Whakaoti i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tohua a Oates ki te roopu i te kaiwhiwhi me Bob Boone mo te wa 1976 Heoi, i te keemu whakatuwhera wa ki te Pittsburgh Pirates, i pakaru tana wheua kokoro i te tukinga i te papa kaainga me Dave Parker ka ngaro tata ki te haurua o te waa. "I hurihia e taua mahi taku mahi", i kii ia i muri mai. I hoki mai ia ki te awhina i nga Phillies ki te wikitoria i te National League Eastern Division pennant 1976. Kotahi te putanga o Oates hei kaitākaro whutupaoro i te
1976 National League Championship Series i te wa i hinga ai nga Phillies ki te toa o te ao o Cincinnati Reds. I muri i te wa, ka hokona ia ki te Los Angeles Dodgers i te 20 o Tihema 1976.