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1977 Minnesota Twins
1977 Minnesota Twins
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Metropolitan Stadium
City	Bloomington, Minnesota
Owners	Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes)
General managers	Calvin Griffith
Managers	Gene Mauch
Television	WTCN ; (Harmon Killebrew, Joe Boyle)
Radio	830 WCCO AM ; (Herb Carneal, Frank Quilici)

The 1977 Minnesota Twins season was a season in American baseball. The team finished 84–77, fourth in the American League West.

Offseason

March 18, 1977: Geoff Zahn was signed as a free agent by the Twins.^[1]

Regular season

In a May 25 double-header at Boston's Fenway Park, outfielder Lyman Bostock tied a major league record with twelve putouts in the first game. His total of seventeen putouts over both games set a new American League record.

On June 26, a crowd of 46,463 turned up at Metropolitan Stadium to watch first baseman Rod Carew's pursuit of a .400 batting average. Carew didn't disappoint, going 4 for 5 with six RBI, raising his batting average seven points to .403. Lost in the commotion was right fielder Glenn Adams' own 4-for-5 performance, as he drove in a Twins-record eight runs. The Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 19–12.^[2]

Rod Carew, outfielder Larry Hisle and catcher Butch Wynegar were named to the All-Star Game. Carew was the leading AL vote-getter, scoring 405 of 422 possible votes in the national balloting by sports writers and broadcasters.^[3]

Carew was named American League Most Valuable Player. In winning his sixth AL batting title, Carew flirted with becoming the first batter since Ted Williams in 1941 to hit .400, finishing at .388. He also had 239 hits, scored a league-leading 128 runs, hit 14 home runs and collected 100 RBI.

Other offensive stars were Larry Hisle, who hit 28 HR and drove in a league-leading 119 runs, and Lyman Bostock, who hit .338 with 104 runs, 14 HR and 90 RBI.

The Twins' ability to score runs was matched by their pitchers' ability to give up runs. Reliever Tom Johnson replaced Bill Campbell, racking up 16 relief wins along with 20 saves. Dave Goltz became a 20-game winner for the first time.

1,162,727 fans attended Twins games, the fourth lowest total in the American League. It was, however, the first time since 1970 that the Twins attracted more than one million fans.

Season standings

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AL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	102	60	.630	—	55‍–‍26	47‍–‍34
Texas Rangers	94	68	.580	8	44‍–‍37	50‍–‍31
Chicago White Sox	90	72	.556	12	48‍–‍33	42‍–‍39
Minnesota Twins	84	77	.522	17½	48‍–‍32	36‍–‍45
California Angels	74	88	.457	28	39‍–‍42	35‍–‍46
Seattle Mariners	64	98	.395	38	29‍–‍52	35‍–‍46
Oakland Athletics	63	98	.391	38½	35‍–‍46	28‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1977 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–8	5–6	5–5	11–4	12–3	4–7	11–4	6–4	8–7	8–2	7–3	4–6	10–5
Boston	8–6	—	7–3	3–7	8–7	9–6	5–5	9–6	4–6	8–7	8–3	10–1	6–4	12–3
California	6–5	3–7	—	8–7	6–4	4–6	6–9	5–5	7–8	4–7	5–10	9–6	5–10	6–4
Chicago	5–5	7–3	7–8	—	6–4	4–6	8–7	6–5	10–5	3–7	10–5	10–5	6–9	8–3
Cleveland	4–11	7–8	4–6	4–6	—	8–7	3–7	11–4	2–9	3–12	7–3	7–3	2–9	9–5
Detroit	3–12	6–9	6–4	6–4	7–8	—	3–8	10–5	5–5	6–9	5–5	5–6	2–8	10–5
Kansas City	7–4	5–5	9–6	7–8	7–3	8–3	—	8–2	10–5	5–5	9–6	11–4	8–7	8–2
Milwaukee	4–11	6–9	5–5	5–6	4–11	5–10	2–8	—	3–8	8–7	5–5	7–3	5–5	8–7
Minnesota	4–6	6–4	8–7	5–10	9–2	5–5	5–10	8–3	—	2–8	8–6	7–8	8–7	9–1
New York	7–8	7–8	7–4	7–3	12–3	9–6	5–5	7–8	8–2	—	9–2	6–4	7–3	9–6
Oakland	2–8	3–8	10–5	5–10	3–7	5–5	6–9	5–5	6–8	2–9	—	7–8	2–13	7–3
Seattle	3–7	1–10	6–9	5–10	3–7	6–5	4–11	3–7	8–7	4–6	8–7	—	9–6	4–6
Texas	6–4	4–6	10–5	9–6	9–2	8–2	7–8	5–5	7–8	3–7	13–2	6–9	—	7–4
Toronto	5–10	3–12	4–6	3–8	5–9	5–10	2–8	7–8	1–9	6–9	3–7	6–4	4–7	—

Notable transactions

April 6, 1977: The Twins purchased the contract of Don Carrithers from the Montreal Expos.^[4]
May 2, 1977: Dave Johnson was purchased by the Twins from the Seattle Mariners.^[5]
June 7, 1977: Darrell Jackson was drafted by the Twins in the 9th round of the 1977 Major League Baseball draft.^[6]

Roster

1977 Minnesota Twins

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

2 Randy Bass

Manager

4 Gene Mauch

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1977 regular season game log: 84–77 (Home: 48–32; Away: 36–45)

April: 13–9 (Home: 5–4; Away: 6–5)

#	Date	Opponent
11	April 18	@ Royals
12	April 19	@ Royals
13	April 20	@ Royals
14	April 21	@ Rangers
15	April 22	@ Rangers
16	April 23	@ Rangers
17	April 24	@ Rangers
21	April 29	Tigers
22	April 30	Tigers

May: 16–8 (Home: 7–1; Away: 9–7)

#	Date	Opponent
23	May 1	Tigers
29	May 10	@ Tigers
30	May 11	@ Tigers
40	May 25 (1)	@ Red Sox
41	May 25 (2)	@ Red Sox
42	May 27	@ Orioles
43	May 28	@ Orioles
44	May 29	@ Orioles
45	May 30	Orioles
46	May 31	Orioles

June: 13–15 (Home: 12–10; Away: 1–5)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
47	June 1		Yankees	W 4–3	Johnson (5–2)	Guidry (3–2)	—	2:44	23,684	30–17	W2
48	June 2		Yankees	L 3–10	Figueroa (7–3)	Holly (2–2)	Lyle (8)	2:39	30,741	30–18	L1
49	June 3		Red Sox
50	June 4		Red Sox
51	June 5		Red Sox
52	June 6		White Sox
53	June 7		White Sox
54	June 8	Royals
55	June 9	Royals
56	June 10		@ Yankees	L 1–4	Guidry (4–2)	Zahn (6–4)	Lyle (11)	2:39	21,897	33–23	L2
57	June 11		@ Yankees	L 5–6	Hunter (3–3)	Goltz (5–4)	Lyle (12)	2:43	23,681	33–24	L3
58	June 12		@ Yankees	W 6–1	Thormodsgard (4–3)	Figueroa (7–5)	—	2:18	52,281	34–24	W1
62	June 17		@ Royals
63	June 18		@ Royals
64	June 19		@ Royals
65	June 20		Rangers
66	June 21		Rangers
67	June 22		Rangers
68	June 23		Rangers
69	June 24		White Sox
70	June 25		White Sox
71	June 26		White Sox

July: 17–14 (Home: 8–3; Away: 9–11)

#	Date	Opponent
75	July 1	@ White Sox
76	July 2	@ White Sox
77	July 3 (1)	@ White Sox
78	July 3 (2)	@ White Sox
48th All-Star Game in Bronx, New York

August: 16–13 (Home: 12–5; Away: 4–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
106	August 1	Royals
107	August 2	Royals
108	August 3	Tigers
109	August 4	Tigers
115	August 12	@ Tigers
116	August 13	@ Tigers
117	August 14	@ Tigers
118	August 15	@ Orioles
119	August 16	@ Orioles
122	August 19	Orioles
124	August 20	Orioles
124	August 21	Orioles
125	August 22	Red Sox
126	August 23	Red Sox
127	August 24	@ Yankees	L 1–11	Hunter (9–7)	Redfern (5–9)	—	2:05	26,676	72–55	L1
128	August 25	@ Yankees	L 4–6	Lyle (9–4)	Johnson (13–8)	—	2:58	38,846	72–56	L2
129	August 26	@ Red Sox
130	August 27	@ Red Sox
131	August 28	@ Red Sox

September: 7–18 (Home: 4–10; Away: 3–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
135	September 2	Yankees	L 0–4	Guidry (12–6)	Goltz (16–8)	—	2:18	20,270	75–60	L2
136	September 3	Yankees	L 4–7	Figueroa (13–8)	Schueler' (7–7)	—	2:47	25,465	75–61	L3
137	September 4	Yankees	L 0–4	Gullett (11–3)	Zahn (11–11)	—	1:48	29,969	75–62	L4
140	September 7	Rangers
141	September 9	Royals
142	September 10	Royals
143	September 11	Royals
144	September 12	@ White Sox
145	September 13	@ White Sox
149	September 17	@ Rangers
150	September 18 (1)	@ Rangers
151	September 18 (2)	@ Rangers
152	September 20	@ Royals
153	September 21	@ Royals
157	September 27	White Sox
158	September 28	White Sox

October: 2–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–0)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Twins team member

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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	Butch Wynegar	144	532	139	.261	10	79
1B	Rod Carew	156	616	239	.388	14	100
2B	Bob Randall	103	306	73	.239	0	22
3B	Mike Cubbage	129	417	110	.264	9	55
SS	Roy Smalley	150	584	135	.231	6	56
LF	Larry Hisle	141	546	165	.302	28	119
CF	Lyman Bostock	153	593	199	.336	14	90
RF	Dan Ford	144	453	121	.267	11	60
DH	Craig Kusick	115	268	68	.256	12	45

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
Glenn Adams	95	269	91	.338	6	49
Rich Chiles	108	261	69	.264	3	36
Jerry Terrell	93	214	48	.224	1	20
Rob Wilfong	73	171	42	.246	1	13
Bob Gorinski	54	118	23	.195	3	22
Willie Norwood	39	83	19	.229	3	9
Luis Gómez	32	65	16	.246	0	11
Glenn Borgmann	17	43	11	.256	2	7
Bud Bulling	15	32	5	.156	0	5
Larry Wolfe	8	25	6	.240	0	6
Sam Perlozzo	10	24	7	.292	0	0
Randy Bass	9	19	2	.105	0	0

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
Dave Goltz	39	303.0	20	11	3.36	186
Paul Thormodsgard	37	218.0	11	15	4.62	100
Geoff Zahn	34	198.0	12	14	4.68	88
Pete Redfern	30	137.1	6	9	5.18	73
Mike Pazik	3	18.0	1	0	2.50	6

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
Ron Schueler	52	134.2	8	7	4.41	77
Dave Johnson	30	72.2	2	5	4.58	33
Jeff Holly	18	48.1	2	3	6.89	32
Bill Butler	6	21.0	0	1	6.86	5

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
Tom Johnson	71	16	7	15	3.13	87
Tom Burgmeier	61	6	4	7	5.09	35
Gary Serum	8	0	0	0	4.37	4
Don Carrithers	7	0	1	0	6.91	3
Jim Shellenback	5	0	0	0	7.94	3
Jim Hughes	2	0	0	0	2.08	1

Awards and honors

Rod Carew, American League batting champion (.388)
Rod Carew, Roberto Clemente Award
Rod Carew, American League MVP

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tacoma Twins	Pacific Coast League	Del Wilber and Tom Kelly
AA	Orlando Twins	Southern League	Johnny Goryl
A	Visalia Oaks	California League	Roy McMillan
A	Wisconsin Rapids Twins	Midwest League	Jim Rantz, Carlos Pascual and Spencer "Red" Robbins
Rookie	Elizabethton Twins	Appalachian League	Fred Waters

Notes

^ Geoff Zahn at Baseball Reference
^ "Minnesota Twins 19, Chicago White Sox 12". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
^ "Carew Tops All Voting for All-Stars". Kingman Daily Miner.com. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
^ Don Carrithers at Baseball Reference
^ Dave Johnson at Baseball-Reference
^ Darrell Jackson at Baseball Reference