1996 National League

1996 > Class Major League > League History
Overall: 1,134 games, 14 teams, approx. 162 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

162 games

Central Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	.543	--
Houston Astros	82	80	.506	6
Cincinnati Reds	81	81	.500	7
Chicago Cubs	76	86	.469	12
Pittsburgh Pirates	73	89	.451	15

East Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Atlanta Braves	96	66	.593	--
Montreal Expos	88	74	.543	8
Florida Marlins	80	82	.494	16
New York Mets	71	91	.438	25
Philadelphia Phillies	67	95	.414	29

West Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
San Diego Padres	91	71	.562	--
Los Angeles Dodgers	90	72	.556	1
Colorado Rockies	83	79	.512	8
San Francisco Giants	68	94	.420	23

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
Colorado Rockies	COL	30.1	5.93	162	6332	5590	961	1607	297	37	221	909	201	66	527	1108	.287	.355	.472	.827	2641	118	82	81	52	40
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	29.3	4.80	162	6213	5455	778	1398	259	36	191	733	171	63	604	1134	.256	.331	.422	.753	2302	115	34	71	49	47
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	28.8	4.79	162	6336	5665	776	1509	319	33	138	738	126	49	510	989	.266	.329	.407	.736	2308	107	40	72	49	46
Chicago Cubs	CHC	29.0	4.77	162	6229	5531	772	1388	267	19	175	725	108	50	523	1090	.251	.320	.401	.721	2218	126	61	66	48	48
Atlanta Braves	ATL	27.9	4.77	162	6290	5614	773	1514	264	28	197	735	83	43	530	1032	.270	.333	.432	.765	2425	144	27	69	50	41
San Diego Padres	SDP	30.8	4.76	162	6417	5655	771	1499	285	24	147	718	109	55	601	1014	.265	.338	.402	.740	2273	146	50	59	52	62
St. Louis Cardinals	STL	30.7	4.69	162	6177	5502	759	1468	281	31	142	711	149	58	495	1089	.267	.330	.407	.736	2237	121	44	88	48	59
Houston Astros	HOU	28.2	4.65	162	6269	5508	753	1445	297	29	129	703	180	63	554	1057	.262	.336	.397	.733	2187	115	84	68	55	64
San Francisco Giants	SFG	28.9	4.64	162	6316	5533	752	1400	245	21	153	707	113	53	615	1189	.253	.331	.388	.719	2146	108	48	77	43	62
New York Mets	NYM	27.2	4.60	162	6220	5618	746	1515	267	47	147	697	97	48	445	1069	.270	.324	.412	.737	2317	114	33	75	49	54
Montreal Expos	MON	27.3	4.57	162	6170	5505	741	1441	297	27	148	696	108	34	492	1077	.262	.327	.406	.733	2236	119	58	79	36	49
Los Angeles Dodgers	LAD	27.9	4.34	162	6185	5538	703	1396	215	33	150	661	124	40	516	1190	.252	.316	.384	.701	2127	112	22	74	35	59
Florida Marlins	FLA	27.9	4.25	162	6192	5498	688	1413	240	30	150	650	99	46	553	1122	.257	.329	.393	.722	2163	138	55	41	45	51
Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	28.3	4.01	162	6171	5499	650	1405	249	39	132	604	117	41	536	1092	.256	.325	.387	.712	2128	116	45	54	37	52
League Totals		28.7	4.68	2268	87517	77711	10623	20398	3782	434	2220	9987	1785	709	7501	15252	.262	.330	.408	.738	31708	1699	683	974	648	734

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
Atlanta Braves	ATL	27.9	4.00	96	66	.593	3.52	162	162	148	14	9	46	1469.0	1372	648	575	120	451	64	1245	19	5	49	6132	1.241	8.4	0.7	2.8	7.6	2.76
Los Angeles Dodgers	LAD	28.2	4.02	90	72	.556	3.46	162	162	156	6	9	50	1466.1	1378	652	564	125	534	66	1212	39	22	39	6223	1.304	8.5	0.8	3.3	7.4	2.27
Montreal Expos	MON	27.5	4.12	88	74	.543	3.78	162	162	151	11	7	43	1441.1	1353	668	605	152	482	33	1206	56	9	46	6119	1.273	8.4	0.9	3.0	7.5	2.50
San Diego Padres	SDP	28.7	4.21	91	71	.562	3.72	162	162	157	5	11	47	1489.0	1395	682	616	138	506	47	1194	45	10	59	6292	1.277	8.4	0.8	3.1	7.2	2.36
Florida Marlins	FLA	28.0	4.34	80	82	.494	3.95	162	162	154	8	13	41	1443.0	1386	703	634	113	598	49	1050	57	5	49	6183	1.375	8.6	0.7	3.7	6.5	1.76
St. Louis Cardinals	STL	30.9	4.36	88	74	.543	3.97	162	162	149	13	11	43	1452.1	1380	706	641	173	539	43	1050	35	6	44	6184	1.321	8.6	1.1	3.3	6.5	1.95
Chicago Cubs	CHC	28.3	4.76	76	86	.469	4.36	162	162	152	10	10	34	1456.1	1447	771	705	184	546	55	1027	55	8	48	6268	1.369	8.9	1.1	3.4	6.3	1.88
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	29.2	4.77	81	81	.500	4.32	162	162	156	6	8	52	1443.0	1447	773	692	167	591	66	1089	42	6	66	6277	1.412	9.0	1.0	3.7	6.8	1.84
New York Mets	NYM	27.4	4.81	71	91	.438	4.22	162	162	152	10	10	41	1440.0	1517	779	675	159	532	73	999	44	12	60	6288	1.423	9.5	1.0	3.3	6.2	1.88
Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	27.7	4.88	67	95	.414	4.48	162	162	150	12	6	42	1423.1	1463	790	708	160	510	49	1044	35	7	71	6138	1.386	9.3	1.0	3.2	6.6	2.05
Houston Astros	HOU	28.5	4.89	82	80	.506	4.37	162	162	149	13	4	35	1447.0	1541	792	702	154	539	60	1163	70	12	65	6364	1.437	9.6	1.0	3.4	7.2	2.16
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	27.9	5.14	73	89	.451	4.61	162	162	157	5	7	37	1453.1	1602	833	744	183	479	50	1044	50	8	62	6338	1.432	9.9	1.1	3.0	6.5	2.18
San Francisco Giants	SFG	28.2	5.32	68	94	.420	4.71	162	162	153	9	8	35	1442.1	1520	862	755	194	570	60	997	67	10	58	6330	1.449	9.5	1.2	3.6	6.2	1.75
Colorado Rockies	COL	28.8	5.95	83	79	.512	5.59	162	162	157	5	4	34	1422.2	1597	964	884	198	624	19	932	69	11	66	6391	1.561	10.1	1.3	3.9	5.9	1.49
League Totals		28.4	4.68	1134	1134	.500	4.21	2268	2268	2141	127	117	580	20289.0	20398	10623	9500	2220	7501	734	15252	683	131	782	87527	1.375	9.0	1.0	3.3	6.8	2.03

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Managers
Chicago Cubs	CHC	162	4369	1767	104	147	.983	13	129	50	28%	Jim Riggleman
Florida Marlins	FLA	162	4329	1796	111	187	.982	12	84	57	40%	Cookie Rojas, Rene Lachemann and John Boles
San Diego Padres	SDP	162	4467	1768	118	136	.981	14	136	54	28%	Bruce Bochy
Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	162	4270	1582	116	145	.981	10	88	44	33%	Jim Fregosi
Montreal Expos	MON	162	4324	1713	126	121	.980	10	156	48	24%	Felipe Alou
St. Louis Cardinals	STL	162	4357	1666	125	139	.980	7	104	54	34%	Tony LaRussa
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	162	4329	1694	121	145	.980	7	146	50	26%	Ray Knight
Los Angeles Dodgers	LAD	162	4399	1636	125	143	.980	15	171	39	19%	Bill Russell and Tom Lasorda
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	162	4360	1868	128	144	.980	10	185	57	24%	Jim Leyland
Atlanta Braves	ATL	162	4407	1809	130	143	.980	11	116	44	28%	Bobby Cox
Houston Astros	HOU	162	4341	1692	138	130	.978	14	115	55	32%	Terry Collins
San Francisco Giants	SFG	162	4327	1637	136	165	.978	13	108	69	39%	Dusty Baker
Colorado Rockies	COL	162	4268	1901	149	167	.976	19	122	55	31%	Don Baylor
New York Mets	NYM	162	4320	1717	159	163	.974	10	125	33	21%	Dallas Green and Bobby Valentine
League Totals		2268	60867	24246	1786	2075	.979	165	1785	709	28%

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