1977 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1977 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 96th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their 91st in the National League. The Pirates finished second in the National League East with a record of 96–66. This was the first season where the player's last names appeared on the back of the jerseys.

1977 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record96–66 (.593)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
OwnersJohn W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
General managersHarding "Pete" Peterson
ManagersChuck Tanner
Local televisionKDKA-TV
Milo Hamilton, Lanny Frattare
Local radioKDKA
Milo Hamilton, Lanny Frattare
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 10161 0.623 — 60–21 41–40
Pittsburgh Pirates 9666 0.593 5 58–23 38–43
St. Louis Cardinals 8379 0.512 18 52–31 31–48
Chicago Cubs 8181 0.500 20 46–35 35–46
Montreal Expos 7587 0.463 26 38–43 37–44
New York Mets 6498 0.395 37 35–44 29–54

Record vs. opponents
1977 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–74–149–95–136–67–52–103–911–78–101–11
Chicago 7–5—7–56–66–610–89–96–127–117–59–37–11
Cincinnati 14–45–7—5–1310–87–510–28–43–911–710–85–7
Houston 9–96–613–5—9–98–46–64–84–88–109–95–7
Los Angeles 13–56–68–109–9—7–58–46–69–312–614–46–6
Montreal 6–68–105–74–85–7—10–87–117–115–76–612–6
New York 5–79–92–106–64–88–10—5–134–146–67–58–10
Philadelphia 10-212–64–88–46–611–713–5—8–109–39–311–7
Pittsburgh 9–311–79–38–43–911–714–410–8—10–22–109–9
San Diego 7–115–77–1110–86–127–56–63–92–10—8–108–4
San Francisco 10–83–98–109–94–146–65–73–910–210–8—7–5
St. Louis 11–111–77–57–56–66–1210–87–119–94–85–7—

Game log
1977 Game Log: 95–66 (Home: 57–23; Away: 38–43)
April: 10–7 (Home: 5–4; Away: 5–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 7Cardinals6–12DennyReuss (0–1)—35,1860–1
2April 9Cardinals2–8ForschKison (0–1)—6,7190–2
3April 10Cardinals7–8CarrollRooker (0–1)Urrea5,2230–3
4April 12Expos2–1Gossage (1–0)McEnaney—4,0421–3
5April 13Expos3–0Kison (1–1)Rogers—4,5862–3
6April 15@ Cardinals7–0Rooker (1–1)Falcone—41,2263–3
7April 16@ Cardinals3–1Candelaria (1–0)RasmussenGossage (1)12,5134–3
8April 17@ Cardinals3–4DennyReuss (0–2)Urrea28,5744–4
9April 18@ Expos5–6 (14)AtkinsonJones (0–1)—10,9114–5
10April 19@ Expos0–6StanhouseDemery (0–1)—10,0624–6
11April 20@ Expos8–6Rooker (2–1)HannahsTekulve (1)12,6075–6
12April 22@ Mets4–3Tekulve (1–0)Myrick—19,4956–6
13April 23@ Mets6–5Gossage (2–0)Sadecki—9,0407–6
14April 26Phillies5–0Candelaria (2–0)ChristensonGossage (2)6,7268–6
15April 27Phillies7–3Kison (2–1)Twitchell—7,0549–6
16April 29Astros3–11BannisterReuss (0–3)—7,1869–7
17April 30Astros10–0Rooker (3–1)Konieczny—6,54010–7
May: 16–10 (Home: 10–3; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
18May 1Astros4–3 (10)Gossage (3–0)Forsch—25,37111–7
19May 2@ Braves11–1Kison (3–1)Capra—9,14812–7
20May 3@ Braves8–7 (11)Tekulve (2–0)NiekroJackson (1)7,97713–7
21May 4@ Braves8–0Demery (1–1)LaCorte—3,89014–7
22May 6Reds6–3Candelaria (3–0)BillinghamGossage (3)16,25815–7
23May 7Reds12–10Forster (1–0)ZachryTekulve (2)16,79916–7
24May 8Reds6–4Jones (1–1)NormanGossage (4)27,00317–7
25May 10Braves3–0Rooker (4–1)CapraTekulve (3)18–7
26May 10Braves2–1Demery (2–1)CollinsGossage (5)5,71319–7
27May 11Braves2–1Candelaria (4–0)NiekroGossage (6)6,81620–7
28May 12Braves1–6LeonKison (3–2)—10,16120–8
29May 13@ Astros0–3LemongelloReuss (0–4)Forsch10,51220–9
30May 14@ Astros6–2Demery (3–1)AndujarGossage (7)25,15221–9
31May 15@ Astros3–1Tekulve (3–0)Richard—9,34022–9
32May 17@ Reds3–0Candelaria (5–0)BillinghamGossage (8)30,57523–9
33May 18@ Reds3–8NormanReuss (0–5)Borbon28,01123–10
34May 19Dodgers6–5 (10)Gossage (4–0)Hough—17,98824–10
35May 20Dodgers1–6HootonDemery (3–2)—34,94324–11
36May 21Dodgers3–4JohnRooker (4–2)—32,67424–12
37May 22Dodgers11–4Candelaria (6–0)Sutton—30,58325–12
38May 24Mets5–2Reuss (1–5)MatlackForster (1)9,30926–12
39May 27@ Cubs2–4BonhamCandelaria (6–1)Sutter14,59326–13
40May 28@ Cubs3–6ReuschelRooker (4–3)Sutter34,77926–14
41May 29@ Cubs2–3HernandezGossage (4–1)Sutter39,51726–15
42May 30@ Phillies4–6CarltonKison (3–3)—32,25326–16
43May 31@ Phillies5–6ReedTekulve (3–1)—23,73126–17
June: 12–17 (Home: 7–6; Away: 5–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
44June 1@ Phillies3–0 (8)Candelaria (7–1)Christenson—28,23427–17
45June 3Cubs5–0Rooker (5–3)Burris—20,15228–17
46June 4Cubs3–4KrukowReuss (1–6)Sutter26,20228–18
47June 5Cubs5–4Jones (2–1)BonhamGossage (9)51,58029–18
48June 6Giants1–3 (12)LavelleGossage (4–2)—6,63529–19
49June 7Giants6–7BarrDemery (3–3)Moffitt6,79529–20
50June 8Giants2–3CurtisRooker (5–4)Lavelle6,99529–21
51June 10Padres10–7 (11)GossageFingers—10,49929–21
52June 11Padres1–4ShirleyCandelaria (7–2)Fingers11,26229–22
53June 12Padres6–1Reuss (2–6)Jones—30–22
54June 12Padres7–4Kison (4–3)SawyerGossage (10)21,64031–22
55June 14@ Dodgers2–3WallGossage (4–3)—36,12231–23
56June 15@ Dodgers1–10RhodenJones (2–2)—32,43631–24
57June 16@ Dodgers2–3 (11)HoughGossage (4–4)—34,35031–25
58June 17@ Giants3–4HeaverloReuss (2–7)Lavelle4,78931–26
59June 18@ Giants5–7 (12)MoffittForster (1–1)—10,23131–27
60June 19@ Giants0–8KnepperRooker (5–5)—31–28
61June 19@ Giants6–8HeaverloJackson (0–1)Moffitt23,07831–29
62June 20@ Padres5–3Tekulve (4–1)ShirleyGossage (11)26,03032–29
63June 21@ Padres9–2Candelaria (8–2)Tomlin—14,26533–29
64June 22@ Padres3–1Reuss (3–7)GriffinGossage (12)14,62434–29
65June 24Expos6–5 (10)Gossage (5–4)Kerrigan—27,65035–29
66June 25Expos10–2Kison (5–3)Brown—7,72136–29
67June 26Expos7–4Tekulve (5–1)RogersGossage (13)37–29
68June 26Expos3–6McEnaneyGossage (5–5)—20,58337–30
69June 27@ Cardinals1–6FalconeReuss (3–8)—18,23937–31
70June 28@ Cardinals1–6SchultzForster (1–2)—37–32
71June 28@ Cardinals3–13UnderwoodJackson (0–2)—33,99737–33
72June 29@ Cardinals9–1Kison (6–3)Rasmussen—15,24838–33
73June 30@ Phillies1–8CarltonJones (2–3)—36,16238–34
July: 20–10 (Home: 15–1; Away: 5–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
74July 1@ Phillies6–7 (14)GarberJackson (0–3)—34,64038–35
75July 2@ Phillies3–4BrusstarReuss (3–9)Reed41,82838–36
76July 3@ Phillies7–11ChristensonKison (6–4)—28,55538–37
77July 4Cardinals5–2Rooker (6–5)UnderwoodGossage (14)39–37
78July 4Cardinals4–3Tekulve (6–1)Eastwick—22,81040–37
79July 5Cardinals3–7ForschCandelaria (8–3)—10,83740–38
80July 6Cardinals11–8Tekulve (7–1)Hrabosky—13,13741–38
81July 8Phillies8–7Gossage (6–5)Brusstar—25,20042–38
82July 9Phillies9–8 (12)Forster (2–2)Garber—19,14443–38
83July 10Phillies5–1Reuss (4–9)Lonborg—44–38
84July 10Phillies12–10Jackson (1–3)ReedGossage (15)39,04245–38
85July 11@ Expos2–4BahnsenJones (2–4)—19,76345–39
86July 12@ Expos5–4 (12)Gossage (7–5)Atkinson—14,78146–39
87July 13@ Expos6–1Candelaria (9–3)Rogers—22,79947–39
88July 15@ Mets7–1Rooker (7–5)Zachry—48–39
89July 15@ Mets1–6EspinosaReuss (4–10)—20,21948–40
90July 16@ Mets3–5SwanGossage (7–6)Apodaca24,44548–41
91July 17@ Mets3–1Candelaria (10–3)MatlackGossage (16)49–41
92July 17@ Mets3–9KoosmanForster (2–3)—19,49249–42
93July 21Reds6–2Reuss (5–10)Norman—21,71350–42
94July 22Reds8–7 (12)Jackson (2–3)Billingham—38,88851–42
95July 23Reds5–4Rooker (8–5)CapillaJackson (2)28,62552–42
96July 24Braves7–6 (13)Tekulve (8–1)Hargan—22,12353–42
97July 25Braves6–3Reuss (6–10)Niekro—8,75254–42
98July 26Astros3–2Candelaria (11–3)RichardGossage (17)11,88255–42
99July 27Astros3–2 (11)Tekulve (9–1)McLaughlin—11,25356–42
100July 28Astros9–4Rooker (9–5)Larson—16,40057–42
101July 29@ Braves3–5NiekroKison (6–5)—9,50557–43
102July 30@ Braves10–6Forster (3–3)Collins—19,00658–43
103July 31@ Braves3–8SolomonCandelaria (11–4)Hanna12,46758–44
August: 18–12 (Home: 10–5; Away: 8–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1@ Astros3–4 (11)LemongelloGossage (7–7)—11,76958–45
105August 2@ Astros6–3 (10)Jackson (3–3)Larson—15,80559–45
106August 3@ Astros0–3NiekroKison (6–6)—14,74559–46
107August 5@ Reds12–1Reuss (7–10)Norman—60–46
108August 5@ Reds10–6Jackson (4–3)Capilla—50,08561–46
109August 6@ Reds3–8SeaverForster (3–4)—44,26761–47
110August 7@ Reds0–6SotoRooker (9–6)—40,02861–48
111August 8Cubs7–6Jackson (5–3)Reuschel—25,80262–48
112August 9Cubs1–4BurrisReuss (7–11)Hernandez28,34162–49
113August 10Cubs2–1 (18)Demery (4–3)Broberg—32,83163–49
114August 11Mets9–1Jones (3–4)Zachry—9,26064–49
115August 12Mets3–2Rooker (10–6)Koosman—65–49
116August 12Mets6–5 (12)Demery (5–3)Siebert—18,99466–49
117August 13Mets2–0Reuss (8–11)Matlack—32,21267–49
118August 14Mets6–3Candelaria (12–4)EspinosaTekulve (4)17,94568–49
119August 16@ Cubs5–6 (15)HernandezDemery (5–4)—24,03968–50
120August 17@ Cubs2–4ReuschelRooker (10–7)—29,78668–51
121August 18@ Cubs7–6Reuss (9–11)BurrisTekulve (5)24,02769–51
122August 19Giants6–1Candelaria (13–4)Knepper—16,83170–51
123August 20Giants1–5HalickiJones (3–5)—15,94770–52
124August 21Giants4–5LavelleGossage (7–8)Moffitt32,23270–53
125August 22Padres0–1ShirleyRooker (10–8)Fingers7,37570–54
126August 23Padres7–6Gossage (8–8)Fingers—8,10571–54
127August 24Dodgers1–2 (10)JohnGossage (8–9)Garman20,01871–55
128August 25Dodgers2–1Candelaria (14–4)RauDemery (1)17,16472–55
129August 26@ Padres3–1Kison (7–6)OwchinkoGossage (18)18,69673–55
130August 27@ Padres4–0Reuss (10–11)Jones—14,73274–55
131August 28@ Padres10–1Rooker (11–8)Shirley—10,37175–55
132August 30@ Giants3–1Candelaria (15–4)Montefusco—12,69976–55
133August 31@ Giants3–6BarrKison (7–7)—4,26776–56
September: 17–10 (Home: 8–4; Away: 9–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
134September 2@ Dodgers2–10HootonReuss (10–12)—39,27676–57
135September 3@ Dodgers4–6SuttonRooker (11–9)Garman44,50576–58
136September 4@ Dodgers2–8JohnJones (3–6)—36,68676–59
137September 5Phillies3–1Candelaria (16–4)LerchGossage (19)77–59
138September 5Phillies1–11CarltonKison (7–8)—40,42377–60
139September 6Phillies5–4 (11)Gossage (9–9)Garber—15,13678–60
140September 7Cardinals5–4Forster (4–4)DennyTekulve (6)7,21979–60
141September 8Cardinals9–5Demery (6–4)EastwickGossage (20)4,84880–60
142September 9Expos1–2DuesJones (3–7)Stanhouse7,62880–61
143September 10Expos2–4TwitchellCandelaria (16–5)Kerrigan7,69780–62
144September 11Expos10–4Kison (8–8)Holdsworth—9,47081–62
145September 12@ Phillies2–6ChristensonReuss (10–13)—42,14581–63
146September 13@ Phillies2–0Rooker (12–9)KaatGossage (21)42,63882–63
147September 15@ Cardinals4–3Candelaria (17–5)RasmussenGossage (22)83–63
148September 15@ Cardinals7–10SuttonDemery (6–5)Eastwick9,08183–64
149September 16@ Expos0–5SchatzederKison (8–9)Stanhouse7,02683–65
150September 17@ Expos6–3Whitson (1–0)LandrethGossage (23)12,67484–65
151September 18@ Expos7–5 (11)Tekulve (10–1)Rogers—25,09785–65
152September 20@ Mets4–2Candelaria (18–5)Espinosa—3,37286–65
153September 21@ Mets4–0Kison (9–9)KoosmanGossage (24)5,04487–65
154September 23@ Cubs2–0Rooker (13–9)HernandezGossage (25)3,75788–65
155September 24@ Cubs7–3Forster (5–4)BrobergJackson (3)14,97089–65
156September 25@ Cubs4–0Candelaria (19–5)Reuschel—17,81590–65
157September 27Mets1–7EspinosaKison (9–10)—3,37990–66
158September 28Mets3–2Rooker (14–9)SwanGossage (26)2,67391–66
159September 29Mets5–2Forster (6–4)MedichTekulve (7)2,50492–66
160September 30Cubs3–1Candelaria (20–5)Reuschel—8,50793–66
October: 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
161October 2Cubs5–1Jones (4–7)BurrisJackson (4)94–66
162October 2Cubs3–2Gossage (10–9)Lamp—20,41895–66
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Notable transactions

Roster
1977 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CDuffy Dyer9427065.241319
1BBill Robinson137507154.30426104
2BRennie Stennett116453152.336551
SSFrank Taveras147544137.252129
3BPhil Garner153585152.2601777
LFAl Oliver154568175.3081982
CFOmar Moreno150492118.240734
RFDave Parker159637215.3382188

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
Ed Ott10431182.264738
Willie Stargell6318651.2741335
Fernando González8018150.276427
Ken Macha359526.274011
Mario Mendoza708116.19804
Bobby Tolan497415.20329
Jim Fregosi365616.286316
Jerry Hairston515210.19226
Miguel Diloné29446.13600
Dale Berra17407.17503
Ed Kirkpatrick21284.14314
Mike Easler10188.44415
Tommy Helms15120.00000
Mike Edwards760.00000

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
John Candelaria33230.22052.34133
Jerry Reuss33208.010134.11116
Jim Rooker30204.11493.0889
Bruce Kison33193.09104.90122

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
Odell Jones34108.0375.0866
Larry Demery3990.1655.0835
Terry Forster3387.1644.4358
Ed Whitson515.2103.4510
Tim Jones310.0100.005

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
Goose Gossage72119261.62151
Kent Tekulve7210173.0659
Grant Jackson495343.8641
Al Holland20007.711
Dave Pagan10000.004
Mario Mendoza100013.500

Awards and honors

1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Tim Murtaugh and Johnny Lipon
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Johnny Lipon and Tim Murtaugh
A Salem Pirates Carolina League Steve Demeter
A Charleston Patriots Western Carolinas League Jim Mahoney
A-Short Season Niagara Falls Pirates New York–Penn League Luther Quinn
Rookie GCL Pirates Gulf Coast League Woody Huyke

Notes
  1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. Chuck Tanner page at Baseball Reference
  3. Rich Gossage page at Baseball Reference
  4. Rick Langford page at Baseball Reference
  5. Sandomir, Richard (March 8, 1998). "Long Before Murdoch, There Was Ted Turner". The New York Times. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
  6. Wayne Tolleson page at Baseball Reference
  7. Jim Fregosi page at Baseball Reference
  8. Dave Pagan page at Baseball Reference
  9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/frobedo01.shtm%5B%5D

References
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