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The 1976 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1976 season.The 73rd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the National League (NL) champion Cincinnati Reds and the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees.
The playoffs began on October 9, 1976, and concluded on October 21, 1976, with the Cincinnati Reds sweeping the New York Yankees in the 1976 World Series. It was the fourth title for the Reds overall, and the Reds became the sixth franchise in MLB history to repeat as World Series champions. [2]
The 1976 Major League Baseball season ended with the Cincinnati Reds winning their second consecutive World Series championship. This was the last season of the expansion era (dating back to 1961) until 1993 in which the American League (AL) and the National League (NL) had the same number of teams.
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
The 1976 American League Championship Series was a best-of-five playoff in Major League Baseball's 1976 postseason which pitted the New York Yankees against the Kansas City Royals for the American League pennant and the right to represent the American League in the 1976 World Series. The Yankees defeated the Royals in five games to advance to ...
November 1: World Series Game 6 (if necessary) November 2: World Series Game 7 (if necessary) This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 2024 MLB playoff schedule: Bracket, dates, time, TV for ...
Opposing catcher Thurman Munson has six straight singles to tie a World Series mark. Cincinnati's "Big Red Machine" becomes the first team since the 1969 playoff expansion to go through an entire postseason without a defeat. The 1976 Fall Classic is the last World Series to end in a sweep until 1989.
The 1976 National League Championship Series was a postseason series in Major League Baseball’s 1976 postseason between the two division champions of the National League in the Cincinnati Reds and the Philadelphia Phillies. This was the eighth NLCS held in baseball history. For the fourth time in seven seasons, the Reds won the best-of-five ...