LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1977 American League
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
East WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
1977 Boston BOA 102 49 .675 ---- *WON* 90 61 .596 97 64 .602
1977 New York NYA 91 61 .599 11.5 93 59 .612 100 62 .617
1977 Baltimore BAA 77 75 .507 25.5 91 61 .599 97 64 .602
1977 Cleveland CLA 74 78 .487 28.5 67 85 .441 71 90 .441
1977 Milwaukee MLA 73 81 .474 30.5 64 90 .416 67 95 .414
1977 Detroit DEA 71 81 .467 31.5 71 81 .467 74 88 .457
1977 Toronto TOA 53 98 .351 49.0 52 99 .344 54 107 .335
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
West WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
1977 Kansas City KCA 90 60 .600 ---- 9 95 55 .633 102 60 .630
1977 Texas TEA 88 64 .579 3.0 85 67 .559 94 68 .580
1977 Chicago CHA 86 67 .562 5.5 85 68 .556 90 72 .556
1977 Minnesota MNA 80 73 .523 11.5 80 73 .523 84 77 .522
1977 California CAA 73 78 .483 17.5 72 79 .477 74 88 .457
1977 Seattle SEA 54 99 .353 37.5 59 94 .386 64 98 .395
1977 Oakland OAA 51 99 .340 39.0 59 91 .393 63 98 .391
OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
BAA 77 75 .507 39-38 38-37 22-20 55-55 5-11 21-25 7-3 Won 2
BOA 102 49 .675 49-25 53-24 20- 9 82-40 14- 5 27-14 6-4 Lost 1
CAA 73 78 .483 37-39 36-39 15-20 58-58 9-10 22-24 3-7 Lost 1
CHA 86 67 .562 46-32 40-35 32-14 54-53 12- 6 20-21 6-4 Won 3
CLA 74 78 .487 39-39 35-39 26-22 48-56 12-10 24-24 5-5 Won 1
DEA 71 81 .467 34-43 37-38 24-36 47-45 7-12 24-24 3-7 Lost 1
KCA 90 60 .600 46-31 44-29 25-14 65-46 10- 5 24-17 7-3 Won 4
MLA 73 81 .474 39-37 34-44 21-17 52-64 11- 4 29-20 5-5 Lost 2
MNA 80 73 .523 40-35 40-38 22-29 58-44 4-10 23-15 5-5 Lost 3
NYA 91 61 .599 45-29 46-32 42-30 49-31 7-11 19-26 6-4 Won 1
OAA 51 99 .340 30-43 21-56 19-30 32-69 3-12 17-24 2-8 Lost 5
SEA 54 99 .353 33-44 21-55 18-25 36-74 10-11 17-27 6-4 Won 2
TEA 88 64 .579 49-27 39-37 25-17 63-47 10- 6 24-23 7-3 Won 1
TOA 53 98 .351 25-50 28-48 17-30 36-68 5- 6 18-25 3-7 Lost 2
TOTAL 1063 1063 .500
HOME 551 512 .518
ROAD 512 551 .482
LEFT 328 313 .512
RIGHT 735 750 .495
TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ InDiv OutDiv RUNS-AGNST
BAA 10- 7 14-13 14-17 11-17 13-14 15- 7 43-37 34-38 710- 669
BOA 10- 8 16-11 18- 9 20- 9 23- 6 15- 6 55-24 47-25 1008- 750
CAA 13- 9 10-15 13-11 14-15 15-14 8-14 40-41 33-37 717- 706
CHA 13- 5 14-12 14-14 17-11 14-15 14-10 45-36 41-31 853- 729
CLA 6-11 14-11 17-12 14-15 14-18 9-11 38-42 36-36 663- 707
DEA 9-11 10-14 13-15 17-12 15-14 7-15 36-44 35-37 709- 749
KCA 14- 5 13-12 20- 9 13-13 17-14 13- 7 48-30 42-30 789- 624
MLA 7-10 18-15 15- 9 9-20 17-17 7-10 45-45 28-36 681- 756
MNA 19- 3 11-13 12-16 15-16 14-15 9-10 54-33 26-40 815- 879
NYA 10-10 18- 9 13-15 15-13 21- 8 14- 6 45-35 46-26 909- 702
OAA 7-14 7-18 11-16 9-20 11-17 6-14 21-57 30-42 575- 811
SEA 3-21 14-13 8-20 16-12 5-23 8-10 27-54 27-45 674- 864
TEA 9- 9 14-10 16-14 19- 8 18-14 12- 9 48-32 40-32 767- 698
TOA 7-14 9-16 10-17 10-18 10-18 7-15 22-57 31-41 608- 834
WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:
TEAM BAA BOA CAA CHA CLA DEA KCA MLA MNA NYA OAA SEA TEA TOA TOT
BAA - 5 7 5 7 6 2 8 8 7 7 1 4 10 77
BOA 7 - 7 4 11 10 5 11 8 6 9 8 6 10 102
CAA 4 3 - 7 6 7 3 5 8 4 9 10 3 4 73
CHA 5 6 8 - 5 7 7 8 5 2 11 8 6 8 86
CLA 5 4 4 5 - 10 5 7 8 4 5 5 4 8 74
DEA 6 1 3 3 5 - 5 7 3 4 6 11 4 13 71
KCA 9 5 4 8 5 6 - 6 11 6 8 9 8 5 90
MLA 7 4 3 3 8 8 4 - 2 8 6 5 5 10 73
MNA 2 2 7 8 3 7 4 3 - 3 11 13 11 6 80
NYA 8 9 7 8 7 8 4 7 7 - 8 8 4 6 91
OAA 3 2 6 4 5 4 3 4 3 3 - 3 2 9 51
SEA 9 3 5 0 5 0 6 5 2 2 12 - 2 3 54
TEA 6 4 11 9 7 6 7 5 4 6 6 11 - 6 88
TOA 4 1 6 3 4 2 5 5 4 6 1 7 5 - 53
TOT 75 49 78 67 78 81 60 81 73 61 99 99 64 98
RUNS SCORED ARE ACROSS, RUNS ALLOWED ARE DOWN:
TEAM BAA BOA CAA CHA CLA DEA KCA MLA MNA NYA OAA SEA TEA TOA TOT
BAA - 59 41 43 55 50 35 66 79 94 44 27 40 77 710
BOA 66 - 68 51 128 79 65 103 70 73 80 66 78 81 1008
CAA 40 46 - 74 40 41 35 39 82 54 70 89 61 46 717
CHA 50 67 80 - 37 61 67 57 67 52 96 68 72 79 853
CLA 41 90 33 43 - 54 31 65 66 48 35 55 46 56 663
DEA 52 43 33 45 44 - 41 80 51 47 63 65 59 86 709
KCA 66 52 25 73 39 58 - 41 120 49 49 95 72 50 789
MLA 71 52 34 40 62 70 34 - 26 58 60 54 23 97 681
MNA 35 45 60 86 48 60 64 29 - 35 109 99 92 53 815
NYA 87 106 63 63 82 58 43 72 90 - 60 71 40 74 909
OAA 26 55 62 61 33 55 22 42 52 38 - 43 24 62 575
SEA 46 45 72 31 45 42 73 59 60 42 67 - 57 35 674
TEA 46 64 82 79 52 58 73 39 68 44 49 75 - 38 767
TOA 43 26 53 40 42 63 41 64 48 68 29 57 34 - 608
TOT 669 750 706 729 707 749 624 756 879 702 811 864 698 834
BOXSCORE: 1977 New York Yankees At 1977 Boston Red Sox 9/21/1977
Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
M.Rivers CF 6 2 3 1 .323 R.Burleson SS 4 0 1 0 .298
R.White LF 4 0 0 1 .302 T.Cox DH 4 0 0 0 .083
T.Munson C 5 3 5 4 .342 J.Rice RF 4 0 1 0 .337
R.Jackson RF 4 2 1 1 .270 C.Yastrzemski LF 4 1 1 0 .320
C.Chambliss 1B 5 1 1 0 .290 C.Fisk C 3 0 1 0 .315
G.Nettles 3B 4 2 3 2 .274 G.Scott 1B 3 1 0 0 .279
L.Piniella DH 5 1 2 4 .367 F.Lynn CF 3 0 1 0 .292
W.Randolph 2B 5 1 1 0 .258 B.Hobson 3B 3 0 0 1 .274
B.Dent SS 4 2 1 1 .264 D.Doyle 2B 3 0 0 0 .259
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 42 14 17 14 Totals 31 2 5 1
Yankees......... 5 1 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 - 14 17 1
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 5 0
Yankees (91-61) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
M.Torrez WIN(15-9) 6 1/3 4 2 1 3 2 0 87 4.22
K.Clay 2 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 33 6.14
Totals 9 5 2 1 3 3 0
Red Sox (102-49) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
L.Tiant LOSS(14-11) 0 2/3 4 5 5 1 0 1 25 4.51
B.Stanley 3 1/3 7 5 5 2 0 1 78 6.02
J.Willoughby 4 5 4 4 1 2 2 59 3.92
J.Burton 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 14 0.00
Totals 9 17 14 14 4 4 4
ATTENDANCE- 32,589 DATE- Wednesday, September 21st 1977 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Rich Garcia, Steve Palermo, Nestor Chylak, Joe Brinkman
T- 2:52
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 6 Red Sox: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1 Red Sox: 1
ERRORS- B.Dent
DOUBLES- M.Rivers-2(16th), T.Munson-2(26th), C.Chambliss(23rd), B.Dent(19th)
HOME RUNS- T.Munson-2(29th), G.Nettles(48th), L.Piniella(12th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.White, B.Hobson
WALKS- R.White, R.Jackson, G.Nettles, B.Dent, C.Fisk, G.Scott, F.Lynn
STRIKE OUTS- M.Rivers, R.White, W.Randolph, B.Dent, J.Rice, B.Hobson-2
GIDP- B.Dent, G.Scott
WILD PITCHES- B.Stanley
2-out RBI- R.Jackson, L.Piniella-4, B.Dent, M.Rivers
RLISP 2-out- G.Nettles-2, C.Chambliss-2, R.White, W.Randolph-2, D.Doyle-2,
R.Burleson
Thurman Munson ripped 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI at Fenway Park as the New York
Yankees, running on all cylinders, ripped the Boston Red Sox by a large 14 to
2 margin.
Munson really lit it up for New York. The Boston fans let him have it for
what he did to their boys. He doubled in the 1st inning, doubled scoring a
run in the 2nd inning, delivered a solo blast in the 4th inning, lifted one
out of the park for a two run home run in the 5th inning and ripped a
base-hit in the 7th inning. Offensively, New York was a juggernaut. They
scored in 6 separate innings.
Mike Torrez(15-9) went 6 and 1/3 innings allowing 2 runs for the victory. Luis
Tiant(14-11) was the loser. 'I just got in the box, looked for a pitch and
swung,' Munson said. 'That's it'
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1977 American League Date: 9/20/1977
TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
1977 BOA 102 48 R.Carew MNA .361 G.Nettles NYA 47 J.Rice BOA 154
1977 NYA 90 61 A.Bumbry BAA .352 J.Rice BOA 45 G.Nettles NYA 130
1977 BAA 75 75 L.Bostock MNA .350 J.Thompso DEA 38 C.Yastrze BOA 123
1977 CLA 73 78 J.Rice BOA .337 R.Zisk CHA 38 R.Zisk CHA 122
1977 MLA 73 79 T.Munson NYA .336 B.Bonds CAA 37 OTHERS TIED W 119
1977 DEA 71 80
1977 TOA 53 96 WINS SAVES ERA
J.Palmer BAA 20 B.Campbel BOA 27 D.Leonard KCA 2.54
1977 KCA 88 60 D.Leonard KCA 20 L.Lagrow CHA 22 R.Guidry NYA 2.63
1977 TEA 87 63 D.Goltz MNA 18 S.Lyle NYA 19 B.Blyleve TEA 2.65
1977 CHA 84 67 B.Blyleve TEA 18 OTHERS TIED W 14 F.Tanana CAA 2.80
1977 MNA 80 71 OTHERS TIED W 17 D.Rozema DEA 2.98
1977 CAA 72 77
1977 OAA 51 97 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
1977 SEA 52 99 R.Pruitt CLA 22 F.Patek KCA 47 N.Ryan CAA 345
R.Carew MNA 14 J.Remy CAA 43 F.Tanana CAA 251
A.Cowens KCA 12 B.Bonds CAA 37 D.Leonard KCA 235
T.Helms BOA 10 R.Leflore DEA 36 J.Palmer BAA 204
J.Mayberr KCA 10 B.Campane TEA 34 D.Eckersl CLA 195
YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
CLA 2 at DEA 3 CLA-Fitzmor(4-10, 6.07) at DEA-Rozema(16-11, 2.98)
NYA 7 at BOA 8 MNA-Zahn(16-9, 4.63) at KCA-Splitto(15-8, 3.70)
OAA 1 at CHA 5 OAA-Langfor(8-15, 4.27) at CHA-Stone(12-10, 3.92)
TEA 7 at CAA 4 SEA-Pole(8-8, 4.22) at MLA-Augusti(7-16, 5.80)
TOA 1 at BAA 0 TEA-Blyleve(18-7, 2.65) at CAA-Tanana(16-13, 2.80)
TOA-Clancy(2-6, 7.97) at BAA-Palmer(20-11, 3.37)
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB
B.Hobson BOA NYA 2 3 2 2 1 0 2 0
C.Chambliss NYA BOA 5 1 3 6 0 0 1 0
L.Johnson CHA OAA 4 2 4 2 0 0 1 0
J.Thompson DEA CLA 4 1 3 1 0 1 1 0
C.Washington TEA CAA 4 0 3 4 1 0 0 1
PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS
K.Kravec CHA OAA 9.0 2 1 0 3 9 0 W
P.Vuckovich TOA BAA 2.1 1 0 0 0 4 0 S
J.Garvin TOA BAA 6.2 7 0 0 1 5 0 W
B.Taylor DEA CLA 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 S
S.Grilli DEA CLA 2.2 2 0 0 3 0 0 W
WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS
C.Washington TEA .440 25 11 10 2 2 D.Leonard KCA 18 5 0 2 17 0 200
L.Johnson CHA .419 31 13 9 0 4 M.Littell KCA 9 1 1 2 11 0 100
B.Hobson BOA .324 34 11 7 3 5 J.Palmer BAA 18 12 0 6 12 0 200
O.Gamble CHA .361 36 13 9 7 3 L.Sorensen MLA 17 10 1 2 9 0 100
M.Rivers NYA .423 26 11 9 1 2 B.Campbell BOA 14 8 2 4 14 1 400
WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS
T.Armas OAA .086 35 3 2 0 0 J.Caneira CAA 8 10 10 5 6 3 020
D.Rader TOA .138 29 4 0 1 0 M.Keough OAA 9 14 10 6 5 0 020
S.Bowling TOA .086 35 3 2 4 0 S.Dunning OAA 5 9 6 5 0 1 010
G.Woods TOA .233 43 10 2 0 0 P.Redfern MNA 9 10 11 10 9 0 010
R.Picciolo OAA .179 39 7 3 1 0 F.Arroyo DEA 12 15 11 6 5 5 020
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report
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