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The1977Kansas City Royals season was their ninth inMajor League Baseball. The Royals' franchise-best 102–60 record led the majors and Kansas City won its second consecutiveAmerican League West title. Once again, the Royals lost to theNew York Yankees in the postseason, falling 3–2 in theALCS.Hal McRae led theAmerican League indoubles, with 54.Al Cowens set a franchise single-season record with 112runs batted in.

Offseason

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November 5, 1976: Ruppert Jones was drafted from the Royals by theSeattle Mariners with the first pick in the1976 Major League Baseball expansion draft.^[1]
December 6, 1976:Jamie Quirk,Jim Wohlford and a player to be named later were traded by the Kansas City Royals to theMilwaukee Brewers forJim Colborn andDarrell Porter. The Kansas City Royals completed the trade by sendingBob McClure to the Brewers on March 15, 1977.^[2]
December 7, 1976:Frank Ortenzio was traded by the Royals to theMontreal Expos for Rudy Kinard (minors).^[3]

Regular season

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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

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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	—

Opening Day starters

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Notable transactions

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May 27, 1977:Tim Ireland was signed as a free agent by the Royals.^[4]

Roster

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1977 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers 29Doug Bird 48Jim Colborn 37Larry Gura 42Tom Hall 16Andy Hassler 39Gary Lance 22Dennis Leonard 17Mark Littell 31Randy McGilberry 23Steve Mingori 33Marty Pattin 34Paul Splittorff 35George Throop		Catchers 21Buck Martinez 15Darrell Porter 12John Wathan Infielders 5George Brett 6Bob Heise 8Pete LaCock 7John Mayberry 3Dave Nelson 2Freddie Patek 1Cookie Rojas 30U L Washington 20Frank White		Outfielders 18Al Cowens 9Clint Hurdle 10Joe Lahoud 11Hal McRae 26Amos Otis 25Tom Poquette 32Willie Wilson 19Joe Zdeb		Manager 24Whitey Herzog Coaches 14Steve Boros 36Galen Cisco 4Chuck Hiller 27Charley Lau

1977 Kansas City Royals

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

24Whitey Herzog

Coaches

Game log

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Postseason Game log

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1977 Postseason game log: 2–3 (Home: 1–2; Away: 1–1)

AL Championship Series: vs.New York Yankees 2–3 (Home: 1–2; Away: 1–1)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Series	Box/ Streak
1	October 5	2:15 p.m.CDT	@Yankees	W 7–2	Splittorff (1–0)	Gullett (0–1)	—	2:40	54,930	KC 1–0	W1
2	October 6	7:15 p.m.CDT	@Yankees	L 2–6	Guidry (1–0)	Hassler (0–1)	—	2:58	56,230	Tied 1–1	L1
3	October 7	7:15 p.m.CDT	Yankees	W 6–2	Leonard (1–0)	Torrez (0–1)	—	2:19	41,285	KC 2–1	W1
4	October 8	12:15 p.m.CDT	Yankees	L 4–6	Lyle (1–0)	Gura (0–1)	—	3:08	41,135	Tied 2–2	L1
5	October 9	7:15 p.m.CDT	Yankees	L 3–5	Lyle (2–0)	Leonard (1–1)	—	3:04	41,133	NYY 3–2	L2

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Royals team member

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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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	Darrell Porter	130	425	117	.275	16	60
1B	John Mayberry	153	543	125	.230	23	82
2B	Frank White	152	474	116	.245	5	50
3B	George Brett	139	564	176	.312	22	88
SS	Freddie Patek	154	497	130	.262	5	60
LF	Tom Poquette	106	342	100	.292	2	33
CF	Amos Otis	142	478	120	.251	17	78
RF	Al Cowens	162	606	189	.312	23	112
DH	Hal McRae	162	641	191	.298	21	92

Other batters

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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
Pete LaCock	88	218	66	.303	3	29
Joe Zdeb	105	195	58	.297	2	23
Cookie Rojas	64	156	39	.250	0	10
John Wathan	55	119	39	.328	2	21
Buck Martinez	29	80	18	.225	1	9
Joe Lahoud	34	65	17	.262	2	8
Bob Heise	54	62	16	.258	0	5
Dave Nelson	27	48	9	.188	0	4
Willie Wilson	13	34	11	.324	0	1
U L Washington	10	20	4	.200	0	1
Clint Hurdle	9	26	8	.308	2	7

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dennis Leonard	38	292.2	20	12	3.04	244
Jim Colborn	36	239.0	18	14	3.62	103
Paul Splittorff	37	229.0	16	6	3.69	99
Andy Hassler	29	156.1	9	6	4.20	83

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Marty Pattin	31	128.1	10	13	3.58	55

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Doug Bird	53	11	4	14	3.88	83
Larry Gura	52	8	5	10	3.13	46
Mark Littell	48	8	4	12	3.58	55
Steve Mingori	43	2	4	4	3.09	19
Tom Hall	6	0	0	0	3.52	10
George Throop	4	0	0	1	3.38	1
Randy McGilberry	3	0	1	0	5.14	1
Gary Lance	1	0	1	0	4.50	0

Other events

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Before they were to play a game on June 12 against theMilwaukee Brewers atMilwaukee County Stadium, thieves stole gloves and uniforms belonging to Royals players. Due to this, all but seven Kansas City Royals players had to wear Milwaukee road uniforms for the game played that day.^[5]

ALCS

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Main article:1977 American League Championship Series

Game 1

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October 5:Yankee Stadium, New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	9	0
New York	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	0
W:Paul Splittorff (1–0) L:Don Gullett (0–1)
HRs:KC –Hal McRae (1),John Mayberry (1),Al Cowens (1)NYY –Thurman Munson (1)

Game 2

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October 6:Yankee Stadium, New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	1
New York	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	X	6	10	0
W:Ron Guidry (1–0) L:Andy Hassler (0–1)
HRs:KC – none;NYY –Cliff Johnson (1)

Game 3

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October 7:Royals Stadium,Kansas City, Missouri

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	4	1
Kansas City	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	X	6	12	1
W:Dennis Leonard (1–0) L:Mike Torrez (0–1)
HRs:NYY – none;KC – none

Game 4

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October 8:Royals Stadium,Kansas City, Missouri

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	13	0
Kansas City	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	2
W:Sparky Lyle (1–0) L:Larry Gura (0–1)
HRs:NYY – none;KC – none

Game 5

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October 9:Royals Stadium,Kansas City, Missouri

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	10	0
Kansas City	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	1
W:Sparky Lyle (2–0) L:Dennis Leonard (1–1)
HRs:NYY – none;KC – none

Farm system

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Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Omaha Royals	American Association	John Sullivan
AA	Jacksonville Suns	Southern League	Gordon Mackenzie
A	Daytona Beach Islanders	Florida State League	José Martínez
Rookie	GCL Royals	Gulf Coast League	Bill Scripture

Notes

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^Ruppert Jones atBaseball-Reference
^Jamie Quirk atBaseball Reference
^Frank Ortenzio atBaseball Reference
^Tim Ireland atBaseball Reference
^Kansas City Royals have gloves, uniforms stolen before game

References

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Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997).The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America.ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

External links

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1977 Kansas City Royals atBaseball Reference
1977 Kansas City Royals atBaseball Almanac

v t e American League West champions
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2020s	2020:Oakland Athletics 2021:Houston Astros 2022:Houston Astros 2023:Houston Astros 2024:Houston Astros 2025:Seattle Mariners

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

Kansas City Royals

Established in1969
Based inKansas City, Missouri

Franchise

Ballparks

Municipal Stadium; Kauffman Stadium; New Royals Stadium (proposed)
Spring training: Terry Park; Baseball City Stadium; Surprise Stadium

Culture

Lore

Team Hall of Fame

Retired numbers

Minor league
affiliates

Triple-A: Omaha Storm Chasers
Double-A: Northwest Arkansas Naturals
High-A: Quad Cities River Bandits
Single-A: Columbia Fireflies
Rookie: ACL Royals; DSL Royals Fortuna; DSL Royals Ventura

Key personnel

Owner:John Sherman
President of baseball operations & general manager:J. J. Picollo
Manager:Matt Quatraro

World Series
championships (2)

American League
pennants (4)

Division titles

West: 1976; 1977; 1978; 1980; 1981 (second half); 1984; 1985
Central: 2015
Wild Card: 2014; 2024

Seasons (58)
1960s	1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

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