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1976 AL Championship Series (3-2): New York Yankees (97-62) over Kansas City Royals (90-72)

 1975 ALCS /  1977 ALCS

WS: CIN-NYY / ALCS: NYY-KCR / NLCS: CIN-PHI
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1976 at KauffmanStad (Kansas City Royals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2     4 12  0
    Kansas City Royals           0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0     1  5  2

    PITCHERS: NYY - Hunter
              KCR - Gura, Littell (9)

               WP - Catfish Hunter
	       LP - Larry Gura
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              KCR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 41,077

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 10, 1976 at KauffmanStad (Kansas City Royals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  1  2    0  0  0    0  0  0     3 12  5
    Kansas City Royals           2  0  0    0  0  2    0  3  x     7  9  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Figueroa, Tidrow (6)
              KCR - Leonard, Splittorff (3), Mingori (9)

               WP - Paul Splittorff
	       LP - Ed Figueroa
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              KCR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 41,091

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 12, 1976 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Kansas City Royals           3  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     3  6  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    2  0  3    0  0  x     5  9  0

    PITCHERS: KCR - Hassler, Pattin (6), Hall (6), Mingori (6), Littell (6)
              NYY - Ellis, Lyle (9)

               WP - Dock Ellis
	       LP - Andy Hassler
             SAVE - Sparky Lyle

   HOME RUNS: KCR - none
              NYY - Chambliss

  ATTENDANCE: 56,808

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 13, 1976 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Kansas City Royals           0  3  0    2  0  1    0  1  0     7  9  1
    New York Yankees             0  2  0    0  0  0    1  0  1     4 11  0

    PITCHERS: KCR - Gura, Bird (3), Mingori (7)
              NYY - Hunter, Tidrow (4), Jackson (7)

               WP - Doug Bird
	       LP - Catfish Hunter
             SAVE - Steve Mingori

   HOME RUNS: KCR - none
              NYY - Nettles (2)

  ATTENDANCE: 56,355

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 14, 1976 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Kansas City Royals           2  1  0    0  0  0    0  3  0     6 11  1
    New York Yankees             2  0  2    0  0  2    0  0  1     7 11  1

    PITCHERS: KCR - Leonard, Splittorff (1), Pattin (4), Hassler (5), Littell (7)
              NYY - Figueroa, Jackson (8), Tidrow (9)

               WP - Dick Tidrow
	       LP - Mark Littell
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: KCR - Brett, Mayberry
              NYY - Chambliss

  ATTENDANCE: 56,821

Series Batting Stats

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New York Yankees

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
#Sandy Alomar        2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 163  39  1  .239  .577  12
*Chris Chambliss     5  21  5 11  1  1  2   8  0  1  .524  .500  .952  2 | 641 188 17  .293  .764   1
#Dock Ellis          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Ed Figueroa         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Oscar Gamble        3   8  1  2  1  0  0   1  1  1  .250  .333  .375  0 | 340  79 17  .232  .743   5
*Ron Guidry          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Ellie Hendricks     1   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 |+132  23  4  .174  .511   0
 Catfish Hunter      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
#Grant Jackson       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  0   0  0               0
*Sparky Lyle         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Elliott Maddox      3   9  0  2  1  0  0   1  0  1  .222  .222  .333  0 |  46  10  0  .217  .536   0
*Jim Mason           2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 217  39  1  .180  .445   0
*Carlos May          3  10  1  2  1  0  0   0  1  4  .200  .273  .300  0 |+351  91  3  .259  .677   5
 Thurman Munson      5  23  3 10  2  0  0   3  0  1  .435  .435  .522  0 | 616 186 17  .302  .769  14
*Graig Nettles       5  17  2  4  1  0  2   4  3  3  .235  .350  .647  0 | 583 148 32  .254  .802  11
 Lou Piniella        4  11  1  3  1  0  0   0  0  1  .273  .273  .364  0 | 327  92  3  .281  .716   0
 Willie Randolph     5  17  0  2  0  0  0   1  3  1  .118  .250  .118  1 | 430 115  1  .267  .684  37
*Mickey Rivers       5  23  5  8  0  1  0   0  1  1  .348  .375  .435  0 | 590 184  8  .312  .759  43
 Fred Stanley        5  15  1  5  2  0  0   0  2  0  .333  .412  .467  0 | 260  62  1  .238  .602   1
 Dick Tidrow         3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Otto Velez          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  94  25  2  .266  .804   0
#Roy White           5  17  4  5  3  0  0   3  5  1  .294  .455  .471  1 | 626 179 14  .286  .774  31
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 174 23 55 13  2  4  21 16 15  .316  .372  .483  4 |        120  .269  .715 163

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Kansas City Royals

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Doug Bird           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*George Brett        5  18  4  8  1  1  1   5  2  1  .444  .476  .778  0 | 645 215  7  .333  .839  21
 Al Cowens           5  21  3  4  0  1  0   0  1  1  .190  .227  .286  2 | 581 154  3  .265  .639  23
#Larry Gura          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Tom Hall            1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  0   0  0               0
*Andy Hassler        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  0   0  0               0
 Dennis Leonard      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Mark Littell        3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Buck Martinez       5  15  0  5  0  0  0   4  1  3  .333  .375  .333  0 | 267  61  5  .228  .625   0
*John Mayberry       5  18  4  4  0  0  1   3  1  0  .222  .263  .389  0 | 594 138 13  .232  .664   3
 Hal McRae           5  16  2  2  1  1  0   1  1  4  .125  .211  .313  0 | 527 175  8  .332  .868  22
*Steve Mingori       3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Dave Nelson         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 153  36  1  .235  .605  15
 Amos Otis           1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 592 165 18  .279  .785  26
 Freddie Patek       5  18  2  7  2  0  0   4  0  1  .389  .389  .500  0 | 432 104  1  .241  .624  51
 Marty Pattin        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Tom Poquette        5  16  1  3  2  0  0   4  2  3  .188  .278  .313  0 | 344 104  2  .302  .791   6
*Jamie Quirk         4   8  1  1  0  1  0   2  0  3  .125  .111  .375  0 | 114  28  1  .246  .577   0
 Cookie Rojas        4   9  2  3  0  0  0   1  0  0  .333  .300  .333  1 | 132  32  0  .242  .568   2
*Paul Splittorff     2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Bob Stinson         2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 209  55  2  .263  .677   3
 John Wathan         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  42  12  0  .286  .643   0
 Frank White         4   8  2  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .125  .125  .125  0 | 446 102  2  .229  .570  20
 Jim Wohlford        5  12  3  2  0  0  0   0  3  1  .167  .333  .167  2 | 293  73  1  .249  .621  22
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 162 24 40  6  4  2  24 11 18  .247  .292  .370  5 |         65  .269  .699 218

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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New York Yankees

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Ed Figueroa         2   5.84 0-1  0  0 12.3 14  8  2  5 | 19-10 257  3.02  1.29 119   
 Catfish Hunter      2   4.50 1-1  0  1 12.0 10  6  1  5 | 17-15 299  3.53  1.13 173   
 Dock Ellis          1   3.38 1-0  0  0  8.0  6  3  2  5 | 17-8  212  3.19  1.28  65   
 Dick Tidrow         3   3.68 1-0  0  0  7.3  6  3  4  0 |  4-5   92  2.63  1.13  65 10
*Grant Jackson       2   8.10 0-0  0  0  3.3  4  3  1  3 |+ 7-1   78  2.54  1.05  39  4
*Sparky Lyle         1   0.00 0-0  1  0  1.0  0  0  1  0 |  7-8  104  2.26  1.20  61 23
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.70 3-2  1  1 44.0 40 23 11 18 |            3.19 1.200   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Kansas City Royals

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Larry Gura          2   4.22 0-1  0  0 10.7 18  5  1  4 |  4-0   63  2.30  1.07  22  1
*Paul Splittorff     2   1.93 1-0  0  0  9.3  7  2  5  2 | 11-8  159  3.97  1.44  59   
*Andy Hassler        2   6.14 0-1  0  0  7.3  8  5  6  4 |+ 5-12 147  3.61  1.33  61   
 Doug Bird           1   1.93 1-0  0  0  4.7  4  1  0  1 | 12-10 198  3.37  1.12 107  2
 Mark Littell        3   1.93 0-1  0  0  4.7  4  1  1  3 |  8-4  104  2.08  1.23  92 16
*Steve Mingori       3   2.70 0-0  1  0  3.3  4  1  0  1 |  5-5   85  2.32  1.15  38 10
 Dennis Leonard      2  19.29 0-0  0  0  2.3  9  5  2  0 | 17-10 259  3.51  1.22 150   
*Tom Hall            1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  1  0  0  0 |+ 2-2   35  4.63  1.60  27  1
 Marty Pattin        2  27.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  0  1  1  0 |  8-14 141  2.49  1.08  65  5
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.40 2-3  1  0 43.0 55 21 16 15 |            3.21 1.260   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: CIN-NYY / ALCS: NYY-KCR / NLCS: CIN-PHI

 1975 ALCS /  1977 ALCS

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