1977 Minnesota Twins season

The 1977 Minnesota Twins season was a season in American baseball. The team finished 84–77, fourth in the American League West.

1977 Minnesota Twins
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium
CityBloomington, Minnesota
OwnersCalvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes)
General managersCalvin Griffith
ManagersGene Mauch
TelevisionWTCN
(Harmon Killebrew, Joe Boyle)
Radio830 WCCO AM
(Herb Carneal, Frank Quilici)
Seasons

Offseason
  • March 18, 1977: Geoff Zahn was signed as a free agent by the Twins.[1]

Regular season

In a May 25 double-header at Boston's Fenway Park, outfielder Lyman Bostock tied a major league record with twelve putouts in the first game. His total of seventeen putouts over both games set a new American League record.

On June 26, a crowd of 46,463 turned up at Metropolitan Stadium to watch first baseman Rod Carew's pursuit of a .400 batting average. Carew didn't disappoint, going 4 for 5 with six RBI, raising his batting average seven points to .403. Lost in the commotion was right fielder Glenn Adams' own 4-for-5 performance, as he drove in a Twins-record eight runs. The Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 19–12.[2]

Rod Carew, outfielder Larry Hisle and catcher Butch Wynegar were named to the All-Star Game. Carew was the leading AL vote-getter, scoring 405 of 422 possible votes in the national balloting by sports writers and broadcasters.[3]

Carew was named American League Most Valuable Player. In winning his sixth AL batting title, Carew flirted with becoming the first batter since Ted Williams in 1941 to hit .400, finishing at .388. He also had 239 hits, scored a league-leading 128 runs, hit 14 home runs and collected 100 RBI.

Other offensive stars were Larry Hisle, who hit 28 HR and drove in a league-leading 119 runs, and Lyman Bostock, who hit .338 with 104 runs, 14 HR and 90 RBI.

The Twins' ability to score runs was matched by their pitchers' ability to give up runs. Reliever Tom Johnson replaced Bill Campbell, racking up 16 relief wins along with 20 saves. Dave Goltz became a 20-game winner for the first time.

1,162,727 fans attended Twins games, the fourth lowest total in the American League. It was, however, the first time since 1970 that the Twins attracted more than one million fans.

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 10260 0.630 — 55–26 47–34
Texas Rangers 9468 0.580 8 44–37 50–31
Chicago White Sox 9072 0.556 12 48–33 42–39
Minnesota Twins 8477 0.522 17½ 48–32 36–45
California Angels 7488 0.457 28 39–42 35–46
Seattle Mariners 6498 0.395 38 29–52 35–46
Oakland Athletics 6398 0.391 38½ 35–46 28–52

Record vs. opponents
1977 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —6–85–65–511–412–34–711–46–48–78–27–34–610–5
Boston 8–6—7–33–78–79–65–59–64–68–78–310–16–412–3
California 6–53–7—8–76–44–66–95–57–84–75–109–65–106–4
Chicago 5–57–37–8—6–44–68–76–510–53–710–510–56–98–3
Cleveland 4–117–84–64–6—8–73–711–42–93–127–37–32–99–5
Detroit 3–126–96–46–47–8—3–810–55–56–95–55–62–810–5
Kansas City 7–45–59–67–87–38–3—8–210–55–59–611–48–78–2
Milwaukee 4–116–95–55–64–115–102–8—3–88–75–57–35–58–7
Minnesota 4–66–48–75–109–25–55–108–3—2–88–67–88–79–1
New York 7–87–87–47–312–39–65–57–88–2—9–26–47–39–6
Oakland 2–83–810–55–103–75–56–95–56–82–9—7–82–137–3
Seattle 3–71–106–95–103–76–54–113–78–74–68–7—9–64–6
Texas 6–44–610–59–69–28–27–85–57–83–713–26–9—7–4
Toronto 5–103–124–63–85–95–102–87–81–96–93–76–44–7—

Notable transactions

Roster
1977 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season
1977 regular season game log: 84–77 (Home: 48–32; Away: 36–45)
April: 13–9 (Home: 5–4; Away: 6–5)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
11April 18@ Royals
12April 19@ Royals
13April 20@ Royals
14April 21@ Rangers
15April 22@ Rangers
16April 23@ Rangers
17April 24@ Rangers
21April 29Tigers
22April 30Tigers
May: 16–8 (Home: 7–1; Away: 9–7)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
23May 1Tigers
29May 10@ Tigers
30May 11@ Tigers
40May 25
(1)		@ Red Sox
41May 25
(2)		@ Red Sox
42May 27@ Orioles
43May 28@ Orioles
44May 29@ Orioles
45May 30Orioles
46May 31Orioles
June: 13–15 (Home: 12–10; Away: 1–5)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
47June 1YankeesW 4–3Johnson (5–2)Guidry (3–2)—2:4423,68430–17W2
48June 2YankeesL 3–10Figueroa (7–3)Holly (2–2)Lyle (8)2:3930,74130–18L1
49June 3Red Sox
50June 4Red Sox
51June 5Red Sox
52June 6White Sox
53June 7White Sox
54June 8Royals
55June 9Royals
56June 10@ YankeesL 1–4Guidry (4–2)Zahn (6–4)Lyle (11)2:3921,89733–23L2
57June 11@ YankeesL 5–6Hunter (3–3)Goltz (5–4)Lyle (12)2:4323,68133–24L3
58June 12@ YankeesW 6–1Thormodsgard (4–3)Figueroa (7–5)—2:1852,28134–24W1
62June 17@ Royals
63June 18@ Royals
64June 19@ Royals
65June 20Rangers
66June 21Rangers
67June 22Rangers
68June 23Rangers
69June 24White Sox
70June 25White Sox
71June 26White Sox
July: 17–14 (Home: 8–3; Away: 9–11)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
75July 1@ White Sox
76July 2@ White Sox
77July 3
(1)		@ White Sox
78July 3
(2)		@ White Sox
48th All-Star Game in Bronx, New York
August: 16–13 (Home: 12–5; Away: 4–8)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
106August 1Royals
107August 2Royals
108August 3Tigers
109August 4Tigers
115August 12@ Tigers
116August 13@ Tigers
117August 14@ Tigers
118August 15@ Orioles
119August 16@ Orioles
122August 19Orioles
124August 20Orioles
124August 21Orioles
125August 22Red Sox
126August 23Red Sox
127August 24@ YankeesL 1–11Hunter (9–7)Redfern (5–9)—2:0526,67672–55L1
128August 25@ YankeesL 4–6Lyle (9–4)Johnson (13–8)—2:5838,84672–56L2
129August 26@ Red Sox
130August 27@ Red Sox
131August 28@ Red Sox
September: 7–18 (Home: 4–10; Away: 3–8)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
135September 2YankeesL 0–4Guidry (12–6)Goltz (16–8)—2:1820,27075–60L2
136September 3YankeesL 4–7Figueroa (13–8)Schueler' (7–7)—2:4725,46575–61L3
137September 4YankeesL 0–4Gullett (11–3)Zahn (11–11)—1:4829,96975–62L4
140September 7Rangers
141September 9Royals
142September 10Royals
143September 11Royals
144September 12@ White Sox
145September 13@ White Sox
149September 17@ Rangers
150September 18
(1)		@ Rangers
151September 18
(2)		@ Rangers
152September 20@ Royals
153September 21@ Royals
157September 27White Sox
158September 28White Sox
October: 2–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–0)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Twins team member

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

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
CButch Wynegar144532139.2611079
1BRod Carew156616239.38814100
2BBob Randall10330673.239022
3BMike Cubbage129417110.264955
SSRoy Smalley150584135.231656
LFLarry Hisle141546165.30228119
CFLyman Bostock153593199.3361490
RFDan Ford144453121.2671160
DHCraig Kusick11526868.2561245

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
Glenn Adams9526991.338649
Rich Chiles10826169.264336
Jerry Terrell9321448.224120
Rob Wilfong7317142.246113
Bob Gorinski5411823.195322
Willie Norwood398319.22939
Luis Gómez326516.246011
Glenn Borgmann174311.25627
Bud Bulling15325.15605
Larry Wolfe8256.24006
Sam Perlozzo10247.29200
Randy Bass9192.10500

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
Dave Goltz39303.020113.36186
Paul Thormodsgard37218.011154.62100
Geoff Zahn34198.012144.6888
Pete Redfern30137.1695.1873
Mike Pazik318.0102.506

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
Ron Schueler52134.2874.4177
Dave Johnson3072.2254.5833
Jeff Holly1848.1236.8932
Bill Butler621.0016.865

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
Tom Johnson71167153.1387
Tom Burgmeier616475.0935
Gary Serum80004.374
Don Carrithers70106.913
Jim Shellenback50007.943
Jim Hughes20002.081

Awards and honors

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Twins Pacific Coast League Del Wilber and Tom Kelly
AA Orlando Twins Southern League Johnny Goryl
A Visalia Oaks California League Roy McMillan
A Wisconsin Rapids Twins Midwest League Jim Rantz, Carlos Pascual
and Spencer "Red" Robbins
Rookie Elizabethton Twins Appalachian League Fred Waters

Notes
  1. Geoff Zahn at Baseball Reference
  2. "Minnesota Twins 19, Chicago White Sox 12". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  3. "Carew Tops All Voting for All-Stars". Kingman Daily Miner.com. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  4. Don Carrithers at Baseball Reference
  5. Dave Johnson at Baseball-Reference
  6. Darrell Jackson at Baseball Reference

References
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