Baseball 1977

Willie Horton's long and successful career as a Detroit Tiger came to an end in 1977. On April 12 Willie was traded to the Texas...

In December 1976 I was unable to wrap my ten-year-old head around the deal that sent Tony Perez to the Montreal Expos (Perez and Wi...

Tom Walker pitched in his final season in 1977. Tom was cut from the St. Louis Cardinals during spring training and picked up by the...

Willie Crawford never played during the regular season for the San Francisco Giants. On March 26 Willie was traded (with Rob Sperri...

Santo Alcala pitched in his last major league season in 1977. Alcala wasn't being used very much by the Reds and on May 21 he wa...

Before the 1977 season Jim Wohlford was traded (with Jamie Quirk and Bob McClure) to the Milwaukee Brewers for Jim Colburn and Darre...

Johnny Oates was traded (with a minor leaguer) to the LA Dodgers for Ted Sizemore before the 1977 season. Oates did a nice job as t...

Greg Gross was traded to the Chicago Cubs for Julio Gonzalez during the winter meetings in December 1976. Gross was a backup outfie...

Barry Foote lost to Gary Carter in the competition for the starting Montreal catching job. On June 15 Barry was traded (with Dan Wa...

Roy Howell had a rough start to the 1977 season. Roy wasn't happy about the decision to make Tom Grieve the starting left field...

In February 1977 Paul Lindblad was sold to the Texas Rangers for $400,000. It was a controversial deal at the time since Commission...

This was Ed Kirkpatrick's final major league season. Ed moved around a lot in 1977. On June 15 Kirkpatrick was traded to the Tex...

Don Carrithers was purchased by the Minnesota Twins on April 6, 1977. Don was involved in a car accident  on April 25, breaking his...

The 1977 season was Fred Kendall's final season as a full-time player. The San Diego Padres traded Kendall and two other players...

Joe Ferguson was the starting catcher for the Houston Astros in 1977. After the 1976 season the St. Louis Cardinals traded Ferguson ...

Carlos May didn't get used very much by the Yankees in 1977. On September 15 the Yankees placed May on waivers. The California A...

.On December 8, 1976 Pete LaCock was traded to the Kansas City Royals as part of a three-way deal between the Royals, the Chicago C...

Joel Youngblood was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in 1970. Youngblood spent six seasons (1970-1975) in the minors before finally ge...

This was Mike Wallace's last year in the majors. He made the Texas Rangers staff in spring training but was sent down to the min...

Dave Roberts didn't play for the Toronto Blue Jays in 1977. Roberts had spent the entire 1976 season with AAA Hawaii to learn ho...