Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees
Major League Baseball season
1996 New York Yankees
American League (since 1901 ) Yankee Stadium (since 1976 )New York City (since 1903 ) Record 92–70 (.568) Divisional place 1st Owner(s) George Steinbrenner General manager(s) Bob Watson Manager(s) Joe Torre Local television WPIX Phil Rizzuto , Bobby Murcer , Rick Cerone , Suzyn Waldman )MSG Jim Kaat , Dave Cohen, Al Trautwig )Local radio WABC (AM) John Sterling , Michael Kay )< Previous season Next season >
The 1996 New York Yankees season was the 94th season for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball . The 1996 New York Yankees were managed by Joe Torre , and played at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx .
The team finished first in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 92–70, 4 games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles and won their first division title since 1981 (the 1994 team had the best record in the American League, but the strike took it away). The team defeated the Texas Rangers in the American League Division Series , three games to one. The Yankees went on to defeat the Orioles in the American League Championship Series four games to one.
In the 1996 World Series the Yankees beat the defending National League and World Series champion Atlanta Braves four games to two, winning four consecutive games to overcome a two-games-to-none deficit. All told, the Yankees finished the post-season with an 8-0 road win-loss record, while going just 3-4 at home.
The Yankees earned their 23rd World Series title and their first since 1978 . It was the last season for Hall of Fame TV announcer Phil Rizzuto , who left the team's broadcast crew that year.
Offseason [ ] December 4, 1995: Jalal Leach was drafted by the Montreal Expos from the New York Yankees in the 1995 minor league draft.[1]
December 7, 1995: Russ Davis and Sterling Hitchcock were traded by the Yankees to the Seattle Mariners for Tino Martinez , Jeff Nelson and Jim Mecir .[2]
December 11, 1995: Mariano Duncan was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.[3]
December 21, 1995: David Cone was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.[4]
December 28, 1995: The Yankees traded a player to be named later to the Chicago White Sox for Tim Raines . The Yankees completed the deal by sending Blaise Kozeniewski to the White Sox on February 6, 1996.[5]
February 20, 1996: Dwight Gooden was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.[6]
February 24, 1996: Tim McIntosh was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.[7]
March 31, 1995: Rafael Quirico was released by the Yankees.[8] Regular season [ ] Notable transactions [ ] June 4, 1996: 1996 Major League Baseball draft
Nick Johnson was drafted by the Yankees in the 3rd round. Player signed June 14, 1996.[9] Scott Seabol was drafted by the Yankees in the 88th round. Player signed June 25, 1996.[10]
June 12, 1996: Rich Monteleone was traded by the Yankees to the California Angels for Mike Aldrete .[11]
June 12, 1996: Wally Whitehurst was selected off waivers by the Yankees from the Montreal Expos .[12]
July 4, 1996: Darryl Strawberry was purchased by the Yankees from the St. Paul Saints .[13]
July 31, 1996: Rubén Sierra and Matt Drews (minors) were traded by the Yankees to the Detroit Tigers for Cecil Fielder .[14]
July 31, 1996: Dave Weathers was traded by the Florida Marlins to the New York Yankees for Mark Hutton.[15]
August 22, 1996: Luis Sojo was selected off waivers by the Yankees from the Seattle Mariners .[16]
August 23, 1996: Bob Wickman and Gerald Williams were traded by the Yankees to the Milwaukee Brewers for Pat Listach , Graeme Lloyd and a player to be named later. The Brewers completed the trade by sending Ricky Bones to the Yankees on August 29.[17]
August 30, 1996: The Yankees traded a player to be named later to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Charlie Hayes . The Yankees completed the deal by sending Chris Corn to the Pirates on August 31.[18]
September 6, 1996: Robert Eenhoorn was selected off waivers from the Yankees by the California Angels .[19]
September 12, 1996: Wally Whitehurst was released by the Yankees.[12] Season standings [ ]
AL East
W
L
Pct.
GB
Home
Road
New York Yankees
92
70
0.568
—
49–31
43–39
Baltimore Orioles
88
74
0.543
4
43–38
45–36
Boston Red Sox
85
77
0.525
7
47–34
38–43
Toronto Blue Jays
74
88
0.457
18
35–46
39–42
Detroit Tigers
53
109
0.327
39
27–54
26–55
Record vs. opponents [ ]
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team
BAL
BOS
CAL
CWS
CLE
DET
KC
MIL
MIN
NYY
OAK
SEA
TEX
TOR
Baltimore
—
7–6
6–6
4–8
5–7
11–2
9–3
9–3
7–5
3–10
9–4
7–5
3–10–1
8–5
Boston
6–7
—
8–4
6–6
1–11
12–1
3–9
7–5
6–6
7–6
8–5
7–6
6–6
8–5
California
6–6
4–8
—
6–6
4–9
6–6
4–8
7–5
4–8
7–6
6–7
5–8
4–9
7–5
Chicago
8–4
6–6
6–6
—
5–8
10–3
7–6
6–7
6–7
6–7
5–7
5–7
8–4
7–5
Cleveland
7–5
11–1
9–4
8–5
—
12–0
7–6
7–6
10–3
3–9
6–6
8–4
4–8
7–5
Detroit
2–11
1–12
6–6
3–10
0–12
—
6–6
4–8
6–6
5–8
4–8
6–6
4–9
6–7
Kansas City
3–9
9–3
8–4
6–7
6–7
6–6
—
4–9
6–7
4–8
5–7
7–5
6–6
5–8
Milwaukee
3–9
5–7
5–7
7–6
6–7
8–4
9–4
—
9–4
6–6
7–5
4–9
6–7
5–7
Minnesota
5–7
6–6
8–4
7–6
3–10
6–6
7–6
4–9
—
5–7
6–7
6–6
7–5
8–5
New York
10–3
6–7
6–7
7–6
9–3
8–5
8–4
6–6
7–5
—
9–3
3–9
5–7
8–5
Oakland
4–9
5–8
7–6
7–5
6–6
8–4
7–5
5–7
7–6
3–9
—
8–5
7–6
4–8
Seattle
5–7
6–7
8–5
7–5
4–8
6–6
5–7
9–4
6–6
9–3
5–8
—
10–3
5–7
Texas
10–3–1
6–6
9–4
4–8
8–4
9–4
6–6
7–6
5–7
7–5
6–7
3–10
—
10–2
Toronto
5–8
5–8
5–7
5–7
5–7
7–6
8–5
7–5
5–8
5–8
8–4
7–5
2–10
—
Game log [ ]
1996 Game Log: 92–70 (Home: 49–31; Away: 43–39)
show April: 13–10 (Home: 7–3; Away: 6–7)
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Record
1
April 2
@ Indians
7–1
Cone (1–0)Martinez
—
42,289
1–0
2
April 3
@ Indians
5–1
Pettitte (1–0)McDowell
Nelson (1)41,843
2–0
3
April 6
@ Rangers
2–4
Witt
Key (0–1)Henneman
35,510
2–1
4
April 7
@ Rangers
2–7
Hill
Gooden (0–1)—
—
2–2
5
April 7
@ Rangers
1–4
Pavlik
Howe (0–1)Vosberg
36,248
2–3
6
April 9
Royals 7–3
Pettitte (2–0)Haney
—
56,329
3–3
7
April 11
Royals 5–3
Key (1–1)Belcher
Howe (1)17,519
4–3
8
April 12
Rangers 4–3
Cone (2–0)Hill
Wetteland (1)20,238
5–3
9
April 13
Rangers 6–10
Pavlik
Gooden (0–2)Vosberg
19,603
5–4
10
April 14
Rangers 12–3
Pettitte (3–0)Gross
—
20,181
6–4
11
April 16
@ Brewers
3–6
Karl
Key (1–2)—
7,059
6–5
12
April 17
@ Brewers
4–8
Bones
Cone (2–1)—
7,124
6–6
13
April 19
@ Twins
1–7
Rodriguez
Gooden (0–3)—
20,279
6–7
14
April 20
@ Twins
7–6
Wickman (1–0)Guardado
Wetteland (2)24,586
7–7
15
April 21
@ Twins
9–5
Rogers (1–0)Radke
—
20,115
8–7
16
April 22
@ Royals
6–2
Cone (3–1)Appier
—
14,763
9–7
17
April 23
@ Royals
2–5
Gubicza
Key (1–3)Montgomery
12,536
9–8
18
April 24
Indians 10–8
Kamieniecki (1–0)Martinez
—
20,187
10–8
19
April 25
Indians 3–4
Poole
Pettitte (3–1)Mesa
18,580
10–9
20
April 26
Twins 5–4
Rivera (1–0)Radke
Wetteland (3)14,450
11–9
21
April 27
Twins 6–8 (10)
Bennett
Wickman (1–1)—
20,025
11–10
22
April 28
Twins 6–3
Rivera (2–0)Rodriguez
Wetteland (4)24,793
12–10
23
April 30
@ Orioles
13–10
Nelson (1–0)Shepherd
Wetteland (5)43,117
13–10
show May: 16–11 (Home: 11–5; Away: 5–6)
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Record
24
May 1
@ Orioles
11–6 (15)
Pettitte (4–1)Mercker
—
47,472
14–10
25
May 2
White Sox 5–1
Cone (4–1)Fernandez
—
19,773
15–10
26
May 3
White Sox 2–0
Rivera (3–0)Thomas
Wetteland (6)15,599
16–10
27
May 4
White Sox 5–11
Karchner
Nelson (1–1)—
20,661
16–11
28
May 5
White Sox 7–1
Pettitte (5–1)Tapani
—
26,525
17–11
29
May 6
Tigers 10–5
Wickman (2–1)Myers
—
12,838
18–11
30
May 7
Tigers 12–5
Mecir (1–0)Lewis
Nelson (2)12,760
19–11
31
May 8
Tigers 10–3
Gooden (1–3)Keagle
—
18,729
20–11
32
May 9
Tigers 2–4
Gohr
Key (1–4)Myers
13,098
20–12
33
May 10
@ White Sox
2–5
Tapani
Pettitte (5–2)Hernandez
15,784
20–13
34
May 11
@ White Sox
5–7
McCaskill
Wetteland (0–1)—
25,722
20–14
35
May 12
@ White Sox
9–8
Wickman (3–1)Thomas
Wetteland (7)17,405
21–14
36
May 14
Mariners 2–0
Gooden (2–3)Hitchcock
—
20,786
22–14
37
May 15
Mariners 5–10
Hurtado
Key (1–5)—
20,680
22–15
38
May 17
Angels 8–5
Pettitte (6–2)Abbott
Rivera (1)19,087
23–15
39
May 18
Angels 7–3
Rogers (2–0)Williams
Rivera (2)22,821
24–15
40
May 19
Angels 1–10
Finley
Kamieniecki (1–1)—
37,326
24–16
41
May 21
Athletics 7–3
Gooden (3–3)Reyes
—
15,614
25–16
42
May 22
Athletics 1–5
Wojciechowski
Pettitte (6–3)Mohler
18,544
25–17
43
May 23
Athletics 4–3
Rogers (3–0)Taylor
Wetteland (8)19,315
26–17
44
May 24
@ Mariners
4–10
Hitchcock
Kamieniecki (1–2)—
44,236
26–18
45
May 25
@ Mariners
5–4
Mendoza (1–0)Hurtado
Wetteland (9)57,173
27–18
46
May 26
@ Mariners
3–4
Menhart
Gooden (3–4)Charlton
42,410
27–19
47
May 27
@ Angels
16–5
Pettitte (7–3)Abbott
—
20,926
28–19
48
May 28
@ Angels
0–1
Grimsley
Rogers (3–1)—
17,284
28–20
49
May 29
@ Angels
0–4
Finley
Mendoza (1–1)—
19,246
28–21
50
May 31
@ Athletics
4–1
Key (2–5)Johns
Wetteland (10)13,279
29–21
show June: 18–11 (Home: 7–6; Away: 11–5)
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Record
51
June 1
@ Athletics
6–3
Pettitte (8–3)Chouinard
Wetteland (11)21,354
30–21
52
June 2
@ Athletics
11–4
Rogers (4–1)Wojciechowski
Wetteland (12)26,331
31–21
53
June 4
Blue Jays 5–4
Gooden (4–4)Hanson
Wetteland (13)17,368
32–21
54
June 5
Blue Jays 7–12
Hentgen
Key (2–6)—
17,142
32–22
55
June 6
Blue Jays 8–1
Pettitte (9–3)Quantrill
—
18,475
33–22
56
June 7
@ Tigers
5–6
Lewis
Nelson (1–2)—
16,350
33–23
57
June 8
@ Tigers
7–9
Olson
Rogers (4–2)Lewis
20,173
33–24
58
June 9
@ Tigers
3–2
Gooden (5–4)Gohr
Wetteland (14)16,588
34–24
59
June 10
@ Blue Jays
5–3
Key (3–6)Hentgen
Wetteland (15)37,332
35–24
60
June 11
@ Blue Jays
6–4
Pettitte (10–3)Quantrill
Wetteland (16)32,114
36–24
61
June 12
@ Blue Jays
4–7
Janzen
Mendoza (1–2)—
44,238
36–25
62
June 13
Indians 2–6
Hershiser
Rogers (4–3)Shuey
30,707
36–26
63
June 14
Indians 4–3
Gooden (6–4)Ogea
Wetteland (17)32,580
37–26
64
June 15
Indians 3–10
Nagy
Boehringer (0–1)—
42,032
37–27
65
June 16
Indians 5–4
Pettitte (11–3)Martinez
Wetteland (18)51,180
38–27
66
June 17
Twins 3–6
Aldred
Mendoza (1–3)Naulty
16,189
38–28
67
June 18
Twins 2–0
Rogers (5–3)Radke
Wetteland (19)17,593
39–28
68
June 21
@ Indians
8–7 (10)
Nelson (2–2)Mesa
Wetteland (20)42,176
40–28
69
June 21
@ Indians
9–3
Mendoza (2–3)Tavarez
—
42,454
41–28
70
June 22
@ Indians
11–9
Brewer (1–0)Martinez
Wetteland (21)42,461
42–28
71
June 23
@ Indians
6–5
Gooden (7–4)McDowell
Wetteland (22)41,767
43–28
72
June 24
@ Twins
0–3
Robertson
Pettitte (11–4)—
20,488
43–29
73
June 25
@ Twins
1–6
Rodriguez
Boehringer (0–2)—
—
43–30
74
June 25
@ Twins
6–2
Mendoza (3–3)Serafini
—
16,641
44–30
75
June 26
@ Twins
2–1
Polley (1–0)Guardado
Wetteland (23)19,116
45–30
76
June 27
Orioles 3–2
Rogers (6–3)Erickson
Wetteland (24)34,161
46–30
77
June 28
Orioles 4–7
Rhodes
Rivera (3–1)Myers
43,515
46–31
78
June 29
Orioles 4–3
Pettitte (12–4)Mussina
Wetteland (25)45,295
47–31
79
June 30
Orioles 1–9
Wells
Mendoza (3–4)—
40,200
47–32
show July: 16–10 (Home: 10–3; Away: 6–7)
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Record
80
July 1
Red Sox 2–0
Key (4–6)Clemens
Wetteland (26)27,734
48–32
81
July 2
Red Sox 7–5
Nelson (3–2)Hudson
Wetteland (27)28,310
49–32
82
July 4
Brewers 4–1
Pettitte (13–4)Karl
Wetteland (28)24,243
50–32
83
July 5
Brewers 12–3
Gooden (8–4)Bones
—
26,699
51–32
84
July 6
Brewers 2–0
Key (5–6)Sparks
Wetteland (29)24,033
52–32
85
July 7
Brewers 1–4
McDonald
Rogers (6–4)Fetters
35,242
52–33
86
July 11
@ Orioles
4–2
Key (6–6)Mussina
Wetteland (30)46,760
53–33
87
July 13
@ Orioles
3–2
Nelson (4–2)Wells
Wetteland (31)—
54–33
88
July 13
@ Orioles
7–5
Gooden (9–4)Rhodes
Wetteland (32)46,451
55–33
89
July 14
@ Orioles
4–1
Pettitte (14–4)Erickson
Wetteland (33)47,658
56–33
90
July 15
@ Red Sox
6–8
Wakefield
Hutton (0–1)Slocumb
33,263
56–34
91
July 16
@ Red Sox
9–5
Key (7–6)Clemens
—
34,676
57–34
92
July 17
@ Red Sox
11–12
Eshelman
Wetteland (0–2)—
34,082
57–35
93
July 18
@ Brewers
4–16
Karl
Gooden (9–5)—
19,079
57–36
94
July 19
@ Brewers
5–7
Eldred
Pettitte (14–5)Fetters
19,300
57–37
95
July 20
@ Brewers
4–2
Rivera (4–1)Van Egmond
Wetteland (34)25,473
58–37
96
July 21
@ Brewers
2–3
D'Amico
Key (7–7)Fetters
25,662
58–38
97
July 22
Rangers 1–6
Hill
Rogers (6–5)—
30,767
58–39
98
July 23
Rangers 6–0
Gooden (10–5)Pavlik
—
22,814
59–39
99
July 24
Rangers 4–2
Pettitte (15–5)Alberro
Wetteland (35)35,308
60–39
100
July 25
Royals 0–7
Rosado
Hutton (0–2)—
23,475
60–40
101
July 26
Royals 15–1
Key (8–7)Haney
—
23,782
61–40
102
July 27
Royals 5–4
Rogers (7–5)Belcher
Wetteland (36)42,044
62–40
103
July 28
Royals 3–2
Wetteland (1–2)Jacome
—
35,658
63–40
104
July 30
@ Rangers
2–15
Witt
Pettitte (15–6)—
39,637
63–41
105
July 31
@ Rangers
2–9
Oliver
Key (8–8)—
30,645
63–42
show August: 13–17 (Home: 7–9; Away: 6–8)
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Record
106
August 1
@ Rangers
6–5
Rogers (8–5)Hill
Wetteland (37)34,855
64–42
107
August 2
@ Royals
3–4 (10)
Montgomery
Rivera (4–2)—
28,618
64–43
108
August 3
@ Royals
4–11
Linton
Weathers (0–1)—
29,355
64–44
109
August 4
@ Royals
5–3
Pettitte (16–6)Rosado
—
24,624
65–44
110
August 5
@ Royals
5–2
Key (9–8)Pichardo
Wetteland (38)22,865
66–44
111
August 6
White Sox 9–2
Rogers (9–5)Tapani
—
33,025
67–44
112
August 7
White Sox 4–8 (10)
Hernandez
Nelson (4–3)—
31,098
67–45
113
August 8
White Sox 8–4
Wickman (4–1)Andujar
Rivera (3)35,898
68–45
114
August 9
Tigers 3–5
Cummings
Pettitte (16–7)Myers
23,439
68–46
115
August 10
Tigers 7–13
Lewis
Key (9–9)—
28,863
68–47
116
August 11
Tigers 12–0
Rogers (10–5)Lira
—
33,517
69–47
117
August 12
@ White Sox
2–3 (10)
Hernandez
Wetteland (1–3)—
32,492
69–48
118
August 13
@ White Sox
4–8
Bertotti
Weathers (0–2)—
26,455
69–49
119
August 14
@ White Sox
3–1
Pettitte (17–7)Baldwin
Rivera (4)23,350
70–49
120
August 16
Mariners 5–6
Hitchcock
Polley (1–1)Jackson
50,724
70–50
121
August 17
Mariners 3–10
Moyer
Rogers (10–6)—
51,729
70–51
122
August 18
Mariners 12–13 (12)
Ayala
Mecir (1–1)Jackson
44,769
70–52
123
August 19
Mariners 10–4
Pettitte (18–7)Carmona
—
33,994
71–52
124
August 20
Angels 17–6
Boehringer (1–2)Springer
—
20,795
72–52
125
August 21
Angels 1–7
Dickson
Key (9–10)Percival
27,811
72–53
126
August 22
Angels 3–12
Finley
Rogers (10–7)—
27,191
72–54
127
August 23
Athletics 5–3
Gooden (11–5)Wengert
Rivera (5)34,244
73–54
128
August 24
Athletics 5–4
Whitehurst (1–0)Telgheder
Pavlas (1)32,125
74–54
129
August 25
Athletics 4–6
Mohler
Nelson (4–4)Acre
50,808
74–55
130
August 26
@ Mariners
1–2
Ayala
Lloyd (0–1)Charlton
32,857
74–56
131
August 27
@ Mariners
4–7
Moyer
Lloyd (0–2)—
32,975
74–57
132
August 28
@ Mariners
2–10
Mulholland
Gooden (11–6)—
30,952
74–58
133
August 29
@ Angels
3–14
Holtz
Whitehurst (1–1)—
19,755
74–59
134
August 30
@ Angels
6–2
Pettitte (19–7)Springer
—
27,084
75–59
135
August 31
@ Angels
14–3
Key (10–10)Dickson
—
28,749
76–59
show September: 16–11 (Home: 7–5; Away: 9–6)
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Record
136
September 1
@ Angels
0–4
Finley
Rogers (10–8)—
19,384
76–60
137
September 2
@ Athletics
5–0
Cone (5–1)Prieto
—
20,159
77–60
138
September 3
@ Athletics
9–10
Acre
Boehringer (1–3)Johns
11,621
77–61
139
September 4
@ Athletics
10–3
Pettitte (20–7)Telgheder
—
9,892
78–61
140
September 6
Blue Jays 4–3
Rivera (5–2)Risley
—
21,528
79–61
141
September 7
Blue Jays 2–3
Quantrill
Cone (5–2)Timlin
27,069
79–62
142
September 8
Blue Jays 2–4
Hanson
Pettitte (20–8)Timlin
28,575
79–63
143
September 10
@ Tigers
9–8
Rivera (6–2)Sager
Wetteland (39)11,042
80–63
144
September 11
@ Tigers
7–3
Key (11–10)Lira
—
9,775
81–63
145
September 12
@ Tigers
12–3
Cone (6–2)Thompson
—
9,009
82–63
146
September 13
@ Blue Jays
4–1
Pettitte (21–8)Hanson
Wetteland (40)31,227
83–63
147
September 14
@ Blue Jays
3–1
Boehringer (2–3)Hentgen
Wetteland (41)43,397
84–63
148
September 15
@ Blue Jays
1–3
Williams
Mendoza (3–5)Timlin
36,268
84–64
149
September 16
@ Blue Jays
10–0
Key (12–10)Quantrill
—
30,115
85–64
150
September 18
Orioles 3–2 (10)
Rivera (7–2)Mills
—
40,775
86–64
151
September 19
Orioles 9–3
Rogers (11–8)Mussina
—
—
87–64
152
September 19
Orioles 9–10
Mathews
Rivera (7–3)Myers
54,888
87–65
153
September 20
Red Sox 2–4
Wakefield
Polley (1–2)Slocumb
39,883
87–66
154
September 21
Red Sox 12–11 (10)
Wetteland (2–3)Hudson
—
54,599
88–66
155
September 22
Red Sox 4–3
Rivera (8–3)Sele
Wetteland (42)34,422
89–66
156
September 23
Red Sox 3–4 (11)
Slocumb
Boehringer (2–4)Mahomes
22,728
89–67
157
September 25
Brewers 19–2
Cone (7–2)Van Egmond
—
—
90–67
158
September 25
Brewers 6–2
Rogers (12–8)Karl
—
37,947
91–67
159
September 26
@ Red Sox
3–5
Maddux
Key (12–11)Slocumb
32,367
91–68
160
September 27
@ Red Sox
5–7
Sele
Gooden (11–7)Slocumb
32,573
91–69
161
September 28
@ Red Sox
4–2
Mendoza (4–5)Clemens
Wetteland (43)33,612
92–69
162
September 29
@ Red Sox
5–6
Mahomes
Polley (1–3)—
32,563
92–70
Legend: = Win = Loss
Detailed records [ ]
American League
Opponent
W
L
WP
RS RA
AL East
Baltimore Orioles 10
3
0.769
75
62
Boston Red Sox 6
7
0.462
73
72
Detroit Tigers 8
5
0.615
99
66
New York Yankees
Toronto Blue Jays 8
5
0.615
61
46
Total
32
20
0.615
308
246
AL Central
Chicago White Sox 7
6
0.538
65
59
Cleveland Indians 9
3
0.750
73
61
Kansas City Royals 8
4
0.667
60
47
Milwaukee Brewers 6
6
0.500
66
54
Minnesota Twins 7
5
0.583
48
51
Total
37
24
0.607
312
272
AL West
California Angels 6
7
0.462
76
76
Oakland Athletics 9
3
0.750
71
45
Seattle Mariners 3
9
0.250
56
80
Texas Rangers 5
7
0.417
48
68
Total
23
26
0.469
251
269
Season Total
92
70
0.568
871
787
Month
Games
Won
Lost
Win %
RS
RA
April
23
13
10
0.565
126
115
May
27
16
11
0.593
147
124
June
29
18
11
0.621
141
141
July
26
16
10
0.615
125
122
August
30
13
17
0.433
170
178
September
27
16
11
0.593
162
107
Total
162
92
70
0.568
871
787
Games
Won
Lost
Win %
RS
RA
Home
80
49
31
0.613
448
374
Away
82
43
39
0.524
423
413
Total
162
92
70
0.568
871
787
Roster [ ]
1996 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers
Catchers
25 Joe Girardi 13 Jim Leyritz 60 Tim McIntosh 55 Jorge Posada Infielders
Outfielders
Other batters
Manager
Coaches
53 José Cardenal (First Base)50 Chris Chambliss (Hitting)40 Tony Cloninger (Bullpen)30 Willie Randolph (Third Base)34 Mel Stottlemyre (Pitching)48 Don Zimmer (Bench)
Player stats [ ] Batting [ ] Starters by position [ ] Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
C
Joe Girardi 124
422
124
.294
2
45
1B
Tino Martinez 155
595
174
.292
25
117
2B
Mariano Duncan 109
400
136
.340
8
56
3B
Wade Boggs 132
501
156
.311
2
41
SS
Derek Jeter 157
582
183
.314
10
78
LF
Tim Raines 59
201
57
.284
9
33
CF
Bernie Williams 143
551
168
.305
29
102
RF
Paul O'Neill 150
546
165
.302
19
91
DH
Rubén Sierra 96
360
93
.258
11
52
Other batters [ ] Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pitching [ ] Starting pitchers [ ] Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Andy Pettitte 35
221
21
8
3.87
162
Jimmy Key 30
169.1
12
11
4.68
116
Kenny Rogers 30
179
12
8
4.68
92
Dwight Gooden 29
170.2
11
7
5.01
126
David Cone 11
72
7
2
2.88
71
Ramiro Mendoza 12
53
4
5
6.79
34
Wally Whitehurst 2
8
1
1
6.75
1
Other pitchers [ ] Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Relief pitchers [ ] Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
John Wetteland 62
2
3
43
2.83
69
Jeff Nelson 73
4
4
2
4.36
91
Mariano Rivera 61
8
3
5
2.09
130
Bob Wickman 58
4
1
0
4.67
61
Dale Polley 32
1
3
0
7.89
14
Jim Mecir 26
1
1
0
5.13
38
Dave Pavlas 16
0
0
1
2.35
18
Steve Howe 25
0
1
1
6.35
5
Billy Brewer 4
1
0
0
9.53
8
Graeme Lloyd 13
0
2
0
17.47
6
Paul Gibson 4
0
0
0
6.23
3
Mike Aldrete 1
0
0
0
0.00
0
ALDS [ ] Game 1, October 1 [ ] Yankee Stadium , The Bronx , New York
Game 2, October 2 [ ] Yankee Stadium , The Bronx , New York
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
R H E
Texas
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
8
1
New York 0
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
5
8
0
WP :Brian Boehringer (1–0) LP :Mike Stanton (0–1)Home runs :Juan González (2, 3)Cecil Fielder (1)
Game 3, October 4 [ ] The Ballpark in Arlington , Arlington, Texas
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R H E
New York 1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
7
1
Texas
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
6
1
WP :Jeff Nelson (1–0) LP :Darren Oliver (0–1) Sv :John Wetteland (1)Home runs :Bernie Williams (1)Juan González (4)
Game 4, October 5 [ ] The Ballpark in Arlington , Arlington, Texas
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R H E
New York 0
0
0
3
1
0
1
0
1
6
12
1
Texas
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
9
0
WP :David Weathers (1–0) LP :Roger Pavlik (0–1) Sv :John Wetteland (2)Home runs :Bernie Williams (2, 3)Juan González (5)
Postseason [ ] ALCS [ ]
Game
Score
Date
1
Baltimore 4, New York 5October 9
2
Baltimore 5, New York 3October 10
3
New York 5, Baltimore 2October 11
4
New York 8, Baltimore 4October 12
5
New York 6, Baltimore 4October 13
Jeffrey Maier [ ] On October 9, 1996, the Yankees trailed the Orioles 4–3 in the bottom of the eighth inning when shortstop Derek Jeter hit a deep fly ball to right field. Right fielder Tony Tarasco moved near the fence and appeared "to draw a bead on the ball"[20] Jeffrey Maier reached over the fence separating the stands and the field of play 9 feet below and deflected the ball into the stands. While baseball fans are permitted to catch (and keep) balls hit into the stands, if "a spectator reaches out of the stands, or goes on the playing field, and touches a live ball"[21] spectator interference is to be called.
1996 World Series [ ] Main article: 1996 World Series
Game 1 [ ] October 20, 1996, at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx , New York
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R H E
Atlanta 0
2
6
0
1
3
0
0
0
12
13
0
New York
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
4
1
WP :John Smoltz (1–0) LP :Andy Pettitte (0–1)Home runs :Andruw Jones 2 (2), Fred McGriff (1)
Game 2 [ ] October 21, 1996, at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx , New York
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R H E
Atlanta 1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
4
10
0
New York
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
1
WP :Greg Maddux (1–0) LP :Jimmy Key (0–1)
Game 3 [ ] October 22, 1996, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R H E
New York 1
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
5
8
1
Atlanta
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
6
1
WP :David Cone (1–0) LP :Tom Glavine (0–1) Sv :John Wetteland (1)Home runs :Bernie Williams (1)
Game 4 [ ] October 23, 1996, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
R H E
New York 0
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
0
2
8
12
0
Atlanta
0
4
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
6
9
2
WP :Graeme Lloyd (1–0) LP :Steve Avery (0–1) Sv :John Wetteland (2)Home runs :Jim Leyritz (1)Fred McGriff (2)
Game 5 [ ] October 24, 1996, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R H E
New York 0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
1
Atlanta
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
1
WP :Andy Pettitte (1–1) LP :John Smoltz (1–1) Sv :John Wetteland (3)
Game 6 [ ] October 26, 1996, at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx , New York
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R H E
Atlanta
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
8
0
New York 0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
x
3
8
1
WP :Jimmy Key (1–1) LP :Greg Maddux (1–1) Sv :John Wetteland (4)
Awards and honors [ ] 1996 New York Yankees – 1997 Outstanding Team ESPY Award
Cecil Fielder , Babe Ruth Award Derek Jeter , SS, American League Rookie of the YearBernie Williams, ALCS Most Valuable Player
John Wetteland , World Series Most Valuable PlayerAll-Stars [ ] All-Star Game
Wade Boggs , Third Base, StarterAndy Pettitte , Pitcher, ReserveJohn Wetteland , Relief Pitcher, ReserveFarm system [ ] See also: Minor League Baseball
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus, GCL Yankees [22]
References [ ]
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