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Eastern Division
Team                W   L    %   GB  OFF  PIT  DEF   HOME   ROAD  1-RUN    L40   MANAGER(S)
Atlanta       ATN  99  64 .607 ----   13    2    8  47-35  52-29  23-18  27-14   Rick Field
Florida       FLN  98  65 .601  1.0   14    4   20  48-33  50-32  25-14  20-21   Thomas Treece
Montreal      MON  77  85 .475 21.5   11    9   22  44-37  33-48  17-28  20-20   Steve Bivens
New York NL   NYN  75  87 .463 23.5   15   12    5  33-48  42-39  16-23  16-24   Jon Fellows

Central Division
Team                W   L    %   GB  OFF  PIT  DEF   HOME   ROAD  1-RUN    L40   MANAGER(S)
Cincinnati    CIN  91  71 .562 ----   10    6   13  45-36  46-35  21-30  24-16   Alan Boodman
Chicago NL    CHN  84  78 .519  7.0   18    7    1  33-48  51-30  25-17  24-16   Tom Edwards, Dennis Schimmel
St. Louis     SLN  71  91 .438 20.0   21   13   12  34-47  37-44  25-18  20-20   Mike Rescigno
Pittsburgh    PIN  63  99 .389 28.0   21   15   21  24-57  39-42  18-20  10-30   Mike Mashanic

Western Division
Team                W   L    %   GB  OFF  PIT  DEF   HOME   ROAD  1-RUN    L40   MANAGER(S)
Los Angeles   LAN  92  70 .568 ----   23    1    4  42-39  50-31  31-27  23-17   Billy Vanson
San Diego     SDN  83  79 .512  9.0   20    3    2  37-44  46-35  24-29  24-16   Mike Tomeo
Colorado      CON  75  87 .463 17.0    4   24   11  35-46  40-41  18-18  19-21   Herb Wilson
San Francisco SFN  65  97 .401 27.0   24   16   15  37-44  28-53  23-24  14-26   Pat Carr

OFF, PIT, DEF - rankings among the 24 teams in Offense, Pitching and Defense.
HOME, ROAD, 1-RUN, L40 - W-L records at Home, on the Road, in one-run games, and over the final 40 games of the season.

Postseason
World Series (4-1):   Atlanta Braves over Baltimore Orioles
NL Championship Series (3-0):   Atlanta Braves over Florida Marlins
NL Divisional Series (3-2):   Atlanta Braves over Cincinnati Reds
NL Divisional Series (3-2):   Florida Marlins over Los Angeles Dodgers

1996 AL | NL League Yearly Summary | Transactions
  Players: Batting - Pitching

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS   IBB  HP   SH   SF  GIDP
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 CON  5.96   965  5737  1650  325  31  269  470  1165  .288  .348  .496   85   21   27   88   39   49  146
 CIN  5.30   858  5634  1489  299  40  194  663  1210  .264  .345  .435  117   24   38   57   50   52  136
 MON  5.28   856  5771  1607  337  38  176  505  1074  .278  .342  .442   50   10   17   71   32   45  166
 ATN  5.08   828  5782  1604  270  31  185  513   941  .277  .337  .431   39   16   20   29   58   37  153
 FLN  5.07   826  5661  1508  280  41  188  657  1155  .266  .346  .430   96   31   24   55   40   37  161
 NYN  4.80   778  5708  1608  241  43  156  534   986  .282  .344  .421  107   31   43   29   71   48  157
 CHN  4.48   725  5658  1496  254  42  166  422  1047  .264  .320  .412   97   25   26   56   74   35  128
 SDN  4.37   708  5612  1540  295  36  139  527  1028  .274  .339  .414   54   17   47   43   88   41  140
 SLN  4.31   699  5541  1416  253  28  171  494  1181  .256  .320  .404  108   37   26   45   53   38  135
 PIN  4.31   699  5465  1397  272  25  142  541  1042  .256  .325  .392  161   48   21   43  110   40  133
 LAN  4.19   679  5536  1414  284  35  134  498  1047  .255  .319  .392  143   56   29   33  164   35   97
 SFN  4.15   673  5452  1274  224  26  156  584  1222  .234  .312  .370   68   20   20   49   42   27  133
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 Tot  4.78  9294 67557 18003 3334 416 2076 6408 13098  .266  .333  .420 1125  336  338  598  821  484 1685

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA   ERA    IP    H    HR    BB    SO   CG SHO  SV  IRSC XTOT XOUT  XPCT
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+-----+----+----+-----+
 LAN  3.64   589  3.25  1489  1309  141   516  1204   8  13  56  .247  846  633  .748
 ATN  3.75   611  3.30  1483  1321  143   461  1187  33  14  33  .331  863  634  .735
 SDN  4.01   650  3.61  1446  1365  167   479  1150   5  15  46  .360  882  661  .749
 FLN  4.21   687  3.67  1477  1456  126   560  1149  27   7  39  .331  869  581  .669
 CIN  4.57   741  3.93  1469  1490  174   494  1015  18   6  42  .348  850  607  .714
 CHN  4.63   750  4.15  1468  1424  179   603  1139  16  10  45  .299  817  613  .750
 MON  4.93   799  4.44  1449  1464  175   536  1182  16   5  40  .282  806  518  .643
 NYN  5.14   833  4.54  1455  1588  169   537   918   6   6  42  .307  869  643  .740
 SLN  5.15   834  4.75  1443  1634  169   550  1033  21   6  36  .413  929  665  .716
 PIN  5.35   866  4.99  1436  1571  213   575  1131   0   4  39  .369  854  570  .667
 SFN  5.37   870  4.93  1438  1593  185   509   988  24   9  37  .392  829  574  .692
 CON  6.57  1064  5.94  1432  1788  235   588  1002  20   1  35  .466  928  666  .718
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+-----+----+----+-----+
 Tot  4.78  9294  4.28 17489 18003 2076  6408 13098 194  96 490       **** 7365  .712

League Awards
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Pitchers are not eligible for the MVP Award.
All voting is done by HAL. Totals may not match the Recap report, but the order of the players is generally the same.

MVP Award Voting

  1. Ellis Burks  (602)
  2. Andres Galarraga  (571)
  3. Gary Sheffield  (516)
  4. Barry Bonds  (504)
  5. Chipper Jones  (497)
  6. Mike Piazza  (495)
  7. Marquis Grissom  (488)
  8. Steve Finley  (484)
  9. Barry Larkin  (479)
  10. Henry Rodriguez  (476)

  11. Vinny Castilla  (475)
  12. Ken Caminiti  (460)
  13. Bernard Gilkey  (457)
  14. Jeff Bagwell  (449)
  15. Lance Johnson  (444)
  16. Brian McRae  (440)
  17. Todd Hundley  (421)
  18. Ryne Sandberg  (417)
  19. Dante Bichette  (411)
  20. Fred McGriff  (403)

Cy Young Award Voting

  1. John Smoltz  (349)
  2. Kevin Brown  (294)
  3. Trevor Hoffman  (230)
  4. Troy Percival  (213)
  5. Tom Glavine  (211)
  6. Al Leiter  (209)
  7. Ismael Valdes  (204)
  8. Pedro Martinez  (193)
  9. Mel Rojas  (190)
  10. Robb Nen  (179)

  11. Greg Maddux  (177)
  12. Roberto Hernandez  (172)
  13. Andy Benes  (169)
  14. Darryl Kile  (161)
  15. Hideo Nomo  (160)
  16. Chuck Finley  (159)
  17. Mark Clark  (155)
  18. John Franco  (154)
  19. Bruce Ruffin  (151)
  20. Turk Wendell  (149)

All Stars
Jeff Bagwell
Kevin Brown
Ellis Burks
Ken Caminiti
Vinny Castilla
Andres Galarraga
Bernard Gilkey
Marquis Grissom
Trevor Hoffman
Chipper Jones
Darryl Kile
Barry Larkin
Al Leiter
Jon Lieber
Greg Maddux
Pedro Martinez
Jose Mesa
Troy Percival
Mike Piazza
Manny Ramirez
Henry Rodriguez
Tim Salmon
Ryne Sandberg
Gary Sheffield
John Smoltz
Ismael Valdes
Walt Weiss
Eric Young

Gold Gloves
P: Bob Tewksbury
C: Todd Hundley
1B: Mark Grace
2B: Mike Lansing
3B: Ken Caminiti
SS: Barry Larkin
OF: Devon White
OF: Marquis Grissom
OF: Steve Finley

Major League Leaderboard
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Batting Average
Mike Piazza.372
Frank Thomas.363
Mark Grace.358
Alex Rodriguez.352
Lance Johnson.351
Tony Gwynn.348
Bobby Higginson.344
Paul Molitor.343
Ellis Burks.343
Jeff Cirillo.339
Chipper Jones.339
Hal Morris.337
On Base Percentage
Gary Sheffield.464
Mark McGwire.448
Frank Thomas.445
Jim Thome.438
Mike Piazza.436
Chuck Knoblauch.429
Rickey Henderson.429
Mo Vaughn.426
Bobby Higginson.423
John Jaha.420
Jeff Bagwell.419
Mark Grace.416
Slugging Percentage
Mark McGwire.711
Henry Rodriguez.700
Ellis Burks.683
Frank Thomas.678
Andres Galarraga.650
Mike Piazza.645
Alex Rodriguez.642
Jim Thome.642
Ken Griffey, Jr..635
Albert Belle.633
Gary Sheffield.628
Juan Gonzalez.618
On Base + Slugging
Mark McGwire1.159
Frank Thomas1.123
Gary Sheffield1.091
Ellis Burks1.088
Mike Piazza1.080
Jim Thome1.080
Henry Rodriguez1.048
Alex Rodriguez1.038
Albert Belle1.037
Mo Vaughn1.036
Andres Galarraga1.034
Ken Griffey, Jr.1.022
At Bats
Lance Johnson706
Marquis Grissom702
Steve Finley696
Kenny Lofton689
Mark Grudzielanek683
Paul Molitor670
Andres Galarraga649
Brian McRae649
Cal Ripken645
Vinny Castilla644
Albert Belle641
Runs Scored
Gary Sheffield149
Ellis Burks147
Alex Rodriguez143
Chuck Knoblauch140
Ken Griffey, Jr.134
Eric Young131
Brady Anderson130
Albert Belle129
Barry Bonds129
Craig Biggio128
Andres Galarraga127
Frank Thomas127
Hits
Lance Johnson248
Paul Molitor230
Alex Rodriguez225
Kenny Lofton221
Ellis Burks219
Chipper Jones215
Andres Galarraga214
Mark Grudzielanek212
Marquis Grissom211
Frank Thomas207
Albert Belle206
Mark Grace206
Total Bases
Ellis Burks436
Andres Galarraga422
Alex Rodriguez411
Albert Belle406
Frank Thomas387
Mo Vaughn375
Ken Griffey, Jr.370
Rafael Palmeiro368
Henry Rodriguez364
Lance Johnson362
Jay Buhner353
Vinny Castilla352
Doubles
Marty Cordova56
Jeff Bagwell52
Andres Galarraga51
Cal Ripken51
Alex Rodriguez51
Edgar Martinez48
Ellis Burks46
Ivan Rodriguez45
Paul O'Neill44
Henry Rodriguez43
Triples
Lance Johnson24
Raul Mondesi13
Chuck Knoblauch12
Bernie Williams12
Dave Martinez11
Ellis Burks9
Steve Finley9
Melvin Nieves9
Jose Offerman9
Home Runs
Mark McGwire55
Ken Griffey, Jr.54
Henry Rodriguez53
Albert Belle51
Jay Buhner51
Ellis Burks51
Andres Galarraga51
Juan Gonzalez49
Rafael Palmeiro49
Frank Thomas49
Mo Vaughn47
RBI
Andres Galarraga177
Albert Belle167
Rafael Palmeiro162
Frank Thomas145
Ellis Burks140
Ken Griffey, Jr.137
Henry Rodriguez131
Mo Vaughn131
Brady Anderson130
Mike Piazza128
Jay Buhner126
Tino Martinez126
Walks
Gary Sheffield149
Barry Bonds145
Rickey Henderson122
Jeff Bagwell121
Tony Phillips121
Mark McGwire116
Edgar Martinez111
Jim Thome108
Paul O'Neill96
Rafael Palmeiro96
Bernie Williams96
Batters Strikeouts
Jay Buhner167
Henry Rodriguez155
Melvin Nieves153
Mo Vaughn152
Andres Galarraga151
Kevin Elster150
Cecil Fielder148
Dean Palmer145
Tony Clark143
John Jaha140
Mickey Tettleton140
Mark Lewis138
Stolen Bases
Kenny Lofton69
Tom Goodwin64
Otis Nixon63
Chuck Knoblauch60
Brian McRae53
Lance Johnson47
Eric Young44
Rickey Henderson40
Ray Lankford37
Al Martin36
Omar Vizquel35
Delino Deshields34
Caught Stealing
Kenny Lofton26
Rickey Henderson17
Lance Johnson17
Otis Nixon17
Omar Vizquel15
Johnny Damon13
Delino Deshields11
Tom Goodwin11
Todd Hollandsworth11
Devon White11
Jose Offerman10
Hit by Pitch
Brady Anderson26
Charlie O'Brien25
Mo Vaughn22
Rickey Henderson21
Craig Biggio18
Scott Servais18
Andres Galarraga17
Eric Young17
Chuck Knoblauch16
Jason Kendall15
Mark McGwire15
Devon White15
GIDP
Tino Martinez30
Fred McGriff30
J. T. Snow28
Cal Ripken27
Eric Karros26
Mike Lansing26
Joe Carter25
Bernie Williams25
Errors
Bobby Bonilla34
Kevin Seitzer34
Vinny Castilla29
Mark Grudzielanek28
Barry Larkin26
Ken Caminiti25
Chipper Jones24
Willie Greene23
Greg Gagne21
Eric Karros21
Dean Palmer21
Omar Vizquel21
Earned Run Average
Kevin Brown2.50
John Smoltz2.64
Ismael Valdes2.71
Greg Maddux2.73
Andy Benes3.13
Pedro Martinez3.14
Hideo Nomo3.20
Roger Clemens3.22
Tom Glavine3.22
Pedro Astacio3.28
Shane Reynolds3.30
Bob Tewksbury3.32
Wins
Kevin Brown24
John Smoltz24
Andy Pettitte21
Roger Clemens20
Tom Glavine19
Wilson Alvarez17
Rheal Cormier17
Pat Hentgen17
Shane Reynolds17
Curt Schilling17
Losses
Tim Belcher20
Erik Hanson19
Ben McDonald19
Jaime Navarro18
Mark Leiter17
Donovan Osborne17
Bobby Witt17
Todd Stottlemyre16
Paul Wagner16
Pat Hentgen15
Winning Percentage
Kevin Brown.828
Donne Wall.824
John Smoltz.800
Chad Ogea.789
Andy Pettitte.750
Brian Boehringer.706
Ismael Valdes.696
Roger Clemens.690
John Burkett.684
Jeff D'Amico.684
A.J. Sager.684
Chuck Finley.682
Games Pitched
Graeme Lloyd76
Willie Blair68
Jose Lima68
Turk Wendell68
Terry Adams67
Carlos Reyes67
Mariano Rivera67
Bob Wickman66
Bobby Ayala65
Greg McMichael65
Games Started
Alex Fernandez40
Brad Radke36
Tim Belcher35
Todd Stottlemyre35
Kevin Brown34
Roger Clemens34
Jeff Fassero34
Al Leiter34
Frank Rodriguez34
John Smoltz34
Complete Games
Pat Hentgen13
Kevin Appier11
Ken Hill10
John Smoltz10
Kevin Brown9
Al Leiter9
Greg Maddux9
Tim Belcher8
Roger Clemens8
Tom Glavine8
Shane Reynolds8
Games Finished
Mariano Rivera63
Roberto Hernandez56
Troy Percival54
Mel Rojas54
Trevor Hoffman50
T.J. Mathews49
Heathcliff Slocumb49
John Franco47
Jose Mesa46
Bruce Ruffin46
Turk Wendell46
Saves
Mariano Rivera48
Roberto Hernandez41
John Franco35
Trevor Hoffman35
Heathcliff Slocumb34
Jose Mesa33
Troy Percival33
Mel Rojas32
Turk Wendell29
Robb Nen28
Shutouts
Kevin Brown3
Tom Glavine3
Ken Hill3
Greg Maddux3
Pedro Martinez3
John Smoltz3
Steve Trachsel3
Innings Pitched
Pat Hentgen261.7
Alex Fernandez257.3
John Smoltz255.3
Roger Clemens248.7
Tim Belcher245.7
Tom Glavine245.7
Kevin Brown245.0
Ken Hill244.3
Greg Maddux244.3
Brad Radke243.7
Shane Reynolds243.0
Jeff Fassero235.0
Hits Allowed
Tim Belcher273
Alex Fernandez273
Jaime Navarro269
Chris Haney266
Ken Hill262
Mike Mussina259
David Wells254
Orel Hershiser252
Brad Radke250
Scott Karl248
Ben McDonald246
Jeff Fassero239
Home Runs Allowed
Brad Radke58
Dennis Springer47
Ben McDonald41
Mike Mussina41
Tim Belcher40
Jose Parra40
Todd Stottlemyre40
Mark Leiter39
Pat Hentgen38
Jaime Navarro37
Walks Allowed
Al Leiter131
Rich Robertson130
Todd Stottlemyre109
Darryl Kile102
Wilson Alvarez100
Andy Benes99
Bobby Witt98
Roger Clemens97
Ken Hill97
Kevin Appier95
Chuck Finley93
Dwight Gooden93
Pitchers Strikeouts
Roger Clemens264
John Smoltz254
Pedro Martinez234
Hideo Nomo234
Kevin Appier229
Darryl Kile222
Al Leiter215
Jeff Fassero214
Shane Reynolds199
Alex Fernandez193
Tom Glavine189
Todd Stottlemyre184
  
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