1996 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 1996 Los Angeles Dodgers season saw the Dodgers remain atop the standings most of the season. However, longtime manager Tommy Lasorda suffered a heart attack in mid-season and had to step down. Bill Russell, Lasorda's bench coach and a former Dodger player, was chosen to manage the rest of the season.

1996 Los Angeles Dodgers
1996 NL Wild Card
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record90–72 (.556)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Peter O'Malley
General manager(s)Fred Claire
Manager(s)Tommy Lasorda, Bill Russell
Local televisionKTLA (5)
Local radioKABC
Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday
KWKW
Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas
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The Dodgers went into the final weekend of the season with a two-game lead on the San Diego Padres, needing only to win one of the final three games with the Padres to clinch the National League Western Division crown. However, the Padres swept them, and the Dodgers limped into the playoffs as a Wild Card team. The Dodgers were swept by the Atlanta Braves in the National League Division Series.

The Dodgers used 15 different pitchers during the season, the fewest of any MLB team in 1996.[1]

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Diego Padres 9171 0.562 45–36 46–35
Los Angeles Dodgers 9072 0.556 1 47–34 43–38
Colorado Rockies 8379 0.512 8 55–26 28–53
San Francisco Giants 6894 0.420 23 38–44 30–50

Record vs. opponents

1996 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta 7–57–55–76–76–65–710–37–69–49–39–47–59–4
Chicago 5–75–85–76–65–88–56–67–57–64–96–67–55–8
Cincinnati 5–78–57–63–97–64–83–96–610–25–89–39–45–8
Colorado 7–57–56–75–88–56–73–97–56–67–58–55–88–4
Florida 7–66–69–38–57–56–75–87–66–75–73–95–76–6
Houston 6–68–56–75–85–76–64–98–410–28–56–68–42–11
Los Angeles 7–55–88–47–67–66–69–38–47–66–65–87–68–4
Montreal 3–106–69–39–38–59–43–97–66–77–54–89–48–4
New York 6–75–76–65–76–74–84–86–77–68–53–106–65–7
Philadelphia 4-96–72–106–67–62–106–77–66–77–54–86–64–8
Pittsburgh 3–99–48–55–77–55–86–65–75–85–74–98–43–10
San Diego 4–96–63–95–89–36–68–58–410–38–49–411–24–8
San Francisco 5–75–74–98–57–54–86–74–96–66–64–82–117–6
St. Louis 4–98–58–54–86–611-24–84–87–58–410–38–46–7

Game log

1996 Game Log: 90–72 (Home: 47–34; Away: 43–38)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Dodgers team member

Detailed records

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
Delino DeShieldsSecond baseman
Brett ButlerCenter fielder
Mike PiazzaCatcher
Eric KarrosFirst baseman
Raúl MondesíRight fielder
Mike BlowersThird baseman
Todd HollandsworthLeft fielder
Greg GagneShortstop
Ramón MartínezStarting pitcher

Notable Transactions

Roster

1996 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Starting Pitchers stats

NameGGSIPW/LERABBSOCG
Hideo Nomo 3333228.316-113.19852343
Ismael Valdez 3333225.015-73.32541730
Pedro Astacio3532211.79-83.44671300
Tom Candiotti 2827152.39-114.4943791
Ramón Martínez 2827168.715-63.42861332

Relief Pitchers stats

NameGGSIPW/LERABBSOSV
Todd Worrell72065.34-63.03156644
Antonio Osuna73084.09-63.0032854
Mark Guthrie66073.02-32.2222561
Scott Radinsky58052.35-12.4117481
Chan Ho Park4810108.75-53.64711190
Joey Eischen28043.30-14.7820360
Darren Dreifort19023.71-44.9412240
Jim Bruske11012.70-05.683120
Darren Hall9012.00-26.005120
John Cummings405.30-16.75250

Batting Stats

NamePosGABAvg.RHHRRBISB
Mike PiazzaC148547.33687184361050
Tom PrinceC4064.2976191110
Carlos HernándezC1314.28614000
Eric Karros1B154608.26084158341118
Delino DeShields2B154581.2247513054148
Greg Gagne SS128428.2554810910554
Mike Blowers3B/1B/SS92317.26531846380
Chad Fonville2B/SS/LF/CF/3B103201.20434410137
Tim Wallach3B45162.22814374220
|Juan CastroSS/3B/2B/LF70132.1971626051
Dave Hansen3B/1B80104.221723060
Mike Busch3B/1B3883.2178184170
Oreste Marrero1B108.37523010
Wilton GuerreroIF52.00010000
Raúl MondesíRF157634.29798188248814
Roger CedeñoCF/LF/RF86211.24626522185
Todd HollandsworthLF/CF/RF149478.29164139125921
Wayne KirbyCF/LF65188.27123511114
Brett ButlerCF34131.2672235088
Billy AshleyLF71110.20018229250
Chad CurtisCF43104.2122022292
Milt ThompsonLF4851.11826011
Dave ClarkLF1515.20003010
Rick ParkerCF/LF1614.28624011
Karim GarcíaOF11.00000000

1996 Playoffs

1996 National League Division Series

The 1996 National League Division Series was played between Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves. Atlanta ended up winning the series 3-0.

Game 1, October 2

Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Atlanta 000 100 000 1 240
Los Angeles 000 010 000 0 150
W: John Smoltz (1-0)  L: Antonio Osuna (0-1)  SV: Mark Wohlers (1)  
HRs: ATL Javy López (1); LAD none

Game 2, October 3

Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Atlanta 010 000 200 352
Los Angeles 100 100 000 230
W: Greg Maddux (1-0)  L: Ismael Valdez (0-1)  SV: Mark Wohlers (2)  
HRs: ATL Fred McGriff (1), Ryan Klesko (1), Jermaine Dye (1); LAD none

Game 3, October 3

Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 000 000 110 261
Atlanta 100 400 00X 570
W: Tom Glavine (1-0)  L: Hideo Nomo (0-1)  SV: Mark Wohlers (3)  
HRs: LA none; ATL Chipper Jones (1)

1996 Awards

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Phil Regan
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League John Shelby
High A San Bernardino Stampede California League Del Crandall
High A Vero Beach Dodgers Florida State League Jon Debus
A Savannah Sand Gnats South Atlantic League John Shoemaker
A-Short Season Yakima Bears Northwest League Joe Vavra
Rookie Great Falls Dodgers Pioneer League Mickey Hatcher
Rookie DSL Dodgers
DSL Dodgers 2
Dominican Summer League

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

Major League Baseball draft

The Dodgers selected 79 players in this draft. Of those, seven of them would eventually play Major League baseball.

The top draft pick was third baseman Damian Rolls from Schlagel High School. He was selected by the Kansas City Royals in the 1999 Rule 5 draft and then traded to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, where he played parts of five seasons with a .248 batting average, 9 homers and 73 RBI.

Shortstop Alex Cora was drafted in the third round out of the University of Miami. He would play 14 seasons in the Majors (7 of them with the Dodgers), primarily as a utility infielder/defensive replacement. He hit .243 in 1,273 games

The most successful player in this draft class was left-handed pitcher Ted Lilly from Fresno City College, who was drafted in the 23rd round. A two-time All-Star, he would play 15 seasons in the Majors (the last 4 with the Dodgers) and had a 130-113 record and 4.14 ERA in 356 games (331 starts).

References

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