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1977 World Series (4-2): New York Yankees (100-62) over Los Angeles Dodgers (98-64)

 1976 WS /  1978 WS

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

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 11, 1977 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11 12     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     3  6  0
    New York Yankees             1  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  1     4 11  0

    PITCHERS: LAD - Sutton, Rautzhan (8), Sosa (8), Garman (9), Rhoden (12)
              NYY - Gullett, Lyle (9)

               WP - Sparky Lyle
	       LP - Rick Rhoden
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: LAD - none
              NYY - Randolph

  ATTENDANCE: 56,668

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 12, 1977 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          2  1  2    0  0  0    0  0  1     6  9  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     1  5  0

    PITCHERS: LAD - Hooton
              NYY - Hunter, Tidrow (3), Clay (6), Lyle (9)

               WP - Burt Hooton
	       LP - Catfish Hunter
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: LAD - Cey, Garvey, Smith, Yeager
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 56,691

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 14, 1977 at Dodger Stad (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             3  0  0    1  1  0    0  0  0     5 10  0
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  3    0  0  0    0  0  0     3  7  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Torrez
              LAD - John, Hough (7)

               WP - Mike Torrez
	       LP - Tommy John
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              LAD - Baker

  ATTENDANCE: 55,992

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 15, 1977 at Dodger Stad (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  3  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     4  7  0
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0     2  4  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Guidry
              LAD - Rau, Rhoden (2), Garman (9)

               WP - Ron Guidry
	       LP - Doug Rau
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Jackson
              LAD - Lopes

  ATTENDANCE: 55,995

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 16, 1977 at Dodger Stad (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    2  2  0     4  9  2
    Los Angeles Dodgers          1  0  0    4  3  2    0  0  x    10 13  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Gullett, Clay (5), Tidrow (6), Hunter (7)
              LAD - Sutton

               WP - Don Sutton
	       LP - Don Gullett
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Jackson, Munson
              LAD - Smith, Yeager

  ATTENDANCE: 55,955

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 18, 1977 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          2  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  1     4  9  0
    New York Yankees             0  2  0    3  2  0    0  1  x     8  8  1

    PITCHERS: LAD - Hooton, Sosa (4), Rau (5), Hough (7)
              NYY - Torrez

               WP - Mike Torrez
	       LP - Burt Hooton
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: LAD - Smith
              NYY - Chambliss, Jackson (3)

  ATTENDANCE: 56,407

Series MVP - Reggie Jackson

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          4   4  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  .250  .250  .250  0 | 164  43  4  .262  .699   3
*Chris Chambliss     6  24  4  7  2  0  1   4  0  2  .292  .292  .500  0 | 600 172 17  .287  .781   4
 Ken Clay            2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Bucky Dent          6  19  0  5  0  0  0   2  2  1  .263  .333  .263  0 | 477 118  8  .247  .652   1
*Ron Guidry          1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |   0   0  0               0
 Don Gullett         2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |   0   0  0               0
 Catfish Hunter      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Reggie Jackson      6  20 10  9  1  0  5   8  3  4  .450  .542 1.250  0 | 525 150 32  .286  .925  17
 Cliff Johnson       2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |+286  85 22  .297  .991   0
*Sparky Lyle         2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |   0   0  0               0
 Thurman Munson      6  25  4  8  2  0  1   3  2  8  .320  .370  .520  0 | 595 183 18  .308  .813   5
*Graig Nettles       6  21  1  4  1  0  0   2  2  3  .190  .261  .238  0 | 589 150 37  .255  .829   2
 Lou Piniella        6  22  1  6  0  0  0   3  0  3  .273  .292  .273  0 | 339 112 12  .330  .875   2
 Willie Randolph     6  25  5  4  2  0  1   1  2  2  .160  .222  .360  0 | 551 151  4  .274  .734  13
*Mickey Rivers       6  27  1  6  2  0  0   1  0  2  .222  .222  .296  1 | 565 184 12  .326  .789  22
 Fred Stanley        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  46  12  1  .261  .696   1
 Dick Tidrow         2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |   0   0  0               0
 Mike Torrez         2   6  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  4  .000  .000  .000  0 |+  0   0  0               0
#Roy White           2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 519 139 14  .268  .763  18
#George Zeber        2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  65  21  3  .323  .913   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               6 205 26 50 10  0  8  25 11 37  .244  .288  .410  1 |        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.

Los Angeles Dodgers

                                          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
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Dusty Baker         6  24  4  7  0  0  1   5  0  2  .292  .320  .417  0 | 533 155 30  .291  .876   2
 Glenn Burke         3   5  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .200  .200  .200  0 | 169  43  1  .254  .600  13
 Ron Cey             6  21  2  4  1  0  1   3  3  5  .190  .280  .381  0 | 564 136 30  .241  .797   3
*Vic Davalillo       3   3  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  .333  .333  .333  0 |  48  15  0  .313  .667   0
 Mike Garman         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   7   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Steve Garvey        6  24  5  9  1  1  1   3  1  4  .375  .400  .625  0 | 646 192 33  .297  .833   9
*Ed Goodson          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  66  11  1  .167  .430   0
 Jerry Grote         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |+142  38  0  .268  .632   0
 Burt Hooton         2   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  67  11  0  .164  .382   0
 Charlie Hough       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  22   4  1  .182  .535   0
 Tommy John          1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  79  14  1  .177  .433   0
 Lee Lacy            4   7  1  3  0  0  0   2  1  1  .429  .500  .429  0 | 169  45  6  .266  .720   4
#Rafael Landestoy    1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  18   5  0  .278  .659   2
 Davey Lopes         6  24  3  4  0  1  1   2  4  3  .167  .286  .375  2 | 502 142 11  .283  .778  47
*Rick Monday         4  12  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  3  .167  .167  .167  0 | 392  90 15  .230  .713   1
 Manny Mota          3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  38  15  1  .395 1.021   1
*Johnny Oates        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 156  42  3  .269  .667   1
*Doug Rau            2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  71  10  0  .141  .360   0
 Lance Rautzhan      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Rick Rhoden         2   2  1  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  .500  .500 1.000  0 |  78  18  3  .231  .616   0
 Bill Russell        6  26  3  4  0  1  0   2  1  3  .154  .185  .231  0 | 634 176  4  .278  .664  16
#Reggie Smith        6  22  7  6  1  0  3   5  4  3  .273  .385  .727  0 | 488 150 32  .307 1.003   7
 Elias Sosa          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   4   1  0  .250  .500   0
 Don Sutton          2   6  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  4  .000  .143  .000  0 |  73  11  0  .151  .413   0
 Steve Yeager        6  19  2  6  1  0  2   5  1  1  .316  .333  .684  0 | 387  99 16  .256  .778   1
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               6 208 28 48  5  3  9  28 16 36  .231  .286  .413  2 |        191  .266  .753 114

    * - 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 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Mike Torrez         2   2.50 2-0  0  2 18.0 16  5  5 15 |+17-13 243  3.88  1.32 102   
*Don Gullett         2   6.39 0-1  0  0 12.7 13  9  7 10 | 14-4  158  3.58  1.30 116   
*Ron Guidry          1   2.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  4  2  3  7 | 16-7  211  2.82  1.13 176  1
*Sparky Lyle         2   1.93 1-0  0  0  4.7  2  1  0  2 | 13-5  137  2.17  1.20  68 26
 Catfish Hunter      2  10.38 0-1  0  0  4.3  6  5  0  1 |  9-9  143  4.71  1.28  52   
 Ken Clay            2   2.45 0-0  0  0  3.7  2  1  1  0 |  2-3   56  4.37  1.38  20  1
 Dick Tidrow         2   4.91 0-0  0  0  3.7  5  2  0  1 | 11-4  151  3.16  1.22  83  5
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.02 4-2  0  3 56.0 48 25 16 36 |            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.

Los Angeles Dodgers

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Don Sutton          2   3.94 1-0  0  1 16.0 17  7  1  6 | 14-8  240  3.18  1.15 150   
 Burt Hooton         2   3.75 1-1  0  1 12.0  8  5  2  9 | 12-7  223  2.62  1.09 153  1
 Rick Rhoden         2   2.57 0-1  0  0  7.0  4  2  1  5 | 16-10 216  3.74  1.32 122   
*Tommy John          1   6.00 0-1  0  0  6.0  9  4  3  7 | 20-7  220  2.78  1.25 123   
 Charlie Hough       2   1.80 0-0  0  0  5.0  3  1  0  5 |  6-12 127  3.32  1.32 105 22
 Mike Garman         2   0.00 0-0  0  0  4.0  2  0  1  3 |  4-4   63  2.73  1.31  29 12
*Doug Rau            2  11.57 0-1  0  0  2.3  4  3  0  1 | 14-8  212  3.43  1.32 126   
 Elias Sosa          2  11.57 0-0  0  0  2.3  3  3  1  1 |  2-2   64  1.98  0.85  47  1
*Lance Rautzhan      1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  0  0  2  0 |  4-1   21  4.35  1.55  13  2
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.09 2-4  0  2 55.0 50 25 11 37 |            3.22 1.240   

    * - 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 WS /  1978 WS

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