1996 in Sports - Baseball

Baseball

  • January 8; For the first time in 25 years, no one garners 75 percent of the votes needed to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Phil Niekro comes closest with 68 percent.
  • The New York Yankees won 1996 World Series defeating the Atlanta Braves.

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