The Baseball Cube

Monday, July 4,1977

Monday, July 4,1977

Baseball on this Date

MORE  
The TBC Weekly Newsletter keeps you up to date with site updates and new features. Subscribe today!
Based on data sourced from Retrosheet.org.

PREMIUM Subscribers can view the rest-of-season records for each team as well as batting/pitching stats on this date.
Games on this date
*Reload page to restore grid
Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1977 reg season 1977-07-04 Detroit Tigers  4 Baltimore Orioles  6 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Rudy May Mark Fidrych Tippy Martinez 45,339 1:59
1977 reg season 1977-07-04 Toronto Blue Jays  6 Boston Red Sox  9 box | pbp Fenway Park Bill Campbell Chuck Hartenstein -- 21,073 2:46
1977 reg season 1977-07-04 Oakland Athletics  2 California Angels  4 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Nolan Ryan Rick Langford -- 41,303 2:36
1977 reg season 1977-07-04 Minnesota Twins  5 Milwaukee Brewers  0 box | pbp County Stadium Paul Thormodsgard Lary Sorensen -- 13,070 2:41
1977 reg season 1977-07-04 Cleveland Indians  5 New York Yankees  7 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Ed Figueroa Wayne Garland -- 15,920 2:19
1977 reg season 1977-07-04 Chicago White Sox  6 Seattle Mariners  2 box | pbp Kingdome Francisco Barrios John Montague -- 10,897 2:16
1977 reg season 1977-07-04 Kansas City Royals  1 Texas Rangers  0 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Jim Colborn Gaylord Perry Mark Littell 34,660 2:47
1977 reg season 1977-07-04 Cincinnati Reds  4 Atlanta Braves  5 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Phil Niekro Tom Seaver Rick Camp 50,595 2:36
1977 reg season 1977-07-04 Montreal Expos  19 Chicago Cubs  3 box | pbp Wrigley Field Jackie Brown Ray Burris -- 0 2:59
1977 reg season 1977-07-04 Montreal Expos  7 Chicago Cubs  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Bill Atkinson Paul Reuschel Will McEnaney 31,641 2:53
1977 reg season 1977-07-04 New York Mets  1 Philadelphia Phillies  3 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Jim Lonborg Jerry Koosman Ron Reed 63,283 2:14
1977 reg season 1977-07-04 St. Louis Cardinals  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Jim Rooker Tom Underwood Rich Gossage 0 2:15
1977 reg season 1977-07-04 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Kent Tekulve Rawly Eastwick -- 22,810 2:06
1977 reg season 1977-07-04 Houston Astros  12 San Diego Padres  7 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Joe Niekro Tom Griffin -- 35,735 3:19
1977 reg season 1977-07-04 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 San Francisco Giants  0 box | pbp Candlestick Park Don Sutton Ed Halicki -- 14,777 2:30
15 record(s)
Standings on this date
*Reload page to restore grid
Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1977 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 80 45 35 .563 0.0 398 341 57 W1 19-20 26-15 1 2 5 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1977 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 76 42 34 .553 1.0 400 364 36 W1 18-18 24-16 2 3 6 Yes dnq
1977 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 79 43 36 .544 1.5 328 325 3 W4 21-19 22-17 3 4 8 Yes dnq
1977 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 75 37 38 .493 5.5 305 355 -50 L1 19-19 18-19 4 8 14 -- dnq
1977 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 78 38 40 .487 6.0 324 350 -26 L1 16-22 22-18 5 9 15 -- dnq
1977 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 77 36 41 .468 7.5 330 332 -2 L1 19-23 17-18 6 11 17 -- dnq
1977 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 78 30 48 .385 14.0 307 380 -73 L1 14-23 16-25 7 14 25 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1977 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 77 45 32 .584 0.0 423 365 58 W5 20-20 25-12 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1977 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 79 43 36 .544 3.0 428 371 57 W1 19-22 24-14 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1977 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 77 41 36 .532 4.0 377 330 47 W1 22-16 19-20 3 6 11 -- Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1977 AL West California Angels franchise | log 75 38 37 .507 6.0 333 297 36 W2 16-18 22-19 4 7 13 -- dnq
1977 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 77 37 40 .481 8.0 314 315 -1 L2 23-19 14-21 5 10 16 -- dnq
1977 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 77 34 43 .442 11.0 291 341 -50 L2 15-22 19-21 6 12 20 -- dnq
1977 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 83 35 48 .422 13.0 325 417 -92 L2 18-24 17-24 7 13 22 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1977 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 76 49 27 .645 0.0 352 314 38 L2 23-18 25-10 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1977 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 76 44 32 .579 5.0 371 327 44 W5 18-22 26-10 2 3 4 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1977 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 79 43 36 .544 7.5 375 328 47 L3 13-19 30-17 3 5 9 Yes dnq
1977 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 78 41 37 .526 9.0 352 334 18 W2 16-24 25-13 4 6 12 -- dnq
1977 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 78 35 43 .449 15.0 331 372 -41 W6 17-20 19-22 5 8 19 -- dnq
1977 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 79 31 48 .392 19.5 277 301 -24 L5 15-28 16-20 6 11 24 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1977 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 80 54 26 .675 0.0 434 313 121 W4 31-16 23-10 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1977 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 77 42 35 .545 10.5 422 370 52 L2 15-20 27-15 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1977 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 80 36 44 .450 18.0 308 341 -33 W2 14-22 22-22 3 7 18 -- dnq
1977 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 82 35 47 .427 20.0 333 384 -51 L7 19-24 16-23 4 9 21 -- dnq
1977 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 82 33 49 .402 22.0 380 443 -63 L1 19-24 14-25 5 10 23 -- dnq
1977 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 79 30 49 .380 23.5 344 452 -108 W1 8-28 22-21 6 12 26 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
*Reload page to restore grid
Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Joe Decker -- Hist Released by Cubs
Andy Messersmith Atlanta Braves Injury DL - Strained right shoulder
Bob Myrick New York Mets Injury DL - Strained rib cage
Buddy Schultz St. Louis Cardinals Injury DL - Strained hamstring
Dick Ruthven Atlanta Braves Hist Activated from Disabled List
Jamie Easterly Atlanta Braves Hist Activated from Disabled List
6 record(s)