1976 San Francisco Giants season

During the first half of the 1970s, attendance at cold and windy Candlestick Park plummeted, and Giants owner Horace Stoneham had faced financial hardship. Finally, in 1976, he put the team up for sale. In January 1976, Stoneham agreed to sell the team for $13.25 million to a Toronto group consisting of Labatt's Breweries of Canada, Ltd., Vulcan Assets Ltd., and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. The team would begin play with the 1976 season at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium and be called the Giants.{{cite news |title=Giants Moving: Toronto |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |date=January 9, 1976|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hbwMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ql8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5064,759147&dq=national-exhibition-company&hl=en }} In addition, it was briefly rumored they considered a return to the New York metropolitan area, perhaps to a new baseball stadium in the New Jersey Meadowlands. Instead, Bob Lurie led a group to buy the Giants from Horace Stoneham for $8 million.{{cite news |title=Giants will stay in San Francisco |author=Gordon Sakamoto |newspaper=Bryan Times|date=February 11, 1976|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=20oLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UFIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3352,2941070&dq=national-exhibition-company&hl=en|page=14 }}

• January 7, 1976: Dennis Littlejohn was drafted by the Giants in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1976 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase).[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/littlde01.shtml Dennis Littlejohn page at Baseball Reference]

• Von Joshua
• Gary Matthews
• Willie Montañez
• John Montefusco
• Bobby Murcer
• Dave Rader
• Ken Reitz
• Chris Speier
• Derrel Thomas

{{1976 NL West standings}}

{{1976 NL Record vs. opponents|team=SF}}

• June 2, 1976: Von Joshua was purchased from the Giants by the Milwaukee Brewers.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/joshuvo01.shtml Von Joshua page at Baseball Reference]
• June 13, 1976: Willie Montañez, Craig Robinson, Mike Eden, and Jake Brown were traded by the Giants to the Atlanta Braves for Darrell Evans and Marty Perez.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/evansda01.shtml Darrell Evans page at Baseball Reference]
• June 14, 1976: Joe Strain was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/straijo01.shtml Joe Strain page at Baseball Reference]
• June 21, 1976: Casey Parsons was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/parsoca01.shtml Casey Parsons page at Baseball Reference]
• September 3, 1976: Randy Elliott was signed as a free agent by the Giants.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/elliora01.shtml Randy Elliott page at Baseball Reference]

• June 8, 1976: Jeff Stember was drafted by the Giants in the 26th round of the 1976 Major League Baseball draft.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stembje01.shtml Jeff Stember page at Baseball Reference]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

All-Star Game

• John Montefusco, reserve

{{See also|Minor league baseball}}

{{MLB Farm System|level16=AAA|team16=Phoenix Giants|league16=Pacific Coast League|manager16=Rocky Bridges

|level17=AA |team17=Lafayette Drillers|league17=Texas League|manager17=John VanOrnum

|level18=A |team18=Fresno Giants|league18=California League|manager18=Andy Gilbert

|level19=A |team19=Cedar Rapids Giants|league19=Midwest League|manager19=Salty Parker

|level20=Rookie|team20=Great Falls Giants|league20=Pioneer League|manager20=Ernie Rodriguez

}}LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Great FallsJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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• [https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SFG/1976.shtml 1976 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Reference]
• [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1976&t=SFN 1976 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Almanac]

{{1976 MLB season by team}}

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