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|1977 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 1st in the American 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 the Milwaukee Brewers for Jim Colborn and Darrell Porter. The Kansas City Royals completed the trade by sending Bob 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 White

eason 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