1977 American League Championship Series

1977 American League Championship Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
New York Yankees (3) Billy Martin 100–62, .617, GA: 2½
Kansas City Royals (2) Whitey Herzog 102–60, .630, GA: 8
DatesOctober 5–9
UmpiresJerry Neudecker
Russ Goetz
Jim McKean
Marty Springstead
Nick Bremigan
Bill Deegan
Broadcast
TelevisionNBC
KBMA-TV (Royals' broadcast)
WPIX (Yankees' broadcast)
TV announcersNBC: Jim Simpson and Maury Wills (Game 1)
Dick Enberg and Don Drysdale (Game 2)
Joe Garagiola and Tony Kubek (in Kansas City)
KBMA-TV: Denny Matthews and Fred White
WPIX: Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto and Bill White
RadioCBS
Radio announcersErnie Harwell and Ned Martin
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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.


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