1977 New York Yankees Opening Day Roster

Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York (April 7)

Manager - Billy Martin  1

No. Coaches
  8  Yogi Berra
21  Cloyd Boyer
33  Bobby Cox
32  Elston Howard
34  Dick Howser

No. Pitchers
36  Dock Ellis (S-R)
31  Ed Figueroa (R-R)
49  Ron Guidry (L-L)
35  Don Gullett (R-L)
53  Ken Holtzman (R-L)
29  Jim Hunter (R-R)
28  Sparky Lyle (L-L)
19  Dick Tidrow (R-R)

No. Catchers
40  Fran Healy (R-R)
18  Elrod Hendricks (L-R)
15  Thurman Munson (R-R)

No. Infielders
10  Chris Chambliss (L-R)
20  Bucky Dent (R-R)
  9  Graig Nettles (L-R)
27  Marty Perez (R-R)
30  Willie Randolph (R-R)
11  Fred Stanley (R-R)
25  George Zeber (S-R)

No. Outfielders
  2  Paul Blair (R-R)
12  Ron Blomberg (L-R)  *
44  Reggie Jackson (L-L)
38  Carlos May (L-R)
14  Lou Pinella (R-R)
17  Mickey Rivers (L-L)
  6  Roy White (S-R)
24  Jimmy Wynn (R-R)

Trainer - Gene Monahan

* not on active roster


1977 Yankees Yearbook Roster, Taxi Squad and Prospects
Manager - Billy Martin 1
First Base Coach - Bobby Cox 33
Third Base Coach - Dick Howser 34
Pitching Coach - Cloyd Boyer 21
Batting Coach - Elston Howard 32
Bench Coach - Yogi Berra 8

ROSTER
Catcher - Thurman Munson 15, Fran Healy 40
First Base - Chris Chambliss 10
Second Base - Willie Randolph 30, George Zeber 25 (3B)
Third Base - Graig Nettles 9
Shortstop - Bucky Dent 20, Fred Stanley 11
Left Field - Roy White 6, Lou Piniella 14 (RF)
Center Field - Mickey Rivers 17, Paul Blair 2
Right Field - Reggie Jackson 44
Designated Hitter - Cliff Johnson 41 (C-1B), Oscar Gamble 26* (RF)

Starting Pitchers:

Ron Guidry 49
Ed Figueroa 31
Don Gullett 35
Mike Torrez 24
Jim Hunter 29
Dock Ellis 36

Relief Pitchers:
Sparky Lyle 28
Dick Tidrow 19
Ken Holtzman 53

Ken Clay 50

TAXI SQUAD

Catcher - Elrod Hendricks 18
First Base - Ron Blomberg 12 (OF)
Outfield - Dave Kingman 48 (1B), Gene Locklear 22*
Designated Hitter - Carlos May 38 (OF), Jimmy Wynn 23* (OF)

PROSPECTS
Catcher - Dennis Irwin, Mike Heath
First Base - Dave Bergman (OF)
Shortstop - Mickey Klutts (3B), Dennis Sherrill
Outfield - Dell Alston, Terry Whitfield, Kerry Dineen, Larry Murray

Starting Pitchers:
Gil Patterson
Doug Heinold
Ed Ricks
Jim Beattie
Lamar Hoyt
Bob Polinsky

* unofficial uniform number