1977 American League Championship Series
Game 1 @ BOA: Red Sox 4, Royals 3 Game 2 @ BOA: Red Sox 10, Royals 5 Game 3 @ KCA: Royals 6, Red Sox 4 Game 4 @ KCA: Royals 3, Red Sox 2 Game 5 @ KCA: Red Sox 5, Royals 4 Go to Statistics BOXSCORE: 1977 Kansas City Royals At 1977 Boston Red Sox 10/4/1977 *** 1977 ALCS Game 1 *** Royals AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG L.Bowa SS 4 0 0 0 .000 D.Baylor DH 4 0 1 0 .250 B.McBride LF 3 1 1 0 .333 R.Burleson SS 4 1 2 0 .500 G.Brett 3B 4 0 1 0 .250 B.Carbo RF 3 1 2 2 .667 A.Cowens RF 4 1 2 1 .500 A-R.Miller RF 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Fairly 1B 3 0 0 0 .000 J.Rice LF 4 0 1 0 .250 A.Otis CF 4 0 0 0 .000 C.Yastrzemski 1B 4 0 0 0 .000 D.Porter C 3 1 1 0 .333 C.Fisk C 4 1 1 0 .250 H.McRae DH 2 0 1 1 .500 F.Lynn CF 3 1 0 0 .000 B-M.Alexander PR 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Hobson 3B 3 0 0 0 .000 F.White 2B 4 0 0 0 .000 J.Brohamer 2B 3 0 2 2 .667 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 31 3 6 2 Totals 32 4 9 4 A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Carbo In 8th Inning B-Pinch Ran For McRae In 9th Inning Royals.......... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 6 0 Red Sox......... 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 - 4 9 0 Royals (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Leonard LOSS(0-1) 8 9 4 4 2 10 1 129 4.50 A1 Totals 8 9 4 4 2 10 1 Red Sox (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Richard WIN(1-0) 7 3 1 1 5 5 0 107 1.29 A1 C9 B.Laxton HOLD(1st) 1 2/3 2 2 2 0 1 0 23 10.80 D1 D7 B.Stanley SAVE(1st) 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.00 D8 Totals 9 6 3 3 5 6 0 ATTENDANCE- 49,159 DATE- Tuesday, October 4th 1977 TIME- Day T- 2:01 LEFT ON BASE- Royals: 6 Red Sox: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Royals: 0 Red Sox: 0 DOUBLES- B.McBride(1st), A.Cowens-2(2nd), H.McRae(1st), J.Rice(1st), J.Brohamer-2(2nd) HOME RUNS- B.Carbo(1st) STOLEN BASES- B.McBride-2(2nd), D.Baylor(1st) CAUGHT STEALING- B.McBride SACRIFICE HITS- B.Hobson WALKS- B.McBride, R.Fairly, D.Porter, H.McRae-2, B.Carbo, F.Lynn STRIKE OUTS- L.Bowa, A.Cowens, A.Otis-3, D.Porter, D.Baylor, R.Burleson, B.Carbo, J.Rice, C.Yastrzemski-2, C.Fisk-2, B.Hobson-2 BALKS- B.Stanley BOXSCORE: 1977 Kansas City Royals At 1977 Boston Red Sox 10/5/1977 *** 1977 ALCS Game 2 *** Royals AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG L.Bowa SS 5 0 2 1 .222 R.Burleson SS 5 2 2 0 .444 B.McBride LF 4 0 0 0 .143 B.Hobson 3B 5 0 2 1 .250 G.Brett 3B 4 0 1 1 .250 C.Fisk C 4 1 2 1 .375 A.Cowens RF 4 1 1 1 .375 J.Rice DH 3 2 1 0 .286 R.Fairly 1B 4 1 2 0 .286 D.Johnson 2B 4 1 2 2 .500 A.Otis CF 4 0 0 0 .000 C.Yastrzemski LF 3 1 1 0 .143 D.Porter C 2 2 0 0 .200 D.Evans RF 3 1 1 0 .333 H.McRae DH 4 1 2 1 .500 F.Lynn CF 2 1 2 1 .400 F.White 2B 4 0 0 1 .000 D.Baylor 1B 4 1 3 5 .500 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 5 8 5 Totals 33 10 16 10 Royals.......... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 - 5 8 0 Red Sox......... 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 - 10 16 0 Royals (0-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET P.Splittorff LOSS(0-1) 5 2/3 14 7 7 0 1 0 111 11.12 A1 D2 D.Bird 2 1/3 2 3 3 2 0 1 38 11.57 D3 Totals 8 16 10 10 2 1 1 Red Sox (2-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Eckersley WIN(1-0) 7 3 1 1 0 3 1 94 1.29 A1 C6 B.Stanley 2 5 4 4 2 0 0 54 15.43 C7 Totals 9 8 5 5 2 3 1 ATTENDANCE- 49,608 DATE- Wednesday, October 5th 1977 TIME- Day T- 2:17 LEFT ON BASE- Royals: 5 Red Sox: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Royals: 1 Red Sox: 0 DOUBLES- R.Fairly(1st), H.McRae(2nd), R.Burleson-2(2nd), B.Hobson(1st), D.Johnson(1st), D.Baylor(1st) HOME RUNS- A.Cowens(1st), D.Baylor(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- F.Lynn WALKS- D.Porter-2, C.Yastrzemski, D.Evans HIT BY PITCH- C.Fisk, J.Rice, F.Lynn STRIKE OUTS- L.Bowa, R.Fairly, A.Otis, R.Burleson GIDP- D.Johnson BOXSCORE: 1977 Boston Red Sox At 1977 Kansas City Royals 10/7/1977 *** 1977 ALCS Game 3 *** Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Royals AB R H RBI AVG D.Baylor DH 5 0 1 0 .385 L.Bowa SS 5 0 1 1 .214 R.Burleson SS 4 0 0 0 .308 L.Brock LF 4 0 0 0 .000 B.Carbo RF 3 0 1 0 .500 A-T.Shopay LF 0 0 0 0 ---- B-R.Miller PR,RF 0 0 0 0 ---- G.Brett 3B 4 0 1 0 .250 J.Rice LF 4 1 1 0 .273 H.McRae DH 4 0 1 0 .400 C.Yastrzemski 1B 4 2 3 1 .364 A.Cowens RF 3 1 1 0 .364 C.Fisk C 4 0 0 0 .250 A.Otis CF 4 1 2 0 .167 F.Lynn CF 4 1 3 3 .556 R.Fairly 1B 3 2 2 2 .400 B.Hobson 3B 4 0 0 0 .167 D.Porter C 4 1 3 2 .444 J.Brohamer 2B 4 0 1 0 .429 F.White 2B 3 1 1 1 .091 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 36 4 10 4 Totals 34 6 12 6 A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Brock In 8th Inning B-Pinch Ran For Carbo In 8th Inning Red Sox......... 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 4 10 0 Royals.......... 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 - 6 12 0 Red Sox (2-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET R.Grimsley 5 2/3 5 4 4 1 0 1 87 6.35 A1 C6 B.Laxton LOSS(0-1) 2 1/3 7 2 2 0 3 1 51 9.00 C7 Totals 8 12 6 6 1 3 2 Royals (1-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET P.Hartzell WIN(1-0) 8 2/3 10 4 4 1 3 2 133 4.15 A1 D9 T.McGraw SAVE(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 E1 Totals 9 10 4 4 1 3 2 ATTENDANCE- 45,177 DATE- Friday, October 7th 1977 TIME- Day T- 2:28 LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 6 Royals: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1 Royals: 1 DOUBLES- D.Baylor(2nd), F.Lynn(1st), A.Otis(1st) TRIPLES- F.White(1st) HOME RUNS- C.Yastrzemski(1st), F.Lynn(1st), R.Fairly(1st), D.Porter(1st) STOLEN BASES- D.Porter(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- R.Fairly SACRIFICE FLIES- F.White WALKS- B.Carbo, A.Cowens STRIKE OUTS- B.Carbo, J.Rice, B.Hobson, A.Cowens, A.Otis, D.Porter GIDP- C.Fisk BOXSCORE: 1977 Boston Red Sox At 1977 Kansas City Royals 10/8/1977 *** 1977 ALCS Game 4 *** Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Royals AB R H RBI AVG R.Burleson SS 4 1 0 0 .235 L.Bowa SS 4 1 1 0 .222 B.Hobson 3B 4 0 1 1 .188 B.McBride LF 3 2 0 0 .100 C.Fisk C 5 0 2 0 .294 A-T.Shopay LF 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Rice DH 5 1 1 1 .250 G.Brett 3B 3 0 2 2 .333 D.Johnson 2B 4 0 2 0 .500 A.Cowens RF 4 0 1 1 .333 C.Yastrzemski LF 4 0 0 0 .267 R.Fairly 1B 3 0 1 0 .385 D.Evans RF 3 0 0 0 .167 A.Otis CF 4 0 0 0 .125 F.Lynn CF 4 0 2 0 .538 D.Porter C 3 0 0 0 .333 D.Baylor 1B 3 0 1 0 .375 H.McRae DH 3 0 0 0 .308 F.White 2B 3 0 0 0 .071 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 36 2 9 2 Totals 30 3 5 3 A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For McBride In 9th Inning Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 2 9 1 Royals.......... 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 3 5 1 Red Sox (2-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Richard 7 4 2 0 1 6 0 115 0.64 A1 D1 B.Laxton LOSS(0-2) 0 2/3 1 1 1 1 0 0 18 9.64 D2 D5 D.Drago 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 D6 Totals 8 5 3 1 2 6 0 Royals (2-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET L.Gura 5 1/3 4 1 1 0 2 1 92 1.69 A1 C4 A.Hassler W(1-0) BS(1st) 2 2/3 5 1 1 2 2 0 64 3.37 C5 E1 T.McGraw SAVE(2nd) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 0.00 E2 Totals 9 9 2 2 2 6 1 ATTENDANCE- 47,217 DATE- Saturday, October 8th 1977 TIME- Day T- 2:48 LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox:11 Royals: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0 Royals: 0 ERRORS- R.Burleson, L.Bowa DOUBLES- B.Hobson(2nd), G.Brett(1st) TRIPLES- G.Brett(1st) HOME RUNS- J.Rice(1st) STOLEN BASES- B.McBride(3rd) SACRIFICE HITS- B.Hobson WALKS- D.Evans, D.Baylor, B.McBride, G.Brett HIT BY PITCH- R.Burleson, R.Fairly STRIKE OUTS- B.Hobson, C.Fisk-2, J.Rice, D.Evans, D.Baylor, A.Cowens, A.Otis, D.Porter, H.McRae-2, F.White PASSED BALLS- D.Porter BOXSCORE: 1977 Boston Red Sox At 1977 Kansas City Royals 10/9/1977 *** 1977 ALCS Game 5 *** Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Royals AB R H RBI AVG D.Baylor DH 4 0 0 0 .300 L.Bowa SS 5 0 1 1 .217 R.Burleson SS 4 1 2 0 .286 B.McBride LF 5 0 0 0 .067 A-R.Miller PR 0 1 0 0 ---- G.Brett 3B 4 1 2 0 .368 B-B.Smith SS 1 0 0 0 .000 A.Cowens RF 4 0 0 0 .263 B.Carbo RF 3 1 0 0 .333 R.Fairly 1B 4 1 1 0 .353 C-D.Evans RF 1 0 1 0 .286 A.Otis CF 3 0 1 1 .158 J.Rice LF 4 1 1 2 .250 D.Porter C 3 1 1 0 .333 C.Yastrzemski 1B 3 0 0 1 .222 H.McRae DH 3 1 1 2 .313 C.Fisk C 3 0 0 1 .250 D-M.Alexander PR 0 0 0 0 ---- F.Lynn CF 4 1 3 0 .588 F.White 2B 4 0 2 0 .167 B.Hobson 3B 4 0 0 0 .150 J.Brohamer 2B 3 0 1 1 .400 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 34 5 8 5 Totals 35 4 9 4 A-Pinch Ran For Burleson In 8th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Miller In 8th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Carbo In 8th Inning D-Pinch Ran For McRae In 9th Inning Red Sox......... 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 5 8 0 Royals.......... 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 4 9 1 Red Sox (3-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Eckersley WIN(2-0) 8 1/3 9 4 4 4 4 1 131 2.93 A1 E1 W.McEnaney SAVE(1st) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00 E2 Totals 9 9 4 4 4 4 1 Royals (2-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Leonard LOSS(0-2) 9 8 5 5 5 5 1 153 4.76 A1 Totals 9 8 5 5 5 5 1 ATTENDANCE- 46,334 DATE- Sunday, October 9th 1977 TIME- Day T- 2:14 LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 8 Royals: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1 Royals: 0 ERRORS- D.Leonard DOUBLES- F.Lynn(2nd), R.Fairly(2nd), D.Porter(1st), F.White-2(2nd) TRIPLES- J.Brohamer(1st) HOME RUNS- J.Rice(2nd), H.McRae(1st) SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Fisk WALKS- D.Baylor, B.Carbo, J.Rice, C.Yastrzemski, J.Brohamer, G.Brett, A.Otis, D.Porter, H.McRae STRIKE OUTS- B.Carbo, J.Rice, C.Fisk, B.Hobson-2, B.McBride, R.Fairly, A.Otis, H.McRae GIDP- A.Cowens
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB +-------------------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+ Rick Burleson 5 21 5 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 .286 .318 .381 0 Carlton Fisk 5 20 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 5 .250 .273 .250 0 Don Baylor 5 20 1 6 2 0 1 5 2 2 .300 .364 .550 1 Jim Rice 5 20 5 5 1 0 2 3 1 4 .250 .318 .600 0 Butch Hobson 5 20 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 6 .150 .150 .250 0 Carl Yastrzemski 5 18 3 4 0 0 1 2 2 2 .222 .300 .389 0 Fred Lynn 5 17 4 10 2 0 1 4 1 0 .588 .632 .882 0 Jack Brohamer 3 10 0 4 2 1 0 3 1 0 .400 .455 .800 0 Bernie Carbo 3 9 2 3 0 0 1 2 3 3 .333 .500 .667 0 Dwight Evans 3 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .286 .444 .286 0 Rick Miller 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 Davey Johnson 2 8 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 .500 .500 .625 0 Billy Smith 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 Pitcher G ERA W-L SV GS IP H ER BB SO +-------------------+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+ Dennis Eckersley 2 2.93 2-0 0 2 15.1 12 5 4 7 J.R. Richard 2 0.64 1-0 0 2 14.0 7 1 6 11 Ross Grimsley 1 6.35 0-0 0 1 5.2 5 4 1 0 Bob Stanley 2 15.43 0-0 1 0 2.1 6 4 2 0 Will McEnaney 1 0.00 0-0 1 0 .2 0 0 0 0 Dick Drago 1 0.00 0-0 0 0 .1 0 0 0 0 Bill Laxton 3 9.64 0-2 0 0 4.2 10 5 1 4
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB +-------------------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+ Larry Bowa 5 23 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 .217 .217 .217 0 Amos Otis 5 19 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 7 .158 .200 .211 0 George Brett 5 19 1 7 1 1 0 3 2 0 .368 .429 .526 0 Al Cowens 5 19 3 5 2 0 1 3 1 3 .263 .300 .526 0 Frank White 5 18 1 3 2 1 0 2 0 1 .167 .158 .389 0 Ron Fairly 5 17 4 6 2 0 1 2 1 2 .353 .421 .647 0 Hal McRae 5 16 2 5 2 0 1 4 3 3 .312 .421 .625 0 Darrell Porter 5 15 5 5 1 0 1 2 4 3 .333 .474 .600 1 Bake McBride 4 15 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 .067 .176 .133 3 Matt Alexander 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 Tom Shopay 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 Lou Brock 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 Pitcher G ERA W-L SV GS IP H ER BB SO +-------------------+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+ Paul Hartzell 1 4.15 1-0 0 1 8.2 10 4 1 3 Andy Hassler 1 3.37 1-0 0 0 2.2 5 1 2 2 Larry Gura 1 1.69 0-0 0 1 5.1 4 1 0 2 Doug Bird 1 11.57 0-0 0 0 2.1 2 3 2 0 Tug McGraw 2 0.00 0-0 2 0 1.1 0 0 0 2 Paul Splittorff 1 11.12 0-1 0 1 5.2 14 7 0 1 Dennis Leonard 2 4.76 0-2 0 2 17.0 17 9 7 15