1977 Cincinnati Reds season

MLB yearly infobox alt‎
name = Cincinnati Reds
season = 1977
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1890
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Riverfront Stadium
y4 = 1970
city = Cincinnati, Ohio
y5 = 1882
owners = Francis Dale
general managers = Bob Howsam
managers =Sparky Anderson
television = WLWT
(Ken Coleman, Bill Brown)
radio = WLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)|The Cincinnati Reds' 1977 season consisted of the Reds (an American baseball team) finishing 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. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/perezto01.shtml Tony Perez page at Baseball Reference] ]
*February 13, 1977: Steve Christmas was signed by the Reds as an amateur free agent. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/chrisst01.shtml Steve Christmas page at Baseball Reference] ]
*February 16, 1977: Dave Schneck was traded by the Reds to the Chicago Cubs for Champ Summers. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/summech01.shtml Champ Summers page at Baseball Reference] ]
* March 28, 1977: Joel Youngblood was traded by the Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bill Caudill. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/caudibi01.shtml Bill Caudill page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

eason standings

Transactions

*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. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/seaveto01.shtml Tom Seaver page at Baseball Reference] ]
*June 15, 1977: Gary Nolan was traded by the Reds to the California Angels for Craig Hendrickson (minors). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nolanga01.shtml Gary Nolan page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

Awards and records

* George Foster, MLB Home Run Champion (52)
* George Foster, MLB RBI Champion (149)
* George Foster, National League MVP
1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Johnny Bench, Starter
* Joe Morgan, Starter
* Dave Concepción, Starter
* George Foster, Starter
* Tom Seaver, Reserve
* Pete Rose, Reserve
* Ken Griffey, Reserve

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/1977.shtml 1977 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference]