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Event of the year
The first professional baseball league is formed.
Champions
Major League Baseball final standings
| National League | |||||
| Rank | Club | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
| 1st | Chicago White Stockings | 52 | 14 | .788 | -- |
| 2nd | St. Louis Brown Stockings | 45 | 19 | .703 | 6.0 |
| 3rd | Hartford Dark Blues | 47 | 21 | .691 | 6.0 |
| 4th | Boston Red Caps | 39 | 31 | .557 | 15.0 |
| 5th | Louisville Grays | 31 | 36 | .455 | 22.0 |
| 6th | New York Mutuals | 21 | 35 | .375 | 26.0 |
| 7th | Philadelphia Athletics | 14 | 45 | .237 | 34.5 |
| 8th | Cincinnati Red Stockings | 9 | 56 | .138 | 42.5 |
* The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs was formed in 1876 with the eight teams listed above. The schedule was set at seventy games between April 22 and October 21.
Events
- February 2 - The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs is formed at a meeting in Chicago, Illinois; it will replace the disbanding National Association of Professional Baseball Players.
- May 2 - Ross Barnes of the Chicago White Stockings hits the first home run in the history of Major League Baseball. It is an inside-the-park home run off pitcher William "Cherokee" Fisher of the Cincinnati Red Stockings.
- May 25 - The Philadelphia Athletics and Louisville Grays tie 2-2, the first tie in major league history.
- June 14 - George Hall of the Philadelphia Athletics became the first major league player to hit for the cycle (a home run, a triple, a double, and a single in the same game).
- July 15 - George Bradley of the St. Louis Brown Stockings pitches the first no-hitter in major league history against the Hartford Dark Blues.
- October 23 - The statistic batting average is created by the Chicago Tribune.
Births
- January 11 - Elmer Flick
- February 7 - Pat Moran
- April 5 - Bill Dinneen
- April 12 - Vic Willis
- July 23 - Ginger Beaumont
- July 26 - Sam Breadon
- August 11 - Danny Murphy
- September 15 - Nick Altrock
- October 13 - Bill Donovan
- October 13 - Rube Waddell
- October 19 - Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown
- October 27 - Patsy Dougherty
- November 9 - Moonlight Graham
- November 12 - Ed Killian
- December 20 - Jimmy Williams
Deaths
- October 18 - Bub McAtee, 31, first baseman for the 1871 Chicago White Stockings and 1872 Troy Haymakers
"1876 in baseball"