paxton291081053.8358

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
Bill Campbell69139312.96114
Ramón Hernández120115.688
Tom House810012.916
Jim Burton10000.003

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

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 Red Sox New York–Penn League Dick Berardino

References

  1. 1 2 Aron, Eric (September 11, 2013). "Looking back: 1977 Boston Red Sox and the eight-homer game". Through The Fence Baseball. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Events of Monday, August 22, 1977". Retrosheet. August 22, 1977.
  3. 1 2 Darryl Cias page at Baseball Reference
  4. 1 2 Ramón Hernández page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Pete Ladd page at Baseball Reference
  • 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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