The 1977 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 88th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 20th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 16th season playing their home games at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles California.

Tommy Lasorda started his first full season at the helm of the Dodgers, replacing longtime manager Walter Alston as manager of the team near the end of the previous season. The Dodgers won the National League West by 10 games and defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in four games in the NLCS, then lost to the New York Yankees in the World Series. This edition of the Dodgers featured the first quartet of teammates that hit 30 or more home runs: Steve Garvey with 33, Reggie Smith with 32, and Dusty Baker and Ron Cey, who both hit 30. The Dodgers duplicated this feat again 20 years later in 1997.

Offseason December 20, 1976: Ted Sizemore was traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Johnny Oates and a player to be named later. The Phillies completed the deal by sending Quincy Hill (minors) to the Dodgers on January 4, 1977.Johnny Oates at Baseball-Reference January 11, 1977: Bill Buckner, Iván DeJesús and Jeff Albert (minors) were traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Rick Monday and Mike Garman.Bill Buckner at Baseball-Reference February 7, 1977: Rick Auerbach was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Mets for Hank Webb and Richard Sander (minors).Rick Auerbach at Baseball-Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup +Opening Day starters # Name Position15 Davey Lopes 2B18 Bill Russell SS8 Reggie Smith RF10 Ron Cey 3B6 Steve Garvey 1B16 Rick Monday CF12 Dusty Baker LF7 Steve Yeager C20 Don Sutton P 1977 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference

Notable transactions September 2, 1977: John Hale was claimed off waivers from the Dodgers by the Toronto Blue Jays.John Hale at Baseball-Reference September 2, 1977: Henry Cruz was claimed off waivers from the Dodgers by the Chicago White Sox.Henry Cruz at Baseball-Reference September 8, 1977: Kevin Pasley was sold by the Dodgers to the Seattle Mariners.Kevin Pasley at Baseball-Reference

Roster 1977 Los Angeles Dodgers Roster Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log Regular season Legend Dodgers win Dodgers loss Postponement Clinched divisionBoldDodgers team member

|-style="background:#bfb;" | 26 || || 7:35p.m. PDT || Phillies || 9–3 || Sutton (4–0) || Cchristenson (2–3) || — || 2:03 || 51,368 || 22–4 || W5 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 27 || || 7:05p.m. PDT || Phillies || 4–7 || Underwood (1–0) || Downing (0–1) || — || 3:27 || 38,910 || 22–5 || L1 |-style="background:#bbb;" | — || || 1:05p.m. PDT || Phillies || colspan=8| Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 26 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 34 || || 4:35p.m. PDT || @ Phillies || 6–10 || Lerch (5–2) || John (3–2) || Reed (4) || 2:25 || 28,036 || 26–8 || L1 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 35 || || 4:35p.m. PDT || @ Phillies || 6–4 || Sutton (6–0) || Christenson (3–4) || Hough (10) || 2:28 || 30,292 || 27–8 || W1 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 36 || || 4:35p.m. PDT || @ Phillies || 6–4 || Rhoden (6–1) || Twitchell (0–4) || Hough (11) || 2:35 || 30,132 || 28–8 || W2

|- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || || 5:15p.m. PDT || 48th All-Star Game || colspan=8 | National League vs. American League (Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York) |-style="background:#bfb;" | 98 || || 4:35p.m. PDT || Phillies || 5–1 || Rhoden (11–7) || Carlton (13–6) || Garman (4) || 2:06 || — || 61–37 || W1 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 99 || || 7:06p.m. PDT || Phillies || 1–5 || Lonborg (5–3) || Hooton (8–5) || — || 2:02 || 47,966 || 61–38 || L1 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 100 || || 7:35p.m. PDT || Phillies || 7–5 || Rautzhan (1–0) || McGraw (4–2) || Garman (5) || 2:13 || 38,571 || 62–38 || W1 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 101 || || 1:05p.m. PDT || Phillies || 2–1 || John (11–4) || Kaat (4–6) || — || 1:50 || 33,260 || 63–38 || W2

|-style="background:#fbb;" | 108 || || 5:05p.m. PDT || @ Phillies || 3–8 || Garber (5–5) || Rautzhan (1–1) || — || 2:40 || 47,574 || 67–41 || L2 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 109 || || 4:35p.m. PDT || @ Phillies || 0–1 || Garber (6–5) || Hooton (9–6) || — || 1:58 || 50,111 || 67–42 || L3 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 110 || || 10:35a.m. PDT || @ Phillies || 1–3 || Carlton (16–6) || Sutton (10–6) || — || 2:08 || 40,628 || 67–43 || L4

Detailed records National League Opponent Home Away Total Pct. Runs scored Runs allowed NL East Chicago Cubs 4–2 2–4 6–6 38 41 Montreal Expos 2–4 5–1 7–5 52 36 New York Mets 5–1 3–3 8–4 48 33 Philadelphia Phillies 4–2 2–4 6–6 50 52 Pittsburgh Pirates 6–0 3–3 9–3 62 37 St. Louis Cardinals 5–1 1–5 6–6 72 52 26–10 16–20 42–30 322 251 NL West Atlanta Braves 6–3 7–2 13–5 115 76 Cincinnati Reds 3–6 5–4 8–10 75 73 Houston Astros 5–4 4–5 9–9 70 63 Los Angeles Dodgers — — — — — — San Diego Padres 5–4 7–2 12–6 89 60 San Francisco Giants 6–3 8–1 14–4 98 59 25–20 31–14 56–34 447 331

Month-by-Month Month Games Won Lost Win % April 20 17 3 132 77 May 28 16 12 127 116 June 28 17 11 141 105 July 28 16 12 122 88 August 29 14 15 108 85 September 27 17 10 132 102 October 2 1 1 7 9 Total 162 98 64 769 582 Games Won Lost Win % Home 81 51 30 386 273 Road 81 47 33 383 309 Total 162 98 64 769 582

Composite Box + 1977 Los Angeles Dodgers Inning–by–Inning Boxscore Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 R H E Opponents 67 69 55 70 49 49 65 70 70 7 2 3 3 2 582 1393 0 Dodgers 117 79 80 102 100 76 77 79 40 14 3 1 1 1 769 1484 124 Sources:

Postseason Game log

|-style="background:#fbb;" | 1 || || 5:15p.m. PDT || Phillies || 5–7 || Garber (1–0) || Sosa (0–1) || McGraw (1) || 2:35 || 55,968 || PHI 1–0 || L1 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 2 || || 5:15p.m. PDT || Phillies || 7–1 || Sutton (1–0) || Lonborg (0–1) || — || 2:14 || 55,973 || TIE 1–1 || W1 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 3 || || 12:15p.m. PDT || @ Phillies || 6–5 || Rautzhan (1–0) || Garber (1–1) || Garman (1) || 2:59 || 63,719 || LAN 2–1 || W2 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 4 || || 5:15p.m. PDT || @ Phillies || 4–1 || John (1–0) || Carlton (0–1) || — || 2:39 || 64,924 || LAN 3–1 || W3

|-style="background:#fbb;" | 1 || || 5:15p.m. PDT || @ Yankees || 3–4 || Lyle (1–0) || Rhoden (0–1) || — || 3:24 || 56,668 || NYA 1–0 || L1 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 2 || || 5:15p.m. PDT || @ Yankees || 6–1 || Hooton (1–0) || Hunter (0–1) || — || 2:27 || 56,691 || TIE 1–1 || W1 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 3 || || 5:15p.m. PDT || Yankees || 3–5 || Torrez (1–0) || John (0–1) || — || 2:31 || 55,992 || NYA 2–1 || L1 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 4 || || 1:15p.m. PDT || Yankees || 2–4 || Guidry (1–0) || Rau (0–1) || — || 2:07 || 55,995 || NYA 3–1 || L2 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 5 || || 1:15p.m. PDT || Yankees || 10–4 || Sutton (1–0) || Gullett (0–1) || — || 2:29 || 55,955 || NYA 3–2 || W1 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 6 || || 5:15p.m. PDT || @ Yankees || 4–8 || Torrez (2–0) || Hooton (1–1) || — || 2:18 || 56,407 || NYA 4–2 || L1

Starting Lineups Regular Season Batting Order

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|-style="background:#bfb;" ! style=";" |98 | ! style=";" |PHI |-style="background:#fbb;" ! style=";" |99 | ! style=";" |PHI |-style="background:#bfb;" ! style=";" |100 | ! style=";" |PHI |-style="background:#bfb;" ! style=";" |101 | ! style=";" |PHI

|-style="background:#fbb;" ! style=";" |108 | ! style=";" |@ PHI |-style="background:#fbb;" ! style=";" |109 | ! style=";" |@ PHI |-style="background:#fbb;" ! style=";" |110 | ! style=";" |@ PHI

Defensive Lineup

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|-style="background:#bfb;" ! style=";" |98 | ! style=";" |PHI |-style="background:#fbb;" ! style=";" |99 | ! style=";" |PHI |-style="background:#bfb;" ! style=";" |100 | ! style=";" |PHI |-style="background:#bfb;" ! style=";" |101 | ! style=";" |PHI

|-style="background:#fbb;" ! style=";" |108 | ! style=";" |@ PHI |-style="background:#fbb;" ! style=";" |109 | ! style=";" |@ PHI |-style="background:#fbb;" ! style=";" |110 | ! style=";" |@ PHI

Postseason Batting Order

|-style="background:#fbb;" ! style=";" |1 | ! style=";" |PHI |-style="background:#bfb;" ! style=";" |2 | ! style=";" |PHI |-style="background:#bfb;" ! style=";" |3 | ! style=";" |@ PHI |-style="background:#bfb;" ! style=";" |4 | ! style=";" |@ PHI

|-style="background:#fbb;" ! style=";" |1 | ! style=";" |@ NYY | #15Lopes | #18Russell | #8Smith | #10Cey | #6Garvey | #12Baker | #3Burke | #7Yeager | #20Sutton |-style="background:#bfb;" ! style=";" |2 | ! style=";" |@ NYY | #15Lopes | #18Russell | #8Smith | #10Cey | #6Garvey | #12Baker | #16Monday | #7Yeager | #46Hooton |-style="background:#fbb;" ! style=";" |3 | ! style=";" |NYY | #15Lopes | #18Russell | #8Smith | #10Cey | #6Garvey | #12Baker | #16Monday | #7Yeager | #25John |-style="background:#fbb;" ! style=";" |4 | ! style=";" |NYY | #15Lopes | #18Russell | #8Smith | #10Cey | #6Garvey | #12Baker | #34Lacy | #7Yeager | #31Rau |-style="background:#bfb;" ! style=";" |5 | ! style=";" |NYY | #15Lopes | #18Russell | #8Smith | #10Cey | #6Garvey | #12Baker | #34Lacy | #7Yeager | #20Sutton |-style="background:#fbb;" ! style=";" |6 | ! style=";" |@ NYY | #15Lopes | #18Russell | #8Smith | #10Cey | #6Garvey | #12Baker | #16Monday | #7Yeager | #46Hooton

Defensive Lineup

|-style="background:#fbb;" ! style=";" |1 | ! style=";" |PHI |-style="background:#bfb;" ! style=";" |2 | ! style=";" |PHI |-style="background:#bfb;" ! style=";" |3 | ! style=";" |@ PHI |-style="background:#bfb;" ! style=";" |4 | ! style=";" |@ PHI

|-style="background:#fbb;" ! style=";" |1 | ! style=";" |@ NYY | #7Yeager | #6Garvey | #15Lopes | #10Cey | #18Russell | #12Baker | #3Burke | #8Smith | #20Sutton |-style="background:#bfb;" ! style=";" |2 | ! style=";" |@ NYY | #7Yeager | #6Garvey | #15Lopes | #10Cey | #18Russell | #12Baker | #16Monday | #8Smith | #46Hooton |-style="background:#fbb;" ! style=";" |3 | ! style=";" |NYY | #7Yeager | #6Garvey | #15Lopes | #10Cey | #18Russell | #12Baker | #16Monday | #8Smith | #25John |-style="background:#fbb;" ! style=";" |4 | ! style=";" |NYY | #7Yeager | #6Garvey | #15Lopes | #10Cey | #18Russell | #12Baker | #8Smith | #34Lacy | #31Rau |-style="background:#bfb;" ! style=";" |5 | ! style=";" |NYY | #7Yeager | #6Garvey | #15Lopes | #10Cey | #18Russell | #12Baker | #8Smith | #34Lacy | #20Sutton |-style="background:#fbb;" ! style=";" |6 | ! style=";" |@ NYY | #7Yeager | #6Garvey | #15Lopes | #10Cey | #18Russell | #12Baker | #16Monday | #8Smith | #46Hooton

Game Umpires Regular Season

|-style="background:#bfb;" ! style=";" |26 | ! style=";" |PHI | #5Bruce Froemming | #17Terry Tata | #16Ed Sudol | #15Dick Stello |-style="background:#fbb;" ! style=";" |27 | ! style=";" |PHI | #17Terry Tata | #16Ed Sudol | #15Dick Stello | #5Bruce Froemming |-style="background:#fbb;" ! style=";" |34 | ! style=";" |@ PHI | #18Ed Vargo | #23Jim Quick | #3Satch Davidson | #19Harry Wendelstedt |-style="background:#bfb;" ! style=";" |35 | ! style=";" |@ PHI | #23Jim Quick | #3Satch Davidson | #19Harry Wendelstedt | #18Ed Vargo |-style="background:#bfb;" ! style=";" |36 | ! style=";" |@ PHI | #3Satch Davidson | #19Harry Wendelstedt | #18Ed Vargo | #23Jim Quick

|-style="background:#bfb;" ! style=";" |98 | ! style=";" |PHI | #24Ed Montague | #8John Kibler | #1Nick Colosi | #12Frank Pulli |-style="background:#fbb;"