1976 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1976 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1976

World Series Champions

Cincinnati Reds

Runner Up

New York Yankees

Most Valuable Players

AL: Thurman Munson NL: Joe Morgan

Cy Young Winners

AL: Jim Palmer NL: Randy Jones

Rookies of the Year

AL: Mark Fidrych NL: Butch Metzger

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

Floyd Bannister (Houston Astros)

All-Star Game

Philadelphia,Pennsylvania

Teams

Players

816

Attendance

31,318,331

Payroll

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1976 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	3	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	159	97	62	.610	--	730	575	155	Lost World Series (Reds)	2,012,434	4	Gabe Paul	Billy Martin	Yankee Stadium I
2	3	7	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	10.5	619	598	21	dnq	1,058,609	12	Hank Peters	Earl Weaver	Memorial Stadium
3	6	11	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	15.5	716	660	56	dnq	1,895,846	5	Dick O'Connell	Darrell Johnson, Don Zimmer	Fenway Park
4	7	12	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	159	81	78	.509	16.0	615	615	0	dnq	948,776	17	Phil Seghi	Frank Robinson	Cleveland Stadium
5	10	17	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	161	74	87	.460	24.0	609	709	-100	dnq	1,467,020	8	Jim Campbell	Ralph Houk	Tiger Stadium
6	11	22	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	161	66	95	.410	32.0	570	655	-85	dnq	1,012,164	15	Jim Baumer	Alex Grammas	County Stadium
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	6	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	--	713	611	102	Lost ALCS (Yankees)	1,680,265	6	Joe Burke	Whitey Herzog	Royals Stadium
2	4	8	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	161	87	74	.540	2.5	686	598	88	dnq	780,593	21	Charlie Finley	Chuck Tanner	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
3	5	10	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	85	77	.525	5.0	743	704	39	dnq	715,394	22	Calvin Griffith	Gene Mauch	Metropolitan Stadium
4	9	15	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	76	86	.469	14.0	616	652	-36	dnq	1,164,982	11	Dan O'Brien	Frank Lucchesi	Arlington Stadium
5	8	14	California Angels	T - S - R - L	162	76	86	.469	14.0	550	631	-81	dnq	1,006,774	16	Harry Dalton	Dick Williams, Norm Sherry	Anaheim Stadium
6	12	23	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	161	64	97	.398	25.5	586	745	-159	dnq	914,945	18	Roland Hemond	Paul Richards	Comiskey Park
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	2	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	101	61	.623	--	770	557	213	Lost NLCS (Reds)	2,480,150	2	Paul Owens	Danny Ozark	Veterans Stadium
2	3	4	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	92	70	.568	9.0	708	630	78	dnq	1,025,945	14	Joe Brown	Danny Murtaugh	Three Rivers Stadium
3	5	9	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	15.0	615	538	77	dnq	1,468,754	7	Joe McDonald	Joe Frazier	Shea Stadium
4	7	16	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	75	87	.463	26.0	611	728	-117	dnq	1,026,217	13	Salty Saltwell	Jim Marshall	Wrigley Field
5	10	20	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	72	90	.444	29.0	629	671	-42	dnq	1,207,079	10	Bing Devine	Red Schoendienst	Busch Stadium II
6	12	24	Montreal Expos	T - S - R - L	162	55	107	.340	46.0	531	734	-203	dnq	646,704	23	Jim Fanning	Karl Kuehl, Charlie Fox	Jarry Park
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	102	60	.630	--	857	633	224	Won World Series (Yankees)	2,629,708	1	Bob Howsam	Sparky Anderson	Riverfront Stadium
2	4	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	92	70	.568	10.0	608	543	65	dnq	2,386,301	3	Al Campanis	Walter Alston, Tom Lasorda	Dodger Stadium
3	6	13	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	80	82	.494	22.0	625	657	-32	dnq	886,146	19	Tal Smith	Bill Virdon	Astrodome
4	8	18	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	28.0	595	686	-91	dnq	626,868	24	Spec Richardson	Bill Rigney	Candlestick Park
5	9	19	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	73	89	.451	29.0	570	662	-92	dnq	1,458,478	9	Buzzie Bavasi	John McNamara	San Diego Stadium
6	11	21	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	70	92	.432	32.0	620	700	-80	dnq	818,179	20	Eddie Robinson	Dave Bristol	Atlanta Stadium
24 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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