1996 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1996 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.

Season Information

Season

1996

World Series Champions

New York Yankees

Runner Up

Atlanta Braves

Most Valuable Players

AL: Juan Gonzalez NL: Ken Caminiti

Cy Young Winners

AL: Pat Hentgen NL: John Smoltz

Rookies of the Year

AL: Derek Jeter NL: Todd Hollandsworth

Managers of the Year

AL: Johnny Oates NL: Bruce Bochy

#1 Draft Pick

Kris Benson (Pittsburgh Pirates)

All-Star Game

Philadelphia,Pennsylvania

Teams

Players

1139

Attendance

60,097,381

Payroll

$895,178,844

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1996 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	161	99	62	.615	--	952	769	183	Lost in 1st Round (Orioles)	3,318,174	3	$ 45,317,914	3	John Hart	Mike Hargrove	Jacobs Field
2	6	12	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	85	77	.525	14.5	898	794	104	dnq	1,676,403	19	$ 41,940,000	4	Ron Schueler	Terry Bevington	Comiskey Park II
3	8	16	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	162	80	82	.494	19.5	894	899	-5	dnq	1,327,155	26	$ 20,482,000	12	Sal Bando	Phil Garner	County Stadium
4	10	18	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	78	84	.481	21.5	877	900	-23	dnq	1,437,352	22	$ 21,961,500	10	Terry Ryan	Tom Kelly	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
5	11	21	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	161	75	86	.466	24.0	746	786	-40	dnq	1,435,997	23	$ 18,480,750	14	Herk Robinson	Bob Boone	Kauffman Stadium
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	3	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	92	70	.568	--	871	787	84	Won World Series (Braves)	2,250,877	11	$ 52,189,370	1	Bob Watson	Joe Torre	Yankee Stadium I
2	4	8	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	4.0	949	903	46	Lost ALCS (Yankees)	3,646,950	2	$ 48,726,832	2	Pat Gillick	Davey Johnson	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
3	7	11	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	85	77	.525	7.0	928	921	7	dnq	2,315,231	10	$ 39,676,000	5	Dan Duquette	Kevin Kennedy	Fenway Park
4	12	22	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	18.0	766	809	-43	dnq	2,559,573	9	$ 28,486,708	8	Gord Ash	Cito Gaston	SkyDome
5	14	28	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	53	109	.327	39.0	783	1103	-320	dnq	1,168,610	27	$ 21,941,000	11	Randy Smith	Buddy Bell	Tiger Stadium
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	6	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	--	928	799	129	Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)	2,889,020	6	$ 35,862,028	7	Douglas Melvin	Johnny Oates	The Ballpark in Arlington
2	5	10	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	161	85	76	.528	4.5	993	895	98	dnq	2,723,850	7	$ 39,221,501	6	Woody Woodward	Lou Piniella	The Kingdome
3	9	19	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	78	84	.481	12.0	861	900	-39	dnq	1,148,380	28	$ 19,404,500	13	Sandy Alderson	Art Howe	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
4	13	25	California Angels	T - S - R - L	161	70	91	.435	19.5	762	943	-181	dnq	1,820,521	16	$ 26,892,500	9	Bill Bavasi	Marcel Lachemann, John McNamara, Joe Maddon	Anaheim Stadium
National League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	4	9	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	--	759	706	53	Lost NLCS (Braves)	2,654,718	8	$ 38,741,666	3	Walt Jocketty	Tony La Russa	Busch Stadium II
2	7	14	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	82	80	.506	6.0	753	792	-39	dnq	1,975,888	14	$ 26,894,000	11	Gerry Hunsicker	Terry Collins	Astrodome
3	8	15	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	81	81	.500	7.0	778	773	5	dnq	1,861,428	15	$ 40,719,334	2	Jim Bowden	Ray Knight	Riverfront Stadium
4	10	20	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	76	86	.469	12.0	772	771	1	dnq	2,219,110	12	$ 30,954,000	7	Ed Lynch	Jim Riggleman	Wrigley Field
5	11	23	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	73	89	.451	15.0	776	833	-57	dnq	1,332,150	25	$ 21,253,500	13	Cam Bonifay	Jim Leyland	Three Rivers Stadium
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	96	66	.593	--	773	648	125	Lost World Series (Yankees)	2,901,242	5	$ 47,390,000	1	John Schuerholz	Bobby Cox	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
2	5	7	Montreal Expos	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	8.0	741	668	73	dnq	1,616,709	20	$ 15,410,500	14	Jim Beattie	Felipe Alou	Olympic Stadium
3	9	17	Florida Marlins	T - S - R - L	162	80	82	.494	16.0	688	703	-15	dnq	1,746,767	18	$ 30,079,500	8	Dave Dombrowski	Rene Lachemann, John Boles, Cookie Rojas	Joe Robbie Stadium
4	12	24	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	71	91	.438	25.0	746	779	-33	dnq	1,588,323	21	$ 23,456,500	12	Joe McIlvaine	Dallas Green, Bobby Valentine	Shea Stadium
5	14	27	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	67	95	.414	29.0	650	790	-140	dnq	1,801,677	17	$ 28,393,500	9	Lee Thomas	Jim Fregosi	Veterans Stadium
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	4	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	91	71	.562	--	771	682	89	Lost in 1st Round (Cardinals)	2,187,886	13	$ 27,133,026	10	Kevin Towers	Bruce Bochy	Jack Murphy Stadium
2	3	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	1.0	703	652	51	Lost in 1st Round (Braves)	3,188,454	4	$ 34,647,000	5	Fred Claire	Bill Russell, Tom Lasorda	Dodger Stadium
3	6	13	Colorado Rockies	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	8.0	961	964	-3	dnq	3,891,014	1	$ 34,918,490	4	Bob Gebhard	Don Baylor	Coors Field
4	13	26	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	68	94	.420	23.0	752	862	-110	dnq	1,413,922	24	$ 34,605,225	6	Bob Quinn	Dusty Baker	Candlestick Park
28 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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