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.

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

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. * December 23, 1975: Bob Randall was traded by the Dodgers to the

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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

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for Ellie Rodríguez.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

* June 15: Joe Ferguson,

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and Fred Tisdale (minors) were traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Reggie Smith. * June 23: Mike Marshall was traded by the Dodgers to the Atlanta Braves for Elías Sosa and Lee Lacy.

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

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** 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) *

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** Steve Garvey (September 1976) * NL Player of the Week ** Steve Garvey (May 17–23) ** Reggie Smith (July 5–11) **

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(July 19–25) ** Don Sutton (Sep. 20–26) * Hutch Award ** Tommy John

All-Stars

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** Steve Garvey, starter, first base ** Ron Cey, reserve ** Rick Rhoden, reserve ** Bill Russell, reserve

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 1980–1992 and was a 2-time All-Star and two-time World Series Champion with the Dodgers (

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and

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). 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

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Notes

References

Baseball-Reference season pageBaseball Almanac season page

External links

1976 Los Angeles Dodgers uniformLos Angeles Dodgers official web site
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