1996 Milwaukee Brewers season

1996 Milwaukee Brewers
1996 Milwaukee Brewers
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Division	Central Division
Ballpark	Milwaukee County Stadium
City	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owners	Bud Selig
Managers	Phil Garner
Television	WVTV; (Jim Paschke, Bill Schroeder)
Radio	WTMJ (AM) ; (Bob Uecker, Jim Powell)

The 1996 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers finishing third in the American League Central with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses.

Offseason

January 23, 1996: Ben McDonald was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

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AL Central
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	99	62	.615	—	51‍–‍29	48‍–‍33
Chicago White Sox	85	77	.525	14½	44‍–‍37	41‍–‍40
Milwaukee Brewers	80	82	.494	19½	38‍–‍43	42‍–‍39
Minnesota Twins	78	84	.481	21½	39‍–‍43	39‍–‍41
Kansas City Royals	75	86	.466	24	37‍–‍43	38‍–‍43

Record vs. opponents

1996 American League record v t e 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: 80–82 (Home: 38–43; Away: 42–39)

April: 12–12 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–6)

May: 11–16 (Home: 5–7; Away: 6–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
25	May 1	@ Blue Jays	3–9	Guzman	Miranda (1–1)	—	25,684	12–13
26	May 2	@ Blue Jays	5–7	Hanson	Karl (2–2)	Timlin	31,299	12–14
27	May 3	@ Orioles	2–8	Erickson	Bones (1–5)	—	41,037	12–15
28	May 4	@ Orioles	5–10	Mussina	Sparks (1–4)	—	44,175	12–16
29	May 5	@ Orioles	13–1	McDonald (4–1)	Haynes	—	46,027	13–16
30	May 7	Red Sox	2–4	Clemens	Miranda (1–2)	Slocumb	7,039	13–17
31	May 9	Red Sox	17–2	Bones (2–5)	Sele	—	7,379	14–17
32	May 10	Orioles	7–10 (12)	Orosco	Garcia (0–1)	McDowell	9,520	14–18
33	May 11	Orioles	3–5 (10)	Rhodes	Potts (1–2)	Myers	21,081	14–19
34	May 12	Orioles	6–4	Miranda (2–2)	Erickson	Fetters (2)	14,333	15–19
35	May 13	White Sox	6–2	Sparks (2–4)	Baldwin	Boze (1)	9,544	16–19
36	May 15	White Sox	8–20	Alvarez	Bones (2–6)	Keyser	8,733	16–20
37	May 16	White Sox	3–2	Lloyd (1–1)	Tapani	Fetters (3)	13,849	17–20
38	May 17	@ Twins	12–1	Karl (3–2)	Parra	—	26,733	18–20
39	May 18	@ Twins	7–3	Miranda (3–2)	Mahomes	Fetters (4)	30,593	19–20
40	May 19	@ Twins	4–2	Sparks (3–4)	Robertson	Fetters (5)	24,411	20–20
41	May 20	@ Twins	3–2	Bones (3–6)	Rodriguez	Fetters (6)	13,376	21–20
42	May 21	@ Indians	5–6	Tavarez	Boze (0–2)	—	39,974	21–21
43	May 22	@ Indians	10–8	Karl (4–2)	McDowell	Fetters (7)	41,027	22–21
44	May 23	@ Indians	1–5	Hershiser	Miranda (3–3)	—	42,395	22–22
45	May 24	@ White Sox	3–4	Thomas	Sparks (3–5)	Hernandez	18,346	22–23
46	May 25	@ White Sox	7–9	Alvarez	Bones (3–7)	Hernandez	20,585	22–24
47	May 26	@ White Sox	1–12	Tapani	McDonald (4–2)	—	21,151	22–25
48	May 28	Twins	7–3	Karl (5–2)	Mahomes	Garcia (1)	10,117	23–25
49	May 29	Twins	7–8 (12)	Hansell	Lloyd (1–2)	—	14,324	23–26
50	May 30	Indians	0–2	Nagy	Bones (3–8)	Mesa	11,543	23–27
51	May 31	Indians	4–10	Martinez	McDonald (4–3)	—	24,050	23–28

June: 17–11 (Home: 10–6; Away: 7–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
52	June 1	Indians	2–1	Garcia (1–1)	McDowell	Fetters (8)	22,004	24–28
53	June 2	Indians	6–11	Poole	Karl (5–3)	—	21,150	24–29
54	June 3	Rangers	6–9	Witt	Sparks (3–6)	Henneman	9,748	24–30
55	June 4	Rangers	6–2	Bones (4–8)	Gross	—	10,685	25–30
56	June 5	Rangers	6–4	McDonald (5–3)	Hill	Fetters (9)	11,276	26–30
57	June 7	@ Red Sox	7–10	Garces	Garcia (1–2)	Slocumb	26,861	26–31
58	June 8	@ Red Sox	3–2 (10)	Lloyd (2–2)	Hudson	Fetters (10)	30,399	27–31
59	June 9	@ Red Sox	11–8 (10)	Burrows (1–0)	Slocumb	Fetters (11)	28,120	28–31
60	June 10	@ Rangers	3–8	Gross	Givens (0–1)	—	43,275	28–32
61	June 11	@ Rangers	14–4	McDonald (6–3)	Hill	Garcia (2)	33,519	29–32
62	June 12	@ Rangers	6–13	Pavlik	Miranda (3–4)	—	34,842	29–33
63	June 13	Athletics	16–3	Karl (6–3)	Wojciechowski	—	12,439	30–33
64	June 14	Athletics	6–2	Bones (5–8)	Wasdin	—	14,404	31–33
65	June 15	Athletics	12–9	Givens (1–1)	Wengert	Garcia (3)	21,064	32–33
66	June 16	Athletics	9–10	Taylor	Fetters (1–1)	Mohler	26,744	32–34
67	June 17	Royals	9–4	Burrows (2–0)	Appier	—	9,315	33–34
68	June 18	Royals	9–1	Karl (7–3)	Linton	Potts (1)	9,116	34–34
69	June 19	Royals	4–8 (10)	Pichardo	Mercedes (0–1)	—	13,431	34–35
70	June 20	Angels	3–10	Langston	Givens (1–2)	—	16,034	34–36
71	June 21	Angels	10–5	McDonald (7–3)	Abbott	—	16,274	35–36
72	June 22	Angels	4–6	Boskie	Miranda (3–5)	Percival	35,464	35–37
73	June 23	Angels	8–4	Garcia (2–2)	Finley	—	17,051	36–37
74	June 25	@ Royals	5–3	Bones (6–8)	Gubicza	Fetters (12)	14,448	37–37
75	June 26	@ Royals	3–7	Haney	Givens (1–3)	—	14,560	37–38
76	June 27	@ Royals	6–2	McDonald (8–3)	Belcher	—	17,670	38–38
77	June 28	@ Blue Jays	5–1	D'Amico (1–0)	Guzman	Fetters (13)	31,333	39–38
78	June 29	@ Blue Jays	7–4	Karl (8–3)	Janzen	—	31,170	40–38
79	June 30	@ Blue Jays	2–15	Hanson	Bones (6–9)	—	30,104	40–39

July: 12–16 (Home: 7–7; Away: 5–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
80	July 1	@ Tigers	2–0	Sparks (4–6)	Olivares	Fetters (14)	10,727	41–39
81	July 2	@ Tigers	2–1 (11)	Garcia (3–2)	Sager	Fetters (15)	9,455	42–39
82	July 3	@ Tigers	5–8	Williams	D'Amico (1–1)	—	11,047	42–40
83	July 4	@ Yankees	1–4	Pettitte	Karl (8–4)	Wetteland	24,243	42–41
84	July 5	@ Yankees	3–12	Gooden	Bones (6–10)	—	26,699	42–42
85	July 6	@ Yankees	0–2	Key	Sparks (4–7)	Wetteland	24,033	42–43
86	July 7	@ Yankees	4–1	McDonald (9–3)	Rogers	Fetters (16)	35,242	43–43
87	July 11	Blue Jays	3–6	Guzman	D'Amico (1–2)	Castillo	16,019	43–44
88	July 12	Blue Jays	12–5	McDonald (10–3)	Hanson	—	15,691	44–44
89	July 13	Blue Jays	7–15	Hentgen	Karl (8–5)	—	29,383	44–45
90	July 14	Blue Jays	5–7 (10)	Crabtree	Garcia (3–3)	Timlin	20,798	44–46
91	July 15	Tigers	9–10	Sager	Bones (6–11)	Olson	15,819	44–47
92	July 16	Tigers	20–7	D'Amico (2–2)	Williams	—	12,476	45–47
93	July 17	Tigers	3–2 (10)	Fetters (2–1)	Urbani	—	21,121	46–47
94	July 18	Yankees	16–4	Karl (9–5)	Gooden	—	19,079	47–47
95	July 19	Yankees	7–5	Eldred (1–0)	Pettitte	Fetters (17)	19,300	48–47
96	July 20	Yankees	2–4	Rivera	Van Egmond (0–1)	Wetteland	25,473	48–48
97	July 21	Yankees	3–2	D'Amico (3–2)	Key	Fetters (18)	25,662	49–48
98	July 22	@ Mariners	3–8	Wagner	Mercedes (0–2)	—	40,555	49–49
99	July 23	@ Mariners	7–3	Karl (10–5)	Carmona	—	22,378	50–49
100	July 24	@ Mariners	7–8	Ayala	Fetters (2–2)	—	19,899	50–50
101	July 25	@ Angels	4–5	Holtz	Lloyd (2–3)	—	16,841	50–51
102	July 26	@ Angels	5–6	Springer	D'Amico (3–3)	Percival	18,189	50–52
103	July 27	@ Angels	0–7	Finley	McDonald (10–4)	—	17,497	50–53
104	July 28	@ Angels	4–3 (13)	Miranda (4–5)	Holtz	Garcia (4)	25,539	51–53
105	July 30	Mariners	5–6	Wells	Eldred (1–1)	Ayala	—	51–54
106	July 30	Mariners	4–3	Van Egmond (1–1)	Wolcott	Fetters (19)	18,591	52–54
107	July 31	Mariners	3–9	Hitchcock	D'Amico (3–4)	—	30,772	52–55

August: 14–16 (Home: 5–10; Away: 9–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
108	August 1	Mariners	2–9	Moyer	McDonald (10–5)	—	18,425	52–56
109	August 2	@ Athletics	4–3 (10)	Miranda (5–5)	Taylor	Fetters (20)	10,056	53–56
110	August 3	@ Athletics	7–0	Bones (7–11)	Johns	—	15,171	54–56
111	August 4	@ Athletics	2–4	Telgheder	Van Egmond (1–2)	Taylor	10,281	54–57
112	August 5	@ Athletics	13–3	Eldred (2–1)	Adams	—	8,616	55–57
113	August 6	Orioles	3–13	Mussina	McDonald (10–6)	—	17,075	55–58
114	August 7	Orioles	2–12	Erickson	Karl (10–6)	—	20,287	55–59
115	August 8	Orioles	4–6	Coppinger	D'Amico (3–5)	Myers	18,620	55–60
116	August 9	Red Sox	7–9	Suppan	Van Egmond (1–3)	Slocumb	—	55–61
117	August 9	Red Sox	1–4	Eshelman	Bones (7–12)	Belinda	19,541	55–62
118	August 10	Red Sox	2–3	Wakefield	Eldred (2–2)	—	20,297	55–63
119	August 11	Red Sox	0–2	Clemens	McDonald (10–7)	Belinda	19,178	55–64
120	August 13	@ Orioles	3–4	Corbin	Lloyd (2–4)	Myers	44,461	55–65
121	August 14	@ Orioles	5–8	Milchin	Bones (7–13)	Myers	47,480	55–66
122	August 16	White Sox	9–7	Miranda (6–5)	Levine	Villone (1)	—	56–66
123	August 16	White Sox	3–2	Van Egmond (2–3)	Tapani	Fetters (21)	25,529	57–66
124	August 17	White Sox	2–6	Fernandez	McDonald (10–8)	Hernandez	31,551	57–67
125	August 18	White Sox	8–7	Miranda (7–5)	Darwin	Fetters (22)	33,094	58–67
126	August 19	@ Twins	6–1	D'Amico (4–5)	Rodriguez	—	21,879	59–67
127	August 20	@ Twins	7–12	Parra	Bones (7–14)	—	14,630	59–68
128	August 21	@ Twins	10–7	Jones (1–0)	Stevens	Fetters (23)	15,885	60–68
129	August 23	@ Indians	6–5 (11)	Jones (2–0)	Mesa	Fetters (24)	42,405	61–68
130	August 24	@ Indians	4–3 (10)	Wickman (1–0)	Plunk	Fetters (25)	42,437	62–68
131	August 25	@ Indians	5–8	Shuey	Miranda (7–6)	Mesa	42,335	62–69
132	August 26	@ White Sox	3–2	Eldred (3–2)	Alvarez	Jones (1)	19,637	63–69
133	August 27	@ White Sox	4–2	Van Egmond (3–3)	Fernandez	Fetters (26)	15,443	64–69
134	August 28	@ White Sox	0–2	Baldwin	McDonald (10–9)	Hernandez	17,269	64–70
135	August 29	Twins	1–6	Rodriguez	Karl (10–7)	—	14,922	64–71
136	August 30	Twins	5–4 (12)	Wickman (2–0)	Parra	—	17,444	65–71
137	August 31	Twins	3–2	Jones (3–0)	Robertson	Fetters (27)	20,187	66–71

September: 14–11 (Home: 5–7; Away: 9–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
138	September 1	Twins	2–6	Aldred	Van Egmond (3–4)	—	17,074	66–72
139	September 2	Indians	7–6	Jones (4–0)	Mesa	—	18,015	67–72
140	September 3	Indians	8–2	Karl (11–7)	Hershiser	—	10,599	68–72
141	September 4	Indians	0–7	Ogea	D'Amico (4–6)	—	12,666	68–73
142	September 6	Rangers	3–7	Burkett	Eldred (3–3)	—	16,714	68–74
143	September 7	Rangers	1–2	Hill	McDonald (10–10)	Henneman	19,110	68–75
144	September 8	Rangers	1–7	Witt	Florie (0–1)	—	17,542	68–76
145	September 9	@ Red Sox	6–0	Karl (12–7)	Gordon	—	22,386	69–76
146	September 10	@ Red Sox	11–10	Garcia (4–3)	Hudson	Fetters (28)	20,487	70–76
147	September 11	@ Red Sox	1–4	Wakefield	Eldred (3–4)	Slocumb	21,310	70–77
148	September 12	@ Rangers	15–4	McDonald (11–10)	Hill	—	41,303	71–77
149	September 13	@ Rangers	6–3	D'Amico (5–6)	Witt	Fetters (29)	39,235	72–77
150	September 14	@ Rangers	8–6	Karl (13–7)	Pavlik	Fetters (30)	45,901	73–77
151	September 15	@ Rangers	2–6	Oliver	Garcia (4–4)	Vosberg	45,941	73–78
152	September 17	Blue Jays	4–0	McDonald (12–10)	Andujar	—	10,184	74–78
153	September 18	Blue Jays	2–1	Fetters (3–2)	Timlin	—	9,550	75–78
154	September 20	Tigers	1–10	Sager	Karl (13–8)	—	15,046	75–79
155	September 21	Tigers	13–6	D'Amico (6–6)	Van Poppel	Villone (2)	33,106	76–79
156	September 22	Tigers	5–7	Lima	Fetters (3–3)	—	15,705	76–80
157	September 23	@ Orioles	8–7 (10)	Jones (5–0)	Mathews	Fetters (31)	46,542	77–80
158	September 25	@ Yankees	2–19	Cone	Van Egmond (3–5)	—	—	77–81
159	September 25	@ Yankees	2–6	Rogers	Karl (13–9)	—	37,947	77–82
160	September 27	@ Tigers	7–6 (6)	Wickman (3–0)	Van Poppel	—	8,606	78–82
161	September 28	@ Tigers	7–2	Eldred (4–4)	Moehler	—	12,939	79–82
162	September 29	@ Tigers	7–5 (10)	Reyes (1–0)	Cummings	Fetters (32)	13,038	80–82

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Brewers team member

Detailed records

American League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
AL East
Baltimore Orioles	3	9	0.250	61	88
Boston Red Sox	5	7	0.417	68	58
Detroit Tigers	8	4	0.667	81	64
New York Yankees	6	6	0.500	54	66
Toronto Blue Jays	5	7	0.417	63	79
Total	27	33	0.450	327	355
AL Central
Chicago White Sox	7	6	0.538	57	77
Cleveland Indians	6	7	0.462	58	74
Kansas City Royals	9	4	0.692	77	46
Milwaukee Brewers
Minnesota Twins	9	4	0.692	74	57
Total	31	21	0.596	266	254
AL West
California Angels	5	7	0.417	64	67
Oakland Athletics	7	5	0.583	87	64
Seattle Mariners	4	9	0.308	73	84
Texas Rangers	6	7	0.462	77	75
Total	22	28	0.440	301	290
Season Total	80	82	0.494	894	899

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	24	12	12	0.500	149	126
May	27	11	16	0.407	151	159
June	28	17	11	0.607	188	166
July	28	12	16	0.429	146	153
August	30	14	16	0.467	131	156
September	25	14	11	0.560	129	139
Total	162	80	82	0.494	894	899

Total	162	80	82	0.494	894	899
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	38	43	0.469	451	460
Away	81	42	39	0.519	443	439

Notable transactions

July 31, 1996: Greg Vaughn and a player to be named later were traded by the Brewers to the San Diego Padres for Marc Newfield, Bryce Florie and Ron Villone. The Brewers completed the deal by sending Gerald Parent (minors) to the Padres on September 16.^[2]
August 23, 1996: Pat Listach, Graeme Lloyd and a player to be named later were traded by the Brewers to the New York Yankees for Bob Wickman and Gerald Williams. The Brewers completed the deal by sending Ricky Bones to the Yankees on August 29.^[3]

Roster

1996 Milwaukee Brewers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

3 Phil Garner

Coaches

12 Chris Bando (Third Base)
35 Bill Castro (Bullpen)
17 Jim Gantner (First Base)
28 Lamar Johnson (Hitting)
45 Don Rowe (Pitching)

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

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
Chuck Carr	27	106	29	.274	1	11

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

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

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
Mark Kiefer	7	0	0	0	8.10	5

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	New Orleans Zephyrs	American Association	Tim Ireland
AA	El Paso Diablos	Texas League	Dave Machemer
A	Stockton Ports	California League	Greg Mahlberg
A	Beloit Snappers	Midwest League	Luis Salazar
Rookie	Helena Brewers	Pioneer League	Alex Morales
Rookie	Ogden Raptors	Pioneer League	Bernie Moncallo

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Helena^[4]

References

^ Ben McDonald page at Baseball Reference
^ Marc Newfield page at Baseball Reference
^ Pat Listach page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

[1] Ben McDonald page at Baseball Reference

[2] Marc Newfield page at Baseball Reference

[3] Pat Listach page at Baseball Reference

[4] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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