1976 Chicago White Sox season

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1976 Chicago White Sox
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901) American League West (Since 1969)
Location
Comiskey Park (Since 1910) Chicago, Illinois (Since 1900)
1976 Information
Owner(s)	Bill Veeck
Manager(s)	Paul Richards
Local television	WSNS-TV
Local radio	WMAQ (AM) (Harry Caray, Lorn Brown)

The 1976 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 77th season. They finished with a record 64-97, good enough for 6th place in the American League West, 25.5 games behind of the 1st place Kansas City Royals.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Season standings 1.2 Notable Transactions 1.3 Roster 2 1976 Opening Day Lineup 3 External links

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

American League West
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	Kansas City Royals	90	72	.556	--
2nd	Oakland Athletics	87	74	.540	2.5
3rd	Minnesota Twins	85	77	.525	5.0
4th	Texas Rangers	76	86	.469	14.0
4th	California Angels	76	86	.469	14.0
6th	Chicago White Sox	64	97	.398	25.5

[edit] Notable Transactions

• June 8, 1976: Willie McGee was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 7th round of the 1976 amateur draft, but did not sign. ^[1]
• June 15, 1976: Blue Moon Odom was traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Chicago White Sox for Pete Varney. ^[2]

[edit] Roster

1976 Chicago White Sox roster view • talk • edit
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders Outfielders		Manager

[edit] 1976 Opening Day Lineup

Chet Lemon, cf

Ralph Garr, lf

Jorge Orta, 3b

Cleon Jones, dh

Buddy Bradford, rf

Jim Spencer, 1b

Bucky Dent, ss

Jack Brohamer, 2b

Pete Varney, c

Wilbur Wood, p

[edit] External links

• 1976 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

1. ^ Willie McGee Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
2. ^ Blue Moon Odom Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

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