1976 Baltimore Orioles season

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1976 Baltimore Orioles
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1901) East Division (since 1969)
Location
Memorial Stadium (since 1954) Baltimore, Maryland (since 1954)
1976 information
Owner(s)	Jerold Hoffberger
General manager(s)	Hank Peters
Manager(s)	Earl Weaver
Local television	WJZ-TV
Local radio	WBAL (AM) (Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell)
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The 1976 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing second in the American League East with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses.

Contents

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Farm system
5 Notes
6 References

Offseason

January 7, 1976: Wayne Krenchicki was drafted by the Orioles in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1976 Major League Baseball Draft Secondary Phase.^[1]
April 2, 1976: Don Baylor, Mike Torrez, and Paul Mitchell were traded by the Orioles to the Oakland Athletics for Reggie Jackson, Ken Holtzman and Bill VanBommell (minors).^[2]

Regular season

1976 marked the first time since 1957 that an Oriole other than Brooks Robinson got the most starts at third base, with Doug DeCinces taking over the position for the 39-year-old future Hall of Famer.

Season standings

AL East	W	L	GB	Pct.
New York Yankees	97	62	--	.610
Baltimore Orioles	88	74	10.5	.543
Boston Red Sox	83	79	15.5	.512
Cleveland Indians	81	78	16	.509
Detroit Tigers	74	87	24	.509
Milwaukee Brewers	66	95	32	.410

Notable transactions

April 8, 1976: Bobby Brown was released by the Orioles.^[3]
June 8, 1976: Dallas Williams was drafted by the Orioles in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1976 Major League Baseball Draft.^[4]
June 15, 1976: Doyle Alexander, Jimmy Freeman, Elrod Hendricks, Ken Holtzman, and Grant Jackson were traded by the Orioles to the New York Yankees for Rudy May, Tippy Martinez, Dave Pagan, Scott McGregor, and Rick Dempsey.^[5]
October 1, 1976: Dave Johnson was purchased from the Orioles by the Seattle Mariners.^[6]

Roster

1976 Baltimore Orioles

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

4 Earl Weaver

Coaches

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Duncan, DaveDave Duncan	93	284	58	.204	4	17
1B	May, LeeLee May	148	530	137	.258	25	109
2B	Grich, BobbyBobby Grich	144	518	138	.266	13	54
3B	DeCinces, DougDoug DeCinces	129	440	103	.234	11	42
SS	Belanger, MarkMark Belanger	153	522	141	.270	1	40
LF	Singleton, KenKen Singleton	154	544	151	.278	13	70
CF	Blair, PaulPaul Blair	145	375	74	.197	3	16
RF	Jackson, ReggieReggie Jackson	134	498	138	.277	27	91
DH	Mora, AndresAndres Mora	73	220	48	.218	6	25

Other batters

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
Bumbry, AlAl Bumbry	133	450	113	.251	9	36
Muser, TonyTony Muser	136	326	74	.227	1	30
Robinson, BrooksBrooks Robinson	71	218	46	.211	3	11
Dempsey, RickRick Dempsey	59	174	37	.213	0	10
Hendricks, ElrodElrod Hendricks	28	79	11	.139	1	4
Harper, TommyTommy Harper	46	77	18	.234	1	7
Crowley, TerryTerry Crowley	33	61	15	.246	0	5
Dauer, RichRich Dauer	11	39	4	.103	0	3
Garcia, KikoKiko Garcia	11	32	7	.219	1	4
Nordbrook, TimTim Nordbrook	27	22	5	.227	0	0
Stillman, RoyleRoyle Stillman	20	22	2	.091	0	1
Shopay, TomTom Shopay	14	20	4	.200	0	1
Bailor, BobBob Bailor	9	6	2	.333	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Palmer, JimJim Palmer	40	315	22	13	2.51	159
May, RudyRudy May	24	152.1	11	7	3.78	71
Grimsley, RossRoss Grimsley	28	136.2	8	7	3.95	41
Cuellar, MikeMike Cuellar	26	107	4	13	4.96	32
Holtzman, KenKen Holtzman	13	97.2	5	4	2.86	35

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Garland, WayneWayne Garland	38	232.1	20	7	2.67	113
Flanagan, MikeMike Flanagan	20	85	3	5	4.13	56
Alexander, DoyleDoyle Alexander	11	64.1	3	4	3.50	17
Pagan, DaveDave Pagan	20	46.2	1	4	5.98	34
Martínez, DennisDennis Martínez	4	27.2	1	2	2.60	18
McGregor, ScottScott McGregor	3	14.2	0	1	3.68	6

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Miller, DyarDyar Miller	49	2	4	7	2.94	37
Martinez, TippyTippy Martinez	28	3	1	8	2.59	31
Holdsworth, FredFred Holdsworth	16	4	1	2	2.04	24
Jackson, GrantGrant Jackson	13	1	1	3	5.12	14

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Rochester Red Wings	International League	Joe Altobelli
AA	Charlotte O's	Southern League	Jimmie Schaffer
A	Miami Orioles	Florida State League	Len Johnston
Rookie	Bluefield Orioles	Appalachian League	Ben Hines

Notes

References

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1976 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
1976 Baltimore Orioles season at 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

Baltimore Orioles

Formerly the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Browns · Based in Baltimore, Maryland

Franchise

History (St. Louis Browns) · Seasons · No-hitters · Players · Managers · Owners and executives · Broadcasters · Opening Day Lineups · Opening Day starting pitchers · First-round draft picks

Ballparks

Borchert Field · Lloyd Street Grounds · Sportsman's Park · Memorial Stadium · Oriole Park at Camden Yards ·
Spring Training: Coffee Pot Park · Wright Field · Perris Hill Park · City Island Ball Park · Miami Stadium · Ed Smith Stadium · Al Lang Stadium · Fort Lauderdale Stadium · Ed Smith Stadium

Culture

The Bird · "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" · Baltimore Chop

Lore

Jeffrey Maier · Miracle Mets · 1910 Chalmers Award · Wild Bill Hagy · Wild Card Wednesday

Rivalries

Beltway Series

Retired numbers

4 · 5 · 8 · 20 · 22 · 33 · 42

Key personnel

Owner: Peter Angelos · Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations: Dan Duquette · Manager: Buck Showalter

World Series
Championships (3)

1966 · 1970 · 1983

American League
Championships (7)

1944 · 1966 · 1969 · 1970 · 1971 · 1979 · 1983

American League East
Championships (8)

1969 · 1970 · 1971 · 1973 · 1974 · 1979 · 1983 · 1997

American League Wild Card
(1)

1996

Minor league
affiliates

Norfolk Tides (AAA) · Bowie Baysox (AA) · Frederick Keys (A) · Delmarva Shorebirds (A) · Aberdeen IronBirds (A) · GCL Orioles (Rookie) · DSL Orioles 1 (Rookie)

Broadcasting

Mid-Atlantic Sports Network · Baltimore Orioles Radio Network · Announcers: Gary Thorne, Jim Hunter, Amber Theoharis, Jim Palmer, Rick Dempsey

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