1977 San Francisco Giants season

The 1977 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 95th season in Major League Baseball, their 20th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 18th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in fourth place in the National League West with a 75–87 record, 23 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

1977 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersBob Lurie
General managersSpec Richardson
ManagersJoe Altobelli
Local televisionKTVU
(Lon Simmons, Gary Park)
Local radioKSFO
(Lon Simmons, Joe Angel)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9864 0.605 — 51–30 47–34
Cincinnati Reds 8874 0.543 10 48–33 40–41
Houston Astros 8181 0.500 17 46–35 35–46
San Francisco Giants 7587 0.463 23 38–43 37–44
San Diego Padres 6993 0.426 29 35–46 34–47
Atlanta Braves 61101 0.377 37 40–41 21–60

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—

Opening Day starters
Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
12Gary ThomassonCF
21Rob Andrews2B
18Bill Madlock3B
41Darrell EvansLF
44Willie McCovey1B
45Terry WhitfieldRF
35Chris SpeierSS
2Marc HillC
26John MontefuscoP

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Notable transactions

Roster
1977 San Francisco Giants
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
CMarc Hill10832080.250950
1BWillie McCovey141478134.2802886
2BRob Andrews127436115.264025
3BBill Madlock140533161.3021246
SSTim Foli10436884.228427
LFDarrell Evans144461117.2541772
CFDerrel Thomas148506135.267844
RFJack Clark136413104.2521351

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
Gary Thomasson146446114.2561771
Terry Whitfield11432693.285736
Randy Elliott7316740.240726
Vic Harris6916543.261214
Johnny LeMaster6813420.14908
Mike Sadek6112629.230115
Gary Alexander5111936.303520
Larry Herndon4910926.23915
Chris Speier6173.17600
Ken Rudolph11153.20000
Skip James10154.26703
Tom Heintzelman220.00000

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
Ed Halicki37257.216123.32168
Jim Barr38234.112164.7697
Bob Knepper27166.01193.36100
John Montefusco26157.17123.49110
Greg Minton214.0114.505

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
Charlie Williams55119.1654.0041
Lynn McGlothen2180.0295.6342
John Curtis4377.0335.4947

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
Gary Lavelle7377202.0593
Randy Moffitt6449113.5968
Dave Heaverlo565112.5558
Terry Cornutt281203.8623
Tommy Toms40102.082

Awards and honors

All-Stars

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Giants Pacific Coast League Rocky Bridges
AA Waterbury Giants Eastern League Andy Gilbert
A Fresno Giants California League John VanOrnum
A Cedar Rapids Giants Midwest League Jack Mull
Rookie Great Falls Giants Pioneer League Ernie Rodriguez

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Phoenix[14]

References
  1. Vic Harris at Baseball Reference
  2. Jeff Yurak at Baseball Reference
  3. Bud Black at Baseball Reference
  4. Bill Madlock at Baseball Reference
  5. Rob Andrews at Baseball Reference
  6. Chris Bourjos at Baseball Reference
  7. Ken Rudolph at Baseball Reference
  8. 1977 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  9. "1977 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  10. DeWayne Buice at Baseball Reference
  11. Chili Davis at Baseball Reference
  12. Gorman Heimueller at Baseball Reference
  13. "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".
  14. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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