1977 Oakland Athletics season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Oakland Athletics
season = 1977
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
y4 = 1968
city = Oakland, California
y5 = 1968
owners = Charles O. Finley
managers = Bobby Winkles and Jack McKeon
television = KPIX-TV
radio = KNBR
(Monte Moore, Bob Waller) |The Oakland Athletics' 1977 season involved the A's finishing 7th in the American League West with a record of 63 wins and 98 losses. After the 1976 season, most of the Athletics’ veteran players who did become eligible for free agency left. In by|1977, only three years after winning the World Series, the A's finished with the worst record in the American League West, behind even the expansion Seattle Mariners (though by only 1/2 game, as one game with the Minnesota Twins was canceled by weather and never made up).

At the end of the 1977 season, owner Charles O. Finley attempted to trade Vida Blue to the Reds for a player of lesser stature and cash, but Bowie Kuhn vetoed the deal. The commissioner claimed that it was tantamount to the sale of the star pitcher to the New York Yankees that the commissioner voided during by|1976. The commissioner claimed that adding Blue to the Reds' already formidable pitching staff would make a mockery of the National League West race. Instead, Blue was traded across the bay to the San Francisco Giants in a multi-player trade that likewise received the Commissioner's blessing.

Offseason

*November 5, 1976: Manager Chuck Tanner was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Manny Sanguillen. [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/trades.php?p=tannech01 Chuck Tanner Trades and Transactions by Baseball Almanac ] ]
*January 9, 1977: Craig Minetto was signed by the Athletics as a free agent. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/minetcr01.shtml Craig Minetto page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

Opening Day Lineup

eason standings

Notable Transactions

*March 15, 1977: Phil Garner, Tommy Helms, and Chris Batton were traded by the Athletics to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Rick Langford, Tony Armas, Doug Bair, Dave Giusti, Doc Medich, and Mitchell Page. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/langfri01.shtml Rick Langford page at Baseball Reference] ]
*March 15, 1977: Jim Todd was traded by the Athletics to the Chicago Cubs for Joe Coleman. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/toddji01.shtml Jim Todd page at Baseball Reference] ]
*March 16, 1977: Dick Allen was signed as a free agent by the Athletics. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/allendi01.shtml Dick Allen page at Baseball Reference] ]
*April 4, 1977: Sheldon Mallory was purchased by the Athletics from the New York Mets. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mallosh01.shtml Sheldon Mallory page at Baseball Reference] ]
*April 27, 1977: Mike Torrez was traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees for Dock Ellis, Larry Murray and Marty Perez. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/e/ellisdo01.shtml Dock Ellis page at Baseball Reference] ]
*June 15, 1977: Dock Ellis was purchased from the Athletics by the Texas Rangers.

Roster

Pitching

Starting pitchers

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/1977.shtml 1977 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1977&t=OAK 1977 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]