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1977 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976/1978)
96-66, Finished 2nd in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 734 runs, Allowed 665 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74
Managed by Chuck Tanner

Ballpark: Three Rivers Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,237,349 (8th of 12)
Park Factors
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Batting - 102, Pitching - 101
  (one-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1976/1978) / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

November 1, 1976

Richie Hebner granted Free Agency.

November 5, 1976

Traded Manny Sanguillen to the Oakland Athletics. Received Chuck Tanner and $100,000.

Sold Tommy Helms to the Oakland Athletics.

November 6, 1976

Traded Jim Sadowski to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Tom Carroll.

November 26, 1976

Signed Gibson Alba as an amateur free agent.

December 7, 1976

Traded Craig Reynolds and Jimmy Sexton to the Seattle Mariners. Received Grant Jackson.

December 10, 1976

Traded Richie Zisk and Silvio Martinez to the Chicago White Sox. Received Rich Gossage and Terry Forster.

December 13, 1976

Signed Steve Farr as an amateur free agent.

January 17, 1977

Signed Eddie Vargas as an amateur free agent.

January 18, 1977

Signed Junior Ortiz as an amateur free agent.

February 27, 1977

Signed Jim Nettles as a free agent.

March 15, 1977

Traded Dave Giusti, Doc Medich, Doug Bair, Rick Langford, Tony Armas, and Mitchell Page to the Oakland Athletics. Received Phil Garner, Tommy Helms, and Chris Batton.

March 31, 1977

Released Bob Robertson.

April 1, 1977 (Standings)

Released Willie Royster.

April 4, 1977 (Standings)

Traded Randy Sealy (minors) to the California Angels. Received Mike Easler.

June 7, 1977 (Standings)

Drafted Stew Cliburn in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

Drafted Rick Lancellotti in the 11th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

Drafted Wayne Tolleson in the 12th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Dennis Rasmussen in the 18th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

June 10, 1977 (Standings)

Signed Bobby Tolan as a free agent.

June 13, 1977 (Standings)

Purchased Jerry Hairston from the Chicago White Sox.

June 14, 1977 (Standings)

Released Tommy Helms.

June 15, 1977 (Standings)

Traded Ed Kirkpatrick to the Texas Rangers. Received Jim Fregosi.

July 27, 1977 (Standings)

Traded a player to be named later to the Seattle Mariners. Received Dave Pagan. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Rick Honeycutt (August 22, 1977) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.

August 18, 1977 (Standings)

Signed Doug Frobel as an amateur free agent.

October 20, 1977

Terry Forster granted Free Agency.

October 25, 1977

Bobby Tolan granted Free Agency.

October 28, 1977

Rich Gossage granted Free Agency.

December 8, 1977

As part of a 4-team trade, traded Al Oliver and Nelson Norman to the Texas Rangers. Received Bert Blyleven from the Texas Rangers and John Milner from the New York Mets. In addition, the Atlanta Braves sent Willie Montanez to the New York Mets; the Texas Rangers sent Adrian Devine, Tommy Boggs, and Eddie Miller to the Atlanta Braves; the Texas Rangers sent a player to be named later and Tom Grieve to the New York Mets; ; and the New York Mets sent Jon Matlack to the Texas Rangers. The Texas Rangers sent Ken Henderson (March 15, 1978) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

December 9, 1977

Sold Jim Nettles to the Kansas City Royals.

1978

Signed Carl Morton as a free agent.

January 31, 1978

Purchased Elias Sosa from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

March 2, 1978

Sold Jerry Hairston to the Durango (Mexican).

March 15, 1978

Signed Jim Bibby as a free agent.

March 18, 1978

Released Carl Morton.

March 27, 1978

Larry Demery selected by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.

March 29, 1978

Traded Tim Jones to the Montreal Expos. Received Will McEnaney.

March 30, 1978

Traded Dave Augustine to the Houston Astros. Received Jim Fuller.

Signed Roric Harrison as a free agent.

March 31, 1978

the Toronto Blue Jays returned Larry Demery following previous waiver selection.

April, 1978

Signed Clay Carroll as a free agent.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

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