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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 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 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.
This was the third World Series matchup between the Reds and Yankees. The other two times were in 1939 and 1961, which the Yankees both won. However, this time history would not repeat itself, as the Reds handily swept the Yankees to repeat as World Series champions, completing a perfect 7–0 run through the postseason.
Rangers fans gather to celebrate the Texas Rangers World Series championship for the World Series Parade in front of Globe Life Field in Arlington on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. ... Drill Teams perform ...
By sweeping both the Phillies and Yankees, the Reds became the first and only team to have a perfect postseason since the League Championship Series was started in 1969. Joe Morgan was the NL's Most Valuable Player for the second straight season and Johnny Bench was the World Series MVP.
In the World Series, they were defeated in a four-game sweep by the defending champion Cincinnati Reds, marking only the second time that the Yankees had ever been swept in a World Series in their history (following the 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers). New York was managed by Billy Martin. The Yankees returned to the newly renovated Yankee Stadium.
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 ...