The 1976 Major League Baseball draft took place prior to the 1976 MLB season.
The draft saw the Houston Astros select Floyd Bannister first overall.
Floyd Bannister was picked number one by the Astros while Ken Landreaux was selected sixth by the Angels.
Among those picked in the June draft were Rickey Henderson (Oakland), Alan Trammell, Jack Morris and Dan Petry (Detroit), Wade Boggs and Bruce Hurst (Boston), Steve Trout (Chicago White Sox), Leon Durham (St. Louis), and Pat Tabler (New York Yankees).
Willie McGee (Chicago White Sox) and Ozzie Smith (Detroit) were selected in the seventh round but did not sign.