Baseball Historians

August 3, 1977 at Anaheim Stadium
Angels 5, Yankees 3  (59-47)
Ron Guidry had a couple of bad innings but hit led to a loss against the Angels.  He fell to 8-6 and he gave up five runs on seven hits and three walks with nine strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings.
Mickey Rivers was the hitting star in [...]

July 31, 1977 at the Oakland Colliseum
Yankees 9, Athletics 2  (58-45)
The Yankees blew out the Athletics for their fourth straight win and it was Cliff Johnson and Mickey Rivers who came up with the big hits.  Johnson belted a three run homer and he scored twice while Rivers singled and drove in three runs.  Graig [...]

July 29, 1967 at the Oakland Coliseum
Yankees 4, Athletics 0  (56-45)
Ron Guidry fell one out short of throwing a five hit shutout but his pitching performance was impressive none the less.  Guidry gave up just five hits and five walks with seven strikeouts and the win pushed his record to 8-5 on the season.  Guidry [...]

July 28, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 14, Orioles 2  (55-45)
The Yankees poured on the offense in a game where three different Yankees drove in three runs a piece.  Chris Chambliss went three for three with two walks, three RBIs and two runs.  Thurman Munson, Graig Nettles and Roy White all went yard in the win.
Mike [...]

July 22, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Brewers 6, Yankees 3  (51-44)
Mike Torrez fell to 8-10 on the season with a tough start in the Yankees second straight loss to the Brewers.  He gave up five runs on eight hits and three walks with three strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.  Sparky Lyle was also tagged for a [...]

July 21, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 7, Brewers 0  (51-42)
Catfish Hunter got the Yankees off to a nice start at they opened up the second half with a shutout win over the Brewers in the first game of a doubleheader.  Hunter gave up just five hits and two walks with three strikeouts and the complete [...]

July 11, 1977 at Memorial Stadium
Yankees 4, Orioles 3  (48-38)
Mike Torrez was crusing along in this one and he had a 3-1 lead going into the seventh inning.  He then gave up two runs in the seventh and he allowed the winning run to reach base in the ninth as the Orioles came from behind [...]

July 9, 1977 at Memorial Stadium
Orioles 6, Yankees 5  (48-36)
The Yankees made two key errors in the eighth inning that helped lead to three unearned runs as the Yankees blew a two run lead in a loss to the Orioles.  Sparky Lyle too the loss and he gave up those three unearned runs and Ron [...]

July 8, 1977 at Memorial Stadium
Yankees 7, Orioles 5  (48-35)
The Yankees won their fourth straight and they did it on the back of their catcher, Thurman Munson.  He went two for four with a homerun and four RBIs.  Graig Nettles was the other hitting star and he went two for four with a homerun and [...]

July 7, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 8, Indians 2  (47-35)
The Yankees got plenty of offense in this one, but it was Catfish Hunter who led the way for the Yankees as they finished up a three game sweep over the Indians.  Hunter gave up two runs on just four hits and two walks with three [...]

July 4, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 7, Indians 5  (45-35)
The Yankees took care of the Indians on Independence Day and they did it with the long ball.  Graig Nettles, Roy White, Chris Chambliss and Lou Piniella all hit solo homeruns in the win while Thurman Munson doubled, singled and drove in two runs.
Ed Figueroa picked [...]

June 28, 1977 at Exhibition Stadium
Blue Jays 8, Yankees 5  (40-33)
Rookie Ken Clay had a tough time against the Blue Jays and he dropped to 0-2 on the season with a rough start.  He gave up six runs (five earned) on five hits and three walks and three strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.
George Zeber belted [...]

June 25, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 5, Red Sox 1  (39-31)
The Yankees won their third straight game behind a solid outing by the big right hander, Mike Torrez.  He gave up one run on seven hits and two walks with one strikeout in the complete game.
Graig Nettles provided most of the offense with a three [...]

June 24, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 6, Red Sox 5  (38-31)
The Yankees had a huge come from behind win here against the Red Sox.  With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Roy White belted a two run homer to tie the game and send it into extra frames and then Reggie Jackson singled home Graig Nettles in the [...]

June 3, 1977 at Comiskey Park
White Sox 9, Yankees 5  (27-23)
Mike Torrez had a tough time and he fell to 6-4 on the season as the Yankees were blown out by the White Sox.  He gave up six runs on seven hits and three walks in just 3 1/3 innings.  The White Sox scored most [...]

May 31, 1977 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 5, Yankees 1  (26-21)
The Yankees put only run on the board against the Red Sox and they lost 5-1 despite outhitting their opposition 9-7.  Graig Nettles drove in the only run with a solo homerun and both Chris Chambliss and Willie Randolph had three hits in the game.
Gil [...]

May 30, 1977 at Fenway Park
Yankees 5, Red Sox 4  (26-20)
The Yankees beat the Red Sox and Reggie Jackson led the way for the Yanks at the plate.  He went two for four with a homerun and two RBIs.  Graig Nettles hit a solo homerun and he scored two runs.
Mike Torrez threw a nice game [...]

May 28, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
White Sox 9, Yankees 4  (24-20)
Ron Guidry was hit hard and he took his first loss of the season in a tough start against the White Sox.  He gave up six runs on six hits and four walks with three strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings of work.
Lou Piniella hit a [...]

May 24,  1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 6, Red Sox 5  (22-18)
The Yankees scored four runs in the seventh inning and they needed everyone of them as they edged the Red Sox in a one run game.  Graig Nettles and Carlos May hit solo homeruns in the seventh but you had a nice team effort.  All [...]

May 22, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Orioles 5, Yankees 1  (20-17)
The Yankees dropped their third straight game in the front end of a doubleheader with the Orioles.  The only run of the game for the Yankees came in the second inning when Graig Nettles doubled home Chris Chambliss.  Nettles was also the only Yankee with two [...]

May 21, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Orioles 4, Yankees 3  (20-16)
The Yankees and Orioles scored almost as many runs in extra innings as they did through their regulation nine.  The Orioles tied it up 2-2 in the seventh and then scored first in extra innings with a run in the eleventh, but the Yankees answered with [...]

May 15, 1977 at Anaheim Stadium
Angels 8, Yankees 2  (18-13)
The Angels scored twice as many runs as they’d need to beat the Yankees in the first inning alone in a blowout.  Mike Torrez gave up the bulk of those runs in a tough start.  He gave up six runs on eight hits and three walks [...]

May 14, 1977 at Anaheim Stadium
Yankees 4, Angels 1  (18-12)
The Yankees picked up their second straight win over the Yankees and they did it behind two big homers by Graig Nettles.  He drove in three of the four Yankees runs and the two homers brings his season total up to six.
Don Gullet had a nice [...]

May 8, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 10, Athletics 5  (16-10)
The Yankees won their third straight game behind some nice hitting by catcher Thurman Munson.  He went four for five with a homerun and four runs scored.  Graig Nettles also had a nice day at the plate.  He went two for four with a three run [...]

May 7, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 11, Athletics 2  (15-10)
The Yankees won their second straight game with a ton of offense in a blowout win over the A’s.  Roy White led the way and he went two for three with a homerun and four RBIs.  Mickey Rivers went two for three with his first homerun, [...]

May 3, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 8, Angels 1  (13-9)
The Yankees took it to the Angels for their fifth straight win and they did it with three big homeruns.  Bucky Dent hit a big grand slam and both Graig Nettles and Reggie Jackson also went yard.  Both Nettles and Jackson drove in two runs each [...]

April 24, 1977 at Cleveland Stadium
Yankees 10, Indians 1 (6-8)
The Yankees won their fourth straight behind an outstanding game by Chris Chambliss at the plate.  Chambliss went three for four with a double, a homerun, six RBIs and a run.  Carlos May also had a solid game.  He singled twice, drove in a run and scored [...]

April 21, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 8, Blue Jays 6 (4-8)
The Yankees won back to back games for the first time this season behind a strong game at the plate by Chris Chambliss.  The firstbaseman went three for four with two doubles, a homerun, five RBIs and two runs.  Graig Nettles hit his first homerun [...]

Graig Nettles is one of those guys who, as time goes by, you forget how good he really was.  Despite only hitting .248 throughout his career (which probably kept him out of being seriously considered for the Hall of Fame), he hit 390 career homeruns as a third baseman and he did it while walking [...]