Kansas City Athletics History - 1977 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1977 Kansas City Athletics	69	93	.426	5^th	27	69-93	0	.259	4.67			2,424,540	$55,968,223	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Ozzie Award	Miguel Cabrera (1B), Eric Soderholm (3B)	2
All-Star	Miguel Cabrera, Alejandro Oms, Warren Spahn	3
Batter of the Month	Alejandro Oms (Jun), Miguel Cabrera (Jul)	2
Player of the Week	Warren Spahn (May 23), Miguel Cabrera (Jul 25), Eric Soderholm (Aug 29), Miguel Cabrera (Sep 19)	4

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
2B	Rod Carew	35	153	604	174	38	5	8	46	87	70	2	11	1	75	11	9	.288	.363	.407	.771	2.0	112
CF	Alejandro Oms	24	159	624	183	28	1	31	92	86	51	5	1	3	85	3	12	.293	.350	.490	.840	3.2	129
1B	Miguel Cabrera	27	158	601	176	22	1	41	101	83	49	5	0	3	79	0	0	.293	.350	.537	.887	4.3	140
RF	Rocco Colavito	31	155	585	156	22	0	23	92	62	63	4	0	6	74	0	0	.267	.339	.422	.761	1.6	109
SS	Carney Lansford	29	154	576	149	15	4	25	80	66	27	13	0	3	40	7	6	.259	.305	.429	.734	1.9	100
1B	Cecil Cooper	27	131	523	144	12	7	17	67	68	15	3	3	7	93	1	2	.275	.296	.423	.718	-0.3	95
3B	Eric Soderholm	30	132	459	108	10	1	25	63	58	39	5	0	5	60	0	0	.235	.299	.425	.724	2.2	97
C	Jason Kendall	27	125	428	106	15	2	5	28	50	37	15	1	5	40	5	4	.248	.326	.327	.653	1.2	81
SS	Chester Williams	28	105	234	46	8	1	2	22	16	17	3	5	1	31	0	4	.197	.259	.265	.524	-0.5	45
LF	Dayan Viciedo	24	56	200	48	8	0	5	17	18	6	1	0	2	31	0	0	.240	.263	.355	.618	-0.5	69
RF	Jay Bruce	28	47	156	34	9	1	5	14	16	15	0	0	1	27	1	0	.218	.285	.385	.669	-0.0	83
LF	Tom Grieve	29	46	127	23	5	0	6	18	15	9	3	0	1	41	0	0	.181	.250	.362	.612	-0.4	66
C	Hank Severeid	31	37	121	31	8	1	0	7	6	7	0	3	0	4	0	0	.256	.297	.339	.636	0.0	75
LF	Bo Jackson	36	30	109	21	2	0	6	12	16	6	0	0	0	43	0	0	.193	.235	.376	.611	-0.3	65
LF	Alex Sanchez	28	25	57	13	3	0	0	3	3	1	0	2	0	8	2	1	.228	.241	.281	.522	-0.2	44
SS	Cliff Daringer	38	31	56	11	2	0	0	1	8	3	1	0	0	3	3	0	.196	.250	.232	.482	-0.2	34
1B	Steve B Dunn	33	49	41	8	1	0	0	1	18	0	1	1	0	11	14	2	.195	.214	.220	.434	-0.4	20
P	Steve Carlton	34	4	10	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	.200	.200	.300	.500	-0.0	36
P	C J Wilson	30	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	-100
P	Wade Miller	26	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.222	.333	-0.1	-11
P	Todd Stottlemyre	34	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	-100
P	Warren Spahn	27	3	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-0.0	-31
P	Vic Raschi	32	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.0	177
P	Joe Musgrove	39	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
24 Players		28.9	1622	5545	1436	210	24	199	664	681	415	61	35	38	765	47	40	.259	.316	.413	.729	12.9	99
AL Rank				4	5	6	5	1	5	5	6	5	2	6	6	6	5	5	6	3	5	5
ABBA Rank				7	9	12	11	1	7	7	9	7	8	8	11	9	8	9	10	3	8	10

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Warren Spahn	27	33	33	13	14	0	3.67	277.3	263	123	113	37	71	153	0	19	5	1.20	.260	4.5	112
Steve Carlton	34	33	33	8	20	0	4.78	256.3	268	146	136	50	95	199	0	11	0	1.42	.287	1.7	86
Todd Stottlemyre	34	32	32	15	12	0	3.99	252.3	246	117	112	35	110	129	0	10	3	1.41	.265	2.0	103
C J Wilson	30	32	32	12	16	0	5.18	232.7	251	148	134	38	108	135	0	7	0	1.54	.286	0.7	80
Wade Miller	26	27	21	10	14	1	5.14	161.0	183	101	92	21	66	89	1	7	0	1.55	.305	1.3	80
Vic Raschi	32	30	11	6	7	0	6.09	115.3	125	81	78	18	50	78	0	3	0	1.52	.295	0.3	68
Joe Musgrove	39	40	0	3	4	19	4.20	40.7	40	19	19	11	12	31	1	0	0	1.28	.250	-0.7	98
Tom Walker	24	35	0	2	2	7	5.21	38.0	36	23	22	7	18	27	0	0	0	1.42	.269	-0.4	79
Oliver Perez	23	14	0	0	0	0	5.82	34.0	29	23	22	4	32	24	0	0	0	1.79	.255	-0.4	71
David Carpenter	30	16	0	0	4	0	4.58	19.7	15	11	10	1	10	11	0	0	0	1.27	.237	0.2	90
D J Carrasco	31	5	0	0	0	0	7.56	8.3	11	7	7	0	3	2	0	0	0	1.68	.324	0.1	55
11 Pitchers	30.5	297	162	69	93	27	4.67	1435.7	1467	799	745	222	575	878	2	57	8	1.42	.278	9.3	91
AL Rank		6	1	5	2	6	5	5	4	5	5	6	5	3	5	1	4	5	2	5
ABBA Rank		12	1	8	5	11	11	11	7	10	11	12	11	5	11	3	7	10	5	11

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
W. Spahn	33	33	16	21	2	42	5	.881	277.3	1.20	0.8
S. Carlton	33	33	11	30	4	42	1	.976	256.3	1.44	0.8
T. Stottlemyre	32	32	20	32	4	54	2	.963	252.3	1.85	0.3
C. Wilson	32	32	19	24	1	46	3	.935	232.7	1.66	-0.8
W. Miller	27	21	11	13	1	24	0	1.000	161.0	1.34	0.4
V. Raschi	30	11	12	12	0	25	1	.960	115.3	1.87	0.3
J. Musgrove	39	0	3	5	0	8	0	1.000	40.7	1.77	-0.4
T. Walker	34	0	4	2	0	6	0	1.000	38.0	1.42	0.1
O. Perez	14	0	2	0	0	3	1	.667	34.0	0.53	-0.4
D. Carpenter	15	0	3	1	0	4	0	1.000	19.7	1.83	0.1
D. Carrasco	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	8.3	0.00	-0.5
Totals	294	162	101	140	12	255	14	.945	1435.7	1.51	0.7

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
J. Kendall	125	125	733	62	12	800	5	.994	1105.0	6.48	0.2	6	38.0
H. Severeid	37	35	179	16	4	196	1	.995	312.7	5.61	-0.9	3	35.0
S. Dunn	2	2	8	1	0	9	0	1.000	18.0	4.50	0.1	0	50.0
Totals	164	162	920	79	16	1005	6	.994	1435.7	6.26	-0.6	9	37.2

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Cabrera	152	152	1229	107	125	1347	11	.992	1316.7	9.13	4.6
S. Dunn	17	5	57	3	7	62	2	.968	65.0	8.31	-1.4
C. Cooper	9	5	49	5	5	54	0	1.000	53.0	9.17	0.2
R. Carew	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	1.000	1.0	18.00	0.0
Totals	179	162	1337	115	138	1465	13	.991	1435.7	9.10	3.4

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Carew	136	133	266	297	89	572	9	.984	1118.3	4.53	-7.4
C. Lansford	25	21	45	64	21	112	3	.973	195.3	5.02	-0.8
C. Williams	40	3	23	25	10	48	0	1.000	76.7	5.63	0.4
C. Daringer	11	5	9	11	4	21	1	.952	45.3	3.97	-0.6
Totals	212	162	343	397	124	753	13	.983	1435.7	4.64	-8.3

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
E. Soderholm	118	117	97	258	29	360	5	.986	1031.0	3.10	7.6
C. Lansford	40	39	24	76	5	102	2	.980	329.0	2.74	2.2
C. Daringer	6	4	5	7	0	12	0	1.000	36.7	2.95	0.1
S. Dunn	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	21.0	0.00	-1.1
C. Williams	2	2	2	6	0	8	0	1.000	18.0	4.00	0.6
Totals	177	162	128	347	34	483	8	.983	1435.7	2.98	9.4

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Lansford	95	93	125	260	56	395	10	.975	825.7	4.20	-3.5
C. Williams	63	63	100	175	40	284	9	.968	550.3	4.50	4.5
C. Daringer	10	6	5	19	5	24	0	1.000	59.7	3.62	0.1
Totals	168	162	230	454	101	703	19	.973	1435.7	4.29	1.1

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Viciedo	56	56	131	2	0	136	3	.978	493.7	2.42	-0.0
R. Colavito	43	43	124	2	2	132	6	.955	363.3	3.12	-0.7
B. Jackson	30	30	65	1	0	69	3	.957	252.0	2.36	-0.0
T. Grieve	26	22	47	1	0	50	2	.960	202.3	2.14	-0.5
A. Sanchez	12	11	23	1	0	24	0	1.000	93.0	2.32	0.5
M. Cabrera	16	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	31.3	0.86	-0.0
Totals	183	162	393	7	2	414	14	.966	1435.7	2.51	-0.8

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. Oms	159	159	458	24	9	485	3	.994	1383.7	3.14	-10.1
A. Sanchez	11	3	18	2	1	20	0	1.000	52.0	3.46	1.3
Totals	170	162	476	26	10	505	3	.994	1435.7	3.15	-8.7

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Colavito	114	110	255	5	1	263	3	.989	980.3	2.39	-2.2
J. Bruce	47	47	113	3	0	117	1	.991	397.0	2.63	0.2
T. Grieve	7	5	10	0	0	10	0	1.000	54.3	1.66	-0.2
A. Sanchez	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00	0.0
M. Cabrera	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	171	162	378	8	1	390	4	.990	1435.7	2.42	-2.1

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Alejandro Oms	.293
On-Base Percentage	Rod Carew	.363
Slugging Percentage	Miguel Cabrera	.537
OPS	Miguel Cabrera	.887
Games	Alejandro Oms	159
At-Bats	Alejandro Oms	624
Runs	Rod Carew	87
Hits	Alejandro Oms	183
Doubles	Rod Carew	38
Triples	Cecil Cooper	7
Home Runs	Miguel Cabrera	41
Runs Batted In	Miguel Cabrera	101
Stolen Bases	Steve B Dunn	14
Caught Stealing	Alejandro Oms	12
Walks	Rod Carew	70
Strikeouts	Cecil Cooper	93

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Todd Stottlemyre	15
Losses	Steve Carlton	20
Saves	Joe Musgrove	19
Games	Joe Musgrove	40
Games Started	Warren Spahn, Steve Carlton	33
Complete Games	Warren Spahn	19
Shutouts	Warren Spahn	5
Innings Pitched	Warren Spahn	277.3
Hits Allowed	Steve Carlton	268
Home Runs Allowed	Steve Carlton	50
Strikeouts	Steve Carlton	199
Walks Allowed	Todd Stottlemyre	110
Earned Run Average	Warren Spahn	3.67
Walks + Hits per IP	Warren Spahn	1.20
BABIP	Warren Spahn	.260

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
April 11th	2B Walt Weiss	to the Houston Eagles for	3rd Round Draft Pick