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.

1996 Los Angeles Dodgers
1996 NL Wild Card
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record90–72 (.556)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
OwnersPeter O'Malley
General managersFred Claire
ManagersTommy 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 record

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 5–7—5–85–76–65–88–56–67–57–64–96–67–55–8
Cincinnati 5–78–5—7–63–97–64–83–96–610–25–89–39–45–8
Colorado 7–57–56–7—5–88–56–73–97–56–67–58–55–88–4
Florida 7–66–69–38–5—7–56–75–87–66–75–73–95–76–6
Houston 6–68–56–75–85–7—6–64–98–410–28–56–68–42–11
Los Angeles 7–55–88–47–67–66–6—9–38–47–66–65–87–68–4
Montreal 3–106–69–39–38–59–43–9—7–66–77–54–89–48–4
New York 6–75–76–65–76–74–84–86–7—7–68–53–106–65–7
Philadelphia 4-96–72–106–67–62–106–77–66–7—7–54–86–64–8
Pittsburgh 3–99–48–55–77–55–86–65–75–85–7—4–98–43–10
San Diego 4–96–63–95–89–36–68–58–410–38–49–4—11–24–8
San Francisco 5–75–74–98–57–54–86–74–96–66–64–82–11—7–6
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)
April: 14–14 (Home: 10–4; Away: 4–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Astros4–3Martinez (1–0)ReynoldsWorrell (1)34,3751–0
2April 2@ Astros4–5JonesCummings (0–1)—20,4921–1
3April 3@ Astros2–5HamptonNomo (0–1)Jones14,8581–2
4April 4@ Cubs4–9FosterAstacio (0–1)—12,6261–3
5April 5@ Cubs1–11BullingerCandiotti (0–1)—19,3241–4
6April 6@ Cubs3–1Park (1–0)NavarroWorrell (2)24,4282–4
7April 7@ Cubs4–5JonesOsuna (0–1)—19,0022–5
8April 8Braves1–0Nomo (1–1)Glavine—53,1803–5
9April 9Braves1–3SmoltzAstacio (0–2)Wohlers35,5703–6
10April 10Braves9–2Candiotti (1–1)Avery—48,1944–6
11April 11Marlins5–0Park (2–0)BrownWorrell (3)36,0235–6
12April 12Marlins1–3BurkettValdez (0–1)—40,3435–7
13April 13Marlins3–1Nomo (2–1)Hammond—46,0596–7
14April 14Marlins6–1Astacio (1–2)Leiter—49,7287–7
15April 16@ Giants3–5DeweyOsuna (0–2)Beck19,7167–8
16April 17@ Giants11–2Osuna (1–2)Leiter—17,0398–8
17April 19@ Marlins0–5PowellHall (0–1)—24,1438–9
18April 20@ Marlins4–7LeiterNomo (2–2)Nen35,5428–10
19April 21@ Marlins4–5BrownHall (0–2)Mathews23,8428–11
20April 22@ Braves1–4MadduxCandiotti (1–2)—33,0808–12
21April 23@ Braves3–2Osuna (2–2)ClontzWorrell (4)30,4759–12
22April 24Astros5–2Valdez (1–1)Brocail—26,66610–12
23April 25Astros6–4Nomo (3–2)DrabekWorrell (5)33,53011–12
24April 26Cubs1–0Astacio (2–2)TrachselWorrell (6)31,17212–12
25April 27Cubs3–4 (10)NavarroOsuna (2–3)Jones43,51912–13
26April 28Cubs0–3CastilloPark (2–1)—45,44112–14
27April 29Cubs10–4Valdez (2–1)Foster—39,00313–14
28April 30Rockies7–4Nomo (4–2)RitzWorrell (7)31,03714–14
May: 15–12 (Home: 6–5; Away: 9–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
29May 1Rockies1–4ThompsonAstacio (2–3)Ruffin30,37714–15
30May 3@ Pirates10–1Park (3–1)Darwin—18,26815–15
31May 4@ Pirates2–7WagnerCandiotti (1–3)—20,32115–16
32May 5@ Pirates2–4NeagleValdez (2–2)Plesac19,20615–17
33May 6@ Pirates8–4Nomo (5–2)HopeRadinsky (1)9,41516–17
34May 7@ Reds2–3 (12)MooreWorrell (0–1)—18,14716–18
35May 8@ Reds0–5SchourekPark (3–2)Shaw17,82016–19
36May 10@ Cardinals3–2 (12)Worrell (1–1)Eckersley—36,82117–19
37May 11@ Cardinals4–2Valdez (3–2)BenesWorrell (8)38,00818–19
38May 12@ Cardinals5–6PetkovsekNomo (5–3)Eckersley38,54918–20
39May 13Expos2–3ManuelWorrell (1–2)Rojas25,60018–21
40May 14Expos2–1Martinez (2–0)VeresWorrell (9)37,94219–21
41May 15Expos7–2Candiotti (2–3)Fassero—26,87520–21
42May 16Phillies8–2Valdez (4–2)Mimbs—25,96021–21
43May 17Phillies6–3Nomo (6–3)GraceWorrell (10)54,30422–21
44May 18Phillies7–2Astacio (3–3)FernandezOsuna (1)51,06423–21
45May 19Phillies4–5LeiperRadinsky (0–1)Bottalico38,17823–22
46May 20Mets1–7JonesCandiotti (2–4)—26,62523–23
47May 21Mets6–4Valdez (5–2)HarnischWorrell (11)27,15824–23
48May 22Mets2–3ClarkNomo (6–4)Franco33,71624–24
49May 24@ Expos5–4 (11)Osuna (3–3)DaalWorrell (12)27,84325–24
50May 25@ Expos5–3Martinez (3–0)CormierWorrell (13)27,10426–24
51May 26@ Expos4–3Candiotti (3–4)RojasWorrell (14)30,71827–24
52May 28@ Phillies3–9GraceValdez (5–3)—17,18627–25
53May 29@ Phillies3–2 (11)Guthrie (1–0)BottalicoWorrell (15)24,12028–25
54May 30@ Phillies2–3BorlandWorrell (1–3)—29,28728–26
55May 31@ Mets10–3Martinez (4–0)Jones—19,79329–26
June: 13–14 (Home: 6–8; Away: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
56June 1@ Mets3–4HarnischCandiotti (3–5)Franco26,44529–27
57June 2@ Mets1–0Valdez (6–3)ClarkWorrell (16)39,32830–27
58June 4Pirates0–3DarwinNomo (6–5)Cordova29,57630–28
59June 5Pirates3–7WilkinsAstacio (3–4)Cordova32,16130–29
60June 6Pirates8–3Candiotti (4–5)Miceli—26,66431–29
61June 7Reds1–2SmileyValdez (6–4)Brantley35,19731–30
62June 8Reds5–4 (10)Worrell (2–3)Carrasco—44,57532–30
63June 9Reds3–2Nomo (7–5)SmithWorrell (17)47,84733–30
64June 10Cardinals2–1Park (4–2)MorganOsuna (2)54,04334–30
65June 11Cardinals3–6OsborneMartinez (4–1)Honeycutt29,09634–31
66June 13@ Braves6–3Valdez (7–4)GlavineWorrell (18)39,46335–31
67June 14@ Braves1–3SmoltzAstacio (3–5)Wohlers45,38935–32
68June 15@ Braves6–2Nomo (8–5)AveryWorrell (19)49,72636–32
69June 16@ Braves3–2Candiotti (5–5)SchmidtWorrell (20)44,78437–32
70June 18@ Cubs9–6Martinez (5–1)TelemacoWorrell (21)—38–32
71June 18@ Cubs4–7CampbellValdez (7–5)—23,36238–33
72June 19@ Cubs4–3 (13)Park (5–2)AdamsWorrell (22)28,47739–33
73June 20Astros2–4WallNomo (8–6)Jones49,65639–34
74June 21Astros3–11DrabekCandiotti (5–6)—33,27339–35
75June 22Astros3–0Martinez (6–1)Reynolds—37,84440–35
76June 23Astros4–3Worrell (3–3)Hernandez—35,46741–35
77June 25Cubs0–2TrachselNomo (8–7)—37,44841–36
78June 26Cubs4–6NavarroCandiotti (5–7)Adams35,20041–37
79June 27@ Rockies1–13RitzAstacio (3–6)—48,04341–38
80June 28@ Rockies4–13FreemanMartinez (6–2)—48,02541–39
81June 29@ Rockies13–10Valdez (8–5)Rekar—48,00942–39
82June 30@ Rockies15–16RuffinWorrell (3–4)—48,10342–40
July: 15–11 (Home: 8–5; Away: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
83July 1@ Padres10–2Candiotti (6–7)Worrell—40,34343–40
84July 2@ Padres7–3Astacio (4–6)Valenzuela—28,29444–40
85July 3@ Padres2–3HamiltonMartinez (6–3)Hoffman48,84144–41
86July 4Rockies9–4Valdez (9–5)Freeman—54,33145–41
87July 5Rockies8–1Nomo (9–7)Bailey—43,41546–41
88July 6Rockies3–2Osuna (4–3)RuffinWorrell (23)35,56247–41
89July 7Rockies0–3RitzAstacio (4–7)—38,26947–42
90July 11Giants8–3Martinez (7–3)Leiter—37,30548–42
91July 12Giants6–1Valdez (10–5)Fernandez—44,56949–42
92July 13Giants0–7EstesNomo (9–8)—54,22649–43
93July 14Giants0–6VanLandinghamPark (5–3)—42,86249–44
94July 15Padres1–0 (10)Guthrie (2–0)Hoffman—44,36850–44
95July 16Padres1–10TewksburyMartinez (7–4)Worrell52,43650–45
96July 17Padres4–5FlorieOsuna (4–4)Hoffman42,42350–46
97July 18@ Giants8–3Nomo (10–8)Estes—28,07251–46
98July 19@ Giants4–5VanLandinghamCandiotti (6–8)Beck27,56251–47
99July 20@ Giants6–7BautistaWorrell (3–5)—50,01451–48
100July 21@ Giants7–6Osuna (5–4)DeLuciaWorrell (25)36,34552–48
101July 23@ Marlins7–1Valdez (11–5)Leiter—17,88953–48
102July 24@ Marlins0–3BrownNomo (10–9)Nen20,48653–49
103July 25@ Marlins6–3Astacio (5–7)HammondWorrell (26)18,15154–49
104July 26@ Astros3–4DarwinGuthrie (2–1)Wagner27,08954–50
105July 27@ Astros6–5 (11)Osuna (6–4)ClarkWorrell (27)36,84155–50
106July 28@ Astros2–3DarwinEischen (0–1)—32,91255–51
107July 30Marlins5–4 (10)Osuna (7–4)Weathers—34,97356–51
108July 31Marlins3–0Martinez (8–4)RappWorrell (28)29,56557–51
August: 17–10 (Home: 7–6; Away: 10–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
109August 1Marlins6–7 (14)HammondDreifort (0–1)Mathews41,19757–52
110August 2Braves2–1Radinsky (1–1)SmoltzGuthrie (1)49,01258–52
111August 3Braves3–5 (18)WoodallMartinez (8–5)—42,57558–53
112August 4Braves4–6BorbonGuthrie (2–2)Wohlers45,90358–54
113August 6@ Pirates3–1Astacio (6–7)ParrisWorrell (29)11,82459–54
114August 7@ Pirates2–12LieberMartinez (8–6)Wilkins12,23259–55
115August 9@ Reds4–9PortugalValdez (11–6)—34,00459–56
116August 10@ Reds7–5Nomo (11–9)BurbaWorrell (30)33,83060–56
117August 11@ Reds10–5Osuna (8–4)Carrasco—27,89761–56
118August 12@ Reds6–5Martinez (9–6)SmileyWorrell (31)21,67762–56
119August 13@ Cardinals8–4Candiotti (7–8)Stottlemyre—30,76163–56
120August 14@ Cardinals1–6BenesValdez (11–7)—26,94563–57
121August 15@ Cardinals5–2Nomo (12–9)MorganWorrell (32)32,93064–57
122August 16Expos8–2Astacio (7–7)Urbina—51,57365–57
123August 17Expos7–6Worrell (4–5)Veres—47,54966–57
124August 18Expos3–7LeiterCandiotti (7–9)—36,67366–58
125August 20Phillies1–3JordanOsuna (8–5)Bottalico35,45766–59
126August 21Phillies0–6SchillingNomo (12–10)—39,50266–60
127August 22Phillies8–5Astacio (8–7)WilliamsWorrell (33)29,60867–60
128August 23Mets7–5Martinez (10–6)ClarkWorrell (34)36,90968–60
129August 24Mets7–5Candiotti (8–9)WilsonWorrell (35)33,20169–60
130August 25Mets6–5Radinsky (2–1)FrancoWorrell (36)39,05670–60
131August 27@ Expos5–1Nomo (13–10)Fassero—21,04071–60
132August 28@ Expos5–6RojasPark (5–4)—13,00671–61
133August 29@ Expos2–1Martinez (11–6)MartinezWorrell (37)16,55172–61
134August 30@ Phillies7–6 (12)Dreifort (1–1)ParrettWorrell (38)22,12973–61
135August 31@ Phillies11–7Valdez (12–7)SchillingOsuna (3)24,82174–61
September: 16–11 (Home: 10–6; Away: 6–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1@ Phillies3–6WilliamsWorrell (4–6)Bottalico24,95974–62
137September 2@ Mets8–5Astacio (9–7)ClarkWorrell (39)19,65875–62
138September 3@ Mets7–6Radinsky (3–1)Henry—15,64676–62
139September 4@ Mets2–3 (12)WallaceDreifort (1–2)—15,66276–63
140September 6Pirates2–1Osuna (9–5)WilkinsWorrell (40)41,50977–63
141September 7Pirates4–3Nomo (14–10)SchmidtWorrell (41)50,86278–63
142September 8Pirates1–4PlesacDreifort (1–3)Ericks33,92278–64
143September 9Reds7–2Martinez (12–6)Jarvis—29,08179–64
144September 10Reds5–4Candiotti (9–9)SalkeldWorrell (42)28,23780–64
145September 11Reds3–2Valdez (13–7)SmileyWorrell (43)27,52781–64
146September 12Cardinals4–1Nomo (15–10)OsborneOsuna (4)34,19182–64
147September 13Cardinals0–2BatchelorGuthrie (2–3)Eckersley36,65782–65
148September 14Cardinals9–5Martinez (13–6)Benes—44,54883–65
149September 15Cardinals6–5Radinsky (4–1)EckersleyWorrell (44)35,80384–65
150September 16@ Rockies6–4Valdez (14–7)Wright—48,01385–65
151September 17@ Rockies9–0Nomo (16–10)Swift—50,06686–65
152September 18@ Rockies4–6BurkeAstacio (9–8)Ruffin50,05386–66
153September 19@ Padres7–0Martinez (14–6)Valenzuela—41,28787–66
154September 20@ Padres2–4HamiltonCandiotti (9–10)Hoffman51,21787–67
155September 21@ Padres9–2Valdez (15–7)Sanders—53,62988–67
156September 22@ Padres2–3AshbyNomo (16–11)Hoffman51,09288–68
157September 24Giants6–2Martinez (15–6)Watson—37,44889–68
158September 25Giants7–5Radinsky (5–1)DeLuciaWorrell (45)42,40590–68
159September 26Giants1–6GardnerCandiotti (9–11)—38,89390–69
160September 27Padres2–5 (10)WorrellOsuna (9–6)Hoffman53,29490–70
161September 28Padres2–4WorrellDreifort (1–4)Hoffman52,97790–71
162September 29Padres0–2 (11)VerasPark (5–5)Hoffman53,27090–72
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

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

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

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

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

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

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 5

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
Main article: 1996 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
  1. "1996 MLB Standard Pitching". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  2. "Chip Hale Stats".
  3. 1996 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
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