- 1977 Kansas City Royals season
MLB yearly infobox
name = Kansas City Royals
season = 1977
misc = 1977 AL West Champions
current league = American League
y1 = 1969
division = West Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Royals Stadium
y4 = 1973
city = Kansas City,Missouri
y5 = 1969
owners =Ewing Kauffman
managers =Whitey Herzog
television =KBMA
radio =WIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews , Fred White)|The by|1977Kansas City Royals season was a season in Americanbaseball . It involved the Royals finishing 1st in theAmerican League West with a record of 102 wins and 60 losses.Offseason
* December 6, 1976:
Jamie Quirk ,Jim Wohlford and a player to be named later were traded by the Kansas City Royals to theMilwaukee Brewers forJim Colborn andDarrell Porter . The Kansas City Royals completed the trade by sendingBob McClure to the Brewers on March 15, 1977. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/q/quirkja01.shtml Jamie Quirk page at Baseball Reference] ]
* December 7, 1976:Frank Ortenzio was traded by the Royals to the Montreal Expos for Rudy Kinard (minors). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ortenfr01.shtml Frank Ortenzio page at Baseball Reference] ]Regular season
Opening Day Lineup
* George Brett
*Al Cowens
*Pete LaCock
*John Mayberry
*Hal McRae
*Amos Otis
*Freddie Patek
*Darrell Porter
*Paul Splittorff
* Frank Whiteeason standings
Transactions
* May 27, 1977: Tim Ireland was signed as a free agent by the Royals. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/i/irelati01.shtml Tim Ireland page at Baseball Reference] ]
Roster
Pitching
Starting pitchers
ALCS
Game 1
October 5 :Yankee Stadium ,New York City, New York Game 4
October 8 : Royals Stadium,Kansas City, Missouri Game 5
October 9 : Royals Stadium,Kansas City, Missouri Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]* Class AAA:
Omaha Royals (American Association; John Sullivan, manager)
* Class AA:Jacksonville Suns (Southern League;Gordon Mackenzie , manager)
* Class A:Daytona Beach Islanders (Florida State League ; José Martinez, manager)
* Rookie: GCL Royals (Gulf Coast League ;Bill Scripture , manager)References
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KC/1977.shtml 1977 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1977&t=KCA 1977 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com] succession box
title = AL West Championship Season
years = 1977
before = Kansas City Royals
1976
after = Kansas City Royals
1978
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