1977 California Angels season

November 16, 1976: Don Baylor was signed as a free agent by the Angels.
November 17, 1976: Joe Rudi was signed as a free agent by the Angels.
November 24, 1976: Bobby Grich was signed as a free agent by the Angels.
January 11, 1977: Daryl Sconiers was drafted by the Angels in the 3rd round of the 1977 Major League Baseball draft.

Regular season

Season standings

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AL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	102	60	.630	—	55‍–‍26	47‍–‍34
Texas Rangers	94	68	.580	8	44‍–‍37	50‍–‍31
Chicago White Sox	90	72	.556	12	48‍–‍33	42‍–‍39
Minnesota Twins	84	77	.522	17½	48‍–‍32	36‍–‍45
California Angels	74	88	.457	28	39‍–‍42	35‍–‍46
Seattle Mariners	64	98	.395	38	29‍–‍52	35‍–‍46
Oakland Athletics	63	98	.391	38½	35‍–‍46	28‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1977 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–8	5–6	5–5	11–4	12–3	4–7	11–4	6–4	8–7	8–2	7–3	4–6	10–5
Boston	8–6	—	7–3	3–7	8–7	9–6	5–5	9–6	4–6	8–7	8–3	10–1	6–4	12–3
California	6–5	3–7	—	8–7	6–4	4–6	6–9	5–5	7–8	4–7	5–10	9–6	5–10	6–4
Chicago	5–5	7–3	7–8	—	6–4	4–6	8–7	6–5	10–5	3–7	10–5	10–5	6–9	8–3
Cleveland	4–11	7–8	4–6	4–6	—	8–7	3–7	11–4	2–9	3–12	7–3	7–3	2–9	9–5
Detroit	3–12	6–9	6–4	6–4	7–8	—	3–8	10–5	5–5	6–9	5–5	5–6	2–8	10–5
Kansas City	7–4	5–5	9–6	7–8	7–3	8–3	—	8–2	10–5	5–5	9–6	11–4	8–7	8–2
Milwaukee	4–11	6–9	5–5	5–6	4–11	5–10	2–8	—	3–8	8–7	5–5	7–3	5–5	8–7
Minnesota	4–6	6–4	8–7	5–10	9–2	5–5	5–10	8–3	—	2–8	8–6	7–8	8–7	9–1
New York	7–8	7–8	7–4	7–3	12–3	9–6	5–5	7–8	8–2	—	9–2	6–4	7–3	9–6
Oakland	2–8	3–8	10–5	5–10	3–7	5–5	6–9	5–5	6–8	2–9	—	7–8	2–13	7–3
Seattle	3–7	1–10	6–9	5–10	3–7	6–5	4–11	3–7	8–7	4–6	8–7	—	9–6	4–6
Texas	6–4	4–6	10–5	9–6	9–2	8–2	7–8	5–5	7–8	3–7	13–2	6–9	—	7–4
Toronto	5–10	3–12	4–6	3–8	5–9	5–10	2–8	7–8	1–9	6–9	3–7	6–4	4–7	—

Opening Day lineup

1 Jerry Remy 2B
2 Bobby Grich SS
3 Bobby Bonds RF
4 Don Baylor DH
5 Joe Rudi LF
6 Tony Solaita 1B
7 Bruce Bochte CF
8 Dave Chalk 3B
9 Terry Humphrey C
P Frank Tanana

Notable transactions

June 7, 1977: 1977 Major League Baseball draft
- Richard Dotson was drafted by the Angels in the 1st round (7th pick).
- Brian Harper was drafted by the Angels in the 4th round.
June 13, 1977: Dick Drago was traded by the Angels to the Baltimore Orioles for Dyar Miller.
June 15, 1977: Craig Hendrickson (minors) was traded by the Angels to the Cincinnati Reds for Gary Nolan.
September 16, 1977: Carlos May was purchased by the Angels from the New York Yankees.

Roster

1977 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers 33 Mike Barlow 34 Ken Brett 39 John Caneira 35 Mike Cuellar 41 Dick Drago 45 Paul Hartzell 33 Don Kirkwood 31 Fred Kuhaulua 17 Dave LaRoche 41 Dyar Miller 35 Balor Moore 38 Gary Nolan 47 Gary Ross 30 Nolan Ryan 19 Mickey Scott 42,46 Wayne Simpson 40 Frank Tanana 48 John Verhoeven 43 Tom Walker		Catchers 8 Andy Etchebarren 15 Ike Hampton 9 Terry Humphrey Infielders 22 Willie Aikens 21 Dan Briggs 7 Dave Chalk 4 Bobby Grich 11 Mario Guerrero 16 Ron Jackson 10 Dave Kingman 44 Carlos May 18 Rance Mulliniks 14,17 Orlando Ramírez 2 Jerry Remy 27 Tony Solaita		Outfielders 12 Don Baylor 22 Bruce Bochte 25 Bobby Bonds 32 Thad Bosley 28 Gil Flores 19 Ken Landreaux 26 Joe Rudi 3 Rusty Torres Other batters 23 Danny Goodwin 18 Bobby Jones		Manager 6 Dave Garcia 37 Norm Sherry Coaches 49 Bob Clear (Bullpen) 1 Del Crandall (First base) 8 Andy Etchebarren (Bench) 6 Dave Garcia (Third base) 24 Marv Grissom (Pitching, after 7/13) 24 Billy Muffett (Pitching, until 7/11) 50 Jimmie Reese (Conditioning) 20 Frank Robinson (Hitting)

1977 California Angels

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

23 Danny Goodwin
18 Bobby Jones

Manager

6 Dave Garcia
37 Norm Sherry

Coaches

49 Bob Clear (Bullpen)
1 Del Crandall (First base)
8 Andy Etchebarren (Bench)
6 Dave Garcia (Third base)
24 Marv Grissom (Pitching, after 7/13)
24 Billy Muffett (Pitching, until 7/11)
50 Jimmie Reese (Conditioning)
20 Frank Robinson (Hitting)

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
C	Terry Humphrey	123	304	69	.227	2	34
1B	Tony Solaita	116	324	78	.241	14	53
2B	Jerry Remy	154	575	145	.252	4	44
SS	Rance Mulliniks	78	271	73	.269	3	21
3B	Dave Chalk	149	519	144	.277	3	45
LF	Joe Rudi	64	246	64	.264	13	53
CF	Gil Flores	104	342	95	.278	1	26
RF	Bobby Bonds	158	592	156	.264	37	115
DH	Don Baylor	154	561	141	.251	25	75

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
Ron Jackson	106	292	71	.243	8	28
Mario Guerrero	86	244	69	.283	1	28
Thad Bosley	58	212	63	.297	0	19
Bobby Grich	52	181	44	.243	7	23
Andy Etchebarren	80	114	29	.254	0	14
Bruce Bochte	25	100	29	.290	2	8
Willie Aikens	42	91	18	.198	0	6
Danny Goodwin	35	91	19	.209	1	8
Rusty Torres	58	77	12	.156	3	10
Ken Landreaux	23	76	19	.250	0	5
Dan Briggs	59	74	12	.162	1	4
Ike Hampton	52	44	13	.295	3	9
Dave Kingman	10	36	7	.194	2	4
Carlos May	11	18	6	.333	0	1
Bobby Jones	14	17	3	.176	1	3
Orlando Ramírez	25	13	1	.077	0	0

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
Nolan Ryan	37	299.0	19	16	2.77	341
Frank Tanana	31	241.1	15	9	2.54	205
Ken Brett	21	142.0	7	10	4.25	41
Wayne Simpson	27	122.0	6	12	5.83	55
Gary Ross	14	58.1	2	4	5.55	30
Gary Nolan	5	18.1	0	3	8.84	4

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
Paul Hartzell	41	189.1	8	12	3.57	79
John Caneira	6	28.2	2	2	4.08	17
Balor Moore	7	22.2	0	2	3.97	14
Fred Kuhaulua	3	6.1	0	0	15.63	3
Mike Cuellar	2	3.1	0	1	18.90	3

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
Dave LaRoche	46	6	5	13	3.10	61
Dyar Miller	41	4	4	4	3.02	49
Mike Barlow	20	4	2	1	4.58	25
Dick Drago	13	0	1	2	3.00	15
Don Kirkwood	13	1	0	1	5.09	10
Mickey Scott	12	0	2	0	5.63	5
Sid Monge	4	0	1	1	2.92	4
John Verhoeven	3	0	2	0	3.86	3
Tom Walker	1	0	0	0	9.00	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Salt Lake City Gulls	Pacific Coast League	Jimy Williams
AA	El Paso Diablos	Texas League	Buck Rodgers
A	Salinas Packers	California League	Moose Stubing
A	Quad Cities Angels	Midwest League	Chuck Cottier
Rookie	Idaho Falls Angels	Pioneer League	Larry Himes

Notes

Mike Miley's death
Don Baylor at Baseball-Reference
Joe Rudi at Baseball-Reference
Bobby Grich at Baseball-Reference
Daryl Sconiers at Baseball-Reference
Richard Dotson at Baseball-Reference
Brian Harper at Baseball-Reference
Dick Drago at Baseball-Reference
Gary Nolan at Baseball-Reference
Carlos May at Baseball-Reference

References

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.

External links

1977 California Angels at Baseball-Reference
1977 California Angels at Baseball Almanac

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

Los Angeles Angels

Established in 1961
Formerly the California Angels and the Anaheim Angels
Based in Anaheim, California (Greater Los Angeles)

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Ballparks

Spring training: Angels Stadium; Tempe Diablo Stadium

Culture

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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Talent for the Game
Angels in the Outfield
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Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch
Los Angels en Acción
"Build Me Up Buttercup"
City of Anaheim v. Angels Baseball LP
"Calling All Angels"
Shohei Ohtani: Beyond the Dream

Lore

Rivalries

Minor league
affiliates

Triple-A: Salt Lake Bees
Double-A: Rocket City Trash Pandas
High-A: Tri-City Dust Devils
Single-A: Inland Empire 66ers
Rookie: ACL Angels; DSL Angels

Key personnel

Owner: Arte Moreno
General Manager: Perry Minasian
Manager: Ron Washington

World Series
championships (1)

2002

American League
pennants (1)

2002

AL West division titles

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Wild Card berths

2002

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