# 1977 California Angels season

The 1977 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing fifth in the American League West with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses.

## Offseason

On January 6, 1977, Angels utility infielder Mike Miley died in a one-car accident in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

### Notable transactions

* November 16, 1976: Don Baylor was signed as a free agent by the Angels.
* November 17, 1976: Joe Rudi was signed as a free agent by the Angels.
* November 24, 1976: Bobby Grich was signed as a free agent by the Angels.
* January 11, 1977: Daryl Sconiers was drafted by the Angels in the 3rd round of the 1977 Major League Baseball draft.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL 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 recordvte Sources: :
| 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 lineup

1 Jerry Remy 2B 2 Bobby Grich SS 3 Bobby Bonds RF 4 Don Baylor DH 5 Joe Rudi LF 6 Tony Solaita 1B 7 Bruce Bochte CF 8 Dave Chalk 3B 9 Terry Humphrey C P Frank Tanana

### Notable transactions

* June 7, 1977: 1977 Major League Baseball draft
** Richard Dotson was drafted by the Angels in the 1st round (7th pick).
** Brian Harper was drafted by the Angels in the 4th round.
* June 13, 1977: Dick Drago was traded by the Angels to the Baltimore Orioles for Dyar Miller.
* June 15, 1977: Craig Hendrickson (minors) was traded by the Angels to the Cincinnati Reds for Gary Nolan.
* September 16, 1977: Carlos May was purchased by the Angels from the New York Yankees.

### Roster
## 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 | Terry Humphrey | 123 | 304 | 69 | .227 | 2 | 34 |
| 1B | Tony Solaita | 116 | 324 | 78 | .241 | 14 | 53 |
| 2B | Jerry Remy | 154 | 575 | 145 | .252 | 4 | 44 |
| SS | Rance Mulliniks | 78 | 271 | 73 | .269 | 3 | 21 |
| 3B | Dave Chalk | 149 | 519 | 144 | .277 | 3 | 45 |
| LF | Joe Rudi | 64 | 246 | 64 | .264 | 13 | 53 |
| CF | Gil Flores | 104 | 342 | 95 | .278 | 1 | 26 |
| RF | Bobby Bonds | 158 | 592 | 156 | .264 | 37 | 115 |
| DH | Don Baylor | 154 | 561 | 141 | .251 | 25 | 75 |

#### 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 |
| Ron Jackson | 106 | 292 | 71 | .243 | 8 | 28 |
| Mario Guerrero | 86 | 244 | 69 | .283 | 1 | 28 |
| Thad Bosley | 58 | 212 | 63 | .297 | 0 | 19 |
| Bobby Grich | 52 | 181 | 44 | .243 | 7 | 23 |
| Andy Etchebarren | 80 | 114 | 29 | .254 | 0 | 14 |
| Bruce Bochte | 25 | 100 | 29 | .290 | 2 | 8 |
| Willie Aikens | 42 | 91 | 18 | .198 | 0 | 6 |
| Danny Goodwin | 35 | 91 | 19 | .209 | 1 | 8 |
| Rusty Torres | 58 | 77 | 12 | .156 | 3 | 10 |
| Ken Landreaux | 23 | 76 | 19 | .250 | 0 | 5 |
| Dan Briggs | 59 | 74 | 12 | .162 | 1 | 4 |
| Ike Hampton | 52 | 44 | 13 | .295 | 3 | 9 |
| Dave Kingman | 10 | 36 | 7 | .194 | 2 | 4 |
| Carlos May | 11 | 18 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Jones | 14 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 1 | 3 |
| Orlando Ramírez | 25 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 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 |
| Nolan Ryan | 37 | 299.0 | 19 | 16 | 2.77 | 341 |
| Frank Tanana | 31 | 241.1 | 15 | 9 | 2.54 | 205 |
| Ken Brett | 21 | 142.0 | 7 | 10 | 4.25 | 41 |
| Wayne Simpson | 27 | 122.0 | 6 | 12 | 5.83 | 55 |
| Gary Ross | 14 | 58.1 | 2 | 4 | 5.55 | 30 |
| Gary Nolan | 5 | 18.1 | 0 | 3 | 8.84 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Paul Hartzell | 41 | 189.1 | 8 | 12 | 3.57 | 79 |
| John Caneira | 6 | 28.2 | 2 | 2 | 4.08 | 17 |
| Balor Moore | 7 | 22.2 | 0 | 2 | 3.97 | 14 |
| Fred Kuhaulua | 3 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 15.63 | 3 |
| Mike Cuellar | 2 | 3.1 | 0 | 1 | 18.90 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Dave LaRoche | 46 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 3.10 | 61 |
| Dyar Miller | 41 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.02 | 49 |
| Mike Barlow | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4.58 | 25 |
| Dick Drago | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3.00 | 15 |
| Don Kirkwood | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.09 | 10 |
| Mickey Scott | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.63 | 5 |
| Sid Monge | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.92 | 4 |
| John Verhoeven | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.86 | 3 |
| Tom Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Salt Lake City Gulls | Pacific Coast League | Jimy Williams |
| AA | El Paso Diablos | Texas League | Buck Rodgers |
| A | Salinas Packers | California League | Moose Stubing |
| A | Quad Cities Angels | Midwest League | Chuck Cottier |
| Rookie | Idaho Falls Angels | Pioneer League | Larry Himes |