1977 Texas Rangers season

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1977 Texas Rangers
Major league affiliations
Location
1977 Information
Owner(s) Bradford G. Corbett
Manager(s) Frank Lucchesi, Eddie Stanky, Connie Ryan, and Billy Hunter
Local television KXAS-TV
Local radio WBAP
(Dick Risenhoover, Bill Merrill)

The Texas Rangers 1977 season involved the Rangers finishing 2nd in the American League west with a record of 94 wins and 68 losses.

Contents

[edit] Offseason

  • January 11, 1977: Dave Righetti was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft. [1]

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Notable Transactions

  • April 30, 1977: Mike Marshall was purchased by the Texas Rangers from the Atlanta Braves. [2]
  • June 15, 1977: Dock Ellis was purchased by the Texas Rangers from the Oakland Athletics. [3]
  • June 15, 1977: Jim Fregosi was traded by the Texas Rangers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Ed Kirkpatrick.

[edit] Opening Day Lineup

  • Juan Beniquez
  • Bert Blyleven
  • Bert Campaneris
  • Tom Grieve
  • Mike Hargrove
  • Toby Harrah
  • Ken Henderson
  • Jim Sundberg
  • Claudell Washington
  • Bump Wills

[edit] Season standings

Team Wins Losses Win % GB
Kansas City Royals 102 60 .630 0
Texas Rangers 94 68 .580 8.0
Chicago White Sox 90 72 .556 12.0
Minnesota Twins 84 77 .522 17.5
California Angels 74 88 .457 28.0
Seattle Mariners 64 98 .395 38.0
Oakland Athletics 63 98 .391 38.5


[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] Awards and Honors

All-Star Game

  • Bert Campaneris, Reserve

[edit] Team Leaders

  • Home Runs – Toby Harrah (27)
  • RBI - Toby Harrah (87)
  • Batting Average – Mike Hargrove (.305)
  • Hits - Mike Hargrove (160)
  • Stolen Bases – Bump Wills (28)
  • Walks - Toby Harrah (109)
  • Wins - Doyle Alexander (17)
  • Earned Run Average - Len Barker (2.66)
  • Strikeouts – Bert Blyleven (182)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Dave Righetti Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ Mike Marshall Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ Dock Ellis Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
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1977 MLB season by team
AL East
AL West
California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas
NL East
NL West
1977 All-Star Game • 1977 World Series
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Texas Rangers
Formerly the Washington Senators • Based in Arlington, Texas (Dallas–Ft. Worth)
The Franchise
Ballparks
Important Figures
Retired Numbers
26 • 34 • 42
Key Personnel
Owner: Tom Hicks • General Manager: Jon Daniels • Manager: Ron Washington
Minors
Division Titles
Western: 1996 • 1998 • 1999 • Wild Card: none