1977 San Francisco Giants season

1977 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Candlestick Park (since 1960)
San Francisco, California (since 1958)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bob Lurie
General manager(s)	Spec Richardson
Manager(s)	Joe Altobelli
Local television	KTVU (Lon Simmons, Gary Park)
Local radio	KSFO (Lon Simmons, Joe Angel)
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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 an 75-87 record, 23 games behind the Los Angesles Dodgers.

Offseason

October 20, 1976: Mike Caldwell, Dave Rader and John D'Acquisto were traded by the Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Willie Crawford, John Curtis and Vic Harris.^[1]
December 7, 1976: Jeff Yurak was drafted from the Giants by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1976 minor league draft.^[2]
January 11, 1977: Bud Black was drafted by the Giants in the 3rd round of the 1977 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.^[3]
February 11, 1977: Bobby Murcer, Steve Ontiveros, and Andy Muhlstock (minors) were traded by the Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Bill Madlock and Rob Sperring.^[4]
March 26, 1977: Willie Crawford and Rob Sperring were traded by the Giants to the Houston Astros for Rob Andrews and cash.^[5]
March 26, 1977: Chris Bourjos was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.^[6]
March 31, 1977: Ken Rudolph was purchased by the Giants from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[7]

Regular season

Season standings

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	98	64	0.605	—	51–30	47–34
Cincinnati Reds	88	74	0.543	10	48–33	40–41
Houston Astros	81	81	0.500	17	46–35	35–46
San Francisco Giants	75	87	0.463	23	38–43	37–44
San Diego Padres	69	93	0.426	29	35–46	34–47
Atlanta Braves	61	101	0.377	37	40–41	21–60

Record vs. opponents

1977 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	5–7	4–14	9–9	5–13	6–6	7–5	2–10	3–9	11–7	8–10	1–11
Chicago	7–5	—	7–5	6–6	6–6	10–8	9–9	6–12	7–11	7–5	9–3	7–11
Cincinnati	14–4	5–7	—	5–13	10–8	7–5	10–2	8–4	3–9	11–7	10–8	5–7
Houston	9–9	6–6	13–5	—	9–9	8–4	6–6	4–8	4–8	8–10	9–9	5–7
Los Angeles	13–5	6–6	8–10	9–9	—	7–5	8–4	6–6	9–3	12–6	14–4	6–6
Montreal	6–6	8–10	5–7	4–8	5–7	—	10–8	7–11	7–11	5–7	6–6	12–6
New York	5–7	9–9	2–10	6–6	4–8	8–10	—	5–13	4–14	6–6	7–5	8–10
Philadelphia	10-2	12–6	4–8	8–4	6–6	11–7	13–5	—	8–10	9–3	9–3	11–7
Pittsburgh	9–3	11–7	9–3	8–4	3–9	11–7	14–4	10–8	—	10–2	2–10	9–9
San Diego	7–11	5–7	7–11	10–8	6–12	7–5	6–6	3–9	2–10	—	8–10	8–4
San Francisco	10–8	3–9	8–10	9–9	4–14	6–6	5–7	3–9	10–2	10–8	—	7–5
St. Louis	11–1	11–7	7–5	7–5	6–6	6–12	10–8	7–11	9–9	4–8	5–7	—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

May 19, 1977: DeWayne Buice was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.^[9]
June 7, 1977: Chili Davis was drafted by the Giants in the 11th round of the 1977 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed September 3, 1977.^[10]
July 27, 1977: Ken Rudolph was purchased from the Giants by the Baltimore Orioles.^[7]
August 11, 1977: Gorman Heimueller was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.^[11]

Roster

1977 San Francisco Giants

Roster

Pitchers

33 Jim Barr

34 Terry Cornutt

40 John Curtis

28 Ed Halicki

60 Dave Heaverlo

39 Bob Knepper

46 Gary Lavelle

47 Lynn McGlothen

38 Greg Minton

17 Randy Moffitt

26 John Montefusco

51 Tommy Toms

49 Charlie Williams

Catchers

42 Gary Alexander

2 Marc Hill

14 Ken Rudolph

3 Mike Sadek

Infielders

21 Rob Andrews

19,36 Tim Foli

20 Vic Harris

36 Skip James

10 Johnnie LeMaster

18 Bill Madlock

44 Willie McCovey

35 Chris Speier

Outfielders

22 Jack Clark

16 Randy Elliott

41 Darrell Evans

31 Larry Herndon

30 Derrel Thomas

12 Gary Thomasson

45 Terry Whitfield

Other batters

32 Tom Heintzelman

Manager

6 Joe Altobelli

Coaches

9 Jim Davenport

8 Tom Haller

23 Herm Starrette

5 Bobby Winkles

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	Hill, MarcMarc Hill	108	320	80	.250	9	50
1B	McCovey, WillieWillie McCovey	141	478	134	.280	28	86
2B	Andrews, RobRob Andrews	127	436	115	.264	0	25
3B	Madlock, BillBill Madlock	140	533	161	.302	12	46
SS	Foli, TimTim Foli	104	368	84	.228	4	27
LF	Evans, DarrellDarrell Evans	144	461	117	.254	17	72

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
Thomasson, GaryGary Thomasson	146	446	114	.256	17	71
Elliott, RandyRandy Elliott	73	167	40	.240	7	26
Harris, VicVic Harris	69	165	43	.261	2	14
Sadek, MikeMike Sadek	61	126	29	.230	1	15
Speier, ChrisChris Speier	6	17	3	.176	0	0
Rudolph, KenKen Rudolph	11	15	3	.200	0	0
James, SkipSkip James	10	15	4	.267	0	3
Heintzelman, TomTom Heintzelman	2	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
Halicki, EdEd Halicki	37	257.2	16	12	3.32	168
Barr, JimJim Barr	38	234.1	12	16	4.76	97
Knepper, BobBob Knepper	27	166	11	9	3.36	100
Montefusco, JohnJohn Montefusco	26	157.1	7	12	3.49	110
McGlothen, LynnLynn McGlothen	21	80	2	9	5.63	42

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
Williams, CharlieCharlie Williams	55	119.1	6	5	4.00	41
Curtis, JohnJohn Curtis	43	77	3	3	5.49	47

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
Lavelle, GaryGary Lavelle	73	7	7	20	2.05	93
Heaverlo, DaveDave Heaverlo	56	5	1	1	2.55	58
Cornutt, TerryTerry Cornutt	28	1	2	0	3.86	23

Awards and honors

Willie McCovey, Hutch Award^[12]

All-Stars

All-Star Game

Farm system

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

References

↑ Vic Harris at Baseball Reference
↑ Jeff Yurak at Baseball Reference
↑ Bud Black at Baseball Reference
↑ Bill Madlock at Baseball Reference
↑ Rob Andrews at Baseball Reference
↑ Chris Bourjos at Baseball Reference
1 2 Ken Rudolph at Baseball Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1977&t=SFN
↑ DeWayne Buice at Baseball Reference
↑ Chili Davis at Baseball Reference
↑ Gorman Heimueller at Baseball Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

1977 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference
1977 San Francisco Giants 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

1977 MLB draft 1977 All-Star Game 1977 World Series

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Formerly the New York Gothams and the New York Giants
Based in San Francisco, California (Bay Area)

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