The 1977 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished in second place in the National League West, with a record of 88–74, 10 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Reds were managed by Sparky Anderson and played their home games at Riverfront Stadium.

Offseason

December 16, 1976: Tony Pérez and Will McEnaney were traded by the Reds to the Montreal Expos for Woodie Fryman and Dale Murray.^[1]
February 13, 1977: Steve Christmas was signed as an amateur free agent by the Reds.^[2]
February 16, 1977: Dave Schneck was traded by the Reds to the Chicago Cubs for Champ Summers.^[3]
March 28, 1977: Joel Youngblood was traded by the Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bill Caudill.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	98	64	0.605	—	51–30	47–34
Cincinnati Reds	88	74	0.543	10	48–33	40–41
Houston Astros	81	81	0.500	17	46–35	35–46
San Francisco Giants	75	87	0.463	23	38–43	37–44
San Diego Padres	69	93	0.426	29	35–46	34–47
Atlanta Braves	61	101	0.377	37	40–41	21–60

Record vs. opponents

1977 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	5–7	4–14	9–9	5–13	6–6	7–5	2–10	3–9	11–7	8–10	1–11
Chicago	7–5	—	7–5	6–6	6–6	10–8	9–9	6–12	7–11	7–5	9–3	7–11
Cincinnati	14–4	5–7	—	5–13	10–8	7–5	10–2	8–4	3–9	11–7	10–8	5–7
Houston	9–9	6–6	13–5	—	9–9	8–4	6–6	4–8	4–8	8–10	9–9	5–7
Los Angeles	13–5	6–6	8–10	9–9	—	7–5	8–4	6–6	9–3	12–6	14–4	6–6
Montreal	6–6	8–10	5–7	4–8	5–7	—	10–8	7–11	7–11	5–7	6–6	12–6
New York	5–7	9–9	2–10	6–6	4–8	8–10	—	5–13	4–14	6–6	7–5	8–10
Philadelphia	10-2	12–6	4–8	8–4	6–6	11–7	13–5	—	8–10	9–3	9–3	11–7
Pittsburgh	9–3	11–7	9–3	8–4	3–9	11–7	14–4	10–8	—	10–2	2–10	9–9
San Diego	7–11	5–7	7–11	10–8	6–12	7–5	6–6	3–9	2–10	—	8–10	8–4
San Francisco	10–8	3–9	8–10	9–9	4–14	6–6	5–7	3–9	10–2	10–8	—	7–5
St. Louis	11–1	11–7	7–5	7–5	6–6	6–12	10–8	7–11	9–9	4–8	5–7	—

Notable transactions

June 15, 1977: Pat Zachry, Doug Flynn, Steve Henderson, and Dan Norman were traded by the Reds to the New York Mets for Tom Seaver.^[5]
June 15, 1977: Gary Nolan was traded by the Reds to the California Angels for Craig Hendrickson (minors).^[6]
June 15, 1977: Rawly Eastwick was traded by the Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Doug Capilla.
June 15, 1977: Mike Caldwell was traded by the Reds to the Milwaukee Brewers for two minor leaguers.
September 28, 1977: Rudy Meoli was purchased from the Reds by the Chicago Cubs.^[7]

Roster

1977 Cincinnati Reds

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

10 Sparky Anderson

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Johnny Bench	142	494	136	.275	31	109
1B	Dan Driessen	151	536	161	.300	17	91
2B	Joe Morgan	153	521	150	.288	22	78
SS	Dave Concepcion	156	572	155	.271	8	64
3B	Pete Rose	162	655	204	.311	9	64
LF	George Foster	158	615	197	.320	52	149
CF	Cesar Geronimo	149	492	131	.266	10	52
RF	Ken Griffey Sr.	154	585	186	.318	12	57

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Mike Lum	81	125	20	.160	5	16
Bill Plummer	51	117	16	.137	1	7
Ray Knight	80	92	24	.261	1	13
Bob Bailey	49	79	20	.253	2	11
Ed Armbrister	65	78	20	.256	1	5
Champ Summers	59	76	13	.171	3	6
Rick Auerbach	33	45	7	.156	0	3
Doug Flynn	36	32	8	.250	0	5
Don Werner	10	23	4	.174	2	4

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Fred Norman	35	221.1	14	13	3.38	160
Tom Seaver	20	165.1	14	3	2.34	124
Jack Billingham	36	161.2	10	10	5.23	76
Paul Moskau	20	108.0	6	6	4.00	71
Doug Capilla	22	106.1	7	8	4.23	74
Woodie Fryman	17	75.1	5	5	5.38	57
Pat Zachry	12	75.0	3	7	5.04	36
Mario Soto	12	60.2	2	6	5.34	44
Gary Nolan	8	39.1	4	1	4.81	28

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tom Hume	14	43.0	3	3	7.12	22
Santo Alcalá	7	15.2	1	1	5.74	9

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Pedro Borbon	73	10	5	18	3.19	48
Dale Murray	61	7	2	4	4.94	42
Manny Sarmiento	24	0	0	1	2.45	23
Rawly Eastwick	23	2	2	7	2.91	17
Mike Caldwell	14	0	0	1	4.01	11
Joe Hoerner	8	0	0	0	12.71	5
Joe Henderson	7	0	2	0	12.00	8
Ángel Torres	5	0	0	0	2.16	8
Dan Dumoulin	5	0	0	0	13.50	5

Awards and records

George Foster, MLB Home Run Champion (52)
George Foster, MLB RBI Champion (149)
George Foster, National League MVP

All-Stars

1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Johnny Bench, starter, catcher
Joe Morgan, starter, second base
Dave Concepción, starter, shortstop
George Foster, starter, outfield
Tom Seaver, reserve
Pete Rose, reserve
Ken Griffey, reserve

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	American Association	Roy Majtyka
AA	Trois-Rivières Aigles	Eastern League	Chuck Goggin
A	Tampa Tarpons	Florida State League	Jim Hoff
A	Shelby Reds	Western Carolinas League	Jim Lett
A-Short Season	Eugene Emeralds	Northwest League	John Underwood
Rookie	Billings Mustangs	Pioneer League	Greg Riddoch

References

External links

1977 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto
AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Cincinnati Reds

Established in 1882
Formerly the Cincinnati Red Stockings and the Cincinnati Redlegs
Based in Cincinnati, Ohio

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Majestic Park; Tinker Field; Sixto Escobar Stadium; Plant Field; Al Lopez Field; Plant City Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Goodyear Ballpark

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owner: Robert Castellini
President of Baseball Operations: Dick Williams
General Manager: Nick Krall
Manager: David Bell

World Series Championships (5)

National League pennants (9)

AA pennants (1)

1882

Division titles (10)

National League Central: 1995; 2010; 2012
National League West: 1970; 1972; 1973; 1975; 1976; 1979; 1990

Minor league affiliates

Louisville Bats (Triple-A)
Chattanooga Lookouts (Double-A)
Dayton Dragons (High-A)
Daytona Tortugas (Single-A)
ACL Reds (Rookie)
DSL Reds (Rookie)

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