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26 teams in AL, NL · 2103 regular-season games · 1977-04-06 to 1977-10-02 · attendance 38,709,779

◀ 1976 1978 ▶

World Series champion

New York Yankees

MVP

Rod Carew AL
George Foster NL

Cy Young

Sparky Lyle AL
Steve Carlton NL

Rookie of the Year

Eddie Murray AL
Andre Dawson NL

All-Star Game

1977-07-19 at Yankee Stadium I

Hall of Fame class of 1977

Al Lopez, Amos Rusie, Ernie Banks, Joe Sewell, John Henry Lloyd, Martin Dihigo

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
League Championship	Los Angeles Dodgers 3–1 Philadelphia Phillies	4
League Championship	New York Yankees 3–2 Kansas City Royals	5
World Series	New York Yankees 4–2 Los Angeles Dodgers	6

Standings

AL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	New York Yankees	100	62	.617	—	651	2,103,092	Billy Martin	World Series Division
2	Baltimore Orioles	97	64	.602	2.5	653	1,195,769	Earl Weaver
2	Boston Red Sox	97	64	.602	2.5	712	2,074,549	Don Zimmer
4	Detroit Tigers	74	88	.457	26	751	1,359,856	Ralph Houk
5	Cleveland Indians	71	90	.441	28.5	739	900,365	Frank Robinson, Jeff Torborg
6	Milwaukee Brewers	67	95	.414	33	765	1,114,938	Alex Grammas
7	Toronto Blue Jays	54	107	.335	45.5	822	1,701,052	Roy Hartsfield

AL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Kansas City Royals	102	60	.630	—	651	1,852,603	Whitey Herzog	Division
2	Texas Rangers	94	68	.580	8	657	1,250,722	Frank Lucchesi, Eddie Stanky, Connie Ryan, Billy Hunter
3	Chicago White Sox	90	72	.556	12	771	1,657,135	Bob Lemon
4	Minnesota Twins	84	77	.522	17.5	776	1,162,727	Gene Mauch
5	California Angels	74	88	.457	28	695	1,432,633	Norm Sherry, Dave Garcia
6	Seattle Mariners	64	98	.395	38	855	1,338,511	Darrell Johnson
7	Oakland Athletics	63	98	.391	38.5	749	495,599	Jack McKeon, Bobby Winkles

NL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Philadelphia Phillies	101	61	.623	—	668	2,700,070	Danny Ozark	Division
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	96	66	.593	5	665	1,237,349	Chuck Tanner
3	St. Louis Cardinals	83	79	.512	18	688	1,659,287	Vern Rapp
4	Chicago Cubs	81	81	.500	20	739	1,439,834	Herman Franks
5	Montreal Expos	75	87	.463	26	736	1,433,757	Dick Williams
6	New York Mets	64	98	.395	37	663	1,066,825	Joe Frazier, Joe Torre

NL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Los Angeles Dodgers	98	64	.605	—	582	2,955,087	Tom Lasorda	Pennant Division
2	Cincinnati Reds	88	74	.543	10	725	2,519,670	Sparky Anderson
3	Houston Astros	81	81	.500	17	650	1,109,560	Bill Virdon
4	San Francisco Giants	75	87	.463	23	711	700,056	Joe Altobelli
5	San Diego Padres	69	93	.426	29	834	1,376,269	John McNamara, Bob Skinner, Al Dark
6	Atlanta Braves	61	101	.377	37	895	872,464	Dave Bristol, Ted Turner, Vern Benson, Dave Bristol

Leaders

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ERA

NL

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AVG

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No-hitters

Jim Colborn, Kansas City Royals vs. Texas Rangers, 1977-05-14
Dennis Eckersley, Cleveland Indians vs. California Angels, 1977-05-30
Bert Blyleven, Texas Rangers vs. California Angels, 1977-09-22

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