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The 1976 Major League Baseball season ended with the Cincinnati Reds winning their second consecutive World Series championship.
1976 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 8 – October 21, 1976 |
Number of games | 162 |
Number of teams | 24 |
TV partner(s) | ABC, NBC |
Draft | |
Top draft pick | Floyd Bannister |
Picked by | Houston Astros |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | AL: Thurman Munson (NYY) NL: Joe Morgan (CIN) |
Postseason | |
AL champions | New York Yankees |
AL runners-up | Kansas City Royals |
NL champions | Cincinnati Reds |
NL runners-up | Philadelphia Phillies |
World Series | |
Champions | Cincinnati Reds |
Runners-up | New York Yankees |
World Series MVP | Johnny Bench (CIN) |
This was the last season of the expansion era (dating back to 1961) until 1993 in which the American League (AL) and the National League (NL) had the same number of teams.
A lockout occurred during March 1–17, but it did not impact the regular season.[1]
The All-Star Game, held at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, was a 7–1 victory for the NL over the AL.
The Reds won the 1976 World Series by sweeping the New York Yankees in four games; the Reds remain the only team to go undefeated in the postseason since the advent of the divisional era in 1969. It was the Reds' last title until Lou Piniella led the team to a championship in 1990. This was the second time that the Yankees were swept in a World Series, the first having been by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1963 World Series.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 97 | 62 | .610 | — | 45–35 | 52–27 |
Baltimore Orioles | 88 | 74 | .543 | 10½ | 42–39 | 46–35 |
Boston Red Sox | 83 | 79 | .512 | 15½ | 46–35 | 37–44 |
Cleveland Indians | 81 | 78 | .509 | 16 | 44–35 | 37–43 |
Detroit Tigers | 74 | 87 | .460 | 24 | 36–44 | 38–43 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 66 | 95 | .410 | 32 | 36–45 | 30–50 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Kansas City Royals | 90 | 72 | .556 | — | 49–32 | 41–40 |
Oakland Athletics | 87 | 74 | .540 | 2½ | 51–30 | 36–44 |
Minnesota Twins | 85 | 77 | .525 | 5 | 44–37 | 41–40 |
Texas Rangers | 76 | 86 | .469 | 14 | 39–42 | 37–44 |
California Angels | 76 | 86 | .469 | 14 | 38–43 | 38–43 |
Chicago White Sox | 64 | 97 | .398 | 25½ | 35–45 | 29–52 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Phillies | 101 | 61 | .623 | — | 53–28 | 48–33 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 92 | 70 | .568 | 9 | 47–34 | 45–36 |
New York Mets | 86 | 76 | .531 | 15 | 45–37 | 41–39 |
Chicago Cubs | 75 | 87 | .463 | 26 | 42–39 | 33–48 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 72 | 90 | .444 | 29 | 37–44 | 35–46 |
Montreal Expos | 55 | 107 | .340 | 46 | 27–53 | 28–54 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cincinnati Reds | 102 | 60 | .630 | — | 49–32 | 53–28 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 92 | 70 | .568 | 10 | 49–32 | 43–38 |
Houston Astros | 80 | 82 | .494 | 22 | 46–36 | 34–46 |
San Francisco Giants | 74 | 88 | .457 | 28 | 40–41 | 34–47 |
San Diego Padres | 73 | 89 | .451 | 29 | 42–38 | 31–51 |
Atlanta Braves | 70 | 92 | .432 | 32 | 34–47 | 36–45 |
League Championship Series (ALCS, NLCS) | World Series | ||||||||
East | NY Yankees | 3 | |||||||
West | Kansas City | 2 | |||||||
AL | NY Yankees | 0 | |||||||
NL | Cincinnati | 4 | |||||||
East | Philadelphia | 0 | |||||||
West | Cincinnati | 3 |
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Statistic | American League | National League | ||
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AVG | George Brett KC | .333 | Bill Madlock CHI | .339 |
HR | Graig Nettles NYY | 32 | Mike Schmidt PHI | 38 |
RBI | Lee May BAL | 109 | George Foster CIN | 121 |
SB | Billy North OAK | 75 | Davey Lopes LA | 63 |
Wins | Jim Palmer BAL | 22 | Randy Jones SD | 22 |
ERA | Mark Fidrych DET | 2.34 | John Denny STL | 2.52 |
SO | Nolan Ryan CAL | 327 | Tom Seaver NYM | 235 |
SV | Sparky Lyle NYY | 23 | Rawly Eastwick CIN | 26 |
Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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Cincinnati Reds[2] | 102 | -5.6% | 2,629,708 | 13.6% | 32,466 |
Philadelphia Phillies[3] | 101 | 17.4% | 2,480,150 | 29.9% | 30,619 |
Los Angeles Dodgers[4] | 92 | 4.5% | 2,386,301 | -6.0% | 29,461 |
New York Yankees[5] | 97 | 16.9% | 2,012,434 | 56.2% | 25,155 |
Boston Red Sox[6] | 83 | -12.6% | 1,895,846 | 8.4% | 23,406 |
Kansas City Royals[7] | 90 | -1.1% | 1,680,265 | 45.9% | 20,744 |
New York Mets[8] | 86 | 4.9% | 1,468,754 | -15.1% | 17,912 |
Detroit Tigers[9] | 74 | 29.8% | 1,467,020 | 38.6% | 18,338 |
San Diego Padres[10] | 73 | 2.8% | 1,458,478 | 13.8% | 18,231 |
St. Louis Cardinals[11] | 72 | -12.2% | 1,207,079 | -28.8% | 14,902 |
Texas Rangers[12] | 76 | -3.8% | 1,164,982 | 3.3% | 14,382 |
Baltimore Orioles[13] | 88 | -2.2% | 1,058,609 | 5.6% | 13,069 |
Chicago Cubs[14] | 75 | 0.0% | 1,026,217 | -0.8% | 12,669 |
Pittsburgh Pirates[15] | 92 | 0.0% | 1,025,945 | -19.2% | 12,666 |
Milwaukee Brewers[16] | 66 | -2.9% | 1,012,164 | -16.6% | 12,496 |
California Angels[17] | 76 | 5.6% | 1,006,774 | -4.9% | 12,429 |
Cleveland Indians[18] | 81 | 2.5% | 948,776 | -2.9% | 12,010 |
Chicago White Sox[19] | 64 | -14.7% | 914,945 | 21.9% | 11,437 |
Houston Astros[20] | 80 | 25.0% | 886,146 | 3.3% | 10,807 |
Atlanta Braves[21] | 70 | 4.5% | 818,179 | 53.0% | 10,101 |
Oakland Athletics[22] | 87 | -11.2% | 780,593 | -27.4% | 9,637 |
Minnesota Twins[23] | 85 | 11.8% | 715,394 | -3.0% | 8,832 |
Montreal Expos[24] | 55 | -26.7% | 646,704 | -28.8% | 8,084 |
San Francisco Giants[25] | 74 | -7.5% | 626,868 | 19.9% | 7,739 |
This was the first season of MLB's new national TV rights agreements with ABC and NBC. ABC won the rights to show Monday Night Baseball, the All-Star Game and both League Championship Series in even-numbered years, and World Series in odd-numbered years. NBC continued to air the weekend Game of the Week, as well as All-Star Game and both League Championship Series in odd-numbered years, and World Series in even-numbered years.