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1996 MLB Season Overview

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The 1996 Major League Baseball season was the final season of league-only play before the beginning of interleague play the following season. The season ended with the New York Yankees defeating the defending champion Atlanta Braves in six games for the World Series title, the Yankees' first championship since 1978. The record for most home runs hit in an MLB regular season, set at 4,458 in 1987, was broken, as the AL and NL combined to hit 4,962 home runs. Only 196 shutouts were recorded in the 2,266 MLB regular-season games. This was the first season in the Divisional Series era to be played to the full 162 games, as the 1994–95 player's strike caused the first two seasons of the era to be abbreviated.

The 1996 Major League Baseball season was the final season of league-only play before the beginning of interleague play the following season. The season ended with the New York Yankees defeating the defending champion Atlanta Braves in six games for the World Series title, the Yankees' first championship since 1978. The record for most home runs hit in an MLB regular season, set at 4,458 in 1987, was broken, as the AL and NL combined to hit 4,962 home runs. Only 196 shutouts were recorded in the 2,266 MLB regular-season games. This was the first season in the Divisional Series era to be played to the full 162 games, as the 1994–95 player's strike caused the first two seasons of the era to be abbreviated.

1996 MLB champion New York Yankees

1996 New York Yankees

1996 MLB Season
New York Yankees

28 teams competed during the regular season

New York Yankees defeated Atlanta Braves for the championship

League Chairman

Bud Selig

NL President

Leonard Coleman

AL President

Gene Budig

Union Director

Donald Fehr

1996 MLB Draft

Pick Player Team

1 Kris Benson / P Pirates

2 Travis Lee / 1B Twins

3 Braden Looper / P Cardinals

4 Billy Koch / P Blue Jays

5 John Patterson / P Expos

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1 Comment

Davan S. Mani says:

April 17, 2020 at 11:36 pm

what a year. the competitiveness of the ABL really brought the NBA out of its duldrums.

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