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1977 California Angels season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	California Angels
season	1977
image	Angel Stadium, 1977 (20230624514).jpg
caption	Angel Stadium in 1977
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Anaheim Stadium
city	Anaheim, California
owners	Gene Autry
general_managers	Harry Dalton
managers	Norm Sherry, Dave Garcia
television	KTLA
radio	KMPC
(Dick Enberg, Don Drysdale, Al Wisk)

(Dick Enberg, Don Drysdale, Al Wisk) |}}

The 1977 California Angels season was the 17th season of the Angels franchise in the American League, the 12th in Anaheim, and their 12th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished the season fifth in the American League West with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses.

Offseason

On January 6, 1977, Angels utility infielder Mike Miley died in a one-car accident in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Notable transactions

November 16, 1976: Don Baylor was signed as a free agent by the Angels.
November 17, 1976: Joe Rudi was signed as a free agent by the Angels.
November 24, 1976: Bobby Grich was signed as a free agent by the Angels.
January 11, 1977: Daryl Sconiers was drafted by the Angels in the 3rd round of the 1977 Major League Baseball draft.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

1 Jerry Remy 2B 2 Bobby Grich SS 3 Bobby Bonds RF 4 Don Baylor DH 5 Joe Rudi LF 6 Tony Solaita 1B 7 Bruce Bochte CF 8 Dave Chalk 3B 9 Terry Humphrey C P Frank Tanana

Notable transactions

June 7, 1977: 1977 Major League Baseball draft
- Richard Dotson was drafted by the Angels in the 1st round (7th pick).
- Brian Harper was drafted by the Angels in the 4th round.
June 13, 1977: Dick Drago was traded by the Angels to the Baltimore Orioles for Dyar Miller.
June 15, 1977: Craig Hendrickson (minors) was traded by the Angels to the Cincinnati Reds for Gary Nolan.
September 16, 1977: Carlos May was purchased by the Angels from the New York Yankees.

Roster

1977 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers

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
C	Terry Humphrey	123	304	69	.227	2	34
1B	Tony Solaita	116	324	78	.241	14	53
2B	Jerry Remy	154	575	145	.252	4	44
SS	Rance Mulliniks	78	271	73	.269	3	21
3B	Dave Chalk	149	519	144	.277	3	45
LF		64	246	64	.264	13	53
CF	Gil Flores	104	342	95	.278	1	26
RF	Bobby Bonds	158	592	156	.264	37	115
DH		154	561	141	.251	25	75

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
Ron Jackson	106	292	71	.243	8	28
Mario Guerrero	86	244	69	.283	1	28
Thad Bosley	58	212	63	.297	0	19
	52	181	44	.243	7	23
Andy Etchebarren	80	114	29	.254	0	14
Bruce Bochte	25	100	29	.290	2	8
	42	91	18	.198	0	6
Danny Goodwin	35	91	19	.209	1	8
Rusty Torres	58	77	12	.156	3	10
Ken Landreaux	23	76	19	.250	0	5
Dan Briggs	59	74	12	.162	1	4
Ike Hampton	52	44	13	.295	3	9
Dave Kingman	10	36	7	.194	2	4
Carlos May	11	18	6	.333	0	1
	14	17	3	.176	1	3
Orlando Ramírez	25	13	1	.077	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
Nolan Ryan	37	299.0	19	16	2.77	341
Frank Tanana	31	241.1	15	9	2.54	205
	21	142.0	7	10	4.25	41
Wayne Simpson	27	122.0	6	12	5.83	55
Gary Ross	14	58.1	2	4	5.55	30
Gary Nolan	5	18.1	0	3	8.84	4

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
Paul Hartzell	41	189.1	8	12	3.57	79
John Caneira	6	28.2	2	2	4.08	17
Balor Moore	7	22.2	0	2	3.97	14
	3	6.1	0	0	15.63	3
Mike Cuellar	2	3.1	0	1	18.90	3

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
Dave LaRoche	46	6	5	13	3.10	61
	41	4	4	4	3.02	49
	20	4	2	1	4.58	25
	13	0	1	2	3.00	15
Don Kirkwood	13	1	0	1	5.09	10
Mickey Scott	12	0	2	0	5.63	5
Sid Monge	4	0	1	1	2.92	4
John Verhoeven	3	0	2	0	3.86	3
Tom Walker	1	0	0	0	9.00	1

Farm system

Notes

References

[https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0E13FB3C5D167493C5A9178AD85F438785F9&scp=1&sq=Mike+Miley&st=p Mike Miley's death]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/baylodo01.shtml Don Baylor] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rudijo01.shtml Joe Rudi] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grichbo01.shtml Bobby Grich] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sconida01.shtml Daryl Sconiers] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dotsori01.shtml Richard Dotson] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/harpebr01.shtml Brian Harper] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dragodi01.shtml Dick Drago] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nolanga01.shtml Gary Nolan] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mayca01.shtml Carlos May] at ''Baseball-Reference''

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