1977 Texas Rangers season

1977 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
Western Division (since 1972)
Location
Arlington Stadium (since 1972)
Arlington, Texas (since 1972)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bradford G. Corbett
General manager(s)	Dan O'Brien, Sr./Eddie Robinson
Manager(s)	Frank Lucchesi, Eddie Stanky, Connie Ryan, Billy Hunter
Local television	KXAS-TV
Local radio	WBAP (Dick Risenhoover, Bill Merrill)
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The 1977 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing second in the American League West with a record of 94 wins and 68 losses.

Offseason

On December 10, 1976, shortstop Danny Thompson died of leukemia. Thompson had played in 64 games for the Rangers in 1976.

Notable transactions

November 17, 1976: Bert Campaneris was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[1]
November 23, 1976: Doyle Alexander was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[2]
December 9, 1976: Jeff Burroughs was traded by the Rangers to the Atlanta Braves for Carl Morton, Adrian Devine, Ken Henderson, Dave May, Roger Moret, and $250,000.^[3]
December 15, 1976: Dave Criscione was traded by the Rangers to the Baltimore Orioles for Bob Babcock.^[4]
January 11, 1977: Dave Righetti was drafted by the Rangers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft.^[5]
February 2, 1977: Fritz Peterson was released by the Rangers.^[6]
February 5, 1977: The Rangers traded a player to be named later and cash to the Chicago Cubs for Darold Knowles. The Rangers completed the deal by sending Gene Clines to the Cubs on February 15.^[7]
February 17, 1977: Brian Doyle, Greg Pryor and cash were traded by the Rangers to the New York Yankees for Sandy Alomar.^[8]

Regular season

For one June day in 1977, Eddie Stanky was drawn back into the major leagues as manager of the Rangers. After that day, he abruptly quit and left for Alabama, saying only that he was homesick.^[9]

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	102	60	0.630	—	55–26	47–34
Texas Rangers	94	68	0.580	8	44–37	50–31
Chicago White Sox	90	72	0.556	12	48–33	42–39
Minnesota Twins	84	77	0.522	17½	48–32	36–45
California Angels	74	88	0.457	28	39–42	35–46
Seattle Mariners	64	98	0.395	38	29–52	35–46
Oakland Athletics	63	98	0.391	38½	35–46	28–52

Record vs. opponents

1977 American League Records 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 starters

Notable transactions

April 1, 1977: Carl Morton was released by the Rangers.^[3]
April 12, 1977: Steve Foucault was traded by the Rangers to the Detroit Tigers for Willie Horton.^[10]
April 30, 1977: Mike Marshall was purchased by the Rangers from the Atlanta Braves.^[11]
May 9, 1977: Roy Howell was traded by the Rangers to the Toronto Blue Jays for Jim Mason, Steve Hargan and $200,000.^[12]
May 23, 1977: Dave Moates was purchased from the Rangers by the New York Yankees.^[13]
June 7, 1977: John Butcher was drafted by the Rangers in the 1st round (18th pick) of the secondary phase of the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft.^[14]
June 15, 1977: Dock Ellis was purchased by the Rangers from the Oakland Athletics.^[15]
June 15, 1977: Jim Fregosi was traded by the Rangers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Ed Kirkpatrick.^[16]

Roster

1977 Texas Rangers

Roster

Pitchers

33 Doyle Alexander

48 Mike Bacsik

39 Len Barker

28 Bert Blyleven

22 Tommy Boggs

34 Nelson Briles

24,53 Bobby Cuellar

35 Adrian Devine

17 Dock Ellis

26 Steve Hargan

32 Darold Knowles

25 Paul Lindblad

31 Mike Marshall

29,42 Roger Moret

36 Gaylord Perry

27 John Poloni

40 Jim Umbarger

24 Mike Wallace

Catchers

9 John Ellis

14 Bill Fahey

10 Jim Sundberg

Infielders

2 Sandy Alomar

19 Bert Campaneris

17 Jim Fregosi

21 Mike Hargrove

11 Toby Harrah

3 Jim Mason

18 Pat Putnam

1 Bump Wills

Outfielders

7 Lew Beasley

12 Juan Beníquez

13 Kurt Bevacqua

24 Gary Gray

6 Tom Grieve

20 Ken Henderson

23 Willie Horton

13 Roy Howell

18 Ed Kirkpatrick

16 Dave May

30 Eddie Miller

26 Keith Smith

15 Claudell Washington

Manager

5 Billy Hunter

44 Frank Lucchesi

8 Connie Ryan

41 Eddie Stanky

Coaches

45 Pat Corrales

54 Sid Hudson

47 Fred Koenig

8 Connie Ryan

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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
1B	Hargrove, MikeMike Hargrove	153	525	160	.305	18	69
3B	Harrah, TobyToby Harrah	159	539	142	.263	27	87
SS	Campaneris, BertBert Campaneris	150	552	140	.254	5	46
CF	Beníquez, JuanJuan Beníquez	123	424	114	.269	10	50
RF	May, DaveDave May	120	340	82	.241	7	42

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
Henderson, KenKen Henderson	75	244	63	.258	5	23
Grieve, TomTom Grieve	79	236	53	.225	7	30
Alomar, SandySandy Alomar	69	83	22	.265	1	11
Beasley, LewLew Beasley	25	32	7	.219	0	3
Gray, GaryGary Gray	1	2	0	.000	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
Perry, GaylordGaylord Perry	34	238	15	12	3.37	177
Alexander, DoyleDoyle Alexander	34	237	17	11	3.65	82
Blyleven, BertBert Blyleven	30	234.2	14	12	2.72	182
Boggs, TommyTommy Boggs	6	27.1	0	3	5.93	15

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
Briles, NelsonNelson Briles	28	108.1	6	4	4.24	57
Moret, RogerRoger Moret	18	72.1	3	3	3.73	39
Barker, LenLen Barker	15	47.1	4	1	2.66	51
Marshall, MikeMike Marshall	12	35.2	2	2	4.04	18

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
Devine, AdrianAdrian Devine	56	11	6	15	3.58	67
Knowles, DaroldDarold Knowles	42	5	2	4	3.22	14
Cuellar, BobbyBobby Cuellar	4	0	0	0	1.35	3
Bacsik, MikeMike Bacsik	2	0	0	0	19.29	1

Awards and honors

Jim Sundberg, Gold Glove, catcher, 1977
Juan Beníquez, Gold Glove, outfield, 1977

All-Stars

All-Star Game

Bert Campaneris, reserve

Other team leaders

Stolen bases – Bump Wills (28)
Walks – Toby Harrah (109)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tucson Toros	Pacific Coast League	Rich Donnelly
AA	Tulsa Drillers	Texas League	Marty Martínez
A	Asheville Tourists	Western Carolinas League	Wayne Terwilliger
Rookie	GCL Rangers	Gulf Coast League	Joe Klein

Notes

References

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

External links

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

Texas Rangers

Formerly the Washington Senators
Based in Arlington, Texas (Dallas–Ft. Worth)

Franchise

Ballparks

Griffith Stadium RFK Stadium Arlington Stadium Globe Life Park in Arlington

Spring training	Pompano Beach Municipal Stadium Ranger Stadium Surprise Stadium

Culture and lore

Rivalries

Houston Astros

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owners: Ray Davis & Bob R. Simpson
General Manager: Jon Daniels
Manager: Jeff Banister

Texas Rangers
Hall of Fame

Wild card berths (1)

2012

American League
West Division titles (6)

American League
championships (2)

2010
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Minor league affiliates

Seasons (55)

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