2016 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 2016 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

2016

World Series Champions

Chicago Cubs

Runner Up

Cleveland Indians

Most Valuable Players

AL: Mike Trout NL: Kris Bryant

Cy Young Winners

AL: Rick Porcello NL: Max Scherzer

Rookies of the Year

AL: Michael Fulmer NL: Corey Seager

Managers of the Year

AL: Terry Francona NL: Dave Roberts

#1 Draft Pick

Mickey Moniak (Philadelphia Phillies)

All-Star Game

San Diego,California

Teams

Players

1353

Attendance

73,159,068

Payroll

$3,937,842,897

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2016 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	4	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	161	94	67	.584	--	777	676	101	Lost World Series (Cubs)	1,591,667	28	$ 98,006,899	12	Mike Chernoff	Terry Francona	Progressive Field
2	6	11	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	161	86	75	.534	8.0	750	721	29	dnq	2,493,859	13	$ 199,525,500	3	Alberto Avila	Brad Ausmus	Comerica Park
3	10	16	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	162	81	81	.500	13.5	675	712	-37	dnq	2,557,712	12	$ 137,606,125	9	Dayton Moore	Ned Yost	Kauffman Stadium
4	11	19	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	78	84	.481	16.5	686	715	-29	dnq	1,746,293	26	$ 115,998,667	10	Rick Hahn	Robin Ventura	U.S. Cellular Field
5	15	30	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	59	103	.364	35.5	722	889	-167	dnq	1,963,912	23	$ 104,591,200	11	Terry Ryan, Rob Antony	Paul Molitor	Target Field
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	5	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	93	69	.574	--	878	694	184	Lost in 1st Round (Indians)	2,955,434	8	$ 199,864,178	2	Mike Hazen	John Farrell	Fenway Park
2	5	7	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	89	73	.549	4.0	744	715	29	Lost AL Wild-Card Game (Blue Jays)	2,172,344	20	$ 147,943,713	6	Dan Duquette	Buck Showalter	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
3	4	8	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	162	89	73	.549	4.0	759	666	93	Lost in ALCS (Indians)	3,392,299	3	$ 140,582,027	8	Ross Atkins	John Gibbons	Rogers Centre
4	8	15	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	84	78	.519	9.0	680	702	-22	dnq	3,063,405	6	$ 227,854,349	1	Brian Cashman	Joe Girardi	Yankee Stadium II
5	14	27	Tampa Bay Rays	T - S - R - L	162	68	94	.420	25.0	672	713	-41	dnq	1,286,163	30	$ 64,120,323	15	Matt Silverman	Kevin Cash	Tropicana Field
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	3	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	95	67	.586	--	765	757	8	Lost in 1st Round (Blue Jays)	2,710,402	10	$ 161,246,720	5	Jon Daniels	Jeff Banister	Globe Life Park in Arlington
2	7	12	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	9.0	768	707	61	dnq	2,267,928	18	$ 144,996,858	7	Jerry Dipoto	Scott Servais	Safeco Field
3	9	14	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	84	78	.519	11.0	724	701	23	dnq	2,306,623	17	$ 96,643,000	13	Jeff Luhnow	AJ Hinch	Minute Maid Park
4	12	21	Los Angeles Angels	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	21.0	717	727	-10	dnq	3,016,142	7	$ 166,831,190	4	Billy Eppler	Mike Scioscia	Angel Stadium of Anaheim
5	13	24	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	69	93	.426	26.0	653	761	-108	dnq	1,521,506	29	$ 85,823,390	14	David Forst	Bob Melvin	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
National League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	161	103	58	.640	--	808	556	252	Won World Series (Indians)	3,232,420	5	$ 167,444,167	3	Jed Hoyer	Joe Maddon	Wrigley Field
2	6	13	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	17.5	779	712	67	dnq	3,444,490	2	$ 149,186,000	4	John Mozeliak	Mike Matheny	Busch Stadium III
3	8	18	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	161	78	83	.484	25.0	729	758	-29	dnq	2,249,021	19	$ 99,960,499	10	Neal Huntington	Clint Hurdle	PNC Park
4	10	22	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	162	73	89	.451	30.5	671	733	-62	dnq	2,314,614	16	$ 62,964,319	15	David Stearns	Craig Counsell	Miller Park
5	15	28	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	68	94	.420	35.5	716	854	-138	dnq	1,894,085	25	$ 93,171,452	12	Dick Williams	Bryan Price	Great American Ballpark
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	2	Washington Nationals	T - S - R - L	162	95	67	.586	--	763	612	151	Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)	2,481,938	14	$ 146,686,385	5	Michael Rizzo	Dusty Baker	Nationals Park
2	5	10	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	87	75	.537	8.0	671	617	54	Lost NL Wild-Card Game (Giants)	2,789,602	9	$ 130,612,115	6	Sandy Alderson	Terry Collins	Citi field
3	7	17	Miami Marlins	T - S - R - L	161	79	82	.491	15.5	655	682	-27	dnq	1,712,417	27	$ 70,464,500	14	Michael Hill	Don Mattingly	Marlins Park
4	11	23	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	71	91	.438	24.0	610	796	-186	dnq	1,915,144	24	$ 103,346,668	8	Matt Klentak	Pete Mackanin	Citizens Bank Park
5	13	26	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	161	68	93	.422	26.5	649	779	-130	dnq	2,020,914	22	$ 84,821,541	13	John Coppolella	Fredi Gonzalez	Turner Field
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	91	71	.562	--	725	638	87	Lost in NLCS (Cubs)	3,703,312	1	$ 253,639,162	1	Farhan Zaidi	Dave Roberts	Dodger Stadium
2	4	9	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	87	75	.537	4.0	715	631	84	Lost in 1st Round (Cubs)	3,365,256	4	$ 171,464,943	2	Brian Sabean	Bruce Bochy	AT&T Park
3	9	20	Colorado Rockies	T - S - R - L	162	75	87	.463	16.0	845	860	-15	dnq	2,602,524	11	$ 113,242,571	7	Jeff Bridich	Walt Weiss	Coors Field
4	12	25	Arizona Diamondbacks	T - S - R - L	162	69	93	.426	22.0	752	890	-138	dnq	2,036,216	21	$ 98,657,436	11	Dave Stewart	Chip Hale	Chase Field
5	14	29	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	68	94	.420	23.0	686	770	-84	dnq	2,351,426	15	$ 100,547,000	9	AJ Preller	Andy Green	Petco Park
30 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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