1896 National League

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The 1896 season of the National League was the twenty-first season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Baltimore Orioles	132	90	39	3	.682	-.-	995 (7.54)	662 (5.02)	0.328	0.379	0.429	3.67	0.945
2	Cleveland Spiders	135	80	48	7	.593	9.5	840 (6.22)	650 (4.81)	0.301	0.359	0.391	3.46	0.950
3	Cincinnati Reds	128	77	50	1	.602	12.0	783 (6.12)	620 (4.84)	0.294	0.351	0.388	3.67	0.951
4	Boston Beaneaters	132	74	57	1	.561	17.0	860 (6.52)	761 (5.77)	0.300	0.357	0.392	3.78	0.934
5	Chicago Colts	132	71	57	4	.538	18.5	815 (6.17)	799 (6.05)	0.286	0.345	0.390	4.41	0.933
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	131	66	63	2	.504	24.0	787 (6.01)	741 (5.66)	0.292	0.346	0.385	4.30	0.941
7	New York Giants	133	64	67	2	.481	27.0	829 (6.23)	821 (6.17)	0.297	0.357	0.394	4.54	0.933
8	Philadelphia Phillies	130	62	68	0	.477	28.5	890 (6.85)	891 (6.85)	0.295	0.356	0.413	5.20	0.941
9	Washington Senators	133	58	73	2	.436	33.0	818 (6.15)	920 (6.92)	0.286	0.358	0.388	4.61	0.927
10	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	133	58	73	2	.436	33.0	692 (5.20)	764 (5.74)	0.284	0.334	0.379	4.25	0.945
11	St. Louis Browns	131	40	90	1	.305	50.5	593 (4.53)	929 (7.09)	0.257	0.308	0.346	5.33	0.936
12	Louisville Colonels	134	38	93	3	.284	53.0	653 (4.87)	997 (7.44)	0.261	0.316	0.351	5.12	0.916

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Jesse Burkett Ed Cartwright Gene DeMontreville Kid Gleason Ed McKean Mike Tiernan George Van Haltren	Cleveland Spiders Washington Senators Washington Senators New York Giants Cleveland Spiders New York Giants New York Giants	133
At Bats	Jesse Burkett	Cleveland Spiders	586
Runs Scored	Jesse Burkett	Cleveland Spiders	160
Hits	Jesse Burkett	Cleveland Spiders	240
Doubles	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	44
Triples	Tom McCreery George Van Haltren	Louisville Colonels New York Giants	21
Home Runs	Ed Delahanty Bill Joyce	Philadelphia Phillies Washington Senators/New York Giants	13
Total Bases	Jesse Burkett	Cleveland Spiders	317
Runs Batted In	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	126
Stolen Bases	Joe Kelley	Baltimore Orioles	87
Walks	Billy Hamilton	Boston Beaneaters	110
Hit by Pitch	Hughie Jennings	Baltimore Orioles	51
Strikeouts	Tom McCreery	Louisville Colonels	58
Sacrifice Hits	Dummy Hoy	Cincinnati Reds	33
Batting Average	Jesse Burkett	Cleveland Spiders	0.410
On-Base Percentage	Billy Hamilton	Boston Beaneaters	0.477
Slugging Percentage	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	0.631
On-Base plus Slugging	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	1.103
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	190

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Frank Killen Kid Nichols	Pittsburgh Pirates Boston Beaneaters	30
Losses	Bill Hart	St. Louis Browns	29
Win-Loss Percentage	Bill Hoffer	Baltimore Orioles	0.781
Appearances	Frank Killen	Pittsburgh Pirates	52
Games Started	Frank Killen	Pittsburgh Pirates	50
Complete Games	Frank Killen	Pittsburgh Pirates	44
Shutouts	Frank Killen Cy Young	Pittsburgh Pirates Cleveland Spiders	5
Games Finished	Chauncey Fisher	Cincinnati Reds	11
Saves	Cy Young	Cleveland Spiders	3
Innings Pitched	Frank Killen	Pittsburgh Pirates	432.1
Batters Faced	Cy Young	Cleveland Spiders	1781
Hits Allowed	Cy Young	Cleveland Spiders	477
Home Runs Allowed	Jack Stivetts	Boston Beaneaters	20
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Chick Fraser	Louisville Colonels	166
Hit Batsmen	Cy Young	Cleveland Spiders	10
Strikeouts	Cy Young	Cleveland Spiders	140
Wild Pitches	Chick Fraser	Louisville Colonels	27
Balks	Bill Hill Frank Killen Cy Seymour Jack Taylor	Louisville Colonels Pittsburgh Pirates New York Giants Philadelphia Phillies	1
Runs Allowed	Chick Fraser Jack Taylor	Louisville Colonels Philadelphia Phillies	282
Earned Runs Allowed	Bill Hart Jack Taylor	St. Louis Browns Philadelphia Phillies	191
Earned Run Average	Billy Rhines	Cincinnati Reds	2.45
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Billy Rhines	Cincinnati Reds	1.231

Postseason

The Temple Cup featured a match-up between two National League teams, the first place Baltimore Orioles against the second place Cleveland Spiders. The Baltimore club won the series four games to one.

Umpires

• George Barnum*
• Joe Battin*
• Frank Behle*
• Bill Betts
• Dan Campbell
• Kid Carsey*
• Boileryard Clarke*
• Dad Clarkson*
• Ed Conahan
• Bert Cunningham*
• Con Daily*
• Charlie Dexter*
• Tim Donahue*
• Jim Donnelly*
• Frank Dwyer*
• Red Ehret*
• Bob Emslie
• John Foreman*
• John Grim*
• Ad Gumbert*
• Bill Hart*
• George Hemming*
• Hardie Henderson
• John Heydler*
• Bill Hoffer*
• Joe Hornung
• Tim Hurst
• Tim Keefe
• Frank Killen*
• Bud Lally
• Tom Lynch
• Tommy McCarthy*
• Pat McCauley*
• Horace McFarlan
• Ed McFarland*
• Deacon McGuire*
• Jouett Meekin*
• Win Mercer*
• Doggie Miller*
• John Morrill*
• Morgan Murphy*
• Hank O'Day
• Tommy Phelan*
• Joe Quinn*
• Billy Rhines*
• Jack Sheridan
• Ed Stein*
• Jim Sullivan*
• Adonis Terry*
• Charles Tindill*
• John Warner*
• Stump Weidman
• Parke Wilson*
• Zeke Wilson*
• Chicken Wolf*
• Cy Young*

* Denotes a fill-in umpire