1976 Chicago Cubs season

The 1976 Chicago Cubs season was the 105th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 101st in the National League and the 61st at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fourth in the National League East with a record of 75–87.

1976 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersPhilip K. Wrigley
General managersSalty Saltwell
ManagersJim Marshall
Local televisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Jim West)
Local radioWGN
(Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

Regular season
  • April 17, 1976: Mike Schmidt of the Philadelphia Phillies hit four consecutive home runs in one game against the Cubs.[3] In the game, the Phillies and Cubs combined for thirty-four runs in a game which featured nine home runs.[4] The Cubs had blown a 13–2 lead at Wrigley, losing to the Phillies 18–16 when Schmidt hit his fourth home run in the 10th inning.[5]
  • April 25, 1976: In the fourth inning of a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium, Cubs outfielder Rick Monday noticed two protesters kneeling on the grass in left-center field, with the apparent intention of burning an American flag. He grabbed the flag and brought it to the bullpen. The crowd at Dodger fans started singing "God Bless America" while the fans were escorted out of the stadium.[6] Monday was later presented with the flag in a ceremony at Wrigley Field by Dodgers executive Al Campanis. In the 2000s, the Baseball Hall of Fame recently named Monday's act as one of the 100 Classic Moments in the history of the game.[7]

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 10161 0.623 — 53–28 48–33
Pittsburgh Pirates 9270 0.568 9 47–34 45–36
New York Mets 8676 0.531 15 45–37 41–39
Chicago Cubs 7587 0.463 26 42–39 33–48
St. Louis Cardinals 7290 0.444 29 37–44 35–46
Montreal Expos 55107 0.340 46 27–53 28–54

Record vs. opponents
1976 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —6–66–127–118–108–44–85–73–910–89–94–8
Chicago 6–6—3–95–73–911–75–138–108–106–68–412–6
Cincinnati 12–69–3—12–613–59–36–65–78–413–59–96–6
Houston 11–77–56–12—5–1310–26–64–82–1010–810–89–3
Los Angeles 10–89–35–1313–5—10–27–55–79–36–128–1010–2
Montreal 4–87–113–92–102–10—8–103–158–104–87–57–11
New York 8–413–56–66–65–710–8—5–1310–87–57–59–9
Philadelphia 7-510–87–58–47–515–313–5—8–108–46–612–6
Pittsburgh 9–310–84–810–23–910–88–1010–8—7–59–312–6
San Diego 8–106–65–138–1012–68–45–74–85–7—8–104–8
San Francisco 9–94–89–98–1010–85–75–76–63–910–8—5–7
St. Louis 8–46–126–63–92–1011–79–96–126–128–47–5—

Notable transactions

Roster
1976 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CSteve Swisher10937789.236542
1BPete LaCock10624454.221828
2BManny Trillo158582139.239459
SSMick Kelleher12433777.228022
3BBill Madlock142514174.3391584
LFJosé Cardenal136521156.299847
CFRick Monday137534145.2723277
RFJerry Morales140537147.2741667

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
Joe Wallis12133886.254521
George Mitterwald10130365.215528
Dave Rosello9122755.242111
Larry Biittner7819247.245017
Champ Summers8312626.206313
Rob Sperring439324.25807
Andre Thornton278517.200214
Wayne Tyrone305713.22818
Mike Adams25294.13802
Jerry Tabb11247.29200
Randy Hundley13183.16701
Ed Putman573.42900
Tim Hosley110.00000

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
Rick Reuschel38260.014123.46146
Ray Burris37249.015133.11112
Bill Bonham32196.09134.27110
Steve Renko28163.18113.86112
Steve Stone1775.0364.0833

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
Ken Frailing618.2122.4110
Ken Crosby712.00012.005
Geoff Zahn38.10110.804

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
Bruce Sutter5263102.7073
Darold Knowles585792.8939
Paul Reuschel504234.5555
Mike Garman472414.9537
Oscar Zamora405335.2427
Joe Coleman392844.1066
Buddy Schultz291126.0815
Tom Dettore401010.294
Mike Krukow20008.311
Ramón Hernández20000.001

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Wichita Aeros American Association Doc Edwards
AA Midland Cubs Texas League Dennis Sommers
A Pompano Beach Cubs Florida State League Jack Hiatt
Rookie GCL Cubs Gulf Coast League Walt Dixon

Notes
  1. Don Kessinger at Baseball-Reference
  2. Vic Harris at Baseball-Reference
  3. Retrosheet box score: Phillies vs. Cubs 04/17/76
  4. Baseball Almanac box score: Phillies vs. Cubs 04/17/76
  5. "The Cubs: 99 years of misery - ESPN Page 2".
  6. The Cubs, by Glenn Stout, Richard A. Johnson, Dick Johnson, p.302, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishers, 2007, ISBN 978-0-618-59500-6
  7. Resnick, Joe (April 22, 2006). "Rick Monday Saved the Flag 30 Years Ago". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
  8. Tim Hosley at Baseball-Reference
  9. Tom Dettore at Baseball-Reference
  10. Andre Thornton at Baseball-Reference
  11. Joe Coleman at Baseball-Reference
  12. Keith Drumright at Baseball-Reference
  13. Ramón Hernández at Baseball-Reference

References
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