1976 New York Yankees Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 97–62 (.610), 1st place in American League East
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1976 Carlos May 87 289 38 80 11 2 3 40 34 32 1 1 .277 .357 .360 .717
1976 Catfish Hunter 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1976 Cesar Tovar 13 40 2 6 1 0 0 2 4 3 0 1 .150 .244 .175 .419
1976 Chris Chambliss 156 642 79 188 32 6 17 96 27 80 1 0 .293 .323 .441 .764
1976 Elliott Maddox 18 46 4 10 2 0 0 3 4 3 0 1 .217 .275 .261 .535
1976 Elrod Hendricks 26 53 6 12 1 0 3 5 3 10 0 0 .226 .263 .415 .678
1976 Fran Healy 46 120 10 32 3 0 0 9 9 17 3 1 .267 .318 .292 .609
1976 Fred Stanley 110 271 32 62 2 2 1 20 34 29 1 0 .229 .317 .262 .579
1976 Gene Locklear 13 32 2 7 1 0 0 1 2 7 0 0 .219 .265 .250 .515
1976 Graig Nettles 158 585 88 148 29 2 32 93 62 94 11 6 .253 .326 .474 .800
1976 Jim Mason 93 224 17 39 7 1 1 14 9 37 0 0 .174 .203 .228 .431
1976 Juan Bernhardt 10 21 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 .190 .190 .238 .429
1976 Kerry Dineen 4 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 .286 .375 .286 .661
1976 Larry Murray 8 10 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 .100 .182 .100 .282
1976 Lou Piniella 100 330 36 92 16 6 3 38 18 34 0 1 .279 .319 .391 .710
1976 Mickey Klutts 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1976 Mickey Rivers 137 592 95 184 31 8 8 67 13 51 43 7 .311 .326 .431 .757
1976 Oscar Gamble 110 342 43 79 13 1 17 57 38 38 5 3 .231 .315 .424 .739
1976 Otto Velez 49 94 11 25 6 0 2 10 23 26 0 0 .266 .410 .394 .804
1976 Rich Coggins 7 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
1976 Rick Dempsey 21 43 1 5 0 0 0 2 5 4 0 0 .116 .208 .116 .325
1976 Ron Blomberg 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1976 Roy White 156 636 104 179 29 3 14 65 83 52 31 13 .281 .360 .403 .762
1976 Sandy Alomar 67 165 20 39 4 0 1 10 13 12 12 7 .236 .292 .279 .571
1976 Thurman Munson 152 617 79 186 27 1 17 105 29 38 14 11 .301 .337 .431 .768
1976 Willie Randolph 125 436 59 115 15 4 1 40 58 39 37 12 .264 .352 .323 .675
– – 159 5,605 730 1,496 231 36 120 681 470 616 163 65 .267 .325 .385 .710

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1976 Catfish Hunter 36 298.2 17 15 0 0 0 268 126 117 68 3 173 36 0 21 2 3.53 1.13
1976 Dave Pagan 7 23.2 1 1 0 0 0 18 7 6 4 0 13 2 0 1 0 2.28 0.93
1976 Dick Tidrow 47 92.1 4 5 10 0 0 80 29 27 24 1 65 2 0 0 0 2.63 1.13
1976 Dock Ellis 32 211.2 17 8 0 0 0 195 83 75 76 4 65 32 0 8 1 3.19 1.28
1976 Doyle Alexander 19 136.2 10 5 0 0 0 114 54 50 39 3 41 19 0 5 2 3.29 1.12
1976 Ed Figueroa 34 256.2 19 10 0 0 0 237 101 86 94 3 119 34 0 14 4 3.02 1.29
1976 Grant Jackson 21 58.2 6 0 1 0 0 38 11 11 16 1 25 2 0 1 1 1.69 0.92
1976 Jim York 3 9.2 1 0 0 0 0 14 7 6 4 1 6 0 0 0 0 5.59 1.86
1976 Ken Brett 2 2.1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.86
1976 Ken Holtzman 21 149.0 9 7 0 0 0 165 74 69 35 0 41 21 0 10 2 4.17 1.34
1976 Ron Guidry 7 16.0 0 0 0 0 0 20 12 10 4 0 12 0 0 0 0 5.62 1.50
1976 Rudy May 11 68.0 4 3 0 0 0 49 32 27 28 1 38 11 0 2 1 3.57 1.13
1976 Sparky Lyle 64 103.2 7 8 23 0 0 82 33 26 42 0 61 0 0 0 0 2.26 1.20
1976 Tippy Martinez 11 28.0 2 0 2 0 0 18 6 6 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 1.93 1.14
– – 159 1,455.0 97 62 37 0 0 1,300 575 516 448 17 674 159 0 62 13 3.19 1.20

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1976 Catfish Hunter P 36 24 30 2 56 2 .964 1.50
1976 Dave Pagan P 7 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 0.43
1976 Dick Tidrow P 47 2 9 1 12 0 .917 0.23
1976 Dock Ellis P 32 19 20 3 42 0 .929 1.22
1976 Doyle Alexander P 19 5 14 0 19 0 1.000 1.00
1976 Ed Figueroa P 34 16 23 1 40 0 .975 1.15
1976 Grant Jackson P 21 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 0.19
1976 Jim York P 3 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.33
1976 Ken Brett P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1976 Ken Holtzman P 21 11 21 2 34 3 .941 1.52
1976 Ron Guidry P 7 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 0.57
1976 Rudy May P 11 4 10 1 15 1 .933 1.27
1976 Sparky Lyle P 64 3 11 2 16 1 .875 0.22
1976 Tippy Martinez P 11 2 8 0 10 0 1.000 0.91
1976 Elrod Hendricks C 18 60 4 0 64 1 8 3 27.3% 1.000 3.56
1976 Fran Healy C 31 104 15 2 121 0 7 10 58.8% .983 3.84
1976 Rick Dempsey C 9 39 5 0 44 0 4 4 50.0% 1.000 4.89
1976 Thurman Munson C 121 537 78 12 627 8 91 50 35.5% .981 5.08
1976 Carlos May 1B 1 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 9.00
1976 Chris Chambliss 1B 155 1,440 109 9 1,558 123 .994 9.99
1976 Otto Velez 1B 8 43 1 1 45 4 .978 5.50
1976 Sandy Alomar 1B 1 3 1 0 4 0 1.000 4.00
1976 Cesar Tovar 2B 3 4 8 0 12 2 1.000 4.00
1976 Fred Stanley 2B 3 3 1 1 5 0 .800 1.33
1976 Sandy Alomar 2B 38 85 108 6 199 17 .970 5.08
1976 Willie Randolph 2B 124 307 415 19 741 87 .974 5.82
1976 Graig Nettles 3B 158 137 383 19 539 30 .965 3.29
1976 Juan Bernhardt 3B 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1976 Otto Velez 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1976 Sandy Alomar 3B 3 2 2 1 5 0 .800 1.33
1976 Fred Stanley SS 110 145 251 7 403 36 .983 3.60
1976 Graig Nettles SS 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1976 Jim Mason SS 93 128 245 13 386 47 .966 4.01
1976 Mickey Klutts SS 2 4 3 1 8 0 .875 3.50
1976 Sandy Alomar SS 6 5 3 0 8 1 1.000 1.33
1976 Carlos May LF 7 18 0 1 19 0 .947 2.57
1976 Gene Locklear LF 3 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 1.67
1976 Juan Bernhardt LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1976 Lou Piniella LF 11 22 3 0 25 0 1.000 2.27
1976 Otto Velez LF 6 10 2 0 12 1 1.000 2.00
1976 Roy White LF 140 320 7 5 332 0 .985 2.34
1976 Terry Whitfield LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1976 Thurman Munson LF 2 1 0 1 2 0 .500 0.50
1976 Elliott Maddox CF 6 12 1 0 13 0 1.000 2.17
1976 Kerry Dineen CF 2 8 0 1 9 0 .889 4.00
1976 Larry Murray CF 6 7 1 0 8 0 1.000 1.33
1976 Mickey Rivers CF 136 403 6 6 415 0 .986 3.01
1976 Rich Coggins CF 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1976 Roy White CF 24 54 2 0 56 1 1.000 2.33
1976 Elliott Maddox RF 7 10 1 0 11 1 1.000 1.57
1976 Juan Bernhardt RF 3 3 0 1 4 0 .750 1.00
1976 Kerry Dineen RF 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1976 Larry Murray RF 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
1976 Lou Piniella RF 39 84 1 2 87 0 .977 2.18
1976 Oscar Gamble RF 104 203 10 4 217 3 .982 2.05
1976 Otto Velez RF 20 35 0 1 36 0 .972 1.75
1976 Rich Coggins RF 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
1976 Rick Dempsey RF 4 6 1 0 7 0 1.000 1.75
1976 Roy White RF 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 4.00
1976 Sandy Alomar RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1976 Thurman Munson RF 9 8 0 1 9 0 .889 0.89
– – 159 4,362 1,825 126 6,313 369 110 67 37.9% .980 38.91

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1976 Carlos May 7 19 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 .105 .150 .158 .308
1976 Catfish Hunter 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1976 Chris Chambliss 9 37 6 16 2 1 2 9 0 3 2 0 .432 .436 .703 1.139
1976 Dick Tidrow 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1976 Dock Ellis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1976 Doyle Alexander 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1976 Ed Figueroa 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1976 Elliott Maddox 5 14 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 .214 .267 .429 .695
1976 Elrod Hendricks 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1976 Fred Stanley 9 21 2 6 3 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 .286 .423 .429 .852
1976 Graig Nettles 9 29 2 7 1 0 2 6 6 4 0 0 .241 .361 .483 .844
1976 Grant Jackson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1976 Jim Mason 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000
1976 Lou Piniella 8 20 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .300 .300 .400 .700
1976 Mickey Rivers 9 41 6 11 0 1 0 0 2 3 1 2 .268 .302 .317 .619
1976 Oscar Gamble 6 17 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 .176 .222 .235 .458
1976 Otto Velez 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1976 Ron Guidry 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1976 Roy White 9 33 4 7 3 0 0 3 8 1 1 0 .212 .366 .303 .669
1976 Sandy Alomar 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1976 Sparky Lyle 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1976 Thurman Munson 9 40 5 19 2 0 0 5 0 2 0 1 .475 .475 .525 1.000
1976 Willie Randolph 9 31 1 3 0 0 0 1 4 4 1 0 .097 .200 .097 .297
– – 9 311 31 85 16 3 5 29 28 31 5 4 .273 .333 .392 .726

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1976 Catfish Hunter 3 20.2 1 2 0 0 0 20 10 9 5 0 10 3 0 2 0 3.92 1.21
1976 Dick Tidrow 5 9.2 1 0 0 0 0 11 6 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 4.66 1.66
1976 Dock Ellis 2 11.1 1 1 0 0 0 13 7 7 2 1 6 2 0 0 0 5.56 1.32
1976 Doyle Alexander 1 6.0 0 1 0 0 0 9 5 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 7.50 1.83
1976 Ed Figueroa 3 20.1 0 2 0 0 0 20 13 13 7 0 7 3 0 0 0 5.75 1.33
1976 Grant Jackson 3 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 5 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 6.43 1.29
1976 Sparky Lyle 3 3.2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.55
– – 14 78.2 3 6 1 0 0 82 46 44 23 1 34 9 0 2 0 5.03 1.33

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1976 Catfish Hunter P 3 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 1.33
1976 Dick Tidrow P 5 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.20
1976 Dock Ellis P 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1976 Doyle Alexander P 1 0 1 0 1 1 1.000 1.00
1976 Ed Figueroa P 3 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 1.00
1976 Grant Jackson P 3 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 1.33
1976 Sparky Lyle P 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1976 Thurman Munson C 9 39 13 2 54 0 0 0 0.0% .963 5.78
1976 Chris Chambliss 1B 9 76 6 2 84 9 .976 9.11
1976 Willie Randolph 2B 9 21 22 0 43 7 1.000 4.78
1976 Graig Nettles 3B 9 13 22 0 35 3 1.000 3.89
1976 Fred Stanley SS 9 11 21 2 34 5 .941 3.56
1976 Jim Mason SS 5 2 4 0 6 0 1.000 1.20
1976 Roy White LF 9 31 0 0 31 0 1.000 3.44
1976 Mickey Rivers CF 9 25 0 0 25 0 1.000 2.78
1976 Elliott Maddox RF 4 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 2.25
1976 Lou Piniella RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1976 Oscar Gamble RF 5 7 0 2 9 0 .778 1.40
– – 9 236 100 8 344 25 0 0 .977 37.33

Awards

Player Award Stats
Thurman Munson Most Valuable Player (C) .301–17–105, 14 SB
Catfish Hunter All-Star (P) 17–15, 173 SO, 3.53 ERA
Sparky Lyle All-Star (P) 7–8, 23 Sv, 61 SO, 2.26 ERA
Thurman Munson All-Star (C) .301–17–105, 14 SB
Chris Chambliss All-Star (1B) .293–17–96, 1 SB
Willie Randolph All-Star (2B) .264–1–40, 37 SB
Mickey Rivers All-Star (CF) .311–8–67, 43 SB

Frequently asked questions about the 1976 New York Yankees

Who had the most hits on the 1976 New York Yankees?

Chris Chambliss led the 1976 New York Yankees with 188 hits in 156 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1976 New York Yankees?

Mickey Rivers led the 1976 New York Yankees with a .311 batting average in 137 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1976 New York Yankees?

Graig Nettles led the 1976 New York Yankees with 32 home runs in 158 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1976 New York Yankees?

Roy White led the 1976 New York Yankees with a .360 on-base percentage (OBP) in 156 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1976 New York Yankees?

Graig Nettles led the 1976 New York Yankees with a .474 slugging percentage in 158 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1976 New York Yankees?

Mickey Rivers led the 1976 New York Yankees with 43 stolen bases in 137 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1976 New York Yankees?

Ed Figueroa had a 3.02 earned-run average (ERA) in 34 games, the lowest on the 1976 New York Yankees.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1976 New York Yankees?

Catfish Hunter had a 1.13 WHIP in 36 games, the lowest on the 1976 New York Yankees.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1976 New York Yankees?

Catfish Hunter led the 1976 New York Yankees with 173 strikeouts in 36 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1976 New York Yankees?

Ed Figueroa led the 1976 New York Yankees with 19 wins in 34 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1976 New York Yankees?

Sparky Lyle led the 1976 New York Yankees with 23 saves in 64 games.