- Source: 1996 Los Angeles Dodgers season
The 1996 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 107th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 39th season in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers were atop the standings for a substantial part of the season, albeit under two managers. Longtime manager Tommy Lasorda suffered a heart attack in late June 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 West title. 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 NLDS.
The Dodgers used 15 different pitchers during the season, the fewest of any MLB team in 1996.
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 José Offerman.
Regular season
= Season standings
== Record vs. opponents
== Game log
== Detailed records
== Opening Day lineup
== Notable Transactions
=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.
Roster
Starting Pitchers stats
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games
Relief Pitchers stats
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves
Batting Stats
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; Avg. = Batting average; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
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
Game 2, October 3
Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Game 3, October 5
Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta
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
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
External links
1996 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform
Los Angeles Dodgers official web site Archived February 3, 2022, at the Wayback Machine
Baseball-Reference season page
Baseball Almanac season page
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