1976 American League
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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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Players Division
Team W L WPct GB
Seattle 102 60 .630 --
New York (A) 99 63 .611 3
Minnesota 74 88 .457 28
Detroit 60 102 .370 42
Toronto 59 103 .364 43
Union Division
Team W L WPct GB
Kansas City 94 68 .580 --
Oakland 93 69 .574 1
Tampa Bay 81 81 .500 13
Boston (A) 74 88 .457 20
Cleveland (A) 69 93 .426 25
 
Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-1) Kansas City Royals over Colorado Rockies
AL League Series (4-2) Kansas City Royals over Seattle Mariners
AL Divisional Series (4-3) Kansas City Royals over New York (A) Yankees
AL Divisional Series (4-0) Seattle Mariners over Oakland Athletics
League Batting Stats     Help
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
KCR 5.7 925 162 5566 1481 270 26 219 711 998 .266 .349 .442 .791
SEM 5.4 873 162 5619 1537 221 47 138 663 738 .274 .350 .403 .753
NYA 5.2 846 162 5619 1533 265 39 176 634 796 .273 .347 .428 .774
TAM 5.0 804 162 5685 1494 290 29 137 594 828 .263 .333 .396 .729
MIN 4.5 723 162 5693 1593 309 35 89 416 828 .280 .329 .393 .722
CLE 4.4 713 162 5566 1490 281 30 115 540 731 .268 .332 .391 .723
OAK 4.3 699 162 5658 1447 253 40 111 575 952 .256 .324 .373 .698
BOS 4.3 696 162 5589 1423 292 35 114 444 774 .255 .309 .381 .690
TOR 4.2 681 162 5550 1388 265 37 79 542 710 .250 .317 .354 .671
DET 3.7 605 162 5404 1246 274 24 93 627 1003 .231 .311 .342 .652
Totals 4.7 7565 1620 55949 14632 2720 342 1271 5746 8358 .262 .330 .391 .721
Average   756 162 5595 1463 272 34 127 575 836  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
OAK 3.8 621 162 3.50 1476.0 1332 8.2 570 3.5 939 5.8 24
KCR 4.1 669 162 3.88 1442.7 1319 8.1 457 2.8 976 6.0 27
SEM 4.2 684 162 3.85 1466.7 1470 9.1 591 3.6 883 5.5 33
NYA 4.5 725 162 4.19 1452.0 1374 8.5 576 3.6 937 5.8 41
DET 4.8 775 162 4.47 1429.0 1544 9.5 495 3.1 648 4.0 21
MIN 4.8 778 162 4.59 1436.7 1460 9.0 649 4.0 726 4.5 23
BOS 5.0 811 162 4.46 1447.0 1575 9.7 582 3.6 738 4.6 24
TAM 5.0 818 162 4.55 1474.0 1529 9.4 542 3.3 926 5.7 34
CLE 5.1 828 162 4.63 1433.3 1497 9.2 583 3.6 896 5.5 17
TOR 5.6 901 162 5.16 1450.7 1507 9.3 814 5.0 847 5.2 20
Totals 4.7 7610 1620 4.33 14508.0 14607 9.0 5859 3.6 8516 5.3 264
Average   761 162   1451 1461   586   852   26
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
KCR 104 58 -10 5 14 1 3 1 14 1.00 1.07 2,209,431   Ricky Sanford
SEM 99 63 3 5 15 6 2 3 5 0.95 0.92 2,423,181   Peter Fletcher
NYA 92 70 7 4 14 0 1 1 11 1.02 1.05 1,590,148   Jason Spiegel
OAK 90 72 3 4 14 2 9 1 10 0.94 0.95 2,413,027   Marwan Najdawi
BOS 70 92 4 2 13 0 0 2 14 1.08 1.01 1,351,639   Brian Rodgers
MIN 76 86 -2 2 13 0 0 2 16 0.99 0.87 1,041,478   Gene Mauch
TAM 80 82 1 2 12 0 2 2 4 0.98 0.85 1,877,850   Jeff Randall
CLE 70 92 -1 1 14 1 0 2 10 1.07 0.96 1,639,508   Jason Morton
DET 63 99 -3 0 13 0 0 1 18 1.00 1.12 1,337,961   Pie Traynor
TOR 61 101 -2 0 20 0 0 0 5 1.05 1.05 1,663,727   Chuck Glidden
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
SEM 306 158.24 107.46 40.27 10.27 2.75 6.63 4.01 7.55 9.07
NYA 297 150.37 102.24 44.35 3.35 5.24 5.10 4.39 11.63 14.65
KCR 282 148.88 92.65 40.43 2.44 2.69 6.56 5.65 9.68 13.43
OAK 279 103.84 120.99 54.14 11.95 4.89 7.66 6.78 8.00 14.87
TAM 243 132.10 73.83 37.03 5.18 2.33 7.42 4.95 6.97 10.19
MIN 222 106.25 72.82 42.89 10.06 1.79 5.03 7.57 6.37 12.09
BOS 222 94.64 89.33 38.00 8.52 1.53 5.96 2.96 9.81 9.23
CLE 207 96.99 72.09 37.87 6.51 3.24 4.99 4.26 7.46 11.42
DET 180 65.70 75.68 38.56 10.10 3.15 6.44 3.88 4.59 10.41
TOR 177 86.83 54.79 35.34 6.40 3.09 8.04 2.34 1.79 13.69
League Award Winners
Silver Slugger: Johnny Briggs SEM .309, 37 HR, 135 RBI
Platinum Arm: Steve Carlton OAK 18-8, 2.47, 284.0 IP, 184 K
Bronze Rookie: Lamar Johnson MIN .287, 13 HR, 94 RBI
 
Gold Glove Winners
 
P Bill Campbell SEM .987, 19 PO, 57 A, 1 E
C Jose Morales OAK .993, 608 PO, 80 A, 5 E
43.4% (53-122) Runners Thrown Out
1B Keith Hernandez DET .997, 1670 PO, 118 A, 6 E
2B John Donaldson MIN .974, 297 PO, 478 A, 21 E
3B Ron Cash MIN .985, 92 PO, 358 A, 7 E
SS Jerry Terrell BOS .973, 229 PO, 556 A, 22 E
LF Cesar Cedeno TOR .997, 277 PO, 10 A, 1 E
CF Jerry Mumphrey MIN .990, 382 PO, 4 A, 4 E
RF John Milner NYA .993, 286 PO, 5 A, 2 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
MorganSEM.338
CartyCLE.318
MayberryKCR.316
StaubNYA.314
MaddoxSEM.312
On-Base Pct
MorganSEM.448
BriggsSEM.427
MayberryKCR.425
BlefaryNYA.396
MondayOAK.391
Slugging Pct
MayberryKCR.589
BriggsSEM.589
ScottNYA.529
BlefaryNYA.525
JacksonTAM.517
OPS
BriggsSEM1.016
MayberryKCR1.014
BlefaryNYA.921
MondayOAK.891
JacksonTAM.883
XR
BriggsSEM136.9
MayberryKCR125.0
BlefaryNYA113.4
PowellKCR110.7
MondayOAK105.5
Games
CashMIN159
BoswellTAM157
CardenalMIN157
HartMIN157
MayOAK157
At-Bats
ScottNYA630
MaddoxSEM621
NorthSEM621
PowellKCR616
MumphreyMIN606
Runs
NorthSEM124
MayberryKCR122
BlefaryNYA117
BriggsSEM117
ScottNYA108
Hits
MaddoxSEM194
PowellKCR189
MumphreyMIN182
MayberryKCR179
HarmonOAK178
Total Bases
BriggsSEM335
MayberryKCR334
ScottNYA333
PowellKCR312
BlefaryNYA301
Singles
CashMIN147
MaddoxSEM147
CartyCLE146
HarmonOAK146
MumphreyMIN136
Doubles
BrettBOS47
HernandezDET45
LuzinskiKCR41
ScottNYA40
ConigliaroBOS37
Triples
BrettBOS12
Rivers 10
NorthSEM8
StanleyCLE8
BriggsSEM7
Homeruns
JacksonTAM38
MayberryKCR38
BriggsSEM37
ScottNYA36
SmithTAM33
RBIs
BriggsSEM135
ScottNYA123
MayberryKCR114
DuncanSEM113
MaddoxSEM113
Stolen Bases
NorthSEM124
CedenoTOR56
MorganSEM50
SmithTAM41
JacksonSEM38
Caught Stealing
NorthSEM37
RichardTOR26
CedenoTOR21
SmithTAM19
DonaldsonMIN17
Walks
BriggsSEM123
SandsDET123
TorresDET107
SudakisKCR103
MayberryKCR102
Strikeouts
AllenOAK168
WynnKCR161
JacksonTAM142
SandsDET137
ScottNYA133
 
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
HillerOAK2.38
CarltonOAK2.47
MoellerKCR2.52
NashOAK3.00
BurtonMIN3.05
Wins
ReynoldsNYA 21
GelnarKCR 20
MoellerKCR 19
TorrezSEM 19
CarltonOAK 18
Losses
KoosmanTOR 20
ParsonsMIN 20
HoernerDET 19
ZachryCLE 18
GuidryCLE 17
Winning Pct
TorrezSEM.792
MurakamiNYA.750
GardnerNYA.727
GossageNYA.727
HillerOAK.722
Saves
ReynoldsNYA 18
SutterBOS 16
SelmaTAM 15
BonhamNYA 14
BairOAK 13
Games Pitched
ReynoldsNYA 79
SelmaTAM 77
ChanceDET 70
BonhamNYA 67
ReniffSEM 67
Games Started
FrisellaCLE 36
KoosmanTOR 36
LasherMIN 36
ZachryCLE 36
BrewerTAM 35
Complete Games
CarltonOAK 23
MoellerKCR 20
DobsonDET 18
SeaverBOS 15
HoughMIN 14
Shutouts
CarltonOAK 5
MoellerKCR 4
NashOAK 3
BurtonMIN 2
DobsonDET 2
Innings Pitched
CarltonOAK284.0
KoosmanTOR279.7
MoellerKCR278.3
DobsonDET263.7
GelnarKCR263.3
Hits Allowed
EastwickTAM 282
SeaverBOS 282
DobsonDET 273
KoosmanTOR 268
JohnsonSEM 263
Homeruns Allowed
ParsonsMIN 37
BurtonMIN 31
DobsonDET 30
HenniganKCR 30
HoernerDET 30
Strikeouts
GelnarKCR 197
FrisellaCLE 195
BrewerTAM 192
FingersTAM 191
MurakamiNYA 190
Walks Allowed
HoughMIN 142
KoosmanTOR 140
LasherMIN 126
OdomTOR 124
McCoolNYA 123
Walks per 9IP
MoellerKCR1.3
GelnarKCR1.7
DragoBOS1.9
MurakamiNYA2.1
ForschBOS2.1
Hits per 9IP
GossageNYA6.5
HillerOAK6.9
MoellerKCR7.2
BrewerTAM7.4
BurtonMIN7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP
BrewerTAM7.5
FrisellaCLE7.5
FingersTAM7.4
HillerOAK7.2
TwitchellKCR7.1
WHiP
MoellerKCR0.94
HillerOAK1.06
CarltonOAK1.06
MurakamiNYA1.07
BurtonMIN1.12
OAVG
GossageNYA.202
HillerOAK.212
MoellerKCR.214
BrewerTAM.219
MurakamiNYA.223
OOBP
MoellerKCR.243
HillerOAK.268
CarltonOAK.270
MurakamiNYA.273
GelnarKCR.284
OSLG
HillerOAK.288
GossageNYA.299
TorrezSEM.305
MoellerKCR.321
CarltonOAK.322
OOPS
HillerOAK.556
MoellerKCR.565
CarltonOAK.592
GossageNYA.596
TorrezSEM.632
   
League All-Stars
Dick Allen Larry Andersen Curt Blefary
Ken Boswell George Brett Johnny Briggs
Steve Carlton Rico Carty Tony Conigliaro
Mike Easler John Gelnar Rich Gossage
John Hiller Tim Hosley Al Hrabosky
Reggie Jackson Garry Maddox John Mayberry
Joe Morgan Jim Nash Tony Pierce
George Scott Bill Sudakis Mike Torrez
Wayne Twitchell  
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Bobby Murcer BOS $ 15,750,000  
2.    John Hiller OAK $ 15,500,000  
3.    Rico Carty CLE $ 14,000,000  
4.    Joe Moeller KCR $ 13,777,780  
5.    John Gelnar KCR $ 11,660,000  
6.    Steve Carlton OAK $ 11,600,000  
7.    Joe Coleman CLE $ 9,500,000  
8.    Joe Morgan SEM $ 9,000,000  
9.    Curt Blefary NYA $ 8,600,000  
10.    Rollie Fingers TAM $ 8,500,000  
  Rick Monday OAK $ 8,500,000  
  Dean Chance DET $ 8,500,000  
13.    Boog Powell KCR $ 8,210,000  
14.    Willie Stargell DET $ 8,000,000  
15.    Dick Allen OAK $ 7,750,000  
16.    Hal Reniff SEM $ 7,600,000  
17.    Tony Conigliaro BOS $ 7,505,000  
18.    Reggie Jackson TAM $ 7,500,000  
  Johnny Briggs SEM $ 7,500,000  
20.    Jim Ray Hart MIN $ 6,500,000  
  Bill Stoneman TOR $ 6,500,000  
  Lou Piniella TOR $ 6,500,000  
23.    George Scott NYA $ 6,350,000  
24.    Tom Seaver BOS $ 6,000,000  
  Roy White OAK $ 6,000,000