1976 Philadelphia Phillies season


The 1976 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 94th season in the history of the franchise. The Phillies won their first National League East title, as they compiled a record of 101–61, nine games ahead of the second-place Pittsburgh Pirates, and won 100 games or more for the first time in franchise history.
The Phillies lost the NLCS, 3–0 to the Cincinnati Reds. Danny Ozark managed the Phillies, as they played their home games at Veterans Stadium, where the All-Star Game was played that season.

Offseason

The final 9-game margin masks how competitive the season actually was. In a scary echo of 1964, the Phillies saw a -game August lead dwindle to just 3 games as their offense dried up on two late-year road trips.
Mike Schmidt hit 12 home runs in Philadelphia's first 15 games, including 4 in one game on April 17. No one had hit this many home runs so quickly. In that game, the Phillies and Chicago Cubs combined for thirty-four runs in a game which featured nine home runs. Schmidt's home run feat was later tied by Alex Rodriguez in 2007.
Schmidt also won his first of 10 Gold Gloves that year, and carried the Phillies to the 1976 NLCS where he hit.308.
The Phillies hit a major league-leading seven grand slams.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C12136198.271454
1B8529880.2681549
2B160666189.284156
SS156624155.248049
3B160584153.26238107
LF149533162.3042195
CF146531175.330668
RF129440140.318553

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
11027271.261535
9220953.254530
9015543.277329
9512425.202113
13012130.248215
379925.25308
426118.29506
26236.26103
13185.27800
464.66700
481.12512
482.25001
351.20000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
35252.22073.13195
38227.212143.4883
3322218103.08118
32168.21383.6854
33155.21053.5394

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGWLSVERASO
5993112.8292
5987142.4696
5876112.5076
351032.9043
263111.7567
10003.000

1976 National League Championship Series

Game 1

October 9, Veterans Stadium

Game 2

October 10, Veterans Stadium

Game 3

October 12, Riverfront Stadium

Postseason game log

Farm system