1976 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1976 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1976 in baseball.

The 1976 Major League Baseball season was the last season in which both the AL and the NL had the same number of teams until 1993. The season ended with the Cincinnati Reds taking the World Series Championship for the second consecutive season by sweeping the New York Yankees in four games. It would be the Reds' last title until Lou Piniella guided the club in 1990, and the second time that the Yankees were swept in World Series history. The only team to do it previously was the 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers.

Postseason

	League Championship Series TV: ABC					World Series TV: NBC
	East	New York Yankees	3
	West	Kansas City Royals	2
						AL	New York Yankees	0
						NL	Cincinnati Reds	4
	East	Philadelphia Phillies	0
	West	Cincinnati Reds	3

Awards and honors

American League National League Award Player Position Team Player Position Team Most Valuable Player Thurman Munson C NYY Joe Morgan 2B CIN Cy Young Award Jim Palmer RHP BAL Randy Jones LHP SD Rookie of the Year Mark Fidrych RHP DET Butch Metzger Pat Zachry RHP RHP SD CIN Relief Man of the Year Bill Campbell RHP MIN Rawly Eastwick RHP CIN

Statistical leaders

American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG George Brett KCR .333 Bill Madlock PIT .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 LAD 63 Wins Jim Palmer BAL 22 Randy Jones SDP 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

External links

• 1976 season at Baseball-reference.com