Cite this page: 1976 MLB Basic Agreement (Post-Messersmith CBA)

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Primary citation: 1976 Basic Agreement between the Major League Clubs and the MLBPA, signed July 12, 1976.

Per archive standards, citations are emitted only from fields that are actually populated in the metadata. Styles that require data not on file are omitted rather than synthesized.

Chicago (notes-bibliography)

Clubs of the National League and American League and Major League Baseball Players Association. 1976. "1976 Basic Agreement between the Major League Clubs and the Major League Baseball Players Association." Office of the Commissioner of Baseball / MLBPA. https://sabr.box.com/s/f5pm0sc73qbmrcc88rqw (accessed 2026-05-17).

BibTeX

@misc{1976-07-12_cba_mlb-basic-agreement-1976,
  title = {1976 Basic Agreement between the Major League Clubs and the Major League Baseball Players Association},
  year = {1976},
  author = {Clubs of the National League and American League and Major League Baseball Players Association},
  url = {https://sabr.box.com/s/f5pm0sc73qbmrcc88rqw},
  urldate = {2026-05-17},
  note = {SHA256: c19723257bb3f202497043c2a88bd2144842bb409796ab920c6edd0ebe1c09ec}
}

Archive citation

Baseball Documents Archive, "1976 MLB Basic Agreement (Post-Messersmith CBA)", slug 1976-07-12_cba_mlb-basic-agreement-1976, SHA256 c19723257bb3…, retrieved 2026-05-17.

Cite this archived version

1976 Basic Agreement between the Major League Clubs and the MLBPA, signed July 12, 1976.. Baseball Documents Archive, slug 1976-07-12_cba_mlb-basic-agreement-1976, SHA256 c19723257bb3…. retrieved 2026-05-17; from https://sabr.box.com/s/f5pm0sc73qbmrcc88rqw.

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