The Baseball Hall of Fame Remembers Phil Niekro
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum mourns the passing of Class of 1997 member Phil Niekro. April 1, 1939 – December 26, 2020.
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. The record for most home runs hit in an MLB regular season, set at 4,458 in 1987, was broken, as the AL and NL combined to hit 4,962 home runs. Only 196 shutouts were recorded in the 2,266 MLB regular-season games. This was the first season in the Divisional Series era to be played to the full 162 games, as the 1994–95 player's strike caused the first two seasons of the era to be abbreviated.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum mourns the passing of Class of 1997 member Phil Niekro. April 1, 1939 – December 26, 2020.
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