Oakland extended rookie SP-Matt Keough, who finish 4th in the A.L. Rookie of the Year Award (California's SS-Rance Mulliniks won). Keough who made $30,560 during the 1977 campaign, signed a two-year deal that could net him as much as $131,896, if he doesn't opt out after the 1st season ($48,896), and reaches incentives for All-Star and minimum innings pitched requirements. The 2nd year salary without the perks will net him $65,000 that season.
The N.L. Rookie of the Year Award went to the Atlanta Braves' Paul Molitor. Molitor batted .319 with 15 home runs & 112 RBI, while stealing 39 bases & scoring 102 runs.
Vida Blue, earning all 26 1st-place votes (182 total points) won the A.L. Cy Young Award, after a 23-7 season which sported a 1.99 ERA & 218 strikeouts through 285.1 innings. The Royals' Dennis Leonard finished nearly 80 points behind for 2nd place. Blue would also win the A.L. Most Valuable Player Award, earning 17 1st-place votes, besting Boston's Fred Lynn who finished in 2nd place. Lynn batted .335 with 33 HR & 115 RBI, while leading the league in slugging (.578) & OPS (.976).
N.L. Cy Young went to the Houston Astros' J.R. Richard who earned 24 of 26 1st place votes, finishing with a 25-7 record, 2.54 ERA & 270 strikeouts. Richard has won the N.L. strikeout title in back-to-back seasons now, while he has a 41-19 record during that stretch.
As predicted, Dave Parker of the Pittsburgh Pirates won the N.L. MVP Award, winning the N.L. Batting Title (.355), while also leading the league in RBI (147), Runs (123), hits (232), slugging (.590), OPS (.986), while logging 385 total bases, thanks to 30 HR, 43 doubles & 10 triples.
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