1977 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1977 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished in second place in the National League West, with a record of 88–74, 10 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Reds were managed by Sparky Anderson and played their home games at Riverfront Stadium.

1977 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record88–74 (.543)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Louis Nippert
General manager(s)Bob Howsam
Manager(s)Sparky Anderson
Local televisionWLWT
(Ken Coleman, Bill Brown)
Local radioWLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9864 0.605 — 51–30 47–34
Cincinnati Reds 8874 0.543 10 48–33 40–41
Houston Astros 8181 0.500 17 46–35 35–46
San Francisco Giants 7587 0.463 23 38–43 37–44
San Diego Padres 6993 0.426 29 35–46 34–47
Atlanta Braves 61101 0.377 37 40–41 21–60

Record vs. opponents
1977 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–74–149–95–136–67–52–103–911–78–101–11
Chicago 7–5—7–56–66–610–89–96–127–117–59–37–11
Cincinnati 14–45–7—5–1310–87–510–28–43–911–710–85–7
Houston 9–96–613–5—9–98–46–64–84–88–109–95–7
Los Angeles 13–56–68–109–9—7–58–46–69–312–614–46–6
Montreal 6–68–105–74–85–7—10–87–117–115–76–612–6
New York 5–79–92–106–64–88–10—5–134–146–67–58–10
Philadelphia 10-212–64–88–46–611–713–5—8–109–39–311–7
Pittsburgh 9–311–79–38–43–911–714–410–8—10–22–109–9
San Diego 7–115–77–1110–86–127–56–63–92–10—8–108–4
San Francisco 10–83–98–109–94–146–65–73–910–210–8—7–5
St. Louis 11–111–77–57–56–66–1210–87–119–94–85–7—

Notable transactions

Roster
1977 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders
  • 30 Ken Griffey
 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
CJohnny Bench142494136.27531109
1BDan Driessen151536161.3001791
2BJoe Morgan153521150.2882278
SSDave Concepcion156572155.271864
3BPete Rose162655204.311964
LFGeorge Foster158615197.32052149
CFCesar Geronimo149492131.2661052
RFKen Griffey154585186.3181257

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
Mike Lum8112520.160516
Bill Plummer5111716.13717
Ray Knight809224.261113
Bob Bailey497920.253211
Ed Armbrister657820.25615
Champ Summers597613.17136
Rick Auerbach33457.15603
Doug Flynn36328.25005
Don Werner10234.17424

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
Fred Norman35221.114133.38160
Tom Seaver20165.11432.34124
Jack Billingham36161.210105.2376
Paul Moskau20108664.0071
Doug Capilla22106.1784.2374
Woodie Fryman1775.1555.3857
Pat Zachry1275375.0436
Mario Soto1260.2265.3444
Gary Nolan839.1414.8128

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
Tom Hume1443337.1222
Santo Alcalá715.2115.749

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
Pedro Borbon73105183.1948
Dale Murray617244.9442
Manny Sarmiento240012.4523
Rawly Eastwick232272.9117
Mike Caldwell140014.0111
Joe Hoerner800012.715
Joe Henderson702012.008
Ángel Torres50002.168
Dan Dumoulin500013.505

Awards and records
  • George Foster, MLB Home Run Champion (52)
  • George Foster, MLB RBI Champion (149)
  • George Foster, National League MVP

All-Stars

1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Roy Majtyka
AA Trois-Rivières Aigles Eastern League Chuck Goggin
A Tampa Tarpons Florida State League Jim Hoff
A Shelby Reds Western Carolinas League Jim Lett
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League John Underwood
Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Greg Riddoch

References
  1. Tony Perez page at Baseball Reference
  2. Steve Christmas page at Baseball Reference
  3. Champ Summers page at Baseball Reference
  4. Bill Caudill page at Baseball Reference
  5. Tom Seaver page at Baseball Reference
  6. Gary Nolan page at Baseball Reference
  7. Rudy Meoli page at Baseball Reference


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