1996 Oakland Athletics season

The Oakland Athletics' 1996 season involved the A's finishing 3rd in the American League West with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses.

Offseason

• November 27, 1995: Buddy Groom was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[1]
• December 5, 1995: Torey Lovullo was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[2]
• January 22, 1996: Danny Tartabull was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Andrew Lorraine and Charles Poe (minors).^[3]
• January 22, 1996: Rafael Bournigal was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[4]
• January 29, 1996: Aaron Small was selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics from the Seattle Mariners.^[5]
• January 29, 1996: Pedro Munoz was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[6]
• February 13, 1996: Dennis Eckersley was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the St. Louis Cardinals for Steve Montgomery.
• March 10, 1996: Webster Garrison was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[7]

Regular season

Season standings

Transactions

• June 4, 1996: Eric Chavez was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (10th overall) of the 1996 amateur draft. Signed August 27, 1996.^[8]
• June 4, 1996: A.J. Hinch was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 3rd round of the 1996 amateur draft. Signed June 22, 1996.^[9]

Roster

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

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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

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

Awards and records

• Mark McGwire, Silver Slugger award
• Mark McGwire, Major League record, 1st player to reach 50 Home Runs in one season before reaching 400 at-bats in a season^[11]

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Edmonton, West Michigan

References

1. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/groombu01.shtml
2. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lovulto01.shtml
3. ^ Danny Tartabull Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
4. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bournra01.shtml
5. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smallaa01.shtml
6. ^ Pedro Munoz Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
7. ^ Webster Garrison Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
8. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chaveer01.shtml
9. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hincha.01.shtml
10. ^ ^{a b} 1996 Oakland Athletics Statistics and Roster - Baseball-Reference.com
11. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.371, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

• 1996 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1996 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.