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1977 Atlanta Braves season

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Record
  
61–101 (.377)

Owner(s)
  
Ted Turner

Divisional place
  
6th

General manager(s)
  
Bill Lucas

Manager(s)
  
Dave Bristol (games 1–29, 32–162)Ted Turner (game 30)Vern Benson (game 31)

Local television
  
WTCG(Ernie Johnson, Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray)

The 1977 Atlanta Braves season was the 107th season for the franchise and their 12th in Atlanta. The team finished in last place in the six-team National League West with a record of 61–101, 37 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Offseason

  • December 9, 1976: Carl Morton, Adrian Devine, Ken Henderson, Dave May, Roger Moret, and $250,000 were traded by the Braves to the Texas Rangers for Jeff Burroughs.

    • Turner's one-day reign as manager

    Midway through the 1977 season, with the Braves mired in a 16-game losing streak, owner Ted Turner sent Dave Bristol on a 10-day "scouting trip" and took over as his own manager. This only lasted for one game (a 2–1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates) before National League president Chub Feeney ordered Turner to give up the reins, citing major league rules which forbid managers or players from owning stock in a team. After the Braves broke the skid under third-base coach Vern Benson, Bristol—who had spent the time at his offseason home in Andrews, North Carolina—was given his old job back for the remainder of the season.

    Opening Day starters

  • Jeff Burroughs
  • Vic Correll
  • Rod Gilbreath
  • Gary Matthews
  • Willie Montañez
  • Rowland Office
  • Pat Rockett
  • Jerry Royster
  • Dick Ruthven

    • Notable transactions

  • April 30, 1977: Mike Marshall was purchased from the Braves by the Texas Rangers.
  • June 7, 1977: Larry Owen was drafted by the Braves in the 17th round of the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft.

    • Starters by position

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

    Other batters

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

    Starting pitchers

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

    Other pitchers

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

    Relief pitchers

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

    League leaders

  • Phil Niekro, National League leader, Losses

    • References

    1977 Atlanta Braves season Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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