1977 Cincinnati Reds season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Cincinnati Reds

| season = 1977

| misc =

| league = National League

| division = West

| ballpark = Riverfront Stadium

| city = Cincinnati

| record = 88–74 (.543)

| divisional_place = 2nd

| owners = Louis Nippert

| general_managers = Bob Howsam

| managers = Sparky Anderson

| television = WLWT
(Ken Coleman, Bill Brown)

| radio = WLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)

|}}

The 1977 Cincinnati Reds season was the 108th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 8th and 7th full season at Riverfront Stadium. The team entered 1977 as defending World Series champions, but finished in second place in the National League West, with a record of 88–74, 10 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers and missed the playoffs. The Reds were managed by Sparky Anderson and played their home games at Riverfront Stadium.

Offseason

December 16, 1976: Tony Pérez and Will McEnaney were traded by the Reds to the Montreal Expos for Woodie Fryman and Dale Murray.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/perezto01.shtml Tony Perez page at Baseball Reference]
February 13, 1977: Steve Christmas was signed as an amateur free agent by the Reds.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/chrisst01.shtml Steve Christmas page at Baseball Reference]
February 16, 1977: Dave Schneck was traded by the Reds to the Chicago Cubs for Champ Summers.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/summech01.shtml Champ Summers page at Baseball Reference]
March 28, 1977: Joel Youngblood was traded by the Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bill Caudill.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/caudibi01.shtml Bill Caudill page at Baseball Reference]

Regular season

= Season standings =

= Record vs. opponents =

= Notable transactions =

June 15, 1977: Pat Zachry, Doug Flynn, Steve Henderson, and Dan Norman were traded by the Reds to the New York Mets for Tom Seaver.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/seaveto01.shtml Tom Seaver page at Baseball Reference]
June 15, 1977: Gary Nolan was traded by the Reds to the California Angels for Craig Hendrickson (minors).[https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nolanga01.shtml Gary Nolan page at Baseball Reference]
June 15, 1977: Rawly Eastwick was traded by the Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Doug Capilla.
June 15, 1977: Mike Caldwell was traded by the Reds to the Milwaukee Brewers for two minor leaguers.
September 28, 1977: Rudy Meoli was purchased from the Reds by the Chicago Cubs.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/meoliru01.shtml Rudy Meoli page at Baseball Reference]

= Roster =

class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;"
colspan="10" style="background:#c6011f; color:white; text-align:center;"\| 1977 Cincinnati Reds
colspan="10" style="background:black; color:white; text-align:center;"\| Roster
valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|42\|Santo Alcalá}} {{MLBplayer\|43\|Jack Billingham}} {{MLBplayer\|34\|Pedro Borbón}} {{MLBplayer\|44\|Mike Caldwell}} {{MLBplayer\|44\|Doug Capilla}} {{MLBplayer\|50\|Dan Dumoulin}} {{MLBplayer\|49\|Rawly Eastwick}} {{MLBplayer\|35\|Woodie Fryman}} {{MLBplayer\|53\|Joe Henderson}} {{MLBplayer\|40\|Joe Hoerner}} {{MLBplayer\|47\|Tom Hume}} {{MLBplayer\|31\|Paul Moskau}} {{MLBplayer\|37\|Dale Murray}} {{MLBplayer\|38\|Gary Nolan}} {{MLBplayer\|32\|Fred Norman}} {{MLBplayer\|45\|Manny Sarmiento}} {{MLBplayer\|41\|Tom Seaver}} {{MLBplayer\|36\|Mario Soto}} {{MLBplayer\|38\|Ángel Torres}} {{MLBplayer\|40\|Pat Zachry}} \| style="width:25px;"\| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Johnny Bench}} {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Bill Plummer}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Don Werner}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\|23\|Rick Auerbach}} {{MLBplayer\|11\|Bob Bailey}} {{MLBplayer\|13\|Dave Concepción}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|Dan Driessen}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Doug Flynn}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|Ray Knight}} {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Joe Morgan}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Pete Rose}} \| style="width:25px;"\| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\|33\|Ed Armbrister}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|George Foster}} {{MLBplayer\|20\|César Gerónimo}} {{MLBplayer\|30\|Ken Griffey}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Mike Lum}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Champ Summers}} \| style="width:25px;"\| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\|10\|Sparky Anderson}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\|18\|Ted Kluszewski}} {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Russ Nixon}} {{MLBplayer\| 3\|George Scherger}} {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Larry Shepard}}

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colspan="10" style="background:#c6011f; color:white; text-align:center;"| 1977 Cincinnati Reds

colspan="10" style="background:black; color:white; text-align:center;"| Roster

valign="top" | Pitchers

| style="width:25px;"|

| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

| style="width:25px;"|

| valign="top" | Outfielders

| style="width:25px;"|

| valign="top" | Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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| = Indicates team leader

style="background:#DDFFDD; border:1px solid #aaa; width:2em;"|

| = Indicates league 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

style="background:#ddf; width:5%;"\| Pos ! style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"\| Player ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| G ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| AB ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| H ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| Avg. ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| HR ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
style="text-align:center;" \| C	{{sortname\|Johnny\|Bench}}	142	494	136	.275	31	109
style="text-align:center;" \| 1B	{{sortname\|Dan\|Driessen}}	151	536	161	.300	17	91
style="text-align:center;" \| 2B	{{sortname\|Joe\|Morgan}}	153	521	150	.288	22	78
style="text-align:center;" \| SS	{{sortname\|Dave\|Concepcion}}	156	572	155	.271	8	64
style="text-align:center;" \| 3B	{{sortname\|Pete\|Rose}}	style="background:#DDFFDD;\|162	style="background:#DDFFDD;\|655	style="background:#fc0;\|204	.311	9	64
style="text-align:center;" \| LF	{{sortname\|George\|Foster\|George Foster (baseball)}}	158	615	197	style="background:#fc0;\|.320	style="background:#DDFFDD;\|52	style="background:#DDFFDD;\|149
style="text-align:center;" \| CF	{{sortname\|Cesar\|Geronimo}}	149	492	131	.266	10	52
style="text-align:center;" \| RF	{{sortname\|Ken\|Griffey Sr.}}	154	585	186	.318	12	57
style="text-align:center;"

== Other batters ==

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"\| Player ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| G ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| AB ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| H ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| Avg. ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| HR ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Mike\|Lum}}	81	125	20	.160	5	16
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Bill\|Plummer}}	51	117	16	.137	1	7
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Ray\|Knight}}	80	92	24	.261	1	13
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Bob\|Bailey\|Bob Bailey (baseball)}}	49	79	20	.253	2	11
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Ed\|Armbrister}}	65	78	20	.256	1	5
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Champ\|Summers}}	59	76	13	.171	3	6
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Rick\|Auerbach}}	33	45	7	.156	0	3
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Doug\|Flynn}}	36	32	8	.250	0	5
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Don\|Werner}}	10	23	4	.174	2	4

= Pitching =

== Starting pitchers ==

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"\| Player ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| G ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| IP ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| W ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| L ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| ERA ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Fred\|Norman\|dab=Fred Norman (baseball)}}	35	style="background:#fc0;\|221.1	style="background:#fc0;\|14	style="background:#fc0;\| 13	3.38	style="background:#fc0;\|160
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Tom\|Seaver}}	20	165.1	style="background:#fc0;\|14	3	style="background:#fc0;\|2.34	124
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Jack\|Billingham}}	36	161.2	10	10	5.23	76
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Paul\|Moskau}}	20	108.0	6	6	4.00	71
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Doug\|Capilla}}	22	106.1	7	8	4.23	74
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Woodie\|Fryman}}	17	75.1	5	5	5.38	57
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Pat\|Zachry}}	12	75.0	3	7	5.04	36
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Mario\|Soto\|Mario Soto (baseball)}}	12	60.2	2	6	5.34	44
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Gary\|Nolan\|Gary Nolan (baseball)}}	8	39.1	4	1	4.81	28

== Other pitchers ==

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

class="wikitable sortable"
style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"\| Player ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| G ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| IP ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| W ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| L ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| ERA ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| SO
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Tom\|Hume}}	14	43.0	3	3	7.12	22
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Santo\|Alcalá}}	7	15.2	1	1	5.74	9

class="wikitable sortable"

style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"| Player

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| G

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| IP

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| W

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| L

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| ERA

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| SO

style="text-align:center;"

| {{sortname|Tom|Hume}}

43.0

7.12

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| {{sortname|Santo|Alcalá}}

15.2

5.74

== Relief pitchers ==

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"\| Player ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| G ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| W ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| L ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| SV ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| ERA ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Pedro\|Borbon}}	style="background:#fc0;\| 73	10	5	style="background:#fc0;\|18	3.19	48
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Dale\|Murray}}	61	7	2	4	4.94	42
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Manny\|Sarmiento}}	24	0	0	1	2.45	23
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Rawly\|Eastwick}}	23	2	2	7	2.91	17
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Mike\|Caldwell\|Mike Caldwell (baseball)}}	14	0	0	1	4.01	11
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Joe\|Hoerner}}	8	0	0	0	12.71	5
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Joe\|Henderson\|Joe Henderson (baseball)}}	7	0	2	0	12.00	8
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Ángel\|Torres\|Ángel Torres (baseball)}}	5	0	0	0	2.16	8
style="text-align:center;" \| {{sortname\|Dan\|Dumoulin}}	5	0	0	0	13.50	5

Awards and records

George Foster, MLB Home Run Champion (52)
George Foster, MLB RBI Champion (149)
George Foster, National League MVP

= All-Stars =

1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Johnny Bench, starter, catcher
Joe Morgan, starter, second base
Dave Concepción, starter, shortstop
George Foster, starter, outfield
Tom Seaver, reserve
Pete Rose, reserve
Ken Griffey, reserve

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System|level15=AAA|team15=Indianapolis Indians|league15=American Association|manager15=Roy Majtyka

|level16=AA |team16=Trois-Rivières Aigles|league16=Eastern League|manager16=Chuck Goggin

|level17=A |team17=Tampa Tarpons|league17=Florida State League|manager17=Jim Hoff

|level18=A |team18=Shelby Reds|league18=Western Carolinas League|manager18=Jim Lett

|level19=A-Short Season|team19=Eugene Emeralds|league19=Northwest League|manager19=John Underwood

|level20=Rookie|team20=Billings Mustangs|league20=Pioneer League|manager20=Greg Riddoch

}}

References

External links

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/1977.shtml 1977 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference]

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