1976 Cleveland Indians season

The Cleveland Indians finished their 1976 season with an 81–78 win–loss record. The team scored 615 runs and allowed 615 runs for a run differential of zero.

Offseason

November 22, 1975: Oscar Gamble was traded by the Indians to the New York Yankees for Pat Dobson.
December 9, 1975: John Ellis was traded by the Indians to the Texas Rangers for Stan Thomas and Ron Pruitt.
December 9, 1975: Ray Fosse was purchased by the Indians from the Oakland Athletics.
December 12, 1975: Jack Brohamer was traded by the Indians to the Chicago White Sox for Larvell Blanks.

Regular season

Notable transactions

May 28, 1976: Fritz Peterson was traded by the Indians to the Texas Rangers for Stan Perzanowski and cash.
June 8, 1976: 1976 Major League Baseball draft
*Joe Beckwith was drafted by the Indians in the 12th round, but did not sign.
*Ron Hassey was drafted by the Indians in the 18th round.
October 1, 1976: Ramón Romero was signed as an amateur free agent by the Indians.

Player stats

''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases''

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
	13	7	3.20	34	21	1	163.1	162	61	58	56	84
	9	11	4.25	32	27	0	180.0	193	94	85	55	104
	5	4	3.63	39	0	1	94.1	88	42	38	34	32
	16	12	3.48	35	35	0	217.1	226	98	84	65	117
	13	12	3.43	36	30	1	199.1	155	82	76	78	200
	3	5	4.87	33	6	1	77.2	89	46	42	41	32
	10	7	2.37	50	2	15	117.2	91	38	31	50	111
	1	4	2.24	61	0	21	96.1	57	25	24	49	104
	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	7.0	3	0	0	0	5
	0	3	5.55	9	9	0	47.0	59	31	29	10	19
	0	0	16.88	1	0	0	2.2	7	5	5	0	1
	4	4	2.30	37	7	6	105.2	88	33	27	41	54
	7	9	4.00	26	22	0	123.2	143	60	55	54	65
Team Totals	81	78	3.47	159	159	46	1432.0	1361	615	552	533	928

Awards and honors

'''All-Star Game'''