1976 Kansas City Royals season
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| 1976 Kansas City Royals 1976 AL West Champions |
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| Owner(s) | Ewing Kauffman |
| Manager(s) | Whitey Herzog |
| Local television | KBMA (Dick Carlson) |
| Local radio | WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White) |
The 1976 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing 1st in the American League West with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses.
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[edit] Regular season
[edit] Opening Day Starters
[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: Ken Phelps was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 15th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
[edit] Player stats
[edit] Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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[edit] Other batters
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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[edit] Starting pitchers
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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[edit] Other pitchers
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[edit] Relief pitchers
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[edit] ALCS
[edit] Game 1
October 9, 1976 at Royals Stadium
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| New York | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| W: Catfish Hunter (1-0) L: Larry Gura (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: None | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 2
October 10, 1976 at Royals Stadium
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| New York | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 5 |
| Kansas City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| W: Paul Splittorff (1-0) L: Ed Figueroa (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: None | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 3
October 12, 1976 at Yankee Stadium
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Kansas City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| W: Dock Ellis (1-0) L: Andy Hassler (0-1) S: Sparky Lyle (1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: NYY: – Chris Chambliss (1) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 4
October 13, 1976 at Yankee Stadium
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Kansas City | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 1 |
| New York | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| W: Doug Bird (1-0) L: Catfish Hunter (1-1) S: Steve Mingori (1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: NYY: – Graig Nettles 2 (2) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 5
October 14, 1976 at Yankee Stadium
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Kansas City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 1 |
| New York | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 1 |
| W: Dick Tidrow (1-0) L: Mark Littell (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: KCR: – John Mayberry (1), George Brett (1) NYY: – Chris Chambliss (2) | ||||||||||||
[edit] References
- 1976 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference
- 1976 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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| Preceded by Oakland Athletics 1975 |
AL West Championship Season 1976 |
Succeeded by Kansas City Royals 1977 |
