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9 unusual facts about 1976 in baseball


Bill Adair

Adair also was a major league coach for the Braves (1962; 1966), White Sox (1970) and Expos (1976).

Bill Rigney

After serving as a scout for the Padres and Angels (1973–74), Rigney had a second managerial stint with the Giants in 1976.

Dom Chiti

An All-America team member, Chiti was a second round selection of the Atlanta Braves in the 1976 draft.

Jean R. Yawkey

The family owned and operated the team for 59 years, with Mrs. Yawkey taking over as the team's president after her husband's death in 1976 and serving in that role until her own passing.

Mat-Su Miners

The franchise began play as the fourth Alaska-based team of the ABL along with the Fairbanks Goldpanners, Anchorage Glacier Pilots and the Peninsula Oilers for the 1976 season.

Rich Dubee

Before coaching, Dubee was selected in the third round of the 1976 draft by the Royals.

Rich McKinney

He spent the entire 1976 season with Tucson, batting .317 with career highs in home runs (22) and RBI (95), but did not get a call to the majors.

Rob Sperring

Robert Walter Sperring (born October 10, 1949 in San Francisco, California) was a baseball player who played for the Chicago Cubs from 1974 to 1976 and the Houston Astros in 1977.

Seitz decision

233, 261 (W.D. Mo. 1976) aff'd, 532 F.2d 615 (8th Cir. 1976) After all appeals were exhausted, Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association signed a new agreement in 1976 allowing players with six years experience to become free agents.



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