1977 Pittsburgh Pirates season

MLB yearly infobox alt
name = Pittsburgh Pirates
season = 1977
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1887
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Three Rivers Stadium
y4 = 1970
city = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
y5 = 1887
owners = John W. Galbreath
general managers = Harding "Pete" Peterson
managers = Chuck Tanner
television = KDKA-TV
Milo Hamilton, Lanny Frattare
radio = KDKA
Milo Hamilton,Lanny Frattare|

Offseason

*November 5, 1976: Manny Sanguillen was traded by the Pirates to the Oakland Athletics for manager Chuck Tanner. [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/trades.php?p=tannech01 Chuck Tanner page at Baseball Reference] ]
*December 10, 1976: Richie Zisk and Silvio Martínez were traded by the Pirates to the Chicago White Sox for Rich Gossage and Terry Forster. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gossari01.shtml Rich Gossage page at Baseball Reference] ]
*March 15, 1977: Rick Langford, Tony Armas, Doug Bair, Dave Giusti, Doc Medich, and Mitchell Page were traded by the Pirates to the Oakland Athletics for Phil Garner, Tommy Helms, and Chris Batton. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/langfri01.shtml Rick Langford page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

*On May 11, 1977, Ted Turner appointed himself manager of the Braves. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E5D61730F93BA35750C0A96E958260] After one game, Turner stepped down. The Braves lost Turner's only game 2-1 in a loss to the Pirates.

Opening Day starters

eason standings

Notable Transactions

*June 7, 1977: Wayne Tolleson was drafted by the Pirates in the 12th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tollewa01.shtml Wayne Tolleson page at Baseball Reference] ]
*June 15, 1977: Ed Kirkpatrick was traded by the Pirates to the Texas Rangers for Jim Fregosi. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fregoji01.shtml Jim Fregosi page at Baseball Reference] ]
*July 27, 1977: The Pirates traded a player to be named later to the Seattle Mariners for Dave Pagan. The Pirates completed the deal by sending Rick Honeycutt to the Mariners on August 22. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/paganda01.shtml Dave Pagan page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Award Winners

1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* John Candelaria, Pitcher, Reserve
* Rich Gossage, Reserve
* Dave Parker, Starting Right field

References

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