1977 Cincinnati Reds season

1977 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Riverfront Stadium (since 1970)
Cincinnati (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Louis Nippert
General manager(s)	Bob Howsam
Manager(s)	Sparky Anderson
Local television	WLWT (Ken Coleman, Bill Brown)
Local radio	WLW (Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
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The 1977 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished in second place in the National League West, with a record of 88-74, 10 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Reds were managed by Sparky Anderson and played their home games at Riverfront Stadium.

Offseason

December 16, 1976: Tony Pérez and Will McEnaney were traded by the Reds to the Montreal Expos for Woodie Fryman and Dale Murray.^[1]
February 13, 1977: Steve Christmas was signed as an amateur free agent by the Reds.^[2]
February 16, 1977: Dave Schneck was traded by the Reds to the Chicago Cubs for Champ Summers.^[3]
March 28, 1977: Joel Youngblood was traded by the Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bill Caudill.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	98	64	0.605	—	51–30	47–34
Cincinnati Reds	88	74	0.543	10	48–33	40–41
Houston Astros	81	81	0.500	17	46–35	35–46
San Francisco Giants	75	87	0.463	23	38–43	37–44
San Diego Padres	69	93	0.426	29	35–46	34–47
Atlanta Braves	61	101	0.377	37	40–41	21–60

Record vs. opponents

1977 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	5–7	4–14	9–9	5–13	6–6	7–5	2–10	3–9	11–7	8–10	1–11
Chicago	7–5	—	7–5	6–6	6–6	10–8	9–9	6–12	7–11	7–5	9–3	7–11
Cincinnati	14–4	5–7	—	5–13	10–8	7–5	10–2	8–4	3–9	11–7	10–8	5–7
Houston	9–9	6–6	13–5	—	9–9	8–4	6–6	4–8	4–8	8–10	9–9	5–7
Los Angeles	13–5	6–6	8–10	9–9	—	7–5	8–4	6–6	9–3	12–6	14–4	6–6
Montreal	6–6	8–10	5–7	4–8	5–7	—	10–8	7–11	7–11	5–7	6–6	12–6
New York	5–7	9–9	2–10	6–6	4–8	8–10	—	5–13	4–14	6–6	7–5	8–10
Philadelphia	10-2	12–6	4–8	8–4	6–6	11–7	13–5	—	8–10	9–3	9–3	11–7
Pittsburgh	9–3	11–7	9–3	8–4	3–9	11–7	14–4	10–8	—	10–2	2–10	9–9
San Diego	7–11	5–7	7–11	10–8	6–12	7–5	6–6	3–9	2–10	—	8–10	8–4
San Francisco	10–8	3–9	8–10	9–9	4–14	6–6	5–7	3–9	10–2	10–8	—	7–5
St. Louis	11–1	11–7	7–5	7–5	6–6	6–12	10–8	7–11	9–9	4–8	5–7	—

Notable transactions

June 15, 1977: Pat Zachry, Doug Flynn, Steve Henderson, and Dan Norman were traded by the Reds to the New York Mets for Tom Seaver.^[5]
June 15, 1977: Gary Nolan was traded by the Reds to the California Angels for Craig Hendrickson (minors).^[6]
September 28, 1977: Rudy Meoli was purchased from the Reds by the Chicago Cubs.^[7]

Roster

1977 Cincinnati Reds

Roster

Pitchers

42 Santo Alcalá

43 Jack Billingham

34 Pedro Borbón

44 Mike Caldwell

44 Doug Capilla

50 Dan Dumoulin

49 Rawly Eastwick

35 Woodie Fryman

53 Joe Henderson

40 Joe Hoerner

47 Tom Hume

31 Paul Moskau

37 Dale Murray

38 Gary Nolan

32 Fred Norman

45 Manny Sarmiento

41 Tom Seaver

36 Mario Soto

38 Ángel Torres

40 Pat Zachry

Catchers

5 Johnny Bench

9 Bill Plummer

7 Don Werner

Infielders

23 Rick Auerbach

11 Bob Bailey

13 Dave Concepción

22 Dan Driessen

23 Doug Flynn

25 Ray Knight

8 Joe Morgan

14 Pete Rose

Outfielders

33 Ed Armbrister

15 George Foster

20 César Gerónimo

30 Ken Griffey

21 Mike Lum

28 Champ Summers

Manager

10 Sparky Anderson

Coaches

18 Ted Kluszewski

2 Russ Nixon

3 George Scherger

4 Larry Shepard

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

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
Summers, ChampChamp Summers	59	76	13	.171	3	6
Flynn, DougDoug Flynn	36	32	8	.250	0	5

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
Zachry, PatPat Zachry	12	75	3	7	5.04	36

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
Billingham, JackJack Billingham	36	161.2	10	10	5.23	76
Fryman, WoodieWoodie Fryman	17	75.1	5	5	5.38	57
Alcalá, SantoSanto Alcalá	7	15.2	1	1	5.74	9

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
Murray, DaleDale Murray	61	7	2	4	4.94	42
Caldwell, MikeMike Caldwell	14	0	0	1	4.01	11
Henderson, JoeJoe Henderson	7	0	2	0	12.00	8
Dumoulin, DanDan Dumoulin	5	0	0	0	13.50	5

Awards and records

George Foster, MLB Home Run Champion (52)
George Foster, MLB RBI Champion (149)
George Foster, National League MVP

All-Stars

1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Johnny Bench, starter, catcher
Joe Morgan, starter, second base
Dave Concepción, starter, shortstop
George Foster, starter, outfield
Tom Seaver, reserve
Pete Rose, reserve
Ken Griffey, reserve

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	American Association	Roy Majtyka
AA	Trois-Rivières Aigles	Eastern League	Chuck Goggin
A	Tampa Tarpons	Florida State League	Jim Hoff
A	Shelby Reds	Western Carolinas League	Jim Lett
A-Short Season	Eugene Emeralds	Northwest League	John Underwood
Rookie	Billings Mustangs	Pioneer League	Greg Riddoch

Notes

References

1977 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

1977 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1977 MLB draft 1977 All-Star Game 1977 World Series

Cincinnati Reds

Formerly the Cincinnati Red Stockings and the Cincinnati Redlegs
Based in Cincinnati, Ohio

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Majestic Park; Riverside Park; Tinker Field; Sixto Escobar Stadium; Plant Field; Al Lopez Field; Plant City Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Goodyear Ballpark

Culture

Rivalries

Cleveland Indians

Key personnel

Owner: Robert Castellini
President of Baseball Operations: Walt Jocketty
General Manager: Dick Williams
Manager: Bryan Price

World Series Championships (5)

National League pennants (9)

AA pennants (1)

1882

Division titles (10)

National League Central: 1995; 2010; 2012
National League West: 1970; 1972; 1973; 1975; 1976; 1979; 1990

Minors

Louisville Bats (AAA)
Pensacola Blue Wahoos (AA)
Daytona Tortugas (A Adv.)
Dayton Dragons (A)
Billings Mustangs (Rookie Adv.)
AZL Reds (Rookie)
DSL Reds (Rookie)
DSL Rojos (Rookie)

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