1977 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1977 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Three Rivers Stadium
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
Record	96–66 (.593)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
General managers	Harding "Pete" Peterson
Managers	Chuck Tanner
Television	KDKA-TV Milo Hamilton, Lanny Frattare
Radio	KDKA Milo Hamilton, Lanny Frattare
Seasons

The 1977 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 96th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their 91st in the National League. The Pirates finished second in the National League East with a record of 96–66. This was the first season where the player's last names appeared on the back of the jerseys.

Offseason

• November 5, 1976: Manny Sanguillén was traded by the Pirates to the Oakland Athletics for manager Chuck Tanner.^[2]
• December 10, 1976: Richie Zisk and Silvio Martínez were traded by the Pirates to the Chicago White Sox for Goose Gossage and Terry Forster.^[3]
• March 15, 1977: Rick Langford, Tony Armas, Doug Bair, Dave Giusti, Doc Medich, and Mitchell Page were traded by the Pirates to the Oakland Athletics for Phil Garner, Tommy Helms, and Chris Batton.^[4]

Regular season

• May 11: Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner appointed himself manager of the team before a game against the Pirates.^[5] After losing the game 2–1, Turner stepped down.
• June 30: Willie Stargell hits his 400th career home run versus the Philadelphia Phillies.

Season standings

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NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	101	61	.623	—	60‍–‍21	41‍–‍40
Pittsburgh Pirates	96	66	.593	5	58‍–‍23	38‍–‍43
St. Louis Cardinals	83	79	.512	18	52‍–‍31	31‍–‍48
Chicago Cubs	81	81	.500	20	46‍–‍35	35‍–‍46
Montreal Expos	75	87	.463	26	38‍–‍43	37‍–‍44
New York Mets	64	98	.395	37	35‍–‍44	29‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

1977 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	5–7	4–14	9–9	5–13	6–6	7–5	2–10	3–9	11–7	8–10	1–11
Chicago	7–5	—	7–5	6–6	6–6	10–8	9–9	6–12	7–11	7–5	9–3	7–11
Cincinnati	14–4	5–7	—	5–13	10–8	7–5	10–2	8–4	3–9	11–7	10–8	5–7
Houston	9–9	6–6	13–5	—	9–9	8–4	6–6	4–8	4–8	8–10	9–9	5–7
Los Angeles	13–5	6–6	8–10	9–9	—	7–5	8–4	6–6	9–3	12–6	14–4	6–6
Montreal	6–6	8–10	5–7	4–8	5–7	—	10–8	7–11	7–11	5–7	6–6	12–6
New York	5–7	9–9	2–10	6–6	4–8	8–10	—	5–13	4–14	6–6	7–5	8–10
Philadelphia	10-2	12–6	4–8	8–4	6–6	11–7	13–5	—	8–10	9–3	9–3	11–7
Pittsburgh	9–3	11–7	9–3	8–4	3–9	11–7	14–4	10–8	—	10–2	2–10	9–9
San Diego	7–11	5–7	7–11	10–8	6–12	7–5	6–6	3–9	2–10	—	8–10	8–4
San Francisco	10–8	3–9	8–10	9–9	4–14	6–6	5–7	3–9	10–2	10–8	—	7–5
St. Louis	11–1	11–7	7–5	7–5	6–6	6–12	10–8	7–11	9–9	4–8	5–7	—

Game log

1977 Game Log: 95–66 (Home: 57–23; Away: 38–43)
April: 10–7 (Home: 5–4; Away: 5–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 7 Cardinals 6–12 Denny Reuss (0–1) — 35,186 0–1 2 April 9 Cardinals 2–8 Forsch Kison (0–1) — 6,719 0–2 3 April 10 Cardinals 7–8 Carroll Rooker (0–1) Urrea 5,223 0–3 4 April 12 Expos 2–1 Gossage (1–0) McEnaney — 4,042 1–3 5 April 13 Expos 3–0 Kison (1–1) Rogers — 4,586 2–3 6 April 15 @ Cardinals 7–0 Rooker (1–1) Falcone — 41,226 3–3 7 April 16 @ Cardinals 3–1 Candelaria (1–0) Rasmussen Gossage (1) 12,513 4–3 8 April 17 @ Cardinals 3–4 Denny Reuss (0–2) Urrea 28,574 4–4 9 April 18 @ Expos 5–6 (14) Atkinson Jones (0–1) — 10,911 4–5 10 April 19 @ Expos 0–6 Stanhouse Demery (0–1) — 10,062 4–6 11 April 20 @ Expos 8–6 Rooker (2–1) Hannahs Tekulve (1) 12,607 5–6 12 April 22 @ Mets 4–3 Tekulve (1–0) Myrick — 19,495 6–6 13 April 23 @ Mets 6–5 Gossage (2–0) Sadecki — 9,040 7–6 14 April 26 Phillies 5–0 Candelaria (2–0) Christenson Gossage (2) 6,726 8–6 15 April 27 Phillies 7–3 Kison (2–1) Twitchell — 7,054 9–6 16 April 29 Astros 3–11 Bannister Reuss (0–3) — 7,186 9–7 17 April 30 Astros 10–0 Rooker (3–1) Konieczny — 6,540 10–7
May: 16–10 (Home: 10–3; Away: 6–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 18 May 1 Astros 4–3 (10) Gossage (3–0) Forsch — 25,371 11–7 19 May 2 @ Braves 11–1 Kison (3–1) Capra — 9,148 12–7 20 May 3 @ Braves 8–7 (11) Tekulve (2–0) Niekro Jackson (1) 7,977 13–7 21 May 4 @ Braves 8–0 Demery (1–1) LaCorte — 3,890 14–7 22 May 6 Reds 6–3 Candelaria (3–0) Billingham Gossage (3) 16,258 15–7 23 May 7 Reds 12–10 Forster (1–0) Zachry Tekulve (2) 16,799 16–7 24 May 8 Reds 6–4 Jones (1–1) Norman Gossage (4) 27,003 17–7 25 May 10 Braves 3–0 Rooker (4–1) Capra Tekulve (3) 18–7 26 May 10 Braves 2–1 Demery (2–1) Collins Gossage (5) 5,713 19–7 27 May 11 Braves 2–1 Candelaria (4–0) Niekro Gossage (6) 6,816 20–7 28 May 12 Braves 1–6 Leon Kison (3–2) — 10,161 20–8 29 May 13 @ Astros 0–3 Lemongello Reuss (0–4) Forsch 10,512 20–9 30 May 14 @ Astros 6–2 Demery (3–1) Andujar Gossage (7) 25,152 21–9 31 May 15 @ Astros 3–1 Tekulve (3–0) Richard — 9,340 22–9 32 May 17 @ Reds 3–0 Candelaria (5–0) Billingham Gossage (8) 30,575 23–9 33 May 18 @ Reds 3–8 Norman Reuss (0–5) Borbon 28,011 23–10 34 May 19 Dodgers 6–5 (10) Gossage (4–0) Hough — 17,988 24–10 35 May 20 Dodgers 1–6 Hooton Demery (3–2) — 34,943 24–11 36 May 21 Dodgers 3–4 John Rooker (4–2) — 32,674 24–12 37 May 22 Dodgers 11–4 Candelaria (6–0) Sutton — 30,583 25–12 38 May 24 Mets 5–2 Reuss (1–5) Matlack Forster (1) 9,309 26–12 39 May 27 @ Cubs 2–4 Bonham Candelaria (6–1) Sutter 14,593 26–13 40 May 28 @ Cubs 3–6 Reuschel Rooker (4–3) Sutter 34,779 26–14 41 May 29 @ Cubs 2–3 Hernandez Gossage (4–1) Sutter 39,517 26–15 42 May 30 @ Phillies 4–6 Carlton Kison (3–3) — 32,253 26–16 43 May 31 @ Phillies 5–6 Reed Tekulve (3–1) — 23,731 26–17
June: 12–17 (Home: 7–6; Away: 5–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 44 June 1 @ Phillies 3–0 (8) Candelaria (7–1) Christenson — 28,234 27–17 45 June 3 Cubs 5–0 Rooker (5–3) Burris — 20,152 28–17 46 June 4 Cubs 3–4 Krukow Reuss (1–6) Sutter 26,202 28–18 47 June 5 Cubs 5–4 Jones (2–1) Bonham Gossage (9) 51,580 29–18 48 June 6 Giants 1–3 (12) Lavelle Gossage (4–2) — 6,635 29–19 49 June 7 Giants 6–7 Barr Demery (3–3) Moffitt 6,795 29–20 50 June 8 Giants 2–3 Curtis Rooker (5–4) Lavelle 6,995 29–21 51 June 10 Padres 10–7 (11) Gossage Fingers — 10,499 29–21 52 June 11 Padres 1–4 Shirley Candelaria (7–2) Fingers 11,262 29–22 53 June 12 Padres 6–1 Reuss (2–6) Jones — 30–22 54 June 12 Padres 7–4 Kison (4–3) Sawyer Gossage (10) 21,640 31–22 55 June 14 @ Dodgers 2–3 Wall Gossage (4–3) — 36,122 31–23 56 June 15 @ Dodgers 1–10 Rhoden Jones (2–2) — 32,436 31–24 57 June 16 @ Dodgers 2–3 (11) Hough Gossage (4–4) — 34,350 31–25 58 June 17 @ Giants 3–4 Heaverlo Reuss (2–7) Lavelle 4,789 31–26 59 June 18 @ Giants 5–7 (12) Moffitt Forster (1–1) — 10,231 31–27 60 June 19 @ Giants 0–8 Knepper Rooker (5–5) — 31–28 61 June 19 @ Giants 6–8 Heaverlo Jackson (0–1) Moffitt 23,078 31–29 62 June 20 @ Padres 5–3 Tekulve (4–1) Shirley Gossage (11) 26,030 32–29 63 June 21 @ Padres 9–2 Candelaria (8–2) Tomlin — 14,265 33–29 64 June 22 @ Padres 3–1 Reuss (3–7) Griffin Gossage (12) 14,624 34–29 65 June 24 Expos 6–5 (10) Gossage (5–4) Kerrigan — 27,650 35–29 66 June 25 Expos 10–2 Kison (5–3) Brown — 7,721 36–29 67 June 26 Expos 7–4 Tekulve (5–1) Rogers Gossage (13) 37–29 68 June 26 Expos 3–6 McEnaney Gossage (5–5) — 20,583 37–30 69 June 27 @ Cardinals 1–6 Falcone Reuss (3–8) — 18,239 37–31 70 June 28 @ Cardinals 1–6 Schultz Forster (1–2) — 37–32 71 June 28 @ Cardinals 3–13 Underwood Jackson (0–2) — 33,997 37–33 72 June 29 @ Cardinals 9–1 Kison (6–3) Rasmussen — 15,248 38–33 73 June 30 @ Phillies 1–8 Carlton Jones (2–3) — 36,162 38–34
July: 20–10 (Home: 15–1; Away: 5–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 74 July 1 @ Phillies 6–7 (14) Garber Jackson (0–3) — 34,640 38–35 75 July 2 @ Phillies 3–4 Brusstar Reuss (3–9) Reed 41,828 38–36 76 July 3 @ Phillies 7–11 Christenson Kison (6–4) — 28,555 38–37 77 July 4 Cardinals 5–2 Rooker (6–5) Underwood Gossage (14) 39–37 78 July 4 Cardinals 4–3 Tekulve (6–1) Eastwick — 22,810 40–37 79 July 5 Cardinals 3–7 Forsch Candelaria (8–3) — 10,837 40–38 80 July 6 Cardinals 11–8 Tekulve (7–1) Hrabosky — 13,137 41–38 81 July 8 Phillies 8–7 Gossage (6–5) Brusstar — 25,200 42–38 82 July 9 Phillies 9–8 (12) Forster (2–2) Garber — 19,144 43–38 83 July 10 Phillies 5–1 Reuss (4–9) Lonborg — 44–38 84 July 10 Phillies 12–10 Jackson (1–3) Reed Gossage (15) 39,042 45–38 85 July 11 @ Expos 2–4 Bahnsen Jones (2–4) — 19,763 45–39 86 July 12 @ Expos 5–4 (12) Gossage (7–5) Atkinson — 14,781 46–39 87 July 13 @ Expos 6–1 Candelaria (9–3) Rogers — 22,799 47–39 88 July 15 @ Mets 7–1 Rooker (7–5) Zachry — 48–39 89 July 15 @ Mets 1–6 Espinosa Reuss (4–10) — 20,219 48–40 90 July 16 @ Mets 3–5 Swan Gossage (7–6) Apodaca 24,445 48–41 91 July 17 @ Mets 3–1 Candelaria (10–3) Matlack Gossage (16) 49–41 92 July 17 @ Mets 3–9 Koosman Forster (2–3) — 19,492 49–42 93 July 21 Reds 6–2 Reuss (5–10) Norman — 21,713 50–42 94 July 22 Reds 8–7 (12) Jackson (2–3) Billingham — 38,888 51–42 95 July 23 Reds 5–4 Rooker (8–5) Capilla Jackson (2) 28,625 52–42 96 July 24 Braves 7–6 (13) Tekulve (8–1) Hargan — 22,123 53–42 97 July 25 Braves 6–3 Reuss (6–10) Niekro — 8,752 54–42 98 July 26 Astros 3–2 Candelaria (11–3) Richard Gossage (17) 11,882 55–42 99 July 27 Astros 3–2 (11) Tekulve (9–1) McLaughlin — 11,253 56–42 100 July 28 Astros 9–4 Rooker (9–5) Larson — 16,400 57–42 101 July 29 @ Braves 3–5 Niekro Kison (6–5) — 9,505 57–43 102 July 30 @ Braves 10–6 Forster (3–3) Collins — 19,006 58–43 103 July 31 @ Braves 3–8 Solomon Candelaria (11–4) Hanna 12,467 58–44
August: 18–12 (Home: 10–5; Away: 8–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 104 August 1 @ Astros 3–4 (11) Lemongello Gossage (7–7) — 11,769 58–45 105 August 2 @ Astros 6–3 (10) Jackson (3–3) Larson — 15,805 59–45 106 August 3 @ Astros 0–3 Niekro Kison (6–6) — 14,745 59–46 107 August 5 @ Reds 12–1 Reuss (7–10) Norman — 60–46 108 August 5 @ Reds 10–6 Jackson (4–3) Capilla — 50,085 61–46 109 August 6 @ Reds 3–8 Seaver Forster (3–4) — 44,267 61–47 110 August 7 @ Reds 0–6 Soto Rooker (9–6) — 40,028 61–48 111 August 8 Cubs 7–6 Jackson (5–3) Reuschel — 25,802 62–48 112 August 9 Cubs 1–4 Burris Reuss (7–11) Hernandez 28,341 62–49 113 August 10 Cubs 2–1 (18) Demery (4–3) Broberg — 32,831 63–49 114 August 11 Mets 9–1 Jones (3–4) Zachry — 9,260 64–49 115 August 12 Mets 3–2 Rooker (10–6) Koosman — 65–49 116 August 12 Mets 6–5 (12) Demery (5–3) Siebert — 18,994 66–49 117 August 13 Mets 2–0 Reuss (8–11) Matlack — 32,212 67–49 118 August 14 Mets 6–3 Candelaria (12–4) Espinosa Tekulve (4) 17,945 68–49 119 August 16 @ Cubs 5–6 (15) Hernandez Demery (5–4) — 24,039 68–50 120 August 17 @ Cubs 2–4 Reuschel Rooker (10–7) — 29,786 68–51 121 August 18 @ Cubs 7–6 Reuss (9–11) Burris Tekulve (5) 24,027 69–51 122 August 19 Giants 6–1 Candelaria (13–4) Knepper — 16,831 70–51 123 August 20 Giants 1–5 Halicki Jones (3–5) — 15,947 70–52 124 August 21 Giants 4–5 Lavelle Gossage (7–8) Moffitt 32,232 70–53 125 August 22 Padres 0–1 Shirley Rooker (10–8) Fingers 7,375 70–54 126 August 23 Padres 7–6 Gossage (8–8) Fingers — 8,105 71–54 127 August 24 Dodgers 1–2 (10) John Gossage (8–9) Garman 20,018 71–55 128 August 25 Dodgers 2–1 Candelaria (14–4) Rau Demery (1) 17,164 72–55 129 August 26 @ Padres 3–1 Kison (7–6) Owchinko Gossage (18) 18,696 73–55 130 August 27 @ Padres 4–0 Reuss (10–11) Jones — 14,732 74–55 131 August 28 @ Padres 10–1 Rooker (11–8) Shirley — 10,371 75–55 132 August 30 @ Giants 3–1 Candelaria (15–4) Montefusco — 12,699 76–55 133 August 31 @ Giants 3–6 Barr Kison (7–7) — 4,267 76–56
September: 17–10 (Home: 8–4; Away: 9–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 134 September 2 @ Dodgers 2–10 Hooton Reuss (10–12) — 39,276 76–57 135 September 3 @ Dodgers 4–6 Sutton Rooker (11–9) Garman 44,505 76–58 136 September 4 @ Dodgers 2–8 John Jones (3–6) — 36,686 76–59 137 September 5 Phillies 3–1 Candelaria (16–4) Lerch Gossage (19) 77–59 138 September 5 Phillies 1–11 Carlton Kison (7–8) — 40,423 77–60 139 September 6 Phillies 5–4 (11) Gossage (9–9) Garber — 15,136 78–60 140 September 7 Cardinals 5–4 Forster (4–4) Denny Tekulve (6) 7,219 79–60 141 September 8 Cardinals 9–5 Demery (6–4) Eastwick Gossage (20) 4,848 80–60 142 September 9 Expos 1–2 Dues Jones (3–7) Stanhouse 7,628 80–61 143 September 10 Expos 2–4 Twitchell Candelaria (16–5) Kerrigan 7,697 80–62 144 September 11 Expos 10–4 Kison (8–8) Holdsworth — 9,470 81–62 145 September 12 @ Phillies 2–6 Christenson Reuss (10–13) — 42,145 81–63 146 September 13 @ Phillies 2–0 Rooker (12–9) Kaat Gossage (21) 42,638 82–63 147 September 15 @ Cardinals 4–3 Candelaria (17–5) Rasmussen Gossage (22) 83–63 148 September 15 @ Cardinals 7–10 Sutton Demery (6–5) Eastwick 9,081 83–64 149 September 16 @ Expos 0–5 Schatzeder Kison (8–9) Stanhouse 7,026 83–65 150 September 17 @ Expos 6–3 Whitson (1–0) Landreth Gossage (23) 12,674 84–65 151 September 18 @ Expos 7–5 (11) Tekulve (10–1) Rogers — 25,097 85–65 152 September 20 @ Mets 4–2 Candelaria (18–5) Espinosa — 3,372 86–65 153 September 21 @ Mets 4–0 Kison (9–9) Koosman Gossage (24) 5,044 87–65 154 September 23 @ Cubs 2–0 Rooker (13–9) Hernandez Gossage (25) 3,757 88–65 155 September 24 @ Cubs 7–3 Forster (5–4) Broberg Jackson (3) 14,970 89–65 156 September 25 @ Cubs 4–0 Candelaria (19–5) Reuschel — 17,815 90–65 157 September 27 Mets 1–7 Espinosa Kison (9–10) — 3,379 90–66 158 September 28 Mets 3–2 Rooker (14–9) Swan Gossage (26) 2,673 91–66 159 September 29 Mets 5–2 Forster (6–4) Medich Tekulve (7) 2,504 92–66 160 September 30 Cubs 3–1 Candelaria (20–5) Reuschel — 8,507 93–66
October: 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 161 October 2 Cubs 5–1 Jones (4–7) Burris Jackson (4) 94–66 162 October 2 Cubs 3–2 Gossage (10–9) Lamp — 20,418 95–66
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

• June 7, 1977: Wayne Tolleson was drafted by the Pirates in the 12th round of the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.^[6]
• June 15, 1977: Ed Kirkpatrick was traded by the Pirates to the Texas Rangers for Jim Fregosi.^[7]
• July 27, 1977: The Pirates traded a player to be named later to the Seattle Mariners for Dave Pagan. The Pirates completed the deal by sending Rick Honeycutt to the Mariners on August 22.^[8]
• August 18, 1977: Doug Frobel was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.^[9]

Roster

1977 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 45 John Candelaria 44 Larry Demery 51 Terry Forster 54 Goose Gossage 31 Al Holland 23,35 Grant Jackson 36 Odell Jones 48 Tim Jones 25 Bruce Kison 34 Dave Pagan 41 Jerry Reuss 19 Jim Rooker 27 Kent Tekulve 46 Ed Whitson		Catchers  5 Duffy Dyer 14 Ed Ott Infielders  4 Dale Berra 26 Mike Edwards 29 Jim Fregosi 3,17 Phil Garner 13 Fernando González 23 Ed Kirkpatrick 29,30 Ken Macha 11 Mario Mendoza 28 Bill Robinson  8 Willie Stargell  6 Rennie Stennett 10 Frank Taveras 24 Bobby Tolan		Outfielders 37 Miguel Diloné 24 Mike Easler 22 Jerry Hairston 18 Omar Moreno 16 Al Oliver 39 Dave Parker Other batters 24 Tommy Helms		Manager  7 Chuck Tanner Coaches 32 Joe Lonnett 42 Alex Monchak  2 José Pagán 43 Larry Sherry

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Duffy Dyer	94	270	65	.241	3	19
1B	Bill Robinson	137	507	154	.304	26	104
2B	Rennie Stennett	116	453	152	.336	5	51
SS	Frank Taveras	147	544	137	.252	1	29
3B	Phil Garner	153	585	152	.260	17	77
LF	Al Oliver	154	568	175	.308	19	82
CF	Omar Moreno	150	492	118	.240	7	34
RF	Dave Parker	159	637	215	.338	21	88

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Ed Ott	104	311	82	.264	7	38
Willie Stargell	63	186	51	.274	13	35
Fernando González	80	181	50	.276	4	27
Ken Macha	35	95	26	.274	0	11
Mario Mendoza	70	81	16	.198	0	4
Bobby Tolan	49	74	15	.203	2	9
Jim Fregosi	36	56	16	.286	3	16
Jerry Hairston	51	52	10	.192	2	6
Miguel Diloné	29	44	6	.136	0	0
Dale Berra	17	40	7	.175	0	3
Ed Kirkpatrick	21	28	4	.143	1	4
Mike Easler	10	18	8	.444	1	5
Tommy Helms	15	12	0	.000	0	0
Mike Edwards	7	6	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
John Candelaria	33	230.2	20	5	2.34	133
Jerry Reuss	33	208.0	10	13	4.11	116
Jim Rooker	30	204.1	14	9	3.08	89
Bruce Kison	33	193.0	9	10	4.90	122

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Odell Jones	34	108.0	3	7	5.08	66
Larry Demery	39	90.1	6	5	5.08	35
Terry Forster	33	87.1	6	4	4.43	58
Ed Whitson	5	15.2	1	0	3.45	10
Tim Jones	3	10.0	1	0	0.00	5

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Goose Gossage	72	11	9	26	1.62	151
Kent Tekulve	72	10	1	7	3.06	59
Grant Jackson	49	5	3	4	3.86	41
Al Holland	2	0	0	0	7.71	1
Dave Pagan	1	0	0	0	0.00	4
Mario Mendoza	1	0	0	0	13.50	0

Awards and honors

1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Dave Parker, outfield, starter
• John Candelaria, reserve
• Goose Gossage, reserve

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	Tim Murtaugh and Johnny Lipon
AA	Shreveport Captains	Texas League	Johnny Lipon and Tim Murtaugh
A	Salem Pirates	Carolina League	Steve Demeter
A	Charleston Patriots	Western Carolinas League	Jim Mahoney
A-Short Season	Niagara Falls Pirates	New York–Penn League	Luther Quinn
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

Notes

1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
2. "Chuck Tanner Trades and Transactions by Baseball Almanac". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
3. "Rich Gossage". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
4. "Rick Langford". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
5. Sandomir, Richard (March 8, 1998). "Long Before Murdoch, There Was Ted Turner". The New York Times. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
6. "Wayne Tolleson". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
7. "Jim Fregosi". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
8. "Dave Pagan". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
9. "Doug Frobel". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 7, 2024.

References

• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

External Links

• 1977 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1977 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com