1976 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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1976 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1887) Eastern Division (Since 1969)
Location
Three Rivers Stadium (Since 1970) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Since 1887)
1976 Information
Owner(s)	John W. Galbreath
General Manager(s)	Joe L. Brown, Harding "Pete" Peterson
Manager(s)	Danny Murtaugh
Local television	KDKA-TV Milo Hamilton,Lanny Frattare
Local radio	KDKA Milo Hamilton,Lanny Frattare

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2.1 Opening Day Starters 2.2 Season standings 2.3 Roster 2.4 Batting 2.4.1 Other batters 2.5 Starting pitchers 2.5.1 Other pitchers 2.5.1.1 Relief pitchers 3 Award Winners 4 References

[edit] Offseason

• December 11, 1975: Dock Ellis was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Ken Brett and Willie Randolph to the New York Yankees for Doc Medich. ^[1]
• January 27, 1976: Pascual Perez was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent. ^[2]

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Opening Day Starters

[edit] Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB
Philadelphia Phillies	101	61	.623	--
Pittsburgh Pirates	92	70	.568	9
New York Mets	86	76	.531	15
Chicago Cubs	75	87	.463	26
St. Louis Cardinals	72	90	.444	29
Montreal Expos	55	107	.340	46

[edit] Roster

1976 Pittsburgh Pirates roster v • d • e
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager Danny Murtaugh

[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

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] Award Winners

1976 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

[edit] References

• 1976 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1976 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v • d • e 1976 MLB season by team AL East Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • AL West California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Texas NL East Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis NL West Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco 1976 All-Star Game • 1976 World Series

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