1996 New York Yankees season

history

The New York Yankees' 1996 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. The team defeated the Texas Rangers in the American League Division Series, three games to one. The Yankees went on to defeat the Baltimore 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.

Offseason

Regular Season

Notable transactions

Season Standings

Roster

{| class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! colspan="10" style="background-color: #1c2841; color: white; text-align: center;" | |- | colspan="6" style="background-color:#1c2841; color: white; text-align: center;" | Roster |- | valign="top" | Pitchers
| width="25px" | | valign="top" | Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Manager
|} »1996 New York Yankees Roster by Baseball Almanac

Player stats

{| |- | style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;" | | = 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 {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" |- ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="5%" | Pos ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="16%" | Player ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | G ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | AB ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | H ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | Avg. ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | HR ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | RBI |- align="center" | C || Joe Girardi || 124 || 422 || 124 || .294 || 2 || 45 |- align="center" | 1B || Tino Martinez || 155 || bgcolor="#FFCC00"|595 || 174|| .292 || 25 || bgcolor="#FFCC00"|117 |- align="center" | 2B || Mariano Duncan || 109 || 400 || 136 || bgcolor="#FFCC00"|.340 || 8 || 56 |- align="center" | 3B || Wade Boggs || 132 || 501 || 156 || .311 || 2 || 41 |- align="center" | SS || Derek Jeter || bgcolor="#FFCC00"|157 || 582 || bgcolor="#FFCC00"|183 || .314 || 10 || 78 |- align="center" | LF || Gerald Williams || 99 || 233 || 63|| .270 || 5 || 30 |- align="center" | CF || Bernie Williams || 143 || 551 || 168 || .305 || bgcolor="#FFCC00"|29 || 102 |- align="center" | RF || Paul O'Neill || 150 || 546 || 165 || .302 || 19 || 91 |- align="center" | DH || Rubén Sierra || 96 || 360 || 93 || .258 || 11 || 52 |- align="center" |}

Other batters

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" |- ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="16%" | Player ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | G ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | AB ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | H ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | Avg. ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | HR ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | RBI |- align="center" | Jim Leyritz || 88 || 265 || 70 || .264 || 7 || 40 |- align="center" | Darryl Strawberry || 63 || 202 || 53 || .262 || 11 || 36 |- align="center" | Tim Raines || 59 || 201 || 57 || .284 || 9 || 33 |- align="center" | Cecil Fielder || 53 || 200 || 52 || .260 || 13 || 37 |- align="center" | Andy Fox || 113 || 189 || 37 || .196 || 3 || 13 |- align="center" | Rubén Rivera || 46 || 88 || 25 || .284 || 2 || 16 |- align="center" | Mike Aldrete || 32 || 68 || 17 || .250 || 3 || 12 |- align="center" | Charlie Hayes || 20 || 67 || 19 || .284 || 2 || 13 |- align="center" | Matt Howard || 35 || 54 || 11 || .204 || 1 || 9 |- align="center" | Luis Sojo || 18 || 40 || 11 || .275 || 0 || 5 |- align="center" | Pat Kelly || 13 || 21 || 3 || .143 || 0 || 2 |- align="center" | Robert Eenhoorn || 12 || 14 || 1 || .071 || 0 || 2 |- align="center" | Jorge Posada || 8 || 14 || 1 || .071 || 0 || 0 |- align="center" | Dion James || 6 || 12 || 2 || .167 || 0 || 0 |- align="center" | Tim McIntosh || 3 || 3 || 0 || .000 || 0 || 0 |- align="center" | Matt Luke || 1 || 0 || 0 || --- || 0 || 0 |- align="center" |}

Pitching

Starting pitchers

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" |- ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="16%" | Player ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | G ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | IP ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | W ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | L ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | ERA ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | SO |- align="center" | Andy Pettitte || 35 || bgcolor="#FFCC00"|221.0 || bgcolor="#FFCC00"|21 || 8 || 3.87 || bgcolor="#FFCC00"|162 |- align="center" | Jimmy Key || 30 || 169.1 || 12 || bgcolor="#FFCC00"|11 || 4.68 || 116 |- align="center" | Kenny Rogers || 30 || 179.0 || 12 || 8 || 4.68 || 92 |- align="center" | Dwight Gooden || 29 || 170.2 || 11 || 7 || 5.01 || 126 |- align="center" | David Cone || 11 || 72.0 || 7 || 2 || 2.88 || 71 |- align="center" | Ramiro Mendoza || 12 || 53.0 || 4 || 5 || 6.79 || 34 |- align="center" | Wally Whitehurst || 2 || 8.0 || 1 || 1 || 6.75 || 1 |- align="center" |}

Other pitchers

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" |- ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="16%" | Player ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | G ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | IP ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | W ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | L ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | ERA ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | SO |- align="center" | Brian Boehringer || 15 || 46.1 || 2 || 4 || 5.44 || 37 |- align="center" | Mark Hutton || 12 || 30.1 || 0 || 2 || 5.04 || 25 |- align="center" | David Weathers || 11 || 17.1 || 0 || 2 || 9.35 || 13 |- align="center" | Scott Kamieniecki || 7 || 22.2 || 1 || 2 || 11.12 || 15 |- align="center" | Ricky Bones || 4 || 7.0 || 0 || 0 || 14.14 || 4 |}

Relief pitchers

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" |- ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="16%" | Player ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | G ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | W ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | L ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | SV ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | ERA ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" | SO |- align="center" | John Wetteland || 62 || 2 || 3 || bgcolor="#FFCC00"|43 || 2.83 || 69 |- align="center" | Jeff Nelson || bgcolor="#FFCC00"|73 || 4 || 4 || 2 || 4.36 || 91 |- align="center" | Mariano Rivera || 61 || 8 || 3 || 5 || bgcolor="#FFCC00"|2.09 || 130 |- align="center" | Bob Wickman || 58 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 4.67 || 61 |- align="center" | Dale Polley || 32 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 7.89 || 14 |- align="center" | Jim Mecir || 26 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 5.13 || 38 |- align="center" | Dave Pavlas || 16 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2.35 || 18 |- align="center" | Steve Howe || 25 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 6.35 || 5 |- align="center" | Billy Brewer || 4 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 9.53 || 8 |- align="center" | Graeme Lloyd || 13 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 17.47 || 6 |- align="center" | Paul Gibson || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6.23 || 3 |- align="center" | 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

Game 3, October 4

The Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas

Game 4, October 5

The Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas

ALCS

{| border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" |-style="background: #e3e3e3;" !|Game||Score||Date |- |1|| Baltimore 4, New York 5||October 9 |-style="background: #e3e3e3;" |2|| Baltimore 5, New York 3||October 10 |- |3|| New York 5, Baltimore 2||October 11 |-style="background: #e3e3e3;" |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" »Baseball when the then-12 year old 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" »The Official Site of Major League Baseball: Official info: Official Rules spectator interference is to be called.

World Series

Game 1

October 20, 1996 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 width=425 style="margin-left:3em;" |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;" !align=left width=28%|Team !width=6%|1 !width=6%|2 !width=6%|3 !width=6%|4 !width=6%|5 !width=6%|6 !width=6%|7 !width=6%|8 !width=6%|9 !width=6%|R !width=6%|H !width=6%|E |- style="text-align:center;" |align=left|Atlanta |0||2||6 |0||1||3 |0||0||0 |12||13||0 |- style="text-align:center;" |align=left|New York |0||0||0 |0||1||0 |0||0||0 |1||4||1 |- style="text-align:left;" |colspan=13|W: John Smoltz (1-0)   L: Andy Pettitte (0-1)   |- style="text-align:left;" |colspan=13|HR: ATLAndruw Jones 2 (2), Fred McGriff (1) |}

Game 2

October 21, 1996 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 width=425 style="margin-left:3em;" |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;" !align=left width=28%|Team !width=6%|1 !width=6%|2 !width=6%|3 !width=6%|4 !width=6%|5 !width=6%|6 !width=6%|7 !width=6%|8 !width=6%|9 !width=6%|R !width=6%|H !width=6%|E |- style="text-align:center;" |align=left|Atlanta |1||0||1 |0||1||1 |0||0||0 |4||10||0 |- style="text-align:center;" |align=left|New York |0||0||0 |0||0||0 |0||0||0 |0||7||1 |- style="text-align:left;" |colspan=13|W: Greg Maddux (1-0)   L: Jimmy Key (0-1)   |}

Game 3

October 22, 1996 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 width=425 style="margin-left:3em;" |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;" !align=left width=28%|Team !width=6%|1 !width=6%|2 !width=6%|3 !width=6%|4 !width=6%|5 !width=6%|6 !width=6%|7 !width=6%|8 !width=6%|9 !width=6%|R !width=6%|H !width=6%|E |- style="text-align:center;" |align=left|New York |1||0||0 |1||0||0 |0||3||0 |5||8||1 |- style="text-align:center;" |align=left|Atlanta |0||0||0 |0||0||1 |0||1||0 |2||6||1 |- style="text-align:left;" |colspan=13|W: David Cone (1-0)   L: Tom Glavine (0-1)  S: John Wetteland (1) |- style="text-align:left;" |colspan=13|HR: NYY – Bernie Williams (1) |}

Game 4

October 23, 1996 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 width=425 style="margin-left:3em;" |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;" !align=left width=22%|Team !width=6%|1 !width=6%|2 !width=6%|3 !width=6%|4 !width=6%|5 !width=6%|6 !width=6%|7 !width=6%|8 !width=6%|9 !width=6%|10 !width=6%|R !width=6%|H !width=6%|E |- style="text-align:center;" |align=left|New York |0||0||0 |0||0||3 |0||3||0||2 |8||12||0 |- style="text-align:center;" |align=left|Atlanta |0||4||1 |0||1||0 |0||0||0||0 |6||9||2 |- style="text-align:left;" |colspan=14|W: Graeme Lloyd (1-0)   L: Steve Avery (0-1)  S: John Wetteland (2) |- style="text-align:left;" |colspan=14|HR: NYY – Jim Leyritz (1)  ATLFred McGriff (2) |}

Game 5

October 24, 1996 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 width=425 style="margin-left:3em;" |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;" !align=left width=28%|Team !width=6%|1 !width=6%|2 !width=6%|3 !width=6%|4 !width=6%|5 !width=6%|6 !width=6%|7 !width=6%|8 !width=6%|9 !width=6%|R !width=6%|H !width=6%|E |- style="text-align:center;" |align=left|New York |0||0||0 |1||0||0 |0||0||0 |1||4||1 |- style="text-align:center;" |align=left|Atlanta |0||0||0 |0||0||0 |0||0||0 |0||5||1 |- style="text-align:left;" |colspan=13|W: Andy Pettitte (1-1)   L: John Smoltz (1-1)  S: John Wetteland (3) |}

Game 6

October 26, 1996 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 width=425 style="margin-left:3em;" |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;" !align=left width=28%|Team !width=6%|1 !width=6%|2 !width=6%|3 !width=6%|4 !width=6%|5 !width=6%|6 !width=6%|7 !width=6%|8 !width=6%|9 !width=6%|R !width=6%|H !width=6%|E |- style="text-align:center;" |align=left|Atlanta |0||0||0 |1||0||0 |0||0||1 |2||8||0 |- style="text-align:center;" |align=left|New York |0||0||3 |0||0||0 |0||0||x |3||8||1 |- style="text-align:left;" |colspan=13|W: Jimmy Key (1-1)   L: Greg Maddux (1-1)  S: John Wetteland (4) |}

Awards and Honors

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

All-Star Game

References

External links


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