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1996 Eastern League season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 10, 2022
Entity authorityQ4591335 ↗
Source-derived summary

The 1996 Eastern League season began on approximately April 1 and the regular season ended on approximately September 1.

The Harrisburg Senators defeated the Portland Sea Dogs 3 games to 1 to win the Eastern League Championship Series.

Regular season

Standings

Notes:

Green shade indicates that team advanced to the playoffs

Bold indicates that team advanced to ELCS

Italics indicates that team won ELCS

Playoffs

Divisional Series

Northern Division

The Portland Sea Dogs defeated the Binghamton Mets in the Northern Division playoffs 3 games to 2.

Southern Division

The Harrisburg Senators defeated the Trenton Thunder in the Southern Division playoffs 3 games to 1.

Championship series

The Harrisburg Senators defeated the Portland Sea Dogs in the ELCS 3 games to 1.

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