1977 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1977 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
	Eastern Division (since 1969);
Location
	Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970);
	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (since 1882);
Other information
Owner(s)	John W. Galbreath
General manager(s)	Harding "Pete" Peterson
Manager(s)	Chuck Tanner
Local television	KDKA-TV; Milo Hamilton, Lanny Frattare
Local radio	KDKA; Milo Hamilton, Lanny Frattare
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The 1977 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 96th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 91st in Major League Baseball (MLB). The Pirates finished second in the National League East with a record of 96–66.

Offseason

November 5, 1976: Manny Sanguillén was traded by the Pirates to the Oakland Athletics for manager Chuck Tanner.^[1]
December 10, 1976: Richie Zisk and Silvio Martínez were traded by the Pirates to the Chicago White Sox for Goose Gossage and Terry Forster.^[2]
March 15, 1977: Rick Langford, Tony Armas, Doug Bair, Dave Giusti, Doc Medich, and Mitchell Page were traded by the Pirates to the Oakland Athletics for Phil Garner, Tommy Helms, and Chris Batton.^[3]

Regular season

May 11: Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner appointed himself manager of the team before a game against the Pirates.^[4] After losing the game 2-1, Turner stepped down.
June 30: Willie Stargell hits his 400th career home run versus Philadelphia Phillies.

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB
Philadelphia Phillies	101	61	.623	--
Pittsburgh Pirates	96	66	.593	5
St. Louis Cardinals	83	79	.512	18
Chicago Cubs	81	81	.500	20
Montreal Expos	75	87	.463	26
New York Mets	64	98	.395	37

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

June 7, 1977: Wayne Tolleson was drafted by the Pirates in the 12th round of the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.^[5]
June 15, 1977: Ed Kirkpatrick was traded by the Pirates to the Texas Rangers for Jim Fregosi.^[6]
July 27, 1977: The Pirates traded a player to be named later to the Seattle Mariners for Dave Pagan. The Pirates completed the deal by sending Rick Honeycutt to the Mariners on August 22.^[7]
August 18, 1977: Doug Frobel was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.^[8]

Roster

1977 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

5 Duffy Dyer
14 Ed Ott

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

24 Tommy Helms

Manager

7 Chuck Tanner

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
3B	Garner, PhilPhil Garner	153	585	152	.260	17	77
RF	Parker, DaveDave Parker	159	637	215	.338	21	88

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
Stargell, WillieWillie Stargell	63	186	51	.274	13	35
Mendoza, MarioMario Mendoza	70	81	16	.198	0	4
Fregosi, JimJim Fregosi	36	56	16	.286	3	16
Kirkpatrick, EdEd Kirkpatrick	21	28	4	.143	1	4
Helms, TommyTommy Helms	15	12	0	.000	0	0
Edwards, MikeMike Edwards	7	6	0	.000	0	0

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
Candelaria, JohnJohn Candelaria	33	230.2	20	5	2.34	133
Reuss, JerryJerry Reuss	33	208	10	13	4.11	116

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
Jones, OdellOdell Jones	34	108	3	7	5.08	66
Demery, LarryLarry Demery	39	90.1	6	5	5.08	35
Forster, TerryTerry Forster	33	87.1	6	4	4.43	58
Whitson, EdEd Whitson	5	15.2	1	0	3.45	10

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
Gossage, GooseGoose Gossage	72	11	9	26	1.62	151
Tekulve, KentKent Tekulve	72	10	1	7	3.06	59
Jackson, GrantGrant Jackson	49	5	3	4	3.86	41
Holland, AlAl Holland	2	0	0	0	7.71	1
Pagan, DaveDave Pagan	1	0	0	0	0.00	4
Mendoza, MarioMario Mendoza	1	0	0	0	13.50	0

Awards and honors

1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Dave Parker, outfield, starter
John Candelaria, reserve
Goose Gossage, reserve

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager

Notes

^ Chuck Tanner page at Baseball Reference
^ Rich Gossage page at Baseball Reference
^ Rick Langford page at Baseball Reference
^ Sandomir, Richard (March 8, 1998). "Long Before Murdoch, There Was Ted Turner". The New York Times. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
^ Wayne Tolleson page at Baseball Reference
^ Jim Fregosi page at Baseball Reference
^ Dave Pagan page at Baseball Reference
^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/frobedo01.shtm

References

1977 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1977 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

[1] Chuck Tanner page at Baseball Reference

[2] Rich Gossage page at Baseball Reference

[3] Rick Langford page at Baseball Reference

[4] Sandomir, Richard (March 8, 1998). "Long Before Murdoch, There Was Ted Turner". The New York Times. Retrieved April 20, 2010.

[5] Wayne Tolleson page at Baseball Reference

[6] Jim Fregosi page at Baseball Reference

[7] Dave Pagan page at Baseball Reference

[8] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/frobedo01.shtm

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