1996 National League Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

1995 NL / 1997 NL / 1996 AL / 1996 MLB Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

League Awards

Batting stats are G BA/OBP/SLG Pitching stats are W-L ERA, SO.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results

Most Valuable Player Award	Ken Caminiti SDP 146 G .326/.408/.621
Cy Young Award	John Smoltz ATL 24-8, 2.94, 276 SO
Rookie of the Year Award	Todd Hollandsworth LAD 149 G .291/.348/.437
Manager of the Year Award	Bruce Bochy
Batting Champion (highest BA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Tony Gwynn SDP 116 G .353/.400/.441
ERA Pitching Champion (lowest ERA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Kevin Brown FLA 17-11, 1.89, 159 SO
Rolaids Reliever of the Year	Jeff Brantley CIN 1-2 (44 SV), 2.41, 76 SO
NLCS MVP	Javy Lopez - S
TSN Pitcher of the Year	John Smoltz ATL 24-8, 2.94, 276 SO

Gold Glove Winners (history)

Pitcher	Greg Maddux
Catcher	Charles Johnson
First Base	Mark Grace
Second Base	Craig Biggio
Third Base	Ken Caminiti
Shortstop	Barry Larkin
Outfield	Barry Bonds, Steve Finley and Marquis Grissom

Silver Slugger Winners (history)

Pitcher	Tom Glavine ATL 39 G .289/.333/.342
Catcher	Mike Piazza LAD 148 G .336/.422/.563
First Base	Andres Galarraga COL 159 G .304/.357/.601
Second Base	Eric Young COL 141 G .324/.393/.421
Third Base	Ken Caminiti SDP 146 G .326/.408/.621
Shortstop	Barry Larkin CIN 152 G .298/.410/.567
Outfield	Barry Bonds SFG 158 G .308/.461/.615 Ellis Burks COL 156 G .344/.408/.639 Gary Sheffield FLA 161 G .314/.465/.624

League All-Stars

All Star Directory · (* - indicates they played)

Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. John Smoltz (ATL) C. Mike Piazza (LAD) 1B. Fred McGriff (ATL) 2B. Craig Biggio (HOU) 3B. Chipper Jones (ATL) SS. Barry Larkin (CIN) LF. Barry Bonds (SFG) CF. Lance Johnson (NYM) RF. Dante Bichette (COL)	Jeff Bagwell* (HOU) Ricky Bottalico* (PHI) Kevin Brown* (FLA) Ellis Burks* (COL) Ken Caminiti* (SDP) Tom Glavine* (ATL) Mark Grudzielanek* (MON) Tony Gwynn (SDP) Todd Hundley* (NYM)	Jason Kendall* (PIT) Al Leiter* (FLA) Greg Maddux (ATL) Pedro Martinez* (MON) Henry Rodriguez* (MON) Gary Sheffield* (FLA) Ozzie Smith* (STL) Steve Trachsel* (CHC) Matt Williams (SFG)	Mark Wohlers* (ATL) Todd Worrell* (LAD) Eric Young* (COL)

NL Other Leaders

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Wins Above Replacement--all s c a p y
1.	Bonds (SFG)	9.4
2.	Gilkey (NYM)	7.8
3.	Burks (COL)	7.7
4.	Brown (FLA)	7.6
5.	Smoltz (ATL)	7.5
6.	Caminiti (SDP)	7.4
7.	Bagwell (HOU)	7.2
8.	Maddux (ATL)	7.0
	Johnson (NYM)	7.0
10.	Larkin (CIN)	6.9

Oldest s c a p y
1.	Honeycutt (STL)	born 1954-06-29
2.	Dawson (FLA)	born 1954-07-10
3.	Eckersley (STL)	born 1954-10-03
4.	Smith (STL)	born 1954-12-26
5.	Darwin (PIT)	born 1955-10-25
6.	Butler (LAD)	born 1957-06-15
7.	Jones (CHC)	born 1957-06-24
8.	Candiotti (LAD)	born 1957-08-31
9.	Wallach (LAD)	born 1957-09-14
10.	Fossas (STL)	born 1957-09-23

Youngest s c a p y
1.	Jones (ATL)	born 1977-04-23
2.	Renteria (FLA)	born 1976-08-07
3.	Garcia (LAD)	born 1975-10-29
4.	Castillo (FLA)	born 1975-09-12
5.	Heredia (FLA)	born 1975-06-18
6.	Booty (FLA)	born 1975-04-29
7.	Rolen (PHI)	born 1975-04-04
8.	Mejia (STL)	born 1975-03-25
9.	Hernandez (FLA)	born 1975-02-20
10.	Guerrero (MON)	born 1975-02-09

Salary s c a p y
1.	Bonds (SFG)	$8,416,667
2.	Maddux (ATL)	$6,675,000
3.	Williams (SFG)	$6,600,000
4.	Dykstra (PHI)	$6,200,000
	Justice (ATL)	$6,200,000
6.	Rijo (CIN)	$6,150,000
7.	Sheffield (FLA)	$6,135,000
8.	Smoltz (ATL)	$6,000,000
9.	Larkin (CIN)	$5,700,000
10.	Saberhagen (COL)	$5,612,991

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.5 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1954, so all leaders are since 1954. Explanation of min. requirements

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