1976 American League (AL) Statistics and Awards

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Expanded Standings

East Division Team W L WL% GB NewYorkY NYY 97 62 .610 -- Bltmore BAL 88 74 .543 10.5 BostonRS BOS 83 79 .512 15.5 Clvlnd CLE 81 78 .509 16.0 Detroit DET 74 87 .460 24.0 Milwkee MIL 66 95 .410 32.0

West Division Team W L WL% GB KansasCy KCR 90 72 .556 -- Oakland OAK 87 74 .540 2.5 Minnesta MIN 85 77 .525 5.0 Califrna CAL 76 86 .469 14.0 Texas TEX 76 86 .469 14.0 ChicagoW CHW 64 97 .398 25.5

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Postseason

World Series (4-0):	Cincinnati Reds over New York Yankees
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1976 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
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League Splits - Bat: ML-NL-AL - Pitch: ML-NL-AL

League Batting Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 MIN  4.59   743  162  5574  1526  222  51   81  550   714  .274  .339  .375  146   75 108  4.54  4.63
 NYY  4.59   730  159  5555  1496  231  36  120  470   616  .269  .326  .389  163   65 110  4.36  4.82
 BOS  4.42   716  162  5511  1448  257  53  134  500   832  .263  .324  .402   95   70 102  5.04  3.80
 KCR  4.40   713  162  5540  1490  259  57   65  484   650  .269  .328  .371  218  106 103  4.54  4.26
 OAK  4.26   686  161  5353  1319  208  33  113  592   818  .246  .321  .361  341  123 105  4.36  4.16
 CLE  3.87   615  159  5412  1423  189  38   85  479   631  .263  .323  .359   75   69 101  3.94  3.80
 BAL  3.82   619  162  5457  1326  213  28  119  519   883  .243  .309  .358  150   61 101  3.46  4.19
 TEX  3.80   616  162  5555  1390  213  26   80  568   809  .250  .320  .341   87   45  93  3.94  3.67
 DET  3.78   609  161  5441  1401  207  38  101  450   730  .257  .314  .365  107   59  97  3.81  3.75
 CHW  3.64   586  161  5532  1410  209  46   73  471   739  .255  .313  .349  120   53  94  3.75  3.53
 MIL  3.54   570  161  5396  1326  170  38   88  511   909  .246  .311  .340   62   61  93  3.60  3.48
 CAL  3.40   550  162  5385  1265  210  23   63  534   812  .235  .304  .318  126   80  89  3.07  3.72
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.01  7753 1934 65711 16820 2588 467 1122 6128  9143  .256  .320  .361 1690  867

League Pitching Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 NYY  3.62   575  159  3.19  1455  1300   8.2   448  2.8   97   674   62    13    15  37 108  3.68  3.56
 KCR  3.77   611  162  3.21  1472  1356   8.4   493  3.0   83   735   41     9    12  35 110  3.54  4.00
 OAK  3.71   598  161  3.26  1459  1412   8.8   415  2.6   96   711   39    13    15  29 103  3.51  3.93
 BAL  3.69   598  162  3.32  1468  1396   8.6   489  3.0   80   678   59    14    16  23  99  3.78  3.60
 CAL  3.90   631  162  3.36  1477  1323   8.2   553  3.4   95   992   64    13    15  17  99  3.51  4.28
 TEX  4.02   652  162  3.45  1472  1464   9.0   461  2.8  106   773   63    15    15  15 104  4.07  3.98
 CLE  3.87   615  159  3.47  1432  1361   8.6   533  3.4   80   928   30    10    17  46  99  3.73  4.00
 BOS  4.07   660  162  3.52  1458  1495   9.2   409  2.5  109   673   49     9    13  27 112  4.35  3.80
 MIL  4.07   655  161  3.64  1435  1406   8.7   567  3.5   99   677   45     8    10  27  96  3.96  4.18
 MIN  4.35   704  162  3.69  1459  1421   8.8   610  3.8   89   762   29     9    11  23  97  4.30  4.40
 DET  4.40   709  161  3.87  1431  1426   8.9   550  3.4  101   738   55    12    12  20  95  4.76  4.05
 CHW  4.63   745  161  4.25  1448  1460   9.1   600  3.7   87   802   54     5    10  22  85  4.61  4.64
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.01  7753 1934  3.52 17466 16820   8.7  6128  3.2 1122  9143  590         161 321

League Miscellaneous Stats Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 NYY  126  141  .980   .728  2,012,434  25,155   97-62  45-35 52-27 100  98 28.3 29.2   1   6  39 Martin
 KCR  139  147  .978   .715  1,680,265  20,744   92-70  49-32 41-40 102 100 27.0 27.6   1   4  31 Herzog
 BAL  118  157  .982   .713  1,058,609  13,069   84-78  42-39 46-35  94  93 29.4 28.8   3   2  42 Weaver
 OAK  144  130  .977   .709    780,593   9,637   91-70  51-30 36-44  95  95 29.5 27.9   3   2  37 Tanner
 MIN  172  182  .973   .695    715,394   8,832   85-77  44-37 41-40 103 102 26.6 26.6   1   2  14 Mauch
 BOS  139  148  .978   .699  1,895,846  23,406   87-75  46-35 37-44 113 112 27.7 29.5   3   4  31 Johnson and Zimmer
 CLE  121  159  .980   .694    948,776  12,010   80-80  44-35 37-43  98  98 27.3 28.4   2   1  27 Robinson
 CAL  150  139  .977   .706  1,006,774  12,429   71-91  38-43 38-43  93  94 26.7 26.1   1   1  25 Williams and Sherry
 TEX  156  142  .976   .697  1,164,982  14,382   77-85  39-42 37-44 102 102 26.6 29.0   1   1  23 Lucchesi
 DET  168  161  .974   .695  1,467,020  18,338   69-92  36-44 38-43 103 105 28.0 26.7   0   3  25 Houk
 MIL  152  160  .975   .704  1,012,164  12,496   70-91  36-45 30-50  98  99 27.0 26.0   2   2  25 Grammas
 CHW  130  155  .979   .692    914,945  11,437   63-98  35-45 29-52 101 102 26.1 25.8   0   1  34 Richards
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results

Most Valuable Player Thurman Munson
NYY .302/.337/.432

Cy Young Award Jim Palmer
BAL 22-13 2.51 159 SO

Rookie of the Year Mark Fidrych
DET 19-9 2.34 97 SO

Rolaids Relief Bill Campbell
MIN 17-5 (20 sv) 3.01 115 SO

Gold Glove Winners

Pitcher Jim Palmer
Catcher Jim Sundberg

First Base George Scott

Second Base Bobby Grich

Third Base Aurelio Rodriguez

Shortstop Mark Belanger

Outfield Dwight Evans, Rick Manning, and Joe Rudi

League Leaderboards Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average

Brett-KCR .333

McRae-KCR .332

Carew-MIN .331

Bostock-MIN .323

LeFlore-DET .316

On-base %

McRae-KCR .407

Hargrove-TEX .397

Carew-MIN .395

Staub-DET .386

Carty-CLE .379

Slugging %

Jackson-BAL .502

Rice-BOS .482

Nettles-NYY .475

Lynn-BOS .467

Carew-MIN .463

OPS

McRae-KCR .868

Carew-MIN .858

Jackson-BAL .853

Brett-KCR .839

Lynn-BOS .835

Games

Mayberry-KCR 161

Staub-DET 161

Yount-MIL 161

Bell-CLE 159

Brett-KCR 159

Garner-OAK 159

At Bats

Brett-KCR 645

Chambliss-NYY 641

Yount-MIL 638

Orta-CHW 636

White-NYY 626

Plate Appearances (approx.)

White-NYY 728

Brett-KCR 705

Mayberry-KCR 690

Staub-DET 690

Yount-MIL 690

Runs

White-NYY 104

Carew-MIN 97

Rivers-NYY 95

Brett-KCR 94

Grich-BAL 93

LeFlore-DET 93

Otis-KCR 93

Hits

Brett-KCR 215

Carew-MIN 200

Chambliss-NYY 188

Munson-NYY 186

Rivers-NYY 184

Total Bases

Brett-KCR 298

Chambliss-NYY 283

Carew-MIN 280

Rice-BOS 280

Nettles-NYY 277

Doubles

Otis-KCR 40

Brett-KCR 34

Carty-CLE 34

Evans-BOS 34

McRae-KCR 34

Triples

Brett-KCR 14

Carew-MIN 12

Garner-OAK 12

Poquette-KCR 10

Bostock-MIN 9

Home Runs

Nettles-NYY 32

Bando-OAK 27

Jackson-BAL 27

Hendrick-CLE 25

May-BAL 25

Rice-BOS 25

RBI

May-BAL 109

Munson-NYY 105

Yastrzemski-BOS 102

Chambliss-NYY 96

Hisle-MIN 96

Staub-DET 96

Bases on Balls

Hargrove-TEX 97

Harrah-TEX 91

Grich-BAL 86

Staub-DET 83

White-NYY 83

Strikeouts

Rice-BOS 123

Grieve-TEX 119

Ford-MIN 118

Scott-MIL 118

Lezcano-MIL 112

Stolen Bases

North-OAK 75

LeFlore-DET 58

Campaneris-OAK 54

Baylor-OAK 52

Patek-KCR 51

Singles

Brett-KCR 160

Carew-MIN 150

Munson-NYY 141

LeFlore-DET 137

Rivers-NYY 137

Yount-MIL 137

Adjusted OPS+

Jackson-BAL 155

McRae-KCR 153

Tenace-OAK 149

Carew-MIN 148

Brett-KCR 144

Runs Created

Brett-KCR 114

Carew-MIN 111

McRae-KCR 101

Staub-DET 99

White-NYY 98

Adjusted Batting Runs

McRae-KCR 39

Carew-MIN 38

Brett-KCR 35

Jackson-BAL 33

Carty-CLE 33

Batting Wins

McRae-KCR 4.1

Carew-MIN 4.0

Brett-KCR 3.6

Jackson-BAL 3.5

Carty-CLE 3.4

Staub-DET 3.4

Extra-Base Hits

Nettles-NYY 63

Otis-KCR 60

Rice-BOS 58

Evans-BOS 56

Jackson-BAL 56

Times on Base

Carew-MIN 268

Staub-DET 266

Brett-KCR 265

White-NYY 262

Hargrove-TEX 258

Offensive Win%

McRae-KCR .739

Brett-KCR .722

Carew-MIN .717

Lynn-BOS .699

Tenace-OAK .693

Hit By Pitch

Baylor-OAK 20

Chalk-CAL 10

Ford-MIN 10

Munson-NYY 9

McRae-KCR 8

Randall-MIN 8

Sac. Hits

Smalley-TOT 25

Campaneris-OAK 18

White-KCR 18

Dent-CHW 17

Randall-MIN 17

Sac. Flies

Mayberry-KCR 12

Baylor-OAK 11

Campaneris-OAK 11

Staub-DET 11

Lynn-BOS 10

Munson-NYY 10

Rudi-OAK 10

Intentional Walks

Spencer-CHW 19

Williams-OAK 15

Carew-MIN 14

Hargrove-TEX 13

Bochte-CAL 11

Staub-DET 11

Grounded into Double Plays

Staub-DET 23

Burroughs-TEX 22

Rodriguez-DET 19

Scott-MIL 19

Carty-CLE 18

Grieve-TEX 18

Rice-BOS 18

Caught Stealing

North-OAK 29

Carew-MIN 22

LeFlore-DET 20

Washington-OAK 20

Collins-CAL 19

Power/Speed Number

Jackson-BAL 27.5

Baylor-OAK 23.3

Bando-OAK 23.0

Otis-KCR 21.3

Hisle-MIN 19.3

White-NYY 19.3

At Bats per Strikeout

Brett-KCR 17.9

Munson-NYY 16.2

Burleson-BOS 14.6

Garr-CHW 12.9

Bostock-MIN 12.8

At Bats per Home Run

Nettles-NYY 18.2

Jackson-BAL 18.4

Tenace-OAK 19.0

Bando-OAK 20.4

May-BAL 21.2

Outs

Yount-MIL 515

Orta-CHW 494

White-NYY 492

Burroughs-TEX 489

Baylor-OAK 483

ERA

Fidrych-DET 2.34

Blue-OAK 2.35

Tanana-CAL 2.43

Torrez-OAK 2.50

Palmer-BAL 2.51

Wins

Palmer-BAL 22

Tiant-BOS 21

Garland-BAL 20

Fidrych-DET 19

Figueroa-NYY 19

Tanana-CAL 19

Won-Loss %

Campbell-MIN .773

Garland-BAL .741

Ellis-NYY .680

Fidrych-DET .679

Figueroa-NYY .655

Tanana-CAL .655

BB + H per IP (WHIP)

Tanana-CAL 0.988

Palmer-BAL 1.076

Fidrych-DET 1.079

Blue-OAK 1.109

Bird-KCR 1.123

Hits Allowed/9IP

Ryan-CAL 6.11

Tanana-CAL 6.62

Eckersley-CLE 7.00

Palmer-BAL 7.29

Brett-TOT 7.67

Bases on Balls/9IP

Bird-KCR 1.41

Jenkins-BOS 1.85

Perry-TEX 1.87

Blue-OAK 1.90

Fidrych-DET 1.91

Strikeouts/9IP

Ryan-CAL 10.35

Eckersley-CLE 9.03

Tanana-CAL 8.15

Blyleven-TOT 6.62

Campbell-MIN 6.17

Games

Campbell-MIN 78

Fingers-OAK 70

Lindblad-OAK 65

Lyle-NYY 64

LaRoche-CLE 61

Saves

Lyle-NYY 23

LaRoche-CLE 21

Campbell-MIN 20

Fingers-OAK 20

Littell-KCR 16

Innings

Palmer-BAL 315.0

Hunter-NYY 298.7

Blue-OAK 298.3

Blyleven-TOT 297.7

Slaton-MIL 292.7

Strikeouts

Ryan-CAL 327

Tanana-CAL 261

Blyleven-TOT 219

Eckersley-CLE 200

Hunter-NYY 173

Games Started

Palmer-BAL 40

Ryan-CAL 39

Torrez-OAK 39

Slaton-MIL 38

Tiant-BOS 38

Comp. Games

Fidrych-DET 24

Palmer-BAL 23

Tanana-CAL 23

Hunter-NYY 21

Perry-TEX 21

Ryan-CAL 21

Shutouts

Ryan-CAL 7

Blue-OAK 6

Blyleven-TOT 6

Palmer-BAL 6

Fidrych-DET 4

Figueroa-NYY 4

Garland-BAL 4

Goltz-MIN 4

Roberts-DET 4

Singer-TOT 4

Torrez-OAK 4

Wise-BOS 4

Home Runs Allow.

Hunter-NYY 28

Tiant-BOS 25

Tanana-CAL 24

Travers-MIL 21

Colborn-MIL 20

Jenkins-BOS 20

Johnson-CHW 20

Palmer-BAL 20

Bases On Balls Allow.

Ryan-CAL 183

Singer-TOT 96

Travers-MIL 95

Figueroa-NYY 94

Slaton-MIL 94

Hits Allowed

Slaton-MIL 287

Blyleven-TOT 283

Tiant-BOS 274

Blue-OAK 268

Hunter-NYY 268

SO to Walk

Tanana-CAL 3.58

Bird-KCR 3.45

Jenkins-BOS 3.30

Perry-TEX 2.75

Blyleven-TOT 2.70

Losses

Ryan-CAL 18

Gossage-CHW 17

Roberts-DET 17

Blyleven-TOT 16

Johnson-CHW 16

Ross-CAL 16

Travers-MIL 16

Earned Runs Allow.

Hunter-NYY 117

Roberts-DET 112

Slaton-MIL 112

Johnson-CHW 111

Ryan-CAL 106

Wild Pitches

Goltz-MIN 15

Slaton-MIL 11

Holtzman-TOT 10

Hughes-MIN 9

Broberg-MIL 8

Hargan-TEX 8

Hood-CLE 8

Torrez-OAK 8

Hit Batsmen

Blyleven-TOT 12

Leonard-KCR 11

Singer-TOT 11

Hartzell-CAL 10

Gossage-CHW 9

Tanana-CAL 9

Batters Faced

Palmer-BAL 1256

Slaton-MIL 1235

Blyleven-TOT 1225

Hunter-NYY 1210

Blue-OAK 1205

Games Finished

Campbell-MIN 68

Fingers-OAK 62

Lyle-NYY 58

Hiller-DET 46

LaRoche-CLE 43

Adjusted ERA+

Fidrych-DET 158

Blue-OAK 142

Tanana-CAL 136

Torrez-OAK 134

Palmer-BAL 130

Oldest Player

Minoso-CHW 1925-11-29 (50)

Aaron-MIL 1934-02-05 (42)

Robinson-CLE 1935-08-31 (40)

Hoerner-TEX 1936-11-12 (39)

Cuellar-BAL 1937-05-08 (39)

Youngest Player

Griffin-CLE 1957-10-06 (18)

Monroe-CHW 1956-06-20 (20)

Haas-MIL 1956-04-22 (20)

Wynegar-MIN 1956-03-14 (20)

Boggs-TEX 1955-10-25 (20)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters
P. Mark Fidrych (DET)
C. Thurman Munson (NYY)
1B. Rod Carew (MIN)
2B. Bobby Grich (BAL)
3B. George Brett (KCR)
SS. Toby Harrah (TEX)
LF. Ron LeFlore (DET)
CF. Fred Lynn (BOS)
RF. Rusty Staub (DET)


Mark Belanger* (BAL)
Chris Chambliss* (NYY)
Rollie Fingers (OAK)
Carlton Fisk* (BOS)
Phil Garner* (OAK)
Rich Gossage (CHW)
Catfish Hunter* (NYY)
Dave LaRoche (CLE)
Sparky Lyle (NYY)

Hal McRae* (KCR)
Don Money* (MIL)
Amos Otis* (KCR)
Freddie Patek* (KCR)
Willie Randolph (NYY)
Mickey Rivers* (NYY)
Frank Tanana* (CAL)
Luis Tiant* (BOS)
Bill Travers (MIL)

Butch Wynegar* (MIN)
Carl Yastrzemski* (BOS)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Mark Fidrych (DET) C. Thurman Munson (NYY) 1B. Rod Carew (MIN) 2B. Bobby Grich (BAL) 3B. George Brett (KCR) SS. Toby Harrah (TEX) LF. Ron LeFlore (DET) CF. Fred Lynn (BOS) RF. Rusty Staub (DET)		Mark Belanger* (BAL) Chris Chambliss* (NYY) Rollie Fingers (OAK) Carlton Fisk* (BOS) Phil Garner* (OAK) Rich Gossage (CHW) Catfish Hunter* (NYY) Dave LaRoche (CLE) Sparky Lyle (NYY)		Hal McRae* (KCR) Don Money* (MIL) Amos Otis* (KCR) Freddie Patek* (KCR) Willie Randolph (NYY) Mickey Rivers* (NYY) Frank Tanana* (CAL) Luis Tiant* (BOS) Bill Travers (MIL)		Butch Wynegar* (MIN) Carl Yastrzemski* (BOS)