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1996 New York Yankees
1996 AL East Champions
1996 AL Champions
1996 World Series Champions
File:NY Yankees Logo.png
DivisionEastern Division
BallparkYankee Stadium
CityNew York City, New York
OwnersGeorge Steinbrenner
ManagersJoe Torre
TelevisionWPIX
(Phil Rizzuto, Bobby Murcer, Rick Cerone)
MSG
(Dave Cohen, Jim Kaat, Al Trautwig)
RadioWABC (AM)
(Michael Kay, John Sterling)
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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.

Although the World Series win ended the longest drought in team history, the team, like baseball itself, was still reeling from the player's strike two years before and the fallout from it. The strike resulted in many lost opportunities, because many members of the 1994 team were not there in 1996.[1][2] Buck Showalter, who was the Yankees manager in 1994 and fired as a result of the fallouts from the strike,[2] could not watch the World Series because of how he felt in 1994 when the strike ended the Yankees championship hopes. He said of 1994: "That sits in my craw a little bit. It's not something you can go back and rectify. I feel badly for the fans."[3]


Offseason

  • December 4, 1995: Jalal Leach was drafted by the Montreal Expos from the New York Yankees in the 1995 minor league draft.[4]
  • December 11, 1995: Mariano Duncan was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.[5]
  • December 21, 1995: David Cone was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.[6]
  • 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.[7]
  • February 20, 1996: Dwight Gooden was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.[8]
  • February 24, 1996: Tim McIntosh was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.[9]
  • March 31, 1995: Rafael Quirico was released by the Yankees.[10]

Regular season

Notable transactions

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 92 70 .568 — 49‍–‍31 43‍–‍39
Baltimore Orioles 88 74 .543 4 43‍–‍38 45‍–‍36
Boston Red Sox 85 77 .525 7 47‍–‍34 38‍–‍43
Toronto Blue Jays 74 88 .457 18 35‍–‍46 39‍–‍42
Detroit Tigers 53 109 .327 39 27‍–‍54 26‍–‍55

Roster

1996 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Jim Leyritz 88 265 70 .264 7 40
Darryl Strawberry 63 202 53 .262 11 36
Cecil Fielder 53 200 52 .260 13 37
Andy Fox 113 189 37 .196 3 13
Rubén Rivera 46 88 25 .284 2 16
Mike Aldrete 32 68 17 .250 3 12
Charlie Hayes 20 67 19 .284 2 13
Gerald Williams 99 233 63 .270 5 30
Matt Howard 35 54 11 .204 1 9
Luis Sojo 18 40 11 .275 0 5
Pat Kelly 13 21 3 .143 0 2
Robert Eenhoorn 12 14 1 .071 0 2
Jorge Posada 8 14 1 .071 0 0
Dion James 6 12 2 .167 0 0
Tim McIntosh 3 3 0 .000 0 0
Matt 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
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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Brian Boehringer 15 46.1 2 4 5.44 37
Mark Hutton 12 30.1 0 2 5.04 25
David Weathers 11 17.1 0 2 9.35 13
Scott Kamieniecki 7 22.2 1 2 11.12 15
Ricky 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
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

Main article: 1996 American League Division Series

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

Main article: 1996 American League Championship Series
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" [22] 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" [23] spectator interference is to be called.

1996 World Series

Main article: 1996 World Series

Game 1

October 20, 1996 at Yankee Stadium in New York, 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
W: John Smoltz (1-0)   L: Andy Pettitte (0-1)  
HR: ATL – Andruw Jones 2 (2), Fred McGriff (1)

Game 2

October 21, 1996 at Yankee Stadium in New York, 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
W: Greg Maddux (1-0)   L: Jimmy Key (0-1)  

Game 3

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

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
W: David Cone (1-0)   L: Tom Glavine (0-1)  S: John Wetteland (1)
HR: NYY – Bernie Williams (1)

Game 4

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

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
W: Graeme Lloyd (1-0)   L: Steve Avery (0-1)  S: John Wetteland (2)
HR: NYY – Jim Leyritz (1)  ATL – Fred McGriff (2)

Game 5

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

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
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

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
W: Jimmy Key (1-1)   L: Greg Maddux (1-1)  S: John Wetteland (4)

Awards and honors

All-Stars

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball
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
Short-Season A Oneonta Yankees New York-Penn League Gary Tuck
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Ken Dominguez

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus, GCL Yankees[24]

References

  1. ^ Costello, Brian (August 8, 2004). "'94 Yanks Cut Short". New York Post. p. 58.
  2. ^ a b Amore, Dom (May 15, 2005). "Imagine: Buck's Yankees, but Not Jeter's". The Hartford Courant. p. E8.
  3. ^ "Puckett receives Clemente award". USA Today. October 24, 1996. p. 5C.
  4. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/leachja01.shtml
  5. ^ Mariano Duncan page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ David Cone page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Tim Raines page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Dwight Gooden page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Tim McIntosh page at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Rafael Quirico page at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Nick Johnson page at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ Scott Seabol page at Baseball Reference
  13. ^ Mike Aldrete page at Baseball Reference
  14. ^ a b Wally Whitehurst page at Baseball Reference
  15. ^ Darryl Strawberry page at Baseball Reference
  16. ^ Cecil Fielder page at Baseball Reference
  17. ^ http://www.thebaseballcube.com/statistics/1989/25.shtml
  18. ^ Luis Sojo page at Baseball Reference
  19. ^ Pat Listach page at Baseball Reference
  20. ^ Charlie Hayes page at Baseball Reference
  21. ^ Robert Eenhoorn page at Baseball Reference
  22. ^ Baseball
  23. ^ The Official Site of Major League Baseball: Official info: Official Rules
  24. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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Preceded by American League champion
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Preceded by World Series champion
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