1977 Cincinnati Reds season explained

Cincinnati Reds
Season:	1977
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Riverfront Stadium
City:	Cincinnati
Record:	88–74 (.543)
Divisional Place:	2nd
Owners:	Louis Nippert
General Managers:	Bob Howsam
Managers:	Sparky Anderson
Television:	WLWT (Ken Coleman, Bill Brown)
Radio:	WLW (Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)

The 1977 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished in second place in the National League West, with a record of 88–74, 10 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Reds were managed by Sparky Anderson and played their home games at Riverfront Stadium.

Offseason

December 16, 1976: Tony Pérez and Will McEnaney were traded by the Reds to the Montreal Expos for Woodie Fryman and Dale Murray.^[1]
February 13, 1977: Steve Christmas was signed as an amateur free agent by the Reds.^[2]
February 16, 1977: Dave Schneck was traded by the Reds to the Chicago Cubs for Champ Summers.^[3]
March 28, 1977: Joel Youngblood was traded by the Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bill Caudill.^[4]

June 15, 1977: Pat Zachry, Doug Flynn, Steve Henderson, and Dan Norman were traded by the Reds to the New York Mets for Tom Seaver.^[5]
June 15, 1977: Gary Nolan was traded by the Reds to the California Angels for Craig Hendrickson (minors).^[6]
June 15, 1977: Rawly Eastwick was traded by the Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Doug Capilla.
June 15, 1977: Mike Caldwell was traded by the Reds to the Milwaukee Brewers for two minor leaguers.
September 28, 1977: Rudy Meoli was purchased from the Reds by the Chicago Cubs.^[7]

1977 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	142	494	136	.275	31	109
1B	151	536	161	.300	17	91
2B	153	521	150	.288	22	78
SS	156	572	155	.271	8	64
3B	162	655	204	.311	9	64
LF	158	615	197	.320	52	149
CF	149	492	131	.266	10	52
RF	154	585	186	.318	12	57

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
81	125	20	.160	5	16
51	117	16	.137	1	7
80	92	24	.261	1	13
49	79	20	.253	2	11
65	78	20	.256	1	5
59	76	13	.171	3	6
33	45	7	.156	0	3
36	32	8	.250	0	5
10	23	4	.174	2	4

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
35	221.1	14	13	3.38	160
20	165.1	14	3	2.34	124
36	161.2	10	10	5.23	76
20	108.0	6	6	4.00	71
22	106.1	7	8	4.23	74
17	75.1	5	5	5.38	57
12	75.0	3	7	5.04	36
12	60.2	2	6	5.34	44
8	39.1	4	1	4.81	28

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	14	43.0	3	3	7.12	22
	7	15.2	1	1	5.74	9

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
73	10	5	18	3.19	48
61	7	2	4	4.94	42
24	0	0	1	2.45	23
23	2	2	7	2.91	17
14	0	0	1	4.01	11
8	0	0	0	12.71	5
7	0	2	0	12.00	8
5	0	0	0	2.16	8
5	0	0	0	13.50	5