1977 American League Championship Series

New York Yankees (E) 3 vs Kansas City Royals (W) 2
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GAME 1 AT New York, October 5th

KC   222  000  010           7   9   0
NY   002  000  000           2   9   0

Pitchers       KC - SPLITTORFF, Bird (9)
               NY - GULLETT, Tidrow (3), Lyle (9)
Home Runs      KC - McRae, Mayberry, Cowens
               NY - Munson
Attendance     54,930
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GAME 2 AT New York, October 6th

KC   001  001  000           2   3   1
NY   000  023  01X           6  10   1

Pitchers       KC - HASSLER, Littell (6), Mingori (8)
               NY - GUIDRY
Home Runs      NY - Johnson
Attendance     56,230
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GAME 3 AT Kansas City, October 7th

NY   000  010  001           2   4   1
KC   011  012  10X           6  12   1

Pitchers       NY - TORREZ, Lyle (6)
               KC - LEONARD
Attendance     41,285
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GAME 4 AT Kansas City, October 8th

NY   121  100  001           6  13   0
KC   002  200  000           4   8   2

Pitchers       NY - Figueroa, Tidrow (4), LYLE (4)
               KC - GURA, Pattin (3), Mingori (9), Bird (9)
Attendance     41,135
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GAME 5 AT Kansas City, October 9th

NY   001  000  013           5  10   0
KC   201  000  000           3  10   1

Pitchers       NY - Guidry, Torrez (3), LYLE (8)
               KC - Splittorff, Bird (8), Mingori (8), LEONARD (9), Gura (9),
                    Littell (9)
Attendance     41,133
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NY (E) PLAYER/POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB Cliff Johnson, dh .400 5 15 2 6 2 0 1 2 1 2 0 Roy White, of, dh .400 4 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 Paul Blair, of .400 3 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mickey Rivers, of .391 5 23 5 9 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 Lou Piniella, of, dh .333 5 21 1 7 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 Thurman Munson, c .286 5 21 3 6 1 0 1 5 0 2 0 Willie Randolph, 2b .278 5 18 4 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 Bucky Dent, ss .214 5 14 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 Graig Nettles, 3b .150 5 20 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 Reggie Jackson, of, dh .125 5 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 Chris Chambliss, 1b .059 5 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 Fred Stanley, ss .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL .263 175 21 46 12 0 2 17 9 16 2 PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SH SV IP H ER BB SO Sparky Lyle 2 0 0.96 4 0 0 0 0 9.1 7 1 0 3 Dick Tidrow 0 0 3.86 2 0 0 0 0 7.0 6 3 3 3 Ron Guidry 1 0 3.97 2 2 1 0 0 11.1 9 5 3 8 Mike Torrez 0 1 4.09 2 1 0 0 0 11.0 11 5 5 5 Ed Figueroa 0 0 10.80 1 1 0 0 0 3.1 5 4 2 3 Don Gullett 0 1 18.00 1 1 0 0 0 2.0 4 4 2 0 TOTAL 3 2 4.50 12 5 1 0 0 44.0 42 22 15 22
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KC (W) PLAYER/POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB Hal Mc Rae, dh, of .444 5 18 6 8 3 0 1 2 3 1 0 Freddie Patek, ss .389 5 18 4 7 3 1 0 5 1 2 0 Darrell Porter, c .333 5 15 3 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 George Brett, 3b .300 5 20 2 6 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 Frank White, 2b .278 5 18 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 4 1 Al Cowens, of .263 5 19 2 5 0 0 1 5 1 3 0 Cookie Rojas, dh .250 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 John Mayberry, 1b .167 4 12 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 Tom Poquette, of .167 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Amos Otis, of .125 5 16 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 3 2 Joe Zdeb, of .000 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 John Wathan, 1b, c, dh .000 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Pete La Cock, 1b .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Joe Lahoud, dh .000 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 TOTAL .258 163 22 42 9 3 3 21 15 22 5 PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SH SV IP H ER BB SO Doug Bird 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 0 0 1 Steve Mingori 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 1 Marty Pattin 0 0 1.50 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 1 0 0 Paul Splittorff 1 0 2.40 2 2 0 0 0 15.0 14 4 3 4 Dennis Leonard 1 1 3.00 2 1 1 0 0 9.0 5 3 2 4 Mark Littell 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 1 3 1 Andy Hassler 0 1 4.76 1 1 0 0 0 5.2 5 3 0 3 Larry Gura 0 1 18.00 2 1 0 0 0 2.0 7 4 1 2 TOTAL 2 3 3.27 16 5 1 0 0 44.0 46 16 9 16
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