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1977 American League Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
Click Division Name for Divisional History Chart
Central Team W L WPct GB Tampa Bay 83 77 .519 -- Minnesota 70 90 .438 13 Cleveland (A) 69 91 .431 14 Baltimore 69 91 .431 14	East Team W L WPct GB New York (A) 87 73 .544 -- Boston (A) 70 90 .438 17 Indianapolis 66 94 .413 21 Detroit 57 103 .356 30	West Team W L WPct GB Seattle 108 52 .675 -- Kansas City 92 68 .575 16 Oakland 82 78 .513 26 Toronto 80 80 .500 28

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-3)	Kansas City Royals over Colorado Rockies
AL League Series (4-2)	Kansas City Royals over Seattle Mariners
AL Divisional Series (4-1)	Kansas City Royals over New York (A) Yankees
AL Divisional Series (4-3)	Seattle Mariners over Tampa Bay Devil Rays

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
SEM	5.4	870	160	5513	1542	233	51	117	675	813	.280	.358	.404	.762
KCR	5.3	845	160	5570	1464	268	22	209	720	962	.263	.347	.431	.779
NYA	5.1	815	160	5564	1538	302	30	141	518	647	.276	.338	.418	.756
TOR	5.0	800	160	5592	1532	299	42	115	581	690	.274	.342	.404	.746
BOS	4.7	744	160	5631	1509	285	35	109	463	629	.268	.324	.389	.713
TAM	4.6	739	160	5536	1492	254	27	118	551	786	.270	.336	.389	.725
MIN	4.3	689	160	5675	1615	309	37	93	392	710	.285	.331	.401	.732
CLE	4.2	671	160	5527	1484	269	36	90	418	683	.269	.320	.379	.699
OAK	4.1	663	160	5508	1415	228	36	122	507	810	.257	.320	.378	.697
IND	4.1	654	160	5569	1450	270	27	109	455	767	.260	.316	.377	.694
BAL	3.9	631	160	5487	1405	201	36	84	476	712	.256	.315	.352	.667
DET	3.5	559	160	5268	1197	218	32	90	545	809	.227	.300	.332	.632
Totals	4.5	8680	1920	66440	17643	3136	411	1397	6301	9018	.266	.329	.388	.717
Average		723	160	5537	1470	261	34	116	525	752

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
SEM	4.0	633	160	3.58	1448.7	1347	8.4	582	3.6	854	5.3	26
OAK	4.2	675	160	3.92	1443.0	1436	9.0	542	3.4	854	5.3	30
TAM	4.3	691	160	3.99	1424.3	1430	8.9	484	3.0	737	4.6	30
KCR	4.5	721	160	4.13	1439.3	1453	9.1	452	2.8	844	5.3	29
IND	4.5	727	160	4.22	1428.7	1502	9.4	483	3.0	619	3.9	13
CLE	4.6	729	160	4.18	1418.0	1479	9.2	519	3.2	817	5.1	29
NYA	4.7	749	160	4.40	1430.3	1429	8.9	589	3.7	864	5.4	33
BAL	5.0	799	160	4.61	1428.0	1508	9.4	654	4.1	738	4.6	20
DET	5.0	802	160	4.64	1414.7	1481	9.3	493	3.1	572	3.6	21
BOS	5.1	814	160	4.72	1430.7	1510	9.4	692	4.3	783	4.9	26
TOR	5.1	820	160	4.61	1440.0	1538	9.6	632	4.0	755	4.7	21
MIN	5.2	836	160	4.93	1422.0	1513	9.5	640	4.0	688	4.3	19
Totals	4.7	8996	1920	4.33	17167.6	17626	9.2	6762	3.5	9125	4.8	297
Average		750	160		1431	1469		564		760		25

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
SEM	103	57	5	5	14	6	2	3	5	1.03	0.98	2,339,277		Peter Fletcher
KCR	92	68	0	4	14	1	3	1	14	0.98	1.17	2,090,583		Ricky Sanford
BAL	63	97	6	3	8	0	0	1	10	0.89	1.03	1,818,897		Matt Ida II
OAK	79	81	3	3	14	1	9	0	8	0.94	0.85	2,103,665		Marwan Najdawi
BOS	73	87	-3	2	11	0	0	2	7	1.07	1.06	1,470,767		Brian Rodgers
MIN	66	94	4	2	10	7	0	2	12	1.06	0.97	982,991		Gene Mauch
NYA	86	74	1	2	13	0	1	1	10	0.99	1.05	1,887,316		Jason Spiegel
TAM	85	75	-2	2	12	1	2	2	5	0.99	0.94	2,112,141		Chris Kelsey II
CLE	74	86	-5	1	11	2	0	1	8	1.08	1.02	1,511,201		Jason Morton
TOR	78	82	2	1	15	0	0	1	5	0.95	0.89	1,472,151		Chuck Glidden
DET	54	106	3	0	8	0	0	0	14	1.04	1.03	797,497		Pie Traynor
IND	72	88	-6	0	8	0	0	0	15	1.13	1.12	1,621,886

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
SEM	324	152.66	119.84	51.46	6.49	3.04	9.70	7.27	9.75	15.20
KCR	276	145.30	89.61	41.05	5.50	2.11	7.27	5.44	11.03	9.71
NYA	261	138.22	83.31	39.42	6.88	0.98	7.81	3.01	5.56	15.19
TAM	249	112.09	92.50	44.38	3.90	2.42	7.55	6.59	8.86	15.07
OAK	246	95.45	103.80	46.71	10.27	4.04	7.74	4.62	9.73	10.33
TOR	240	139.26	67.24	33.46	7.44	2.37	4.54	4.86	6.71	7.55
MIN	210	99.35	71.57	39.03	9.13	2.44	6.34	6.54	5.79	8.79
BOS	210	102.09	71.89	35.98	8.43	2.24	6.69	0.70	8.03	9.90
CLE	207	78.32	84.02	44.62	10.46	3.74	7.68	2.59	4.93	15.24
BAL	207	99.46	72.76	34.74	8.58	5.72	5.28	2.63	9.12	3.42
IND	198	66.30	90.44	41.22	7.69	2.17	2.80	8.35	3.38	16.84
DET	171	55.09	77.08	38.79	6.15	3.34	5.02	3.72	5.23	15.35

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Garry Maddox	SEM	.359, 23 HR, 128 RBI
Platinum Arm:	John Hiller	OAK	15-5, 2.85, 230.7 IP, 153 K
Bronze Rookie:	Mitchell Page	TOR	.318, 18 HR, 98 RBI
Gold Glove Winners
P	Mike Krukow	DET	1.000, 19 PO, 56 A, 0 E
C	Thurman Munson	CLE	.986, 714 PO, 66 A, 11 E 35.5% (44-124) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Keith Hernandez	DET	.994, 1740 PO, 118 A, 11 E
2B	Rob Andrews	DET	.968, 282 PO, 609 A, 29 E
3B	Ron Cash	MIN	.985, 77 PO, 386 A, 7 E
SS	Tim Foli	DET	.969, 177 PO, 573 A, 24 E
LF	Mitchell Page	TOR	.961, 264 PO, 8 A, 11 E
CF	Leroy Stanton	IND	.998, 397 PO, 16 A, 1 E
RF	Larry Hisle	TAM	.988, 317 PO, 5 A, 4 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average Richard   .360 Maddox SEM .359 North SEM .341 Harris IND .319 Page TOR .318	On-Base Pct North SEM .441 Briggs SEM .440 Page TOR .415 Mayberry KCR .410 Richard   .409	Slugging Pct Maddox SEM .589 Page TOR .555 Gamble KCR .536 Milner NYA .509 Burroughs TOR .481	OPS Page TOR .970 Maddox SEM .968 Briggs SEM .919 Gamble KCR .901 Mayberry KCR .883
XR North SEM 122.7 Maddox SEM 119.5 Briggs SEM 117.5 Mayberry KCR 114.2 Page TOR 101.0	Games Crawford BAL 157 Luzinski KCR 157 Andrews DET 156 Brett BOS 156 Hernandez DET 156	At-Bats Rader KCR 645 Cedeno TOR 632 Andrews DET 629 Brett BOS 608 Maddox SEM 604	Runs North SEM 131 Briggs SEM 106 Mayberry KCR 105 Morgan SEM 104 Maddox SEM 101
Hits Maddox SEM 217 North SEM 202 Richard   198 Cash MIN 188 Cedeno TOR 186	Total Bases Maddox SEM 356 Cedeno TOR 274 Luzinski KCR 274 Baker IND 273 Mayberry KCR 273	Singles North SEM 176 Richard   163 Cash MIN 157 Terrell BAL 150 Powell KCR 136	Doubles Maddox SEM 54 Bell CLE 46 Luzinski KCR 45 Page TOR 42 Cedeno TOR 41
Triples Allen OAK 10 Cedeno TOR 10 Mumphrey MIN 9 Page TOR 9 Bostock CLE 8	Homeruns Jackson TAM 29 Milner NYA 29 May OAK 28 Murcer DET 28 Rader KCR 28	RBIs Maddox SEM 128 Briggs SEM 121 Burroughs TOR 110 Milner NYA 107 Jackson TAM 103	Stolen Bases North SEM 135 Andrews DET 57 Jackson SEM 51 Cedeno TOR 47 Morgan SEM 42
Caught Stealing North SEM 47 Morgan SEM 25 Andrews DET 23 Richard   21 Mazzilli DET 20	Walks Briggs SEM 139 Mayberry KCR 113 North SEM 104 Morgan SEM 102 Sands DET 99	Strikeouts Rader KCR 152 Agee CLE 135 Jackson TAM 127 Robertson BAL 118 Allen OAK 117

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Hiller OAK 2.85 Billingham IND 2.87 Carlton OAK 3.01 Johnson SEM 3.21 Campbell SEM 3.30	Wins Campbell SEM 19 Halicki KCR 19 Hough MIN 19 Johnson SEM 19 Knepper BAL 18	Losses Schultz BAL 21 Krukow DET 19 Matlack IND 19 Slaton IND 18 Chance DET 17	Winning Pct Hiller OAK .750 Carlton OAK .739 Stephenson SEM .720 Hrabosky SEM .706 Johnson SEM .704
Saves Eastwick TAM 15 Estelle OAK 15 Wilson MIN 15 McGraw NYA 14 Bonham NYA 13	Games Pitched McGraw NYA 80 Eastwick TAM 70 Bonham NYA 67 Linzy DET 65 Hrabosky SEM 61	Games Started Kern BAL 37 Campbell SEM 36 McQueen CLE 36 Verhoeven MIN 36 Fingers TAM 35	Complete Games Carlton OAK 19 Moeller KCR 18 Matlack IND 17 Perzanowski BAL 17 Johnson SEM 16
Shutouts Perzanowski BAL 5 Slaton IND 5 Moeller KCR 4 Billingham IND 3 Carlton OAK 3	Innings Pitched Moeller KCR 290.3 Hough MIN 285.0 Perzanowski BAL 274.3 Kobel CLE 266.7 Campbell SEM 264.3	Hits Allowed Kobel CLE 298 Langford MIN 289 Halicki KCR 288 Cram TOR 285 Matlack IND 283	Homeruns Allowed Kobel CLE 39 Guidry CLE 34 Krukow DET 31 Stoneman TOR 31 Chance DET 30
Strikeouts Ryan BOS 194 Kern BAL 193 Stoneman TOR 193 Johnson SEM 185 Guidry CLE 184	Walks Allowed Kern BAL 149 Koosman TOR 132 Ryan BOS 125 Stephenson SEM 125 Lasher MIN 123	Walks per 9IP McLain TAM 1.1 Moeller KCR 1.3 Hausman DET 1.7 Carlton OAK 1.7 Verhoeven MIN 1.8	Hits per 9IP Billingham IND 7.0 Stanhouse BOS 7.1 Hiller OAK 7.3 Kern BAL 7.4 Johnson SEM 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Ryan BOS 8.7 Kern BAL 7.2 Fingers TAM 7.1 Twitchell KCR 6.8 Murakami NYA 6.7	WHiP Billingham IND 1.09 Murakami NYA 1.10 Moeller KCR 1.11 Hiller OAK 1.11 Carlton OAK 1.16	OAVG Billingham IND .212 Stanhouse BOS .218 Hiller OAK .222 Kern BAL .227 Johnson SEM .229	OOBP Murakami NYA .275 Billingham IND .276 Moeller KCR .278 Hiller OAK .281 Johnson SEM .287
OSLG Hiller OAK .294 Kern BAL .303 Campbell SEM .309 Billingham IND .310 Stanhouse BOS .318	OOPS Hiller OAK .575 Billingham IND .586 Campbell SEM .610 Carlton OAK .616 Johnson SEM .623

League All-Stars
Don Baylor	George Brett	Johnny Briggs
Bill Campbell	Danny Coombs	Denny Doyle
Dick Estelle	Oscar Gamble	John Hiller
Tim Hosley	Charlie Hough	Reggie Jackson
Bob Knepper	Garry Maddox	John Mayberry
Denny McLain	Joe Moeller	Thurman Munson
Billy North	Boog Powell	Lee Richard
George Scott	Rusty Staub	Jerry Stephenson
Bruce Sutter

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	John Hiller	OAK	$ 15,500,000
2.	Rico Carty	CLE	$ 14,000,000
3.	Joe Moeller	KCR	$ 13,777,780
4.	Johnny Briggs	SEM	$ 13,680,000
5.	Ken Harrelson	IND	$ 12,000,000
6.	John Gelnar	KCR	$ 11,660,000
7.	Steve Carlton	OAK	$ 11,600,000
8.	Joe Coleman	CLE	$ 9,500,000
9.	Joe Morgan	SEM	$ 9,000,000
	Jim Ray Hart	BOS	$ 9,000,000
11.	Rick Monday	OAK	$ 8,500,000
	Rollie Fingers	TAM	$ 8,500,000
	Dean Chance	DET	$ 8,500,000
14.	Boog Powell	KCR	$ 8,210,000
15.	Cesar Cedeno	TOR	$ 8,000,000
16.	Dick Allen	OAK	$ 7,750,000
17.	Tony Conigliaro	BOS	$ 7,505,000
18.	Reggie Jackson	TAM	$ 7,500,000
19.	Jack Billingham	IND	$ 7,000,000
20.	Lou Piniella	TOR	$ 6,500,000
	Bill Stoneman	TOR	$ 6,500,000
22.	George Scott	OAK	$ 6,400,000
23.	Tom Seaver	BOS	$ 6,000,000
24.	Amos Otis	NYA	$ 5,750,000
25.	Bill Sudakis	KCR	$ 5,500,000
	Gary Holman	TOR	$ 5,500,000
	Masanori Murakami	NYA	$ 5,500,000

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