1996 St. Louis Cardinals Season, Schedule & Results

1996 St. Louis Cardinals

What was the record of the 1996 St. Louis Cardinals?

The St. Louis Cardinals finished the regular season with a 88-74 record. They went 48-33 at home and 40-41 on the road. Including the postseason, the St. Louis Cardinals went 94-78. Their final game was a loss in the NL Championship Series to the Atlanta Braves.

What division did the 1996 St. Louis Cardinals play in?

The 1996 St. Louis Cardinals played in the Central Division of the National League.

What was the division record of the 1996 St. Louis Cardinals?

During the regular season, the 1996 St. Louis Cardinals went 37-15 against their NL Central opponents.

Who won the NL Central in 1996?

The Cardinals won the NL Central in the 1996 season with a 88-74 record. The Astros finished 6 games back with a 82-80 record. The Reds finished 7 games back with a 81-81 record. The Cubs finished 12 games back with a 76-86 record. The Pirates finished 15 games back with a 73-89 record.

What was the 1996 St. Louis Cardinals record against each of their divisional opponents?

Opponent	Record	Win Percentage %	Run Differential
Houston Astros	11-2	84.6%	+25
Pittsburgh Pirates	10-3	76.9%	+20
Chicago Cubs	8-5	61.5%	+13
Cincinnati Reds	8-5	61.5%	+1

What was the 1996 St. Louis Cardinals record by month?

The 1996 St. Louis Cardinals had their best month in September, when they went 17-9 and had a 65.4% win percentage. Their worst month was April, when they went 12-15 and had a 44.4% win percentage.

Month	Record	Win Percentage %	Run Differential
April	12-15	44.4%	-32
May	12-14	46.2%	-9
June	17-10	63.0%	+36
July	15-11	57.7%	+24
August	15-15	50%	+4
September	17-9	65.4%	+30

Did the 1996 St. Louis Cardinals make the Postseason?

Yes, the St. Louis Cardinals made the Postseason in 1996. They won their first series against the San Diego Padres in the NL Divisional Series. They eventually lost against the Atlanta Braves in the NL Championship Series.

What was the run differential for the 1996 St. Louis Cardinals?

The St. Louis Cardinals finished the regular season with a run differential of +53. Based on their run differential and their pythagorean expectation, the Cardinals could have been expected to have about 86.4 wins, or a 86-76 record in the regular season.

How did the 1996 St. Louis Cardinals perform in one-run games?

In one-run games, or games that went into extra innings, the 1996 St. Louis Cardinals went 30-26.

How did the 1996 St. Louis Cardinals perform in extra inning games?

During the regular season, the 1996 St. Louis Cardinals went 8-6 in extra inning games.

What was the longest win streak for the 1996 St. Louis Cardinals?

The longest win streak during the regular season for the 1996 St. Louis Cardinals was a 8 game winning streak.

What was the longest losing streak for the 1996 St. Louis Cardinals?

The longest losing streak that the St. Louis Cardinals had during the 1996 regular season was 6 games, which happened once during the season.

1996 St. Louis Cardinals Schedule

= Playoff Team

Bold = Division Opponent

Date

Opponent

Score

Regular Season

Mon, Apr 1, 1996

@ New York Mets

Loss 6 - 7

Wed, Apr 3, 1996

@ New York Mets

Win 5 - 3

Thu, Apr 4, 1996

@ New York Mets

Loss 9 - 10

Fri, Apr 5, 1996

@ Atlanta Braves

Win 5 - 4

(14)

Sat, Apr 6, 1996

@ Atlanta Braves

Win 3 - 2

(12)

Sun, Apr 7, 1996

@ Atlanta Braves

Loss 3 - 13

Mon, Apr 8, 1996

vs Montreal Expos

Loss 3 - 4

(10)

Wed, Apr 10, 1996

vs Montreal Expos

Win 4 - 1

Thu, Apr 11, 1996

vs Philadelphia Phillies

Win 2 - 1

Fri, Apr 12, 1996

vs Philadelphia Phillies

Win 6 - 1

Sat, Apr 13, 1996

vs Philadelphia Phillies

Loss 2 - 4

Sun, Apr 14, 1996

vs Philadelphia Phillies

Win 6 - 5

Mon, Apr 15, 1996

vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Win 6 - 4

Tue, Apr 16, 1996

vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Loss 3 - 13

Wed, Apr 17, 1996

vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Win 6 - 1

Thu, Apr 18, 1996

vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Loss 2 - 6

Fri, Apr 19, 1996

@ Philadelphia Phillies

Win 1 - 0

Sat, Apr 20, 1996

@ Philadelphia Phillies

Win 1 - 0

Sun, Apr 21, 1996

@ Philadelphia Phillies

Loss 2 - 4

Mon, Apr 22, 1996

@ Montreal Expos

Loss 0 - 8

Tue, Apr 23, 1996

@ Montreal Expos

Loss 11 - 12

Wed, Apr 24, 1996

vs New York Mets

Win 9 - 4

Thu, Apr 25, 1996

vs New York Mets

Loss 3 - 9

Fri, Apr 26, 1996

vs Atlanta Braves

Loss 1 - 6

Sat, Apr 27, 1996

vs Atlanta Braves

Loss 2 - 7

Mon, Apr 29, 1996

vs Atlanta Braves

Loss 1 - 4

Tue, Apr 30, 1996

@ Chicago Cubs

Loss 6 - 7

Wed, May 1, 1996

@ Chicago Cubs

Loss 3 - 9

Fri, May 3, 1996

@ San Diego Padres

Win 3 - 1

Sat, May 4, 1996

@ San Diego Padres

Win 4 - 3

Sun, May 5, 1996

@ San Diego Padres

Loss 4 - 10

Tue, May 7, 1996

vs San Francisco Giants

Loss 2 - 4

Wed, May 8, 1996

vs San Francisco Giants

Loss 7 - 10

Thu, May 9, 1996

vs San Francisco Giants

Win 16 - 8

Fri, May 10, 1996

vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Loss 2 - 3

(12)

Sat, May 11, 1996

vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Loss 2 - 4

Sun, May 12, 1996

vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Win 6 - 5

Mon, May 13, 1996

@ Florida Marlins

Loss 2 - 5

Tue, May 14, 1996

@ Florida Marlins

Loss 5 - 11

Wed, May 15, 1996

@ Florida Marlins

Win 6 - 0

Fri, May 17, 1996

@ Colorado Rockies

Loss 11 - 12

Sat, May 18, 1996

@ Colorado Rockies

Loss 8 - 9

Sun, May 19, 1996

@ Colorado Rockies

Loss 3 - 10

Mon, May 20, 1996

@ Houston Astros

Win 5 - 3

Tue, May 21, 1996

@ Houston Astros

Win 8 - 2

Wed, May 22, 1996

@ Houston Astros

Win 5 - 2

Fri, May 24, 1996

@ Florida Marlins

Win 4 - 2

Sat, May 25, 1996

@ Florida Marlins

Win 5 - 0

Sun, May 26, 1996

@ Florida Marlins

Loss 2 - 8

Mon, May 27, 1996

vs Colorado Rockies

Loss 2 - 5

Tue, May 28, 1996

vs Colorado Rockies

Loss 5 - 6

Wed, May 29, 1996

vs Colorado Rockies

Win 6 - 5

Fri, May 31, 1996

vs Houston Astros

Win 6 - 4

Sat, Jun 1, 1996

vs Houston Astros

Win 5 - 4

(10)

Sun, Jun 2, 1996

vs Houston Astros

Win 2 - 0

Mon, Jun 3, 1996

@ San Diego Padres

Win 3 - 0

Tue, Jun 4, 1996

@ San Diego Padres

Win 11 - 5

Wed, Jun 5, 1996

@ San Diego Padres

Loss 4 - 6

Fri, Jun 7, 1996

@ San Francisco Giants

Win 9 - 4

Sat, Jun 8, 1996

@ San Francisco Giants

Loss 1 - 4

Sun, Jun 9, 1996

@ San Francisco Giants

Loss 0 - 9

Mon, Jun 10, 1996

@ Los Angeles Dodgers

Loss 1 - 2

Tue, Jun 11, 1996

@ Los Angeles Dodgers

Win 6 - 3

Thu, Jun 13, 1996

vs New York Mets

Loss 1 - 2

Fri, Jun 14, 1996

vs New York Mets

Win 13 - 4

Sat, Jun 15, 1996

vs New York Mets

Win 4 - 2

Sun, Jun 16, 1996

vs New York Mets

Win 5 - 4

Tue, Jun 18, 1996

vs Philadelphia Phillies

Win 3 - 2

Wed, Jun 19, 1996

vs Philadelphia Phillies

Win 3 - 2

Thu, Jun 20, 1996

@ Montreal Expos

Loss 3 - 8

Fri, Jun 21, 1996

@ Montreal Expos

Loss 3 - 4

(12)

Sat, Jun 22, 1996

@ Montreal Expos

Win 9 - 4

Sun, Jun 23, 1996

@ Montreal Expos

Loss 2 - 3

Mon, Jun 24, 1996

@ Atlanta Braves

Win 9 - 2

Tue, Jun 25, 1996

@ Atlanta Braves

Loss 3 - 4

Wed, Jun 26, 1996

@ Atlanta Braves

Win 11 - 7

Thu, Jun 27, 1996

@ Atlanta Braves

Loss 0 - 3

Fri, Jun 28, 1996

vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Win 6 - 1

Sat, Jun 29, 1996

vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Win 6 - 5

Sun, Jun 30, 1996

vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Win 10 - 3

Mon, Jul 1, 1996

vs Cincinnati Reds

Loss 5 - 8

Tue, Jul 2, 1996

vs Cincinnati Reds

Win 4 - 3

Wed, Jul 3, 1996

vs Cincinnati Reds

Win 4 - 0

Thu, Jul 4, 1996

@ Pittsburgh Pirates

Win 7 - 1

Fri, Jul 5, 1996

@ Pittsburgh Pirates

Win 7 - 4

Sat, Jul 6, 1996

@ Pittsburgh Pirates

Win 9 - 5

Sun, Jul 7, 1996

@ Pittsburgh Pirates

Loss 2 - 8

Thu, Jul 11, 1996

@ Chicago Cubs

Loss 0 - 6

Fri, Jul 12, 1996

@ Chicago Cubs

Win 13 - 3

Sat, Jul 13, 1996

@ Chicago Cubs

Win 10 - 5

Sun, Jul 14, 1996

@ Chicago Cubs

Win 7 - 6

Mon, Jul 15, 1996

@ Cincinnati Reds

Win 8 - 3

Tue, Jul 16, 1996

@ Cincinnati Reds

Win 5 - 4

Wed, Jul 17, 1996

@ Cincinnati Reds

Win 6 - 4

Thu, Jul 18, 1996

vs Chicago Cubs

Loss 5 - 6

Fri, Jul 19, 1996

vs Chicago Cubs

Win 9 - 1

Sat, Jul 20, 1996

vs Chicago Cubs

Loss 0 - 3

Sun, Jul 21, 1996

vs Chicago Cubs

Win 6 - 5

(10)

Mon, Jul 22, 1996

vs Atlanta Braves

Loss 6 - 8

Tue, Jul 23, 1996

vs Atlanta Braves

Loss 2 - 3

Wed, Jul 24, 1996

vs Atlanta Braves

Loss 1 - 4

Thu, Jul 25, 1996

vs Montreal Expos

Loss 2 - 4

Fri, Jul 26, 1996

vs Montreal Expos

Loss 1 - 5

Sat, Jul 27, 1996

vs Montreal Expos

Win 6 - 3

Sun, Jul 28, 1996

vs Montreal Expos

Win 6 - 4

Tue, Jul 30, 1996

@ Philadelphia Phillies

Loss 7 - 8

Thu, Aug 1, 1996

@ Philadelphia Phillies

Loss 1 - 2

Thu, Aug 1, 1996

@ Philadelphia Phillies

Win 7 - 1

Fri, Aug 2, 1996

@ New York Mets

Win 4 - 3

Sat, Aug 3, 1996

@ New York Mets

Loss 4 - 5

Sun, Aug 4, 1996

@ New York Mets

Win 4 - 2

Mon, Aug 5, 1996

vs San Diego Padres

Win 8 - 2

Tue, Aug 6, 1996

vs San Diego Padres

Loss 0 - 1

Wed, Aug 7, 1996

vs San Diego Padres

Win 1 - 0

Thu, Aug 8, 1996

vs San Francisco Giants

Loss 3 - 5

(10)

Fri, Aug 9, 1996

vs San Francisco Giants

Loss 6 - 8

Sat, Aug 10, 1996

vs San Francisco Giants

Win 7 - 1

Sun, Aug 11, 1996

vs San Francisco Giants

Win 5 - 3

Tue, Aug 13, 1996

vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Loss 4 - 8

Wed, Aug 14, 1996

vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Win 6 - 1

Thu, Aug 15, 1996

vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Loss 2 - 5

Fri, Aug 16, 1996

vs Florida Marlins

Win 6 - 2

Sat, Aug 17, 1996

vs Florida Marlins

Win 4 - 3

Sun, Aug 18, 1996

vs Florida Marlins

Win 5 - 3

Tue, Aug 20, 1996

@ Colorado Rockies

Loss 4 - 5

(13)

Wed, Aug 21, 1996

@ Colorado Rockies

Loss 2 - 10

Thu, Aug 22, 1996

@ Colorado Rockies

Loss 5 - 10

Fri, Aug 23, 1996

@ Houston Astros

Win 1 - 0

Sat, Aug 24, 1996

@ Houston Astros

Loss 1 - 3

Sun, Aug 25, 1996

@ Houston Astros

Loss 1 - 4

Mon, Aug 26, 1996

@ Houston Astros

Win 3 - 2

Tue, Aug 27, 1996

vs Florida Marlins

Loss 3 - 6

Wed, Aug 28, 1996

vs Florida Marlins

Loss 2 - 3

(10)

Thu, Aug 29, 1996

vs Florida Marlins

Loss 9 - 10

Fri, Aug 30, 1996

vs Colorado Rockies

Win 7 - 4

Sat, Aug 31, 1996

vs Colorado Rockies

Win 2 - 1

Sun, Sep 1, 1996

vs Colorado Rockies

Win 15 - 6

Mon, Sep 2, 1996

vs Houston Astros

Win 8 - 7

(10)

Tue, Sep 3, 1996

vs Houston Astros

Win 12 - 3

Wed, Sep 4, 1996

vs Houston Astros

Win 6 - 4

Fri, Sep 6, 1996

vs San Diego Padres

Win 8 - 3

Sat, Sep 7, 1996

vs San Diego Padres

Win 8 - 3

Sun, Sep 8, 1996

vs San Diego Padres

Loss 4 - 5

Mon, Sep 9, 1996

@ San Francisco Giants

Win 6 - 2

Tue, Sep 10, 1996

@ San Francisco Giants

Win 1 - 0

Wed, Sep 11, 1996

@ San Francisco Giants

Loss 2 - 4

Thu, Sep 12, 1996

@ Los Angeles Dodgers

Loss 1 - 4

Fri, Sep 13, 1996

@ Los Angeles Dodgers

Win 2 - 0

Sat, Sep 14, 1996

@ Los Angeles Dodgers

Loss 5 - 9

Sun, Sep 15, 1996

@ Los Angeles Dodgers

Loss 5 - 6

Tue, Sep 17, 1996

vs Chicago Cubs

Win 5 - 3

Wed, Sep 18, 1996

vs Chicago Cubs

Win 5 - 3

Thu, Sep 19, 1996

vs Chicago Cubs

Win 5 - 4

(13)

Fri, Sep 20, 1996

@ Cincinnati Reds

Loss 2 - 4

Sun, Sep 22, 1996

@ Cincinnati Reds

Loss 3 - 6

Sun, Sep 22, 1996

@ Cincinnati Reds

Loss 0 - 6

Mon, Sep 23, 1996

@ Cincinnati Reds

Win 3 - 2

Tue, Sep 24, 1996

@ Pittsburgh Pirates

Win 7 - 1

Wed, Sep 25, 1996

@ Pittsburgh Pirates

Win 8 - 7

(11)

Fri, Sep 27, 1996

vs Cincinnati Reds

Win 2 - 1

(11)

Sat, Sep 28, 1996

vs Cincinnati Reds

Win 5 - 2

Sun, Sep 29, 1996

vs Cincinnati Reds

Loss 3 - 6

Postseason

NL Divisional Series (Won 3 - 0)

Tue, Oct 1, 1996

vs San Diego Padres

Win 3 - 1

Thu, Oct 3, 1996

vs San Diego Padres

Win 5 - 4

Sat, Oct 5, 1996

@ San Diego Padres

Win 7 - 5

NL Championship Series (Lost 3 - 4)

Wed, Oct 9, 1996

@ Atlanta Braves

Loss 2 - 4

Thu, Oct 10, 1996

@ Atlanta Braves

Win 8 - 3

Sat, Oct 12, 1996

vs Atlanta Braves

Win 3 - 2

Sun, Oct 13, 1996

vs Atlanta Braves

Win 4 - 3

Mon, Oct 14, 1996

vs Atlanta Braves

Loss 0 - 14

Wed, Oct 16, 1996

@ Atlanta Braves

Loss 1 - 3

Thu, Oct 17, 1996

@ Atlanta Braves

Loss 0 - 15

88-74	Lost NLCS
Record	Outcome

1996 St. Louis Cardinals

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