1996 Pacific Coast League

1996 > Class AAA > League History
Overall: 711 games, 10 teams, approx. 142 games in season
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Other Years: 1995 / 1997
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League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1995 / 1997

League Standings

Regular Season

April 4, 1996 to September 2, 1996 · 144 games

North Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	Ties	W-L%	GB
Edmonton Trappers	OAK	84	58	0	.592	--
Salt Lake Buzz	MIN	78	66	0	.542	7
Calgary Cannons	PIT	74	68	1	.521	10
Vancouver Canadians	CAL	68	70	0	.493	14
Tacoma Rainiers	SEA	69	73	0	.486	15

South Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	Ties	W-L%	GB
Las Vegas Stars	SDP	73	67	0	.521	--
Tucson Toros	HOU	70	74	0	.486	5
Phoenix Firebirds	SFG	69	75	0	.479	6
Albuquerque Dukes	LAD	67	76	0	.469	7.5
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	COL	58	83	1	.411	15.5

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Salt Lake Buzz	MIN	26.2	5.94	144	5775	5085	855	1490	319	49	151	797	141	71	530	892	.293	.364	.464	.828	2360	107	70	29	61	48
Edmonton Trappers	OAK	25.7	5.53	142	5454	4728	785	1306	245	45	147	729	123	59	582	968	.276	.359	.440	.800	2082	108	56	42	46	24
Calgary Cannons	PIT	26.4	5.34	143	5433	4870	764	1413	288	40	96	695	119	56	390	844	.290	.347	.425	.772	2069	111	60	65	48	46
Tucson Toros	HOU	27.2	5.15	144	5489	4893	742	1380	250	62	122	689	103	75	491	912	.282	.348	.433	.781	2120	104	27	32	46	40
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	COL	27.1	5.06	142	5496	4863	719	1370	264	35	117	665	81	65	519	879	.282	.353	.423	.776	2055	129	38	37	39	34
Albuquerque Dukes	LAD	25.3	4.98	143	5545	4940	712	1372	237	46	113	646	104	72	474	1076	.278	.343	.413	.756	2040	98	36	61	34	46
Vancouver Canadians	CAL	26.1	4.91	138	5371	4732	677	1304	285	35	66	617	89	52	488	775	.276	.346	.392	.738	1857	102	47	51	53	30
Phoenix Firebirds	SFG	25.0	4.86	144	5598	4984	700	1371	273	58	77	632	77	58	477	900	.275	.341	.399	.741	1991	114	49	41	47	38
Tacoma Rainiers	SEA	25.6	4.68	142	5390	4852	665	1341	245	33	143	612	72	63	412	789	.276	.335	.429	.764	2081	122	39	39	48	16
Las Vegas Stars	SDP	28.0	4.67	140	5329	4669	654	1232	272	24	126	597	74	59	531	949	.264	.342	.413	.755	1930	117	39	57	33	51
League Totals		26.3	5.11	1422	54880	48616	7273	13579	2678	427	1158	6679	983	630	4894	8984	.279	.348	.423	.771	20585	1112	461	454	455	373

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Edmonton Trappers	OAK	25.3	4.42	84	58	.592	4.03	142	142	136	6	9	28	1226.1	1259	628	549	100	406	44	840	36	6	60	5279	1.358	9.2	0.7	3.0	6.2	2.07
Vancouver Canadians	CAL	25.5	4.63	68	70	.493	4.10	138	138	113	25	5	29	1215.1	1175	639	554	105	530	17	840	55	14	66	5253	1.403	8.7	0.8	3.9	6.2	1.58
Calgary Cannons	PIT	27.1	4.83	74	68	.521	4.30	143	143	139	4	6	31	1240.0	1397	691	593	114	461	57	788	50	4	55	5492	1.498	10.1	0.8	3.3	5.7	1.71
Tacoma Rainiers	SEA	26.4	4.92	69	73	.486	4.36	142	142	132	10	8	28	1254.1	1344	699	608	115	485	21	978	56	18	62	5506	1.458	9.6	0.8	3.5	7.0	2.02
Tucson Toros	HOU	27.0	5.08	70	74	.486	4.21	144	144	137	7	7	28	1247.1	1401	732	583	70	439	38	987	39	5	74	5533	1.475	10.1	0.5	3.2	7.1	2.25
Las Vegas Stars	SDP	27.4	5.08	73	67	.521	4.62	140	140	129	11	7	35	1221.1	1328	711	627	126	441	55	897	39	8	66	5333	1.448	9.8	0.9	3.2	6.6	2.03
Phoenix Firebirds	SFG	25.9	5.10	69	75	.479	4.67	144	144	139	5	10	40	1276.2	1354	734	662	121	513	24	818	54	10	77	5586	1.462	9.5	0.9	3.6	5.8	1.59
Salt Lake Buzz	MIN	24.8	5.54	78	66	.542	5.09	144	144	131	13	5	31	1285.0	1501	798	727	140	486	24	946	41	8	83	5707	1.546	10.5	1.0	3.4	6.6	1.95
Albuquerque Dukes	LAD	25.7	5.59	67	76	.469	4.81	143	143	138	5	6	30	1262.0	1409	799	675	116	598	66	981	47	13	60	5675	1.590	10.0	0.8	4.3	7.0	1.64
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	COL	26.0	5.93	58	83	.411	5.57	142	142	139	3	6	31	1225.2	1411	842	759	151	535	27	909	44	8	59	5526	1.588	10.4	1.1	3.9	6.7	1.70
League Totals		26.1	5.11	710	710	.500	4.58	1422	1422	1333	89	69	311	12454.0	13579	7273	6337	1158	4894	373	8984	461	94	662	54890	1.483	9.8	0.8	3.5	6.5	1.84

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Managers
Salt Lake Buzz	MIN	144	3855	1661	125	137	.978	10	98	75	43%	Phil Roof
Vancouver Canadians	CAL	138	3646	1520	124	145	.977	13	96	71	43%	Don Long
Las Vegas Stars	SDP	140	3664	1552	123	133	.977	17	100	52	34%	Jerry Royster
Phoenix Firebirds	SFG	144	3830	1616	133	164	.976	7	103	58	36%	Ron Wotus
Edmonton Trappers	OAK	142	3679	1581	141	125	.974	14	87	45	34%	Gary Jones
Tacoma Rainiers	SEA	142	3763	1508	145	136	.973	12	80	52	39%	Dave Myers
Calgary Cannons	PIT	143	3720	1625	146	128	.973	10	92	77	46%	Trent Jewett
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	COL	142	3677	1491	158	137	.970	11	109	58	35%	Brad Mills
Albuquerque Dukes	LAD	143	3786	1674	193	156	.966	15	85	84	50%	Phil Regan
Tucson Toros	HOU	144	3742	1593	224	124	.960	23	133	58	30%	Tim Tolman
League Totals		1422	37362	15821	1512	1385	.972	132	983	630	39%

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