1977 Major League Baseball Opening Day Rosters

1976 MLB / 1978 MLB Opening Day Rosters

Lineups are the starting lineups for Opening Day.

Teams	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	P	DH
Baltimore Orioles - AL (all-time)	Dempsey	May	Dauer	DeCinces	Belanger	Kelly	Bumbry	Singleton	Palmer	Murray
Boston Red Sox - AL (all-time)	Fisk	Scott	Doyle	Hobson	Burleson	Rice	Evans	Yastrzemski	Jenkins	Carbo
California Angels - AL (all-time)	Humphrey	Solaita	Remy	Chalk	Grich	Rudi	Bochte	Bonds	Tanana	Baylor
Chicago White Sox - AL (all-time)	Downing	Spencer	Orta	Soderholm	Bannister	Garr	Lemon	Zisk	Brett	Gamble
Cleveland Indians - AL (all-time)	Fosse	Thornton	Kuiper	Melton	Duffy	Bell	Manning	Norris	Eckersley	Carty
Detroit Tigers - AL (all-time)	May	Thompson	Fuentes	Rodriguez	Veryzer	Horton	LeFlore	Oglivie	Roberts	Staub
Kansas City Royals - AL (all-time)	Martinez	Mayberry	White	Brett	Patek	Zdeb	Otis	Cowens	Splittorff	McRae
Milwaukee Brewers - AL (all-time)	Moore	Cooper	Money	Bando	Yount	Wohlford	Joshua	Lezcano	Travers	Quirk
Minnesota Twins - AL (all-time)	Wynegar	Carew	Randall	Cubbage	Smalley	Hisle	Bostock	Ford	Goltz	Kusick
New York Yankees - AL (all-time)	Munson	Chambliss	Randolph	Nettles	Dent	White	Rivers	Jackson	Hunter	Wynn
Oakland Athletics - AL (all-time)	Sanguillen	Allen	Scott	Gross	Picciolo	Page	North	Armas	Torrez	Williams
Seattle Mariners - AL (all-time)	Stinson	Meyer	Baez	Stein	Reynolds	Braun	Jones	Stanton	Segui	Collins
Texas Rangers - AL (all-time)	Sundberg	Hargrove	Wills	Harrah	Campaneris	Washington	Beniquez	May	Blyleven	Grieve
Toronto Blue Jays - AL (all-time)	Cerone	Ault	Garcia	McKay	Torres	Scott	Woods	Bowling	Singer	Velez
Atlanta Braves - NL (all-time)	Pocoroba	Montanez	Gilbreath	Royster	Rockett	Matthews	Office	Burroughs	Messersmith
Chicago Cubs - NL (all-time)	Swisher	Biittner	Trillo	Ontiveros	de Jesus	Cardenal	Morales	Murcer	Burris
Cincinnati Reds - NL (all-time)	Plummer	Driessen	Morgan	Rose	Concepcion	Foster	Geronimo	Griffey	Fryman
Houston Astros - NL (all-time)	Ferguson	Watson	Gonzalez	Cabell	Metzger	Crawford	Gardner	Cruz	Richard
Los Angeles Dodgers - NL (all-time)	Yeager	Garvey	Lopes	Cey	Russell	Baker	Monday	Smith	Sutton
Montreal Expos - NL (all-time)	Carter	Perez	Cash	Parrish	Foli	Cromartie	Dawson	Valentine	Rogers
New York Mets - NL (all-time)	Stearns	Kranepool	Millan	Staiger	Harrelson	Milner	Mazzilli	Kingman	Seaver
Philadelphia Phillies - NL (all-time)	McCarver	Hutton	Sizemore	Schmidt	Bowa	Luzinski	Maddox	Johnstone	Carlton
Pittsburgh Pirates - NL (all-time)	Dyer	Stargell	Stennett	Garner	Taveras	Oliver	Moreno	Parker	Reuss
San Diego Padres - NL (all-time)	Tenace	Ivie	Champion	Rader	Almon	Richards	Hendrick	Winfield	Jones
San Francisco Giants - NL (all-time)	Hill	McCovey	Andrews	Madlock	Speier	Evans	Thomasson	Whitfield	Montefusco
St. Louis Cardinals - NL (all-time)	Simmons	Hernandez	Tyson	Reitz	Templeton	Brock	McBride	Cruz	Denny

1976 MLB / 1978 MLB Opening Day Rosters

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