1896 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1896 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

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1896 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R	132	90	39	.698	--	995	662	333	dnq	0	0	---	---	Union Park
2	2	2	Cleveland Spiders	T - S - R	135	80	48	.625	9.5	840	650	190	dnq	0	0	---	---	League Park II
3	3	3	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R	128	77	50	.606	12.0	783	620	163	dnq	0	0	---	---	League Park II
4	4	4	Boston Beaneaters	T - S - R	132	74	57	.565	17.0	860	761	99	dnq	0	0	---	Frank Selee	South End Grounds
5	5	5	Chicago Colts	T - S - R	132	71	57	.555	18.5	815	799	16	dnq	0	0	---	Cap Anson	West Side Grounds
6	6	6	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	T - S - R	131	66	63	.512	24.0	787	741	46	dnq	0	0	---	---	Exposition Park
7	7	7	New York Giants	T - S - R	133	64	67	.489	27.0	829	821	8	dnq	0	0	---	Arthur Irwin	Polo Grounds
8	8	8	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R	130	62	68	.477	28.5	890	891	-1	dnq	0	0	---	---	National League Park
9	9	9	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	T - S - R	133	58	73	.443	33.0	692	764	-72	dnq	0	0	---	---	Eastern Park
10	10	10	Washington Nationals	T - S - R	133	58	73	.443	33.0	818	920	-102	dnq	0	0	---	Gus Schmelz	Boundary Field
11	11	11	St. Louis Browns	T - S - R	131	40	90	.308	50.5	593	929	-336	dnq	0	0	---	---	Robison Field
12	12	12	Louisville Colonels	T - S - R	134	38	93	.290	53.0	653	997	-344	dnq	0	0	---	---	Eclipse Park II
12 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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