1976 Los Angeles Dodgers season

March 2026 November 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers 1976 National League West Dodger Stadium Los Angeles 92 70 y 2nd Walter O'Malley Peter O'Malley Al Campanis Walter Alston, Tommy Lasorda KTTV KABCVin Scully, Jerry DoggettXEGM Jaime Jarrín, Rudy Hoyos The 1976 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 87th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 19th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 15th season playing their home games at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles California. The 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.Jimmy Wynn at Baseball-Reference December 23, 1975: Bob Randall was traded by the Dodgers to the Minnesota Twins for Danny Walton.Bob Randall at Baseball-Reference March 2: Willie Crawford was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ted Sizemore.Willie Crawford at Baseball-Reference March 2: Ken McMullen was released by the Dodgers.Ken McMullen at Baseball-Reference March 31: Orlando Alvarez and cash were traded by the Dodgers to the California Angels for Ellie Rodríguez.Orlando Alvarez at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents LAD Opening Day lineup +Opening Day startersName Position Bill Buckner Left fielderTed Sizemore Second basemanDusty Baker Center fielderSteve Garvey First basemanRon Cey Third basemanJoe Ferguson Right fielderSteve Yeager CatcherBill Russell ShortstopDon Sutton Starting pitcher 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.Joe Ferguson at Baseball-Reference June 23: Mike Marshall was traded by the Dodgers to the Atlanta Braves for Elías Sosa and Lee Lacy.Mike Marshall at Baseball-Reference Roster 1976 Los Angeles Dodgers Roster Pitchers 44 Al Downing 46 Burt Hooton 49 Charlie Hough 25 Tommy John 35 Dennis Lewallyn 28 Mike Marshall 31 Doug Rau 36 Rick Rhoden 27 Elías Sosa 48 Rick Sutcliffe 20 Don Sutton 45 Stan Wall Catchers  4 Kevin Pasley 55 Sergio Robles  2 Ellie Rodríguez  7 Steve Yeager Infielders  1 Rick Auerbach 10 Ron Cey 14 Iván DeJesús  6 Steve Garvey 21 Ed Goodson 15 Davey Lopes 18 Bill Russell  5 Ted Sizemore Outfielders 12 Dusty Baker 22 Bill Buckner  3 Glenn Burke 37 Henry Cruz 13 Joe Ferguson 43 John Hale 34 Lee Lacy  9 Leron Lee 41 Jim Lyttle 11 Manny Mota 17 Joe Simpson  8 Reggie Smith Other batters 48 Danny Walton Manager 24 Walter Alston 52 Tommy Lasorda Coaches 26 Red Adams 54 Monty Basgall 58 Mark Cresse 19 Jim Gilliam 52 Tommy Lasorda 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 Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Steve Yeager 117 359 77 .214 11 35 1B Steve Garvey 162 631 200 .317 13 80 2B Davey Lopes 117 427 103 .241 4 20 3B Ron Cey 145 502 139 .277 23 60 SS Bill Russell Bill Russell (shortstop) 149 554 152 .274 5 65 LF Bill Buckner 154 642 193 .301 7 60 CF Dusty Baker 112 384 93 .242 4 39 RF Reggie Smith 65 225 63 .280 10 26 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Ted Sizemore 84 266 64 .241 0 18 Joe Ferguson Joe Ferguson (baseball) 54 185 41 .222 6 18 Lee Lacy 53 158 42 .266 0 14 Ed Goodson 83 118 27 .229 3 17 John Hale John Hale (baseball) 44 91 14 .154 0 8 Henry Cruz 49 88 16 .182 4 14 Jim Lyttle 23 68 15 .221 0 5 Ellie Rodríguez 36 66 14 .212 0 9 Manny Mota 50 52 15 .288 0 13 Kevin Pasley 23 52 12 .231 0 2 Rick Auerbach 36 47 6 .128 0 1 Glenn Burke 25 46 11 .239 0 5 Leron Lee 23 45 6 .133 0 2 Iván DeJesús 22 41 7 .171 0 2 Joe Simpson Joe Simpson (baseball) 23 30 4 .133 0 0 Danny Walton 18 15 2 .133 0 2 Sergio Robles 6 3 0 .000 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Don Sutton 35 267.2 21 10 3.06 161 Doug Rau 34 231.0 16 12 2.57 98 Burt Hooton 33 226.2 11 15 3.26 116 Tommy John 31 207.0 10 10 3.09 91 Rick Rhoden 27 181.0 12 3 2.98 77 Rick Sutcliffe 1 5.0 0 0 0.00 3 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Al Downing Al Downing (baseball) 17 46.2 1 2 3.86 30 Dennis Lewallyn 4 16.2 1 1 2.16 4 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Charlie Hough 77 12 8 18 2.21 81 Mike Marshall Mike Marshall (pitcher) 30 4 3 8 4.45 39 Stan Wall 31 2 2 1 3.60 27 Elías Sosa 24 2 4 1 3.48 20 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 Johnhttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml Hutch Award www.baseball-almanac.com 2018-03-19 All-Stars 1976 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Steve Garvey, starter, first base Ron Cey, reserve Rick Rhoden, reserve Bill Russell, reservehttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1976as.shtml 1976 All-Star Game Geisler Young, LLC - www.baseball-almanac.com 2018-03-19 Farm system AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Stan Wasiak AA Waterbury Dodgers Eastern League Don LeJohn A Lodi Dodgers California League James B. Williams A Danville Dodgers Midwest League Dick McLaughlin Rookie Bellingham Dodgers Northwest League Bill Berrier 1976 Major League Baseball draft 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. 1976 draft picksJanuary draft 1976 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase RoundNamePositionSchoolSignedCareer spanHighest level 1Michael WetklowOF Sacramento City CollegeNo 2Dave PattersonRHP Cerritos CollegeYes1976–1982 MLB3Paul BainRHP El Camino CollegeYes 1976–1981 AAA4Mookie WilsonOF Spartanburg Methodist CollegeNo Mets-1977 1977–1991MLB5Timothy DeWaldRHP Cypress CollegeNo 6Robert WeisRHP Sacramento City CollegeNo 7Mark GarberRHP Antelope Valley CollegeNo 8Richard BarnhartRHP Green River Community CollegeNoIndians-1978 1979–1980 A9Rickey LearRHP Valencia Community CollegeNoReds-1976 1976–1977 A10Robert BendaSS Palm Beach Community CollegeNoTigers-1978 1978–1979 A11Charles YoungRHP Los Angeles Pierce CollegeNo January secondary phase 1976 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase RoundNamePositionSchoolSignedCareer spanHighest level 1Jack LawsonRHP Phoenix College Yes1976 A-2Charles DorganLHPGreen River Community College Yes 1976–1978 A3Larry BuckleRHPLong Beach City College NoReds-1978 1978–1984 AA June draft 1976 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft RoundNamePositionSchoolSignedCareer spanHighest level 1Mike SciosciaCSpringfield High SchoolYes1976–1994MLB2Don RuzekSSLakewood High SchoolYes1976–1985AA3Max VenableOFCordova High SchoolYes1976–1993MLB4George KunklerLHPUniversity of OklahomaYes1976–1977AA5Ted PowerRHPKansas State UniversityYes 1976–1998MLB6Mike HowardOFSacramento High SchoolYes1976–1984MLB7Kelly Snider1BUniversity of OklahomaYes 1976–1982 AAA8Robert KownackiSSFairfield UniversityYes 1976 A9Charles PhillipsLHPUniversity of Southern CaliforniaYes 1976–1980 AAA10Bill SwoopeCNorfolk Catholic High SchoolYes 1976–1981 AA11William MartinRHPWilliam Carey CollegeYes 1976–1978A12Jimmie GilesOFAlcorn State UniversityYes 1976 A-13James PetersonRHPArizona State UniversityYes1976–1977 A14Douglas Elliott2B Fullerton Union High SchoolNoMets-1979 1979 A-15Keith MacWhorterRHPBryant CollegeYes 1976–1984 MLB16Jack Perconte2BMurray State UniversityYes 1976–1987 MLB17Miguel RodriguezRHPAdlai Stevenson High SchoolYes 1976 A-18Timothy JonesCWooster High SchoolYes 1976–1978A19Eric SchmidtLHPMission Viejo High SchoolYes 1976–1979 A20Dan Henry3BLoyola Marymount UniversityYes 1976–1978 A21Jeff AlbertRHPLong Island University, C. W. Post CampusYes 1976–1979 AA22Bob Amico1BUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New YorkYes 1976 A23Richard MartiniOFUniversity of California, DavisNo 24Mickey LashleyRHPUniversity of OklahomaYes 1977–1979 AA25José MartínezSSSouth San Francisco High SchoolNo 26George Kaage1BKankakee Community CollegeYes 1976–1978 A27Mark KrykaRHPAntigo High SchoolYes 1976–1978 A28Steven SilagiRHPEl Rancho High SchoolNo 29Mickey MartinCGrant High SchoolNo 30Douglas FosterOFCompton High SchoolYes 1976–1978 A31Bubba HollandRHPSouth Florence High SchoolNoAstros-1978 1978–1985 AAA32Stephen NelsonRHPWilson High SchoolNo 33Jeff Hunter3BMillard High SchoolNoRed Sox-1980 1980–1982 A34Mark WychopenCSouth Houston High SchoolNo 35Scott FletcherSSWadsworth High SchoolNoCubs-1979 1979–1995 MLB36Bruce Scheidegger3BChadwick High SchoolNo 37Donald BrodellOFUniversity of Arkansas at Little RockYes 1976–1977 A38James RiedelRHPUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New YorkNo 39Gerald SnowRHPMadras High SchoolNo June secondary phase 1976 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase RoundNamePositionSchoolSignedCareer spanHighest level 1Joe FerriOF Pasadena City CollegeNo 2Mike WaltersRHP Chaffey CollegeNoAngels-1977 1977–1985MLB Notes 2 References Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page External links 1976 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform Los Angeles Dodgers official web site Category:Los Angeles Dodgers seasons Los Angeles Dodgers season Los Angel