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1977 AL Championship Series (3-2): New York Yankees (100-62) over Kansas City Royals (102-60)

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WS: NYY-LAD / ALCS: NYY-KCR / NLCS: LAD-PHI
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 5, 1977 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Kansas City Royals           2  2  2    0  0  0    0  1  0     7  9  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0     2  9  0

    PITCHERS: KCR - Splittorff, Bird (9)
              NYY - Gullett, Tidrow (3), Lyle (9)

               WP - Paul Splittorff
	       LP - Don Gullett
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: KCR - Cowens, Mayberry, McRae
              NYY - Munson

  ATTENDANCE: 54,930

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 6, 1977 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Kansas City Royals           0  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  0     2  3  1
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  2  3    0  1  x     6 10  1

    PITCHERS: KCR - Hassler, Littell (6), Mingori (8)
              NYY - Guidry

               WP - Ron Guidry
	       LP - Andy Hassler
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: KCR - none
              NYY - Johnson

  ATTENDANCE: 56,230

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1977 at KauffmanStad (Kansas City Royals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  1     2  4  1
    Kansas City Royals           0  1  1    0  1  2    1  0  x     6 12  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Torrez, Lyle (6)
              KCR - Leonard

               WP - Dennis Leonard
	       LP - Mike Torrez
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              KCR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 41,285

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1977 at KauffmanStad (Kansas City Royals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             1  2  1    1  0  0    0  0  1     6 13  0
    Kansas City Royals           0  0  2    2  0  0    0  0  0     4  8  2

    PITCHERS: NYY - Figueroa, Tidrow (4), Lyle (4)
              KCR - Gura, Pattin (3), Mingori (9), Bird (9)

               WP - Sparky Lyle
	       LP - Larry Gura
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              KCR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 41,135

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1977 at KauffmanStad (Kansas City Royals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  3     5 10  0
    Kansas City Royals           2  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0     3 10  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Guidry, Torrez (3), Lyle (8)
              KCR - Splittorff, Bird (8), Mingori (8), Leonard (9), Gura (9), Littell (9)

               WP - Sparky Lyle
	       LP - Dennis Leonard
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              KCR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 41,133

Series Batting Stats

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New York Yankees

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Paul Blair          3   5  1  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  .400  .400  .400  0 | 164  43  4  .262  .699   3
*Chris Chambliss     5  17  0  1  0  0  0   0  3  4  .059  .200  .059  0 | 600 172 17  .287  .781   4
 Bucky Dent          5  14  1  3  1  0  0   2  1  0  .214  .267  .286  0 | 477 118  8  .247  .652   1
 Ed Figueroa         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Ron Guidry          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Don Gullett         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Reggie Jackson      5  16  1  2  0  0  0   1  2  2  .125  .222  .125  1 | 525 150 32  .286  .925  17
 Cliff Johnson       5  15  2  6  2  0  1   2  1  2  .400  .438  .733  0 |+286  85 22  .297  .991   0
*Sparky Lyle         4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Thurman Munson      5  21  3  6  1  0  1   5  0  2  .286  .273  .476  0 | 595 183 18  .308  .813   5
*Graig Nettles       5  20  1  3  0  0  0   1  0  3  .150  .150  .150  0 | 589 150 37  .255  .829   2
 Lou Piniella        5  21  1  7  3  0  0   2  0  1  .333  .333  .476  0 | 339 112 12  .330  .875   2
 Willie Randolph     5  18  4  5  1  0  0   2  1  0  .278  .300  .333  0 | 551 151  4  .274  .734  13
*Mickey Rivers       5  23  5  9  2  0  0   2  0  2  .391  .391  .478  1 | 565 184 12  .326  .789  22
 Fred Stanley        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  46  12  1  .261  .696   1
 Dick Tidrow         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Mike Torrez         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  0   0  0               0
#Roy White           4   5  2  2  2  0  0   0  1  0  .400  .500  .800  0 | 519 139 14  .268  .763  18
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 175 21 46 12  0  2  17  9 16  .263  .296  .366  2 |        184  .281  .788  93

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Kansas City Royals

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Doug Bird           3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*George Brett        5  20  2  6  0  2  0   2  1  0  .300  .333  .500  0 | 564 176 22  .312  .905  14
 Al Cowens           5  19  2  5  0  0  1   5  1  3  .263  .300  .421  0 | 606 189 23  .312  .886  16
#Larry Gura          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Andy Hassler        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Pete LaCock         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .500  .000  0 | 218  66  3  .303  .753   2
*Joe Lahoud          1   1  2  0  0  0  0   0  2  0  .000  .667  .000  0 |  65  17  2  .262  .795   1
 Dennis Leonard      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Mark Littell        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
*John Mayberry       4  12  1  2  1  0  1   3  1  2  .167  .231  .500  0 | 543 125 23  .230  .737   1
 Hal McRae           5  18  6  8  3  0  1   2  3  1  .444  .524  .778  0 | 641 191 21  .298  .881  18
*Steve Mingori       3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Amos Otis           5  16  1  2  1  0  0   2  2  3  .125  .222  .188  2 | 478 120 17  .251  .775  23
 Freddie Patek       5  18  4  7  3  1  0   5  1  2  .389  .400  .667  0 | 497 130  5  .262  .688  53
 Marty Pattin        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Tom Poquette        2   6  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .167  .167  .167  0 | 342 100  2  .292  .749   1
*Darrell Porter      5  15  3  5  0  0  0   0  3  0  .333  .444  .333  0 | 425 117 16  .275  .805   1
 Cookie Rojas        1   4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .250  .250  .250  1 | 156  39  0  .250  .606   1
*Paul Splittorff     2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 John Wathan         4   6  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 | 119  39  2  .328  .817   2
 Frank White         5  18  1  5  1  0  0   2  0  4  .278  .263  .333  1 | 474 116  5  .245  .626  23
 Joe Zdeb            4   9  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  1 | 195  58  2  .297  .720   6
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 163 22 42  9  3  3  21 15 22  .258  .317  .405  5 |        146  .277  .775 170

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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New York Yankees

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Ron Guidry          2   3.97 1-0  0  1 11.3  9  5  3  8 | 16-7  211  2.82  1.13 176  1
 Mike Torrez         2   4.09 0-1  0  0 11.0 11  5  5  5 |+17-13 243  3.88  1.32 102   
*Sparky Lyle         4   0.96 2-0  0  0  9.3  7  1  0  3 | 13-5  137  2.17  1.20  68 26
 Dick Tidrow         2   3.86 0-0  0  0  7.0  6  3  3  3 | 11-4  151  3.16  1.22  83  5
 Ed Figueroa         1  10.80 0-0  0  0  3.3  5  4  2  3 | 16-11 239  3.57  1.27 104   
*Don Gullett         1  18.00 0-1  0  0  2.0  4  4  2  0 | 14-4  158  3.58  1.30 116   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.50 3-2  0  1 44.0 42 22 15 22 |            3.61 1.300   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Kansas City Royals

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Paul Splittorff     2   2.40 1-0  0  0 15.0 14  4  3  4 | 16-6  229  3.69  1.42  99   
 Dennis Leonard      2   3.00 1-1  0  1  9.0  5  3  2  4 | 20-12 293  3.04  1.11 244  1
 Marty Pattin        1   1.50 0-0  0  0  6.0  6  1  0  0 | 10-3  128  3.58  1.18  55   
*Andy Hassler        1   4.76 0-1  0  0  5.7  5  3  0  3 |  9-6  156  4.20  1.54  83   
 Mark Littell        2   3.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  5  1  3  1 |  8-4  105  3.61  1.22 106 12
*Larry Gura          2  18.00 0-1  0  0  2.0  7  4  1  2 |  8-5  106  3.13  1.28  46 10
 Doug Bird           3   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  4  0  0  1 | 11-4  118  3.88  1.26  83 14
*Steve Mingori       3   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.3  0  0  0  1 |  2-4   64  3.09  1.22  19  4
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.27 2-3  0  1 44.0 46 16  9 16 |            3.52 1.280   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: NYY-LAD / ALCS: NYY-KCR / NLCS: LAD-PHI

 1976 ALCS /  1978 ALCS

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