| 1977 American League Championship Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 5–9 | |||||||||
| Umpires | Jerry Neudecker Russ Goetz Jim McKean Marty Springstead Nick Bremigan Bill Deegan | |||||||||
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| Television | NBC WPIX (NYY) KBMA-TV (KC) | |||||||||
| TV announcers | NBC: Jim Simpson and Maury Wills (Game 1) Dick Enberg and Don Drysdale (Game 2) Joe Garagiola and Tony Kubek (in Kansas City) WPIX: Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer and Bill White KBMA-TV: Denny Matthews and Fred White | |||||||||
| Radio | CBS WMCA (NYY) WIBW (KC) | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | CBS: Ernie Harwell and Ned Martin WMCA: Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer and Bill White WIBW: Denny Matthews and Fred White | |||||||||
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The 1977 American League Championship Series was a five-game series played between October 5 and 9, 1977, between the Eastern division champion New York Yankees and the Western division champion Kansas City Royals.
The games were played at Yankee Stadium (Games 1–2), and Royals Stadium (3–5). The Yankees took the series 3–2, and defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1977 World Series to take the title. Kansas City was given home-field advantage as it rotated back to the Western division; the Royals held a 102–60 record to the Yankees' 100–62 record.