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24 teams in AL, NL · 1939 regular-season games · 1976-04-08 to 1976-10-03 · attendance 31,318,331

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World Series champion

Cincinnati Reds

MVP

Thurman Munson AL
Joe Morgan NL

Cy Young

Jim Palmer AL
Randy Jones NL

Rookie of the Year

Mark Fidrych AL
Butch Metzger NL
Pat Zachry NL

All-Star Game

1976-07-13 at Veterans Stadium

Hall of Fame class of 1976

Bob Lemon, Cal Hubbard, Freddie Lindstrom, Oscar Charleston, Robin Roberts, Roger Connor

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
League Championship	New York Yankees 3–2 Kansas City Royals	5
League Championship	Cincinnati Reds 3–0 Philadelphia Phillies	3
World Series	Cincinnati Reds 4–0 New York Yankees	4

Standings

AL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	New York Yankees	97	62	.610	—	575	2,012,434	Billy Martin	Pennant Division
2	Baltimore Orioles	88	74	.543	10.5	598	1,058,609	Earl Weaver
3	Boston Red Sox	83	79	.512	15.5	660	1,895,846	Darrell Johnson, Don Zimmer
4	Cleveland Indians	81	78	.509	16	615	948,776	Frank Robinson
5	Detroit Tigers	74	87	.460	24	709	1,467,020	Ralph Houk
6	Milwaukee Brewers	66	95	.410	32	655	1,012,164	Alex Grammas

AL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Kansas City Royals	90	72	.556	—	611	1,680,265	Whitey Herzog	Division
2	Oakland Athletics	87	74	.540	2.5	598	780,593	Chuck Tanner
3	Minnesota Twins	85	77	.525	5	704	715,394	Gene Mauch
4	California Angels	76	86	.469	14	631	1,006,774	Dick Williams, Norm Sherry
4	Texas Rangers	76	86	.469	14	652	1,164,982	Frank Lucchesi
6	Chicago White Sox	64	97	.398	25.5	745	914,945	Paul Richards

NL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Philadelphia Phillies	101	61	.623	—	557	2,480,150	Danny Ozark	Division
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	92	70	.568	9	630	1,025,945	Danny Murtaugh
3	New York Mets	86	76	.531	15	538	1,468,754	Joe Frazier
4	Chicago Cubs	75	87	.463	26	728	1,026,217	Jim Marshall
5	St. Louis Cardinals	72	90	.444	29	671	1,207,079	Red Schoendienst
6	Montreal Expos	55	107	.340	46	734	646,704	Karl Kuehl, Charlie Fox

NL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Cincinnati Reds	102	60	.630	—	633	2,629,708	Sparky Anderson	World Series Division
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	92	70	.568	10	543	2,386,301	Walter Alston, Tom Lasorda
3	Houston Astros	80	82	.494	22	657	886,146	Bill Virdon
4	San Francisco Giants	74	88	.457	28	686	626,868	Bill Rigney
5	San Diego Padres	73	89	.451	29	662	1,458,478	John McNamara
6	Atlanta Braves	70	92	.432	32	700	818,179	Dave Bristol

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Larry Dierker, Houston Astros vs. Montreal Expos, 1976-07-09
John Candelaria, Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, 1976-08-09
John Montefusco, San Francisco Giants vs. Atlanta Braves, 1976-09-29

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