1976 Cincinnati Reds season

1976 Cincinnati Reds
1976 World Series Champions 1976 National League Champions 1976 NL West Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Riverfront Stadium (since 1970)
Cincinnati (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Louis Nippert
General manager(s)	Bob Howsam
Manager(s)	Sparky Anderson
Local television	WLWT (Ken Coleman, Bill Brown)
Local radio	WLW (Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
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The 1976 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The Reds won their second consecutive National League West title with a record of 102-60, 10 games ahead of the runner-up Los Angeles Dodgers. They went on to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1976 National League Championship Series in three straight games, and then win their second consecutive World Series title in four straight games over the New York Yankees. They were the third and most recent National League team to achieve this distinction,and the first since the 1921–22 New York Giants. The Reds drew 2,629,708 fans to their home games at Riverfront Stadium, an all-time franchise attendance record.^[1]

Offseason

October 24, 1975: Joaquín Andújar was traded by the Reds to the Houston Astros for players to be named later. The Astros completed the deal by sending Luis Sánchez and Carlos Alfonso (minors) to the Reds on December 12.^[2]
December 12, 1975: Clay Carroll was traded by the Reds to the Chicago White Sox for Rich Hinton and Jeff Sovern (minors).^[3]

Regular season

Season summary

The "Big Red Machine" was at the height of its power in the 1976 season, with four future Hall-of-Famers (Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Tony Pérez, and manager Sparky Anderson), the future MLB all-time hits leader Pete Rose, and a notable supporting line up including Dave Concepción at shortstop, and Ken Griffey, César Gerónimo, and George Foster in the outfield.

The Reds retained their NL pennant by winning the NLCS in three games over the Phillies, and their second consecutive World Series title by defeating the Yankees in four games, becoming only the second team to sweep a World Series from the Yankees (following the 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers). By sweeping both the Phillies and Yankees, the Reds became the first and only team to have a perfect postseason since the League Championship Series was started in 1969. Joe Morgan was the NL's Most Valuable Player for the second straight season and Johnny Bench was the World Series MVP.

To celebrate the National League's 100th anniversary, the Reds and several other teams adopted pillbox-style caps.

Season standings

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	102	60	0.630	—	49–32	53–28
Los Angeles Dodgers	92	70	0.568	10	49–32	43–38
Houston Astros	80	82	0.494	22	46–36	34–46
San Francisco Giants	74	88	0.457	28	40–41	34–47
San Diego Padres	73	89	0.451	29	42–38	31–51
Atlanta Braves	70	92	0.432	32	34–47	36–45

Record vs. opponents

1976 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	6–6	6–12	7–11	8–10	8–4	4–8	5–7	3–9	10–8	9–9	4–8
Chicago	6–6	—	3–9	5–7	3–9	11–7	5–13	8–10	8–10	6–6	8–4	12–6
Cincinnati	12–6	9–3	—	12–6	13–5	9–3	6–6	5–7	8–4	13–5	9–9	6–6
Houston	11–7	7–5	6–12	—	5–13	10–2	6–6	4–8	2–10	10–8	10–8	9–3
Los Angeles	10–8	9–3	5–13	13–5	—	10–2	7–5	5–7	9–3	6–12	8–10	10–2
Montreal	4–8	7–11	3–9	2–10	2–10	—	8–10	3–15	8–10	4–8	7–5	7–11
New York	8–4	13–5	6–6	6–6	5–7	10–8	—	5–13	10–8	7–5	7–5	9–9
Philadelphia	7-5	10–8	7–5	8–4	7–5	15–3	13–5	—	8–10	8–4	6–6	12–6
Pittsburgh	9–3	10–8	4–8	10–2	3–9	10–8	8–10	10–8	—	7–5	9–3	12–6
San Diego	8–10	6–6	5–13	8–10	12–6	8–4	5–7	4–8	5–7	—	8–10	4–8
San Francisco	9–9	4–8	9–9	8–10	10–8	5–7	5–7	6–6	3–9	10–8	—	5–7
St. Louis	8–4	6–12	6–6	3–9	2–10	11–7	9–9	6–12	6–12	8–4	7–5	—

Notable transactions

April 5, 1976: Merv Rettenmund was traded by the Reds to the San Diego Padres for Rudy Meoli.^[4]

Roster

1976 Cincinnati Reds

Roster

Pitchers

42 Santo Alcalá

43 Jack Billingham

34 Pedro Borbón

44 Pat Darcy

49 Rawly Eastwick

35 Don Gullett

53 Joe Henderson

36 Rich Hinton

37 Will McEnaney

38 Gary Nolan

32 Fred Norman

45 Manny Sarmiento

40 Pat Zachry

Catchers

5 Johnny Bench

9 Bill Plummer

7 Don Werner

Infielders

13 Dave Concepción

22 Dan Driessen

23 Doug Flynn

8 Joe Morgan

24 Tony Pérez

14 Pete Rose

Outfielders

33 Ed Armbrister

11 Bob Bailey

15 George Foster

20 César Gerónimo

30 Ken Griffey

21 Mike Lum

19 Joel Youngblood

Manager

10 Sparky Anderson

Coaches

18 Ted Kluszewski

2 Russ Nixon

3 George Scherger

4 Larry Shepard

Game Log

April (10-7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance
1	April 8	Houston Astros	W 11-5	1-0	Gary Nolan	J. R. Richard	Pedro Borbón	52,949
2	April 10	Houston Astros	W 13-7	2-0	Jack Billingham	Larry Dierker	Rawly Eastwick	16,728
3	April 11	Houston Astros	W 9-3	3-0	Pat Darcy	Joe Niekro		53,390
4	April 13	@ Atlanta Braves	W 6-1	4-0	Fred Norman	Pablo Torrealba		37,973
5	April 15	@ Atlanta Braves	L 5-10	4-1	Phil Niekro	Jack Billingham		15,716
6	April 16	San Francisco Giants	L 7-14	4-2	Jim Barr	Pat Darcy		37,147
7	April 17	San Francisco Giants	W 11-0	5-2	Fred Norman	Ed Halicki		21,219
8	April 18	San Francisco Giants	L 1-5	5-3	John Montefusco	Gary Nolan	Gary Lavelle	23,701
9	April 20	San Diego Padres	L 5-7	5-4	Butch Metzger	Will McEnaney		18,126
10	April 21	San Diego Padres	W 5-4	6-4	Fred Norman	Dave Wehrmeister	Rawly Eastwick	16,603
11	April 23	@ Montreal Expos	L 4-5	6-5	Don Stanhouse	Jack Billingham		5,306
12	April 24	@ Montreal Expos	W 6-4 (11)	7-5	Rawly Eastwick	Don Carrithers		11,190
13	April 25	@ Montreal Expos	W 7-0	8-5	Don Gullett	Steve Renko	Pat Darcy	8,095
14	April 26	@ Philadelphia Phillies	L 9-10	8-6	Tug McGraw	Rawly Eastwick		16,565
15	April 27	@ Philadelphia Phillies	W 7-3	9-6	Jack Billingham	Tom Underwood		17,818
16	April 28	@ Philadelphia Phillies	L 6-7	9-7	Jim Lonborg	Pat Darcy	Tug McGraw	20,215
17	April 30	Montreal Expos	W 7-2	10-7	Gary Nolan	Dan Warthen		20,166

May (18-10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45

June (18-12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63	June 18	@ Philadelphia Phillies	L 5-6	39-24	Jim Lonborg	Jack Billingham	Gene Garber	50,635
64	June 19	@ Philadelphia Phillies	W 4-3	40-24	Gary Nolan	Ron Reed	Rawly Eastwick	36,808
65	June 20	@ Philadelphia Phillies	L 1-6	40-25	Jim Kaat	Don Gullett		38,669
66
67
68	June 23	Philadelphia Phillies	L 2-4	42-26	Ron Reed	Pedro Borbón	Gene Garber	35,266
69	June 24	Philadelphia Phillies	L 4-5	42-27	Jim Kaat	Gary Nolan	Tug McGraw	34,053
70
71
72
73
74
75

July (20-9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104

August (18-11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128	August 26	Philadelphia Phillies	L 5-4 (13)	80-48	Tug McGraw	Rawly Eastwick		38,094
129	August 27	Philadelphia Phillies	W 4-1	81-48	Fred Norman	Tom Underwood	Pedro Borbón	49,821
130	August 28	Philadelphia Phillies	W 8-7	82-48	Rawly Eastwick	Tug McGraw		51,091
131	August 29	Philadelphia Phillies	W 6-5 (15)	83-48	Santo Alcalá	Jim Kaat		51,376
132
133

September (16-10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159

October (2-1)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance
160
161
162

Player stats

=Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos=Position; G=Games played; AB=At bats; R=Runs scored; H=Hits; Avg.=Batting average; HR=Home runs; RBI=Runs batted in; SB=Stolen Bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Bench, JohnnyJohnny Bench	135	465	62	109	.234	16	74	13
1B	Pérez, TonyTony Pérez	139	527	77	137	.260	19	91	10
2B	Morgan, JoeJoe Morgan	141	472	113	151	.320	27	111	60
3B	Rose, PetePete Rose	162	665	130	215	.323	10	63	9
SS	Concepción, DaveDave Concepción	152	576	74	162	.281	9	69	21
LF	Foster, GeorgeGeorge Foster	144	562	86	172	.306	29	121	17
CF	Gerónimo, CésarCésar Gerónimo	149	486	59	149	.307	2	49	22
RF	Griffey, KenKen Griffey	148	562	111	189	.336	6	74	34

^[5]

Other batters

Note: G=Games played; AB=At bats; R=Runs scored; H=Hits; Avg.=Batting average; HR=Home runs; RBI=Runs batted in; SB=Stolen Bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Driessen, DanDan Driessen	98	219	32	54	.247	7	44	14
Flynn, DougDoug Flynn	93	219	20	62	.283	1	20	2
Bailey, BobBob Bailey	69	124	17	37	.298	6	23	0
Youngblood, JoelJoel Youngblood	55	57	8	11	.193	0	1	1
Werner, DonDon Werner	3	4	0	2	.500	0	1	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G=Games pitched; IP=Innings pitched; W=Wins; L=Losses; ERA=Earned run average; SO=Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Nolan, GaryGary Nolan	34	239.1	15	9	3.46	113
Zachry, PatPat Zachry	38	204	14	7	2.74	143
Norman, FredFred Norman	33	180.1	12	7	3.10	126
Billingham, JackJack Billingham	34	177	12	10	4.32	76
Alcalá, SantoSanto Alcalá	30	132	11	4	4.70	67
Gullett, DonDon Gullett	23	126	11	3	3.00	64

Other pitchers

Note: G=Games pitched; IP=Innings pitched; W=Wins; L=Losses; ERA=Earned run average; SO=Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Darcy, PatPat Darcy	11	39	2	3	6.23	15

Relief pitchers

Note: G=Games pitched; W=Wins; L=Losses; SV=Saves; ERA=Earned run average; SO=Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Eastwick, RawlyRawly Eastwick	71	11	5	26	2.09	70
Borbón, PedroPedro Borbón	69	4	3	8	3.35	53
Hinton, RichRich Hinton	12	1	2	0	7.64	8
Henderson, JoeJoe Henderson	4	2	0	0	0.00	7

Postseason

NLCS

Main article: 1976 National League Championship Series

Game 1

October 9, Veterans Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	6	10	0
Philadelphia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	1
W: Don Gullett (1-0) L: Steve Carlton (0-1) SV: None
HRs: CIN – George Foster (1) PHI – None

Reds starter Don Gullett held the Phils to two hits in eight strong innings and helped his own cause with an RBI single in the sixth and a two-run double in the eighth. George Foster added a solo homer.

Game 2

October 10, Veterans Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	6	6	0
Philadelphia	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	10	1
W: Pat Zachry (1-0) L: Jim Lonborg (0-1) SV: Pedro Borbón (1)
HRs: CIN – None PHI – Greg Luzinski (1)

Game 3

October 12, Riverfront Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	6	11	0
Cincinnati	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	7	9	2
W: Rawly Eastwick (1-0) L: Gene Garber (0-1) SV: None
HRs: CIN – George Foster (2) Johnny Bench (1) PHI – None

1976 World Series

Main article: 1976 World Series

Summary

NL Cincinnati Reds (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (0)

Game	Road	Home	Score	Date	Location	Attendance	Time of Game
1	Yankees	Reds	5 – 1	Sat. Oct 16 (D)	Riverfront Stadium	54,826	2:10
2	Yankees	Reds	4 – 3	Sun. Oct 17 (N)	Riverfront Stadium	54,816	2:33
3	Reds	Yankees	6 – 2	Tue. Oct 19 (N)	Yankee Stadium	56,667	2:40
4	Reds	Yankees	7 – 2	Thu. Oct 21 (N)	Yankee Stadium	56,700	2:36

Awards and honors

Johnny Bench, Babe Ruth Award
Johnny Bench, World Series Most Valuable Player Award
Pete Rose, Roberto Clemente Award

1976 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Johnny Bench, Catcher, Starter
Joe Morgan, Second Base, Starter
Pete Rose, Third Base, Starter
Dave Concepción, Shortstop, Starter
George Foster, Outfield, Starter
Tony Pérez, First Base, Reserve
Ken Griffey, Sr., Outfielder, Reserve

^[6]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	American Association	Jim Snyder
AA	Trois-Rivières Aigles	Eastern League	Roy Majtyka
A	Tampa Tarpons	Florida State League	Ron Brand
Short-Season A	Eugene Emeralds	Northwest League	Greg Riddoch
Rookie	Billings Mustangs	Pioneer League	Jim Hoff

Notes

↑ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance Records". Baseball Almanac.
↑ Joaquin Andujar page at Baseball Reference
↑ Rich Hinton page at Baseball Reference
↑ Merv Rettenmund page at Baseball Reference
↑ "1976 Cincinnati Reds Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
↑ "1976 All-Star Game". Baseball-almanac.com. July 13, 1976. Retrieved June 8, 2012.

References

1976 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

World Series champions

National League champions

National League West champions

1976 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1976 All-Star Game 1976 World Series

Cincinnati Reds 1976 World Series Champions

5 Johnny Bench (World Series MVP) 8 Joe Morgan 9 Bill Plummer 11 Mike Lum 12 Bob Bailey 13 Dave Concepción 14 Pete Rose 15 George Foster 20 César Gerónimo 22 Dan Driessen 23 Doug Flynn 24 Tony Pérez 25 Joel Youngblood 30 Ken Griffey 32 Fred Norman 33 Ed Armbrister 34 Pedro Borbón 35 Don Gullett 37 Will McEnaney 38 Gary Nolan 40 Pat Zachry 43 Jack Billingham 49 Rawly Eastwick 53 Santo Alcala 55 Manny Sarmiento

Manager 10 Sparky Anderson Coaches 2 Russ Nixon 3 George Scherger 4 Larry Shepard 18 Ted Kluszewski

Regular season National League Championship Series

Cincinnati Reds

Formerly the Cincinnati Red Stockings and the Cincinnati Redlegs
Based in Cincinnati, Ohio

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Riverside Park; Tinker Field; Sixto Escobar Stadium; Plant Field; Al Lopez Field; Plant City Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Goodyear Ballpark

Culture

Rivalries

Cleveland Indians

Key personnel

Owner: Robert Castellini
President of Baseball Operations: Walt Jocketty
General Manager: Dick Williams
Manager: Bryan Price

World Series Championships (5)

National League pennants (9)

AA pennants (1)

1882

Division titles (10)

National League Central: 1995; 2010; 2012
National League West: 1970; 1972; 1973; 1975; 1976; 1979; 1990

Minors

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Pensacola Blue Wahoos (AA)
Daytona Tortugas (A Adv.)
Dayton Dragons (A)
Billings Mustangs (Rookie Adv.)
AZL Reds (Rookie)
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