A shekara mai zuwa, ya kasance babban karfi wajen taimaka wa Reds sake maimaitawa a matsayin zakaran gasar cin kofin duniya. Reds na 1976 sun kori Philadelphia Phillies a cikin mafi kyau-uku-na-biyar
NLCS, wanda ya biyo baya da gwagwarmayar wasanni hudu na Yankees a cikin World Series. Kungiyar ta 1976 ta kasance ita ce kungiya daya tilo tun bayan fadada wasan karshe a shekarar 1969 da ba a ci nasara ba a wasannin bayan kakar wasa, kuma kungiyar Reds ba ta rasa wasan World Series ba tun wasa na shida a shekarar 1975 (nasara a wasa na bakwai a shekarar 1975, da kuma wasanni hudu a 1976 da 1990).