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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, New York (since 1903)
1996 information
Owner(s)	George Steinbrenner
Manager(s)	Joe Torre
Local television	WPIX (Phil Rizzuto, Bobby Murcer, Rick Cerone) MSG (Dave Cohen, Jim Kaat, Al Trautwig)
Local radio	WABC (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.

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 11, 1995: Mariano Duncan was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.^[2]
December 21, 1995: David Cone was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.^[3]
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.^[4]
February 20, 1996: Dwight Gooden was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.^[5]
February 24, 1996: Tim McIntosh was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.^[6]
March 31, 1995: Rafael Quirico was released by the Yankees.^[7]

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.^[8]
- Scott Seabol was drafted by the Yankees in the 88th round. Player signed June 25, 1996.^[9]
June 12, 1996: Rich Monteleone was traded by the Yankees to the California Angels for Mike Aldrete.^[10]
June 12, 1996: Wally Whitehurst was selected off waivers by the Yankees from the Montreal Expos.^[11]
July 4, 1996: Darryl Strawberry was purchased by the Yankees from the St. Paul Saints.^[12]
July 31, 1996: Rubén Sierra and Matt Drews (minors) were traded by the Yankees to the Detroit Tigers for Cecil Fielder.^[13]
July 31, 1996: Dave Weathers was traded by the Florida Marlins to the New York Yankees for Mark Hutton.^[14]
August 22, 1996: Luis Sojo was selected off waivers by the Yankees from the Seattle Mariners.^[15]
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.^[16]
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.^[17]
September 6, 1996: Robert Eenhoorn was selected off waivers from the Yankees by the California Angels.^[18]
September 12, 1996: Wally Whitehurst was released by the Yankees.^[11]

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	92	70	.568	--
Baltimore Orioles *	88	74	.543	4.0
Boston Red Sox	85	77	.525	7.0
Toronto Blue Jays	74	88	.457	18.0
Detroit Tigers	53	109	.327	39.0

Roster

1996 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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

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" ^[19] 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" ^[20] 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

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

References

^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/leachja01.shtml
^ Mariano Duncan page at Baseball Reference
^ David Cone page at Baseball Reference
^ Tim Raines page at Baseball Reference
^ Dwight Gooden page at Baseball Reference
^ Tim McIntosh page at Baseball Reference
^ Rafael Quirico page at Baseball Reference
^ Nick Johnson page at Baseball Reference
^ Scott Seabol page at Baseball Reference
^ Mike Aldrete page at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b Wally Whitehurst page at Baseball Reference
^ Darryl Strawberry page at Baseball Reference
^ Cecil Fielder page at Baseball Reference
^ http://www.thebaseballcube.com/statistics/1989/25.shtml
^ Luis Sojo page at Baseball Reference
^ Pat Listach page at Baseball Reference
^ Charlie Hayes page at Baseball Reference
^ Robert Eenhoorn page at Baseball Reference
^ Baseball
^ The Official Site of Major League Baseball: Official info: Official Rules
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

Preceded by Boston Red Sox 1995	AL East Championship Season 1996	Succeeded by Baltimore Orioles 1997
Preceded by Cleveland Indians 1995	American League champion 1996	Succeeded by Cleveland Indians 1997
Preceded by Atlanta Braves 1995	World Series champion 1996	Succeeded by Florida Marlins 1997

1996 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore • Boston • Detroit • New York • Toronto

AL Central	Chicago • Cleveland • Kansas City • Milwaukee • Minnesota

AL West	California • Oakland • Seattle • Texas

NL East	Atlanta • Florida • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago • Cincinnati • Houston • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

NL West	Colorado • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco

1996 All-Star Game • 1996 World Series

v d e New York Yankees 1996 World Series Champions

2 Derek Jeter 11 Dwight Gooden 12 Wade Boggs 13 Jim Leyritz 17 Kenny Rogers 18 Mariano Duncan 19 Luis Sojo 21 Paul O'Neill 22 Jimmy Key 24 Tino Martinez 25 Joe Girardi 26 Andy Fox 27 Graeme Lloyd 28 Rubén Rivera 31 Tim Raines 33 Charlie Hayes 35 John Wetteland (World Series MVP) 36 David Cone 39 Darryl Strawberry 41 Brian Boehringer 42 Mariano Rivera 43 Jeff Nelson 45 Cecil Fielder 46 Andy Pettitte 51 Bernie Williams 52 David Weathers 57 Ramiro Mendoza Manager 6 Joe Torre Bench Coach 48 Don Zimmer Pitching Coach 34 Mel Stottlemyre First Base Coach 53 José Cardenal Hitting Coach 49 Chris Chambliss Third Base Coach 30 Willie Randolph Bullpen Coach 40 Tony Cloninger

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