1977 Baltimore Orioles
Record: 69-91
Finish: 3rd in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 631
Runs Allowed: 799
Exp W-L: 63-97
 
Ballpark: Camden Yards
Attendance: 1,818,897
Manager: Matt Ida II

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 4th in the American League
AA: 65-72, 7th in the American League
A: 55-82, 12th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
RF *Willie Crawford 30 157 588 74 172 26 6 15 85 12 14 45 76 .293 .339 .434 .772 81.7 17.0 1.5
2B  Jerry Terrell 30 151 603 66 170 14 5 1 51 24 17 23 64 .282 .306 .327 .633 57.0 7.8 6.7
SS  Alan Bannister 25 135 515 70 145 21 6 4 51 19 10 49 44 .282 .343 .369 .712 64.2 13.1 3.4
3B  Bob Robertson 30 152 449 42 66 24 0 10 44 0 0 56 118 .147 .243 .267 .510 29.9 0.0 3.2
LF  Al Ferrara 37 125 423 37 102 11 2 3 41 0 1 21 107 .241 .285 .298 .583 34.3 3.0 0.7
C #Biff Pocoroba 23 115 385 46 84 10 0 4 31 0 0 51 23 .218 .307 .275 .582 33.2 2.2 5.9
C *Ernie Whitt 25 116 399 34 88 16 2 15 53 2 1 42 45 .221 .296 .383 .680 43.0 6.3 0.8
LF  Lee Richard 28 100 391 51 140 15 5 1 45 16 15 38 51 .358 .414 .430 .844 62.3 16.5 1.5
LF  Don Baylor 28 99 378 66 112 20 2 12 66 7 2 39 31 .296 .365 .455 .820 62.2 15.7 1.0
2B  Felix Millan 33 102 377 35 101 6 3 6 50 4 5 26 14 .268 .314 .347 .661 38.0 5.5 1.7
3B *Dave May 33 91 244 32 66 9 1 6 24 7 0 22 40 .270 .331 .389 .720 32.0 7.0 1.2
SS  Jerry Davanon 31 83 196 17 44 10 2 2 18 0 1 20 22 .224 .298 .327 .625 20.4 3.3 1.5
SS  Rich Dauer 24 54 162 15 37 11 0 1 15 0 0 9 7 .228 .266 .315 .581 10.7 0.0 2.8
C *Bruce Look 34 43 105 11 24 1 0 1 13 0 0 8 24 .229 .281 .267 .547 7.4 0.0 1.3
3B  Bob Bailey 34 27 93 11 25 0 0 1 5 0 0 6 12 .269 .313 .301 .614 8.5 1.1 0.4
LF *Norm Miller 31 49 61 7 12 5 1 0 5 0 0 10 12 .197 .306 .311 .617 6.9 1.0 0.3
1B *Gonzalo Marquez 31 39 66 5 9 0 1 1 8 0 0 4 10 .136 .181 .212 .393 1.8 0.0 0.4
C  Tom Egan 31 21 48 9 8 2 0 1 6 0 0 7 12 .167 .281 .271 .552 3.7 0.0 0.7
SS  Rob Belloir 28 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Moran 26 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.6 1665 5487 631 1405 201 36 84 611 91 66 476 712 .256 .315 .352 .667 596.7 99.5 34.7
  Rank among 12 AL teams 11 11 11 12 4 12 11 7 7 8 6 11 11 11 11 11  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Stan Perzanowski 26 16 17 .485 35 35 0 274.3 275 105 14 89 117 3.44 22.5
 Jim Kern 28 10 12 .455 37 37 0 241.0 198 106 6 149 193 3.96 16.1
*Bob Knepper 23 18 12 .600 31 31 0 214.3 236 113 18 81 85 4.75 11.2
*Buddy Schultz 26 4 21 .160 31 31 0 188.0 239 126 17 81 103 6.03 0.0
 Bert Blyleven 26 4 9 .308 17 17 0 118.0 144 70 16 39 69 5.34 2.3
 Pete Mikkelsen 37 7 2 .778 53 0 6 94.0 101 42 12 50 62 4.02 7.3
 Tom Murphy 31 3 4 .429 43 0 8 76.7 98 45 6 31 25 5.28 2.8
 Tom Griffin 29 2 5 .286 33 0 5 64.0 52 21 6 31 30 2.95 7.2
 Francisco Barrios 24 2 5 .286 9 9 0 63.0 74 40 8 26 21 5.71 0.8
 Bill Denehy 31 0 1 .000 18 0 0 48.7 37 24 3 34 20 4.44 1.0
 Gilberto Rondon 23 2 3 .400 13 0 1 19.0 25 17 4 14 3 8.05 0.0
*Mike Kekich 32 1 0 1.000 5 0 0 16.3 16 6 1 9 4 3.31 1.6
*Rudy May 32 0 0 .000 8 0 0 11.3 11 13 1 18 6 10.33 0.0
 Bill Moran 26 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 2 3 0 2 0 27.00 0.0
Team Totals 28.1 69 91 .431 334 160 20 1429.6 1508 731 112 654 738 4.60 72.8
Rank among 12 AL teams 10 10 10 9 8 9 4 9 11 8 8  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 33.0
B.Pocoroba 929.3 103 107 527 68 8 1 .987 34.7
B.Look 193.3 23 23 110 11 2 3 .984 40.0
E.Whitt 169.0 18 22 79 9 2 0 .978 34.6
T.Egan 103.3 12 14 51 8 0 0 1.000 29.4
Team Total 1395.0 156 166 767 96 12 4 .986 34.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.54
B.Robertson 824.0 98 99 993 66 7 107 .993 11.57
F.Millan 460.0 52 52 546 42 1 61 .998 11.50
D.Baylor 207.0 22 26 230 14 1 20 .996 10.61
G.Marquez 103.0 8 27 118 11 0 12 1.000 11.27
N.Miller 17.0 2 5 15 3 0 2 1.000 9.53
B.Pocoroba 10.3 0 6 14 1 0 1 1.000 13.07
T.Egan 7.0 0 3 11 0 0 1 1.000 14.14
E.Whitt 3.3 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 8.11
W.Crawford 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1633.7 182 221 1933 137 9 205 .996 11.40
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.95
A.Bannister 697.7 77 80 198 283 11 72 .978 6.21
J.Terrell 463.0 52 52 115 195 4 54 .987 6.03
J.Davanon 257.0 31 31 65 121 7 34 .964 6.51
L.Richard 5.0 0 3 1 4 0 0 1.000 9.00
R.Dauer 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
W.Crawford 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
N.Miller 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1430.7 160 170 380 605 22 160 .978 6.20
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 2.95
L.Richard 602.9 66 67 40 156 4 13 .980 2.93
A.Bannister 450.0 51 52 27 106 4 12 .971 2.66
B.Bailey 167.6 19 20 13 48 4 5 .938 3.28
D.May 82.0 9 9 4 19 1 2 .958 2.52
J.Davanon 54.0 5 8 5 16 0 1 1.000 3.50
T.Egan 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1361.5 150 158 89 345 13 33 .971 2.87
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.26
J.Terrell 799.0 93 97 138 365 17 85 .967 5.67
R.Dauer 419.0 50 50 76 200 10 39 .965 5.93
D.May 135.7 12 26 22 57 1 10 .988 5.24
J.Davanon 52.0 5 12 4 24 1 2 .966 4.85
A.Bannister 7.0 0 4 1 5 0 2 1.000 7.71
N.Miller 6.0 0 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 7.50
W.Crawford 6.0 0 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 7.50
L.Richard 4.3 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.28
R.Belloir 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Bailey 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1432.7 160 197 243 662 29 138 .969 5.69
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.98
A.Ferrara 1062.7 123 125 214 7 7 2 .969 1.87
L.Richard 231.9 25 26 47 2 0 1 1.000 1.90
N.Miller 132.3 11 27 44 0 0 0 1.000 2.99
B.Bailey 49.1 6 6 10 0 1 0 .909 1.83
W.Crawford 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
B.Robertson 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Baylor 2.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1486.2 165 190 317 9 8 3 .976 1.97
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.59
W.Crawford 1290.7 144 147 375 12 10 4 .975 2.70
D.May 134.0 16 16 35 3 1 0 .974 2.55
N.Miller 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1429.7 160 164 411 15 11 4 .975 2.68
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.01
D.Baylor 640.5 68 70 114 3 5 1 .959 1.64
B.Robertson 438.0 52 52 85 2 0 1 1.000 1.79
D.May 103.3 11 16 26 2 0 0 1.000 2.44
N.Miller 20.7 0 10 6 2 0 0 1.000 3.48
L.Richard 1.4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.43
J.Davanon 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Crawford 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1205.9 131 151 232 9 5 2 .980 1.80
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.00
S.Perzanowski 274.3 35 35 15 49 1 5 .985 2.10
J.Kern 241.0 37 37 14 32 3 2 .939 1.72
B.Knepper 214.3 31 31 16 29 0 3 1.000 1.89
B.Schultz 188.0 31 31 8 44 1 5 .981 2.49
B.Blyleven 118.0 17 17 6 17 2 0 .920 1.75
P.Mikkelsen 94.0 0 53 1 12 0 2 1.000 1.24
T.Murphy 76.7 0 43 6 11 0 0 1.000 2.00
T.Griffin 64.0 0 33 4 10 0 2 1.000 1.97
F.Barrios 63.0 9 9 4 8 1 1 .923 1.71
B.Denehy 48.7 0 18 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.85
G.Rondon 19.0 0 13 3 3 0 2 1.000 2.84
M.Kekich 16.3 0 5 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.20
R.May 11.3 0 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.79
B.Moran 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1429.6 160 334 83 225 8 22 .975 1.94
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Richard .303
On-Base Pct Richard .355
Slugging Pct Crawford .434
OPS Crawford .772
XR Crawford 81.7
Games Crawford 157
At-Bats Terrell 603
Runs Crawford 74
Hits Crawford 172
Total Bases Crawford 255
Singles Terrell 150
Doubles Crawford 26
Triples Bannister, Crawford 6
Homeruns Crawford, Whitt 15
RBIs Crawford 85
Stolen Bases Terrell 24
Caught Stealing Terrell 17
Walks Robertson 56
Strikeouts Robertson 118
ERA Perzanowski 3.44
Wins Knepper 18
Losses Schultz 21
Winning Pct Knepper .600
Saves Murphy 8
Games Pitched Mikkelsen 53
Games Started Kern 37
Complete Games Perzanowski 17
Shutouts Perzanowski 5
Innings Pitched Perzanowski 274.3
Hits Allowed Perzanowski 275
Homeruns Allowed Knepper 18
Strikeouts Kern 193
Walks Allowed Kern 149
Walks per 9IP Perzanowski 2.9
Hits per 9IP Kern 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Kern 7.2
WHiP Perzanowski 1.33
OAVG Kern .227
OOBP Perzanowski .323
OSLG Kern .303
OOPS Kern .648
Team All-Stars
Don Baylor
Bob Knepper
Lee Richard
Player Salaries
Willie Crawford $ 5,400,000
Pete Mikkelsen $ 2,100,000
Bob Bailey $ 1,908,000
Bert Blyleven $ 1,528,571
Felix Millan $ 1,000,000
Jerry Terrell $ 350,000
Mike Kekich $ 300,000
Tom Griffin $ 300,000
Tom Egan $ 300,000
Bill Denehy $ 300,000
Rich Dauer $ 300,000
Dave May $ 300,000
Rick Cerone $ 300,000
Rob Belloir $ 300,000
Francisco Barrios $ 300,000
Alan Bannister $ 300,000
Jerry Davanon $ 300,000
Jim Kern $ 300,000
Gonzalo Marquez $ 300,000
Ernie Whitt $ 300,000
Rudy May $ 300,000
Norm Miller $ 300,000
Bill Moran $ 300,000
Tom Murphy $ 300,000
Stan Perzanowski $ 300,000
Biff Pocoroba $ 300,000
Bob Robertson $ 300,000
Gilberto Rondon $ 300,000
Buddy Schultz $ 300,000
Don Werner $ 300,000
Bob Knepper $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/8 Signed     Willie Crawford
2/9 Signed     Pete Mikkelsen
4/3 Traded John Caneira Cleveland (A) Al Ferrara
Jerry Davanon
Leron Lee
Bruce Look
Tom Murphy
4/3 Traded Leron Lee
$4,555,551
Kansas City Gonzalo Marquez
Bob Robertson
4/3 Signed     Felix Millan
4/3 Signed     Tom Griffin
4/3 Signed     Dave May
4/3 Signed     Tom Egan
4/3 Signed     Don Werner
4/3 Signed     Gilberto Rondon
4/3 Signed     Bill Denehy
4/3 Signed     Rudy May
4/3 Signed     Mike Kekich
4/3 Signed     Norm Miller
5/1 Signed     Rob Belloir
5/1 Signed     Bill Moran
7/31 Traded Don Baylor
Lee Richard
Bruce Look
New York (A) Rick Cerone
9/1 Signed     Bob Bailey
9/1 Released Al Ferrara