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Season Almanac

1996 MLB Season

League Leaders

Led multiple categories: John Smoltz (K, W)

Home Runs
  1. 1Mark McGwireATH52
  2. 2Brady AndersonBAL50
  3. 3Ken Griffey Jr.SEA49
Hits
  1. 1Lance JohnsonNYM227
  2. 2Paul MolitorMIN225
  3. 3Alex RodriguezSEA215
Runs Batted In
  1. 1Andres GalarragaCOL150
  2. 2Albert BelleCLE148
  3. 3Juan GonzalezTEX144
Runs
  1. 1Ellis BurksCOL142
  2. 2Alex RodriguezSEA141
  3. 3Chuck KnoblauchMIN140
Stolen Bases
  1. 1Kenny LoftonCLE75
  2. 2Tom GoodwinKC66
  3. 3Otis NixonTOR54
Pitching Strikeouts
  1. 1John SmoltzATL276
  2. 2Roger ClemensBOS257
  3. 3Hideo NomoLAD234
Pitching Wins
  1. 1John SmoltzATL24
  2. 2Andy PettitteNYY21
  3. 3Pat HentgenTOR20
Saves
  1. 1Jeff BrantleyCIN44
  2. 2Todd WorrellLAD44
  3. 3John WettelandNYY43

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Barry BondsBAT19.3
  2. 2Ellis BurksBAT19
  3. 3Albert BelleBAT18.6
  4. 4Brady AndersonBAT18.4
  5. 5Alex RodriguezBAT18.3
  6. 6Gary SheffieldBAT18.3
  7. 7Frank ThomasBAT18.1
  8. 8Ken Griffey Jr.BAT18.1
  9. 9Mark McGwireBAT17.8
  10. 10Jim ThomeBAT17.6
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Vladimir GuerreroRF215
  2. 2Bobby AbreuRF203.6
  3. 3Scott Rolen3B172.6
  4. 4Andruw JonesCF172.2
  5. 5Raul IbanezLF154
  6. 6Jermaine DyeRF139.9
  7. 7Edgar RenteriaSS137.2
  8. 8Livan HernandezP129.4

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Andre DawsonRF237.5
  2. 2Alan TrammellSS169.6
  3. 3Tim Wallach3B148.3
  4. 4Ozzie SmithSS144.3
  5. 5Scott SandersonP127.4
  6. 6Jeff RussellP120.2
  7. 7Alejandro PenaP117.9
  8. 8Frank ViolaP117.6

Teams · 28

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
Cleveland Indians99-62203.7Albert BellePlayoffs
Atlanta Braves96-66318.3John SmoltzPlayoffs
New York Yankees92-70190Mariano RiveraPlayoffs
San Diego Padres91-71294.2Ken CaminitiPlayoffs
Los Angeles Dodgers90-72296.2Mike PiazzaPlayoffs
Texas Rangers90-72208.8Juan GonzalezPlayoffs
St. Louis Cardinals88-74327.8Ray LankfordPlayoffs
Washington Nationals88-74296.2Mel Rojas
Baltimore Orioles88-74207.6Brady AndersonPlayoffs
Seattle Mariners85-76209.9Alex Rodriguez
Chicago White Sox85-77212.5Frank Thomas
Boston Red Sox85-77186.3Mo Vaughn
Colorado Rockies83-79282.3Ellis Burks
Houston Astros82-80263.9Jeff Bagwell
Cincinnati Reds81-81292.9Barry Larkin
Miami Marlins80-82232.6Gary Sheffield
Milwaukee Brewers80-82149.5John Jaha
Athletics78-84206.2Mark McGwire
Minnesota Twins78-84187.8Chuck Knoblauch
Chicago Cubs76-86312Sammy Sosa
Kansas City Royals75-86185.2Kevin Appier
Toronto Blue Jays74-88175.1Pat Hentgen
Pittsburgh Pirates73-89257.8Jeff King
New York Mets71-91274.4Bernard Gilkey
Los Angeles Angels70-91189.3Troy Percival
San Francisco Giants68-94232.3Barry Bonds
Philadelphia Phillies67-95243.6Ricky Bottalico
Detroit Tigers53-109128.1Bobby Higginson

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.