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1976 Cleveland Indians season

Field	Value
name	Cleveland Indians
season	1976
league	American League
division	East
ballpark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
city	Cleveland, Ohio
owners	Nick Mileti
general_managers	Phil Seghi
managers	Frank Robinson
television	WJW-TV
radio	WWWE

|}} The Cleveland Indians finished their 1976 season with an 81–78 win–loss record. The team scored 615 runs and allowed 615 runs for a run differential of zero.

Offseason

November 22, 1975: Oscar Gamble was traded by the Indians to the New York Yankees for Pat Dobson.
December 9, 1975: John Ellis was traded by the Indians to the Texas Rangers for Stan Thomas and Ron Pruitt.
December 9, 1975: Ray Fosse was purchased by the Indians from the Oakland Athletics.
December 12, 1975: Jack Brohamer was traded by the Indians to the Chicago White Sox for Larvell Blanks.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

May 28, 1976: Fritz Peterson was traded by the Indians to the Texas Rangers for Stan Perzanowski and cash.
June 8, 1976: 1976 Major League Baseball draft
- Joe Beckwith was drafted by the Indians in the 12th round, but did not sign.
- Ron Hassey was drafted by the Indians in the 18th round.
October 1, 1976: Ramón Romero was signed as an amateur free agent by the Indians.

Opening Day Lineup

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28	Rick Manning	CF
18	Duane Kuiper	2B
25	Buddy Bell	3B
26	Boog Powell	1B
21	George Hendrick	RF
9	Rico Carty	DH
24	Charlie Spikes	LF
8	Alan Ashby	C
15	Frank Duffy	SS
37	Dennis Eckersley	P

Roster

1976 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
	89	247	26	59	5	1	4	32	.239	0
	159	604	75	170	26	2	7	60	.281	3
	104	328	45	92	8	7	5	41	.280	1
	152	552	67	171	34	0	13	83	.310	1
	7	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	.125	0
	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	0
	133	392	38	83	11	2	2	30	.212	10
	90	276	26	83	9	1	2	30	.301	1
	28	68	5	17	2	0	0	4	.250	1
	12	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	0
	149	551	72	146	20	3	25	81	.265	4
	39	90	7	19	4	0	0	13	.211	1
	135	506	47	133	13	6	0	37	.263	10
	20	51	4	16	1	0	2	7	.314	0
	93	229	33	47	8	2	2	14	.205	11
	138	552	73	161	24	7	6	43	.292	16
	95	293	29	63	9	0	9	33	.215	1
	47	86	7	23	1	1	0	5	.267	2
	36	67	5	15	0	0	3	10	.224	0
	55	164	17	42	3	1	2	12	.256	8
	101	334	34	79	11	5	3	31	.237	5
Team Totals	159	5412	615	1423	189	38	85	567	.263	75

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
	13	7	3.20	34	21	1	163.1	162	61	58	56	84
	9	11	4.25	32	27	0	180.0	193	94	85	55	104
	5	4	3.63	39	0	1	94.1	88	42	38	34	32
	16	12	3.48	35	35	0	217.1	226	98	84	65	117
	13	12	3.43	36	30	1	199.1	155	82	76	78	200
	3	5	4.87	33	6	1	77.2	89	46	42	41	32
	10	7	2.37	50	2	15	117.2	91	38	31	50	111
	1	4	2.24	61	0	21	96.1	57	25	24	49	104
	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	7.0	3	0	0	0	5
	0	3	5.55	9	9	0	47.0	59	31	29	10	19
	0	0	16.88	1	0	0	2.2	7	5	5	0	1
	4	4	2.30	37	7	6	105.2	88	33	27	41	54
	7	9	4.00	26	22	0	123.2	143	60	55	54	65
Team Totals	81	78	3.47	159	159	46	1432.0	1361	615	552	533	928

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Notes

References

"1976 Baseball Standings". MLB.com.
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gamblos01.shtml Oscar Gamble page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/thomast01.shtml Stan Thomas page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fossera01.shtml Ray Fosse page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/blankla01.shtml Larvell Blanks page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/peterfr01.shtml Fritz Peterson page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beckwjo01.shtml Joe Beckwith page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hassero01.shtml Ron Hassey page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/romerra01.shtml Ramón Romero page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE197604100.shtml 1976 Opening Day Lineup] at ''Baseball-Reference''
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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