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The 1996 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1996 season.The 92nd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion (and defending World Series champion) Atlanta Braves and the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees.
The 1996 New York Yankees were managed by Joe Torre, and played at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. The team finished first in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 92–70, 4 games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles and won their first division title since 1981 (the 1994 team had the best record in the American League, but the strike ...
The 1996 Atlanta Braves season was the 126th season in the history of the franchise and 31st season in the city of Atlanta.They secured a regular season record of 96–66 and reached the World Series, where they lost to the underdog New York Yankees in six games, failing to defend its championship in 1995.
Stats at Baseball Reference ... (1993–1997), winning the 1996 World Series with them, and finished his career with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998–1999).
The 1996 Major League Baseball season was the final season of league-only play before the beginning of interleague play the following season.The season ended with the New York Yankees defeating the defending champion Atlanta Braves in six games for the World Series title, the Yankees' first championship since 1978.
January 3 – Connie Ryan, 75, second baseman for five clubs in span of 12 seasons between 1942 and 1954; 1944 All-Star; spent much of his baseball career with the Braves franchise, as a player in Boston (member of 1948 National League champions), coach in Milwaukee (for 1957 World Series champs), and manager in Atlanta (latter weeks of 1975 ...