1977 American League Stats

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1977 American League Standings

1977 National League <<1976 American League 1978 American League>>

Eastern Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1New York Yankees100-62 (0.617)-83165199-63 (0.610)106-56 (0.654)2,103,09258.333.63.621.1
2Boston Red Sox97-64 (0.602)2.585971295-67 (0.585)97-65 (0.599)2,074,54949.726.52.820.4
2Baltimore Orioles97-64 (0.602)2.571965388-74 (0.544)93-69 (0.574)1,195,76945.721.25.618.9
4Detroit Tigers74-88 (0.457)26.071475177-85 (0.477)81-81 (0.500)1,359,85633.610.45.917.3
5Cleveland Indians71-90 (0.441)28.567673974-88 (0.459)75-87 (0.463)900,36527.111.42.413.4
6Milwaukee Brewers67-95 (0.414)33.063976568-94 (0.418)68-94 (0.420)1,114,93820.66.65.88.1
7Toronto Blue Jays54-107 (0.335)45.560582259-103 (0.363)53-109 (0.327)1,701,0525.5-0.51.54.6

Western Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Kansas City Royals102-60 (0.630)-82265198-64 (0.605)98-64 (0.605)1,852,60350.626.90.623.1
2Texas Rangers94-68 (0.580)8.076765792-70 (0.570)101-61 (0.623)1,250,72253.923.04.726.2
3Chicago White Sox90-72 (0.556)12.084477188-74 (0.541)85-77 (0.525)1,657,13537.928.8-1.310.4
4Minnesota Twins84-77 (0.522)17.586777689-73 (0.551)89-73 (0.549)1,162,72741.624.86.210.6
5California Angels74-88 (0.457)28.067569579-83 (0.487)77-85 (0.475)1,432,63329.415.7-2.516.1
6Seattle Mariners64-98 (0.395)38.062485558-104 (0.360)53-109 (0.327)1,338,5115.83.72.9-0.7
7Oakland Athletics63-98 (0.391)38.560574965-97 (0.404)57-105 (0.352)495,5999.32.5-0.37.1

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Pos Age Batting WAR Shark WAR G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SB CS wRC OBP SLG
1 Rod Carew MIN 1B 31 10.2 11.0 155 694 239 38 16 14 69 23 13 144.638 0.449 0.570
2 Ken Singleton BAL RF 30 8.7 9.0 152 651 176 24 0 24 107 0 1 122.237 0.438 0.507
3 Mitchell Page OAK LF 25 7.9 8.2 145 592 154 28 8 21 78 42 5 104.209 0.405 0.521
4 Jim Rice BOS RF 24 7.5 7.4 160 710 206 29 15 39 53 5 4 131.416 0.376 0.593
5 Reggie Jackson NYA RF 31 7.0 6.7 146 606 150 39 2 32 74 17 3 104.456 0.375 0.550
6 Toby Harrah TEX 3B 28 6.7 5.0 159 673 142 25 5 27 109 27 5 107.068 0.393 0.479
7 Mike Hargrove TEX 1B 27 6.5 7.7 153 648 160 28 4 18 103 2 5 110.077 0.420 0.476
8 Lyman Bostock MIN CF 26 6.2 6.5 153 660 199 36 12 14 51 16 7 108.936 0.389 0.508
9 Hal McRae KCA LF 31 5.8 5.9 162 720 191 54 11 21 59 18 14 113.993 0.366 0.515
10 Carlton Fisk BOS C 29 5.8 5.8 152 632 169 26 3 26 75 7 6 110.069 0.402 0.520
11 Larry Hisle MIN LF 30 5.7 5.5 141 620 165 36 3 28 56 21 10 101.382 0.369 0.533
12 Oscar Gamble CHA RF 27 5.7 5.6 137 470 121 22 2 31 54 1 2 88.442 0.386 0.588
13 Bobby Bonds CAL RF 31 5.7 6.0 158 679 156 23 9 37 74 41 18 100.956 0.342 0.520
14 George Brett KCA 3B 24 5.7 8.4 139 627 176 32 13 22 55 14 12 103.981 0.373 0.532
15 Al Cowens KCA RF 25 5.4 5.5 162 661 189 32 14 23 41 16 12 104.968 0.361 0.525
16 Andre Thornton CLE 1B 27 4.9 5.7 131 517 114 20 5 28 70 3 4 86.649 0.378 0.527
17 Carl Yastrzemski BOS LF 37 4.9 5.8 150 643 165 27 3 28 73 11 1 101.220 0.372 0.505
18 Ron LeFlore DET CF 29 4.6 4.1 154 698 212 30 10 16 37 39 19 102.015 0.363 0.475
19 Richie Zisk CHA RF 28 4.4 4.5 141 599 154 17 6 30 55 0 4 91.373 0.354 0.514
20 Graig Nettles NYA 3B 32 4.2 5.2 158 664 150 23 4 37 68 2 5 92.951 0.333 0.496
21 Eddie Murray BAL 1B 21 4.2 3.1 160 666 173 29 2 27 48 0 1 88.040 0.333 0.470
22 Jason Thompson DET 1B 22 4.0 4.6 158 668 158 24 5 31 73 0 1 95.203 0.347 0.487
23 Don Money ML4 2B 30 3.9 5.4 152 644 159 28 3 25 57 8 5 89.044 0.348 0.470
24 Thurman Munson NYA C 30 3.9 4.1 149 638 183 28 5 18 39 5 6 88.127 0.351 0.462
25 Al Bumbry BAL CF 30 3.7 4.1 133 571 164 31 3 4 45 19 8 74.979 0.371 0.411
26 Eric Soderholm CHA 3B 28 3.6 4.2 130 516 129 20 3 25 47 2 4 76.402 0.350 0.500
27 Sixto Lezcano ML4 RF 23 3.5 4.1 109 457 109 21 4 21 52 6 5 69.625 0.358 0.502
28 Leroy Stanton SEA RF 31 3.5 3.5 133 505 125 24 1 27 42 0 1 74.617 0.341 0.511
29 George Scott BOS 1B 33 3.4 5.2 157 653 157 26 5 33 57 1 1 93.117 0.337 0.500
30 Chris Chambliss NYA 1B 28 3.3 3.6 157 652 172 32 6 17 45 4 0 82.153 0.336 0.445
31 Lou Piniella NYA RF 33 3.3 3.0 103 369 112 19 3 12 20 2 2 57.102 0.365 0.510
32 Don Baylor CAL LF 28 3.2 2.9 154 645 141 27 0 25 62 26 12 79.225 0.334 0.433
33 Chet Lemon CHA CF 22 3.2 5.0 150 627 151 38 4 19 52 8 7 83.237 0.344 0.459
34 Mickey Rivers NYA CF 28 3.1 4.0 138 594 184 18 5 12 18 22 14 76.826 0.350 0.439
35 Ron Fairly TOR 1B 38 3.1 3.6 132 528 128 24 2 19 58 0 4 74.953 0.361 0.465
36 Bump Wills TEX 2B 24 3.1 3.8 152 617 155 28 6 9 65 28 12 77.904 0.361 0.410
37 Wayne Gross OAK 3B 25 3.1 1.1 146 582 113 21 1 22 86 5 4 74.209 0.352 0.416
38 Cecil Cooper ML4 1B 27 3.0 2.8 160 679 193 31 7 20 28 13 8 85.561 0.326 0.464
39 Doug DeCinces BAL 3B 26 2.9 4.5 150 593 135 28 3 19 64 8 8 74.043 0.339 0.433
40 Roy White NYA LF 33 2.9 3.5 143 606 139 25 2 14 75 18 11 75.286 0.358 0.405
41 Rusty Staub DET DH 33 2.8 2.8 158 695 173 34 3 22 59 1 1 87.655 0.336 0.448
42 Lamar Johnson CHA 1B 26 2.7 2.9 118 401 113 12 5 18 24 1 1 58.471 0.342 0.505
43 Darrell Porter KCA C 25 2.7 2.4 130 486 117 21 3 16 53 1 0 65.598 0.353 0.452
44 Bernie Carbo BOS RF 29 2.7 2.8 86 276 66 6 1 15 47 1 2 49.726 0.409 0.522
45 Amos Otis KCA CF 30 2.7 2.4 142 561 120 20 8 17 71 23 7 69.853 0.342 0.433
46 Otto Velez TOR RF 26 2.6 2.7 120 434 92 19 3 16 65 4 2 61.773 0.366 0.458
47 Rico Carty CLE 1B 37 2.6 2.7 127 521 129 23 1 15 56 1 2 68.537 0.355 0.432
48 Roy Howell 2 teams 3B 23 2.5 2.3 103 431 115 17 1 10 44 4 1 59.777 0.371 0.430
49 Ruppert Jones SEA CF 22 2.4 3.5 160 663 157 26 8 24 55 13 9 81.555 0.324 0.454
50 Cliff Johnson NYA C 29 2.4 2.5 56 168 42 8 0 12 20 0 1 33.881 0.405 0.606

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Age Pitching WAR Shark WAR G GS IP W L CG SV R BB SO Pitch Runs Saved ERA WHIP SOper9
1 Jim Palmer BAL 31 9.6 9.6 39 39 319.00 20 11 22 0 106 99 193 84.56 2.91 1.13 5.45
2 Frank Tanana CAL 23 8.4 8.4 31 31 241.33 15 9 20 0 72 61 205 81.19 2.54 1.09 7.64
3 Nolan Ryan CAL 30 8.3 8.3 37 37 299.00 19 16 22 0 110 204 341 79.86 2.77 1.34 10.26
4 Bert Blyleven TEX 26 7.7 7.7 30 30 234.67 14 12 15 0 81 69 182 73.42 2.72 1.07 6.98
5 Dave Goltz MIN 28 7.5 7.5 39 39 303.00 20 11 19 0 129 91 186 65.44 3.36 1.24 5.52
6 Dennis Leonard KCA 26 7.3 7.3 38 37 292.67 20 12 21 1 117 79 244 78.13 3.04 1.11 7.50
7 Dave Rozema DET 20 6.4 6.4 28 28 218.33 15 7 16 0 87 34 92 56.27 3.09 1.17 3.79
8 Ron Guidry NYA 26 6.4 6.4 31 25 210.67 16 7 9 1 72 65 176 62.83 2.82 1.13 7.52
9 Dennis Eckersley CLE 22 5.6 5.6 33 33 247.33 14 13 12 0 100 54 191 54.67 3.53 1.08 6.95
10 Gaylord Perry TEX 38 4.9 4.9 34 34 238.00 15 12 13 0 108 56 177 47.24 3.37 1.24 6.69
11 Sparky Lyle NYA 32 4.7 4.7 72 0 137.00 13 5 0 26 41 33 68 45.96 2.17 1.20 4.47
12 Wayne Garland CLE 26 4.6 4.6 38 38 282.67 13 19 21 0 130 88 118 45.19 3.60 1.31 3.76
13 Bill Campbell BOS 28 4.3 4.3 69 0 140.00 13 9 0 31 48 60 114 43.76 2.96 1.23 7.33
14 Ed Figueroa NYA 28 4.0 4.0 32 32 239.33 16 11 12 0 102 75 104 39.61 3.57 1.27 3.91
15 Doyle Alexander TEX 26 4.0 4.0 34 34 237.00 17 11 12 0 103 82 82 38.45 3.65 1.28 3.11
16 Mike Flanagan BAL 25 4.0 4.0 36 33 235.00 15 10 15 1 100 70 149 34.73 3.64 1.30 5.71
17 Fergie Jenkins BOS 34 3.8 3.8 28 28 193.00 10 10 11 0 91 36 105 38.61 3.68 1.17 4.90
18 Jim Colborn KCA 31 3.8 3.8 36 35 239.00 18 14 6 0 106 81 103 40.89 3.62 1.31 3.88
19 Tom Johnson MIN 26 3.8 3.8 71 0 146.67 16 7 0 15 57 47 87 33.36 3.13 1.36 5.34
20 Jim Slaton ML4 27 3.7 3.7 32 31 221.00 10 14 7 0 104 77 104 32.44 3.58 1.36 4.24
21 Rudy May BAL 32 3.5 3.5 37 37 251.67 18 14 11 0 114 78 105 30.29 3.61 1.28 3.75
22 Enrique Romo SEA 29 3.4 3.4 58 3 114.33 8 10 0 16 40 39 105 32.55 2.83 1.15 8.27
23 Lerrin LaGrow CHA 28 3.3 3.3 66 0 98.67 7 3 0 25 32 35 63 31.61 2.46 1.18 5.75
24 Jim Bibby CLE 32 3.3 3.3 37 30 206.67 12 13 9 2 100 73 141 31.80 3.57 1.31 6.14
25 Vida Blue OAK 27 3.1 3.0 38 38 279.67 14 19 16 0 138 86 157 29.64 3.83 1.32 5.05
26 Paul Splittorff KCA 30 3.1 3.1 37 37 229.00 16 6 6 0 104 83 99 32.70 3.69 1.42 3.89
27 Pete Vuckovich TOR 24 3.1 3.1 53 8 148.00 7 7 3 8 64 59 123 26.74 3.47 1.36 7.48
28 Dick Tidrow NYA 30 3.0 3.0 49 7 151.00 11 4 0 5 57 41 83 29.25 3.16 1.22 4.95
29 Jerry Garvin TOR 21 2.9 2.9 34 34 244.67 10 18 12 0 127 85 127 25.43 4.19 1.36 4.67
30 Mark Fidrych DET 22 2.9 2.9 11 11 81.00 6 4 7 0 29 12 42 25.26 2.89 1.16 4.67
31 Fernando Arroyo DET 25 2.8 2.8 38 28 209.33 8 18 8 0 102 52 60 24.63 4.17 1.33 2.58
32 Dock Ellis 3 teams 32 2.8 2.8 33 32 213.00 12 12 8 1 102 64 106 26.99 3.63 1.29 4.48
33 Mike Torrez 2 teams 30 2.8 2.8 35 35 243.33 17 13 17 0 113 86 102 27.53 3.88 1.32 3.77
34 Don Gullett NYA 26 2.7 2.7 22 22 158.33 14 4 7 0 67 69 116 26.89 3.58 1.30 6.59
35 Reggie Cleveland BOS 29 2.5 2.5 36 27 190.33 11 8 9 2 97 43 85 25.68 4.26 1.33 4.02
36 Bob Lacey OAK 23 2.5 2.5 64 0 121.67 6 8 0 7 46 43 69 24.13 3.03 1.18 5.10
37 Francisco Barrios CHA 24 2.5 2.5 33 31 231.33 14 7 9 0 117 58 119 23.97 4.12 1.29 4.63
38 Pablo Torrealba OAK 29 2.5 2.5 41 10 116.67 4 6 3 2 45 38 51 23.90 2.62 1.41 3.93
39 Paul Hartzell CAL 23 2.4 2.4 41 23 189.33 8 12 6 4 92 38 79 23.55 3.57 1.26 3.76
40 Don Aase BOS 22 2.4 2.4 13 13 92.33 6 2 4 0 36 19 49 24.66 3.12 1.13 4.78
41 Joe Coleman OAK 30 2.3 2.3 43 12 127.67 4 4 2 2 51 49 55 21.74 2.96 1.28 3.88
42 Milt Wilcox DET 27 2.2 2.2 20 13 106.33 6 2 1 0 46 37 82 19.66 3.64 1.25 6.94
43 John Hiller DET 34 2.2 2.2 45 8 124.00 8 14 3 7 59 61 115 19.45 3.56 1.46 8.35
44 Steve Foucault DET 27 2.2 2.2 44 0 74.33 7 7 0 13 29 17 58 19.37 3.15 1.09 7.02
45 Luis Tiant BOS 36 2.2 2.2 32 32 188.67 12 8 3 0 98 51 124 21.75 4.53 1.38 5.92
46 Adrian Devine TEX 25 2.1 2.1 56 2 105.67 11 6 0 15 43 31 67 20.14 3.58 1.26 5.71
47 Bob McClure ML4 25 2.0 2.0 68 0 71.33 2 1 0 6 25 34 57 17.89 2.52 1.37 7.19
48 Larry Gura KCA 29 2.0 2.0 52 6 106.33 8 5 1 10 43 28 46 21.83 3.13 1.28 3.89
49 Don Hood CLE 27 1.9 1.9 41 5 105.00 2 1 1 0 42 49 62 18.53 3.00 1.30 5.31
50 Jim Kern CLE 28 1.9 1.9 60 0 92.00 8 10 0 18 39 47 91 18.51 3.42 1.43 8.90

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Jim Sundberg TEX 26 3.8 149.0 1214.0 801.0 103.0 5.0 12.0 38.042
2 Milt May DET 26 1.6 111.0 973.3 551.0 78.0 9.0 12.0 17.653
3 Ray Fosse 2 teams 30 1.4 85.0 660.3 455.0 49.0 9.0 5.0 12.617
4 Terry Humphrey CAL 27 1.1 123.0 916.7 661.0 63.0 8.0 10.0 10.437
5 Jim Essian CHA 26 1.0 111.0 924.3 592.0 62.0 9.0 8.0 9.676
6 Brian Downing CHA 26 1.0 61.0 454.3 320.0 28.0 6.0 5.0 9.245
7 Rick Dempsey BAL 27 0.9 91.0 745.0 416.0 52.0 11.0 10.0 10.149
8 Charlie Moore ML4 24 0.8 137.0 1042.7 566.0 78.0 13.0 10.0 9.095
1B 1 George Scott BOS 33 1.8 157.0 1372.0 1446.0 115.0 24.0 150.0 16.112
2 Doug Ault TOR 27 1.3 122.0 1053.7 1113.0 103.0 16.0 91.0 13.668
3 Mike Hargrove TEX 27 1.1 152.0 1288.3 1393.0 100.0 11.0 134.0 11.219
4 Rod Carew MIN 31 0.8 151.0 1313.3 1459.0 121.0 10.0 161.0 8.647
5 Andre Thornton CLE 27 0.8 117.0 1021.7 1026.0 71.0 6.0 97.0 7.051
6 Jason Thompson DET 22 0.6 158.0 1416.0 1599.0 97.0 16.0 135.0 6.478
7 Jim Spencer CHA 29 0.4 125.0 1078.0 977.0 90.0 10.0 76.0 3.413
8 Ron Fairly TOR 38 0.3 40.0 318.7 312.0 30.0 5.0 28.0 3.619
2B 1 Willie Randolph NYA 22 1.5 147.0 1271.0 350.0 454.0 16.0 108.0 13.357
2 Don Money ML4 30 1.3 116.0 940.3 256.0 357.0 12.0 82.0 13.686
3 Bob Randall MIN 29 1.3 101.0 791.3 222.0 297.0 8.0 74.0 13.430
4 Jose Baez SEA 23 1.0 77.0 627.3 151.0 250.0 11.0 54.0 9.583
5 Billy Smith BAL 23 0.9 104.0 837.0 260.0 272.0 5.0 78.0 9.307
6 Bump Wills TEX 24 0.8 150.0 1310.3 321.0 492.0 15.0 89.0 7.485
7 Lenn Sakata ML4 23 0.7 53.0 420.3 102.0 159.0 4.0 43.0 7.495
8 Rich Dauer BAL 24 0.7 83.0 611.0 179.0 213.0 7.0 55.0 7.471
3B 1 George Brett KCA 24 2.8 135.0 1184.0 115.0 325.0 20.0 33.0 24.349
2 Aurelio Rodriguez DET 29 1.9 95.0 749.3 60.0 222.0 8.0 19.0 20.530
3 Doug DeCinces BAL 26 1.6 148.0 1294.0 124.0 330.0 20.0 34.0 16.824
4 Mike Cubbage MIN 26 1.5 126.0 978.7 90.0 266.0 18.0 29.0 16.175
5 Phil Mankowski DET 24 1.5 85.0 691.7 73.0 196.0 10.0 15.0 15.741
6 Buddy Bell CLE 25 1.4 118.0 1017.3 111.0 253.0 15.0 23.0 12.208
7 Graig Nettles NYA 32 1.0 156.0 1379.3 132.0 321.0 12.0 31.0 8.973
8 Eric Soderholm CHA 28 0.7 126.0 1085.0 99.0 249.0 8.0 18.0 6.569
SS 1 Mark Belanger BAL 33 2.5 142.0 1089.0 244.0 417.0 10.0 82.0 27.198
2 Roy Smalley MIN 24 2.1 150.0 1325.3 255.0 504.0 33.0 116.0 22.059
3 Bert Campaneris TEX 35 2.0 149.0 1284.3 269.0 483.0 25.0 91.0 19.745
4 Rick Burleson BOS 26 1.9 154.0 1360.0 285.0 482.0 24.0 111.0 16.940
5 Kiko Garcia BAL 23 1.6 61.0 354.0 78.0 152.0 8.0 43.0 17.112
6 Tom Veryzer DET 24 1.3 124.0 980.0 185.0 377.0 18.0 62.0 13.481
7 Craig Reynolds SEA 24 0.9 134.0 1101.7 197.0 397.0 28.0 86.0 9.088
8 Robin Yount ML4 21 0.3 153.0 1320.0 256.0 449.0 26.0 94.0 3.242
LF 1 Carl Yastrzemski BOS 37 0.7 138.0 1182.7 285.0 16.0 0.0 1.0 6.420
2 Roy White NYA 33 0.6 133.0 1167.0 295.0 7.0 6.0 4.0 5.541
3 Jim Wohlford ML4 26 0.3 97.0 693.0 173.0 5.0 4.0 1.0 3.412
4 Joe Rudi CAL 30 0.3 61.0 542.3 130.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 2.966
5 Bruce Bochte CLE 26 0.2 74.0 635.7 159.0 6.0 6.0 1.0 2.143
6 Mitchell Page OAK 25 0.2 131.0 1091.7 271.0 11.0 14.0 0.0 2.225
7 Tom Poquette KCA 25 0.2 73.0 537.0 123.0 4.0 0.0 2.0 1.866
8 Bernie Carbo BOS 29 0.2 8.0 63.0 26.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.714
CF 1 Chet Lemon CHA 22 1.8 149.0 1301.7 509.0 12.0 12.0 2.0 17.430
2 Ruppert Jones SEA 22 1.1 155.0 1357.7 465.0 11.0 9.0 3.0 10.338
3 Mickey Rivers NYA 28 0.9 135.0 1124.3 385.0 11.0 7.0 1.0 7.816
4 Tony Armas OAK 23 0.5 86.0 700.7 239.0 9.0 5.0 4.0 5.043
5 Al Bumbry BAL 30 0.4 111.0 885.7 277.0 5.0 1.0 0.0 4.424
6 Rick Manning CLE 22 0.4 68.0 574.7 191.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 3.562
7 Jim Norris CLE 28 0.4 73.0 607.3 205.0 5.0 5.0 0.0 3.479
8 Elliott Maddox BAL 29 0.4 45.0 266.0 101.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 3.843
RF 1 Sixto Lezcano ML4 23 0.6 107.0 939.3 238.0 11.0 3.0 2.0 6.715
2 Jim Norris CLE 28 0.4 50.0 421.0 114.0 4.0 1.0 1.0 4.000
3 Bobby Bonds CAL 31 0.3 140.0 1222.3 279.0 5.0 4.0 0.0 3.304
4 Tom Poquette KCA 25 0.3 28.0 197.0 56.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.379
5 Ben Oglivie DET 28 0.3 118.0 1026.0 239.0 10.0 6.0 3.0 2.865
6 Ken Singleton BAL 30 0.2 150.0 1250.0 278.0 8.0 4.0 2.0 2.404
7 Larry Murray OAK 24 0.2 23.0 135.7 39.0 2.0 0.0 2.0 1.836
8 Tony Armas OAK 23 0.2 29.0 195.3 53.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.559