1977 Minnesota Twins season

March 2026 November 2013 July 2013 Minnesota Twins 1977 American League West Metropolitan Stadium Bloomington, Minnesota Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes) Calvin Griffith Gene Mauch WTCN (Harmon Killebrew, Joe Boyle) 830 WCCO AM (Herb Carneal, Frank Quilici) The 1977 Minnesota Twins season was the 17th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 17th season at Metropolitan Stadium and the 77th overall in the American League. The Twins finished 84–77, fourth in the American League West. Offseason March 18, 1977: Geoff Zahn was signed as a free agent by the Twins.Geoff Zahn at Baseball Reference Regular season In a May 25 double-header at Boston's Fenway Park, outfielder Lyman Bostock tied a major league record with twelve putouts in the first game. His total of seventeen putouts over both games set a new American League record. On June 26, a crowd of 46,463 turned up at Metropolitan Stadium to watch first baseman Rod Carew's pursuit of a .400 batting average. Carew didn't disappoint, going 4 for 5 with six RBI, raising his batting average seven points to .403. Lost in the commotion was right fielder Glenn Adams' own 4-for-5 performance, as he drove in a Twins-record eight runs. The Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 19–12.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN197706260.shtml Minnesota Twins 19, Chicago White Sox 12 Baseball-Reference.com 2016-01-28 Rod Carew, outfielder Larry Hisle and catcher Butch Wynegar were named to the All-Star Game. Carew was the leading AL vote-getter, scoring 405 of 422 possible votes in the national balloting by sports writers and broadcasters.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=932&dat=19771025&id=o0NTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zYUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2809,1857077&hl=en Carew Tops All Voting for All-Stars Kingman Daily Miner.com 2016-01-28 Carew was named American League Most Valuable Player. In winning his sixth AL batting title, Carew flirted with becoming the first batter since Ted Williams in 1941 to hit .400, finishing at .388. He also had 239 hits, scored a league-leading 128 runs, hit 14 home runs and collected 100 RBI. Other offensive stars were Larry Hisle, who hit 28 HR and drove in a league-leading 119 runs, and Lyman Bostock, who hit .338 with 104 runs, 14 HR and 90 RBI. The Twins' ability to score runs was matched by their pitchers' ability to give up runs. Reliever Tom Johnson replaced Bill Campbell, racking up 16 relief wins along with 20 saves. Dave Goltz became a 20-game winner for the first time. 1,162,727 fans attended Twins games, the fourth lowest total in the American League. It was, however, the first time since 1970 that the Twins attracted more than one million fans. Season standings Record vs. opponents MIN Notable transactions April 6, 1977: The Twins purchased the contract of Don Carrithers from the Montreal Expos.Don Carrithers at Baseball Reference May 2, 1977: Dave Johnson was purchased by the Twins from the Seattle Mariners.Dave Johnson at Baseball-Reference June 7, 1977: Darrell Jackson was drafted by the Twins in the 9th round of the 1977 Major League Baseball draft.Darrell Jackson at Baseball Reference Roster 1977 Minnesota Twins Roster Pitchers 19 Tom Burgmeier 37 Bill Butler 18 Don Carrithers 30 Dave Goltz 21,36 Jeff Holly 31 Jim Hughes 27 Dave Johnson 21 Tom Johnson 33 Mike Pazik 17 Pete Redfern 34 Ron Schueler 20 Gary Serum 28 Jim Shellenback 23 Paul Thormodsgard 38 Geoff Zahn Catchers 14 Glenn Borgmann 11 Bud Bulling 16 Butch Wynegar Infielders 29 Rod Carew 26 Mike Cubbage 25 Luis Gómez 22 Craig Kusick 40 Sam Perlozzo 32 Bob Randall  5 Roy Smalley  1 Jerry Terrell  7 Rob Wilfong 39 Larry Wolfe Outfielders  8 Glenn Adams 10 Lyman Bostock 12 Rich Chiles 15 Dan Ford 35 Bob Gorinski  9 Larry Hisle 24 Willie Norwood Other batters  2 Randy Bass Manager  4 Gene Mauch Coaches 41 Karl Kuehl 42 Don McMahon  6 Tony Oliva 43 Jerry Zimmerman Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league 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 Butch Wynegar 144 532 139 .261 10 79 1B Rod Carew 156 616 239 .388 14 100 2B Bob Randall Bob Randall (baseball) 103 306 73 .239 0 22 3B Mike Cubbage 129 417 110 .264 9 55 SS Roy Smalley Roy Smalley III 150 584 135 .231 6 56 LF Larry Hisle 141 546 165 .302 28 119 CF Lyman Bostock 153 593 199 .336 14 90 RF Dan Ford 144 453 121 .267 11 60 DH Craig Kusick 115 268 68 .256 12 45 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 Glenn Adams 95 269 91 .338 6 49 Rich Chiles 108 261 69 .264 3 36 Jerry Terrell 93 214 48 .224 1 20 Rob Wilfong 73 171 42 .246 1 13 Bob Gorinski 54 118 23 .195 3 22 Willie Norwood Willie Norwood (baseball) 39 83 19 .229 3 9 Luis Gómez Luis Gómez (baseball) 32 65 16 .246 0 11 Glenn Borgmann 17 43 11 .256 2 7 Bud Bulling 15 32 5 .156 0 5 Larry Wolfe 8 25 6 .240 0 6 Sam Perlozzo 10 24 7 .292 0 0 Randy Bass 9 19 2 .105 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 Dave Goltz 39 303.0 20 11 3.36 186 Paul Thormodsgard 37 218.0 11 15 4.62 100 Geoff Zahn 34 198.0 12 14 4.68 88 Pete Redfern 30 137.1 6 9 5.18 73 Mike Pazik 3 18.0 1 0 2.50 6 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 Ron Schueler 52 134.2 8 7 4.41 77 Dave Johnson Dave Johnson (1970s pitcher) 30 72.2 2 5 4.58 33 Jeff Holly 18 48.1 2 3 6.89 32 Bill Butler Bill Butler (pitcher) 6 21.0 0 1 6.86 5 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 Tom Johnson Tom Johnson (1970s pitcher) 71 16 7 15 3.13 87 Tom Burgmeier 61 6 4 7 5.09 35 Gary Serum 8 0 0 0 4.37 4 Don Carrithers 7 0 1 0 6.91 3 Jim Shellenback 5 0 0 0 7.94 3 Jim Hughes Jim Hughes (1970s pitcher) 2 0 0 0 2.08 1 Awards and honors Rod Carew, American League batting champion (.388) Rod Carew, Roberto Clemente Award Rod Carew, American League MVP Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Tacoma Twins Pacific Coast League Del Wilber and Tom Kelly AA Orlando Twins Southern League Johnny Goryl A Visalia Oaks California League Roy McMillan A Wisconsin Rapids Twins Midwest League Jim Rantz, Carlos Pascual and Spencer "Red" Robbins Rookie Elizabethton Twins Appalachian League Fred Waters Notes References Player stats from www.baseball-reference.com Team info from www.baseball-almanac.com Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 Category:Minnesota Twins seasons Minnesota Twins season Minnesota Twins