1996 National League Stats

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1996 National League Standings

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Eastern Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Atlanta Braves96-66 (0.593)-77364894-68 (0.580)100-62 (0.617)2,901,24252.320.6-1.933.7
2Montreal Expos88-74 (0.543)8.074166889-73 (0.547)87-75 (0.537)1,616,70939.015.2-4.027.8
3Florida Marlins80-82 (0.494)16.068870379-83 (0.490)90-72 (0.556)1,746,76742.313.85.223.2
4New York Mets71-91 (0.438)25.074677978-84 (0.480)76-86 (0.469)1,588,32328.017.30.89.9
5Philadelphia Phillies67-95 (0.414)29.065079067-95 (0.412)68-94 (0.420)1,801,67720.611.40.29.0

Central Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1St. Louis Cardinals88-74 (0.543)-75970686-76 (0.533)85-77 (0.525)2,654,71837.818.11.917.8
2Houston Astros82-80 (0.506)6.075379277-85 (0.477)75-87 (0.463)1,975,88827.222.3-1.86.7
3Cincinnati Reds81-81 (0.500)7.077877381-81 (0.503)81-81 (0.500)1,861,42833.420.31.112.0
4Chicago Cubs76-86 (0.469)12.077277181-81 (0.501)78-84 (0.481)2,219,11030.811.44.215.2
5Pittsburgh Pirates73-89 (0.451)15.077683376-86 (0.468)77-85 (0.475)1,332,15029.114.84.110.3

Western Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1San Diego Padres91-71 (0.562)-77168290-72 (0.556)92-70 (0.568)2,187,88644.520.4-1.625.7
2Los Angeles Dodgers90-72 (0.556)1.070365287-75 (0.534)85-77 (0.525)3,188,45437.114.6-3.325.9
3Colorado Rockies83-79 (0.512)8.096196481-81 (0.499)77-85 (0.475)3,891,01429.918.52.98.4
4San Francisco Giants68-94 (0.420)23.075286271-91 (0.438)64-98 (0.395)1,413,92217.015.90.80.2

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Pos Age Batting WAR Shark WAR G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SB CS wRC OBP SLG
1 Barry Bonds SFN LF 31 10.6 11.0 158 675 159 27 3 42 151 40 7 147.056 0.461 0.615
2 Gary Sheffield FLO RF 27 10.1 9.2 161 677 163 33 1 42 142 16 9 150.610 0.465 0.624
3 Jeff Bagwell HOU 1B 28 9.9 10.0 162 719 179 48 2 31 135 21 7 146.337 0.451 0.570
4 Ken Caminiti SDN 3B 33 8.1 9.3 146 638 178 37 2 40 78 11 5 126.397 0.407 0.621
5 Mike Piazza LAN C 27 7.7 7.0 148 631 184 16 0 36 81 0 3 120.826 0.422 0.563
6 Ellis Burks COL LF 31 7.4 7.5 156 685 211 45 8 40 61 32 6 140.813 0.408 0.639
7 Barry Larkin CIN SS 32 7.2 7.6 152 627 154 32 4 33 96 36 10 115.917 0.410 0.567
8 Bernard Gilkey NYN LF 29 6.7 7.8 153 656 181 44 3 30 73 17 9 116.062 0.393 0.562
9 Chipper Jones ATL 3B 24 6.5 4.1 157 693 185 32 5 30 87 14 1 116.505 0.393 0.530
10 Steve Finley SDN CF 31 5.7 5.9 161 721 195 45 9 30 56 22 8 109.579 0.354 0.531
11 Lance Johnson NYN CF 32 5.3 5.5 160 724 227 31 21 9 33 50 12 100.973 0.362 0.479
12 Todd Hundley NYN C 27 5.1 5.1 153 624 140 32 1 41 79 1 3 99.040 0.356 0.550
13 Craig Biggio HOU 2B 30 4.9 4.4 162 723 174 24 4 15 75 25 7 97.136 0.386 0.415
14 Ray Lankford SLN CF 29 4.8 5.6 149 635 150 36 8 21 79 35 7 91.474 0.366 0.486
15 Fred McGriff ATL 1B 32 4.6 5.1 159 691 182 37 1 28 68 7 3 101.710 0.365 0.494
16 Ryan Klesko ATL LF 25 4.6 3.9 153 602 149 21 4 34 68 6 3 94.162 0.364 0.530
17 Eric Davis CIN CF 34 4.5 4.9 129 496 119 20 0 26 70 23 9 83.001 0.394 0.523
18 Andres Galarraga COL 1B 35 4.5 4.1 159 691 190 39 3 47 40 18 8 119.757 0.357 0.601
19 Marquis Grissom ATL CF 29 4.2 4.2 158 723 207 32 10 23 41 28 11 99.358 0.349 0.489
20 Raul Mondesi LAN RF 25 4.2 4.4 157 673 188 40 7 24 32 14 7 90.212 0.334 0.495
21 Mark Grace CHN 1B 32 4.1 6.3 142 616 181 39 1 9 62 2 3 92.097 0.396 0.455
22 Jeff King PIT 1B 31 4.1 4.5 155 672 160 36 4 30 70 15 1 92.972 0.346 0.497
23 Jeff Conine FLO LF 30 4.0 4.3 157 670 175 32 2 26 62 1 4 94.810 0.360 0.484
24 Henry Rodriguez MON LF 28 3.9 2.2 145 576 147 42 1 36 37 2 0 85.571 0.325 0.562
25 Hal Morris CIN 1B 31 3.9 2.7 142 594 165 32 4 16 50 7 5 86.016 0.373 0.479
26 Sammy Sosa CHN RF 27 3.9 3.9 124 541 136 21 2 40 34 18 5 80.556 0.324 0.564
27 Ron Gant SLN LF 31 3.6 3.9 122 500 103 14 2 30 73 13 4 73.322 0.359 0.504
28 Tony Gwynn SDN RF 36 3.6 3.3 116 498 159 27 2 3 39 11 4 72.968 0.400 0.441
29 Brian McRae CHN CF 28 3.6 3.4 157 716 172 32 5 17 73 37 9 90.133 0.360 0.425
30 Brian Jordan SLN RF 29 3.6 4.7 140 560 159 36 1 17 29 22 5 75.799 0.349 0.483
31 Al Martin PIT LF 28 3.5 2.6 155 694 189 40 1 18 54 38 12 89.895 0.353 0.452
32 Rickey Henderson SDN LF 37 3.5 3.5 148 602 112 17 2 9 125 37 15 79.711 0.410 0.344
33 Eric Karros LAN 1B 28 3.4 5.5 154 670 158 29 1 34 53 8 0 80.809 0.316 0.479
34 Matt Williams SFN 3B 30 3.4 3.7 105 455 122 16 1 22 39 1 2 69.060 0.367 0.510
35 Jim Eisenreich PHI RF 37 3.4 3.5 113 373 122 24 3 3 31 11 1 60.620 0.413 0.476
36 Dante Bichette COL RF 32 3.2 2.6 159 694 198 39 3 31 45 31 12 106.534 0.359 0.531
37 Vinny Castilla COL 3B 28 3.0 6.1 160 673 191 34 0 40 35 7 2 103.345 0.343 0.548
38 Benito Santiago PHI C 31 3.0 2.3 136 533 127 21 2 30 49 2 0 72.275 0.332 0.503
39 Todd Hollandsworth LAN LF 23 2.9 2.7 149 526 139 26 4 12 41 21 6 64.685 0.348 0.437
40 Sean Berry HOU 3B 30 2.7 2.3 132 469 121 38 1 17 23 12 6 60.606 0.328 0.492
41 Glenallen Hill SFN RF 31 2.7 2.1 98 421 106 26 0 19 33 6 3 58.744 0.344 0.499
42 Wally Joyner SDN 1B 34 2.6 2.9 121 510 120 29 1 8 69 5 3 65.506 0.377 0.404
43 David Segui MON 1B 29 2.6 1.6 115 477 119 30 1 11 60 4 4 65.918 0.375 0.442
44 Gary Gaetti SLN 3B 37 2.6 1.9 141 574 143 27 4 23 35 2 2 70.595 0.326 0.473
45 Todd Zeile PHI 3B 30 2.5 1.4 134 572 134 24 0 20 67 1 1 72.254 0.353 0.436
46 Moises Alou MON RF 29 2.5 2.7 143 598 152 28 2 21 49 9 4 74.631 0.340 0.457
47 Orlando Merced PIT RF 29 2.5 3.1 120 507 130 24 1 17 51 8 4 67.634 0.357 0.457
48 Devon White FLO CF 33 2.5 2.2 146 611 151 37 6 17 38 22 6 70.821 0.325 0.455
49 Luis Gonzalez CHN LF 28 2.4 2.6 146 555 131 30 4 15 61 9 6 70.694 0.354 0.443
50 Derek Bell HOU RF 27 2.3 2.1 158 684 165 40 3 17 40 29 3 68.974 0.311 0.418

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Age Pitching WAR Shark WAR G GS IP W L CG SV R BB SO Pitch Runs Saved ERA WHIP SOper9
1 Kevin Brown FLO 31 12.2 11.2 32 32 233.00 17 11 5 0 60 33 159 106.29 1.89 0.94 6.14
2 John Smoltz ATL 29 9.1 8.9 35 35 253.67 24 8 6 0 93 55 276 85.64 2.94 1.00 9.79
3 Greg Maddux ATL 30 8.9 8.2 35 35 245.00 15 11 5 0 85 28 172 83.11 2.72 1.03 6.32
4 Al Leiter FLO 30 7.5 6.5 33 33 215.33 16 12 2 0 74 119 200 65.80 2.93 1.26 8.36
5 Tom Glavine ATL 30 7.0 7.2 36 36 235.33 15 10 1 0 91 85 181 65.22 2.98 1.30 6.92
6 Jeff Fassero MON 33 6.6 5.9 34 34 231.67 15 11 5 0 95 55 222 61.97 3.30 1.17 8.62
7 Steve Trachsel CHN 25 6.4 5.5 31 31 205.00 13 9 3 0 82 62 132 54.83 3.03 1.19 5.80
8 Denny Neagle 2 teams 27 6.1 5.5 33 33 221.33 16 9 2 0 93 48 149 51.49 3.50 1.24 6.06
9 Hideo Nomo LAN 27 5.7 4.9 33 33 228.33 16 11 3 0 93 85 234 52.98 3.19 1.16 9.22
10 Curt Schilling PHI 29 5.1 4.5 26 26 183.33 9 10 8 0 69 50 182 53.25 3.19 1.09 8.93
11 Shane Reynolds HOU 28 4.9 4.6 35 35 239.00 16 10 4 0 103 44 204 45.97 3.65 1.13 7.68
12 Ismael Valdez LAN 22 4.9 4.1 33 33 225.00 15 7 0 0 94 54 173 45.77 3.32 1.21 6.92
13 Pedro Martinez MON 24 4.7 3.9 33 33 216.67 13 10 4 0 100 70 222 43.89 3.70 1.20 9.22
14 Robb Nen FLO 26 4.6 4.6 75 0 83.00 5 1 0 35 21 21 92 40.52 1.95 1.06 9.98
15 Trevor Hoffman SDN 28 4.6 4.4 70 0 88.00 9 5 0 42 23 31 111 43.25 2.25 0.92 11.35
16 Jaime Navarro CHN 29 4.4 3.3 35 35 236.67 15 12 4 0 116 72 158 37.12 3.92 1.34 6.01
17 John Smiley CIN 31 4.2 3.7 35 34 217.33 13 14 2 0 100 54 171 43.56 3.64 1.20 7.08
18 Pedro Astacio LAN 27 4.1 2.9 35 32 211.67 9 8 0 0 86 67 130 38.17 3.44 1.29 5.53
19 Mark Clark NYN 28 4.0 2.6 32 32 212.33 14 11 2 0 98 48 142 40.97 3.43 1.25 6.02
20 Donovan Osborne SLN 27 3.9 3.8 30 30 198.67 13 9 2 0 87 57 134 39.47 3.53 1.25 6.07
21 Todd Stottlemyre SLN 31 3.7 3.5 34 33 223.33 14 11 5 0 100 93 194 38.05 3.87 1.27 7.82
22 Andy Ashby SDN 28 3.7 3.6 24 24 150.67 9 5 1 0 60 34 85 34.47 3.23 1.20 5.08
23 Andy Benes SLN 28 3.7 2.8 36 34 230.33 18 10 3 1 107 77 160 37.45 3.83 1.27 6.25
24 Danny Darwin 2 teams 40 3.5 3.2 34 25 164.67 10 11 0 0 79 27 96 29.08 3.77 1.14 5.25
25 Jeff Shaw CIN 29 3.2 3.1 78 0 104.67 8 6 0 4 34 29 69 32.83 2.49 1.22 5.93
26 Jeff Brantley CIN 32 3.2 3.2 66 0 71.00 1 2 0 44 21 28 76 32.82 2.41 1.15 9.63
27 Scott Sanders SDN 27 3.2 3.0 46 16 144.00 9 5 0 0 58 48 157 29.71 3.38 1.15 9.81
28 Tim Worrell SDN 28 3.1 2.9 50 11 121.00 9 7 0 1 45 39 99 28.98 3.05 1.22 7.36
29 Terry Adams CHN 23 3.0 2.9 69 0 101.00 3 6 0 4 36 49 78 25.81 2.94 1.32 6.95
30 Turk Wendell CHN 29 3.0 3.1 70 0 79.33 4 5 0 18 26 44 75 25.64 2.84 1.29 8.51
31 Mark Wohlers ATL 26 2.9 2.9 77 0 77.33 2 4 0 39 30 21 100 27.50 3.03 1.19 11.64
32 Mel Rojas MON 29 2.9 3.0 74 0 81.00 7 4 0 36 30 28 92 27.47 3.22 1.04 10.22
33 Joey Hamilton SDN 25 2.9 2.4 34 33 211.67 15 9 3 0 100 83 184 27.15 4.17 1.37 7.82
34 Fernando Valenzuela SDN 35 2.9 2.0 33 31 171.67 13 8 0 0 78 67 95 27.03 3.62 1.42 4.98
35 Ramon Martinez LAN 28 2.9 2.1 28 27 168.67 15 6 2 0 76 86 133 26.78 3.42 1.42 7.10
36 Armando Reynoso COL 30 2.8 2.2 30 30 168.67 8 9 0 0 97 49 88 23.60 4.96 1.45 4.70
37 Dave Burba CIN 29 2.6 1.7 34 33 195.00 11 13 0 0 96 97 148 27.15 3.83 1.42 6.83
38 John Franco NYN 35 2.6 2.6 51 0 54.00 4 3 0 28 15 21 48 27.07 1.83 1.39 8.00
39 Ken Ryan PHI 27 2.5 2.4 62 0 89.00 3 5 0 8 32 45 70 25.93 2.43 1.30 7.08
40 Mike Bielecki ATL 36 2.4 2.3 40 5 75.33 4 3 0 2 24 33 71 22.66 2.63 1.27 8.48
41 Mark Guthrie LAN 30 2.4 2.3 66 0 73.00 2 3 0 1 21 22 56 22.59 2.22 1.19 6.90
42 Ugueth Urbina MON 22 2.4 1.9 33 17 114.00 10 5 0 0 54 44 108 22.01 3.71 1.28 8.53
43 Rod Beck SFN 27 2.3 2.3 63 0 62.00 0 9 0 35 23 10 48 19.86 3.34 1.06 6.97
44 Bruce Ruffin COL 32 2.3 2.3 71 0 69.67 7 5 0 24 35 29 74 19.84 4.00 1.21 9.56
45 Jon Lieber PIT 26 2.3 2.2 51 15 142.00 9 5 0 1 70 28 94 19.77 3.99 1.30 5.96
46 Ricky Bottalico PHI 26 2.3 2.4 61 0 67.67 4 5 0 34 24 23 74 24.12 3.19 1.03 9.84
47 Mike Hampton HOU 23 2.3 2.3 27 27 160.33 10 10 2 0 79 49 101 21.25 3.59 1.40 5.67
48 Rheal Cormier MON 29 2.2 2.0 33 27 159.67 7 10 1 0 80 41 100 20.54 4.17 1.29 5.64
49 Mark Portugal CIN 33 2.1 1.6 27 26 156.00 8 9 1 0 77 42 93 21.54 3.98 1.21 5.37
50 Antonio Osuna LAN 23 2.1 2.1 73 0 84.00 9 6 0 4 33 32 85 19.44 3.00 1.15 9.11

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Javy Lopez ATL 25 2.5 135.0 1112.7 992.0 81.0 6.0 9.0 23.012
2 Tom Lampkin SFN 32 2.1 53.0 400.7 342.0 27.0 3.0 4.0 22.012
3 Charles Johnson FLO 24 1.7 120.0 997.0 751.0 70.0 4.0 12.0 17.198
4 Danny Sheaffer SLN 34 1.4 47.0 322.7 257.0 27.0 5.0 3.0 11.831
5 Lenny Webster MON 31 0.8 63.0 431.0 390.0 25.0 1.0 3.0 7.819
6 Joe Oliver CIN 30 0.8 97.0 724.0 572.0 44.0 5.0 7.0 7.083
7 Randy Knorr HOU 27 0.8 33.0 226.3 204.0 14.0 0.0 1.0 7.486
8 Steve Decker 2 teams 30 0.8 40.0 300.7 234.0 18.0 0.0 4.0 7.813
1B 1 Mark Grace CHN 32 2.2 141.0 1218.0 1259.0 107.0 4.0 120.0 22.797
2 Eric Karros LAN 28 2.1 154.0 1391.3 1314.0 121.0 15.0 133.0 19.357
3 Mark Johnson PIT 28 0.8 100.0 739.7 777.0 72.0 5.0 64.0 8.813
4 Greg Colbrunn FLO 26 0.8 134.0 1127.3 1169.0 101.0 6.0 130.0 8.193
5 Jeff Conine FLO 30 0.6 48.0 305.3 292.0 40.0 3.0 33.0 6.529
6 Fred McGriff ATL 32 0.5 158.0 1402.0 1416.0 124.0 12.0 118.0 5.062
7 Brant Brown CHN 25 0.5 18.0 128.3 126.0 17.0 0.0 4.0 4.887
8 Wally Joyner SDN 34 0.3 119.0 1044.0 1059.0 89.0 3.0 85.0 2.623
2B 1 Eric Young COL 29 2.2 139.0 1169.0 340.0 431.0 12.0 109.0 22.941
2 Jose Vizcaino NYN 28 1.1 93.0 761.0 179.0 259.0 6.0 70.0 9.717
3 Quilvio Veras FLO 25 0.8 67.0 581.0 174.0 191.0 5.0 54.0 8.503
4 Luis Castillo FLO 20 0.7 41.0 352.0 99.0 118.0 3.0 37.0 6.781
5 Craig Grebeck FLO 31 0.5 29.0 203.3 67.0 65.0 2.0 24.0 4.787
6 Bret Boone CIN 27 0.4 141.0 1205.7 315.0 381.0 6.0 84.0 3.784
7 Todd Haney CHN 30 0.4 23.0 137.3 29.0 60.0 2.0 12.0 3.749
8 Mike Gallego SLN 35 0.3 43.0 359.7 84.0 118.0 3.0 31.0 2.730
3B 1 Vinny Castilla COL 28 3.0 160.0 1374.0 97.0 389.0 20.0 43.0 31.493
2 Shane Andrews MON 24 2.0 123.0 939.3 64.0 256.0 15.0 13.0 18.681
3 Charlie Hayes PIT 31 1.3 124.0 1044.7 66.0 275.0 18.0 24.0 13.843
4 Ken Caminiti SDN 33 1.3 145.0 1274.0 103.0 310.0 20.0 28.0 12.053
5 Willie Greene CIN 24 1.0 74.0 536.7 45.0 146.0 15.0 13.0 8.403
6 Terry Pendleton 2 teams 35 0.6 149.0 1270.0 110.0 296.0 19.0 27.0 6.568
7 Jeff Kent NYN 28 0.5 89.0 746.7 75.0 184.0 21.0 19.0 4.650
8 Chris Sabo CIN 34 0.5 43.0 285.0 27.0 72.0 4.0 6.0 4.431
SS 1 Rey Sanchez CHN 28 1.6 92.0 768.0 151.0 307.0 11.0 55.0 16.654
2 Edgar Renteria FLO 19 1.4 106.0 922.3 163.0 344.0 11.0 77.0 14.831
3 Jay Bell PIT 30 1.2 151.0 1289.3 215.0 478.0 10.0 78.0 12.987
4 Kevin Stocker PHI 26 1.2 119.0 991.7 165.0 352.0 13.0 79.0 10.344
5 Rey Ordonez NYN 25 1.0 150.0 1262.3 228.0 450.0 27.0 102.0 8.472
6 Greg Gagne LAN 34 0.9 127.0 1126.7 184.0 404.0 21.0 87.0 8.151
7 Ozzie Smith SLN 41 0.7 52.0 442.7 90.0 162.0 8.0 36.0 6.207
8 Royce Clayton SLN 26 0.5 113.0 997.7 171.0 347.0 15.0 68.0 3.968
LF 1 Bernard Gilkey NYN 29 1.1 151.0 1291.7 309.0 18.0 6.0 4.0 9.012
2 Gregg Jefferies PHI 28 0.5 51.0 437.0 110.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 4.409
3 Barry Bonds SFN 31 0.4 149.0 1272.7 284.0 10.0 6.0 1.0 4.579
4 Rickey Henderson SDN 37 0.3 114.0 932.3 199.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 3.111
5 Derrick May HOU 27 0.3 70.0 524.0 124.0 4.0 4.0 0.0 2.667
6 Ron Gant SLN 31 0.3 116.0 991.7 215.0 4.0 5.0 2.0 2.305
7 Luis Gonzalez CHN 28 0.2 139.0 1124.0 230.0 6.0 3.0 2.0 1.976
8 Jerome Walton ATL 30 0.2 23.0 69.3 22.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.535
CF 1 Ray Lankford SLN 29 0.8 144.0 1242.0 358.0 8.0 1.0 0.0 6.694
2 F. P. Santangelo MON 28 0.5 76.0 578.0 185.0 4.0 4.0 1.0 5.146
3 Stan Javier SFN 32 0.5 53.0 427.0 147.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 5.395
4 Lenny Dykstra PHI 33 0.5 39.0 303.7 102.0 3.0 0.0 1.0 4.058
5 Ricky Otero PHI 24 0.5 100.0 834.3 248.0 8.0 4.0 2.0 4.019
6 Marvin Benard SFN 25 0.4 102.0 848.0 253.0 6.0 3.0 0.0 4.558
7 Eric Davis CIN 34 0.4 115.0 893.7 253.0 2.0 3.0 0.0 3.121
8 Lance Johnson NYN 32 0.2 157.0 1356.3 392.0 9.0 12.0 3.0 2.128
RF 1 Brian Jordan SLN 29 1.0 128.0 1045.0 278.0 8.0 2.0 0.0 8.904
2 Orlando Merced PIT 29 0.5 115.0 994.7 240.0 14.0 3.0 5.0 5.274
3 David Justice ATL 30 0.3 40.0 347.0 88.0 3.0 0.0 1.0 3.107
4 J. R. Phillips PHI 26 0.3 15.0 110.0 43.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 2.179
5 Wendell Magee PHI 23 0.3 18.0 143.0 47.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 2.143
6 Andruw Jones ATL 19 0.2 20.0 153.7 50.0 3.0 2.0 0.0 2.293
7 Reggie Sanders CIN 28 0.2 80.0 692.3 158.0 6.0 2.0 2.0 1.780
8 Raul Mondesi LAN 25 0.2 157.0 1407.3 337.0 11.0 12.0 4.0 1.706