Major League Baseball season 1996
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The 1996 Major League Baseball season was a professional baseball campaign highlighted by the New York Yankees winning their first World Series title since 1978 and the emergence of several future stars across the league.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| 1996 Major League Baseball season | 0 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | Major League Baseball season ⓘ |
| ALChampion | New York Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ALCSMatchup | New York Yankees vs. Baltimore Orioles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ALCSResult | New York Yankees defeated Baltimore Orioles 4–1 ⓘ |
| ALCyYoungAwardWinner | Pat Hentgen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ALManagerOfTheYear | Johnny Oates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ALMVP | Juan González NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ALRookieOfTheYear | Derek Jeter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| championship | 1996 World Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Commissioner | Bud Selig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endDate | 1996-10-26 ⓘ |
| followedBy | 1997 Major League Baseball season ⓘ |
| introducedInterleaguePlay | false ⓘ |
| league | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| NLChampion | Atlanta Braves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NLCSMatchup | Atlanta Braves vs. St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ |
| NLCSResult | Atlanta Braves defeated St. Louis Cardinals 4–3 ⓘ |
| NLCyYoungAwardWinner | John Smoltz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NLManagerOfTheYear | Bruce Bochy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NLMVP | Ken Caminiti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NLRookieOfTheYear | Todd Hollandsworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Derek Jeter completed first full MLB season and won AL Rookie of the Year
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ⓘ
New York Yankees began late-1990s dynasty with first championship under manager Joe Torre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Alex Rodriguez
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Andruw Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Chipper Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Derek Jeter NERFINISHED ⓘ John Smoltz NERFINISHED ⓘ Juan González NERFINISHED ⓘ Ken Caminiti NERFINISHED ⓘ Mariano Rivera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableTeam |
Atlanta Braves
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Baltimore Orioles NERFINISHED ⓘ Cleveland Indians NERFINISHED ⓘ New York Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas Rangers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfGamesPerTeam | 162 ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 28 ⓘ |
| precededBy | 1995 Major League Baseball season NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regularSeasonFormat | two leagues with three divisions each ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| startDate | 1996-03-31 ⓘ |
| wildCardTeamAL | Baltimore Orioles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wildCardTeamNL | Los Angeles Dodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| WorldSeriesChampion | New York Yankees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| WorldSeriesMVP | John Wetteland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| WorldSeriesResult | New York Yankees defeated Atlanta Braves 4–2 ⓘ |
| WorldSeriesRunnerUp | Atlanta Braves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| YankeesFirstTitleSince | 1978 ⓘ |
| YankeesWorldSeriesTitleNumber | 23 ⓘ |
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Mark Gardner