Kammala wannan jumla: Yankees sun lashe gasar zakarun na AL East a shekarar 1976. Ellis ya fara wasa a wasa na 3 na
1976 Gasar Gasar Gasar Amurka (ALCS), samun nasara. Yankees sun kai gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1976. Ellis ya fara wasa na 3 amma ya karbi hasara, ya ba da gudummawar gudummawa guda hudu a cikin innings. Reds sun doke Yankees a wasanni hudu.