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1976 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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Owner(s)
  
Walter O'Malley

Local television
  
KTTV (11)

General manager(s)
  
Al Campanis

Manager(s)
  
Walter Alston, Tommy Lasorda

Local radio
  
KABC Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett XEGM Jaime Jarrín, Rudy Hoyos

The 1976 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the season in second place in the western division of the National League. 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.

Contents

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.
  • December 23, 1975: Bob Randall was traded by the Dodgers to the Minnesota Twins for Danny Walton.
  • March 2: Willie Crawford was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ted Sizemore.
  • March 2: Ken McMullen was released by the Dodgers.
  • March 31: Orlando Alvarez and cash were traded by the Dodgers to the California Angels for Ellie Rodríguez.

    • 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.
  • June 23: Mike Marshall were traded by the Dodgers to the Atlanta Braves for Elías Sosa and Lee Lacy.

    • 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

    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

    • All-Stars

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

    • 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 1980–1992 and was a 2-time All-Star and 2-time World Series Champion with the Dodgers. After his playing career ended he became the manager of the Anaheim Angels and would win another World Series as their manager in 2002.

    References

    1976 Los Angeles Dodgers season Wikipedia
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