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The 1896 Cleveland Spiders season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with an 80-48 record and a second place finish in the National League. After the season they played the first-place Baltimore Orioles in the Temple Cup series. The same two teams had met the previous season with the second-place Spiders beating the first-place Orioles 4 games to 1 but this year the results were reversed as the Spiders were swept in four straight.