| 1976 MLB season | |
|---|---|
| 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) |
The 1976 Major League Baseball season ended with the Cincinnati Reds winning their second consecutive World Series championship.
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.
- ^ "Labor Pains". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on January 11, 2013. Retrieved October 7, 2011 – via Wayback Machine.