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1976 National League  Previous Year / Next Year Eastern Division Team W L % GB OFF PIT DEF HOME ROAD 1-RUN L44 MANAGER(S) New York NL NYN 95 67 .586 ---- 9 6 9 45-36 50-31 27-19 22-22 Jon Fellows Chicago NL CHN 85 77 .525 10.0 12 10 4 45-36 40-41 31-23 22-22 Alan Bosslet Montreal MON 75 87 .463 20.0 10 14 12 42-39 33-48 22-27 22-22 Steve Bivens Pittsburgh PIN 73 89 .451 22.0 15 7 15 39-42 34-47 22-35 19-25 Darren Dawson St. Louis SLN 70 92 .432 25.0 14 12 16 39-42 31-50 21-33 19-25 Steve Dewing Western Division Team W L % GB OFF PIT DEF HOME ROAD 1-RUN L44 MANAGER(S) Cincinnati CIN 113 49 .698 ---- 2 2 1 55-26 58-23 39-16 36- 8 Alan Boodman San Diego SDN 87 75 .537 26.0 17 4 8 39-42 48-33 35-25 23-21 Mike Tomeo Los Angeles LAN 77 85 .475 36.0 20 3 2 40-41 37-44 31-34 24-20 Billy Vanson Atlanta ATN 73 89 .451 40.0 11 13 10 34-47 39-42 25-29 18-26 Tom Austad San Francisco SFN 62 100 .383 51.0 13 17 20 31-50 31-50 22-34 15-29 Bob Mittleman OFF, PIT, DEF - rankings among the 20 teams in Offense, Pitching and Defense. HOME, ROAD, 1-RUN, L44 - W-L records at Home, on the Road, in one-run games, and over the final 44 games of the season. Postseason World Series (4-1):   Cincinnati Reds over Kansas City Royals NL Championship Series (3-1):   Cincinnati Reds over New York Mets

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League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS   IBB  HP   SH   SF  GIDP
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 CIN  4.93   799  5693  1583  274  53  114  615   812  .278  .348  .405  156   43   24   24  115   58  117
 NYN  4.24   687  5594  1456  261  41   84  595   824  .260  .333  .367  107   35   19   36   90   47  129
 MON  4.15   672  5540  1364  222  39  142  554   944  .246  .317  .377   46   16   24   41   80   39  121
 ATN  3.90   632  5610  1509  232  35   76  476   658  .269  .326  .363   69   43   12   17  114   44  131
 CHN  3.90   631  5582  1438  229  30  129  339   876  .258  .303  .379   47   33   21   34   91   31  104
 SFN  3.74   606  5525  1357  267  36   76  517   908  .246  .310  .348   53   30    9   16   66   39  127
 SLN  3.71   601  5479  1386  275  30   60  411   719  .253  .305  .347  169   75   11   24   93   47   94
 PIN  3.66   593  5537  1422  263  55   92  376   844  .257  .306  .374  154   59   15   29   89   30  106
 SDN  3.62   586  5491  1312  233  16   72  530   776  .239  .309  .327   79   26   16   44  122   40  118
 LAN  3.42   554  5509  1311  205  45   87  466   852  .238  .298  .339  130   60   19   17  106   26  114
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 Tot  3.93  6361 55560 14138 2461 380  932 4879  8213  .254  .316  .363 1010  420  170  282  966  401 1161

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA   ERA    IP    H    HR    BB    SO   CG SHO  SV  IRSC XTOT XOUT  XPCT
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+-----+----+----+-----+
 CIN  3.33   540  2.87  1502  1326   90   474   864  33  10  46  .248  807  634  .786
 LAN  3.37   546  2.97  1491  1380   94   463   753  12   7  46  .333  800  618  .773
 SDN  3.41   552  3.07  1487  1398  110   424   734  24  16  43  .296  779  552  .709
 NYN  3.81   617  3.29  1491  1370  100   445   975  27  18  43  .383  836  581  .695
 PIN  3.87   627  3.44  1451  1334   98   460   834   5  10  50  .329  769  502  .653
 CHN  4.08   661  3.74  1456  1441   90   546   821   7  12  56  .362  783  589  .752
 SLN  4.14   670  3.67  1449  1412   96   515   771  19   8  36  .357  854  557  .652
 ATN  4.17   676  3.69  1462  1417   96   509   833  21  13  37  .353  888  616  .694
 MON  4.31   698  3.68  1468  1490   79   484   845  21  10  35  .309  836  572  .684
 SFN  4.78   774  4.07  1452  1570   79   559   783  20   4  21  .444  844  493  .584
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+-----+----+----+-----+
 Tot  3.93  6361  3.44 14712 14138  932  4879  8213 189 108 413       8196 5714  .697

League Awards
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Pitchers are not eligible for the MVP Award.
All voting is done by HAL. Totals may not match the Recap report, but the order of the players is generally the same.

MVP Award Voting Joe Morgan  (483) Mike Schmidt  (471) Pete Rose  (449) Rick Monday  (441) Steve Garvey  (402) Rico Carty  (379) George Foster  (369) Rusty Staub  (355) Gary Matthews  (355) Dan Ford  (354) Dave Cash  (352) Dave Concepcion  (351) Bill Madlock  (339) Johnny Bench  (337) Richie Zisk  (336) Dave Winfield  (334) Ron Cey  (334) Bill Buckner  (333) Ken Griffey  (328) Bobby Murcer  (327)

Cy Young Award Voting John Candelaria  (282) Frank Tanana  (281) Tom Seaver  (264) Phil Niekro  (249) Andy Messersmith  (236) Jon Matlack  (229) Dave Goltz  (223) Randy Jones  (214) Ron Reed  (207) Jerry Koosman  (198) Charlie Hough  (188) Dave Laroche  (185) Skip Lockwood  (181) Burt Hooton  (179) Tippy Martinez  (178) Rawly Eastwick  (165) Pat Zachry  (162) Bob Apodaca  (149) Brent Strom  (132) Marty Pattin  (128)

All Stars

Johnny Bench Bill Buckner John Candelaria Rico Carty Reggie Cleveland Tim Foli George Foster Tito Fuentes Steve Garvey Ken Griffey

Jay Johnstone Randy Jones Don Kessinger Jerry Koosman Skip Lockwood Bill Madlock Tippy Martinez Rick Monday Willie Montanez

Joe Morgan Dale Murray Phil Niekro Al Oliver Ron Reed Pete Rose Mike Schmidt Ted Simmons Rusty Staub

Gold Gloves

P: Gary Ross C: Johnny Bench 1B: Steve Garvey 2B: Joe Morgan 3B: Mike Schmidt SS: Roger Metzger OF: Rick Monday OF: Dave Winfield OF: Cesar Geronimo

Major League Leaderboard
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Batting Average Jay Johnstone .357 George Brett .351 Rod Carew .338 Pete Rose .336 Cesar Geronimo .336 Al Oliver .335 Bill Buckner .334 Lyman Bostock .333 Garry Maddox .333 Bill Madlock .333 Ralph Garr .332 Fred Lynn .326	On Base Percentage Joe Morgan .454 Jay Johnstone .420 Pete Rose .416 George Brett .406 Cesar Geronimo .401 Rod Carew .399 Fred Lynn .398 Roy White .393 Hal McRae .392 Butch Wynegar .391 Jim Wynn .387 Rusty Staub .386	Slugging Percentage Joe Morgan .556 Rick Monday .542 Jay Johnstone .534 Rico Carty .521 Reggie Jackson .520 George Brett .515 Mike Schmidt .503 Dan Ford .493 Bill Madlock .493 Greg Luzinski .485 George Foster .485 Pete Rose .477	On Base + Slugging Joe Morgan 1.010 Jay Johnstone 0.955 George Brett 0.921 Rico Carty 0.896 Pete Rose 0.894 Reggie Jackson 0.875 Rick Monday 0.875 Bill Madlock 0.874 Fred Lynn 0.866 Greg Luzinski 0.859 Roy White 0.856 Mike Schmidt 0.854
At Bats Pete Rose 687 Steve Garvey 677 Dave Cash 676 Rennie Stennett 676 Jorge Orta 671 Willie Montanez 655 Billy North 651 Chris Chambliss 650 George Brett 647 Cesar Cedeno 644 Thurman Munson 643 Amos Otis 643	Runs Scored Pete Rose 132 Joe Morgan 109 George Brett 104 Amos Otis 103 Mike Schmidt 102 Larry Hisle 101 Rod Carew 99 Mickey Rivers 98 Rick Monday 97 Mike Hargrove 95 Graig Nettles 93 Rick Manning 91	Hits Pete Rose 231 George Brett 227 Steve Garvey 220 Rod Carew 212 Mickey Rivers 207 Bill Buckner 202 Bob Watson 196 Garry Maddox 195 Willie Montanez 195 Chris Chambliss 192 Ron Leflore 190 Thurman Munson 190	Total Bases George Brett 333 Pete Rose 328 Steve Garvey 319 Mike Schmidt 313 Rick Monday 309 Rico Carty 294 Amos Otis 284 Mickey Rivers 284 Rod Carew 281 Garry Maddox 278 Greg Luzinski 276 Graig Nettles 276
Doubles Steve Garvey 51 Pete Rose 50 Jay Johnstone 45 Tim Foli 42 Ted Simmons 39 Garry Maddox 38 Lou Brock 36 Bob Watson 35 Richie Zisk 35 George Brett 34 Al Oliver 34 Mickey Rivers 34	Triples George Brett 18 Roger Metzger 16 Lyman Bostock 14 Larry Bowa 13 Dave Cash 13 Rod Carew 12 Ken Griffey 11 Dave Parker 11 Frank White 11	Home Runs Mike Schmidt 40 Rick Monday 39 Dave Kingman 36 Reggie Jackson 34 Graig Nettles 34 Greg Luzinski 29 Sal Bando 28 Carlton Fisk 28 Joe Morgan 28 Rico Carty 27 Amos Otis 27 Jim Rice 27	RBI Reggie Jackson 116 Mike Schmidt 116 Bob Watson 109 Sal Bando 106 Carlton Fisk 106 Amos Otis 106 Joe Morgan 104 Graig Nettles 103 George Foster 101 Rick Monday 101 Thurman Munson 100
Walks Joe Morgan 131 Jim Wynn 129 Johnny Bench 94 Bobby Grich 92 Toby Harrah 92 Pete Rose 90 Mike Schmidt 88 Butch Wynegar 88 Ken Singleton 84 Gene Tenace 84	Batters Strikeouts Tom Grieve 159 Mike Schmidt 146 Greg Luzinski 134 Dan Ford 133 Ron Leflore 130 Amos Otis 130 George Scott 129 Rick Monday 128 Doug Rader 123 Richie Zisk 121 Reggie Jackson 118 Billy North 111	Stolen Bases Davey Lopes 76 Lou Brock 67 Ron Leflore 63 Rod Carew 61 Cesar Cedeno 57 Larry Hisle 44 Frank Taveras 44 Jerry Royster 39 Jerry Remy 38 Mickey Rivers 36 Joe Morgan 34 Garry Maddox 33	Caught Stealing Rod Carew 34 Ron Leflore 28 Lou Brock 24 Larry Hisle 22 Davey Lopes 21 Jerry Royster 18 Cesar Cedeno 17 Jose Cruz 16 Garry Templeton 16 Dave Cash 15 Al Cowens 15 Frank White 15
Hit by Pitch Don Baylor 15 Ron Jackson 15 Greg Luzinski 14 Hal McRae 14 Thurman Munson 13 Dan Ford 12 Mike Schmidt 12 Dave Chalk 11 Bobby Bonds 10 George Foster 10 Bill Madlock 10 Amos Otis 10	GIDP Willie Montanez 26 Bob Watson 23 Lyman Bostock 22 Willie Crawford 21 Thurman Munson 21 Dusty Baker 20 Carlton Fisk 20 Steve Garvey 20 Ben Oglivie 20	Errors Toby Harrah 34 Bill Russell 34 Garry Templeton 29 Bert Campaneris 28 Doug Rader 28 Darrel Chaney 27 Mike Cubbage 27 Len Randle 27 George Brett 26 Chris Speier 24 Robin Yount 24 Mike Schmidt 23	Earned Run Average Mark Fidrych 2.10 Frank Tanana 2.17 Dennis Eckersley 2.23 J.R. Richard 2.42 Randy Jones 2.44 Bruce Kison 2.56 Jerry Koosman 2.58 Dave Goltz 2.59 John Candelaria 2.64 Jim Palmer 2.67 Jon Matlack 2.71 Phil Niekro 2.72
Wins Luis Tiant 24 Catfish Hunter 22 Randy Jones 22 Jim Palmer 22 Jim Kaat 21 Jon Matlack 21 Phil Niekro 21 J.R. Richard 21 Vida Blue 20 John Candelaria 20 Mark Fidrych 20 Dave Goltz 20	Losses Ken Holtzman 23 Jackie Brown 19 Pete Falcone 19 Vida Blue 18 Rick Reuschel 18 Jim Slaton 18 Dave Roberts 17 Bill Travers 17 Rick Wise 17	Winning Percentage Dave Goltz .769 Andy Hassler .750 Luis Tiant .750 John Candelaria .741 Tom Seaver .739 Burt Hooton .708 Ken Brett .706 Frank Tanana .704 Gary Nolan .682 Andy Messersmith .679 Jim Kaat .677 Jon Matlack .677	Games Pitched Kent Tekulve 90 Marty Pattin 78 Bill Campbell 77 Tom Burgmeier 72 Charlie Hough 72 Dave Hamilton 71 Terry Forster 70 Tom Murphy 70 Dale Murray 70 Gene Garber 68 Al Hrabosky 67 Jim Kern 66
Games Started Vida Blue 41 Bert Blyleven 41 John Candelaria 41 Catfish Hunter 41 Randy Jones 41 Mike Torrez 41 Ray Burris 40 Ed Figueroa 40 Jim Kaat 40 Nolan Ryan 40 Rick Reuschel 39	Complete Games Mark Fidrych 24 Vida Blue 22 Jim Palmer 22 Randy Jones 19 Bill Travers 18 J.R. Richard 15 Catfish Hunter 14 Nolan Ryan 14 Jim Slaton 14	Games Finished Charlie Hough 61 Bill Campbell 60 Sparky Lyle 56 Tippy Martinez 53 Ron Reed 53 Jim Kern 51 Dale Murray 50 Tom Burgmeier 49 Rollie Fingers 48 Randy Moffitt 45 Al Hrabosky 44	Saves Tippy Martinez 44 Sparky Lyle 37 Charlie Hough 32 Rollie Fingers 31 Ron Reed 31 Bill Campbell 29 Dale Murray 28 Tom Burgmeier 24 Al Hrabosky 24 Dave Laroche 24 Mark Littell 24 Paul Lindblad 23
Shutouts Mark Fidrych 6 Randy Jones 6 Jon Matlack 6 Frank Tanana 6 Ken Brett 4 Steve Carlton 4 Dennis Eckersley 4 Phil Niekro 4 Nolan Ryan 4	Innings Pitched Randy Jones 335.0 Vida Blue 326.0 Catfish Hunter 319.0 Jim Palmer 310.3 Bert Blyleven 304.7 Nolan Ryan 295.3 Mike Torrez 292.7 Phil Niekro 287.7 J.R. Richard 286.0 Ed Figueroa 280.7 Dennis Leonard 277.7 Jon Matlack 276.0	Hits Allowed Bert Blyleven 325 Catfish Hunter 321 Dave Roberts 313 Vida Blue 311 Ed Figueroa 309 Jim Slaton 298 Randy Jones 297 Dennis Leonard 286 Jim Kaat 285 Rick Reuschel 285 Steve Carlton 281 Jim Barr 276	Home Runs Allowed Catfish Hunter 30 Steve Carlton 28 Bert Blyleven 27 Jim Palmer 27 Jim Kaat 26 Ken Holtzman 25 Jerry Reuss 25 Vern Ruhle 25 Nolan Ryan 25
Walks Allowed Nolan Ryan 234 Ed Figueroa 143 Pete Falcone 138 J.R. Richard 132 John D'Acquisto 112 Bill Travers 110 Mike Torrez 102 Bill Bonham 101 Bert Blyleven 98 Catfish Hunter 97 Fred Norman 97	Pitchers Strikeouts Nolan Ryan 336 Frank Tanana 264 Bert Blyleven 236 Dennis Eckersley 225 Tom Seaver 215 J.R. Richard 209 Jerry Koosman 208 Steve Carlton 202 John Montefusco 193 Phil Niekro 186 Catfish Hunter 179 Jim Palmer 178

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