The 1996 Major League Baseball season was the final season of play before the beginning of Interleague play the following season. It ended with the New York Yankees defeating the Atlanta Braves in Game 6 of the World Series. The record for most home runs hit in an MLB regular season, set at 4,458 in 1987,^[1] was broken, as the AL and NL combined to hit 4,962 home runs.^[2] Only 196 shutouts were recorded in the 2,266 MLB regular-season games. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Major_League_Baseball_season.

Final Stats:

Rank	Team	Manager	Top Hitter	Top Pitcher
Champion 92 70	New York Yankees	Joe Torre	Tino Martinez	Andy Pettitte
Runner-Up 96 66	Atlanta Braves	Bobby Cox	Chipper Jones	John Smoltz
LCS 88 74	St. Louis Cardinals	Tony La Russa	Brian Jordan	Andy Benes
LCS 88 74	Baltimore Orioles	Davey Johnson	Rafael Palmeiro	Mike Mussina
DS 99 62	Cleveland Indians	Mike Hargrove	Albert Belle	Charles Nagy
DS 90 72	Texas Rangers	Johnny Oates	Juan Gonzalez	Ken Hill
DS 91 71	San Diego Padres	Bruce Bochy	Ken Caminiti	Joey Hamilton
DS 90 72	Los Angeles Dodgers	Bill Russell	Eric Karros	Hideo Nomo
88 74	Montreal Expos	Felipe Alou	Henry Rodriguez	Jeff Fassero
85 76	Seattle Mariners	Lou Piniella	Ken Griffey	Sterling Hitchcock
85 77	Boston Red Sox	Kevin Kennedy	Mo Vaughn	Tim Wakefield
85 77	Chicago White Sox	Terry Bevington	Frank Thomas	Alex Fernandez
83 79	Colorado Rockies	Don Baylor	Andres Galarraga	Kevin Ritz
82 80	Houston Astros	Terry Collins	Jeff Bagwell	Shane Reynolds
81 81	Cincinnati Reds	Ray Knight	Barry Larkin	John Smiley
80 82	Milwaukee Brewers	Phil Garner	John Jaha	Scott Karl
80 82	Florida Marlins	John Boles	Gary Sheffield	Kevin Brown
78 84	Minnesota Twins	Tom Kelly	Paul Molitor	Frankie Rodriguez
78 84	Oakland Athletics	Art Howe	Mark McGwire	John Wasdin
76 86	Chicago Cubs	Jim Riggleman	Sammy Sosa	Jaime Navarro
75 86	Kansas City Royals	Bob Boone	Craig Paquette	Tim Belcher
74 88	Toronto Blue Jays	Cito Gaston	Joe Carter	Pat Hentgen
73 89	Pittsburgh Pirates	Jim Leyland	Jeff King	Denny Neagle
71 91	New York Mets	Dallas Green	Bernard Gilkey	Mark Clark
70 91	California Angels	Marcel Lachemann	Tim Salmon	Chuck Finley
68 94	San Francisco Giants	Dusty Baker	Barry Bonds	Mark Gardner
67 95	Philadelphia Phillies	Jim Fregosi	Benito Santiago	Curt Schilling
53 109	Detroit Tigers	Buddy Bell	Travis Fryman	Omar Olivares