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The following are the baseball events of the year 1876 throughout the world.

1 Champions
2 Major League Baseball final standings
3 Events
4 Births
5 Deaths

[edit] Champions

National League: Chicago White Stockings

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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).