Mar. 6th, 2011

Well, most of these folks were officially rookies in 1978, but baseball-reference.com lets me search easily by debut year, so that's what we'll go by. Listed by career Wins Above Replacement (baseball-reference.com version) here are the top players who broke into the majors in 1977 and the team the broke in with:

PlayerTeamWAR
Lou WhitakerTigers69.7
Alan TrammellTigers66.9
Eddie MurrayOrioles66.7
Jack MorrisTigers39.3
Lance ParrishTigers35.7
Terry PuhlAstros26.1
Mario SotoReds25.8
Floyd BannisterAstros24.2
Bob StanleyRed Sox21.5
Rick HoneycuttMariners19.4
Ken OberkfellCardinals19.1
Jim ClancyBlue Jays18.6
Ed WhitsonPirates18.4
Gene RichardsPadres17.4
Steve KempTigers17.0
Bump WillsRangers15.1
Dave RozemaTigers14.8

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