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1996 American League Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
Click Division Name for Divisional History Chart
Central Division Team W L WPct GB Minnesota 96 66 .593 -- New Orleans 87 75 .537 9 Cleveland 74 88 .457 22 Kansas City 66 96 .407 30 Chicago (A) 46 116 .284 50	East Division Team W L WPct GB Boston 104 58 .642 -- Toronto 91 71 .562 13 Detroit 80 82 .494 24 New York (A) 78 84 .481 26 Baltimore 57 105 .352 47	West Division Team W L WPct GB Texas 104 58 .642 -- Oakland 88 74 .543 16 California 83 79 .512 21 Seattle 80 82 .494 24

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-2)	Texas Rangers over Philadelphia Phillies
AL League Series (4-3)	Texas Rangers over Boston Red Sox
AL Division Series (3-0)	Texas Rangers over Toronto Blue Jays
AL Division Series (3-1)	Boston Red Sox over Minnesota Twins

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
BOS	6.1	988	162	5769	1648	369	31	225	647	1048	.286	.358	.477	.835
NOR	6.0	966	162	5710	1643	320	60	192	584	934	.288	.354	.466	.820
TEX	5.8	934	162	5717	1616	363	54	227	570	1304	.283	.348	.484	.832
MIN	5.6	906	162	5771	1646	344	47	185	496	1243	.285	.342	.457	.799
SEA	5.5	888	162	5656	1492	339	43	179	668	1529	.264	.342	.434	.775
NYY	5.3	863	162	5758	1584	372	24	207	474	1358	.275	.330	.456	.786
DET	5.2	835	162	5737	1588	338	49	91	618	966	.277	.347	.400	.748
TOR	5.1	833	162	5608	1506	356	50	200	516	1259	.269	.330	.457	.787
CLE	5.0	803	162	5714	1530	317	60	114	595	1226	.268	.337	.404	.741
CAL	4.9	797	162	5747	1551	313	56	165	452	1424	.270	.323	.430	.753
KCR	4.9	791	162	5692	1507	306	54	154	530	1295	.265	.327	.419	.746
OAK	4.6	744	162	5695	1480	309	51	149	550	1213	.260	.325	.411	.736
BAL	4.2	684	162	5687	1425	272	33	98	466	1236	.251	.307	.362	.669
CHW	4.0	654	162	5657	1409	333	36	97	449	1117	.249	.304	.372	.676
Totals	5.2	11686	2268	79918	21625	4651	648	2283	7615	17152	.271	.334	.431	.765
Average		835	162	5708	1545	332	46	163	544	1225

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
TEX	4.2	680	162	3.86	1441.7	1368	8.4	535	3.3	1298	8.0	53
BOS	4.4	716	162	4.12	1447.7	1401	8.6	438	2.7	1410	8.7	53
MIN	4.4	719	162	3.99	1452.0	1424	8.8	592	3.7	1311	8.1	44
OAK	4.6	738	162	4.26	1465.0	1549	9.6	450	2.8	1113	6.9	48
TOR	4.7	759	162	4.40	1442.0	1454	9.0	600	3.7	1355	8.4	55
DET	5.0	803	162	4.64	1451.7	1559	9.6	536	3.3	1191	7.4	45
CAL	5.0	804	162	4.54	1452.0	1496	9.2	489	3.0	1183	7.3	45
CLE	5.5	892	162	4.82	1438.3	1537	9.5	628	3.9	1261	7.8	34
BAL	5.5	893	162	5.26	1455.3	1673	10.3	476	2.9	1201	7.4	25
NOR	5.5	894	162	5.18	1434.7	1627	10.0	517	3.2	1187	7.3	48
SEA	5.6	902	162	5.06	1446.7	1676	10.3	586	3.6	1106	6.8	45
NYY	5.6	910	162	5.10	1435.3	1541	9.5	550	3.4	1323	8.2	40
KCR	5.9	951	162	5.39	1435.0	1634	10.1	569	3.5	973	6.0	34
CHW	6.3	1025	162	6.11	1435.3	1686	10.4	649	4.0	1240	7.7	30
Totals	5.2	11686	2268	4.77	20232.6	21625	9.5	7615	3.4	17152	7.6	599
Average		835	162		1445	1545		544		1225		43

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
TEX	104	58	0	7	11	5	1	3	6	1.07	1.04	2,231,739		Tito Luna
BOS	104	58	0	3	12	1	4	2	3	1.04	1.02	2,769,862		Shawn Martin
NYY	77	85	1	3	11	0	0	1	9	1.00	0.99	1,731,199		Kelly McMullen
TOR	88	74	3	3	11	0	1	3	9	0.95	0.87	2,992,705		Matt Holgate
CAL	80	82	3	2	13	2	1	0	8	0.95	0.87	3,447,824		Joe Nichols
KCR	67	95	-1	2	5	0	0	0	9	1.03	1.07	2,509,822		Phil Duncan
OAK	82	80	6	2	6	3	2	1	10	1.08	1.14	1,809,934		Larry Pape
CLE	73	89	1	1	8	0	0	0	7	0.97	1.04	1,171,679		Chris Bertrand
MIN	98	64	-2	1	10	0	3	2	12	0.96	0.90	3,749,923		Jim Grimley
NOR	87	75	0	1	8	0	0	4	9	0.93	0.90	2,779,750		Troy McConnell
BAL	62	100	-5	0	8	0	1	0	1	1.08	1.34	920,619		Joe Burke
CHW	49	113	-3	0	7	0	1	1	6	1.01	1.30	1,505,288		Shawn Dyllla
DET	84	78	-4	0	8	0	0	1	16	1.02	0.84	2,216,076		Nelson Casamalhuapa
SEA	80	82	0	0	6	2	0	0	11	0.94	0.88	1,431,015		Grant Hughes

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
TEX	312	138.48	121.13	52.34	8.81	3.77	9.92	4.90	8.18	16.76
BOS	312	152.79	109.84	49.33	6.34	4.16	5.95	5.72	8.72	18.46
MIN	288	137.62	109.49	40.83	7.98	2.79	5.76	3.33	10.38	10.60
TOR	273	127.64	96.85	48.46	6.63	3.84	7.20	7.11	6.86	16.83
OAK	264	86.63	128.27	49.05	9.03	3.47	6.46	4.77	9.86	15.47
NOR	261	164.38	66.17	30.41	7.83	1.77	6.88	3.74	3.00	7.20
CAL	249	114.73	93.17	41.05	4.79	0.64	6.39	5.41	6.21	17.63
SEA	240	140.66	68.12	31.17	5.70	0.84	5.45	6.31	4.52	8.36
DET	240	109.05	87.81	43.09	9.49	3.70	5.40	5.97	6.08	12.47
NYY	234	129.65	74.06	30.25	4.30	3.03	4.74	3.75	6.73	7.72
CLE	222	114.64	74.87	32.44	8.34	2.78	3.56	4.46	7.49	5.83
KCR	198	103.67	60.11	34.17	8.38	2.11	5.48	1.18	5.12	11.92
BAL	171	59.22	76.15	35.58	6.72	2.19	8.03	4.10	8.57	5.98
CHW	138	64.71	45.90	27.33	6.83	3.31	5.22	2.67	5.20	4.12

League Award Winners
Bill Heckel Award:	Tito Luna	TEX	Managed the Texas Rangers to a 104-58 record, finishing 1st in the West Division division of the American League. Defeated Philadelphia Phillies in the World Championship 4 games to 2.
Ted Williams Batting Title:	Jeff Bagwell	BOS	.336, 54 HR, 167 RBI
Cy Young:	Kenny Rogers	MIN	21-4, 2.06, 232.0 IP, 232 K
Rolaids Relief Award:	Stu Tate	BOS	7-2, 42 SV, 1.79, 80.7 IP, 125 K
Rookie Of The Year:	Jason Giambi	TEX	.354, 24 HR, 108 RBI
Gold Glove Award Winners
P	Mark Eichhorn	CAL	1.000, 16 PO, 52 A, 0 E
C	Benito Santiago	MIN	.990, 1097 PO, 47 A, 11 E 35.2% (31-88) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Dave Nilsson	OAK	.995, 1546 PO, 113 A, 8 E
2B	Roberto Alomar	NOR	.978, 293 PO, 547 A, 19 E
3B	Jeff Cirillo	SEA	.960, 77 PO, 312 A, 16 E
SS	Tony Fernandez	OAK	.977, 198 PO, 614 A, 19 E
LF	Al Martin	KCR	1.000, 292 PO, 9 A, 0 E
CF	Mitch Webster	KCR	1.000, 418 PO, 6 A, 0 E
RF	Jeff McNeely	KCR	1.000, 280 PO, 5 A, 0 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average Blauser NYY .362 Giambi TEX .354 Surhoff CAL .347 Bagwell BOS .336 Mitchell NOR .331	On-Base Pct Bagwell BOS .461 Blauser NYY .442 Bonds CLE .416 Giambi TEX .413 Horn SEA .413	Slugging Pct Bagwell BOS .701 Bonds CLE .640 Mitchell NOR .622 Cedeno BOS .615 Javier TOR .608	OPS Bagwell BOS 1.162 Bonds CLE 1.056 Blauser NYY 1.039 Mitchell NOR 1.019 Javier TOR 1.001
XR Bagwell BOS 166.5 Blauser NYY 148.2 Bonds CLE 142.8 Mitchell NOR 130.5 Javier TOR 129.5	Games Colbrunn DET 162 Vina BAL 162 Fernandez OAK 161 Hamilton BAL 161 Johnson OAK 161	At-Bats Rodriguez NYY 668 Cedeno BOS 659 Cole BAL 655 Durham NYY 648 Hamilton BAL 642	Runs Bagwell BOS 149 Butler NOR 130 Larkin MIN 130 Alomar NOR 128 Blauser NYY 125
Hits Blauser NYY 226 Surhoff CAL 218 Giambi TEX 207 Hamilton BAL 206 Mitchell NOR 199	Total Bases Bagwell BOS 413 Cedeno BOS 405 Bonds CLE 377 Mitchell NOR 374 Blauser NYY 373	Singles Hamilton BAL 149 Roberts BOS 148 Blauser NYY 147 Larkin MIN 138 Surhoff CAL 138	Doubles Surhoff CAL 55 Hall CHW 52 Alomar NOR 51 Lankford TEX 51 Johnson CHW 50
Triples Bonds CLE 20 Butler NOR 15 Cangelosi DET 12 Felix CAL 12 Sanders TOR 12	Homeruns Cedeno BOS 62 Bagwell BOS 54 Martin KCR 46 Javier TOR 44 Incaviglia CAL 40	RBIs Bagwell BOS 167 Cedeno BOS 157 Mitchell NOR 155 Cordova MIN 127 Daniels NOR 127	Stolen Bases McNeely KCR 93 Larkin MIN 79 Meacham NOR 67 Cole BAL 59 Daniels NOR 53
Caught Stealing Young TOR 38 McNeely KCR 35 Cole BAL 33 Gant BAL 20 Larkin MIN 19	Walks Anderson BOS 132 Bagwell BOS 123 Bonds CLE 122 Cangelosi DET 103 Grace DET 98	Strikeouts Incaviglia CAL 218 Bonds CLE 214 Buhner SEA 203 Sosa NYY 195 Stinnett CAL 186

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Rogers MIN 2.06 Montalvo OAK 2.28 Jeffcoat TEX 2.80 Pastore BOS 3.46 Arnsberg MIN 3.54	Wins Reed CAL 23 Guardado TOR 22 Mason BOS 21 Rogers MIN 21 Arnsberg MIN 20	Losses Vitko BAL 21 Ericks NOR 20 Harnisch KCR 18 Rosado CHW 18 Fernandez CLE 17	Winning Pct Rogers MIN .840 Jeffcoat TEX .741 Mussina TOR .706 Pastore BOS .692 Guardado TOR .688
Saves Tate BOS 42 Crim CAL 39 Dibble TOR 36 Patterson TEX 33 Shouse OAK 32	Games Pitched McCarthy OAK 93 Williams MIN 89 Ruskin CHW 86 Bittiger NOR 80 Gardner DET 78	Games Started Gooden NYY 42 Montalvo OAK 40 Reed CAL 40 Smoltz NYY 40 Dopson SEA 39	Complete Games Reed CAL 5 Maddux NYY 4 Mason BOS 4 Arnsberg MIN 3 Eichhorn CAL 3
Shutouts Watson BOS 2 Cormier TEX 1 Darling CAL 1 Fraser TOR 1 Higuera DET 1	Innings Pitched Reed CAL 298.0 Gooden NYY 275.3 Mason BOS 272.0 Holman OAK 256.7 Montalvo OAK 256.3	Hits Allowed Gooden NYY 296 Reed CAL 287 Parker BAL 285 Russell SEA 277 Fernandez CLE 273	Homeruns Allowed Brantley CLE 41 Vitko BAL 41 Dopson SEA 38 Harnisch KCR 37 Mason BOS 37
Strikeouts Gooden NYY 265 Pastore BOS 262 Wetteland DET 249 Eichhorn CAL 245 Arnsberg MIN 241	Walks Allowed Russell SEA 118 Salkeld CLE 113 Harris TOR 100 Wetteland DET 100 Brantley CLE 95	Walks per 9IP Montalvo OAK 1.1 Mason BOS 1.2 Parker BAL 1.2 Reed CAL 1.4 Jeffcoat TEX 1.5	Hits per 9IP Pastore BOS 7.0 Rogers MIN 7.1 Wetteland DET 7.4 Leiter TEX 7.4 Brantley CLE 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Leiter TEX 11.0 Pastore BOS 10.5 Wetteland DET 10.3 Nen TOR 9.7 Wendell CHW 9.5	WHiP Rogers MIN 0.95 Montalvo OAK 1.03 Pastore BOS 1.10 Reed CAL 1.11 Mason BOS 1.12	OAVG Pastore BOS .209 Rogers MIN .211 Wetteland DET .220 Leiter TEX .221 Brantley CLE .231	OOBP Rogers MIN .246 Montalvo OAK .261 Pastore BOS .278 Mason BOS .278 Jeffcoat TEX .283
OSLG Rogers MIN .274 Arnsberg MIN .323 Montalvo OAK .325 Holman OAK .333 Jeffcoat TEX .340	OOPS Rogers MIN .520 Montalvo OAK .585 Arnsberg MIN .623 Jeffcoat TEX .623 Holman OAK .654

League All-Stars
Brad Arnsberg	Jeff Bagwell	Jeff Blauser
Barry Bonds	Jason Giambi	Dwight Gooden
Eddie Guardado	Brian Holman	Stan Javier
Mike Jeffcoat	Howard Johnson	Chad Kreuter
Mark Loretta	Al Martin	Kevin Mitchell
Rafael Palmeiro	Frank Pastore	Bob Patterson
Mike Piazza	Paul Quantrill	Rick Reed
Alex Rodriguez	David Segui	B.J. Surhoff
Stu Tate

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Mike Jeffcoat	TEX	$ 18,000,000
2.	Stan Javier	TOR	$ 15,000,000
3.	Howard Johnson	OAK	$ 13,525,000
4.	Willie Fraser	TOR	$ 13,000,010
5.	Al Leiter	TEX	$ 13,000,000
	Darryl Strawberry	NOR	$ 13,000,000
7.	Roberto Alomar	NOR	$ 12,500,000
8.	Jeff Blauser	NYY	$ 10,800,000
9.	Bip Roberts	BOS	$ 10,420,000
10.	Kenny Rogers	MIN	$ 10,150,000
11.	Kevin Mitchell	NOR	$ 10,000,000
	John Wetteland	DET	$ 10,000,000
	Bill Wilkinson	MIN	$ 10,000,000
14.	John Kruk	OAK	$ 9,500,000
15.	Jeff Robinson	TEX	$ 9,320,000
16.	Kal Daniels	NOR	$ 9,000,000
17.	Barry Larkin	MIN	$ 8,930,000
18.	Rafael Palmeiro	TEX	$ 8,750,000
19.	Tim Raines	DET	$ 8,650,000
20.	Barry Bonds	CLE	$ 8,500,000
21.	Clay Parker	BAL	$ 8,100,000
22.	John Cangelosi	DET	$ 8,000,000
23.	Mark Portugal	NYY	$ 7,750,000
24.	Chris Smith	TOR	$ 7,725,000
25.	Rich Gedman	BOS	$ 7,500,000
	Jeff Russell	SEA	$ 7,500,000
	Benito Santiago	MIN	$ 7,500,000
	Darryl Hamilton	BAL	$ 7,500,000

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