The 1996 New York Yankees season was the 94th season for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. The Yankees played its home games at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.

In Joe Torre's first season as manager, the team finished first in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 92–70, 4 games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles, for their first division title since 1981 (although the 1994 team had the best record in the American League and appeared to be on its way to winning the division when the season was ended prematurely by the players' strike).

The Yankees defeated the Texas Rangers, three games to one, in the American League Division Series, then defeated the Orioles in the American League Championship Series, four games to one.

In the World Series the Yankees beat the defending World Series champion Atlanta Braves, four games to two, for the club's 23rd World Series title and its first since 1978, winning four straight games after losing the first two at home. They finished the post-season with an 8–0 record on the road while going just 3–4 at home.

It was the final season for Hall of Fame announcer Phil Rizzuto, who retired after a forty-year career as a radio and TV announcer for Yankee games.

Offseason

Regular season

Notable transactions

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9270 .568 — 49‍–‍31 43‍–‍39
Baltimore Orioles 8874 .543 4 43‍–‍38 45‍–‍36
Boston Red Sox 8577 .525 7 47‍–‍34 38‍–‍43
Toronto Blue Jays 7488 .457 18 35‍–‍46 39‍–‍42
Detroit Tigers 53109 .327 39 27‍–‍54 26‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

1996 American League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1996
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —7–66–64–85–711–29–39–37–53–109–47–53–10–18–5
Boston 6–7—8–46–61–1112–13–97–56–67–68–57–66–68–5
California 6–64–8—6–64–96–64–87–54–87–66–75–84–97–5
Chicago 8–46–66–6—5–810–37–66–76–76–75–75–78–47–5
Cleveland 7–511–19–48–5—12–07–67–610–33–96–68–44–87–5
Detroit 2–111–126–63–100–12—6–64–86–65–84–86–64–96–7
Kansas City 3–99–38–46–76–76–6—4–96–74–85–77–56–65–8
Milwaukee 3–95–75–77–66–78–49–4—9–46–67–54–96–75–7
Minnesota 5–76–68–47–63–106–67–64–9—5–76–76–67–58–5
New York 10–36–76–77–69–38–58–46–67–5—9–33–95–78–5
Oakland 4–95–87–67–56–68–47–55–77–63–9—8–57–64–8
Seattle 5–76–78–57–54–86–65–79–46–69–35–8—10–35–7
Texas 10–3–16–69–44–88–49–46–67–65–77–56–73–10—10–2
Toronto 5–85–85–75–75–77–68–57–55–85–88–47–52–10—

Roster

1996 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

Legend
 Yankees win
 Yankees loss
 Yankees tie
 Postponement
 Clinched division
BoldYankees team member
1996 regular season game log: 92–70 (Home: 49–31; Away: 43–39)[20]
April: 13–10 (Home: 7–3; Away: 6–7)
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—April 11:05 p.m. EST@ IndiansPostponed (Snow) (Makeup date: April 4)
1April 21:08 p.m. EST@ IndiansW 7–1Cone (1–0)Martínez (0–1)—3:0842,2891–0W1
2April 37:05 p.m. EST@ IndiansW 5–1Pettitte (1–0)McDowell (0–1)Nelson (1)3:1841,8432–0W2
—April 47:05 p.m. EST@ IndiansPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: June 21)
3April 6@ Rangers2–4WittKey (0–1)Henneman35,5102–1
4April 7@ Rangers2–7HillGooden (0–1)——2–2
5April 7@ Rangers1–4PavlikHowe (0–1)Vosberg36,2482–3
6April 9Royals7–3Pettitte (2–0)Haney—56,3293–3
7April 11Royals5–3Key (1–1)BelcherHowe (1)17,5194–3
8April 12Rangers4–3Cone (2–0)HillWetteland (1)20,2385–3
9April 13Rangers6–10PavlikGooden (0–2)Vosberg19,6035–4
10April 14Rangers12–3Pettitte (3–0)Gross—20,1816–4
11April 16@ Brewers3–6KarlKey (1–2)—7,0596–5
12April 17@ Brewers4–8BonesCone (2–1)—7,1246–6
13April 19@ Twins1–7RodriguezGooden (0–3)—20,2796–7
14April 20@ Twins7–6Wickman (1–0)GuardadoWetteland (2)24,5867–7
15April 21@ Twins9–5Rogers (1–0)Radke—20,1158–7
16April 22@ Royals6–2Cone (3–1)Appier—14,7639–7
17April 23@ Royals2–5GubiczaKey (1–3)Montgomery12,5369–8
18April 247:36 p.m. EDTIndiansW 10–8Kamieniecki (1–0)Martinez (3–2)—3:3720,18710–8W1
19April 257:36 p.m. EDTIndiansL 3–4Poole (1–0)Pettitte (3–1)Mesa (7)3:0718,58010–9L1
20April 26Twins5–4Rivera (1–0)RadkeWetteland (3)14,45011–9
21April 27Twins6–8 (10)BennettWickman (1–1)—20,02511–10
22April 28Twins6–3Rivera (2–0)RodriguezWetteland (4)24,79312–10
23April 307:36 p.m. EDT@ OriolesW 13–10Nelson (1–0)Shepherd (0–1)Wetteland (5)4:2143,11713–10W2
May: 16–11 (Home: 11–5; Away: 5–6)
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24May 17:35 p.m. EDT@ OriolesW 11–6 (15)Pettitte (4–1)Mercker (2–2)—5:3447,47214–10W3
25May 2White Sox5–1Cone (4–1)Fernandez—19,77315–10
26May 3White Sox2–0Rivera (3–0)ThomasWetteland (6)15,59916–10
27May 4White Sox5–11KarchnerNelson (1–1)—20,66116–11
28May 5White Sox7–1Pettitte (5–1)Tapani—26,52517–11
29May 6Tigers10–5Wickman (2–1)Myers—12,83818–11
30May 7Tigers12–5Mecir (1–0)LewisNelson (2)12,76019–11
31May 8Tigers10–3Gooden (1–3)Keagle—18,72920–11
32May 9Tigers2–4GohrKey (1–4)Myers13,09820–12
33May 10@ White Sox2–5TapaniPettitte (5–2)Hernandez15,78420–13
34May 11@ White Sox5–7McCaskillWetteland (0–1)—25,72220–14
35May 12@ White Sox9–8Wickman (3–1)ThomasWetteland (7)17,40521–14
36May 14Mariners2–0Gooden (2–3)Hitchcock—20,78622–14
37May 15Mariners5–10HurtadoKey (1–5)—20,68022–15
38May 17Angels8–5Pettitte (6–2)AbbottRivera (1)19,08723–15
39May 18Angels7–3Rogers (2–0)WilliamsRivera (2)22,82124–15
40May 19Angels1–10FinleyKamieniecki (1–1)—37,32624–16
41May 21Athletics7–3Gooden (3–3)Reyes—15,61425–16
42May 22Athletics1–5WojciechowskiPettitte (6–3)Mohler18,54425–17
43May 23Athletics4–3Rogers (3–0)TaylorWetteland (8)19,31526–17
44May 24@ Mariners4–10HitchcockKamieniecki (1–2)—44,23626–18
45May 25@ Mariners5–4Mendoza (1–0)HurtadoWetteland (9)57,17327–18
46May 26@ Mariners3–4MenhartGooden (3–4)Charlton42,41027–19
47May 27@ Angels16–5Pettitte (7–3)Abbott—20,92628–19
48May 28@ Angels0–1GrimsleyRogers (3–1)—17,28428–20
49May 29@ Angels0–4FinleyMendoza (1–1)—19,24628–21
50May 31@ Athletics4–1Key (2–5)JohnsWetteland (10)13,27929–21
June: 18–11 (Home: 7–6; Away: 11–5)
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51June 1@ Athletics6–3Pettitte (8–3)ChouinardWetteland (11)21,35430–21
52June 2@ Athletics11–4Rogers (4–1)WojciechowskiWetteland (12)26,33131–21
53June 4Blue Jays5–4Gooden (4–4)HansonWetteland (13)17,36832–21
54June 5Blue Jays7–12HentgenKey (2–6)—17,14232–22
55June 6Blue Jays8–1Pettitte (9–3)Quantrill—18,47533–22
56June 7@ Tigers5–6LewisNelson (1–2)—16,35033–23
57June 8@ Tigers7–9OlsonRogers (4–2)Lewis20,17333–24
58June 9@ Tigers3–2Gooden (5–4)GohrWetteland (14)16,58834–24
59June 10@ Blue Jays5–3Key (3–6)HentgenWetteland (15)37,33235–24
60June 11@ Blue Jays6–4Pettitte (10–3)QuantrillWetteland (16)32,11436–24
61June 12@ Blue Jays4–7JanzenMendoza (1–2)—44,23836–25
62June 137:35 p.m. EDTIndiansL 2–6Hershiser (6–4)Rogers (4–3)Shuey (1)3:1330,70736–26L2
63June 147:35 p.m. EDTIndiansW 4–3Gooden (6–4)Ogea (3–1)Wetteland (17)2:5932,58037–26W1
64June 151:05 p.m. EDTIndiansL 3–10Nagy (11–1)Boehringer (0–1)—3:0642,03237–27L1
65June 161:35 p.m. EDTIndiansW 5–4Pettitte (11–3)Martinez (8–4)Wetteland (18)3:4151,18038–27W1
66June 17Twins3–6AldredMendoza (1–3)Naulty16,18938–28
67June 18Twins2–0Rogers (5–3)RadkeWetteland (19)17,59339–28
68 (1)June 2112:03 p.m. EDT@ IndiansW 8–7 (10)Nelson (2–2)Mesa (0–2)Wetteland (20)3:5642,17640–28W2
69 (2)June 217:04 p.m. EDT@ IndiansW 9–3Mendoza (2–3)Tavárez (2–4)—3:0042,45441–28W3
70June 221:08 p.m. EDT@ IndiansW 11–9Brewer (1–0)Martinez (8–5)Wetteland (21)4:1042,46142–28W4
71June 231:05 p.m. EDT@ IndiansW 6–5Gooden (7–4)McDowell (6–6)Wetteland (22)3:1641,76743–28W5
72June 24@ Twins0–3RobertsonPettitte (11–4)—20,48843–29
73June 25@ Twins1–6RodriguezBoehringer (0–2)——43–30
74June 25@ Twins6–2Mendoza (3–3)Serafini—16,64144–30
75June 26@ Twins2–1Polley (1–0)GuardadoWetteland (23)19,11645–30
767:35 p.m. EDTJune 27OriolesW 3–2Rogers (6–3)Erickson (4–6)Wetteland (24)2:4034,16146–30W3
777:40 p.m. EDTJune 28OriolesL 4–7Rhodes (9–0)M Rivera (3–1)Myers (15)3:3843,51546–31L1
781:05 p.m. EDTJune 29OriolesW 4–3Pettitte (12–4)Mussina (10–5)Wetteland (25)2:4745,29547–31W1
791:35 p.m. EDTJune 30OriolesL 1–9Wells (5–7)Mendoza (3–4)—2:5840,20047–32L1
July: 16–10 (Home: 10–3; Away: 6–7)
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80July 1Red Sox2–0Key (4–6)ClemensWetteland (26)27,73448–32
81July 2Red Sox7–5Nelson (3–2)HudsonWetteland (27)28,31049–32
82July 4Brewers4–1Pettitte (13–4)KarlWetteland (28)24,24350–32
83July 5Brewers12–3Gooden (8–4)Bones—26,69951–32
84July 6Brewers2–0Key (5–6)SparksWetteland (29)24,03352–32
85July 7Brewers1–4McDonaldRogers (6–4)Fetters35,24252–33
86July 117:05 p.m. EDT@ OriolesW 4–2Key (6–6)Mussina (11–6)Wetteland (30)2:5946,76053–33W1
—July 127:05 p.m. EDT@ OriolesPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 13)
87 (1)July 134:05 p.m. EDT@ OriolesW 3–2Nelson (4–2)Wells (5–9)Wetteland (31)3:06—54–33W2
88 (2)July 137:05 p.m. EDT@ OriolesW 7–5Gooden (9–4)Rhodes (9–1)Wetteland (32)3:2846,45155–33W3
89July 141:37 p.m.@ OriolesW 4–1Pettitte (14–4)Erickson (5–7)Wetteland (33)3:0447,65856–33W4
90July 15@ Red Sox6–8WakefieldHutton (0–1)Slocumb33,26356–34
91July 16@ Red Sox9–5Key (7–6)Clemens—34,67657–34
92July 17@ Red Sox11–12EshelmanWetteland (0–2)—34,08257–35
93July 18@ Brewers4–16KarlGooden (9–5)—19,07957–36
94July 19@ Brewers5–7EldredPettitte (14–5)Fetters19,30057–37
95July 20@ Brewers4–2Rivera (4–1)Van EgmondWetteland (34)25,47358–37
96July 21@ Brewers2–3D'AmicoKey (7–7)Fetters25,66258–38
97July 22Rangers1–6HillRogers (6–5)—30,76758–39
98July 23Rangers6–0Gooden (10–5)Pavlik—22,81459–39
99July 24Rangers4–2Pettitte (15–5)AlberroWetteland (35)35,30860–39
100July 25Royals0–7RosadoHutton (0–2)—23,47560–40
101July 26Royals15–1Key (8–7)Haney—23,78261–40
102July 27Royals5–4Rogers (7–5)BelcherWetteland (36)42,04462–40
103July 28Royals3–2Wetteland (1–2)Jacome—35,65863–40
104July 30@ Rangers2–15WittPettitte (15–6)—39,63763–41
105July 31@ Rangers2–9OliverKey (8–8)—30,64563–42
August: 13–17 (Home: 7–9; Away: 6–8)
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106August 1@ Rangers6–5Rogers (8–5)HillWetteland (37)34,85564–42
107August 2@ Royals3–4 (10)MontgomeryRivera (4–2)—28,61864–43
108August 3@ Royals4–11LintonWeathers (0–1)—29,35564–44
109August 4@ Royals5–3Pettitte (16–6)Rosado—24,62465–44
110August 5@ Royals5–2Key (9–8)PichardoWetteland (38)22,86566–44
111August 6White Sox9–2Rogers (9–5)Tapani—33,02567–44
112August 7White Sox4–8 (10)HernandezNelson (4–3)—31,09867–45
113August 8White Sox8–4Wickman (4–1)AndujarRivera (3)35,89868–45
114August 9Tigers3–5CummingsPettitte (16–7)Myers23,43968–46
115August 10Tigers7–13LewisKey (9–9)—28,86368–47
116August 11Tigers12–0Rogers (10–5)Lira—33,51769–47
117August 12@ White Sox2–3 (10)HernandezWetteland (1–3)—32,49269–48
118August 13@ White Sox4–8BertottiWeathers (0–2)—26,45569–49
119August 14@ White Sox3–1Pettitte (17–7)BaldwinRivera (4)23,35070–49
120August 16Mariners5–6HitchcockPolley (1–1)Jackson50,72470–50
121August 17Mariners3–10MoyerRogers (10–6)—51,72970–51
122August 18Mariners12–13 (12)AyalaMecir (1–1)Jackson44,76970–52
123August 19Mariners10–4Pettitte (18–7)Carmona—33,99471–52
124August 20Angels17–6Boehringer (1–2)Springer—20,79572–52
125August 21Angels1–7DicksonKey (9–10)Percival27,81172–53
126August 22Angels3–12FinleyRogers (10–7)—27,19172–54
127August 23Athletics5–3Gooden (11–5)WengertRivera (5)34,24473–54
128August 24Athletics5–4Whitehurst (1–0)TelghederPavlas (1)32,12574–54
129August 25Athletics4–6MohlerNelson (4–4)Acre50,80874–55
130August 26@ Mariners1–2AyalaLloyd (0–1)Charlton32,85774–56
131August 27@ Mariners4–7MoyerLloyd (0–2)—32,97574–57
132August 28@ Mariners2–10MulhollandGooden (11–6)—30,95274–58
133August 29@ Angels3–14HoltzWhitehurst (1–1)—19,75574–59
134August 30@ Angels6–2Pettitte (19–7)Springer—27,08475–59
135August 31@ Angels14–3Key (10–10)Dickson—28,74976–59
September: 16–11 (Home: 7–5; Away: 9–6)
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136September 1@ Angels0–4FinleyRogers (10–8)—19,38476–60
137September 2@ Athletics5–0Cone (5–1)Prieto—20,15977–60
138September 3@ Athletics9–10AcreBoehringer (1–3)Johns11,62177–61
139September 4@ Athletics10–3Pettitte (20–7)Telgheder—9,89278–61
140September 6Blue Jays4–3Rivera (5–2)Risley—21,52879–61
141September 7Blue Jays2–3QuantrillCone (5–2)Timlin27,06979–62
142September 8Blue Jays2–4HansonPettitte (20–8)Timlin28,57579–63
143September 10@ Tigers9–8Rivera (6–2)SagerWetteland (39)11,04280–63
144September 11@ Tigers7–3Key (11–10)Lira—9,77581–63
145September 12@ Tigers12–3Cone (6–2)Thompson—9,00982–63
146September 13@ Blue Jays4–1Pettitte (21–8)HansonWetteland (40)31,22783–63
147September 14@ Blue Jays3–1Boehringer (2–3)HentgenWetteland (41)43,39784–63
148September 15@ Blue Jays1–3WilliamsMendoza (3–5)Timlin36,26884–64
149September 16@ Blue Jays10–0Key (12–10)Quantrill—30,11585–64
—September 177:35 p.m. EDTOriolesPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 19)
150September 187:35 p.m. EDTOriolesW 3–2 (10)M Rivera (7–2)Mills (3–2)—3:0740,77586–64W2
151 (1)September 194:08 p.m. EDTOriolesW 9–3Rogers (11–8)Mussina (7–2)—3:07—87–64W3
152 (2)September 198:03 p.m. EDTOriolesL 9–10Mathews (2–1)M Rivera (7–3)Myers (30)3:5654,88887–65L1
153September 20Red Sox2–4WakefieldPolley (1–2)Slocumb39,88387–66
154September 21Red Sox12–11 (10)Wetteland (2–3)Hudson—54,59988–66
155September 22Red Sox4–3Rivera (8–3)SeleWetteland (42)34,42289–66
156September 23Red Sox3–4 (11)SlocumbBoehringer (2–4)Mahomes22,72889–67
157September 25Brewers19–2Cone (7–2)Van Egmond——90–67
158September 25Brewers6–2Rogers (12–8)Karl—37,94791–67
159September 26@ Red Sox3–5MadduxKey (12–11)Slocumb32,36791–68
160September 27@ Red Sox5–7SeleGooden (11–7)Slocumb32,57391–69
161September 28@ Red Sox4–2Mendoza (4–5)ClemensWetteland (43)33,61292–69
162September 29@ Red Sox5–6MahomesPolley (1–3)—32,56392–70

Detailed records

Postseason Game log

Legend
 Yankees win
 Yankees loss
BoldYankees team member
1996 Postseason game log: 11–4 (Home: 3–4; Away: 8–0)
AL Division Series vs. Texas Rangers 3–1 (Home: 1–1; Away: 2–0)[21]
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AL Championship Series vs. Baltimore Orioles 4–1 (Home: 1–1; Away: 3–0)[22]
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceSeriesBox/
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—October 88:07 p.m. EDTOriolesPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: October 9)
1October 94:08 p.m. EDTOriolesW 4–3 (11)M Rivera (1–0)Myers (0–1)—4:2356,495NYA 1–0W1
2October 103:07 p.m. EDTOriolesL 3–5Wells (1–0)Nelson (0–1)Benítez (1)4:1358,432Tied 1–1L1
3October 118:07 p.m. EDT@ OriolesW 5–2Key (1–0)Mussina (0–1)Wetteland (1)2:5048,635NYA 2–1W1
4October 127:37 p.m. EDT@ OriolesW 8–4Weathers (1–0)Coppinger (0–1)—3:4548,974NYA 3–1W2
5October 134:07 p.m. EDT@ OriolesW 6–4Pettitte (1–0)Erickson (0–1)—2:5748,718NYA 4–1W3
World Series: vs. Atlanta Braves 4–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 3–0)[23]
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—October 198:01 p.m. EDTBravesPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: October 20)
1October 207:35 p.m. EDTBravesL 1–12Smoltz (1–0)Pettitte (0–1)—3:1056,365ATL 1–0L1
2October 217:15 p.m. EDTBravesL 0–4Maddux (1–0)Key (0–1)—2:4456,340ATL 2–0L2
3October 228:15 p.m. EDT@ BravesW 5–2Cone (1–0)Glavine (0–1)Wetteland (1)3:2251,843ATL 2–1W1
4October 238:15 p.m. EDT@ BravesW 8–6 (10)Lloyd (1–0)Avery (0–1)Wetteland (2)4:1751,881Tied 2–2W2
5October 248:15 p.m. EDT@ BravesW 1–0Pettitte (1–1)Smoltz (1–1)Wetteland (3)2:5451,881NYA 3–2W3
6October 268:00 p.m. EDTBravesW 3–2Key (1–1)Maddux (1–1)Wetteland (4)2:5256,375NYA 4–2W4

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
CJoe Girardi124422124.294245
1BTino Martinez155595174.29225117
2BMariano Duncan109400136.340856
3BWade Boggs132501156.311241
SSDerek Jeter157582183.3141078
LFTim Raines5920157.284933
CFBernie Williams143551168.30529102
RFPaul O'Neill150546165.3021991
DHRubén Sierra9636093.2581152

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 Leyritz8826570.264740
Gerald Williams9923363.270530
Darryl Strawberry6320253.2621136
Cecil Fielder5320052.2601337
Andy Fox11318937.196313
Rubén Rivera468825.284216
Mike Aldrete326817.250312
Charlie Hayes206719.284213
Matt Howard355411.20419
Luis Sojo184011.27505
Pat Kelly13213.14302
Robert Eenhoorn12141.07102
Jorge Posada8141.07100
Dion James6122.16700
Tim McIntosh330.00000
Matt Luke100----00

Pitching

= Indicates league leader

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 Pettitte35221.02183.87162
Kenny Rogers30179.01284.6892
Dwight Gooden29170.21175.01126
Jimmy Key30169.112114.68116
David Cone1172.0722.8871
Ramiro Mendoza1253.0456.7934
Wally Whitehurst28.0116.751

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 Boehringer1546.1245.4437
Mark Hutton1230.1025.0425
Scott Kamieniecki722.21211.1215
David Weathers1117.1029.3513
Ricky Bones47.00014.144

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 Wetteland6223432.8369
Jeff Nelson734424.3691
Mariano Rivera618352.09130
Bob Wickman584104.6761
Dale Polley321307.8914
Jim Mecir261105.1338
Steve Howe250116.355
Dave Pavlas160012.3518
Graeme Lloyd1302017.476
Billy Brewer41009.538
Paul Gibson40006.233
Mike Aldrete10000.000

ALDS

Game 1, October 1

Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York

Team123456789RHE
Texas000501000680
New York1001000002100
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

Team123456789101112RHE
Texas013000000000481
New York010100110001580
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

Team123456789RHE
New York100000002371
Texas000110000261
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

Team123456789RHE
New York0003101016121
Texas022000000490
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

GameScoreDate
1Baltimore 4, New York 5October 9
2Baltimore 5, New York 3October 10
3New York 5, Baltimore 2October 11
4New York 8, Baltimore 4October 12
5New York 6, Baltimore 4October 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"[24] when then-12 year old fan Jeffrey 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"[25] spectator interference is to be called.

1996 World Series

Game 1

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

Team123456789RHE
Atlanta02601300012130
New York000010000141
WP: John Smoltz (1–0)   LP: Andy Pettitte (0–1)
Home runs:
ATL: Andruw Jones 2 (2), Fred McGriff (1)
NYY: None

Game 2

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

Team123456789RHE
Atlanta1010110004100
New York000000000071
WP: Greg Maddux (1–0)   LP: Jimmy Key (0–1)

Game 3

October 22, 1996, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta

Team123456789RHE
New York100100030581
Atlanta000001010261
WP: David Cone (1–0)   LP: Tom Glavine (0–1)   Sv: John Wetteland (1)
Home runs:
NYY: Bernie Williams (1)
ATL: None

Game 4

October 23, 1996, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta

Team12345678910RHE
New York00000303028120
Atlanta0410100000692
WP: Graeme Lloyd (1–0)   LP: Steve Avery (0–1)   Sv: John Wetteland (2)
Home runs:
NYY: Jim Leyritz (1)
ATL: Fred McGriff (2)

Game 5

October 24, 1996, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta

Team123456789RHE
New York000100000141
Atlanta000000000051
WP: Andy Pettitte (1–1)   LP: John Smoltz (1–1)   Sv: John Wetteland (3)

Game 6

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

Team123456789RHE
Atlanta000100001280
New York00300000x381
WP: Jimmy Key (1–1)   LP: Greg Maddux (1–1)   Sv: John Wetteland (4)

Awards and honors

All-Stars

All-Star Game

Farm system

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
A-Short Season Oneonta Yankees New York–Penn League Gary Tuck
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Ken Dominguez

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus, GCL Yankees[27]

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  2. ↑ "Tino Martinez Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
  3. ↑ Mariano Duncan at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ David Cone at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Tim Raines at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Dwight Gooden at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Tim McIntosh at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Rafael Quirico Archived November 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Nick Johnson at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Scott Seabol at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Mike Aldrete at Baseball Reference
  12. 1 2 Wally Whitehurst at Baseball Reference
  13. ↑ Darryl Strawberry at Baseball Reference
  14. ↑ Cecil Fielder at Baseball Reference
  15. ↑ "1989 San Francisco Giants Statistics and Team Info". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
  16. ↑ Luis Sojo at Baseball Reference
  17. ↑ Pat Listach at Baseball Reference
  18. ↑ Charlie Hayes at Baseball Reference
  19. ↑ Robert Eenhoorn at Baseball Reference
  20. ↑ "1996 New York Yankees Schedule & Results". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  21. ↑ "1996 American League Division Series". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  22. ↑ "1996 American League Championship Series". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  23. ↑ "1996 World Series". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
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  25. ↑ The Official Site of Major League Baseball: Official info: Official Rules
  26. ↑ "MLB Postseason MVP Award Winners". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
  27. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_New_York_Yankees_season