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1977 Los Angeles Dodgers season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Los Angeles Dodgers
season	1977
misc	National League champions
National League West champions
league	National League
division	West
ballpark	Dodger Stadium
city	Los Angeles
record	98–64 ()
divisional_place	1st
owners	Walter O'Malley
president	Peter O'Malley
general_managers	Al Campanis
managers	Tommy Lasorda
television	KTTV (11)
radio	KABC
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter

National League West champions Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter

XEGM Jaime Jarrín, Rudy Hoyos |}} The 1977 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 88th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 20th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 16th season playing their home games at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles California.

Tommy Lasorda started his first full season at the helm of the Dodgers, replacing longtime manager Walter Alston as manager of the team near the end of the previous season. The Dodgers won the National League West by 10 games and defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in four games in the NLCS, then lost to the New York Yankees in the World Series. This edition of the Dodgers featured the first quartet of teammates that hit 30 or more home runs: Steve Garvey with 33, Reggie Smith with 32, and Dusty Baker and Ron Cey, who both hit 30. The Dodgers duplicated this feat again 20 years later in 1997.

Offseason

December 20, 1976: Ted Sizemore was traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Johnny Oates and a player to be named later. The Phillies completed the deal by sending Quincy Hill (minors) to the Dodgers on January 4, 1977.
January 11, 1977: Bill Buckner, Iván DeJesús and Jeff Albert (minors) were traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Rick Monday and Mike Garman.
February 7, 1977: Rick Auerbach was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Mets for Hank Webb and Richard Sander (minors).

Regular season

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Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

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15	Davey Lopes	2B
18	Bill Russell	SS
8	Reggie Smith	RF
10	Ron Cey	3B
6	Steve Garvey	1B
16	Rick Monday	CF
12	Dusty Baker	LF
7	Steve Yeager	C
20	Don Sutton	P

Notable transactions

September 2, 1977: John Hale was claimed off waivers from the Dodgers by the Toronto Blue Jays.
September 2, 1977: Henry Cruz was claimed off waivers from the Dodgers by the Chicago White Sox.
September 8, 1977: Kevin Pasley was sold by the Dodgers to the Seattle Mariners.

Roster

1977 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers

Game log

Regular season

Legend




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Postseason Game log

|- |-style="background:#fbb;" | 1 || || 5:15p.m. PDT || @ Yankees || L 3–4 (12) || Lyle (1–0) || Rhoden (0–1) || — || 3:24 || 56,668 || NYA 1–0 || L1 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 2 || || 5:15p.m. PDT || @ Yankees || W 6–1 || Hooton (1–0) || Hunter (0–1) || — || 2:27 || 56,691 || TIE 1–1 || W1 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 3 || || 5:15p.m. PDT || Yankees || L 3–5 || Torrez (1–0) || John (0–1) || — || 2:31 || 55,992 || NYA 2–1 || L1 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 4 || || 1:15p.m. PDT || Yankees || L 2–4 || Guidry (1–0) || Rau (0–1) || — || 2:07 || 55,995 || NYA 3–1 || L2 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 5 || || 1:15p.m. PDT || Yankees || W 10–4 || Sutton (1–0) || Gullett (0–1) || — || 2:29 || 55,955 || NYA 3–2 || W1 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 6 || || 5:15p.m. PDT || @ Yankees || L 4–8 || Torrez (2–0) || Hooton (1–1) || — || 2:18 || 56,407 || NYA 4–2 || L1 |-

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league leader

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	125	387	99	.256	16	55
1B	162*	696	192	.297	33	115
2B	134	502	142	.283	11	53
3B	153	564	136	.241	30	110
SS	153	634	176	.278	4	51
LF	153	533	155	.291	30	86
CF	118	392	90	.230	15	48
RF	148	488	150	.307	32	87

Tied with Pete Rose for league lead.

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
75	169	45	.266	6	21
83	169	43	.254	1	13
60	156	42	.269	3	11
67	137	41	.299	1	10
79	108	26	.241	2	11
61	66	11	.167	1	5
24	48	15	.313	0	4
50	41	10	.244	0	5
50	38	15	.395	1	4
18	27	7	.259	0	4
29	23	4	.174	0	1
10	19	7	.368	0	1
15	18	5	.278	0	0
11	10	3	.300	0	2
2	3	1	.333	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
33	240.1	14	8	3.18	150
32	223.1	12	7	2.62	153
31	220.1	20	7	2.78	123
31	216.1	16	10	3.74	122
32	212.1	14	8	3.43	126

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
12	20.0	0	1	6.75	23
5	17.0	3	1	4.24	8
6	11.1	0	0	3.97	7
5	8.0	0	0	2.25	2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
70	6	12	22	3.32	105
49	4	4	12	2.73	29
44	2	2	1	1.98	47
25	2	3	0	5.34	22
25	4	1	2	4.35	13

Postseason

1977 National League Championship Series

Main article: 1977 National League Championship Series

Game One

October 4, Dodger Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	7	9	0
Los Angeles	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	5	9	2
W: Gene Garber (1–0) L: Elías Sosa (0–1) SV: Tug McGraw (1)
HRs: PHI – Greg Luzinski (1); LAD – Ron Cey (1)

Game Two

October 5, Dodger Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	1
Los Angeles	0	0	1	4	0	1	1	0	X	7	9	1
W: Don Sutton (1–0) L: Jim Lonborg (0–1)
HRs: PHI – Bake McBride (1); LAD – Dusty Baker (1)

Game Three

October 7, Veterans Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	6	12	2
Philadelphia	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	6	2
W: Lance Rautzhan (1–0) L: Gene Garber (1–1) SV: Mike Garman (1)
HRs: None

Game Four

October 8, Veterans Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	5	0
Philadelphia	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0
W: Tommy John (1–0) L: Steve Carlton (0–1)
HRs: LAD – Dusty Baker (2)

1977 World Series

Main article: 1977 World Series

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance	Time of Game
1	Dodgers – 3, Yankees – 4 (12 inns)	October 11	Yankee Stadium	56,668	3:24
2	Dodgers – 6, Yankees – 1	October 12	Yankee Stadium	56,691	2:27
3	Yankees – 5, Dodgers – 3	October 14	Dodger Stadium	55,992	2:31
4	Yankees – 4, Dodgers – 2	October 15	Dodger Stadium	55,995	2:07
5	Yankees – 4, Dodgers – 10	October 16	Dodger Stadium	55,995	2:29
6	Dodgers – 4, Yankees – 8	October 18	Yankee Stadium	56,407	2:18

Awards and honors

1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Steve Garvey starter
- Don Sutton starter
- Ron Cey starter
- Reggie Smith reserve
Major League Baseball All-Star Game MVP Award
- Don Sutton
NLCS Most Valuable Player
- Dusty Baker
Gold Glove Award
- Steve Garvey
TSN National League All-Star
- Steve Garvey
NL Player of the Month
- Ron Cey (April 1977)
NL Player of the Week
- Ron Cey (Apr. 18–24)
- Steve Garvey (June 20–26)
- Tommy John (Aug. 8–14)

Farm system

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

Major League Baseball draft

Main article: 1977 Major League Baseball draft

The Dodgers drafted 40 players in the June draft and eight in the January draft. Of those, eight players would eventually play in the Major Leagues.

The first round draft pick in the June draft was pitcher Bob Welch from Eastern Michigan University. In 17 years with the Dodgers and Oakland Athletics he started 462 games with a 211–146 record and a 3.47 ERA. He became a two time All-Star, a two time World Series Champion and won the 1990 American League Cy Young Award.

The draft also included Mickey Hatcher, who hit .280 in 1130 games, mostly as an outfielder and was a part of two Dodgers World Series champions; outfielder/utility player Ron Roenicke who played eight seasons in the Majors before becoming a coach and manager; and relief pitcher Tom Niedenfuer, who was picked in the 36th round but would play 10 seasons in the Majors and save 97 games.

Round	Name	Position	School	Signed	Career span	Highest level
1	Timothy Gloyd	SS	Sacramento City College	No
Dodgers-1979	1979–1981	A
2	Jessie Daniels	2B	Louisburg College	Yes	1977–1980	A
3	Rocky Cordova	RHP	Sacramento City College	Yes	1977–1981	A
4	Daniel Forer	LHP	Iowa Western Community College	No
Dodgers-1981	1981	A
5	Larry Wright	RHP	Georgia Perimeter College	Yes	1977–1980	A
6	Ronald Grout	1B	Wingate University	No
Twins-1978	1978–1982	AA
7	Randall May	RHP	Yakima Valley Community College	No

January secondary phase

Round	Name	Position	School	Signed	Career span	Highest level
1	Mark Wychopen	RHP	San Jacinto College	No

June draft

Round	Name	Position	School	Signed	Career span	Highest level
1	Bob Welch	RHP	Eastern Michigan University	Yes	1977–1994	MLB
2	Joe Beckwith	RHP	Auburn University	Yes	1977–1986	MLB
3	Doug Harrison	RHP	Central Michigan University	Yes	1977–1980	AAA
4	John Bush	SS	Ogden High School	Yes	1977–1979	A-
5	Mickey Hatcher	OF	University of Oklahoma	Yes	1977–1991	MLB
6	Mark Elliott	1B	Silver Lake High School	Yes	1977–1979	A
7	Bobby Mitchell	OF	University of Southern California	Yes	1977–1986	MLB
8	James Nobles	LHP	Kentucky Wesleyan College	Yes	1977–1982	AA
9	Henry Noble	SS	McIntosh County Academy	Yes	1977	A-
10	Danny Coulon	RHP	College of the Sequoias	Yes	1977–1978	A
11	Jack Littrell	RHP	Oldham County High School	Yes	1977–1980	A
12	Kenneth Likewise	LHP	Chaparral High School	Yes	1977–1978	Rookie
13	Dennis Delaney	C	University of California, Los Angeles	No
Cardinals-1978	1978–1984	AA
14	Jerry Bass	RHP	Georgia Institute of Technology	Yes	1977–1982	AAA
15	Joseph Purpura	LHP	West Leyden High School	Yes	1977–1978	A
16	Jesse Baez	C	Cerritos College	Yes	1977–1983	AA
17	Edward Reilly	RHP	Fanwood High School	No
Astros-1981	1981–1985	AA
18	Salvatore Favata	2B	Edgewood High School	No
Brewers-1980	1980–1982	A
19	Richard Ross	OF	Santa Teresa High School	No
20	Steven Green	RHP	Pepperell High School	No
21	Mike Ledna	SS	Buffalo Grove High School	No
White Sox-1981	1981	Rookie
22	Bobby Brown	OF	John Brown University	Yes	1977–1979	AA
23	Mitch Webster	OF	Larned High School	Yes	1977–1995	MLB
24	Victor Woods	OF	El Cerrito High School	No
Indians-1979	1979–1982	A
25	Michael Zouras	3B	California State University, Long Beach	Yes	1977–1981	AAA
26	Michael Holt	RHP	East Forsyth High School	Yes	1977–1978	A
27	Mark Jakway	OF	Hemet High School	No
28	Douglas Hogan	RHP	Mineral Area College	Yes	1977–1978	A
29	Melvin Freeman	3B	Easley High School	No
Brewers-1979	1979	A
30	Tony Bolla	C	Crestmoor High School	No
Giants-1979	1979	A
31	Scott Hadley	RHP	Central High School	No
32	Ronald Kiene	RHP	Stuyvesant High School	No
33	Jeffrey Jordan	RHP	Orangeville High School	No
34	Ken Duckett	OF	Richard J. Reynolds High School	No
35	John Shoemaker	SS	Miami University of Ohio	Yes	1977–1980	AAA
36	Tom Niedenfuer	RHP	Redmond High School	No
Dodgers-1981	1981–1990	MLB
37	Todd Roddy	IF	Bellevue High School	No

June secondary phase

Round	Name	Position	School	Signed	Career span	Highest level
1	Ron Roenicke	OF	University of California, Los Angeles	Yes	1977–1989	MLB
2	Rick Kranitz	RHP	Yavapai College	No
Brewers-1979	1979–1985	AAA
3	Kevin Williams	OF	Edmonds Community College	No
Twins-1980	1980–1983	AA

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/oatesjo01.shtml Johnny Oates] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bucknbi01.shtml Bill Buckner] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/auerbri01.shtml Rick Auerbach] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN197704070.shtml 1977 Opening Day Lineup] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/halejo01.shtml John Hale] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cruzhe02.shtml Henry Cruz] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pasleke01.shtml Kevin Pasley] at ''Baseball-Reference''
"1977 Los Angeles Dodgers Schedule & Results".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=LAD&year_ID=1977&draft_type=janreg& 1977 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase ]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=LAD&year_ID=1977&draft_type=jansec& 1977 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase ]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=LAD&year_ID=1977&draft_type=junreg& 1977 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=LAD&year_ID=1977&draft_type=junsec& 1977 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase]

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	7	9	0
Los Angeles	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	5	9	2
W: Gene Garber (1–0) L: Elías Sosa (0–1) SV: Tug McGraw (1)
HRs: PHI – Greg Luzinski (1); LAD – Ron Cey (1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	1
Los Angeles	0	0	1	4	0	1	1	0	X	7	9	1
W: Don Sutton (1–0) L: Jim Lonborg (0–1)
HRs: PHI – Bake McBride (1); LAD – Dusty Baker (1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	6	12	2
Philadelphia	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	6	2
W: Lance Rautzhan (1–0) L: Gene Garber (1–1) SV: Mike Garman (1)
HRs: None

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	5	0
Philadelphia	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0
W: Tommy John (1–0) L: Steve Carlton (0–1)
HRs: LAD – Dusty Baker (2)