1977 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1977 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Results
Record	96–66 (.593)
Divisional place	2nd
Other information
Owner(s)	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas Johnson (minority shareholders)
General manager(s)	Harding "Pete" Peterson
Manager(s)	Chuck Tanner
Local television	KDKA-TV Milo Hamilton, Lanny Frattare
Local radio	KDKA Milo Hamilton, Lanny Frattare
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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.

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 Philadelphia Phillies.

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	101	61	0.623	—	60–21	41–40
Pittsburgh Pirates	96	66	0.593	5	58–23	38–43
St. Louis Cardinals	83	79	0.512	18	52–31	31–48
Chicago Cubs	81	81	0.500	20	46–35	35–46
Montreal Expos	75	87	0.463	26	38–43	37–44
New York Mets	64	98	0.395	37	35–44	29–54

Record vs. opponents

1977 National League Records Sources:
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)

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)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

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
3B	Garner, PhilPhil Garner	153	585	152	.260	17	77
RF	Parker, DaveDave 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
Stargell, WillieWillie Stargell	63	186	51	.274	13	35
Mendoza, MarioMario Mendoza	70	81	16	.198	0	4
Fregosi, JimJim Fregosi	36	56	16	.286	3	16
Kirkpatrick, EdEd Kirkpatrick	21	28	4	.143	1	4
Helms, TommyTommy Helms	15	12	0	.000	0	0
Edwards, MikeMike 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
Candelaria, JohnJohn Candelaria	33	230.2	20	5	2.34	133
Reuss, JerryJerry Reuss	33	208	10	13	4.11	116

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
Jones, OdellOdell Jones	34	108	3	7	5.08	66
Demery, LarryLarry Demery	39	90.1	6	5	5.08	35
Forster, TerryTerry Forster	33	87.1	6	4	4.43	58
Whitson, EdEd Whitson	5	15.2	1	0	3.45	10

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
Gossage, GooseGoose Gossage	72	11	9	26	1.62	151
Tekulve, KentKent Tekulve	72	10	1	7	3.06	59
Jackson, GrantGrant Jackson	49	5	3	4	3.86	41
Holland, AlAl Holland	2	0	0	0	7.71	1
Pagan, DaveDave Pagan	1	0	0	0	0.00	4
Mendoza, MarioMario 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

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

↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
↑ Chuck Tanner page at Baseball Reference
↑ Rich Gossage page at Baseball Reference
↑ Rick Langford page at Baseball Reference
↑ Sandomir, Richard (March 8, 1998). "Long Before Murdoch, There Was Ted Turner". The New York Times. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
↑ Wayne Tolleson page at Baseball Reference
↑ Jim Fregosi page at Baseball Reference
↑ Dave Pagan page at Baseball Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/frobedo01.shtm

References

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

1977 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1977 MLB draft 1977 All-Star Game 1977 World Series

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Fogel Field; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Whittington Park; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; McCulloch Park; Perris Hill Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/McKechnie Field

Culture

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Wagner donates uniforms
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
1960 Game 7
1985 drug trials
Francisco Cabrera game
National League Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015

Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A Adv.: Bradenton Marauders
A: West Virginia Power
Short A: West Virginia Black Bears
Rookie Adv.: Bristol Pirates
Rookie: GCL Pirates; DSL Pirates
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

Seasons (136)

1880s	1880 · 1881 · 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889

1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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