1996 Kansas City Royals season

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1996 Kansas City Royals
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1969) Central Division (Since 1994)
Location
Kauffman Stadium (Since 1973) Kansas City, Missouri (Since 1969)
1996 Information
Owner(s)	David Glass
Manager(s)	Bob Boone
Local television	KSMO-TV (Paul Splittorff, Steve Busby)
Local radio	WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White, John Wathan, Paul Splittorff)

The 1996 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing 5th in the American League Central with a record of 75 wins and 86 losses.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2.1 Season standings 3 Player stats 3.1 Batting 3.1.1 Other batters 3.2 Starting pitchers 3.2.1 Other pitchers 3.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 4 References

[edit] Offseason

• December 21, 1995: Wally Joyner was traded by the Kansas City Royals with Aaron Dorlarque (minors) to the San Diego Padres for Bip Roberts and Bryan Wolff (minors). ^[1]

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

AL Central Final Standings

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Away
Cleveland Indians	99	62	.615	--	51-29	48-33
Chicago White Sox	85	77	.525	14.5	44-37	41-40
Milwaukee Brewers	80	82	.494	19.5	38-43	42-39
Minnesota Twins	78	84	.481	21.5	39-43	39-41
Kansas City Royals	75	86	.466	24.0	37-43	38-43

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] References

• 1996 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference
• 1996 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v • d • e 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

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