 For the season, Wynegar had 650 putouts, second in the league behind Jim Sundberg, and batted .260 with ten home runs and 69 RBIs and was 9th in the league in walks, with 79.He finished second in the 1976 American League Rookie of the Year balloting to Mark Fidrych, and was named "The Sporting News" Rookie of the Year.Wynegar had six home runs and 47 RBIs at the midpoint of the 1977 season to make his second consecutive All-Star team.