The 1977 Cleveland Indians season was the 77th season for the franchise, the 63rd as the Indians and the 46th season at Cleveland Stadium. They failed to improve upon their 81–78 campaign from the previous season, and missed the playoffs for the 23rd consecutive season, finishing the season at 71–90.

Offseason November 5, 1976: Joe Lis was drafted from the Indians by the Seattle Mariners in the 1976 Major League Baseball expansion draft.Joe Lis at Baseball-Reference December 6, 1976: Rick Cerone and John Lowenstein were traded by the Indians to the Toronto Blue Jays for Rico Carty.Rick Cerone at Baseball-Reference December 10, 1976: Jackie Brown was traded by the Indians to the Montreal Expos for Andre Thornton.Andre Thornton at Baseball-Reference March 30, 1977: Boog Powell was released by the Indians.Boog Powell at Baseball-Reference

Regular season On May 30, Indians pitcher Dennis Eckersley threw a no-hitter against the California Angels.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Transactions June 7, 1977: Jerry Dybzinski was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 15th round of the 1977 amateur draft. September 9, 1977: Ray Fosse was traded by the Indians to the Seattle Mariners for Bill Laxton and cash.Ray Fosse at Baseball-Reference

Opening Day Lineup +Opening Day Starters # Name Position28 Rick Manning CF18 Duane Kuiper 2B27 Jim Norris RF9 Rico Carty DH29 Andre Thornton 1B11 Bill Melton 3B25 Buddy Bell LF10 Ray Fosse C15 Frank Duffy SS 37 Dennis Eckersley P 1977 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference

Roster 1977 Cleveland Indians Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats Batting Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB 129 479 64 140 23 4 11 64 .292 1 105 322 43 92 10 4 6 38 .286 3 112 392 52 119 19 1 5 43 .304 3 127 461 50 129 23 1 15 80 .280 1 134 461 65 134 15 3 3 45 .291 16 122 334 30 67 13 2 4 31 .201 8 78 238 25 63 7 1 6 27 .265 0 14 41 5 6 1 0 0 3 .146 2 34 93 8 28 3 3 2 14 .301 0 103 317 18 79 13 1 3 39 .249 0 148 610 62 169 15 8 1 50 .277 11 81 149 24 36 6 1 4 12 .242 1 68 252 33 57 7 3 5 18 .226 9 50 133 17 32 11 0 0 14 .241 1 133 440 59 119 23 6 2 37 .270 26 7 22 2 7 0 1 0 3 .318 0 78 219 29 63 10 2 2 32 .288 2 32 95 13 22 2 0 3 11 .232 0 131 433 77 114 20 5 28 70 .263 3 Team totals 161 5491 676 1476 221 46 100 631 .269 87

Pitching Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K 0 1 3.14 11 0 0 14.1 10 7 5 9 8 12 13 3.57 37 30 2 206.2 197 100 82 73 141 0 0 5.29 21 0 0 34.0 45 24 20 8 15 1 0 3.86 3 1 0 9.1 7 4 4 4 9 3 12 6.14 33 17 1 133.1 155 94 91 65 81 14 13 3.53 33 33 0 247.1 214 100 97 54 191 6 10 5.41 29 21 0 133.0 164 87 80 53 54 13 19 3.60 38 38 0 282.2 281 130 113 88 118 2 1 3.00 41 5 0 105.0 87 42 35 49 62 8 10 3.42 60 0 18 92.0 85 39 35 47 91 2 2 5.30 13 0 4 18.2 15 13 11 7 18 0 0 5.40 2 0 0 1.2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 6.23 33 0 3 39.0 47 31 27 27 25 9 7 3.99 37 16 2 135.1 132 67 60 64 62 Team totals 71 90 4.10 161 161 30 1452.1 1441 739 661 550 876

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

Notes

References 1977 Cleveland Indians team at Baseball-Reference 1977 Cleveland Indians team page at www.baseball-almanac.com