1977 Atlanta Braves season

1977 Atlanta Braves
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkAtlanta–Fulton County Stadium
CityAtlanta
Record61–101 (.377)
Divisional place6th
OwnersTed Turner
General managersBill Lucas
ManagersDave Bristol (games 1–29, 32–162)
Ted Turner (game 30)
Vern Benson (game 31)
TelevisionWTCG
(Ernie Johnson, Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray)
RadioWSB
(Ernie Johnson, Pete Van Wieren)
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The 1977 Atlanta Braves season was the 107th season for the franchise and their 12th in Atlanta. The team finished in last place in the six-team National League West with a record of 61–101, 37 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Braves hit a major league-leading seven grand slams.[1]

All Braves home and away games were broadcast on WTCG-TV which during the offseason, under its owner Ted Turner, became the pioneer superstation in the United States and thus making the Braves the first MLB team to have its games telecast to millions of television viewers around the country aside from the national broadcasts on ABC and NBC which had been the case before the team's opening series of the season.[2]

The 1977 Braves had the fewest Wins Above Replacement (WAR) of any team in a single season in MLB history, at -10.0.[3]

  1. ^ "Team Batting Event Finder: 1977, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  2. ^ "Atlanta TV goes national via satellite" (PDF). Broadcasting. Broadcasting Publications, Inc. December 20, 1976. p. 24. Retrieved September 20, 2018 – via American Radio History.
  3. ^ "Fewest Wins Above Replacement by a team in a season in MLB history". Stathead. Archived from the original on November 25, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024.