1977 Atlanta Braves season

MLB yearly infobox alt
name = Atlanta Braves
season = 1977
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1876
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
y4 = 1966
city = Atlanta, Georgia
y5 = 1966
owners = Ted Turner
general managers = Bill Lucas
managers =Dave Bristol, Ted Turner, Vern Benson
television = WTCG
(Ernie Johnson, Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray)
radio = WSB
(Ernie Johnson, Pete Van Wieren)|

The 1977 season was the Braves 107th season. Braves owner Ted Turner hired himself as manager for a game in 1977. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E5D61730F93BA35750C0A96E958260]

Offseason

* December 9, 1976: Carl Morton, Adrian Devine, Ken Henderson, Dave May, Roger Moret, and $250,000 were traded by the Braves to the Texas Rangers for Jeff Burroughs. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mortoca01.shtml Carl Morton page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

*Jeff Burroughs
*Vic Correll
*Rod Gilbreath
*Gary Matthews
*Willie Montanez
*Rowland Office
*Pat Rockett
*Jerry Royster
*Dick Ruthven [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1977&t=ATL]

eason standings

Notable Transactions

April 30, 1977: Mike Marshall was purchased from the Braves by the Texas Rangers. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/marshmi01.shtml Mike Marshall page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

[http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ATL/1977.shtml]

Other batters

Relief pitchers

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

* Class AAA: Richmond Braves (International League; Tommie Aaron, manager)
* Class AA: Savannah Braves (Southern League; Gene Hassell, manager)
* Class A: Greenwood Braves (Western Carolinas League; Bobby Dews, manager)
* Rookie: Kingsport Braves (Appalachian League; Bob Didier, manager)
* Rookie: GCL Braves (Gulf Coast League; Pedro González, manager)

Awards, records and honors

*Phil Niekro, National League leader, Losses [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.348, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ATL/1977.shtml 1977 Atlanta Braves season at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1977&t=ATL Atlanta Braves on Baseball Almanac]