1996 New York Yankees season

1996 New York Yankees
1996 AL East Champions 1996 AL Champions 1996 World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 1976)
New York City (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s)	George Steinbrenner
General manager(s)	Bob Watson
Manager(s)	Joe Torre
Local television	WPIX (Phil Rizzuto, Bobby Murcer, Rick Cerone) MSG (Jim Kaat, Dave Cohen, Al Trautwig)
Local radio	WABC (AM) (John Sterling, Michael Kay)
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The 1996 New York Yankees season was the 94th season for the Yankees. 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 National League champion Atlanta Braves four games to two, winning four consecutive games to overcome a two-games-to-none deficit. The Yankees earned their 23rd World Series title and their first since 1978.

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

1996 American League Records Sources:
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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 Bold = Yankees team member

Detailed records

Roster

1996 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 41 Brian Boehringer 29 Ricky Bones 59 Billy Brewer 36 David Cone 39 Paul Gibson 11 Dwight Gooden 57 Steve Howe 52 Mark Hutton 28 Scott Kamieniecki 22 Jimmy Key 27 Graeme Lloyd 54 Jim Mecir 57 Ramiro Mendoza 43 Jeff Nelson 47 Dave Pavlas 46 Andy Pettitte 56 Dale Polley 42 Mariano Rivera 17 Kenny Rogers 52 David Weathers 35 John Wetteland 55 Wally Whitehurst 27 Bob Wickman		Catchers 25 Joe Girardi 13 Jim Leyritz 60 Tim McIntosh 55 Jorge Posada Infielders 12 Wade Boggs 18 Mariano Duncan 20 Robert Eenhoorn 45 Cecil Fielder 26 Andy Fox 33 Charlie Hayes 38,99 Matt Howard  2 Derek Jeter 14 Pat Kelly 24 Tino Martinez 19 Luis Sojo		Outfielders 20 Mike Aldrete 39 Dion James 21 Paul O'Neill 31 Tim Raines 28 Rubén Rivera 39 Darryl Strawberry 51 Bernie Williams 29 Gerald Williams Other batters 39 Matt Luke		Manager  6 Joe Torre 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

= Indicates team leader

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Girardi, JoeJoe Girardi	124	422	124	.294	2	45
1B	Martinez, TinoTino Martinez	155	595	174	.292	25	117
2B	Duncan, MarianoMariano Duncan	109	400	136	.340	8	56
3B	Boggs, WadeWade Boggs	132	501	156	.311	2	41
SS	Jeter, DerekDerek Jeter	157	582	183	.314	10	78
LF	Raines, TimTim Raines	59	201	57	.284	9	33
CF	Williams, BernieBernie Williams	143	551	168	.305	29	102
RF	O'Neill, PaulPaul O'Neill	150	546	165	.302	19	91
DH	Sierra, RubénRubén 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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Leyritz, JimJim Leyritz	88	265	70	.264	7	40
Strawberry, DarrylDarryl Strawberry	63	202	53	.262	11	36
Fielder, CecilCecil Fielder	53	200	52	.260	13	37
Fox, AndyAndy Fox	113	189	37	.196	3	13
Rivera, RubénRubén Rivera	46	88	25	.284	2	16
Aldrete, MikeMike Aldrete	32	68	17	.250	3	12
Hayes, CharlieCharlie Hayes	20	67	19	.284	2	13
Williams, GeraldGerald Williams	99	233	63	.270	5	30
Howard, MattMatt Howard	35	54	11	.204	1	9
Sojo, LuisLuis Sojo	18	40	11	.275	0	5
Kelly, PatPat Kelly	13	21	3	.143	0	2
Eenhoorn, RobertRobert Eenhoorn	12	14	1	.071	0	2
Posada, JorgeJorge Posada	8	14	1	.071	0	0
James, DionDion James	6	12	2	.167	0	0
McIntosh, TimTim McIntosh	3	3	0	.000	0	0
Luke, MattMatt Luke	1	0	0	---	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Pettitte, AndyAndy Pettitte	35	221	21	8	3.87	162
Key, JimmyJimmy Key	30	169.1	12	11	4.68	116
Rogers, KennyKenny Rogers	30	179	12	8	4.68	92
Gooden, DwightDwight Gooden	29	170.2	11	7	5.01	126
Cone, DavidDavid Cone	11	72	7	2	2.88	71
Mendoza, RamiroRamiro Mendoza	12	53	4	5	6.79	34
Whitehurst, WallyWally 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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Boehringer, BrianBrian Boehringer	15	46.1	2	4	5.44	37
Hutton, MarkMark Hutton	12	30.1	0	2	5.04	25
Weathers, DavidDavid Weathers	11	17.1	0	2	9.35	13
Kamieniecki, ScottScott Kamieniecki	7	22.2	1	2	11.12	15
Bones, RickyRicky Bones	4	7	0	0	14.14	4

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Wetteland, JohnJohn Wetteland	62	2	3	43	2.83	69
Nelson, JeffJeff Nelson	73	4	4	2	4.36	91
Rivera, MarianoMariano Rivera	61	8	3	5	2.09	130
Wickman, BobBob Wickman	58	4	1	0	4.67	61
Polley, DaleDale Polley	32	1	3	0	7.89	14
Mecir, JimJim Mecir	26	1	1	0	5.13	38
Pavlas, DaveDave Pavlas	16	0	0	1	2.35	18
Howe, SteveSteve Howe	25	0	1	1	6.35	5
Brewer, BillyBilly Brewer	4	1	0	0	9.53	8
Lloyd, GraemeGraeme Lloyd	13	0	2	0	17.47	6
Gibson, PaulPaul Gibson	4	0	0	0	6.23	3
Aldrete, MikeMike Aldrete	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

ALDS

Game 1, October 1

Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	8	0
New York	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0
WP: John Burkett (1–0)   LP: David Cone (0–1) Home runs: Tex: Juan González (1), Dean Palmer (1) NYY: None

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: Tex: Juan González (2, 3) NYY: 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: NYY: Bernie Williams (1) Tex: 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: NYY: Bernie Williams (2, 3) Tex: Juan González (5)

Postseason

ALCS

Game	Score	Date
1	Baltimore 4, New York 5	October 9
2	Baltimore 5, New York 3	October 10
3	New York 5, Baltimore 2	October 11
4	New York 8, Baltimore 4	October 12
5	New York 6, Baltimore 4	October 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] when then-12 year old fan 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

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: ATL: Andruw Jones 2 (2), Fred McGriff (1) NYY: None

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: NYY: Bernie Williams (1) ATL: None

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: NYY: Jim Leyritz (1) ATL: 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

• Cecil Fielder, Babe Ruth Award
• Derek Jeter, SS, American League Rookie of the Year
• Bernie Williams, ALCS Most Valuable Player
• John Wetteland, World Series Most Valuable Player

All-Stars

All-Star Game

• Wade Boggs, Third Base, Starter
• Andy Pettitte, Pitcher, Reserve
• John Wetteland, Relief Pitcher, Reserve

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	Stump Merrill
AA	Norwich Navigators	Eastern League	Jim Essian
A	Tampa Yankees	Florida State League	Trey Hillman
A	Greensboro Bats	South Atlantic League	Rick Patterson and Jimmy Johnson
A-Short Season	Oneonta Yankees	New York–Penn League	Gary Tuck
Rookie	GCL Yankees	Gulf Coast League	Ken Dominguez

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus, GCL Yankees^[22]

References

External links

• 1996 New York Yankees
• 1996 World Series
• 1996 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac