| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | October 4–18, 1977[1] |
| Teams | 4 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | New York Yankees (21st title) |
| Runner-up | Los Angeles Dodgers (15th World Series appearance) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| MVP | Reggie Jackson (NYY) |
The 1977 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 1977 season. The winners of each division advance to the postseason and face each other in a League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series.
In the American League, both the New York Yankees and the Kansas City Royals returned for the second year in a row. In the National League, the Philadelphia Phillies made their second consecutive appearance, and the Los Angeles Dodgers returned for the second time in four years. This was the first of two consecutive postseasons to feature the Yankees, Royals, Phillies, and Dodgers. The former three teams would again appear in the postseason in 1980, and all four would appear again in the expanded 1981 postseason.
The playoffs began on October 4, 1977, and concluded on October 18, 1977, with the New York Yankees defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1977 World Series. It was the Yankees' first championship since 1962.
- ^ "1977 Major Leagues Schedule". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on May 20, 2022. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
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