1976 World Series

E255855

The 1976 World Series was Major League Baseball's championship series in which the Cincinnati Reds completed a dominant postseason by sweeping the New York Yankees.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball championship series
World Series
champion Cincinnati Reds
championConsecutiveWorldSeriesTitles 2
championDivision National League West
championLeague National League
championNickname Big Red Machine
championWorldSeriesTitlesAfterWin 4
cityOfGame1 Cincinnati
cityOfGame2 Cincinnati
cityOfGame3 New York City
cityOfGame4 New York City
country United States of America
surface form: United States
endDate 1976-10-21
format best-of-seven
game1Venue Riverfront Stadium
game2Venue Riverfront Stadium
game3Venue Yankee Stadium
game4Venue Yankee Stadium
league Major League Baseball
managerOfChampion Sparky Anderson
managerOfRunnerUp Billy Martin
mostValuablePlayer Johnny Bench
MVPTeam Cincinnati Reds
nextEdition 1977 World Series
notablePlayerChampion George Foster
Joe Morgan
Pete Rose
Tony Pérez
notablePlayerRunnerUp Reggie Jackson
Thurman Munson
numberOfGames 4
previousEdition 1975 World Series
radioAnnouncer Bill White
Marty Glickman
radioNetworkUS CBS Radio
runnerUp New York Yankees
runnerUpDivision American League East
runnerUpLeague American League
runnerUpWorldSeriesAppearancesAfterSeries 30
seasonNumber 73
seasonOfLeague 1976 Major League Baseball season
seriesResult Cincinnati Reds 4–0 New York Yankees
sport baseball
startDate 1976-10-16
televisionAnnouncer Curt Gowdy
Joe Garagiola
Tony Kubek
televisionNetworkUS NBC
umpireCrewChief Bill Deegan
year 1976

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1975 World Series followedBy 1976 World Series
Sparky Anderson wonWorldSeriesAsManager 1976 World Series
Big Red Machine notableSeason 1976 World Series
this entity surface form: 1976 Cincinnati Reds season
Riverfront Stadium hostedEvent 1976 World Series
1977 World Series with Los Angeles Dodgers precededBy 1976 World Series
subject surface form: 1977 World Series
1977 World Series previousWorldSeries 1976 World Series
George Lee Anderson ledTeamToChampionship 1976 World Series
this entity surface form: Cincinnati Reds 1976 World Series