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1996 American League

1996 > Class Major League > League History
Overall: 1,133 games, 14 teams, approx. 161 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1995 / 1997
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1995 / 1997

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1995 / 1997

League Standings

Regular Season

162 games

Central Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Cleveland Indians	99	62	.615	--
Chicago White Sox	85	77	.525	14.5
Milwaukee Brewers	80	82	.494	19.5
Minnesota Twins	78	84	.481	21.5
Kansas City Royals	75	86	.466	24

East Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
New York Yankees	92	70	.568	--
Baltimore Orioles	88	74	.543	4
Boston Red Sox	85	77	.525	7
Toronto Blue Jays	74	88	.457	18
Detroit Tigers	53	109	.327	39

West Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Texas Rangers	90	72	.556	--
Seattle Mariners	85	76	.528	4.5
Oakland Athletics	78	84	.481	12
California Angels	70	91	.435	19.5

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
Seattle Mariners	SEA	28.6	6.17	161	6517	5668	993	1625	343	19	245	954	90	39	670	1052	.287	.366	.484	.850	2741	121	75	46	58	57
Cleveland Indians	CLE	29.7	5.91	161	6486	5681	952	1665	335	23	218	904	160	50	671	844	.293	.369	.475	.844	2700	164	43	34	57	44
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	31.1	5.82	163	6493	5689	949	1557	299	29	257	914	76	40	645	915	.274	.350	.472	.822	2685	134	61	31	67	49
Boston Red Sox	BOS	28.4	5.73	162	6545	5756	928	1631	308	31	209	882	91	44	642	1020	.283	.359	.457	.816	2628	148	67	33	47	50
Texas Rangers	TEX	29.5	5.69	163	6494	5702	928	1622	323	32	221	890	83	26	660	1041	.284	.358	.469	.827	2672	128	31	32	69	51
Chicago White Sox	CHW	30.4	5.54	162	6497	5644	898	1586	284	33	195	860	105	41	701	927	.281	.360	.447	.807	2521	139	34	56	62	68
Milwaukee Brewers	MIL	27.8	5.52	162	6434	5662	894	1578	304	40	178	845	101	48	624	986	.279	.353	.441	.794	2496	115	53	45	50	35
Minnesota Twins	MIN	28.4	5.41	162	6397	5673	877	1633	332	47	118	812	143	53	576	958	.288	.357	.425	.782	2413	172	65	20	63	42
New York Yankees	NYY	30.0	5.38	162	6414	5628	871	1621	293	28	162	830	96	46	632	909	.288	.360	.436	.796	2456	153	41	41	72	56
Oakland Athletics	OAK	28.2	5.31	162	6402	5630	861	1492	283	21	243	823	58	35	640	1114	.265	.344	.452	.796	2546	134	58	35	39	36
Detroit Tigers	DET	27.0	4.83	162	6202	5530	783	1413	257	21	204	741	87	50	546	1268	.256	.323	.420	.743	2324	132	29	48	49	26
California Angels	CAL	29.2	4.73	161	6320	5686	762	1571	256	24	192	727	53	39	527	974	.276	.339	.431	.770	2451	148	29	45	33	40
Toronto Blue Jays	TOR	28.6	4.73	162	6295	5599	766	1451	302	35	177	712	116	38	529	1105	.259	.331	.420	.752	2354	120	92	38	37	19
Kansas City Royals	KCR	27.2	4.63	161	6229	5542	746	1477	286	38	123	689	195	85	529	943	.267	.332	.398	.731	2208	102	43	66	49	36
League Totals		28.9	5.39	2266	89725	79090	12208	21922	4205	421	2742	11583	1454	634	8592	14056	.277	.350	.445	.795	35195	1910	721	570	752	609

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
Cleveland Indians	CLE	30.3	4.78	99	62	.615	4.34	161	161	148	13	9	46	1452.1	1530	769	700	173	484	42	1033	39	3	49	6245	1.387	9.5	1.1	3.0	6.4	2.13
New York Yankees	NYY	29.3	4.86	92	70	.568	4.65	162	162	156	6	9	52	1440.0	1469	787	744	143	610	35	1139	49	5	55	6289	1.444	9.2	0.9	3.8	7.1	1.87
Kansas City Royals	KCR	29.0	4.88	75	86	.466	4.55	161	161	144	17	8	35	1450.0	1563	786	733	176	460	32	926	56	4	56	6251	1.395	9.7	1.1	2.9	5.7	2.01
Chicago White Sox	CHW	27.8	4.90	85	77	.525	4.52	162	162	155	7	4	43	1461.0	1529	794	733	174	616	60	1039	36	1	59	6405	1.468	9.4	1.1	3.8	6.4	1.69
Texas Rangers	TEX	30.5	4.90	90	72	.556	4.65	163	163	144	19	6	43	1449.1	1569	799	749	168	582	44	976	43	9	38	6358	1.484	9.7	1.0	3.6	6.1	1.68
Toronto Blue Jays	TOR	28.3	4.99	74	88	.457	4.57	162	162	143	19	7	35	1445.2	1476	809	734	187	610	37	1033	36	3	61	6271	1.443	9.2	1.2	3.8	6.4	1.69
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	28.9	5.54	88	74	.543	5.14	163	163	150	13	1	44	1468.2	1604	903	839	209	597	35	1047	38	5	38	6460	1.499	9.8	1.3	3.7	6.4	1.75
Milwaukee Brewers	MIL	27.2	5.55	80	82	.494	5.14	162	162	156	6	4	42	1447.1	1570	899	826	213	635	33	846	57	6	56	6437	1.523	9.8	1.3	3.9	5.3	1.33
Seattle Mariners	SEA	27.8	5.56	85	76	.528	5.21	161	161	157	4	4	34	1431.2	1562	895	829	216	605	52	1000	60	3	37	6351	1.514	9.8	1.4	3.8	6.3	1.65
Oakland Athletics	OAK	27.1	5.56	78	84	.481	5.20	162	162	155	7	5	34	1456.1	1638	900	841	205	644	61	884	52	6	60	6505	1.567	10.1	1.3	4.0	5.5	1.37
Minnesota Twins	MIN	25.8	5.56	78	84	.481	5.28	162	162	149	13	5	31	1439.2	1561	900	844	233	581	27	959	41	3	49	6355	1.488	9.8	1.5	3.6	6.0	1.65
Boston Red Sox	BOS	28.7	5.69	85	77	.525	4.98	162	162	145	17	5	37	1458.0	1606	921	807	185	722	41	1165	50	6	51	6633	1.597	9.9	1.1	4.5	7.2	1.61
California Angels	CAL	29.1	5.86	70	91	.435	5.30	161	161	149	12	8	38	1439.0	1546	943	847	219	662	47	1052	84	8	80	6461	1.534	9.7	1.4	4.1	6.6	1.59
Detroit Tigers	DET	26.7	6.81	53	109	.327	6.38	162	162	152	10	4	22	1432.2	1699	1103	1015	241	784	63	957	80	4	82	6713	1.733	10.7	1.5	4.9	6.0	1.22
League Totals		28.3	5.39	1132	1132	.500	4.99	2266	2266	2103	163	79	536	20271.2	21922	12208	11241	2742	8592	609	14056	721	66	771	89734	1.505	9.7	1.2	3.8	6.2	1.64

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Managers
Texas Rangers	TEX	163	4348	1647	87	150	.986	10	62	56	47%	Johnny Oates
New York Yankees	NYY	162	4320	1613	91	146	.985	17	120	42	26%	Joe Torre
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	163	4406	1730	97	173	.984	14	135	37	22%	Davey Johnson
Oakland Athletics	OAK	162	4369	1778	103	195	.984	11	117	41	26%	Art Howe
Minnesota Twins	MIN	162	4319	1519	94	142	.984	11	84	42	33%	Tom Kelly
Chicago White Sox	CHW	162	4383	1574	109	145	.982	8	105	55	34%	Terry Bevington
Seattle Mariners	SEA	161	4295	1542	110	155	.982	8	78	42	35%	Lou Piniella
Kansas City Royals	KCR	161	4350	1704	111	184	.982	11	69	42	38%	Bob Boone
Toronto Blue Jays	TOR	162	4337	1608	110	187	.982	16	74	41	36%	Cito Gaston
Cleveland Indians	CLE	161	4357	1765	124	156	.980	11	104	52	33%	Mike Hargrove
California Angels	CAL	161	4317	1702	128	156	.979	12	146	54	27%	Marcel Lachemann, John McNamara and Joe Maddon
Boston Red Sox	BOS	162	4374	1638	135	152	.978	23	147	36	20%	Kevin Kennedy
Milwaukee Brewers	MIL	162	4342	1693	134	180	.978	9	96	40	29%	Phil Garner
Detroit Tigers	DET	162	4298	1727	137	157	.978	7	117	54	32%	n/a
League Totals		2266	60815	23240	1570	2278	.982	168	1454	634	30%

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