Notes players granted free agency or released between Oct 1 and Dec 31 of 1977. Signings are for signings within six months of becoming a free agent. Free Agents are listed below the signings.
Free Agent Signings
| Rk | Name | Date | To Team | From Team | Age | WAR3 | Yrs | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | SO | ||||||
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| 1 | Mario Guerrero | 1978-04-07 | Oakland Athletics | CAL | 28 | 0.4 | 5 | 392 | 1199 | 95 | 310 | 2 | 91 | 5 | 44 | .259 | .287 | .307 | .594 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Jim Hughes | 1978-04-02 | Texas Rangers | MIN | 26 | 0.9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 30 | 4.30 | 1.468 | 78 | 62 | 0 | 441.1 | 443 | 36 | 205 | 226 | ||||
| 3 | Merv Rettenmund | 1978-03-25 | California Angels | SDP | 35 | 2.5 | 10 | 936 | 2367 | 370 | 643 | 64 | 305 | 67 | 403 | .272 | .379 | .411 | .789 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Frank Duffy | 1978-03-24 | Boston Red Sox | CLE | 31 | 3.5 | 8 | 845 | 2558 | 236 | 592 | 26 | 236 | 48 | 165 | .231 | .279 | .312 | .590 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Dan Briggs | 1978-03-01 | Cleveland Indians | CAL | 25 | -2.8 | 3 | 149 | 353 | 28 | 72 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 23 | .204 | .253 | .286 | .539 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Rusty Torres | 1978-03-01 | Texas Rangers | CAL | 29 | 0.3 | 6 | 498 | 1028 | 116 | 210 | 24 | 93 | 12 | 127 | .204 | .292 | .320 | .612 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | George Mitterwald | 1978-02-27 | Seattle Mariners | CHC | 33 | 0.0 | 11 | 887 | 2645 | 251 | 623 | 76 | 301 | 14 | 222 | .236 | .296 | .362 | .658 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Tom Burgmeier | 1978-02-17 | Boston Red Sox | MIN | 34 | 3.2 | 10 | 286 | 66 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .212 | .246 | .242 | .489 | 49 | 36 | 3.61 | 1.323 | 466 | 2 | 56 | 728.2 | 718 | 61 | 246 | 320 |
| 9 | Luis Meléndez | 1978-02-15 | Toronto Blue Jays | SDP | 28 | -0.9 | 8 | 641 | 1477 | 167 | 366 | 9 | 122 | 18 | 109 | .248 | .299 | .318 | .616 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Orlando González | 1978-02-11 | Philadelphia Phillies | CLE | 26 | -0.3 | 1 | 28 | 68 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .250 | .301 | .279 | .581 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Willie Crawford | 1978-02-03 | Los Angeles Dodgers | OAK | 31 | 4.0 | 14 | 1210 | 3435 | 507 | 921 | 86 | 419 | 47 | 431 | .268 | .349 | .408 | .757 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Tom Griffin | 1978-01-27 | California Angels | SDP | 30 | -2.5 | 9 | 253 | 323 | 28 | 53 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 11 | .164 | .195 | .285 | .480 | 55 | 72 | 4.16 | 1.474 | 248 | 154 | 3 | 1085.0 | 1028 | 95 | 571 | 767 |
| 13 | Steve Luebber | 1978-01-24 | Chicago White Sox | MIN | 28 | 0.6 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .053 | .053 | .053 | .105 | 6 | 10 | 4.32 | 1.508 | 58 | 24 | 3 | 189.2 | 185 | 16 | 101 | 81 |
| 14 | Mike Pazik | 1978-01-24 | Chicago White Sox | MIN | 28 | -0.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5.79 | 1.693 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 46.2 | 59 | 6 | 20 | 20 | ||||
| 15 | Mike Jorgensen | 1978-01-21 | Texas Rangers | OAK | 29 | 3.9 | 9 | 865 | 2302 | 288 | 572 | 73 | 290 | 47 | 367 | .248 | .355 | .388 | .743 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Gary Sutherland | 1978-01-03 | St. Louis Cardinals | SDP | 33 | -1.1 | 12 | 1021 | 3098 | 307 | 753 | 24 | 239 | 11 | 207 | .243 | .291 | .308 | .599 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Carl Morton | 1978-00-00 | Pittsburgh Pirates | PHI | 34 | 7.5 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Ray Fosse | 1977-12-31 | Milwaukee Brewers | SEA | 31 | 1.3 | 11 | 905 | 2905 | 293 | 746 | 61 | 322 | 15 | 201 | .257 | .306 | .367 | .674 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Dick Drago | 1977-12-27 | Boston Red Sox | BAL | 33 | 0.0 | 9 | 148 | 273 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 21 | .077 | .146 | .092 | .237 | 83 | 94 | 3.58 | 1.309 | 347 | 180 | 30 | 1522.1 | 1547 | 125 | 446 | 788 |
| 20 | Ross Grimsley | 1977-12-21 | Montreal Expos | BAL | 28 | 1.8 | 7 | 95 | 199 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .095 | .113 | .095 | .209 | 87 | 68 | 3.50 | 1.265 | 231 | 214 | 3 | 1449.0 | 1440 | 144 | 393 | 577 |
| 21 | Rick Miller | 1977-12-21 | California Angels | BOS | 30 | 3.5 | 7 | 629 | 1418 | 223 | 365 | 15 | 153 | 50 | 184 | .257 | .343 | .354 | .697 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Bruce Bochte | 1977-12-20 | Seattle Mariners | CLE | 27 | 4.5 | 4 | 447 | 1529 | 182 | 428 | 17 | 174 | 19 | 174 | .280 | .352 | .362 | .715 | ||||||||||||
| 23 | Mike Eden | 1977-12-12 | Chicago White Sox | ATL | 29 | -0.2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | ||||||||||||
| 24 | Rawly Eastwick | 1977-12-09 | New York Yankees | STL | 27 | 4.3 | 4 | 201 | 44 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .091 | .130 | .091 | .221 | 21 | 17 | 2.80 | 1.223 | 201 | 1 | 61 | 312.1 | 296 | 19 | 86 | 192 |
| 25 | Horace Speed | 1977-12-07 | Cleveland Indians | SFG | 26 | -0.3 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .133 | .235 | .200 | .435 | ||||||||||||
| 26 | Ron Schueler | 1977-12-03 | Chicago White Sox | MIN | 30 | -0.6 | 6 | 202 | 170 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | .159 | .188 | .165 | .352 | 37 | 42 | 3.98 | 1.365 | 253 | 78 | 11 | 811.0 | 766 | 83 | 341 | 518 |
| 27 | Jack Brohamer | 1977-11-30 | Boston Red Sox | CHW | 28 | 3.1 | 6 | 586 | 1865 | 185 | 455 | 26 | 170 | 8 | 164 | .244 | .305 | .329 | .634 | ||||||||||||
| 28 | Dave Kingman | 1977-11-30 | Chicago Cubs | NYY | 29 | 3.8 | 7 | 798 | 2657 | 359 | 604 | 176 | 469 | 56 | 228 | .227 | .293 | .476 | .769 | ||||||||||||
| 29 | Elliott Maddox | 1977-11-30 | New York Mets | BAL | 30 | 2.9 | 8 | 694 | 1819 | 261 | 481 | 11 | 149 | 54 | 266 | .264 | .363 | .338 | .700 | ||||||||||||
| 30 | Oscar Gamble | 1977-11-29 | San Diego Padres | CHW | 28 | 8.2 | 9 | 894 | 2701 | 386 | 709 | 111 | 348 | 35 | 304 | .262 | .341 | .441 | .782 | ||||||||||||
| 31 | Jerry Terrell | 1977-11-29 | Kansas City Royals | MIN | 31 | 0.2 | 5 | 530 | 1437 | 195 | 372 | 3 | 115 | 41 | 71 | .259 | .295 | .311 | .606 | ||||||||||||
| 32 | Rich Hinton | 1977-11-28 | Chicago White Sox | CIN | 31 | -0.8 | 4 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .429 | .571 | 6 | 7 | 4.95 | 1.630 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 107.1 | 125 | 10 | 50 | 70 |
| 33 | Junior Moore | 1977-11-28 | Chicago White Sox | ATL | 25 | -0.4 | 2 | 132 | 387 | 42 | 101 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 37 | .261 | .328 | .341 | .669 | ||||||||||||
| 34 | Greg Pryor | 1977-11-28 | Chicago White Sox | NYY | 28 | 0.2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | ||||||||||||
| 35 | Larry Johnson | 1977-11-24 | Chicago White Sox | MON | 27 | -0.1 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .263 | .333 | .596 | ||||||||||||
| 36 | Elrod Hendricks | 1977-11-23 | Baltimore Orioles | NYY | 37 | 1.2 | 10 | 697 | 1869 | 201 | 409 | 61 | 229 | 1 | 226 | .219 | .304 | .359 | .663 | ||||||||||||
| 37 | Mike Torrez | 1977-11-23 | Boston Red Sox | NYY | 31 | 11.4 | 11 | 179 | 337 | 22 | 58 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 8 | .172 | .196 | .202 | .398 | 114 | 84 | 3.55 | 1.391 | 283 | 259 | 0 | 1768.2 | 1644 | 117 | 817 | 812 |
| 38 | Terry Forster | 1977-11-22 | Los Angeles Dodgers | PIT | 26 | 2.0 | 7 | 151 | 51 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .412 | .423 | .490 | .913 | 32 | 46 | 3.50 | 1.374 | 296 | 39 | 76 | 692.1 | 661 | 32 | 290 | 537 |
| 39 | Rich Gossage HOF | 1977-11-22 | New York Yankees | PIT | 26 | 17.1 | 6 | 109 | 39 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .128 | .150 | .154 | .304 | 40 | 45 | 3.40 | 1.322 | 260 | 37 | 56 | 717.2 | 612 | 43 | 337 | 570 |
| 40 | Mike Proly | 1977-11-22 | Chicago White Sox | MIN | 27 | -0.1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.71 | 1.588 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| 41 | Mac Scarce | 1977-11-22 | Minnesota Twins | CIN | 29 | 0.0 | 4 | 142 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 5 | 18 | 3.65 | 1.458 | 142 | 0 | 21 | 177.2 | 157 | 15 | 102 | 147 |
| 42 | Lyman Bostock | 1977-11-21 | California Angels | MIN | 27 | 10.3 | 3 | 379 | 1436 | 231 | 456 | 18 | 179 | 30 | 112 | .318 | .366 | .446 | .812 | ||||||||||||
| 43 | Tom Hausman | 1977-11-21 | New York Mets | MIL | 25 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4.14 | 1.413 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 115.1 | 113 | 7 | 50 | 47 | ||||
| 44 | Oscar Zamora | 1977-11-18 | Houston Astros | CHC | 34 | -1.0 | 3 | 148 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .115 | .115 | .115 | .231 | 13 | 14 | 4.34 | 1.369 | 148 | 2 | 23 | 209.2 | 236 | 31 | 51 | 93 |
| 45 | Ron Blomberg | 1977-11-17 | Chicago White Sox | NYY | 29 | 0.6 | 7 | 400 | 1177 | 168 | 355 | 47 | 202 | 6 | 129 | .302 | .370 | .486 | .856 | ||||||||||||
| 46 | Larry Hisle | 1977-11-17 | Milwaukee Brewers | MIN | 31 | 11.1 | 9 | 976 | 3411 | 504 | 927 | 117 | 513 | 116 | 359 | .272 | .344 | .440 | .783 | ||||||||||||
| 47 | Luis Gómez | 1977-11-11 | Toronto Blue Jays | MIN | 26 | -0.8 | 4 | 241 | 362 | 36 | 72 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 23 | .199 | .246 | .227 | .473 | ||||||||||||
| 48 | Doc Medich | 1977-11-11 | Texas Rangers | NYM | 29 | 5.3 | 6 | 32 | 54 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .093 | .155 | .093 | .248 | 69 | 58 | 3.59 | 1.300 | 170 | 163 | 0 | 1143.1 | 1145 | 99 | 341 | 597 |
| 49 | Richie Zisk | 1977-11-09 | Texas Rangers | CHW | 29 | 10.8 | 7 | 719 | 2537 | 363 | 754 | 99 | 425 | 2 | 272 | .297 | .363 | .484 | .848 | ||||||||||||
| 50 | Jim Dwyer | 1977-09-13 | St. Louis Cardinals | CHC | 28 | 0.1 | 5 | 257 | 485 | 58 | 117 | 5 | 39 | 4 | 56 | .241 | .321 | .313 | .634 |
Free Agent Batters