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Season Almanac

1977 MLB Season

League Leaders

Led multiple categories: George Foster (HR, RBI) · Rod Carew (H, R)

Home Runs
  1. 1George FosterCIN52
  2. 2Jeff BurroughsATL41
  3. 3Greg LuzinskiPHI39
Hits
  1. 1Rod CarewMIN239
  2. 2Dave ParkerPIT215
  3. 3Ron LeFloreDET212
Runs Batted In
  1. 1George FosterCIN149
  2. 2Greg LuzinskiPHI130
  3. 3Larry HisleMIN119
Runs
  1. 1Rod CarewMIN128
  2. 2George FosterCIN124
  3. 3Ken Griffey Sr.CIN117
Stolen Bases
  1. 1Frank TaverasPIT70
  2. 2Cesar CedenoHOU61
  3. 3Gene RichardsSD56
Pitching Strikeouts
  1. 1Nolan Ryan Jr.LAA341
  2. 2Phil NiekroATL262
  3. 3Dennis LeonardKC244
Pitching Wins
  1. 1Steve CarltonPHI23
  2. 2Tom SeaverNYM21
  3. 3Bob ForschSTL20
Saves
  1. 1Rollie FingersSD35
  2. 2Bill CampbellBOS31
  3. 3Bruce SutterCHC31

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1George FosterBAT19.7
  2. 2Greg LuzinskiBAT18.3
  3. 3Mike SchmidtBAT17.5
  4. 4Rod CarewBAT17.5
  5. 5Jim RiceBAT17.4
  6. 6Bruce SutterPITCH17.3
  7. 7Reggie SmithBAT16.9
  8. 8Rich GossagePITCH16.5
  9. 9Bobby BondsBAT16.4
  10. 10Reggie JacksonBAT16.2
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Eddie Murray1B275.8
  2. 2Lou Whitaker2B191.1
  3. 3Alan TrammellSS169.6
  4. 4Rick HoneycuttP160.2
  5. 5Jack MorrisP156.2
  6. 6Lance ParrishC153.4
  7. 7Bob StanleyP124.7
  8. 8Willie HernandezP117.3

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Dick Allen1B200.9
  2. 2Brooks Robinson3B191.8
  3. 3Joe TorreC186.4
  4. 4Boog Powell1B186.2
  5. 5Jimmy WynnCF182.1
  6. 6Mike CuellarP128.7
  7. 7Dave GiustiP126.1
  8. 8Diego SeguiP122

Teams · 26

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
Kansas City Royals102-60222.2Dennis LeonardPlayoffs
Philadelphia Phillies101-61305.2Greg LuzinskiPlayoffs
New York Yankees100-62173.6Reggie JacksonPlayoffs
Los Angeles Dodgers98-64307.2Reggie SmithPlayoffs
Boston Red Sox97-64195.9Jim Rice
Baltimore Orioles97-64175.1Ken Singleton
Pittsburgh Pirates96-66283.3Rich Gossage
Texas Rangers94-68169.6Toby Harrah
Chicago White Sox90-72185.4Oscar Gamble
Cincinnati Reds88-74215.9George Foster
Minnesota Twins84-77180Rod Carew
St. Louis Cardinals83-79228.6Ted Simmons
Houston Astros81-81278.8Bob Watson
Chicago Cubs81-81272.9Bruce Sutter
San Francisco Giants75-87264.5Gary Lavelle
Washington Nationals75-87217.9Gary Carter
Detroit Tigers74-88172.7Jason Thompson
Los Angeles Angels74-88143.1Bobby Bonds
Cleveland Indians71-90158.9Andre Thornton
San Diego Padres69-93227.9George Hendrick
Milwaukee Brewers67-95151.8Don Money
New York Mets64-98217.8Skip Lockwood
Seattle Mariners64-98143.6Enrique Romo
Athletics63-98158Mitchell Page
Atlanta Braves61-101224.7Jeff Burroughs
Toronto Blue Jays54-107125.4Pete Vuckovich

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.