2016 Major League Baseball season

2016 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 3, 2016 – October 2, 2016
Number of games	162
Number of teams	30
Regular season
League Postseason
World Series

The 2016 Major League Baseball season began on April 3, 2016 with a Sunday afternoon matchup between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates, the two teams with the best regular season records in 2015, at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. The regular season is scheduled to end on Sunday, October 2, 2016.

The Major League Baseball All-Star Game's 87th edition will be held on July 12 at Petco Park in San Diego, California, home of the San Diego Padres. The winning league will get home-field advantage in the World Series.

The 2016 Civil Rights Game will be played at a date and at a stadium to be announced.

Standings

Division

American League

National League

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road Boston Red Sox 17 11 0.607 — 8–7 9–4 Baltimore Orioles 16 11 0.593 ½ 11–4 5–7 Toronto Blue Jays 15 15 0.500 3 8–8 7–7 Tampa Bay Rays 12 14 0.462 4 9–9 3–5 New York Yankees 9 17 0.346 7 5–7 4–10 AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road Chicago White Sox 19 10 0.655 — 7–5 12–5 Cleveland Indians 13 12 0.520 4 6–5 7–7 Detroit Tigers 14 13 0.519 4 5–6 9–7 Kansas City Royals 14 13 0.519 4 9–5 5–8 Minnesota Twins 8 20 0.286 10½ 6–8 2–12 AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road Seattle Mariners 17 11 0.607 — 5–7 12–4 Texas Rangers 15 14 0.517 2½ 10–5 5–9 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 13 15 0.464 4 6–6 7–9 Oakland Athletics 13 16 0.448 4½ 5–11 8–5 Houston Astros 10 19 0.345 7½ 6–8 4–11

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road Washington Nationals 19 9 0.679 — 8–4 11–5 New York Mets 17 10 0.630 1½ 9–6 8–4 Philadelphia Phillies 16 13 0.552 3½ 8–5 8–8 Miami Marlins 15 12 0.556 3½ 5–7 10–5 Atlanta Braves 7 20 0.259 11½ 1–12 6–8 NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road Chicago Cubs 21 6 0.778 — 8–3 13–3 Pittsburgh Pirates 15 13 0.536 6½ 7–7 8–6 St. Louis Cardinals 15 14 0.517 7 8–8 7–6 Cincinnati Reds 12 17 0.414 10 10–7 2–10 Milwaukee Brewers 11 17 0.393 10½ 8–9 3–8 NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road San Francisco Giants 15 15 0.500 — 8–7 7–8 Los Angeles Dodgers 14 14 0.500 — 5–8 9–6 Colorado Rockies 14 14 0.500 — 4–8 10–6 San Diego Padres 12 17 0.414 2½ 7–9 5–8 Arizona Diamondbacks 12 18 0.400 3 5–12 7–6

Schedule

As was the case in 2015, teams are scheduled to play 19 games against each division opponent for a total of 76 games, and six or seven games against each team from the other two divisions in its league for a total of 66 games.

All teams are scheduled to play 20 interleague games throughout the season. For 2016, the interleague matchups will be AL East vs. NL West, AL Central vs. NL East, and AL West vs. NL Central.

On April 3 and 5, 2016, the Kansas City Royals and New York Mets played each other in Kauffman Stadium. It marked the first time that the two teams to play in the previous season's World Series played each other in their opening series.

On July 3, 2016, the Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins will play a special neutral-site game on a newly constructed field in Fort Bragg, North Carolina in observance of the Independence Day long weekend. It will be the first professional, regular-season sporting event held on an active military installation.^[1]

Rule changes

In February 2016, Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association agreed to two rule changes.

• Rule 6.01(j) delineates criteria for a legal slide while trying to break up a double play, which is defined as making contact with the ground before reaching the base, being able to and attempting to reach the base with a hand or foot, being able to and attempting to remain on the base at the completion of the slide (except at home plate) and not changing his path for the purpose of initiating contact with a fielder. This is intended to protect infielders while still allowing for aggressive baserunning.
• The second rule change limits managers and coaches visits to the mound to 30 seconds and shortens between innings break times by 30 seconds to match television commercial breaks.^[2]

Managerial changes

General managers

Offseason

Team	Former GM	New GM	Reason for leaving	Story/Accomplishments
Cincinnati Reds	Walt Jocketty	Dick Williams	Promoted	On November 4, 2015 Dick Williams was promoted to General Manager, replacing Walt Jocketty, who will stay on as director of operations for at least one more year.[3]
Los Angeles Angels	Bill Stoneman	Billy Eppler	Interim	On October 4, 2015, the night after the regular season ended in a loss to the Rangers, the Angels hired Billy Eppler as their new permanent general manager, replacing Bill Stoneman, who was the interim GM after Jerry Dipoto who resigned earlier in the season.[4]
Milwaukee Brewers	Doug Melvin	David Stearns	Resigned	On September 21, 2015, David Stearns replaced Doug Melvin who resigned from the club as general manager. He started his new job on October 5.[5]
Philadelphia Phillies	Ruben Amaro, Jr.	Matt Klentak	Fired	On October 24, 2015, Matt Klentak was hired as the new permanent general manager to replace interim GM Scott Proefrock, who was a temporary replacement for Ruben Amaro Jr., who was fired on September 10.[6]
Oakland Athletics	Billy Beane	David Forst	Promoted	On October 5, 2015, General Manager Billy Beane was promoted to executive general manager. David Forst was promoted as the new general manager.[7]
Seattle Mariners	Jeff Kingston	Jerry Dipoto	Interim	On September 28, 2015, Jerry Dipoto was named the new permanent general manager of the Mariners, replacing interim GM Jeff Kingston, who replaced Jack Zduriencik.[8]
Toronto Blue Jays	Alex Anthopoulos	Ross Atkins	Resigned	Anthopoulos resigned on October 29, 2015, after six seasons as the general manager of the Blue Jays.[9] Ross Atkins was named new GM days later.
Miami Marlins	Dan Jennings	Michael Hill	Fired	Jennings was fired on October 29, 2015, as general manager of the Marlins. Michael Hill was named as his replacement.[10]

Field managers

Offseason

Team	Former manager	Interim manager	Reason for leaving	New manager	Story/Accomplishments
Washington Nationals	Matt Williams	None	Fired	Dusty Baker	Matt Williams was fired on October 5, 2015, after two seasons with the team. He guided them to the division title in 2014 before losing to the world champion San Francisco Giants. He finished with a 179–145 record.[11] On November 3, 2015, the Nationals announced that Dusty Baker will be their new manager for the 2016 season.[12]
San Diego Padres	Bud Black	Pat Murphy	Interim tag not removed	Andy Green	Pat Murphy was named interim manager on June 16, 2015, after Bud Black was fired. He finished the 2015 season with a record of 42–53.[13] On October 29, 2015, Andy Green was named the new permanent manager of the Padres.[14]
Miami Marlins	Mike Redmond	Dan Jennings	Fired	Don Mattingly	Jennings made the unusual move from GM to manager when the Marlins fired Mike Redmond in May after a 16–22 start. The change failed to spark a turnaround, and the injury-riddled Marlins finished at 71–91, their sixth consecutive losing season. Jennings returned as GM[15] and was subsequently fired from that role.[10] On October 29, 2015, Don Mattingly was named the new manager.[16]
Seattle Mariners	Lloyd McClendon	None	Fired	Scott Servais	McClendon compiled records of 87–75 in 2014 and 76–86 in 2015. On October 9, 2015, it was reported that new Mariners GM Jerry Dipoto wished to hire a new manager, rather than retain McClendon from the previous GM, Jack Zduriencik.[17] On October 23, 2015, Scott Servais was the hired as the team's new manager.[18]
Los Angeles Dodgers	Don Mattingly	None	Mutual Decision	Dave Roberts	Don Mattingly and the Dodgers parted ways on October 22 after five seasons together. The Dodgers had won their third straight NL West Championship, marking the first time in franchise history that they made the playoffs three years in a row. Their season ended when they lost to the New York Mets in the Division Series. Mattingly finished with a 446–363 record.[19] On November 23, 2015, Dave Roberts was named the Los Angeles Dodgers new manager.[20]

League leaders

(updated through May 4)

American League

Hitting leaders Stat Player Total AVG Nick Castellanos (DET) .378 HR Josh Donaldson (TOR) Robinson Cano (SEA) 9 RBI Robinson Cano (SEA) 26 R Josh Donaldson (TOR) 26 H Manny Machado (BAL) 38 SB Jose Altuve (HOU) 10

Pitching leaders Stat Player Total W Chris Sale (CWS) 6 L Brett Cecil (TOR) Phil Hughes (MIN) 5 ERA Jordan Zimmermann (DET) 0.55 K David Price (BOS) 49 IP Chris Sale (CWS) 43.1 SV 3 tied with 9

National League

Hitting leaders Stat Player Total AVG Daniel Murphy (NYM) .398 HR Nolan Arenado (COL) 11 RBI Anthony Rizzo (CHC) 27 R Nolan Arenado (COL) 23 H Daniel Murphy (NYM) 39 SB Jonathan Villar (MIL) 8

Pitching leaders Stat Player Total W Jake Arrieta (CHC) 6 L 5 tied with 4 ERA Jake Arrieta (CHC) 0.84 K Clayton Kershaw (LAD) 54 IP Clayton Kershaw (LAD) 46.0 SV Kenley Jansen (LAD) 10

Milestones

Batters

• Trevor Story (COL):
  • Became the sixth player in Major League history to hit two home runs in his debut, following Charlie Reilly, Bob Nieman, Bert Campaneris, Mark Quinn and J.P. Arencibia. He also became the first National League player to hit two home runs in his debut, and he became the first player to hit two homers in his debut on Opening Day.^[21]
  • With a home run in his next game, Story joined the Cardinals' Joe Cunningham in 1954 as the only players in modern history (since 1900) with three home runs in his first two career games.^[22]
  • With another home run in his third consecutive game, Story became the first player in Major League history to hit a home run in each of his first three big-league games. He is also the first player in Major League history to hit a home run for each of his first four hits.^[23]
  • In his fourth career game, Story hit two more home runs making him the first player in Major League history to hit a home run in each of his first four big-league games. Story also became the fifth Major League player since 1900 to homer in each of his team's first four games of a season, joining Chris Davis, Nelson Cruz, Mark McGwire and Willie Mays.^[24]
  • Hit his seventh home run of the season in his sixth career big-league game setting the record for most home runs through his first six Major League contests.^[25]
  • With his ninth home run of April, on April 27 against Pittsburgh Pirates left-hander Jonathon Niese, Story set a National League rookie record for home runs in April by breaking the record set in 2001 by Albert Pujols.^[26]

• Victor Martinez (DET):
  • Became the first player in modern Major League history to hit a pinch-hit home run in his team's first two regular-season games after hitting a home run on April 6 against the Miami Marlins.^[27]
  • Recorded his 1,000 career RBI on a two-out single off Ian Kennedy of the Kansas City Royals on April 21. He became the 280th player and the fifth Venezuelan-born to reach this mark.^[28]

• A.J. Pierzynski (ATL):
  • Recorded his 2,000th career hit with a single in the second inning against the Boston Red Sox on April 27. He became the 280th player to reach this mark.^[29]

• Ichiro Suzuki (MIA)
  • Recorded his 500th career stolen base in the first inning against the Milwaukee Brewers on April 29. He became the 38th player to reach this mark.^[30]

Pitchers

No-hitters

• Jake Arrieta (CHC):
  • Threw his second career no-hitter by defeating the Cincinnati Reds 16–0 on April 21. Arrieta walked four and struck out six as he became the fourth reigning Cy Young winner (joining Sandy Koufax, Nolan Ryan and Clayton Kershaw), to throw a no-hitter the following season. Arrieta threw 119 pitches, 71 of them which were strikes. The no-hitter was historically notable for some other reasons:^[31]
    • The Cubs' 16 runs were the most scored by the winning team in any no-hitter in baseball's modern era (post-1900). The only no-hitter in which more runs were scored was in 1884, when the Buffalo Bisons defeated the Detroit Wolverines 18–0 behind Pud Galvin's no-hitter.
    • Arrieta became the first pitcher to go unbeaten in the regular season between no-hitters since Johnny Vander Meer, who threw consecutive no-hitters in 1938.

Other Pitching accomplishments

• Jonathan Papelbon (WAS):
  • Recorded his 350th career save by closing out a 4–3 win on April 4 against the Atlanta Braves. He becomes the 11th player to reach this mark.^[32]
• Brett Cecil (TOR):
  • Recorded his 38th consecutive game played without allowing an earned run on April 4 against the Tampa Bay Rays. This tied the major league record set by Craig Kimbrel.^[33] Cecil's streak came to an end the day later, when Logan Forsythe hit a home run off of him.^[34]
• John Lackey (CHC):
  • Became the 16th pitcher to beat all 30 Major League baseball teams by defeating the St. Louis Cardinals on April 18.^[35]

Miscellaneous

• The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Diego Padres 15–0 on Opening Day, making this the largest shutout victory on Opening Day in Major League history.^[36]
• The San Diego Padres became the first team in Major League history to be shut out in three consecutive games to open a season. San Diego lost to Los Angeles by the scores of 15–0, 3–0 and 7–0, respectively. The St. Louis Browns were the last team to have had a worse start, going scoreless in the first 26 innings in 1943.^[37]

Awards and honors

Monthly Awards

Player of the Month Month American League National League April Manny Machado Bryce Harper May     June     July     August     September

Pitcher of the Month Month American League National League April Jordan Zimmermann Jake Arrieta May     June     July     August     September

Rookie of the Month Month American League National League April Nomar Mazara Trevor Story May     June     July     August     September

Uniforms

Wholesale changes

The Arizona Diamondbacks unveiled their new uniform concept for 2016 on December 3, 2015.

The San Diego Padres introduced new uniforms with a blue and yellow color scheme.

Anniversaries and special events

The following teams will wear commemorative patches for special occasions:

Team	Special occasion
Arizona Diamondbacks	In memory of Joe Garagiola
Atlanta Braves	In memory of former coach Bobby Dews
	Final Season at Turner Field
Chicago Cubs	100th Anniversary at Wrigley Field
Chicago White Sox	In memory of Part-Owner Eddie Einhorn[38]
Cincinnati Reds	In memory of former clubhouse manager Bernie Stowe
Kansas City Royals	2015 World Series Championship
New York Yankees	Number 8 patch in memory of Yogi Berra
Oakland Athletics	In memory of Dave Henderson (April 4)
	In memory of Tony Phillips (April 4)
San Diego Padres	2016 All-Star Game
San Francisco Giants	In memory of Monte Irvin
	In memory of Jim Davenport
Toronto Blue Jays	40th Season of the franchise

Other changes

The Milwaukee Brewers added a new alternate uniform with modern colors and a retro design.

The Minnesota Twins added a red alternate to their uniform lineup. It features the TC logo on the chest. Although the Twins announced they would be worn on Fridays, they wore the alternate on April 25, a Monday.

The Philadelphia Phillies added a red alternate that they will wear on mid-week home matinee games.

Throwbacks

The Pirates will wear yellow 1979 throwbacks on home Sunday games, replacing the 1971 throwbacks.

The Mets will wear 1986 throwbacks on Sunday home games throughout the season to mark the 30th anniversary of their 1986 World Series title.

The Indians will wear 1976 throwbacks on June 4.

The Reds will wear 1976 throwbacks on June 24 to mark the 40th anniversary of their 1976 World Series title.

The Cubs will wear 1916 throwbacks on July 6 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Cubs playing at Wrigley Field.

The Brewers will wear 1990s throwbacks on July 30.

The Padres will wear 1998 throwbacks on August 6.

The Diamondbacks will wear their 1998-2006 throwbacks on Thursday home games.

Other uniforms

The Royals wore uniforms with a golden "Royals" script and caps with a golden KC on April 3 and 5 to mark their winning the 2015 World Series. The Royals then announced they would wear the uniforms on Friday nights for the remainder of the season.

Players, coaches, and umpires at all games wore #42 on April 15, the 69th Anniversary of Jackie Robinson's debut in the majors.

Umpires wore a "EA" patch on the left sleeves honoring umpire Emmett Ashford on April 11 for breaking the color barrier for umpires.

On April 18 (Patriots' Day), the Boston Red Sox wore home white jerseys with "BOSTON" written on the front to mark the three year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings. The uniform also sported the 2013 navy-blue circular patch with a white border on the left shoulder saying "B Strong" (with the red B in the classic font featured on the Red Sox's caps).

The Red Sox wore a patch on April 21 to mark Earth Day. The patch is of the two hanging socks surrounded by the recycling symbol. The Red Sox had worn that logo in 2008 and 2009.

The Reds and Giants wore Spanish-language "Los Rojos" and "Gigantes" uniforms respectively on May 5, Cinco de Mayo.

Teams will wear uniforms with pink lettering on May 8, Mother's Day.

Teams will wear uniforms with blue lettering on June 19, Father's Day.

The silhouetted batter logo will appear on the back belt loop of pants.^[39]

Venues

This is the Atlanta Braves' final season at Turner Field before moving into their new ballpark, which is SunTrust Park in Cobb County, Georgia. The Braves will play their final regular season game at Turner Field against the Detroit Tigers on October 2, 2016.

The Toronto Blue Jays have a full dirt infield in Rogers Centre after using sliding pits throughout their history there as well as Exhibition Stadium.^[40]

Television

National

United States

This will be the third year of the current eight-year deals with Fox Sports, ESPN and TBS. Fox will air eight weeks of baseball on Saturday night leading up to the 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, which will also air on Fox. Fox will then televise Saturday afternoon games for the last four weeks of the regular season. Fox Sports 1 will televise games on Tuesday nights and Saturdays, both during the afternoon and night. ESPN will televise games on its flagship telecast, Sunday Night Baseball, as well as Monday and Wednesday nights. TBS will televise Sunday afternoon games for the last 13 weeks of the regular season. Fox and ESPN Sunday Night Baseball telecasts will be exclusive; all other national telecasts will be subject to local blackout.

TBS will televise the American League Wild Card Game, Division Series, and Championship Series. ESPN will televise the National League Wild Card Game, Fox Sports 1 and MLB Network will televise the National League Division Series, and Fox and Fox Sports 1 will televise the National League Championship Series. The World Series will air exclusively on Fox for the 17th consecutive year.

Local

In November 2015, after negotiations surrounding revenue sharing and infrastructural mandates (including a proposed requirement that the games only be available through the league's existing apps), Fox Sports Networks reached a three-year deal with Major League Baseball to allow in-market, authenticated online streaming for eligible pay TV subscribers via Fox Sports Go, of regional telecasts for the sixteen teams it holds rights to, beginning in the 2016 season.^[41][42][43]

4K broadcasting

On October 5, 2015, Toronto Blue Jays owner Rogers Communications announced that all Blue Jays home games on Sportsnet during the 2016 season would be broadcast in 4K ultra-high definition.^[44] On April 14, 2016, it was announced that 25 MLB Network Showcase games would be broadcast in 4K exclusively on DirecTV in the 2016 season (subject to local blackout restrictions), beginning April 15.^[45]

Radio

ESPN Radio will air its 19th season of national coverage, including Sunday Night Games, Saturday games, Opening Day and holiday games, the All-Star Game, and Home Run Derby, and the entire postseason.

Local

The Chicago White Sox moved from WSCR to WLS for the 2016 season. The Chicago Cubs concurrently moved to WSCR from its sister station WBBM, per an option in the team's contract with CBS Radio in the event WSCR lost the White Sox.^[46][47][48]

The Philadelphia Phillies moves their radio broadcasts from WPHT AM to WIP FM starting on 2016.^[49]

Retirements

• Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully announced in August, 2015, that he will retire after the 2016 season, his 67th as play-by-play announcer for Los Angeles Dodgers broadcasts.^[50]
• San Diego Padres broadcaster Dick Enberg announced in September, 2015, that he will retire as San Diego Padres broadcast play-by-play announcer after the 2016 season.
• David Ortiz announced on November 18, 2015, that he will retire at the end of the 2016 season.^[51]
• Skip Schumaker announced his retirement on March 9.^[52]
• Willie Bloomquist announced his retirement on March 11.^[53]
• Adam LaRoche announced his retirement on March 15.^[54]
• Brad Penny, who last pitched in the majors in 2014, announced his retirement on March 18.^[55]
• Rafael Soriano announced his retirement on March 20.^[56]
• Chone Figgins announced his retirement on March 21.^[57]
• Philip Humber announced his retirement on March 29.^[58]
• David Murphy announced his retirement on April 25.^[59]
• Grant Balfour announced his retirement on April 29.^[60]

Retired numbers

• Wade Boggs will have his #26 retired by the Boston Red Sox on May 26. It will be the tenth number retired by the organization.^[61]
• Pete Rose will have his #14 retired by the Cincinnati Reds on June 26 as part of the Reds' Hall of Fame Ceremony. Rose is also to be inducted as part of the Reds' 2016 induction class. This will be the tenth number retired by the Reds.^[62]
• Mike Piazza will have his #31 retired by the New York Mets on July 30. This will be the fourth number retired by the Mets.^[63]
• Ken Griffey Jr. will have his #24 retired by the Seattle Mariners during the pregame on August 6. It will be the first number retired by the team. Griffey, Jr.'s number will also be retired throughout the whole Mariners minor leagues.^[64]

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External links

• 2016 Major League Baseball season schedule