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1976 Baltimore Orioles season

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Record
  
88–74 (.543)

Owner(s)
  
Jerold Hoffberger

Manager(s)
  
Earl Weaver

Divisional place
  
2nd

General manager(s)
  
Hank Peters

Local television
  
WJZ-TV

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

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.
  • 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).

    • 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.

    Notable transactions

  • April 8, 1976: Bobby Brown was released by the Orioles.
  • June 8, 1976: Dallas Williams was drafted by the Orioles in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1976 Major League Baseball Draft.
  • 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.
  • October 1, 1976: Dave Johnson was purchased from the Orioles by the Seattle Mariners.

    • 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

    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

    References

    1976 Baltimore Orioles season Wikipedia
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