# 1976 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1976 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 94th season in the history of the franchise. The Phillies won their first postseason berth since 1950 and their first National League East title, as they compiled a record of 101–61, nine games ahead of the second-place Pittsburgh Pirates, and won 100 games or more for the first time in franchise history.
The Phillies lost the NLCS, 3–0 to the Cincinnati Reds. Danny Ozark managed the Phillies in his fourth year, as they played their home games at Veterans Stadium, where the All-Star Game was played that season.

## Offseason

* October 24, 1975: Larry Cox was traded by the Phillies to the Minnesota Twins for Sergio Ferrer.
* December 10, 1975: Dick Ruthven, Roy Thomas, and Alan Bannister were traded by the Phillies to the Chicago White Sox for Jim Kaat and Mike Buskey.
* December 27, 1975: Luis Aguayo was signed by the Phillies as an amateur free agent.
* January 7, 1976: Derek Botelho was drafted by the Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1976 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed May 5, 1976.

## Regular season

The final 9-game margin masks how competitive the season actually was. In a scary echo of 1964, the Phillies saw a 15+1⁄2-game August lead dwindle to just 3 games as their offense dried up on two late-year road trips.
Mike Schmidt hit 12 home runs in Philadelphia's first 15 games, including four in one game on April 17. No one had hit this many home runs so quickly. In that game, the Phillies and Chicago Cubs combined for thirty-four runs in a game which featured nine home runs. Schmidt's home run feat was later tied by Alex Rodriguez in 2007.
Schmidt also won his first of 10 Gold Gloves that year, and carried the Phillies to the 1976 NLCS where he hit .308. The Phillies hit a major league-leading seven grand slams.

### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 101 | 61 | .623 | — | 53‍–‍28 | 48‍–‍33 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 92 | 70 | .568 | 9 | 47‍–‍34 | 45‍–‍36 |
| New York Mets | 86 | 76 | .531 | 15 | 45‍–‍37 | 41‍–‍39 |
| Chicago Cubs | 75 | 87 | .463 | 26 | 42‍–‍39 | 33‍–‍48 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 72 | 90 | .444 | 29 | 37‍–‍44 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Montreal Expos | 55 | 107 | .340 | 46 | 27‍–‍53 | 28‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1976 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 6–6 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 4–8 |
| Chicago | 6–6 | — | 3–9 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 11–7 | 5–13 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 12–6 |
| Cincinnati | 12–6 | 9–3 | — | 12–6 | 13–5 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 13–5 | 9–9 | 6–6 |
| Houston | 11–7 | 7–5 | 6–12 | — | 5–13 | 10–2 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 2–10 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 9–3 |
| Los Angeles | 10–8 | 9–3 | 5–13 | 13–5 | — | 10–2 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 10–2 |
| Montreal | 4–8 | 7–11 | 3–9 | 2–10 | 2–10 | — | 8–10 | 3–15 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–11 |
| New York | 8–4 | 13–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 10–8 | — | 5–13 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 9–9 |
| Philadelphia | 7-5 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 15–3 | 13–5 | — | 8–10 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 12–6 |
| Pittsburgh | 9–3 | 10–8 | 4–8 | 10–2 | 3–9 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 10–8 | — | 7–5 | 9–3 | 12–6 |
| San Diego | 8–10 | 6–6 | 5–13 | 8–10 | 12–6 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | — | 8–10 | 4–8 |
| San Francisco | 9–9 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 10–8 | — | 5–7 |
| St. Louis | 8–4 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 2–10 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 6–12 | 8–4 | 7–5 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 9, 1976: Wayne Nordhagen was purchased by the Phillies from the St. Louis Cardinals.
* May 14, 1976: Bobby Brown was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.
* July 14, 1976: Wayne Nordhagen was traded by the Phillies to the Chicago White Sox for Rich Coggins.

#### Draft picks

* June 8, 1976: Joe Charboneau was drafted by the Phillies in the 2nd round of the secondary phase of the 1976 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 10, 1976.

### Game log

Legend :
| | Phillies win |
| | Phillies loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Phillies team member |
1976 Game Log Overall Record: 101–61 :
April (8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 10Pirates4–5 (11)Larry Demery (1–0)Tug McGraw (0–1)None42,1470–1
2April 11Pirates3–8Bruce Kison (1–0)Steve Carlton (0–1)Bob Moose (1)18,3730–2
3April 14@ Expos8–2Jim Lonborg (1–0)Steve Rogers (0–2)None21,1991–2
4April 15@ Expos5–8Woodie Fryman (1–1)Jim Kaat (0–1)Wayne Granger (1)6,3751–3
5April 17@ Cubs18–16 (10)Tug McGraw (1–1)Darold Knowles (1–1)Jim Lonborg (1)28,2872–3
6April 18@ Cubs8–5Larry Christenson (1–0)Ray Burris (0–2)Gene Garber (1)13,3263–3
7April 20@ Pirates5–1Jim Kaat (1–1)John Candelaria (0–1)None8,8004–3
8April 21@ Pirates3–0Tom Underwood (1–0)Doc Medich (1–1)Tug McGraw (1)9,1755–3
9April 23Braves5–6Bruce Dal Canton (1–0)Tug McGraw (1–2)Elías Sosa (1)29,3985–4
10April 24Braves10–5Ron Reed (1–0)Elías Sosa (1–2)None25,4776–4
11April 25Braves2–3Phil Niekro (3–0)Larry Christenson (1–1)Elías Sosa (2)10,5656–5
12April 26Reds10–9Tug McGraw (2–2)Rawly Eastwick (1–1)None16,5657–5
13April 27Reds3–7Jack Billingham (2–2)Tom Underwood (1–1)None17,8187–6
14April 28Reds7–6Jim Lonborg (2–0)Pat Darcy (1–2)Tug McGraw (2)20,2158–6
–April 30@ BravesPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 1 as a traditional double-header :
May (22–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
15May 1 (1)@ Braves3–0Larry Christenson (2–1)Dick Ruthven (3–2)Tug McGraw (3)see 2nd game9–6
16May 1 (2)@ Braves4–2Steve Carlton (1–1)Carl Morton (0–3)None24,18910–6
17May 2@ Braves8–2Jim Kaat (2–1)Andy Messersmith (0–2)Gene Garber (2)20,47911–6
18May 4Astros5–0Jim Lonborg (3–0)Larry Dierker (3–3)None10,65512–6
19May 5Astros6–3Ron Reed (2–0)Joe Niekro (1–5)Gene Garber (3)17,94413–6
20May 7Dodgers8–10Charlie Hough (2–0)Ron Reed (2–1)Mike Marshall (6)28,86213–7
21May 8Dodgers6–4Gene Garber (1–0)Tommy John (1–2)None34,06014–7
22May 9Dodgers10–3Jim Lonborg (4–0)Doug Rau (4–1)None24,14315–7
23May 11Padres9–1Steve Carlton (2–1)Dan Spillner (1–5)None11,57616–7
24May 12Padres0–4Randy Jones (6–2)Jim Kaat (2–2)None20,04316–8
25May 14@ Astros5–1Larry Christenson (3–1)Mike Cosgrove (1–2)None14,26417–8
26May 15@ Astros2–1Jim Lonborg (5–0)Larry Dierker (4–4)None20,74918–8
27May 16@ Astros12–2Steve Carlton (3–1)Tom Griffin (2–1)None11,55319–8
–May 18@ MetsPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 1 as a traditional double-header
28May 19@ Mets2–1Larry Christenson (4–1)Mickey Lolich (2–5)Tom Underwood (1)12,83620–8
29May 20@ Mets5–3Jim Lonborg (6–0)Tom Seaver (4–3)Tug McGraw (4)16,91421–8
30May 21Cardinals2–1Steve Carlton (4–1)Pete Falcone (2–3)None32,07422–8
31May 22Cardinals6–7Al Hrabosky (1–3)Tug McGraw (2–3)None39,09822–9
32May 23Cardinals3–2 (11)Tug McGraw (3–3)Al Hrabosky (1–4)None37,53723–9
33May 24Mets7–1Larry Christenson (5–1)Mickey Lolich (2–6)None21,89924–9
34May 25Mets8–4Jim Lonborg (7–0)Tom Seaver (4–4)None32,77225–9
35May 25Mets5–0Steve Carlton (5–1)Jon Matlack (4–1)None28,30626–9
36May 27Mets2–5Jerry Koosman (6–1)Gene Garber (1–1)Skip Lockwood (7)29,52526–10
37May 28Expos10–3Ron Reed (3–1)Don Stanhouse (2–1)None23,01127–10
38May 29Expos6–1Larry Christenson (6–1)Don Carrithers (1–3)Gene Garber (4)18,06328–10
39May 30Expos7–1Jim Lonborg (8–0)Clay Kirby (0–3)None27,09029–10
40May 31 (1)Cubs5–7Rick Reuschel (5–3)Steve Carlton (5–2)Bruce Sutter (2)see 2nd game29–11
41May 31 (2)Cubs4–1Jim Kaat (3–2)Mike Garman (2–4)None51,21130–11 :
June (20–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
42June 1Cubs6–1 (6)Ron Reed (4–1)Steve Renko (1–2)None26,84631–11
43June 2@ Cardinals4–1Tom Underwood (2–1)John Curtis (3–5)None16,85032–11
44June 3@ Cardinals1–7Bob Forsch (1–1)Larry Christenson (6–2)None15,83232–12
45June 4@ Giants1–5Jim Barr (3–4)Jim Lonborg (8–1)None7,37432–13
46June 5@ Giants2–4Ed Halicki (4–8)Steve Carlton (5–3)Randy Moffitt (2)9,43932–14
47June 6@ Giants9–3Jim Kaat (4–2)John Montefusco (6–5)None30,21833–14
48June 7@ Dodgers8–6Ron Reed (5–1)Charlie Hough (7–1)Gene Garber (5)30,62734–14
49June 8@ Dodgers14–2Larry Christenson (7–2)Tommy John (2–4)None27,95035–14
50June 9@ Dodgers2–3Burt Hooton (5–5)Jim Lonborg (8–2)Charlie Hough (2)27,79435–15
51June 10@ Dodgers10–6 (12)Tug McGraw (4–3)Stan Wall (1–2)Ron Schueler (1)27,05236–15
52June 11@ Padres4–2Jim Kaat (5–2)Alan Foster (1–3)Tom Underwood (2)15,75437–15
53June 12@ Padres3–2 (15)Tom Underwood (3–1)Ken Reynolds (0–2)Ron Schueler (2)24,51538–15
54June 13 (1)@ Padres0–5Randy Jones (12–2)Jim Lonborg (8–3)Nonesee 2nd game38–16
55June 13 (2)@ Padres3–4Rich Folkers (2–1)Larry Christenson (7–3)Butch Metzger (7)43,47338–17
56June 15Giants10–2Steve Carlton (6–3)Ed Halicki (4–10)None28,56439–17
57June 16Giants6–1Jim Kaat (6–2)John Montefusco (7–6)None28,96640–17
58June 17Giants3–2Gene Garber (2–1)Gary Lavelle (2–4)None27,80041–17
59June 18Reds6–5Jim Lonborg (9–3)Jack Billingham (5–5)Gene Garber (6)50,63542–17
60June 19Reds3–4Gary Nolan (7–3)Ron Reed (5–2)Rawly Eastwick (8)36,80842–18
61June 20Reds6–1Jim Kaat (7–2)Don Gullett (6–3)None38,66943–18
62June 21Expos8–3Tom Underwood (4–1)Dan Warthen (1–8)None26,14844–18
63June 22Expos3–8Clay Kirby (1–5)Jim Lonborg (9–4)Dale Murray (6)32,13844–19
64June 23@ Reds4–2Ron Reed (6–2)Pedro Borbón (0–1)Gene Garber (7)35,26645–19
65June 24@ Reds5–4Jim Kaat (8–2)Gary Nolan (7–4)Tug McGraw (5)34,05346–19
66June 25Cardinals12–4Larry Christenson (8–3)John Curtis (5–7)None38,47447–19
67June 26Cardinals2–3 (10)Al Hrabosky (5–5)Tug McGraw (4–4)None41,05247–20
68June 27Cardinals6–2Jim Lonborg (10–4)Lynn McGlothen (6–7)Ron Reed (1)31,48948–20
69June 28@ Expos6–2Steve Carlton (7–3)Steve Rogers (2–5)None14,17749–20
70June 29@ Expos2–1Gene Garber (3–1)Dale Murray (0–6)Ron Reed (2)10,93950–20
–June 30@ ExposPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 24 as a traditional double-header :
July (17–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
–July 1@ ExposPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 26 as a traditional double-header
71July 2@ Pirates9–10 (10)Ramón Hernández (2–1)Gene Garber (3–2)None39,32850–21
72July 3@ Pirates3–2Tug McGraw (5–4)Bob Moose (3–4)None19,32751–21
73July 4 (1)@ Pirates10–5Steve Carlton (8–3)Larry Demery (5–2)Ron Reed (3)see 2nd game52–21
74July 4 (2)@ Pirates1–7Bruce Kison (7–4)Jim Kaat (8–3)None32,42252–22
75July 5Dodgers0–6Burt Hooton (6–9)Jim Lonborg (10–5)None60,94352–23
76July 6Dodgers1–5Doug Rau (7–6)Larry Christenson (8–4)None34,12652–24
77July 7Dodgers5–6Don Sutton (8–8)Ron Reed (6–3)Charlie Hough (8)35,01352–25
78July 9Padres4–3Tom Underwood (5–1)Brent Strom (8–9)Ron Reed (4)35,21753–25
79July 10 (1)Padres5–0Steve Carlton (9–3)Alan Foster (3–6)Nonesee 2nd game54–25
80July 10 (2)Padres4–2Jim Lonborg (11–5)Dan Spillner (2–9)Ron Reed (5)47,10155–25
81July 11Padres3–0Jim Kaat (9–3)Dave Freisleben (6–5)None46,80756–25
–July 131976 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia
82July 15@ Giants5–3Steve Carlton (10–3)Mike Caldwell (0–6)None5,75957–25
83July 16@ Giants0–1Ed Halicki (9–11)Jim Kaat (9–4)None7,33057–26
84July 17@ Giants1–4John Montefusco (8–8)Tom Underwood (5–2)None8,90957–27
85July 18@ Dodgers2–1Ron Reed (7–3)Charlie Hough (7–4)None52,21458–27
86July 19@ Dodgers5–3Gene Garber (4–2)Burt Hooton (6–10)Ron Reed (6)37,10959–27
87July 20@ Padres0–3Randy Jones (17–4)Steve Carlton (10–4)None20,49959–28
88July 21@ Padres5–1Jim Kaat (10–4)Dave Freisleben (6–7)Gene Garber (8)14,99660–28
89July 22Pirates3–0Tom Underwood (6–2)Bruce Kison (7–6)Ron Reed (7)43,05061–28
90July 23Pirates11–1Jim Lonborg (12–5)Doc Medich (5–9)None40,12062–28
91July 24 (1)Pirates5–8Jim Rooker (8–5)Larry Christenson (8–5)Dave Giusti (5)see 2nd game62–29
92July 24 (2)Pirates7–1Steve Carlton (11–4)Bob Moose (3–5)None57,72363–29
93July 25Pirates13–7Ron Reed (8–3)Dave Giusti (0–2)None37,69264–29
94July 26Mets4–1Larry Christenson (9–5)Jon Matlack (10–5)Tug McGraw (6)35,02365–29
95July 27Mets1–4Bob Myrick (1–0)Tom Underwood (6–3)Skip Lockwood (10)35,37665–30
96July 28Cubs2–5 (11)Bruce Sutter (2–2)Ron Reed (8–4)None35,04365–31
97July 29Cubs3–2 (11)Gene Garber (5–2)Darold Knowles (3–4)None35,15466–31
98July 30@ Mets2–3Jerry Koosman (12–7)Jim Kaat (10–5)None26,54866–32
99July 31@ Mets2–1Larry Christenson (10–5)Jon Matlack (10–6)Tug McGraw (7)22,79267–32 :
August (16–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
100August 1 (1)@ Mets7–6 (11)Gene Garber (6–2)Skip Lockwood (6–6)Nonesee 2nd game68–32
101August 1 (2)@ Mets2–0Wayne Twitchell (1–0)Nino Espinosa (0–2)Ron Schueler (3)34,41369–32
102August 2@ Cubs2–4Bill Bonham (7–9)Jim Lonborg (12–6)Joe Coleman (3)9,52569–33
103August 3 (1)@ Cubs0–4Rick Reuschel (10–8)Jim Kaat (10–6)Nonesee 2nd game69–34
104August 3 (2)@ Cubs8–5Steve Carlton (12–4)Steve Stone (2–4)Ron Reed (8)27,63670–34
105August 4@ Cubs7–5Gene Garber (7–2)Joe Coleman (2–10)None16,07071–34
106August 5@ Cardinals5–2 (8)Wayne Twitchell (2–0)Lynn McGlothen (9–11)None15,56972–34
107August 6@ Cardinals2–6John Denny (6–5)Jim Lonborg (12–7)Al Hrabosky (11)25,33972–35
108August 7@ Cardinals1–4Pete Falcone (8–11)Jim Kaat (10–7)Al Hrabosky (12)32,10572–36
109August 8@ Cardinals3–2Steve Carlton (13–4)Bill Greif (2–7)Ron Reed (9)27,44873–36
110August 10Braves1–2Phil Niekro (12–8)Larry Christenson (10–6)Adrian Devine (2)30,32373–37
111August 11Braves4–1Tom Underwood (7–3)Carl Morton (2–9)Ron Reed (10)30,24774–37
112August 12Braves3–4Frank LaCorte (1–6)Jim Lonborg (12–8)Adrian Devine (3)30,41574–38
113August 13Giants0–3John Montefusco (13–9)Jim Kaat (10–8)None32,64274–39
114August 14Giants13–2Steve Carlton (14–4)Jim Barr (10–9)None38,36875–39
115August 15Giants5–9Randy Moffitt (5–4)Gene Garber (7–3)None28,31675–40
116August 17Expos11–3Tom Underwood (8–3)Steve Rogers (5–11)None27,18876–40
117August 18Expos5–4Jim Lonborg (13–8)Don Stanhouse (8–7)Ron Reed (11)28,48377–40
118August 19Astros7–1Steve Carlton (15–4)Joaquín Andújar (6–9)None35,60578–40
119August 20Astros3–8Dan Larson (3–4)Wayne Twitchell (2–1)None36,04978–41
120August 21Astros7–4Jim Kaat (11–8)J. R. Richard (14–13)Ron Reed (12)37,75679–41
121August 22Astros5–1Tom Underwood (9–3)Larry Dierker (12–12)None43,51380–41
122August 23@ Braves4–2Jim Lonborg (14–8)Dick Ruthven (13–12)Tug McGraw (8)11,60081–41
123August 24@ Braves14–3Steve Carlton (16–4)Andy Messersmith (11–11)None25,15682–41
124August 25@ Braves1–5Phil Niekro (14–9)Larry Christenson (10–7)None7,51482–42
125August 26@ Reds5–4 (13)Tug McGraw (6–4)Rawly Eastwick (8–4)None38,09483–42
126August 27@ Reds1–4Fred Norman (12–4)Tom Underwood (9–4)Pedro Borbón (5)49,82183–43
127August 28@ Reds7–8Rawly Eastwick (9–4)Tug McGraw (6–5)None51,09183–44
128August 29@ Reds5–6 (15)Santo Alcalá (11–3)Jim Kaat (11–9)None51,37683–45
129August 30@ Astros1–3Dan Larson (4–5)Larry Christenson (10–8)None5,43783–46
130August 31@ Astros2–3J. R. Richard (16–13)Tug McGraw (6–6)None6,88183–47 :
September (15–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
131September 1@ Astros0–1Bo McLaughlin (3–2)Jim Kaat (11–10)None6,39583–48
132September 3@ Mets0–1Tom Seaver (11–10)Steve Carlton (16–5)None21,17483–49
133September 4@ Mets3–7Nino Espinosa (3–3)Jim Lonborg (14–9)Skip Lockwood (15)16,02283–50
134September 5@ Mets3–1Larry Christenson (11–8)Mickey Lolich (7–12)Ron Reed (13)20,70184–50
135September 6 (1)@ Pirates2–6Bruce Kison (12–8)Jim Kaat (11–11)Nonesee 2nd game84–51
136September 6 (2)@ Pirates1–5Larry Demery (10–4)Tom Underwood (9–5)None41,70384–52
137September 8@ Pirates1–6Jim Rooker (13–7)Steve Carlton (16–6)None30,97684–53
138September 9Cubs4–2Jim Lonborg (15–9)Bill Bonham (8–11)None27,19485–53
139September 10Cubs2–3Rick Reuschel (12–10)Jim Kaat (11–12)None30,12185–54
140September 11Cubs1–4 (12)Bruce Sutter (5–3)Ron Reed (8–5)Joe Coleman (4)37,66885–55
141September 12Cubs8–0Larry Christenson (12–8)Steve Renko (7–9)Tug McGraw (9)34,46986–55
142September 13Expos7–2Steve Carlton (17–6)Dennis Blair (0–1)Gene Garber (9)20,11487–55
143September 14Expos3–2Jim Lonborg (16–9)Woodie Fryman (12–11)Ron Reed (14)23,81288–55
144September 15Pirates2–7John Candelaria (15–6)Jim Kaat (11–13)None45,01088–56
145September 16Pirates6–7Kent Tekulve (5–1)Ron Reed (8–6)None35,80688–57
146September 17@ Cubs3–4 (12)Bruce Sutter (6–3)Ron Reed (8–7)None3,63188–58
147September 18@ Cubs4–1Steve Carlton (18–6)Rick Reuschel (13–11)None15,93889–58
148September 19@ Cubs0–1Ray Burris (14–13)Jim Lonborg (16–10)None17,76489–59
149September 21Cardinals5–1Tom Underwood (10–5)John Denny (10–8)Tug McGraw (10)20,26190–59
150September 22Cardinals9–4Gene Garber (8–3)Tom Walker (1–2)None27,42391–59
151September 23Cardinals7–3Steve Carlton (19–6)Eric Rasmussen (5–12)None29,01892–59
152September 24 (1)@ Expos9–3Larry Christenson (13–8)Steve Rogers (6–17)Gene Garber (10)see 2nd game93–59
153September 24 (2)@ Expos2–3Don Stanhouse (9–11)Jim Kaat (11–14)None4,51093–60
154September 25@ Expos6–5Wayne Twitchell (3–1)Woodie Fryman (13–12)Gene Garber (11)5,09694–60
155September 26 (1)@ Expos4–1Jim Lonborg (17–10)Dan Warthen (2–9)Nonesee 2nd game95–60
156September 26 (2)@ Expos2–1 (7)Ron Schueler (1–0)Dennis Blair (0–2)None14,16696–60
157September 27@ Cardinals9–1Jim Kaat (12–14)Pete Falcone (12–15)Randy Lerch (1)6,19997–60
158September 28@ Cardinals3–5Eric Rasmussen (6–12)Steve Carlton (19–7)None5,79397–61
159September 29@ Cardinals6–5Tug McGraw (7–6)John Curtis (6–11)Wayne Twitchell (1)5,99298–61 :
October (3–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 1Mets2–1Gene Garber (9–3)Jerry Koosman (21–10)None23,08499–61
161October 2Mets7–4Jim Lonborg (18–10)Jon Matlack (17–10)Tug McGraw (11)47,095100–61
162October 3Mets2–1Steve Carlton (20–7)Craig Swan (6–9)None25,632101–61 :

### Roster
## Player stats

* = Indicates team leader

### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Bob Boone | 121 | 361 | 98 | .271 | 4 | 54 |
| 1B | Dick Allen | 85 | 298 | 80 | .268 | 15 | 49 |
| 2B | Dave Cash | 160 | 666 | 189 | .284 | 1 | 56 |
| SS | Larry Bowa | 156 | 624 | 155 | .248 | 0 | 49 |
| 3B | Mike Schmidt | 160 | 584 | 153 | .262 | 38 | 107 |
| LF | Greg Luzinski | 149 | 533 | 162 | .304 | 21 | 95 |
| CF | Garry Maddox | 146 | 531 | 175 | .330 | 6 | 68 |
| RF | Jay Johnstone | 129 | 440 | 140 | .318 | 5 | 53 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Bobby Tolan | 110 | 272 | 71 | .261 | 5 | 35 |
| Ollie Brown | 92 | 209 | 53 | .254 | 5 | 30 |
| Tim McCarver | 90 | 155 | 43 | .277 | 3 | 29 |
| Tommy Hutton | 95 | 124 | 25 | .202 | 1 | 13 |
| Jerry Martin | 130 | 121 | 30 | .248 | 2 | 15 |
| Johnny Oates | 37 | 99 | 25 | .253 | 0 | 8 |
| Terry Harmon | 42 | 61 | 18 | .295 | 0 | 6 |
| Tony Taylor | 26 | 23 | 6 | .261 | 0 | 3 |
| Rick Bosetti | 13 | 18 | 5 | .278 | 0 | 0 |
| John Vukovich | 4 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 1 | 2 |
| Tim Blackwell | 4 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
| Fred Andrews | 4 | 6 | 4 | .667 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Nahorodny | 3 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Steve Carlton | 35 | 252.2 | 20 | 7 | 3.13 | 195 |
| Jim Kaat | 38 | 227.2 | 12 | 14 | 3.48 | 83 |
| Jim Lonborg | 33 | 222.0 | 18 | 10 | 3.08 | 118 |
| Larry Christenson | 32 | 168.2 | 13 | 8 | 3.68 | 54 |
| Tom Underwood | 33 | 155.2 | 10 | 5 | 3.53 | 94 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Ron Reed | 59 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 2.46 | 96 |
| Gene Garber | 59 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 2.82 | 92 |
| Tug McGraw | 58 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 2.50 | 76 |
| Ron Schueler | 35 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2.90 | 43 |
| Wayne Twitchell | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.75 | 67 |
| Randy Lerch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 |

## 1976 National League Championship Series
### Game 1

October 9, Veterans Stadium
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
| Philadelphia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| W: Don Gullett (1–0) L: Steve Carlton (0–1) SV: None |||||||||||||
| HRs: CIN – George Foster (1) PHI – None |||||||||||||

### Game 2

October 10, Veterans Stadium
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Philadelphia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| W: Pat Zachry (1–0) L: Jim Lonborg (0–1) SV: Pedro Borbón (1) |||||||||||||
| HRs: CIN – None PHI – Greg Luzinski (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 3

October 12, Riverfront Stadium
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Philadelphia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| W: Rawly Eastwick (1–0) L: Gene Garber (0–1) SV: None |||||||||||||
| HRs: CIN – George Foster (2) Johnny Bench (1) PHI – None |||||||||||||

### Postseason game log

Legend :
| | Phillies win |
| | Phillies loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Phillies team member |
1976 Postseason Game Log Overall Record: 0–3 :
National League Championship Series (0–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 9Reds3–6Don Gullett (1–0)Steve Carlton (0–1)None62,6400–1
2October 10Reds2–6Pat Zachry (1–0)Jim Lonborg (0–1)Pedro Borbón (1)62,6510–2
3October 12@ Reds6–7Rawly Eastwick (1–0)Gene Garber (0–1)None55,0470–3 :

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Oklahoma City 89ers | American Association | Jim Bunning |
| AA | Reading Phillies | Eastern League | Bob Wellman and Granny Hamner |
| A | Peninsula Pilots | Carolina League | Cal Emery |
| A | Spartanburg Phillies | Western Carolinas League | Lee Elia |
| A-Short Season | Auburn Phillies | New York–Penn League | Mike Compton |