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1996 Milwaukee Brewers season

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The 1996 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 27th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 28th overall. The Brewers finished third in the American League Central with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses. The team scored a franchise record 894 runs.

LeagueAmerican League
BallparkMilwaukee County Stadium
Record80–82 (.494)
OwnersBud Selig
Quick facts Milwaukee Brewers, League ...
1996 Milwaukee Brewers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkMilwaukee County Stadium
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Record80–82 (.494)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersBud Selig
General managersSal Bando
ManagersPhil Garner
TelevisionWVTV
(Jim Paschke, Bill Schroeder)
RadioWTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Jim Powell)
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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 9962 .615 — 51‍–‍29 48‍–‍33
Chicago White Sox 8577 .525 14½ 44‍–‍37 41‍–‍40
Milwaukee Brewers 8082 .494 19½ 38‍–‍43 42‍–‍39
Minnesota Twins 7884 .481 21½ 39‍–‍43 39‍–‍41
Kansas City Royals 7586 .466 24 37‍–‍43 38‍–‍43
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Record vs. opponents

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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—
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Game log

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1996 Game Log: 80–82 (Home: 38–43; Away: 42–39)
April: 12–12 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2@ Angels15–9Wickander (1–0)Finley—27,8361–0
2April 3@ Angels2–3 (11)JamesLloyd (0–1)—15,0241–1
3April 5@ Mariners10–6Karl (1–0)Hurtado—27,7682–1
4April 6@ Mariners5–8JohnsonSparks (0–1)—56,8922–2
5April 7@ Mariners1–3HitchcockBones (0–1)Jackson21,0042–3
6April 9Athletics10–4McDonald (1–0)Van Poppel—42,0903–3
7April 11Athletics0–11JohnsKarl (1–1)—12,2363–4
8April 12Royals1–4AppierBones (0–2)Montgomery7,1133–5
9April 13Royals2–3GubiczaSparks (0–2)Montgomery9,2243–6
10April 14Royals5–2McDonald (2–0)HaneyMiranda (1)19,1314–6
11April 16Yankees6–3Karl (2–1)Key—7,0595–6
12April 17Yankees8–4Bones (1–2)Cone—7,1246–6
13April 18@ Royals8–2Sparks (1–2)Gubicza—13,1537–6
14April 19@ Royals8–2McDonald (3–0)Haney—15,3218–6
15April 20@ Royals12–4Miranda (1–0)Jacome—17,2209–6
16April 21@ Royals5–4Wickander (2–0)PichardoFetters (1)14,66610–6
17April 22@ Athletics2–6ReyesBones (1–3)Briscoe6,02110–7
18April 23@ Athletics6–9WojciechowskiSparks (1–3)Mohler7,02610–8
19April 24Angels3–4BoskieMcDonald (3–1)Percival7,05110–9
20April 25Angels6–5Fetters (1–0)James—6,70711–9
21April 26Mariners5–6CarmonaPotts (0–1)Charlton13,07211–10
22April 27Mariners5–6WellsBones (1–4)Charlton17,27011–11
23April 28Mariners16–9Potts (1–1)Davis—19,71712–11
24April 30@ Blue Jays8–9CrabtreeBoze (0–1)—25,46712–12
May: 11–16 (Home: 5–7; Away: 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1@ Blue Jays3–9GuzmanMiranda (1–1)—25,68412–13
26May 2@ Blue Jays5–7HansonKarl (2–2)Timlin31,29912–14
27May 3@ Orioles2–8EricksonBones (1–5)—41,03712–15
28May 4@ Orioles5–10MussinaSparks (1–4)—44,17512–16
29May 5@ Orioles13–1McDonald (4–1)Haynes—46,02713–16
30May 7Red Sox2–4ClemensMiranda (1–2)Slocumb7,03913–17
31May 9Red Sox17–2Bones (2–5)Sele—7,37914–17
32May 10Orioles7–10 (12)OroscoGarcia (0–1)McDowell9,52014–18
33May 11Orioles3–5 (10)RhodesPotts (1–2)Myers21,08114–19
34May 12Orioles6–4Miranda (2–2)EricksonFetters (2)14,33315–19
35May 13White Sox6–2Sparks (2–4)BaldwinBoze (1)9,54416–19
36May 15White Sox8–20AlvarezBones (2–6)Keyser8,73316–20
37May 16White Sox3–2Lloyd (1–1)TapaniFetters (3)13,84917–20
38May 17@ Twins12–1Karl (3–2)Parra—26,73318–20
39May 18@ Twins7–3Miranda (3–2)MahomesFetters (4)30,59319–20
40May 19@ Twins4–2Sparks (3–4)RobertsonFetters (5)24,41120–20
41May 20@ Twins3–2Bones (3–6)RodriguezFetters (6)13,37621–20
42May 21@ Indians5–6TavarezBoze (0–2)—39,97421–21
43May 22@ Indians10–8Karl (4–2)McDowellFetters (7)41,02722–21
44May 23@ Indians1–5HershiserMiranda (3–3)—42,39522–22
45May 24@ White Sox3–4ThomasSparks (3–5)Hernandez18,34622–23
46May 25@ White Sox7–9AlvarezBones (3–7)Hernandez20,58522–24
47May 26@ White Sox1–12TapaniMcDonald (4–2)—21,15122–25
48May 28Twins7–3Karl (5–2)MahomesGarcia (1)10,11723–25
49May 29Twins7–8 (12)HansellLloyd (1–2)—14,32423–26
50May 30Indians0–2NagyBones (3–8)Mesa11,54323–27
51May 31Indians4–10MartinezMcDonald (4–3)—24,05023–28
June: 17–11 (Home: 10–6; Away: 7–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 1Indians2–1Garcia (1–1)McDowellFetters (8)22,00424–28
53June 2Indians6–11PooleKarl (5–3)—21,15024–29
54June 3Rangers6–9WittSparks (3–6)Henneman9,74824–30
55June 4Rangers6–2Bones (4–8)Gross—10,68525–30
56June 5Rangers6–4McDonald (5–3)HillFetters (9)11,27626–30
57June 7@ Red Sox7–10GarcesGarcia (1–2)Slocumb26,86126–31
58June 8@ Red Sox3–2 (10)Lloyd (2–2)HudsonFetters (10)30,39927–31
59June 9@ Red Sox11–8 (10)Burrows (1–0)SlocumbFetters (11)28,12028–31
60June 10@ Rangers3–8GrossGivens (0–1)—43,27528–32
61June 11@ Rangers14–4McDonald (6–3)HillGarcia (2)33,51929–32
62June 12@ Rangers6–13PavlikMiranda (3–4)—34,84229–33
63June 13Athletics16–3Karl (6–3)Wojciechowski—12,43930–33
64June 14Athletics6–2Bones (5–8)Wasdin—14,40431–33
65June 15Athletics12–9Givens (1–1)WengertGarcia (3)21,06432–33
66June 16Athletics9–10TaylorFetters (1–1)Mohler26,74432–34
67June 17Royals9–4Burrows (2–0)Appier—9,31533–34
68June 18Royals9–1Karl (7–3)LintonPotts (1)9,11634–34
69June 19Royals4–8 (10)PichardoMercedes (0–1)—13,43134–35
70June 20Angels3–10LangstonGivens (1–2)—16,03434–36
71June 21Angels10–5McDonald (7–3)Abbott—16,27435–36
72June 22Angels4–6BoskieMiranda (3–5)Percival35,46435–37
73June 23Angels8–4Garcia (2–2)Finley—17,05136–37
74June 25@ Royals5–3Bones (6–8)GubiczaFetters (12)14,44837–37
75June 26@ Royals3–7HaneyGivens (1–3)—14,56037–38
76June 27@ Royals6–2McDonald (8–3)Belcher—17,67038–38
77June 28@ Blue Jays5–1D'Amico (1–0)GuzmanFetters (13)31,33339–38
78June 29@ Blue Jays7–4Karl (8–3)Janzen—31,17040–38
79June 30@ Blue Jays2–15HansonBones (6–9)—30,10440–39
July: 12–16 (Home: 7–7; Away: 5–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1@ Tigers2–0Sparks (4–6)OlivaresFetters (14)10,72741–39
81July 2@ Tigers2–1 (11)Garcia (3–2)SagerFetters (15)9,45542–39
82July 3@ Tigers5–8WilliamsD'Amico (1–1)—11,04742–40
83July 4@ Yankees1–4PettitteKarl (8–4)Wetteland24,24342–41
84July 5@ Yankees3–12GoodenBones (6–10)—26,69942–42
85July 6@ Yankees0–2KeySparks (4–7)Wetteland24,03342–43
86July 7@ Yankees4–1McDonald (9–3)RogersFetters (16)35,24243–43
87July 11Blue Jays3–6GuzmanD'Amico (1–2)Castillo16,01943–44
88July 12Blue Jays12–5McDonald (10–3)Hanson—15,69144–44
89July 13Blue Jays7–15HentgenKarl (8–5)—29,38344–45
90July 14Blue Jays5–7 (10)CrabtreeGarcia (3–3)Timlin20,79844–46
91July 15Tigers9–10SagerBones (6–11)Olson15,81944–47
92July 16Tigers20–7D'Amico (2–2)Williams—12,47645–47
93July 17Tigers3–2 (10)Fetters (2–1)Urbani—21,12146–47
94July 18Yankees16–4Karl (9–5)Gooden—19,07947–47
95July 19Yankees7–5Eldred (1–0)PettitteFetters (17)19,30048–47
96July 20Yankees2–4RiveraVan Egmond (0–1)Wetteland25,47348–48
97July 21Yankees3–2D'Amico (3–2)KeyFetters (18)25,66249–48
98July 22@ Mariners3–8WagnerMercedes (0–2)—40,55549–49
99July 23@ Mariners7–3Karl (10–5)Carmona—22,37850–49
100July 24@ Mariners7–8AyalaFetters (2–2)—19,89950–50
101July 25@ Angels4–5HoltzLloyd (2–3)—16,84150–51
102July 26@ Angels5–6SpringerD'Amico (3–3)Percival18,18950–52
103July 27@ Angels0–7FinleyMcDonald (10–4)—17,49750–53
104July 28@ Angels4–3 (13)Miranda (4–5)HoltzGarcia (4)25,53951–53
105July 30Mariners5–6WellsEldred (1–1)Ayala—51–54
106July 30Mariners4–3Van Egmond (1–1)WolcottFetters (19)18,59152–54
107July 31Mariners3–9HitchcockD'Amico (3–4)—30,77252–55
August: 14–16 (Home: 5–10; Away: 9–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1Mariners2–9MoyerMcDonald (10–5)—18,42552–56
109August 2@ Athletics4–3 (10)Miranda (5–5)TaylorFetters (20)10,05653–56
110August 3@ Athletics7–0Bones (7–11)Johns—15,17154–56
111August 4@ Athletics2–4TelghederVan Egmond (1–2)Taylor10,28154–57
112August 5@ Athletics13–3Eldred (2–1)Adams—8,61655–57
113August 6Orioles3–13MussinaMcDonald (10–6)—17,07555–58
114August 7Orioles2–12EricksonKarl (10–6)—20,28755–59
115August 8Orioles4–6CoppingerD'Amico (3–5)Myers18,62055–60
116August 9Red Sox7–9SuppanVan Egmond (1–3)Slocumb—55–61
117August 9Red Sox1–4EshelmanBones (7–12)Belinda19,54155–62
118August 10Red Sox2–3WakefieldEldred (2–2)—20,29755–63
119August 11Red Sox0–2ClemensMcDonald (10–7)Belinda19,17855–64
120August 13@ Orioles3–4CorbinLloyd (2–4)Myers44,46155–65
121August 14@ Orioles5–8MilchinBones (7–13)Myers47,48055–66
122August 16White Sox9–7Miranda (6–5)LevineVillone (1)—56–66
123August 16White Sox3–2Van Egmond (2–3)TapaniFetters (21)25,52957–66
124August 17White Sox2–6FernandezMcDonald (10–8)Hernandez31,55157–67
125August 18White Sox8–7Miranda (7–5)DarwinFetters (22)33,09458–67
126August 19@ Twins6–1D'Amico (4–5)Rodriguez—21,87959–67
127August 20@ Twins7–12ParraBones (7–14)—14,63059–68
128August 21@ Twins10–7Jones (1–0)StevensFetters (23)15,88560–68
129August 23@ Indians6–5 (11)Jones (2–0)MesaFetters (24)42,40561–68
130August 24@ Indians4–3 (10)Wickman (1–0)PlunkFetters (25)42,43762–68
131August 25@ Indians5–8ShueyMiranda (7–6)Mesa42,33562–69
132August 26@ White Sox3–2Eldred (3–2)AlvarezJones (1)19,63763–69
133August 27@ White Sox4–2Van Egmond (3–3)FernandezFetters (26)15,44364–69
134August 28@ White Sox0–2BaldwinMcDonald (10–9)Hernandez17,26964–70
135August 29Twins1–6RodriguezKarl (10–7)—14,92264–71
136August 30Twins5–4 (12)Wickman (2–0)Parra—17,44465–71
137August 31Twins3–2Jones (3–0)RobertsonFetters (27)20,18766–71
September: 14–11 (Home: 5–7; Away: 9–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
138September 1Twins2–6AldredVan Egmond (3–4)—17,07466–72
139September 2Indians7–6Jones (4–0)Mesa—18,01567–72
140September 3Indians8–2Karl (11–7)Hershiser—10,59968–72
141September 4Indians0–7OgeaD'Amico (4–6)—12,66668–73
142September 6Rangers3–7BurkettEldred (3–3)—16,71468–74
143September 7Rangers1–2HillMcDonald (10–10)Henneman19,11068–75
144September 8Rangers1–7WittFlorie (0–1)—17,54268–76
145September 9@ Red Sox6–0Karl (12–7)Gordon—22,38669–76
146September 10@ Red Sox11–10Garcia (4–3)HudsonFetters (28)20,48770–76
147September 11@ Red Sox1–4WakefieldEldred (3–4)Slocumb21,31070–77
148September 12@ Rangers15–4McDonald (11–10)Hill—41,30371–77
149September 13@ Rangers6–3D'Amico (5–6)WittFetters (29)39,23572–77
150September 14@ Rangers8–6Karl (13–7)PavlikFetters (30)45,90173–77
151September 15@ Rangers2–6OliverGarcia (4–4)Vosberg45,94173–78
152September 17Blue Jays4–0McDonald (12–10)Andujar—10,18474–78
153September 18Blue Jays2–1Fetters (3–2)Timlin—9,55075–78
154September 20Tigers1–10SagerKarl (13–8)—15,04675–79
155September 21Tigers13–6D'Amico (6–6)Van PoppelVillone (2)33,10676–79
156September 22Tigers5–7LimaFetters (3–3)—15,70576–80
157September 23@ Orioles8–7 (10)Jones (5–0)MathewsFetters (31)46,54277–80
158September 25@ Yankees2–19ConeVan Egmond (3–5)——77–81
159September 25@ Yankees2–6RogersKarl (13–9)—37,94777–82
160September 27@ Tigers7–6 (6)Wickman (3–0)Van Poppel—8,60678–82
161September 28@ Tigers7–2Eldred (4–4)Moehler—12,93979–82
162September 29@ Tigers7–5 (10)Reyes (1–0)CummingsFetters (32)13,03880–82
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Brewers team member
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Detailed records

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Notable transactions

Roster

1996 Milwaukee Brewers
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Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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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Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CMike Matheny10631364.204846
1BJohn Jaha148543163.30034118
2BFernando Viña140554157.283746
SSJosé Valentín154552143.2592495
3BJeff Cirillo158566184.3251583
LFGreg Vaughn102375105.2803195
CFPat Listach8731776.240133
RFMatt Mieske127374104.2781464
DHKevin Seitzer132490155.3161262
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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

More information Player, G ...
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Dave Nilsson123453150.3311784
Jesse Levis10423355.236121
Marc Newfield4917955.307731
Mark Loretta7315443.279113
David Hulse8111726.22206
Chuck Carr2710629.274111
Gerald Williams269219.20704
Jeromy Burnitz237217.236214
Turner Ward436712.179210
Kevin Koslofski25429.21406
Kelly Stinnett14262.07700
Tim Unroe14163.18800
Todd Dunn6103.30001
Brian Banks474.57112
Danny Perez440.00000
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

More information Player, G ...
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ben McDonald35221.112103.90146
Scott Karl32207.11394.86121
Ricky Bones32145.07145.8359
Jeff D'Amico1786.0665.4453
Cal Eldred1584.2444.4650
Tim Van Egmond1254.2355.2733
Brian Givens414.01312.8610
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Other pitchers

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

More information Player, G ...
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ángel Miranda46109.1764.9478
Steve Sparks2088.2476.6021
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Relief pitchers

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

More information Player, G ...
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mike Fetters6133323.3853
Graeme Lloyd522402.8224
Ramón García374446.6640
Marshall Boze250217.7919
Mike Potts241217.1521
Doug Jones245013.4134
Ron Villone230023.2819
Kevin Wickander212004.9719
Bryce Florie150106.6312
Bob Wickman123003.2414
José Mercedes110209.186
Terry Burrows82002.845
Cris Carpenter80007.562
Mark Kiefer70008.105
Al Reyes51007.942
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Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

The Brewers' farm system consisted of seven minor league affiliates in 1996.[4] The Brewers operated a Dominican Summer League team as a co-op with the Chicago White Sox.[4] The Helena Brewers won the Pioneer League championship.[5]

More information Level, Team ...
Level Team League Manager
Triple-A New Orleans Zephyrs American Association Tim Ireland
Double-A El Paso Diablos Texas League Dave Machemer
Class A-Advanced Stockton Ports California League Greg Mahlberg
Class A Beloit Snappers Midwest League Luis Salazar
Rookie Helena Brewers Pioneer League Alex Morales
Rookie Ogden Raptors Pioneer League Bernie Moncallo
Rookie DSL Brewers/White Sox Dominican Summer League
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