Games on April 16, 1977

12 games

The games of April 16, 1977

On April 16, 1977, 12 games went into the books. The most lopsided result was the Los Angeles Dodgers' 5-0 win over the San Francisco Giants. Runs came easiest when the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 8-5. One-run games: the Atlanta Braves 4-3 over the Houston Astros, the Chicago White Sox 3-2 over the Toronto Blue Jays, the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 over the New York Yankees, and the Montreal Expos 4-3 over the Philadelphia Phillies. In the other games, the California Angels beat the Seattle Mariners 6-4, the Boston Red Sox topped the Cleveland Indians 8-4, the Oakland Athletics fell to the Minnesota Twins, 3-1, the New York Mets beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1, the Cincinnati Reds fell to the San Diego Padres, 5-4, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Apr 15, 1977 and the next, Apr 17, 1977. For the wider picture, see the 1977 season.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at 20 Sunset Rd., Newark, DE 19711.