1977

1977 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1977.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Hankyu Braves (PL) over the Yomiuri Giants (CL), 4 - 1 - 0 (Details)
    • Central League: Yomiuri Giants (Details)
    • Pacific League: Hankyu Braves (Details)
• Claxton Shield: Western Australia

Europe

• European Cup: Germal Parma, Serie A1 (Details)
  • Division Élite: Paris Université Club
  • Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Tetramin Nicols Haarlem
  • Serie A1: Germal Parma

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: New York Yankees (AL) over the Los Angeles Dodgers (NL), 4 - 2 (Details)
    • American League: New York Yankees (Details)
    • National League: Los Angeles Dodgers (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • American Association: Denver Bears (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Bristol Tigers
  • California League: Lodi Dodgers
  • Carolina League: Peninsula Pilots
  • Eastern League: West Haven Yankees
  • Florida State League: Lakeland Tigers
  • Gulf Coast League: GCL White Sox
  • International League: Charleston Charlies (Details)
  • Lone Star League: Corpus Christi Seagulls
  • Mexican Center League: Teocaltiche (MCL)
  • Midwest League: Burlington Bees
  • New York-Penn League: Oneonta Yankees
  • Northwest League: Bellingham Mariners
  • Pacific Coast League: Phoenix Giants (Details)
  • Pioneer League: Lethbridge Dodgers
  • Southern League: Montgomery Rebels
  • Texas League: Arkansas Travelers
  • Western Carolinas League: Gastonia Cardinals

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo defeated the Diablos Rojos del México in the finals, 4 - 1

• Cuban Serie Nacional: Citricultores (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in Caracas, Venezuela; Tigres del Licey (Dominican Republic) (Details)
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Tigres del Licey defeated the Águilas Cibaeñas in the finals, 5 - 2
  • Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Venados de Mazatlán
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Criollos de Caguas
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Navegantes del Magallanes defeated the Tiburones de La Guaira in the finals, 4 - 2

Amateur

• National Collegiate Athletic Association
  • College World Series (Division I): Arizona State University defeated the University of South Carolina in the finals, 2 - 1 (Details)
  • Division II Baseball Championship: The University of California, Riverside over the Eckerd College, 4 - 1 in the finals
  • Division III Baseball Championship: California State Stanislaus over the Brandeis University, 8 - 5 in the finals
• NAIA College World Series: David Lipscomb University over the Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 2 - 1 in the finals
  • NJCAA Baseball World Series: Yavapai College
• Community College League of California: Diablo Valley College over Cerritos College in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Peninsula Oilers (Details)
• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Komazawa University defeated the Tokai University in the final, 4 - 3 (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Minoshima High School (Wakayama) defeat Nakamura High School (Kochi), 3 - 1 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Toyo University Himeji High School (Hyogo) defeat Toho High School (Aichi), 4 - 1 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Li-Teh (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) defeat Western (El Cajon, CA), 7 - 2 in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• Intercontinental Cup in Nicaragua (Details)
  • South Korea (Gold); United States (Silver); Japan (Bronze)
• European Championship in Haarlem, Netherlands (Details)
  • Italy (Gold); The Netherlands (Silver); Belgium (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• The Chrysanthemum and the Bat, by Robert Whiting
• Five Seasons, by Roger Angell
• Twenty Years Too Soon, by Quincy Trouppe

Song

• Paradise by the Dashboard Lights, by Meat Loaf

Film

• The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

Births

Further information: Births in 1977

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1977