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1996 Los Angeles Dodgers 1996 NL Wild Card
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1890) Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Dodger Stadium (since 1962) Los Angeles, California (since 1958)
1996 information
Owner(s)	Peter O'Malley
General manager(s)	Fred Claire
Manager(s)	Tommy Lasorda/Bill Russell
Local television	KTLA (5)
Local radio	KABC Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday KWKW Jaime Jarrin, Rene Cardenas
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The 1996 season saw the Dodgers remain atop the standings most of the season. However, long time 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.

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 the Dodgers and they limped into the playoffs as a Wild Card team.

Contents

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Roster
4 Starting Pitchers stats
5 Relief Pitchers stats
6 Batting Stats
7 1996 Playoffs
- 7.1 1996 National League Division Series
8 1996 Awards
9 Farm system
10 References
11 External links

Offseason

November 29, 1995: Acquired Mike Blowers from the Seattle Mariners for Miguel Cairo and Willie Otanez
December 15, 1995: Acquired Rick Clelland from the Montreal Expos for Omar Daal
December 17, 1995: Acquired Billy Brewer from the Kansas City Royals for Jose Offerman

Regular season

Season standings

NL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
San Diego Padres	91	71	--	.562
Los Angeles Dodgers	90	72	1.0	.556
Colorado Rockies	83	79	8.0	.512
San Francisco Giants	68	94	23.0	.420

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Delino DeShields	Second baseman
Brett Butler	Center fielder
Mike Piazza	Catcher
Eric Karros	First baseman
Raúl Mondesí	Right fielder
Mike Blowers	Third baseman
Todd Hollandsworth	Left fielder
Greg Gagne	Shortstop
Ramon Martinez	Starting pitcher

Notable Transactions

June 4, 1996: 1996 Major League Baseball Draft notable picks:

Round 1: Damian Rolls

Round 3: Alex Cora

Round 4: Peter Bergeron

Round 23: Ted Lilly

Round 36: Wayne Franklin

Round 38: Jeff Kubenka

Round 72: Eric Bruntlett (did not sign)^[1]

July 31, 1996: Acquired Chad Curtis from the Detroit Tigers for Joey Eischen and John Cummings
August 31, 1996: Acquired Dave Clark from the Pittsburgh Pirates for Carl South
October 30, 1996: Chip Hale signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.^[2]

Roster

1996 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

12 Karim Garcia
30 Wilton Guerrero

Manager

2 Tommy Lasorda
18 Bill Russell

Coaches

8 Joey Amalfitano
(third base)
58 Mark Cresse
(bullpen)
11 Manny Mota
18 Bill Russell
(bench)
9 Reggie Smith
(hitting/1st base)
17 Dave Wallace
(pitching)

Starting Pitchers stats

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Hideo Nomo	33	33	228.3	16-11	3.19	85	234	3
Ismael Valdez	33	33	225.0	15-7	3.32	54	173	0
Pedro Astacio	35	32	211.7	9-8	3.44	67	130	0
Tom Candiotti	28	27	152.3	9-11	4.49	43	79	1
Ramon Martinez	28	27	168.7	15-6	3.42	86	133	2

Relief Pitchers stats

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	SV
Todd Worrell	72	0	65.3	4-6	3.03	15	66	44
Antonio Osuna	73	0	84.0	9-6	3.00	32	85	4
Mark Guthrie	66	0	73.0	2-3	2.22	22	56	1
Scott Radinsky	58	0	52.3	5-1	2.41	17	48	1
Chan Ho Park	48	10	108.7	5-5	3.64	71	119	0
Joey Eischen	28	0	43.3	0-1	4.78	20	36	0
Darren Dreifort	19	0	23.7	1-4	4.94	12	24	0
Jim Bruske	11	0	12.7	0-0	5.68	3	12	0
Darren Hall	9	0	12.0	0-2	6.00	5	12	0
John Cummings	4	0	5.3	0-1	6.75	2	5	0

Batting Stats

Name	Pos	G	AB	Avg.	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
Mike Piazza	C	148	547	.336	87	184	36	105	0
Tom Prince	C	40	64	.297	6	19	1	11	0
Carlos Hernandez	C	13	14	.286	1	4	0	0	0
Eric Karros	1B	154	608	.260	84	158	34	111	8
Delino DeShields	2B	154	581	.224	75	130	5	41	48
Greg Gagne	SS	128	428	.255	48	109	10	55	4
Mike Blowers	3B/1B/SS	92	317	.265	31	84	6	38	0
Chad Fonville	2B/SS/LF/CF/3B	103	201	.204	34	41	0	13	7
Tim Wallach	3B	45	162	.228	14	37	4	22	0
\|Juan Castro	SS/3B/2B/LF	70	132	.197	16	26	0	5	1
Dave Hansen	3B/1B	80	104	.221	7	23	0	6	0
Mike Busch	3B/1B	38	83	.217	8	18	4	17	0
Oreste Marrero	1B	10	8	.375	2	3	0	1	0
Wilton Guerrero	IF	5	2	.000	1	0	0	0	0
Raúl Mondesí	RF	157	634	.297	98	188	24	88	14
Roger Cedeno	CF/LF/RF	86	211	.246	26	52	2	18	5
Todd Hollandsworth	LF/CF/RF	149	478	.291	64	139	12	59	21
Wayne Kirby	CF/LF	65	188	.271	23	51	1	11	4
Brett Butler	CF	34	131	.267	22	35	0	8	8
Billy Ashley	LF	71	110	.200	18	22	9	25	0
Chad Curtis	CF	43	104	.212	20	22	2	9	2
Milt Thompson	LF	48	51	.118	2	6	0	1	1
Dave Clark	LF	15	15	.200	0	3	0	1	0
Rick Parker	CF/LF	16	14	.286	2	4	0	1	1
Karim Garcia	OF	1	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0

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, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Atlanta	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0
Los Angeles	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
W: John Smoltz (1-0) L: Antonio Osuna (0-1) SV: Mark Wohlers (1)
HRs: ATL – Javier Lopez (1); LAD – none

Game 2, October 3

Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	5	2
Los Angeles	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0
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, Georgia

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

1996 Awards

1996 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Mike Piazza starter
- Todd Worrell reserve
Rookie of the Year Award
- Todd Hollandsworth
All-Star Game MVP Award
- Mike Piazza
TSN National League All-Star
- Mike Piazza
Players Choice: Outstanding NL Rookie
- Todd Hollandsworth
Baseball Digest Rookie All-Star
- Todd Hollandsworth
Silver Slugger Award
- Mike Piazza
NL Pitcher of the Month
- Hideo Nomo (September 1996)
NL Player of the Week
- Hideo Nomo (Sep. 16-22)
Branch Rickey Award
- Brett Butler

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
Short-Season A	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

References

External links

1996 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore • Boston • Detroit • New York • Toronto

AL Central	Chicago • Cleveland • Kansas City • Milwaukee • Minnesota

AL West	California • Oakland • Seattle • Texas

NL East	Atlanta • Florida • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago • Cincinnati • Houston • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

NL West	Colorado • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco

1996 All-Star Game • 1996 World Series

Preceded by Colorado Rockies 1995	NL Wild Card 1996	Succeeded by Florida Marlins 1997

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