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1896 seasonWWikipedia↗

12 teams in NL · 792 regular-season games · 1896-04-16 to 1896-09-26 · attendance 2,900,973

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#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Baltimore Orioles	90	39	.698	—	662	249,448	Ned Hanlon	Pennant
2	Cleveland Spiders	80	48	.625	9.5	650	152,000	Patsy Tebeau
3	Cincinnati Reds	77	50	.606	12	620	373,000	Buck Ewing
4	Boston Beaneaters	74	57	.565	17	761	240,000	Frank Selee
5	Chicago Colts	71	57	.555	18.5	804	317,500	Cap Anson
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	66	63	.512	24	741	197,000	Connie Mack
7	New York Giants	64	67	.489	27	821	274,000	Arthur Irwin, Bill Joyce
8	Philadelphia Phillies	62	68	.477	28.5	891	357,025	Billy Nash
9	Washington Senators	58	73	.443	33	920	223,000	Gus Schmelz
10	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	58	73	.443	33	764	201,000	Dave Foutz
11	St. Louis Browns	40	90	.308	50.5	929	184,000	Harry Diddlebock, Arlie Latham, Chris Von Der Ahe, Roger Connor, Tommy Dowd
12	Louisville Colonels	38	93	.290	53	997	133,000	John McCloskey, Bill McGunnigle

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