1996 Cincinnati Reds

81-81 • .500 Win% • 3rd in NL C

The 1996 Cincinnati Reds went 81-81 (.500) finishing 3rd in the NL C division. The club scored 778 runs, allowed 773, and played home games at Riverfront Stadium. Team leaders included Barry Larkin (33 HR, 89 RBI) and John Smiley (13-14, 3.64 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

81 Wins
81 Losses
.500 Win %
3rd Rank
778 R 773 RA
Diff +5

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⚡ Quick Stats

778 Runs Scored
773 Runs Allowed
+5 Run Diff
1,871K Attendance

📈 vs. 1996 NL Average

Batting Avg .256 2% below the 1996 league average (.262)
OBP .331 equal to the 1996 league average (.330)
SLG .421 3% above the 1996 league average (.408)
Team ERA 4.32 2% worse than the 1996 league average (4.22)
Runs Scored 778 3% above the 1996 league average (759 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCinergy Field
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,871,459
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Avg per Game 23,104

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1996

Batting Avg

1 Kevin Mitchell 0.325 2 Hal Morris 0.312 3 Barry Larkin 0.298 4 Ed Taubensee 0.291 5 Eric Davis 0.287

Home Runs

1 Barry Larkin 33 2 Eric Davis 26 3 Willie Greene 19 4 Hal Morris 16 5 Reggie Sanders 14

RBI

1 Barry Larkin 89 2 Eric Davis 83 3 Hal Morris 80 4 Bret Boone 69 5 Willie Greene 63
1996 Cincinnati Reds — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Hal Morris 142 528 82 165 32 4 16 80 50 76 7 0.312
Bret Boone 142 520 56 121 21 3 12 69 31 100 3 0.233
Barry Larkin 152 517 117 154 32 4 33 89 96 52 36 0.298
Eric Davis 129 415 81 119 20 0 26 83 70 121 23 0.287
Thomas Howard 121 360 50 98 19 10 6 42 17 51 6 0.272
Ed Taubensee 108 327 46 95 20 0 12 48 26 64 3 0.291
Jeff Branson 129 311 34 76 16 4 9 37 31 67 2 0.244
Lenny Harris 125 302 33 86 17 2 5 32 21 31 14 0.285
Joe Oliver 106 289 31 70 12 1 11 46 28 54 2 0.242
Willie Greene 115 287 48 70 5 5 19 63 36 88 0 0.244
Reggie Sanders 81 287 49 72 17 1 14 33 44 86 24 0.251
Eric Owens 88 205 26 41 6 0 0 9 23 38 16 0.200
Curtis Goodwin 49 136 20 31 3 0 0 5 19 34 15 0.228
Chris Sabo 54 125 15 32 7 1 3 16 18 27 2 0.256
Eric Anthony 47 123 22 30 6 0 8 13 22 36 0 0.244
Kevin Mitchell 37 114 18 37 11 0 6 26 26 16 0 0.325
Vince Coleman 33 84 10 13 1 1 1 4 9 31 12 0.155
Chad Mottola 35 79 10 17 3 0 3 6 6 16 2 0.215
John Smiley 35 68 1 13 2 0 0 6 4 22 0 0.191
Dave Burba 34 67 3 7 0 0 2 5 3 26 0 0.104
Mike Kelly 19 49 5 9 4 0 1 7 9 11 4 0.184
Mark Portugal 28 48 4 8 1 0 0 1 1 11 0 0.167
Kevin Jarvis 24 36 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 12 0 0.167
Eduardo Perez 18 36 8 8 0 0 3 5 5 9 0 0.222
Roger Salkeld 29 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 21 0 0.031
Pete Schourek 13 19 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 0.263
Tim Belk 7 15 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.200
Keith Mitchell 11 15 2 4 1 0 1 3 1 3 0 0.267
Giovanni Carrara 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Brook Fordyce 4 7 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0.286
Mike Morgan 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Mike Remlinger 19 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.143
Hector Carrasco 56 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.200
Curt Lyons 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Scott Service 34 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Jeff Shaw 78 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.000
Johnny Ruffin 49 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Marcus Moore 23 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.333
Steve Gibralter 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Chuck McElroy 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Brantley 66 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Sullivan 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.000
Xavier Hernandez 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Derek Lilliquist 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pedro Martinez 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tim Pugh 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lee Smith 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jerry Spradlin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1996

ERA

1 Jeff Brantley 2.41 2 Jeff Shaw 2.49 3 John Smiley 3.64 4 Hector Carrasco 3.75 5 Dave Burba 3.83

Wins

1 John Smiley 13 2 Dave Burba 11 3 Kevin Jarvis 8 4 Mark Portugal 8 5 Roger Salkeld 8

Strikeouts

1 John Smiley 171 2 Dave Burba 148 3 Mark Portugal 93 4 Roger Salkeld 82 5 Jeff Brantley 76
1996 Cincinnati Reds — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
John Smiley 13 14 3.64 35 34 0 217.1 207 88 54 171
Dave Burba 11 13 3.83 34 33 0 195.0 179 83 97 148
Mark Portugal 8 9 3.98 27 26 0 156.0 146 69 42 93
Kevin Jarvis 8 9 5.98 24 20 0 120.1 152 80 43 63
Roger Salkeld 8 5 5.20 29 19 0 116.0 114 67 54 82
Jeff Shaw 8 6 2.49 78 0 4 104.2 99 29 29 69
Hector Carrasco 4 3 3.75 56 0 0 74.1 58 31 45 59
Jeff Brantley 1 2 2.41 66 0 44 71.0 54 19 28 76
Pete Schourek 4 5 6.01 12 12 0 67.1 79 45 24 54
Johnny Ruffin 1 3 5.49 49 0 0 62.1 71 38 37 69
Scott Service 1 0 3.94 34 1 0 48.0 51 21 18 46
Lee Smith 3 4 4.06 43 0 2 44.1 49 20 23 35
Mike Morgan 2 3 2.30 5 5 0 27.1 28 7 7 19
Mike Remlinger 0 1 5.60 19 4 0 27.1 24 17 19 19
Marcus Moore 3 3 5.81 23 0 2 26.1 26 17 22 27
Giovanni Carrara 1 0 5.87 8 5 0 23.0 31 15 13 13
Curt Lyons 2 0 4.50 3 3 0 16.0 17 8 7 14
Tim Pugh 1 0 10.57 9 0 0 15.1 20 18 11 9
Chuck McElroy 2 0 6.57 12 0 0 12.1 13 9 10 13
Scott Sullivan 0 0 2.25 7 0 0 8.0 7 2 5 3
Derek Lilliquist 0 0 7.36 5 0 0 3.2 5 3 0 1
Xavier Hernandez 0 0 13.50 3 0 0 3.1 8 5 2 3
Pedro Martinez 0 0 6.00 4 0 0 3.0 5 2 1 3
Jerry Spradlin 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0

👥 Roster (48)

Eric Anthony Tim Belk Bret Boone Jeff Branson Jeff Brantley Dave Burba Giovanni Carrara Hector Carrasco Vince Coleman Eric Davis Brook Fordyce Steve Gibralter +36 more

48 players

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The 1996 Cincinnati Reds in brief

The 1996 Cincinnati Reds won 81 games and lost 81, ending up 3rd in the NL Central. Runs came in at 778 scored against 773 allowed (+5). Against a league average of .262, the 1996 Cincinnati Reds batted .256. Pitchers allowed 4.32 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 4.22. League clubs averaged 759 runs that year, so the Cincinnati Reds scored 3% more.

Riverfront Stadium was home in 1996, drawing a total attendance of 1,871,459. Barry Larkin topped the Cincinnati Reds with 33 home runs. The hits leader was Hal Morris with 165. John Smiley was the top winner, with 13 victories. Jeff Brantley closed out 44 saves. The roster section lists 48 players who appeared for the club.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1996 Cincinnati Reds

What was the 1996 Cincinnati Reds record?
The 1996 Cincinnati Reds finished 81-81 (.500 win pct).
Who led the 1996 Cincinnati Reds in home runs?
Barry Larkin led the 1996 Cincinnati Reds with 33 home runs.
What was the 1996 Cincinnati Reds team ERA?
The 1996 Cincinnati Reds posted a team ERA of 4.32.
Did the 1996 Cincinnati Reds win the World Series?
No. The 1996 Cincinnati Reds did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1996 Cincinnati Reds play?
The 1996 Cincinnati Reds played home games at Riverfront Stadium.
Who led the 1996 Cincinnati Reds in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Barry Larkin (33 HR, 89 RBI) and John Smiley (13-14, 3.64 ERA).
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