1976
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1976.
Club competitions[edit]
Professional[edit]
Asia and Australia[edit]
- Nippon Professional Baseball
- Nippon Series: Hankyu Braves (PL) over the Yomiuri Giants (CL), 4 - 3 - 0 (Details)
- Claxton Shield: South Australia
Europe[edit]
North America[edit]
- Major League Baseball
- World Series: Cincinnati Reds (NL) over the New York Yankees (AL), 4 - 1 (Details)
- Minor League Baseball
- American Association: Denver Bears (Details)
- Appalachian League: Johnson City Cardinals
- California League: Reno Silver Sox
- Carolina League: Winston-Salem Red Sox
- Eastern League: West Haven Yankees
- Florida State League: Lakeland Tigers
- Gulf Coast League: GCL Rangers
- Gulf States League: Corpus Christi Seagulls
- International League: Syracuse Chiefs (Details)
- Mexican Center League: Lagos de Moreno Caporales
- Mexican Pacific League: Yaquis de Obregón
- Midwest League: Waterloo Royals
- New York-Penn League: Elmira Red Sox
- Northwest League: Walla Walla Padres
- Pacific Coast League: Hawaii Islanders (Details)
- Pioneer League: Great Falls Giants
- Southern League: Montgomery Rebels
- Texas League: Amarillo Gold Sox
- Western Carolinas League: Greenwood Braves
- Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Diablos Rojos del México defeated the Algodoneros del Unión Laguna in the finals, 4 - 2
Winter Leagues[edit]
- Serie del Caribe: in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Naranjeros de Hermosillo (Mexico) (Details)
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Águilas Cibaeñas defeated the Tigres del Licey in the finals, 5 - 3
- Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Naranjeros de Hermosillo
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Vaqueros de Bayamón
- Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Tigres de Aragua defeated the Cardenales de Lara in the finals, 4 - 3
Amateur[edit]
- National Collegiate Athletic Association
- College World Series (Division I): The University of Arizona defeated Eastern Michigan University in the finals, 7 - 1 (Details)
- Division II Baseball Championship: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona over the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 17 - 3 in the finals
- Division III Baseball Championship: California State Stanislaus over the Ithaca College, 13 - 6 in the finals
- NAIA College World Series: Lewis University over the Lewis-Clark State College, 16 - 8 in the finals
- Community College League of California: Long Beach City College over Los Angeles Harbor College in the finals
- National Baseball Congress World Series: Alaska Goldpanners (Details)
- All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Tokai University defeated the Osaka University of Commerce in the final, 2 - 1 (Details)
- Japan High School Baseball Federation
- National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Sotoku High School (Hiroshima) defeat Oyama High School (Tochigi), 5 - 1 in the championship (Details)
- National High School Baseball Championship: J.F. Oberlin High School (West Tokyo) defeat PL Gakuen (Osaka), 4 - 3 in the championship (Details)
- Little League
- Little League World Series: Chofu (Tokyo, Japan) defeat Campbell (Campbell, CA), 10 - 3 in the championship (Details)
International competitions[edit]
- Baseball World Cup in Colombia (Details)
- Cuba (Gold); Puerto Rico (Silver); Japan (Bronze)
Events[edit]
Culture[edit]
Literature[edit]
- Baseball Between the Lines, by Donald Honig
- Black College Sport, by Ocania Chalk
- Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball, by Donald Hall
- Negro Baseball Before Integration, by Effa Manley and Leon Hardwick
Song[edit]
- Beat on the Brat, by The Ramones
- Say It Ain't So, Joe, by Murray Head
Film[edit]
- The Bad News Bears
- The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Births[edit]
- Further information: Births in 1976
Deaths[edit]
- Further information: Deaths in 1976
Further Reading[edit]
- Dan Epstein: Stars and Strikes: Baseball and America in the Bicentennial Summer of '76, Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martins Press, New York, NY, 2014. ISBN 978-1250034380
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