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1976 Season
The 1976 season saw the Yankees return to the World Series for the first time since 1964. This time they had to beat the Royals, second best team in the league, which they only managed to do in the last inning of the final game of the Championship Series. In the NL we missed what would have been an outstanding pennant race between Cincinnati (last year's winner) and Philadelphia. The Reds prevailed by one game, and then swept the Phillies in the Championship Series, so for the first time since 1971 we had the best team in each league go on to the World Series.
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FINAL STANDINGS
| AMERICAN LEAGUE | W | L | Pct | GB | NATIONAL LEAGUE | W | L | Pct | GB | |
| New York | 97 | 62 | .610 | -- | Cincinnati | 102 | 60 | .630 | -- | |
| Kansas City | 90 | 72 | .556 | 8½ | Philadelphia | 101 | 61 | .623 | 1 | |
| Baltimore | 88 | 74 | .543 | 10½ | Los Angeles | 92 | 70 | .568 | 10 | |
| Oakland | 87 | 74 | .540 | 11 | Pittsburgh | 92 | 70 | .568 | 10 | |
| Minnesota | 85 | 77 | .525 | 13½ | New York | 86 | 76 | .531 | 16 | |
| Boston | 83 | 79 | .512 | 15½ | Houston | 80 | 82 | .494 | 22 | |
| Cleveland | 81 | 78 | .509 | 16 | Chicago | 75 | 87 | .463 | 27 | |
| California | 76 | 86 | .469 | 22½ | San Francisco | 74 | 88 | .457 | 28 | |
| Texas | 76 | 86 | .469 | 22½ | San Diego | 73 | 89 | .451 | 29 | |
| Detroit | 74 | 87 | .460 | 24 | St. Louis | 72 | 90 | .444 | 30 | |
| Milwaukee | 66 | 95 | .410 | 32 | Atlanta | 70 | 92 | .432 | 32 | |
| Chicago | 64 | 97 | .398 | 34 | Montreal | 55 | 107 | .340 | 47 |
Data source The Sporting News Official Major League Baseball Fact Book 2000 Edition
PENNANT RACE
AMERICAN LEAGUE
NATIONAL LEAGUE
WORLD SERIES
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