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1996 American League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings East Division Team W L WL% GB NewYorkY NYY 92 70 .568 -- Bltmore BAL 88 74 .543 4.0 BostonRS BOS 85 77 .525 7.0 Toronto TOR 74 88 .457 18.0 Detroit DET 53 109 .327 39.0 Central Division Team W L WL% GB Clvlnd CLE 99 62 .615 -- ChicagoW CHW 85 77 .525 14.5 Milwkee MIL 80 82 .494 19.5 Minnesta MIN 78 84 .481 21.5 KansasCy KCR 75 86 .466 24.0 West Division Team W L WL% GB Texas TEX 90 72 .556 -- Seattle SEA 85 76 .528 4.5 Oakland OAK 78 84 .481 12.0 Califrna CAL 70 91 .435 19.5 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: AL | East | Central | West | Wildcard Postseason World Series (4-2):   New York Yankees over Atlanta Braves AL Championship Series (4-1):   New York Yankees over Baltimore Orioles AL Division Series (3-1):   Baltimore Orioles over Cleveland Indians AL Division Series (3-1):   New York Yankees over Texas Rangers BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1996 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
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League Splits - Bat: ML-NL-AL - Pitch: ML-NL-AL

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 SEA  6.17   993  161  5668  1625  343  19  245  670  1052  .287  .362  .484   90   39 113  5.84  6.50
 CLE  5.91   952  161  5681  1665  335  23  218  671   844  .293  .368  .475  160   50 113  6.10  5.73
 BAL  5.82   949  163  5689  1557  299  29  257  645   915  .274  .348  .472   76   40 106  5.34  6.31
 BOS  5.73   928  162  5756  1631  308  31  209  642  1020  .283  .355  .457   91   44 104  6.38  5.07
 TEX  5.69   928  163  5702  1622  323  32  221  660  1041  .284  .359  .469   83   26 103  6.27  5.12
 CHW  5.54   898  162  5644  1586  284  33  195  701   927  .281  .360  .447  105   41 108  4.91  6.17
 MIL  5.52   894  162  5662  1578  304  40  178  624   986  .279  .350  .441  101   48  97  5.57  5.47
 MIN  5.41   877  162  5673  1633  332  47  118  576   958  .288  .353  .425  143   53  97  5.51  5.31
 NYY  5.38   871  162  5628  1621  293  28  162  632   909  .288  .360  .436   96   46 100  5.60  5.16
 OAK  5.31   861  162  5630  1492  283  21  243  640  1114  .265  .340  .452   58   35  99  5.43  5.20
 DET  4.83   783  162  5530  1413  257  21  204  546  1268  .256  .322  .420   87   50  87  4.83  4.84
 CAL  4.73   762  161  5686  1571  256  24  192  527   974  .276  .338  .431   53   39  95  4.78  4.69
 TOR  4.73   766  162  5599  1451  302  35  177  529  1105  .259  .323  .420  116   38  90  4.49  4.96
 KCR  4.63   746  161  5542  1477  286  38  123  529   943  .267  .330  .398  195   85  85  4.65  4.62
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  5.39 12208 2266 79090 21922 4205 421 2742 8592 14056  .277  .350  .445 1454  634

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 CLE  4.78   769  161  4.35  1452  1530   9.5   484  3.0  173  1033   13     3     9  46 113  4.86  4.69
 CHW  4.90   794  162  4.53  1461  1529   9.4   616  3.8  174  1039    7     1     4  43 105  4.57  5.23
 KCR  4.88   786  161  4.55  1450  1563   9.7   460  2.9  176   926   17     5     8  35 110  4.61  5.15
 TOR  4.99   809  162  4.58  1445  1476   9.1   610  3.8  187  1033   19     5     7  35 109  5.35  4.64
 NYY  4.86   787  162  4.65  1440  1469   9.1   610  3.8  143  1139    6     2     9  52 108  4.68  5.04
 TEX  4.90   799  163  4.66  1449  1569   9.6   582  3.6  168   976   19     5     6  43 113  5.02  4.78
 BOS  5.69   921  162  5.00  1458  1606   9.9   722  4.5  185  1165   17     3     5  37 101  5.73  5.64
 BAL  5.54   903  163  5.15  1468  1604   9.8   597  3.7  209  1047   13     1     1  44  96  5.38  5.70
 MIL  5.55   899  162  5.17  1447  1570   9.7   635  3.9  213   846    6     1     4  42 101  5.68  5.42
 OAK  5.56   900  162  5.20  1456  1638  10.1   644  4.0  205   884    7     3     5  34  98  5.58  5.53
 SEA  5.56   895  161  5.21  1431  1562   9.7   605  3.8  216  1000    4     2     4  34  95  5.54  5.58
 MIN  5.56   900  162  5.30  1439  1561   9.6   581  3.6  233   959   13     3     5  31  96  5.89  5.21
 CAL  5.86   943  161  5.31  1439  1546   9.6   662  4.1  219  1052   12     3     8  38  92  5.57  6.15
 DET  6.81  1103  162  6.38  1432  1699  10.5   784  4.8  241   957   10     4     4  22  80  6.65  6.96
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  5.39 12208 2266  5.00 20267 21922   9.7  8592  3.8 2742 14056  163          82 536

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Est. Payroll Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------
 CLE  124  156  .980   .680  3,318,174  41,477   96-65  51-29 48-33  99  98 29.7 30.3   1   5  41  $48,107,360 Hargrove
 NYY   91  146  .985   .681  2,250,877  28,136   88-74  49-31 43-39 101 100 30.0 29.3   1   3  46  $54,191,792 Torre
 TEX   87  150  .986   .683  2,889,020  35,667   92-70  50-31 40-41 105 105 29.5 30.5   0   2  22  $39,041,528 Oates
 BAL   97  173  .984   .680  3,646,950  44,475   85-77  43-38 45-36 100  99 31.1 28.9   2   3  31  $54,490,315 Johnson
 BOS  135  152  .978   .663  2,315,231  28,583   82-80  47-34 38-43 101 101 28.4 28.7   0   1  28  $42,393,500 Kennedy
 CHW  109  145  .982   .686  1,676,403  20,696   90-72  44-37 41-40  95  95 30.4 27.8   0   2  21  $45,139,500 Bevington
 SEA  110  155  .981   .682  2,723,850  33,628   88-73  43-38 42-38 100  99 28.6 27.8   0   5  19  $41,328,501 Piniella
 MIL  134  180  .978   .691  1,327,155  16,385   81-81  38-43 42-39 104 104 27.8 27.1   0   1  29  $21,730,000 Garner
 MIN   94  142  .984   .692  1,437,352  17,529   79-83  39-43 39-41 101 102 28.4 25.8   1   1  25  $23,117,000 Kelly
 OAK  102  195  .984   .681  1,148,380  14,178   78-84  40-41 38-43 101 102 28.2 27.1   0   1  21  $21,243,000 Howe
 KCR  111  184  .982   .685  1,435,997  17,950   77-84  37-43 38-43  99 100 27.2 29.0   0   1  21  $20,281,250 Boone
 TOR  110  187  .982   .690  2,559,573  31,600   77-85  35-46 39-42  99 100 28.6 28.3   0   1  26  $29,555,083 Gaston
 CAL  128  156  .979   .682  1,820,521  22,476   65-96  43-38 27-53  98  98 29.2 29.1   0   2  29  $28,738,000 Lachemann, McNamara, and Maddon
 DET  135  157  .978   .667  1,168,610  14,427   56-106 27-54 26-55 100 102 27.0 26.7   0   1  28  $23,438,000 Bell
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------

League Awards
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Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Juan Gonzalez TEX .314/.368/.643 Cy Young Award Pat Hentgen TOR 20-10  3.22 177 SO Rookie of the Year Derek Jeter NYY .314/.370/.430 Manager of the Year Johnny Oates Joe Torre Rolaids Relief John Wetteland NYY 2-3 (43 sv) 2.83 69 SO ALCS MVP Bernie Williams NYY .474/.583/.947

Gold Glove Winners Pitcher Mike Mussina Catcher Ivan Rodriguez First Base J.T. Snow Second Base Roberto Alomar Third Base Robin Ventura Shortstop Omar Vizquel Outfield Jay Buhner, Ken Griffey, and Kenny Lofton Silver Slugger Winners Catcher Ivan Rodriguez First Base Mark McGwire Second Base Roberto Alomar Third Base Jim Thome Shortstop Alex Rodriguez Outfield Albert Belle, Juan Gonzalez, and Ken Griffey

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Rodriguez-SEA .358 Thomas-CHW .349 Molitor-MIN .341 Knoblauch-MIN .341 Greer-TEX .332	On-base % McGwire-OAK .467 Martinez-SEA .464 Thomas-CHW .459 Thome-CLE .450 Knoblauch-MIN .448	Slugging % McGwire-OAK .731 Gonzalez-TEX .643 Anderson-BAL .637 Rodriguez-SEA .631 Griffey-SEA .628	OPS McGwire-OAK 1.198 Thomas-CHW 1.085 Thome-CLE 1.062 Martinez-SEA 1.059 Rodriguez-SEA 1.045
Games Ripken-BAL 163 Palmeiro-BAL 162 Molitor-MIN 161 Vaughn-BOS 161 Fielder-TOT 160	At Bats Lofton-CLE 662 Molitor-MIN 660 Ripken-BAL 640 Rodriguez-TEX 639 Vaughn-BOS 635	Plate Appearances (approx.) Vaughn-BOS 752 Lofton-CLE 736 Palmeiro-BAL 732 Molitor-MIN 728 Phillips-CHW 719	Runs Rodriguez-SEA 141 Knoblauch-MIN 140 Alomar-BAL 132 Lofton-CLE 132 Griffey-SEA 125
Hits Molitor-MIN 225 Rodriguez-SEA 215 Lofton-CLE 210 Vaughn-BOS 207 Knoblauch-MIN 197	Total Bases Rodriguez-SEA 379 Belle-CLE 375 Vaughn-BOS 370 Anderson-BAL 369 Gonzalez-TEX 348	Doubles Rodriguez-SEA 54 Martinez-SEA 52 Rodriguez-TEX 47 Cirillo-MIL 46 Cordova-MIN 46	Triples Knoblauch-MIN 14 Vina-MIL 10 Guillen-CHW 8 Martinez-CHW 8 Molitor-MIN 8 Offerman-KCR 8
Home Runs McGwire-OAK 52 Anderson-BAL 50 Griffey-SEA 49 Belle-CLE 48 Gonzalez-TEX 47	RBI Belle-CLE 148 Gonzalez-TEX 144 Vaughn-BOS 143 Palmeiro-BAL 142 Griffey-SEA 140	Bases on Balls Phillips-CHW 125 Martinez-SEA 123 Thome-CLE 123 McGwire-OAK 116 Thomas-CHW 109	Strikeouts Buhner-SEA 159 Nieves-DET 158 Vaughn-BOS 154 Sprague-TOR 146 Palmer-TEX 145 Valentin-MIL 145
Stolen Bases Lofton-CLE 75 Goodwin-KCR 66 Nixon-TOR 54 Knoblauch-MIN 45 Vizquel-CLE 35	Singles Molitor-MIN 167 Lofton-CLE 157 Hamilton-TEX 145 Jeter-NYY 142 Seitzer-TOT 136	Adjusted OPS+ McGwire-OAK 196 Thomas-CHW 178 Thome-CLE 167 Martinez-SEA 166 Rodriguez-SEA 160	Runs Created Vaughn-BOS 158 Rodriguez-SEA 157 Belle-CLE 156 Anderson-BAL 150 Thomas-CHW 150
Adjusted Batting Runs Thomas-CHW 70 McGwire-OAK 68 Martinez-SEA 61 Thome-CLE 58 Rodriguez-SEA 56	Batting Wins Thomas-CHW 6.1 McGwire-OAK 6.0 Martinez-SEA 5.3 Thome-CLE 5.1 Rodriguez-SEA 5.0	Extra-Base Hits Anderson-BAL 92 Rodriguez-SEA 91 Belle-CLE 89 Gonzalez-TEX 82 Palmeiro-BAL 81 Ramirez-CLE 81	Times on Base Vaughn-BOS 316 Knoblauch-MIN 314 Thomas-CHW 298 Martinez-SEA 294 Belle-CLE 293
Offensive Win% McGwire-OAK .825 Martinez-SEA .769 Thome-CLE .767 Thomas-CHW .765 Rodriguez-SEA .746	Hit By Pitch Anderson-BAL 22 Knoblauch-MIN 19 O'Brien-TOR 17 Vaughn-BOS 14 Hollins-TOT 13 Vina-MIL 13	Sac. Hits Goodwin-KCR 21 Howard-KCR 17 DiSarcina-CAL 16 Elster-TEX 16 Lewis-CHW 15	Sac. Flies Bonilla-BAL 17 Alomar-BAL 12 Elster-TEX 11 Buhner-SEA 10 Fryman-DET 10 Greer-TEX 10 Murray-TOT 10
Intentional Walks Thomas-CHW 26 Vaughn-BOS 19 McGwire-OAK 16 Belle-CLE 15 Griffey-SEA 13	Grounded into Double Plays Ripken-BAL 28 Thomas-CHW 25 Anderson-CAL 22 Molitor-MIN 21 O'Neill-NYY 21	Caught Stealing Goodwin-KCR 22 Lofton-CLE 17 Knoblauch-MIN 14 Nixon-TOR 13 Bartee-DET 10 Curtis-DET 10 McLemore-TEX 10 Offerman-KCR 10 Valentin-BOS 10	Power/Speed Number Anderson-BAL 29.6 Griffey-SEA 24.1 Lofton-CLE 23.6 Williams-NYY 21.4 Rodriguez-SEA 21.2
At Bats per Strikeout Guillen-CHW 18.5 Cora-SEA 16.6 Vina-MIL 15.8 Boggs-NYY 15.7 DiSarcina-CAL 14.9	At Bats per Home Run McGwire-OAK 8.1 Griffey-SEA 11.1 Gonzalez-TEX 11.5 Anderson-BAL 11.6 Belle-CLE 12.5	Outs Ripken-BAL 496 Carter-TOR 491 Lofton-CLE 489 Fryman-DET 483 Hamilton-TEX 476	ERA Guzman-TOR 2.93 Hentgen-TOR 3.22 Nagy-CLE 3.41 Fernandez-CHW 3.45 Appier-KCR 3.62
Wins Pettitte-NYY 21 Hentgen-TOR 20 Mussina-BAL 19 Nagy-CLE 17 Fernandez-CHW 16 Hill-TEX 16 Witt-TEX 16	Won-Loss % Moyer-TOT .813 Nagy-CLE .773 Pettitte-NYY .724 Oliver-TEX .700 Hentgen-TOR .667	BB + H per IP (WHIP) Guzman-TOR 1.124 Fernandez-CHW 1.240 Radke-MIN 1.241 Hentgen-TOR 1.250 Nagy-CLE 1.252	Hits Allowed/9IP Guzman-TOR 7.58 Clemens-BOS 8.01 Hentgen-TOR 8.06 Appier-KCR 8.18 Fernandez-CHW 8.65
Bases on Balls/9IP Haney-KCR 2.01 Wells-BAL 2.05 Radke-MIN 2.21 Nagy-CLE 2.47 Fernandez-CHW 2.51	Strikeouts/9IP Clemens-BOS 9.53 Appier-KCR 8.82 Finley-CAL 8.13 Guzman-TOR 7.91 Mussina-BAL 7.55	Games Guardado-MIN 83 Myers-DET 83 Stanton-TOT 81 Slocumb-BOS 75 Jackson-SEA 73 Nelson-NYY 73	Saves Wetteland-NYY 43 Mesa-CLE 39 Hernandez-CHW 38 Percival-CAL 36 Fetters-MIL 32
Innings Hentgen-TOR 265.7 Fernandez-CHW 258.0 Hill-TEX 250.7 Mussina-BAL 243.3 Clemens-BOS 242.7	Strikeouts Clemens-BOS 257 Finley-CAL 215 Appier-KCR 207 Mussina-BAL 204 Fernandez-CHW 200	Games Started Mussina-BAL 36 Alvarez-CHW 35 Belcher-KCR 35 Fernandez-CHW 35 Finley-CAL 35 Haney-KCR 35 Hanson-TOR 35 Hentgen-TOR 35 Hill-TEX 35 Hitchcock-SEA 35 McDonald-MIL 35 Radke-MIN 35	Comp. Games Hentgen-TOR 10 Hill-TEX 7 Pavlik-TEX 7 Clemens-BOS 6 Erickson-BAL 6 Fernandez-CHW 6 Wakefield-BOS 6
Shutouts Hentgen-TOR 3 Hill-TEX 3 Robertson-MIN 3 Clemens-BOS 2 Lira-DET 2	Home Runs Allow. Boskie-CAL 40 Radke-MIN 40 Wakefield-BOS 38 Fernandez-CHW 34 Tapani-CHW 34	Bases On Balls Allow. Robertson-MIN 116 Clemens-BOS 106 Gordon-BOS 105 Hanson-TOR 102 Alvarez-CHW 97	Hits Allowed Haney-KCR 267 Mussina-BAL 264 Belcher-KCR 262 Erickson-BAL 262 Hill-TEX 250
SO to Walk Guzman-TOR 3.11 Mussina-BAL 2.96 Fernandez-CHW 2.78 Appier-KCR 2.76 Nagy-CLE 2.74	Losses Abbott-CAL 18 Hanson-TOR 17 Robertson-MIN 17 Finley-CAL 16 Radke-MIN 16	Earned Runs Allow. Gordon-BOS 134 Mussina-BAL 130 Hanson-TOR 129 Wells-BAL 128 Erickson-BAL 124	Wild Pitches Finley-CAL 17 Lewis-DET 14 Abbott-CAL 13 Hanson-TOR 13 Tapani-CHW 13
Hit Batsmen Boskie-CAL 13 Grimsley-CAL 13 Hershiser-CLE 12 Wakefield-BOS 12 Erickson-BAL 11 Finley-CAL 11 Karl-MIL 11	Batters Faced Hentgen-TOR 1100 Fernandez-CHW 1071 Hill-TEX 1061 Mussina-BAL 1039 Finley-CAL 1037	Games Finished Hernandez-CHW 61 Mesa-CLE 60 Slocumb-BOS 60 Wetteland-NYY 58 Timlin-TOR 56	Adjusted ERA+ Guzman-TOR 171 Hentgen-TOR 155 Hill-TEX 145 Nagy-CLE 144 Clemens-BOS 139
Salary Fielder-DET $9,237,500 Griffey-SEA $7,650,000 Gonzalez-TEX $7,425,000 Thomas-CHW $7,150,000 McGwire-OAK $7,050,000	Oldest Player Martinez-CLE 1955-05-14 (41) Murray-TOT 1956-02-24 (40) Sanderson-CAL 1956-07-22 (39) Molitor-MIN 1956-08-22 (39) Orosco-BAL 1957-04-21 (39)	Youngest Player Kingsale-BAL 1976-08-20 (19) D'Amico-MIL 1975-12-27 (20) Rodriguez-SEA 1975-07-27 (20) Yan-BAL 1975-06-22 (21) Suzuki-SEA 1975-05-31 (21)

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Starters P. Charles Nagy (CLE) C. Ivan Rodriguez (TEX) 1B. Mo Vaughn (BOS) 2B. Roberto Alomar (BAL) 3B. Wade Boggs (NYY) SS. Cal Ripken (BAL) LF. Albert Belle (CLE) CF. Kenny Lofton (CLE) RF. Brady Anderson (BAL)		Sandy Alomar* (CLE) Jay Buhner* (SEA) Joe Carter* (TOR) Chuck Finley* (CAL) Travis Fryman* (DET) Ken Griffey (SEA) Roberto Hernandez* (CHW) Chuck Knoblauch* (MIN) Edgar Martinez* (SEA)		Mark McGwire* (OAK) Jose Mesa (CLE) Jeff Montgomery (KCR) Roger Pavlik* (TEX) Troy Percival* (CAL) Andy Pettitte (NYY) Alex Rodriguez* (SEA) Frank Thomas (CHW) Greg Vaughn (MIL)		John Wetteland (NYY) Dan Wilson* (SEA)

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