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{{Short description|Major League Baseball season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox MLBbaseball yearlyteam season
| name = Detroit Tigers
| season = 1977
| misc =
| league = American League
| logo =
| current leaguedivision = [[American League East|East]]
| y1 = 1901
| division = [[American League East|Eastern Division]]
| y2 = 1969
| Uniform logo = Al_1961_detroit_01.gif
| ballpark = [[Tiger Stadium (Detroit)|Tiger Stadium]]
| y4 = 1912
| city = [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]
| y5 = 1901
| owners = [[John Fetzer]]
| general managersgeneral_managers = [[Jim Campbell (baseball executive)|Jim Campbell]]
| managers = [[Ralph Houk]]
| television = [[WWJ-TV]]<br>([[George Kell]], Larry Osterman, Joe Pellegrino, [[Al Kaline]])
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|}
 
==Game log==
===Regular season===
{{Game log start|style=background:#003366;color:#bd5d29;|title=1977 regular season game log: 74–88 (Home: 39–42; Away: 35–46)}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#bd5d29;color:#003366;|title=April: 8–12 (Home: 2–5; Away: 6–7)|#|Date|Time ([[Eastern Time Zone|ET]])|Opponent|Score|Win|Loss|Save|Time of Game|Attendance|Record|Box/<br />Streak}}
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 1 || {{dow tooltip|April 7, 1977}} || || [[1977 Kansas City Royals season|Royals]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 2 || {{dow tooltip|April 9, 1977}} || || [[1977 Kansas City Royals season|Royals]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 3 || {{dow tooltip|April 10, 1977}} || || [[1977 Kansas City Royals season|Royals]]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| 8 || {{dow tooltip|April 15, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Kansas City Royals season|Royals]]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| 9 || {{dow tooltip|April 16, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Kansas City Royals season|Royals]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 10 || {{dow tooltip|April 17, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Kansas City Royals season|Royals]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 11 || {{dow tooltip|April 18, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 12 || {{dow tooltip|April 19, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| 13 || {{dow tooltip|April 20, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| 14 || {{dow tooltip|April 21, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]]
|-style=background:#bbb
| — || {{dow tooltip|April 22, 1977}} || || [[1977 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || colspan="8" | '''Postponed (Rain)''' <small>''(Makeup date: September 7)''</small>
|-style=background:#bbb
| — || {{dow tooltip|April 23, 1977}} || || [[1977 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || colspan="8" | '''Postponed (Rain)''' <small>''(Makeup date: September 8)''</small>
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 15 || {{dow tooltip|April 24, 1977}}<br>{{small|(1)}} || || [[1977 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| 16 || {{dow tooltip|April 24, 1977}}<br>{{small|(2)}} || || [[1977 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 17 || {{dow tooltip|April 26, 1977}} || || [[1977 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| 18 || {{dow tooltip|April 27, 1977}} || || [[1977 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| 19 || {{dow tooltip|April 29, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 20 || {{dow tooltip|April 30, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]]
|-
{{Game log section end}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#bd5d29;color:#003366;|title=May: 10–14 (Home: 4–9; Away: 6–5)|#|Date|Time ([[Eastern Time Zone|ET]])|Opponent|Score|Win|Loss|Save|Time of Game|Attendance|Record|Box/<br />Streak}}
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 21 || {{dow tooltip|May 1, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 22 || {{dow tooltip|May 3, 1977}} || || [[1977 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]]
|-style=background:#bbb
| — || {{dow tooltip|May 4, 1977}} || || [[1977 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || colspan="8" | '''Postponed (Rain)''' <small>''(Makeup date: August 5)''</small>
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 26 || {{dow tooltip|May 10, 1977}} || || [[1977 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| 27 || {{dow tooltip|May 11, 1977}} || || [[1977 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 33 || {{dow tooltip|May 17, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 34 || {{dow tooltip|May 18, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| 35 || {{dow tooltip|May 20, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| 36 || {{dow tooltip|May 21, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| 37 || {{dow tooltip|May 22, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]]
|-
{{Game log section end}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#bd5d29;color:#003366;|title=June: 16–12 (Home: 11–4; Away: 5–8)|#|Date|Time ([[Eastern Time Zone|ET]])|Opponent|Score|Win|Loss|Save|Time of Game|Attendance|Record|Box/<br />Streak}}
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET197706200.shtml 63] || {{dow tooltip|June 20, 1977}} || || [[1977 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || '''W''' 2–1 || '''[[Mark Fidrych|Fidrych]]''' (4–2) || [[Don Gullett|Gullett]] (6–3) || — || 2:33 || 47,236 || 28–35 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B06200DET1977.htm W1]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET197706210.shtml 64] || {{dow tooltip|June 21, 1977}} || || [[1977 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || '''W''' 5–2 || '''[[Jim Crawford (baseball)|Crawford]]''' (1–1) || [[Ron Guidry|Guidry]] (5–3) || — || 2:07 || 18,272 || 29–35 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B06210DET1977.htm W2]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET197706220.shtml 65] || {{dow tooltip|June 22, 1977}} || || [[1977 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || L 11–12 || [[Sparky Lyle|Lyle]] (3–2) || '''[[Steve Foucault|Foucault]]''' (3–4) || [[Ken Clay|Clay]] (1) || 2:44 || 18,129 || 29–36 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B06220DET1977.htm L1]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| 70 || {{dow tooltip|June 27, 1977}} || || [[1977 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| 71 || {{dow tooltip|June 28, 1977}} || || [[1977 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| 72 || {{dow tooltip|June 29, 1977}} || || [[1977 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]]
|-
{{Game log section end}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#bd5d29;color:#003366;|title=July: 12–17 (Home: 6–4; Away: 6–13)|#|Date|Time ([[Eastern Time Zone|ET]])|Opponent|Score|Win|Loss|Save|Time of Game|Attendance|Record|Box/<br />Streak}}
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197707010.shtml 73] || {{dow tooltip|July 1, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || '''W''' 5–1 || '''[[Dave Rozema|Rozema]]''' (7–3) || [[Mike Torrez|Torrez]] (8–7) || — || 2:07 || 22,876 || 35–38 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B07010NYA1977.htm W5]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197707020.shtml 74] || {{dow tooltip|July 2, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || L 4–6 || [[Sparky Lyle|Lyle]] (6–2) || '''[[John Hiller|Hiller]]''' (4–9) || — || 2:14 || 20,825 || 35–39 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B07020NYA1977.htm L1]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197707030.shtml 75] || {{dow tooltip|July 3, 1977}}<br>{{small|(1)}} || || @ [[1977 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || L 0–2 || [[Ron Guidry|Guidry]] (6–4) || '''[[Fernando Arroyo|Arroyo]]''' (5–6) || — || 2:15 || — || 35–40 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B07030NYA1977.htm L2]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197707030.shtml 76] || {{dow tooltip|July 3, 1977}}<br>{{small|(2)}} || || @ [[1977 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || '''W''' 10–6 || '''[[Steve Foucault|Foucault]]''' (4–4) || [[Dick Tidrow|Tidrow]] (6–3) || — || 2:47 || 42,549 || 36–40 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B07030NYA1977.htm W1]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 77 || {{dow tooltip|July 4, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 78 || {{dow tooltip|July 4, 1977}}<br>{{small|(1)}} || || @ [[1977 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 79 || {{dow tooltip|July 5, 1977}}<br>{{small|(2)}} || || @ [[1977 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 80 || {{dow tooltip|July 6, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 81 || {{dow tooltip|July 8, 1977}} || || [[1977 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 82 || {{dow tooltip|July 9, 1977}} || || [[1977 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| 83 || {{dow tooltip|July 10, 1977}} || || [[1977 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 86 || {{dow tooltip|July 13, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Kansas City Royals season|Royals]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 87 || {{dow tooltip|July 14, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Kansas City Royals season|Royals]]
|- style="text-align:center; background:#bbcaff;"
| colspan="12" | '''[[1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|48th All-Star Game in Bronx, New York]]'''
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 92 || {{dow tooltip|July 21, 1977}} || || [[1977 Kansas City Royals season|Royals]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 93 || {{dow tooltip|July 22, 1977}} || || [[1977 Kansas City Royals season|Royals]]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| 94 || {{dow tooltip|July 23, 1977}} || || [[1977 Kansas City Royals season|Royals]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 97 || {{dow tooltip|July 26, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| 98 || {{dow tooltip|July 27, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| 99 || {{dow tooltip|July 29, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 100 || {{dow tooltip|July 30, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 101 || {{dow tooltip|July 31, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]]
|-
{{Game log section end}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#bd5d29;color:#003366;|title=August: 17–12 (Home: 9–9; Away: 8–3)|#|Date|Time ([[Eastern Time Zone|ET]])|Opponent|Score|Win|Loss|Save|Time of Game|Attendance|Record|Box/<br />Streak}}
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 102 || {{dow tooltip|August 3, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| 103 || {{dow tooltip|August 4, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 104 || {{dow tooltip|August 5, 1977}}<br>{{small|(1)}} || || [[1977 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 105 || {{dow tooltip|August 5, 1977}}<br>{{small|(2)}} || || [[1977 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| 106 || {{dow tooltip|August 6, 1977}} || || [[1977 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 107 || {{dow tooltip|August 6, 1977}} || || [[1977 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 112 || {{dow tooltip|August 12, 1977}} || || [[1977 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| 113 || {{dow tooltip|August 13, 1977}} || || [[1977 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| 114 || {{dow tooltip|August 14, 1977}} || || [[1977 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET197708170.shtml 117] || {{dow tooltip|August 17, 1977}} || || [[1977 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || L 5–7 || [[Ed Figueroa|Figueroa]] (12–8) || '''[[Fernando Arroyo|Arroyo]]''' (6–13) || [[Sparky Lyle|Lyle]] (17) || 2:42 || 26,718 || 54–63 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B08170DET1977.htm L2]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET197708180.shtml 118] || {{dow tooltip|August 18, 1977}} || || [[1977 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || L 4–5 || [[Catfish Hunter|Hunter]] (8–7) || '''[[Jim Crawford (baseball)|Crawford]]''' (4–5) || [[Sparky Lyle|Lyle]] (18) || 2:31 || 27,564 || 54–64 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B08180DET1977.htm L3]
|-
{{Game log section end}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#bd5d29;color:#003366;|title=September: 10–20 (Home: 7–11; Away: 3–9)|#|Date|Time ([[Eastern Time Zone|ET]])|Opponent|Score|Win|Loss|Save|Time of Game|Attendance|Record|Box/<br />Streak}}
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| 135 || {{dow tooltip|September 5, 1977}}<br>{{small|(1)}} || || [[1977 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 136 || {{dow tooltip|September 5, 1977}}<br>{{small|(2)}} || || [[1977 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 137 || {{dow tooltip|September 6, 1977}} || || [[1977 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 138 || {{dow tooltip|September 7, 1977}}<br>{{small|(1)}} || || [[1977 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| 139 || {{dow tooltip|September 7, 1977}}<br>{{small|(2)}} || || [[1977 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 140 || {{dow tooltip|September 8, 1977}} || || [[1977 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 141 || {{dow tooltip|September 9, 1977}}<br>{{small|(1)}} || || @ [[1977 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 142 || {{dow tooltip|September 9, 1977}}<br>{{small|(2)}} || || @ [[1977 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 143 || {{dow tooltip|September 10, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 144 || {{dow tooltip|September 11, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET197709160.shtml 148] || {{dow tooltip|September 16, 1977}} || || [[1977 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || L 4–5 || [[Don Gullett|Gullett]] (12–4) || '''[[Fernando Arroyo|Arroyo]]''' (7–17) || — || 2:27 || 18,016 || 69–79 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B09160DET1977.htm L1]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET197709170.shtml 149] || {{dow tooltip|September 17, 1977}} || || [[1977 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || L 4–9 || [[Dick Tidrow|Tidrow]] (11–4) || '''[[Jim Crawford (baseball)|Crawford]]''' (7–7) || — || 2:30 || 17,656 || 69–80 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B09170DET1977.htm L2]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET197709180.shtml 150] || {{dow tooltip|September 18, 1977}} || || [[1977 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || L 5–6 || [[Ron Guidry|Guidry]] (15–6) || '''[[Bob Sykes (baseball)|Sykes]]''' (5–6) || [[Sparky Lyle|Lyle]] (24) || 2:11 || 12,672 || 69–81 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B09180DET1977.htm L3]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| 153 || {{dow tooltip|September 22, 1977}} || || [[1977 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 154 || {{dow tooltip|September 23, 1977}} || || [[1977 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 155 || {{dow tooltip|September 24, 1977}} || || [[1977 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 156 || {{dow tooltip|September 25, 1977}} || || [[1977 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 157 || {{dow tooltip|September 27, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 158 || {{dow tooltip|September 28, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| 159 || {{dow tooltip|September 29, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]]
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197709300.shtml 160] || {{dow tooltip|September 30, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || '''W''' 5–2 || '''[[John Hiller|Hiller]]''' (8–14) || [[Ron Guidry|Guidry]] (16–7) || — || 2:31 || 28,200 || 73–87 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B09300NYA1977.htm W1]
|-
{{Game log section end}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#bd5d29;color:#003366;|title=October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1)|#|Date|Time ([[Eastern Time Zone|ET]])|Opponent|Score|Win|Loss|Save|Time of Game|Attendance|Record|Box/<br />Streak}}
|-style="background:#cfc;"
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197710010.shtml 161] || {{dow tooltip|October 1, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || '''W''' 10–7 || '''[[Bruce Taylor (baseball)|Taylor]]''' (1–0) || [[Larry McCall|McCall]] (0–1) || — || 2:47 || 50,054 || 74–87 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B10010NYA1977.htm W2]
|-style="background:#fcc;"
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197710020.shtml 162] || {{dow tooltip|October 2, 1977}} || || @ [[1977 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || L 7–8 || [[Stan Thomas (baseball)|Thomas]] (3–6) || '''[[Steve Foucault|Foucault]]''' (7–7) || — || 2:35 || 18,778 || 74–88 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B10020NYA1977.htm L1]
|-
{{Game log section end}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Legend:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} = Win&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {{Color box|#fcc|border=darkgray}} = Loss&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {{Color box|#bbb|border=darkgray}} = Postponement<br>Bold = Tigers team member
{{Game log end}}
 
== Player stats ==