1976 New York Yankees Opening Day Roster

County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (April 8)

Manager - Billy Martin  1

No. Coaches
  8  Yogi Berra
32  Elston Howard
34  Dick Howser
33  Bob Lemon

No. Pitchers
38  Ken Brett (L-L)
36  Dock Ellis (S-R)
31  Ed Figueroa (R-R)
39  Larry Gura (S-L)
29  Jim Hunter (R-R)
28  Sparky Lyle (L-L)
40  Tippy Martinez (L-L)
43  Rudy May (L-L)
53  Dave Pagan (R-R)
19  Dick Tidrow (R-R)

No. Catchers
46  Rick Dempsey (R-R)
15  Thurman Munson (R-R)

No. Infielders
  2  Sandy Alomar (S-R)
10  Chris Chambliss (L-R)
22  Jim Mason (L-R)
  9  Graig Nettles (L-R)
25  Willie Randolph (R-R)
48  Tom Robson (R-R)
11  Fred Stanley (R-R)
24  Otto Velez (R-R)

No. Outfielders
12  Ron Blomberg (L-R)  *
26  Rich Coggins (L-L)
23  Oscar Gamble (L-R)
27  Elliott Maddox (R-R)  *
14  Lou Piniella (R-R)
17  Mickey Rivers (L-L)
  6  Roy White (S-R)

Trainer - Gene Monahan

* not on active roster


1976 Yankees Yearbook Roster, Taxi Squad and Prospects
Manager - Billy Martin 1
First Base Coach - Elston Howard 32
Third Base Coach - Dick Howser 34
Pitching Coach - Bob Lemon 21
Bench Coach - Yogi Berra 8
Special Spring Training Instructor - Whitey Ford 16
Special Spring Training Instructor - Mickey Mantle 7

ROSTER
Catcher - Thurman Munson 15, Fran Healy 40, Elrod Hendricks 18
First Base - Chris Chambliss 10, Otto Velez 24 (3B)
Second Base - Willie Randolph 30, Sandy Alomar 2
Third Base - Graig Nettles 9
Shortstop - Fred Stanley 11, Jim Mason 22
Left Field - Roy White 6
Center Field - Mickey Rivers 17, Elliott Maddox 27
Right Field - Oscar Gamble 23, Lou Piniella 14 (DH)
Designated Hitter - Carlos May 38 (OF)

Starting Pitchers:
Jim Hunter 29

Ed Figueroa 31

Dock Ellis 36
Ken Holtzman 53

Doyle Alexander 52
Rudy May 43

Relief Pitchers:
Sparky Lyle 28
Dick Tidrow 19

Grant Jackson 25

TAXI SQUAD
Catcher -  Rick Dempsey 46 

First Base - Ron Blomberg 12 (OF)
Shortstop - Ed Brinkman 20
Outfield - Rich Coggins 26, Gene Locklear 42*
Designated Hitter - Tommy Davis 45

Starting Pitchers:
Vida Blue 35
Ken Brett 33*
Larry Gura 39
Dave Pagan 50*

Relief Pitcher:

Tippy Martinez 41*

PROSPECTS
Catcher - Dennis Irwin, Juan Espino
First Base - Dave Bergman (OF)
Shortstop - Dennis Sherrill
Outfield - Terry Whitfield, Kerry Dineen, Dell Alston
Designated Hitter - Tom Robson (1B)

Starting Pitchers:
Scott McGregor
Ken Clay
Doug Heinold
Rick Sawyer
Ed Ricks
Rich Anderson
Jim Beattie
Gil Patterson

Relief Pitcher:
Ron Guidry

* unofficial uniform number