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1977 Kansas City Royals season

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Owner(s)
  
Ewing Kauffman

Manager(s)
  
Whitey Herzog

General manager(s)
  
Joe Burke

Local television
  
KBMA

Local radio
  
WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White)

The 1977 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing first in the American League West with a record of 102 wins and 60 losses. They went on to lose the 1977 American League Championship Series to the New York Yankees, 3 games to 2.

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Offseason

  • November 5, 1976: Ruppert Jones was drafted from the Royals by the Seattle Mariners with the first pick in the 1976 Major League Baseball expansion draft.
  • December 6, 1976: Jamie Quirk, Jim Wohlford and a player to be named later were traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Milwaukee Brewers for Jim Colborn and Darrell Porter. The Kansas City Royals completed the trade by sending Bob McClure to the Brewers on March 15, 1977.
  • December 7, 1976: Frank Ortenzio was traded by the Royals to the Montreal Expos for Rudy Kinard (minors).

    • Opening Day starters

  • George Brett
  • Al Cowens
  • Pete LaCock
  • John Mayberry
  • Hal McRae
  • Amos Otis
  • Freddie Patek
  • Darrell Porter
  • Paul Splittorff
  • Frank White

    • Notable transactions

  • May 27, 1977: Tim Ireland was signed as a free agent by the Royals.

    • Starters by position

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

    Other batters

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

    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

    Game 1

    October 5: Yankee Stadium, New York City

    Game 2

    October 6: Yankee Stadium, New York City

    Game 3

    October 7: Royals Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

    Game 4

    October 8: Royals Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

    Game 5

    October 9: Royals Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

    References

    1977 Kansas City Royals season Wikipedia
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