1976 Los Angeles Dodgers season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1976 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the season in second place in the National League West. The big news was when long-time manager of two decades Walter Alston resigned abruptly near the end of the season and was replaced by Tommy Lasorda who would manage the team for two decades himself.

Offseason

• November 17, 1975: Jimmy Wynn, Tom Paciorek, Lee Lacy and Jerry Royster were traded by the Dodgers to the Atlanta Braves for Dusty Baker and Ed Goodson.^[1]
• December 23, 1975: Bob Randall was traded by the Dodgers to the Minnesota Twins for Danny Walton.^[2]
• March 2: Willie Crawford was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ted Sizemore.^[3]
• March 2: Ken McMullen was released by the Dodgers.^[4]
• March 31: Orlando Alvarez and cash were traded by the Dodgers to the California Angels for Ellie Rodríguez.^[5]

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

• June 15: Joe Ferguson, Bob Detherage and Fred Tisdale (minors) were traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Reggie Smith.^[6]
• June 23: Mike Marshall was traded by the Dodgers to the Atlanta Braves for Elías Sosa and Lee Lacy.^[7]

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

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

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

Awards and honors

• Gold Glove Award
  • Steve Garvey
• Comeback Player of the Year Award
  • Tommy John
• TSN National League All-Star
  • Don Sutton
• NL Pitcher of the Month
  • Don Sutton (September 1976)
• NL Player of the Month
  • Steve Garvey (September 1976)
• NL Player of the Week
  • Steve Garvey (May 17–23)
  • Reggie Smith (July 5–11)
  • Doug Rau (July 19–25)
  • Don Sutton (Sep. 20–26)
• Hutch Award
  • Tommy John^[8]

All-Stars

• 1976 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Steve Garvey, starter, first base
  • Ron Cey, reserve
  • Rick Rhoden, reserve
  • Bill Russell, reserve^[9]

Farm system

1976 Major League Baseball draft

The Dodgers drafted 41 players in the June draft and 14 in the January draft. Of those, ten players would eventually play in the Major Leagues.

The top draft pick in the June draft was catcher Mike Scioscia from Springfield High School in Pennsylvania. He would be the Dodgers starting catcher from 1980 to 1992 and was a 2-time All-Star and two-time World Series Champion with the Dodgers (1981 and 1988). After his playing career ended he became the manager of the Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels and would win another World Series as their manager in 2002.

Notes

1. Jimmy Wynn at Baseball-Reference
2. Bob Randall at Baseball-Reference
3. Willie Crawford at Baseball-Reference
4. Ken McMullen at Baseball-Reference
5. Orlando Alvarez at Baseball-Reference
6. Joe Ferguson at Baseball-Reference
7. Mike Marshall at Baseball-Reference
8. "Hutch Award". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
9. Geisler Young, LLC -. "1976 All-Star Game". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
10. 1976 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
11. 1976 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
12. 1976 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
13. 1976 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1976 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform
• Los Angeles Dodgers official web site