1977 Minnesota Twins season
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| Owner(s) | Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes) |
| General manager(s) | Calvin Griffith |
| Manager(s) | Gene Mauch |
| Local television |
WTCN (Harmon Killebrew, Joe Boyle) |
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830 WCCO AM (Herb Carneal, Frank Quilici) |
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The 1977 Minnesota Twins season was a season in American baseball. The team finished 84–77, fourth in the American League West.
In a May 25 double-header at Boston's Fenway Park, outfielder tied a major league record with twelve putouts in the first game. His total of seventeen putouts over both games set a new American League record.
On June 26, a crowd of 46,463 turned up at Metropolitan Stadium to watch first baseman Rod Carew's pursuit of a .400 batting average. Carew didn't disappoint, going 4 for 5 with six RBI, raising his batting average seven points to .403. Lost in the commotion was right fielder Glenn Adams' own 4-for-5 performance, as he drove in a Twins-record eight runs. The Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 19–12.
Rod Carew, outfielder Larry Hisle and catcher Butch Wynegar were named to the All-Star Game. Carew was the leading AL vote-getter, scoring 405 of 422 possible votes in the national balloting by sports writers and broadcasters.
Carew was named American League Most Valuable Player. In winning his sixth AL batting title, Carew flirted with becoming the first batter since Ted Williams in 1941 to hit .400, finishing at .388. He also had 239 hits, scored a league-leading 128 runs, hit 14 home runs and collected 100 RBI.
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