1976 in baseball

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1976 throughout the world.

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See also

Baseball
Major League Baseball
Minor league baseball
Negro league baseball
Japanese baseball
1976 in sports
Sources

[Baseball Hall of Fame]
[Baseball Almanac]
[Baseball Library]
[Baseball Reference]
[National Pastime]
[The Deadball Era]

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Early Years
1869 • 1845-1868
See also
Baseball Major League Baseball Minor league baseball Negro league baseball Japanese baseball 1976 in sports
Sources
[Baseball Hall of Fame] [Baseball Almanac] [Baseball Library] [Baseball Reference] [National Pastime] [The Deadball Era]

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Contents

1 Champions

1.1 Major League Baseball
1.2 Other champions

2 Awards and honors
3 Statistical Leaders
4 Major League Baseball final standings
5 Events

5.1 January-March
5.2 April-June
5.3 July-September
5.4 October-December

6 Movies
7 Births

7.1 January-April
7.2 May-August
7.3 September-December

8 Deaths

Champions

Major League Baseball

World Series: Cincinnati Reds over New York Yankees (4-0); Johnny Bench, MVP

All-Star Game, July 13 at Veterans Stadium: National League, 7-1; George Foster, MVP

Other champions

Caribbean World Series: Naranjeros de Hermosillo (Mexico)
College World Series: Arizona
Japan Series: Hankyu Braves over Yomiuri Giants (4-3)
Little League World Series: Chofu, Tokyo, Japan

Awards and honors

Statistical Leaders

	American League		National League
AVG	George Brett KAN	.333	Bill Madlock CHC	.339
HR	Graig Nettles NYY	32	Mike Schmidt PHI	38
RBI	Lee May BAL	109	George Foster CIN	121
Wins	Jim Palmer BAL	22	Randy Jones SDP	22
ERA	Mark Fidrych DET	2.34	John Denny STL	2.52
Ks	Nolan Ryan CAL	327	Tom Seaver NYM	235

Major League Baseball final standings

American League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win % GB
East Division

1st New York Yankees 97 62 .610 --
2nd Baltimore Orioles 88 74 .543 10.5
3rd Boston Red Sox 83 79 .512 15.5
4th Cleveland Indians 81 78 .509 16.0
5th Detroit Tigers 74 87 .460 24.0
6th Milwaukee Brewers 66 95 .410 32.0

West Division
1st Kansas City Royals 90 72 .556 --
2nd Oakland Athletics 87 74 .540 2.5
3rd Minnesota Twins 85 77 .525 5.0
4th Texas Rangers 76 86 .469 14.0
4th California Angels 76 86 .469 14.0
6th Chicago White Sox 64 97 .398 25.5

Deaths

March 11 - Larry Gardner, 89, third baseman for three Red Sox champions who batted .300 five times; longtime coach at University of Vermont
April 15 - George Scales, 75, second baseman in the Negro Leagues, also a manager in the Puerto Rican winter league
May 2 - Dan Bankhead, 55, first black pitcher in major league history (Brooklyn Dodgers, 1947, 1950-51); also homered in first major league at-bat
May 30 - Max Carey, 86, Hall of Fame center fielder, mainly with the Pittsburgh Pirates, who led NL in steals ten times, holding league career record of 738 until 1974; set NL records for career games, putouts, chances and double plays in outfield, and batted .458 in 1925 World Series
June 11 - Jim Konstanty, 59, All-Star pitcher who became the first reliever to win the MVP award, with the 1950 "Whiz Kid" Phillies
June 15 - Jimmy Dykes, 79, All-Star third baseman for the Athletics and White Sox who went on to become the winningest manager in White Sox history; also managed five other teams
June 23 - Lon Warneke, 67, 5-time All-Star pitcher had three 20-win seasons for Cubs, led NL in wins and ERA in 1932; later an NL umpire for seven years
June 30 - Firpo Marberry, 77, pitcher for the Washington Senators who established single-season and career records for both saves and relief appearances, led majors in saves a record five times; also 94-52 as a starter
July 9 - Tom Yawkey, 73, owner and president of the Boston Red Sox since 1933, and vice president of the American League from 1956 to 1973
July 21 - Earle Combs, 77, Hall of Fame center fielder for the New York Yankees who batted .325 lifetime and led the AL in triples three times; batting leadoff, he had eight seasons of 100 runs, and batted .350 over four World Series
September 25 - Red Faber, 88, Hall of Fame pitcher who played his entire 20-year career with the Chicago White Sox, winning 254 games and leading AL in ERA twice; his four 20-win seasons included a 25-win campaign for the scandal-decimated 1921 team, which finished 62-92
October 9 - Bob Moose, 29, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates since 1967, threw no-hitter in 14-3 season in 1969
December 1 - George Earnshaw, 76, pitcher who had three 20-win seasons for 1929-30-31 AL champion Athletics; later a scout and coach
December 2 - Danny Murtaugh, 59, manager who in four stints with the Pittsburgh Pirates won two World Series (1960, 1971) and three division titles; led NL in steals as rookie in 1941
December 7 - Duke Maas, 47, pitcher who won 45 games for the Tigers, Athletics and Yankees
December 9 - Wes Ferrell, 68, All-Star pitcher who had six 20-win seasons for the Indians and Red Sox, 193 career wins included a no-hitter; also a career .280 hitter, and caught by brother Rick for five seasons
December 10 - Danny Thompson, 29, infielder, mainly with the Minnesota Twins, who played four seasons after being diagnosed with leukemia

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