1977 California Angels season

MLB yearly infobox
name = California Angels
season = 1977
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1961
division = West Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Anaheim Stadium
y4 = 1966
city = Anaheim, California
y5 = 1966
owners = Gene Autry
managers = Dave Garcia and Norm Sherry
television =KTLA
radio = KMPC
(Dick Enberg, Don Drysdale, Al Wisk)|

The California Angels 1977 season involved the Angels finishing 5th in the American League west with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses.

Offseason

*November 16, 1976: Don Baylor was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/baylodo01.shtml]
*November 17, 1976: Joe Rudi was signed as a free agent by the Angels. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rudijo01.shtml Joe Rudi page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

Opening Day Lineup

eason standings

Transactions

*June 7, 1977: 1977 Major League Baseball Draft
**Richard Dotson was drafted by the Angels in the 1st round (7th pick). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dotsori01.shtml Richard Dotson page at Baseball Reference] ]
**Brian Harper was drafted by the Angels in the 4th round. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/harpebr01.shtml Brian Harper page at Baseball Reference] ]
*June 13, 1977: Dick Drago was traded by the Angels to the Baltimore Orioles for Dyar Miller. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dragodi01.shtml Dick Drago page at Baseball Reference] ]
*June 15, 1977: Craig Hendrickson (minors) was traded by the Angels to the Cincinnati Reds for Gary Nolan. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nolanga01.shtml Gary Nolan page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]

* Class AAA: Salt Lake City Gulls (Pacific Coast League; Jimy Williams, manager)
* Class AA: El Paso Diablos (Texas League; Buck Rodgers, manager)
* Class A: Salinas Packers (California League; Moose Stubing, manager)
* Class A: Quad Cities Angels (Midwest League; Chuck Cottier, manager)
* Rookie: Idaho Falls Angels (Pioneer League; Larry Himes, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CAL/1977.shtml 1977 California Angels team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1977&t=CAL 1977 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]