# 1977 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1977 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 95th season in the history of the franchise. The Phillies won their second consecutive National League East title with a record of 101–61, five games over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Phillies lost the NLCS to the Los Angeles Dodgers, three games to one. The Phillies were managed by Danny Ozark, as they played their home games at Veterans Stadium.

## Offseason

* November 2, 1976: Tony Taylor was released by the Phillies.
* December 6, 1976: Willie Hernández was drafted from the Phillies by the Chicago Cubs in the 1976 rule 5 draft.
* December 20, 1976: Johnny Oates and a player to be named later were traded by the Phillies to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Ted Sizemore. The Phillies completed the deal by sending Quency Hill to the Dodgers on January 4, 1977.
* March 26, 1977: Sergio Ferrer was traded by the Phillies to the New York Yankees for Kerry Dineen.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 101 | 61 | .623 | — | 60‍–‍21 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 96 | 66 | .593 | 5 | 58‍–‍23 | 38‍–‍43 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 83 | 79 | .512 | 18 | 52‍–‍31 | 31‍–‍48 |
| Chicago Cubs | 81 | 81 | .500 | 20 | 46‍–‍35 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Montreal Expos | 75 | 87 | .463 | 26 | 38‍–‍43 | 37‍–‍44 |
| New York Mets | 64 | 98 | .395 | 37 | 35‍–‍44 | 29‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1977 National League recordvte Sources: :
| 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: Tom Underwood, Dane Iorg, and Rick Bosetti were traded by the Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bake McBride and Steve Waterbury.

#### Draft picks

* June 7, 1977: George Vukovich was drafted by the Phillies in the 4th round of the 1977 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 21, 1977.

### 1977 game log

Legend :
| | Phillies win |
| | Phillies loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Phillies team member |
1977 Game Log Overall Record: 101–61 :
April (7–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 9Expos3–4Jackie Brown (1–0)Steve Carlton (0–1)None43,3670–1
2April 10Expos8–9Bill Atkinson (1–0)Gene Garber (0–1)Joe Kerrigan (1)14,3540–2
3April 11Cubs2–6Bill Bonham (1–0)Wayne Twitchell (0–1)None17,5780–3
4April 13Cubs1–3Ray Burris (1–1)Randy Lerch (0–1)Bruce Sutter (2)16,4340–4
5April 15@ Expos7–2Steve Carlton (1–1)Don Stanhouse (0–1)None57,5921–4
6April 16@ Expos3–4Gerry Hannahs (1–0)Larry Christenson (0–1)Bill Atkinson (1)18,3611–5
7April 17@ Expos1–2Will McEnaney (1–1)Gene Garber (0–2)None29,1151–6
8April 18@ Cubs3–1Randy Lerch (1–1)Ray Burris (1–2)Ron Reed (1)3,7772–6
9April 19@ Cubs7–5Larry Christenson (1–1)Mike Krukow (0–1)Gene Garber (1)2,4133–6
–April 20@ CubsPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 14 as a traditional double-header
10April 22Cardinals1–10John Denny (4–0)Wayne Twitchell (0–2)None26,4303–7
11April 23Cardinals11–1Randy Lerch (2–1)Bob Forsch (3–1)None27,6424–7
12April 24Cardinals6–3Steve Carlton (2–1)Pete Falcone (0–3)None40,1865–7
13April 26@ Pirates0–5John Candelaria (2–0)Larry Christenson (1–2)Rich Gossage (2)6,7265–8
14April 27@ Pirates3–7Bruce Kison (2–1)Wayne Twitchell (0–3)None7,0545–9
15April 29@ Giants6–5Steve Carlton (3–1)Jim Barr (3–2)Ron Reed (2)4,4406–9
16April 30@ Giants6–4Randy Lerch (3–1)Ed Halicki (2–2)Ron Reed (3)6,2167–9 :
May (18–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
17May 1@ Giants7–2Larry Christenson (2–2)Lynn McGlothen (0–3)None16,2728–9
18May 2@ Padres3–4Rollie Fingers (3–1)Ron Reed (0–1)None16,1128–10
19May 3@ Padres8–7 (10)Gene Garber (1–2)Victor Bernal (1–1)None7,9429–10
20May 4@ Padres1–4Randy Jones (2–4)Jim Kaat (0–1)None10,0219–11
21May 5@ Padres8–5Randy Lerch (4–1)Bob Shirley (2–4)Gene Garber (2)7,81010–11
22May 6@ Dodgers3–9Don Sutton (4–0)Larry Christenson (2–3)None51,36810–12
23May 7@ Dodgers7–4 (13)Tom Underwood (1–0)Al Downing (0–1)None38,91011–12
–May 8@ DodgersPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 9
–May 9@ DodgersPostponed (wet grounds); Makeup: July 26 as a traditional double-header
24May 10Giants3–0Steve Carlton (4–1)Terry Cornutt (0–1)None16,12112–12
25May 11Giants2–4Lynn McGlothen (2–3)Randy Lerch (4–2)None18,48212–13
26May 12Giants3–0Larry Christenson (3–3)John Montefusco (2–5)None23,10313–13
27May 13Padres5–4Ron Reed (1–1)Dave Tomlin (0–1)Gene Garber (3)23,65514–13
28May 14Padres9–5Tom Underwood (2–0)Brent Strom (0–2)Gene Garber (4)26,60915–13
29May 15Padres6–3Steve Carlton (5–1)Randy Jones (3–5)None46,14116–13
30May 16Dodgers10–6Randy Lerch (5–2)Tommy John (3–2)Ron Reed (4)28,03617–13
31May 17Dodgers4–6Don Sutton (6–0)Larry Christenson (3–4)Charlie Hough (10)30,29217–14
32May 18Dodgers4–6Rick Rhoden (6–1)Wayne Twitchell (0–4)Charlie Hough (11)30,13217–15
33May 19@ Astros2–3Joaquín Andújar (3–3)Gene Garber (1–3)Joe Sambito (1)5,60517–16
34May 20@ Astros2–5J. R. Richard (3–4)Steve Carlton (5–2)None8,89217–17
35May 21@ Astros7–4Ron Reed (2–1)Dan Larson (0–2)None21,15418–17
36May 22@ Astros6–3Larry Christenson (4–4)Floyd Bannister (1–4)Warren Brusstar (1)8,62419–17
37May 24@ Cardinals5–8Bob Forsch (7–1)Jim Kaat (0–2)Al Hrabosky (5)11,41519–18
38May 25@ Cardinals2–1Steve Carlton (6–2)Pete Falcone (1–5)Tom Underwood (1)12,40120–18
39May 26@ Cardinals3–4 (10)Butch Metzger (1–0)Ron Reed (2–2)None16,45020–19
40May 27Mets5–4Gene Garber (2–3)Skip Lockwood (0–2)None28,36521–19
41May 28Mets4–2 (10)Ron Reed (3–2)Skip Lockwood (0–3)None31,23422–19
42May 29Mets7–6Jim Kaat (1–2)Jon Matlack (3–6)Gene Garber (5)43,27923–19
43May 30Pirates6–4Steve Carlton (7–2)Bruce Kison (3–3)None32,25324–19
44May 31Pirates6–5Ron Reed (4–2)Kent Tekulve (3–1)None23,73125–19 :
June (15–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
45June 1Pirates0–3 (8)John Candelaria (7–1)Larry Christenson (4–5)None28,23425–20
46June 3@ Mets1–0Jim Lonborg (1–0)Jon Matlack (3–7)Ron Reed (5)20,01326–20
47June 4@ Mets0–2Nino Espinosa (3–4)Steve Carlton (7–3)Skip Lockwood (7)16,46026–21
48June 5 (1)@ Mets5–6 (10)Bob Apodaca (1–2)Tom Underwood (2–1)Nonesee 2nd game26–22
49June 5 (2)@ Mets2–3Craig Swan (3–4)Jim Kaat (1–3)Skip Lockwood (8)30,86726–23
50June 6Astros9–5 (6)Larry Christenson (5–5)Bo McLaughlin (1–3)Warren Brusstar (2)17,32627–23
51June 7Astros9–8Tom Underwood (3–1)Joe Niekro (0–1)Gene Garber (6)25,22628–23
52June 8Astros3–2Steve Carlton (8–3)Mark Lemongello (1–9)None23,38829–23
53June 9@ Braves0–3Phil Niekro (4–8)Jim Kaat (1–4)None6,79129–24
54June 10@ Braves7–5Ron Reed (5–2)Dave Campbell (0–2)Gene Garber (7)9,27430–24
55June 11@ Braves13–10Warren Brusstar (1–0)Buzz Capra (1–6)Gene Garber (8)12,76031–24
56June 12@ Braves3–5Rick Camp (4–1)Gene Garber (2–4)None15,71631–25
57June 13@ Reds4–5Pedro Borbón (2–3)Wayne Twitchell (0–5)None27,14731–26
58June 14@ Reds2–3Fred Norman (7–2)Jim Kaat (1–5)None30,03631–27
59June 15@ Reds7–8 (10)Pedro Borbón (3–3)Tom Underwood (3–2)None31,21431–28
60June 17Braves11–5Larry Christenson (6–5)Andy Messersmith (4–3)Ron Reed (6)37,14332–28
61June 18Braves8–5 (12)Tug McGraw (1–0)Frank LaCorte (1–7)None32,01633–28
62June 19Braves4–2Steve Carlton (9–3)Steve Hargan (2–4)None40,12634–28
63June 20Reds10–4Jim Kaat (2–5)Fred Norman (7–3)None38,12135–28
64June 21Reds5–10Pedro Borbón (4–3)Warren Brusstar (1–1)None45,09135–29
65June 22Reds15–9Tug McGraw (2–0)Tom Hume (0–3)None47,14836–29
66June 24@ Cardinals1–7Eric Rasmussen (6–8)Jim Lonborg (1–1)None17,88536–30
67June 25@ Cardinals2–3Bob Forsch (9–4)Steve Carlton (9–4)Rawly Eastwick (8)33,24436–31
68June 26@ Cardinals2–0Jim Kaat (3–5)Larry Dierker (1–4)Gene Garber (9)31,16737–31
69June 27@ Mets4–2Tug McGraw (3–0)Skip Lockwood (1–4)None17,80038–31
70June 28@ Mets3–1Ron Reed (6–2)Rick Baldwin (1–1)Tug McGraw (1)13,91339–31
71June 29@ Mets3–5Jerry Koosman (6–8)Jim Lonborg (1–2)Skip Lockwood (11)12,43439–32
72June 30Pirates8–1Steve Carlton (10–4)Odell Jones (2–3)None36,16240–32 :
July (19–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
73July 1Pirates7–6 (14)Gene Garber (3–4)Grant Jackson (0–3)None34,64041–32
74July 2Pirates4–3Warren Brusstar (2–1)Jerry Reuss (3–9)Ron Reed (7)41,82842–32
75July 3Pirates11–7Larry Christenson (7–5)Bruce Kison (6–4)None28,55543–32
76July 4Mets3–1Jim Lonborg (2–2)Jerry Koosman (6–9)Ron Reed (8)63,28344–32
77July 5Mets12–1Steve Carlton (11–4)Pat Zachry (3–9)None23,34445–32
78July 6Mets5–3Gene Garber (4–4)Jon Matlack (3–11)Tug McGraw (2)23,18546–32
79July 7Mets6–4Warren Brusstar (3–1)Nino Espinosa (4–7)Ron Reed (9)27,49247–32
80July 8@ Pirates7–8Rich Gossage (7–5)Warren Brusstar (3–2)None25,20047–33
81July 9@ Pirates8–9 (12)Terry Forster (2–2)Gene Garber (4–5)None19,14447–34
82July 10 (1)@ Pirates1–5Jerry Reuss (4–9)Jim Lonborg (2–3)Nonesee 2nd game47–35
83July 10 (2)@ Pirates10–12Grant Jackson (1–3)Ron Reed (6–3)Rich Gossage (15)39,04247–36
84July 12Cardinals5–4Randy Lerch (6–2)Rawly Eastwick (3–5)None32,61848–36
85July 13Cardinals5–2Steve Carlton (12–4)Tom Underwood (5–5)Tug McGraw (3)36,82849–36
86July 14Cardinals6–7 (11)Rawly Eastwick (4–5)Tug McGraw (3–1)Al Hrabosky (7)33,60149–37
87July 15 (1)Cubs4–2Larry Christenson (8–5)Bill Bonham (9–9)Tug McGraw (4)see 2nd game50–37
88July 15 (2)Cubs9–2Jim Lonborg (3–3)Mike Krukow (7–7)None61,17751–37
89July 16Cubs8–9Pete Broberg (1–0)Ron Reed (6–4)Bruce Sutter (24)35,09551–38
90July 17Cubs4–2Steve Carlton (13–4)Ray Burris (10–9)Tug McGraw (5)36,33852–38
–July 191977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium in New York City
91July 21@ Giants9–6Jim Lonborg (4–3)Charlie Williams (4–3)Gene Garber (10)5,77153–38
92July 22@ Giants2–6John Montefusco (3–8)Steve Carlton (13–5)Gary Lavelle (14)6,06453–39
93July 23@ Giants6–3Larry Christenson (9–5)Bob Knepper (4–4)Tug McGraw (6)7,95854–39
94July 24@ Padres7–4Jim Kaat (4–5)Bob Owchinko (3–6)Ron Reed (10)12,69555–39
95July 25@ Padres6–4 (12)Tug McGraw (4–1)Dan Spillner (5–1)None10,99956–39
96July 26 (1)@ Dodgers1–5Rick Rhoden (11–7)Steve Carlton (13–6)Mike Garman (4)see 2nd game56–40
97July 26 (2)@ Dodgers5–1Jim Lonborg (5–3)Burt Hooton (8–5)None47,96657–40
98July 27@ Dodgers5–7Lance Rautzhan (1–0)Tug McGraw (4–2)Mike Garman (5)38,57157–41
99July 28@ Dodgers1–2Tommy John (11–4)Jim Kaat (4–6)None33,26057–42
100July 29Giants0–7Jim Barr (10–7)Randy Lerch (6–3)None32,44957–43
101July 30Giants9–3Steve Carlton (14–6)Lynn McGlothen (2–8)Gene Garber (11)35,19758–43
102July 31Giants5–4Tug McGraw (5–2)Gary Lavelle (6–5)Ron Reed (11)42,01359–43 :
August (22–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
103August 2Padres2–4Bob Owchinko (4–7)Jim Kaat (4–7)Rollie Fingers (23)30,20459–44
104August 3Padres8–1Steve Carlton (15–6)Bob Shirley (6–13)None27,05360–44
105August 4Padres2–1 (10)Tug McGraw (6–2)Dan Spillner (5–3)None34,86861–44
106August 5Dodgers8–3Gene Garber (5–5)Lance Rautzhan (1–1)None47,57462–44
107August 6Dodgers1–0Gene Garber (6–5)Burt Hooton (9–6)None50,11163–44
108August 7Dodgers3–1Steve Carlton (16–6)Don Sutton (10–6)None40,62864–44
109August 10 (1)Expos6–1Larry Christenson (10–5)Steve Rogers (12–11)Nonesee 2nd game65–44
110August 10 (2)Expos6–1Jim Lonborg (6–3)Santo Alcalá (3–7)None46,66466–44
111August 11Expos10–5Jim Kaat (5–7)Jackie Brown (8–10)Gene Garber (12)30,26767–44
112August 12@ Cubs10–3Steve Carlton (17–6)Rick Reuschel (15–5)None28,84968–44
113August 13@ Cubs10–7 (11)Ron Reed (7–4)Dave Giusti (3–4)Gene Garber (13)27,12669–44
114August 14 (1)@ Cubs10–2Larry Christenson (11–5)Mike Krukow (7–5)Nonesee 2nd game70–44
115August 14 (2)@ Cubs4–2Jim Lonborg (7–3)Steve Renko (2–2)Ron Reed (12)33,35171–44
116August 16@ Expos7–5Warren Brusstar (4–2)Joe Kerrigan (2–4)Gene Garber (14)15,23472–44
117August 17@ Expos0–13Stan Bahnsen (8–7)Steve Carlton (17–7)None22,39872–45
118August 18@ Expos8–3Jim Lonborg (8–3)Wayne Twitchell (2–9)None18,29673–45
119August 19Astros9–5Larry Christenson (12–5)Joe Niekro (8–5)None46,26674–45
120August 20Astros5–4Tug McGraw (7–2)Bo McLaughlin (3–6)None47,04875–45
121August 21Astros7–3Steve Carlton (18–7)Mark Lemongello (5–14)None46,85276–45
122August 22@ Braves5–4Jim Lonborg (9–3)Preston Hanna (0–2)Ron Reed (13)5,71177–45
123August 23@ Braves3–2Randy Lerch (7–3)Phil Niekro (12–16)Tug McGraw (7)5,97278–45
124August 24@ Astros1–3Joe Niekro (9–5)Larry Christenson (12–6)None13,09878–46
125August 25@ Astros5–6Gene Pentz (4–2)Ron Reed (7–5)Bo McLaughlin (5)11,80278–47
126August 26@ Reds2–4Tom Seaver (15–5)Steve Carlton (18–8)None46,07978–48
127August 27@ Reds5–6Jack Billingham (10–10)Tug McGraw (7–3)None46,13978–49
128August 28@ Reds0–9Paul Moskau (4–4)Randy Lerch (7–4)None43,51278–50
129August 29Braves3–2 (14)Gene Garber (7–5)Steve Hargan (2–6)None36,26379–50
130August 30Braves11–2Jim Kaat (6–7)Preston Hanna (1–3)None32,27880–50
131August 31Braves6–1Steve Carlton (19–8)Phil Niekro (13–17)None29,10281–50 :
September (19–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
132September 2Reds3–0Jim Lonborg (10–3)Mario Soto (2–4)None47,73282–50
133September 3Reds9–3Larry Christenson (13–6)Paul Moskau (4–5)None55,06283–50
134September 4Reds2–5Fred Norman (14–10)Jim Kaat (6–8)None40,05183–51
135September 5 (1)@ Pirates1–3John Candelaria (16–4)Randy Lerch (7–5)Rich Gossage (19)see 2nd game83–52
136September 5 (2)@ Pirates11–1Steve Carlton (20–8)Bruce Kison (7–8)None40,42384–52
137September 6@ Pirates4–5 (11)Rich Gossage (10–9)Gene Garber (7–6)None15,13684–53
138September 7@ Mets6–2Larry Christenson (14–6)Pat Zachry (8–13)None7,78385–53
139September 8@ Mets8–2Gene Garber (8–6)Nino Espinosa (7–12)Tug McGraw (8)3,18686–53
140September 9Cardinals11–4Steve Carlton (21–8)John Urrea (7–4)None32,16887–53
141September 10Cardinals3–1Randy Lerch (8–5)Eric Rasmussen (10–15)None43,11288–53
142September 11Cardinals6–5Warren Brusstar (5–2)John Sutton (0–1)Gene Garber (15)49,10889–53
143September 12Pirates6–2Larry Christenson (15–6)Jerry Reuss (10–13)None42,14590–53
144September 13Pirates0–2Jim Rooker (12–9)Jim Kaat (6–9)Rich Gossage (21)42,63890–54
145September 14Mets0–1Nino Espinosa (8–12)Steve Carlton (21–9)None25,11990–55
146September 15Mets8–2Randy Lerch (9–5)Craig Swan (8–9)Ron Reed (14)25,31491–55
147September 16@ Cardinals12–6Warren Brusstar (6–2)John Denny (7–7)Gene Garber (16)19,70292–55
148September 17@ Cardinals8–4Larry Christenson (16–6)Tom Underwood (8–11)Ron Reed (15)22,57493–55
149September 18@ Cardinals5–12Bob Forsch (18–6)Jim Kaat (6–10)None23,16993–56
150September 20Cubs4–2Steve Carlton (22–9)Bill Bonham (10–12)None32,10394–56
151September 21Cubs0–2Ray Burris (14–15)Randy Lerch (9–6)Bruce Sutter (29)31,51294–57
152September 22Cubs3–5Paul Reuschel (5–6)Jim Lonborg (10–4)Bruce Sutter (30)20,70994–58
153September 23@ Expos6–1Larry Christenson (17–6)Steve Rogers (16–15)Gene Garber (17)8,40095–58
154September 24@ Expos1–0Steve Carlton (23–9)Fred Holdsworth (2–4)None23,09896–58
155September 25@ Expos8–5Warren Brusstar (7–2)Larry Landreth (0–2)Tug McGraw (9)19,24697–58
156September 26@ Cubs7–10Donnie Moore (4–2)Jim Kaat (6–11)Bruce Sutter (31)3,67997–59
157September 27@ Cubs15–9Larry Christenson (18–6)Bill Bonham (10–13)None4,60698–59
158September 28@ Cubs5–2Randy Lerch (10–6)Mike Krukow (8–14)Warren Brusstar (3)5,11699–59
159September 29Expos2–7Fred Holdsworth (3–4)Steve Carlton (23–10)Don Stanhouse (10)25,80899–60
160September 30Expos9–4Jim Lonborg (11–4)Stan Bahnsen (9–11)Gene Garber (18)28,436100–60 :
October (1–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
161October 1Expos5–6 (12)Joe Kerrigan (3–5)Dan Warthen (2–4)Bill Atkinson (7)43,095100–61
162October 2Expos5–3Larry Christenson (19–6)Steve Rogers (17–16)Gene Garber (19)25,412101–61 :

### Roster
## 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 | Bob Boone | 132 | 440 | 125 | .284 | 11 | 66 |
| 1B | Richie Hebner | 118 | 397 | 113 | .285 | 18 | 62 |
| 2B | Ted Sizemore | 152 | 519 | 146 | .281 | 4 | 47 |
| SS | Larry Bowa | 154 | 624 | 175 | .280 | 4 | 41 |
| 3B | Mike Schmidt | 154 | 544 | 149 | .274 | 38 | 101 |
| LF | Greg Luzinski | 149 | 554 | 171 | .309 | 39 | 130 |
| CF | Garry Maddox | 139 | 571 | 167 | .292 | 14 | 74 |
| RF | Jay Johnstone | 112 | 363 | 103 | .284 | 15 | 59 |

#### 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 |
| Bake McBride | 85 | 280 | 95 | .339 | 11 | 41 |
| Jerry Martin | 116 | 215 | 56 | .260 | 6 | 28 |
| Davey Johnson | 78 | 156 | 50 | .321 | 8 | 36 |
| Tommy Hutton | 107 | 81 | 25 | .309 | 2 | 11 |
| Ollie Brown | 53 | 70 | 17 | .243 | 1 | 13 |
| Terry Harmon | 46 | 60 | 11 | .183 | 2 | 5 |
| Barry Foote | 18 | 32 | 7 | .219 | 1 | 3 |
| Dane Iorg | 12 | 30 | 5 | .167 | 0 | 2 |
| Fred Andrews | 12 | 23 | 4 | .174 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Tolan | 15 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Buskey | 6 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Morrison | 5 | 7 | 3 | .429 | 0 | 1 |
| John Vukovich | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Blackwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Steve Carlton | 36 | 283.0 | 23 | 10 | 2.64 | 198 |
| Larry Christenson | 34 | 219.1 | 19 | 6 | 4.06 | 118 |
| Randy Lerch | 32 | 168.2 | 10 | 6 | 5.07 | 81 |
| Jim Kaat | 35 | 160.1 | 6 | 11 | 5.39 | 55 |
| Jim Lonborg | 25 | 157.2 | 11 | 4 | 4.11 | 76 |

#### 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 |
| Wayne Twitchell | 12 | 45.2 | 0 | 5 | 4.53 | 37 |
| Manny Seoane | 2 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Gene Garber | 64 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 2.35 | 78 |
| Ron Reed | 60 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 2.75 | 84 |
| Warren Brusstar | 46 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2.65 | 46 |
| Tug McGraw | 45 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 2.62 | 58 |
| Tom Underwood | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5.13 | 20 |
| Dan Warthen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |

## 1977 National League Championship Series

The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, 3 games to 1.
| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
| 1 | Philadelphia – 7, Los Angeles – 5 | October 4 | Dodger Stadium | 55,968 |
| 2 | Philadelphia – 1, Los Angeles – 7 | October 5 | Dodger Stadium | 55,973 |
| 3 | Los Angeles – 6, Philadelphia – 5 | October 7 | Veterans Stadium | 63,719 |
| 4 | Los Angeles – 4, Philadelphia – 1 | October 8 | Veterans Stadium | 64,924 |

### 1977 postseason game log

Legend :
| | Phillies win |
| | Phillies loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Phillies team member |
1977 Postseason Game Log Overall Record: 1–3 :
National League Championship Series (1–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 4@ Dodgers7–5Gene Garber (1–0)Elías Sosa (0–1)Tug McGraw (1)55,9681–0
2October 5@ Dodgers1–7Don Sutton (1–0)Jim Lonborg (0–1)None55,9731–1
3October 7Dodgers5–6Lance Rautzhan (1–0)Gene Garber (1–1)Mike Garman (1)63,7191–2
4October 8Dodgers1–4Tommy John (1–0)Steve Carlton (0–1)None64,9241–3 :

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Oklahoma City 89ers | American Association | Cal Emery, Billy Connors and Mike Ryan |
| AA | Reading Phillies | Eastern League | Lee Elia |
| A | Peninsula Pilots | Carolina League | Jim Snyder |
| A | Spartanburg Phillies | Western Carolinas League | Mike Compton |
| A-Short Season | Auburn Phillies | New York–Penn League | Rubén Amaro, Sr. |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Peninsula