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1996 Seattle Mariners season

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The 1996 Seattle Mariners season was the 20th season in franchise history, and the team was the runner-up in American League (AL) West, with a record of 85–76 (.528), 4+1⁄2 games behind the champion Texas Rangers. The Mariners led the majors in runs (993), doubles (335), runs batted in (954), and slugging percentage (.484),[1] but the pitching staff had the highest earned run average (5.21) in team history, later surpassed in 1999.[2] Four Mariners scored at least 100 runs and drove in at least 100 runs.[3] The May 2 game against the Cleveland Indians was suspended following an earthquake at the Kingdome and completed the following day.[4][5] In their game against the Kansas City Royals on May 11, the Mariners set a franchise record of 12 extra-base hits.[6][7]

LeagueAmerican League
BallparkKingdome
Record85–76 (.528)
OwnersHiroshi Yamauchi
(represented by John Ellis)
Quick facts Seattle Mariners, League ...
1996 Seattle Mariners
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkKingdome
CitySeattle, Washington
Record85–76 (.528)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersHiroshi Yamauchi
(represented by John Ellis)
General managersWoody Woodward
ManagersLou Piniella
TelevisionKIRO-TV 7
Prime Sports NW
RadioKIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Ron Fairly)
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The Mariners were one of four AL teams that played only 161 games in 1996.[8] A three-game series in Cleveland in September was shortened to a two-game doubleheader after the Friday night game was declared unofficial after a rain delay.[9][10]

The Mariners traded away future Hall of Famer David Ortiz in September to complete a trade to acquire former All-Star Dave Hollins, who left the team after the season.[11]

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 9072 .556 — 50‍–‍31 40‍–‍41
Seattle Mariners 8576 .528 4½ 43‍–‍38 42‍–‍38
Oakland Athletics 7884 .481 12 40‍–‍41 38‍–‍43
California Angels 7091 .435 19½ 43‍–‍38 27‍–‍53
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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: 85–76 (Home: 43–38; Away: 42–38)
March: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31White Sox3–2 (12)Hurtado (1–0)Simas—57,4671–0
April: 15–10 (Home: 8–5; Away: 7–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
2April 2White Sox3–2Hitchcock (1–0)AlvarezCharlton (1)38,5702–0
3April 3White Sox2–4MagraneWolcott (0–1)Hernandez22,7832–1
4April 5Brewers6–10KarlHurtado (1–1)—27,7682–2
5April 6Brewers8–5Johnson (1–0)Sparks—56,8923–2
6April 7Brewers3–1Hitchcock (2–0)BonesJackson (1)21,0044–2
7April 9@ Tigers9–10KeagleMenhart (0–1)Williams42,9324–3
8April 10@ Tigers3–7OlivaresHurtado (1–2)—9,2994–4
9April 11@ Tigers9–1Johnson (2–0)Gohr—12,2725–4
10April 12@ Blue Jays9–6Hitchcock (3–0)Quantrill—31,2936–4
11April 13@ Blue Jays14–3Bosio (1–0)Ware—33,6457–4
12April 14@ Blue Jays9–4Wolcott (1–1)Hentgen—29,3018–4
13April 15Angels11–10Charlton (1–0)Eichhorn—36,9609–4
14April 16Angels5–3Johnson (3–0)Abbott—25,40410–4
15April 17Tigers8–3Jackson (1–0)Veres—18,00811–4
16April 18Tigers11–3Bosio (2–0)SodowskyHurtado (1)17,53612–4
17April 19Blue Jays4–10HentgenWolcott (1–2)Bohanon32,18912–5
18April 20Blue Jays1–3GuzmanMenhart (0–2)Timlin47,48712–6
19April 21Blue Jays9–5Johnson (4–0)Hanson—34,91513–6
20April 22Blue Jays7–16CastilloHurtado (1–3)—18,46713–7
21April 24@ White Sox1–2AlvarezBosio (2–1)Hernandez15,88213–8
22April 25@ White Sox3–4TapaniWolcott (1–3)Hernandez14,67913–9
23April 26@ Brewers6–5Carmona (1–0)PottsCharlton (2)13,07214–9
24April 27@ Brewers6–5Wells (1–0)BonesCharlton (3)17,27015–9
25April 28@ Brewers9–16PottsDavis (0–1)—19,71715–10
26April 30@ Rangers8–0Bosio (3–1)Gross—27,27216–10
May: 12–14 (Home: 8–9; Away: 4–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27May 1@ Rangers4–5RussellJackson (1–1)Henneman31,77516–11
28May 2Indians4–6HershiserWolcott (1–4)Mesa21,71116–12
29May 3Indians2–5NagyHitchcock (3–1)Mesa38,08616–13
30May 4Indians5–1Menhart (1–2)Lopez—57,13317–13
31May 5Indians0–2MartinezBosio (3–2)Mesa56,88317–14
32May 6Twins5–4Wells (2–0)RadkeCharlton (4)32,20318–14
33May 7Twins0–2ParraWolcott (1–5)Stevens15,62618–15
34May 8Twins5–7 (10)GuardadoWells (2–1)Stevens22,17518–16
35May 10Royals10–14ValeraDavis (0–2)—24,23118–17
36May 11Royals11–1Wolcott (2–5)BelcherCarmona (1)43,29719–17
37May 12Royals8–5Johnson (5–0)LintonCharlton (5)27,47020–17
38May 14@ Yankees0–2GoodenHitchcock (3–2)—20,78620–18
39May 15@ Yankees10–5Hurtado (2–3)Key—20,68021–18
40May 17@ Orioles13–14MillsCharlton (1–1)—47,25921–19
41May 18@ Orioles7–3Milacki (1–0)Mercker—46,43422–19
42May 19@ Orioles7–8MussinaHurtado (2–4)Myers47,56522–20
43May 21@ Red Sox13–7Wells (3–1)Eshelman—24,52823–20
44May 22@ Red Sox6–1Wolcott (3–5)Wakefield—26,75324–20
45May 23@ Red Sox4–11ClemensMilacki (1–1)—31,55124–21
46May 24Yankees10–4Hitchcock (4–2)Kamieniecki—44,23625–21
47May 25Yankees4–5MendozaHurtado (2–5)Wetteland57,17325–22
48May 26Yankees4–3Menhart (2–2)GoodenCharlton (6)42,41026–22
49May 28Orioles8–12RhodesGuetterman (0–1)Haynes23,23526–23
50May 29Orioles9–8Charlton (2–1)Myers—20,25327–23
51May 30Red Sox1–10GordonTorres (0–1)—17,39527–24
52May 31Red Sox9–6Wells (4–1)Garces—29,11928–24
June: 14–12 (Home: 5–5; Away: 9–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 1Red Sox5–6WakefieldMilacki (1–2)Slocumb34,82228–25
54June 2Red Sox3–1Wolcott (4–5)ClemensJackson (2)47,54029–25
55June 4@ Indians10–7Carmona (2–0)MesaCharlton (7)42,17930–25
56June 5@ Indians5–13PlunkMilacki (1–3)—42,27430–26
57June 6@ Indians5–2Wells (5–1)MartinezCharlton (8)42,23631–26
58June 7@ Royals5–9ValeraWolcott (4–6)—20,89131–27
59June 8@ Royals8–12AppierMilacki (1–4)Montgomery30,02231–28
60June 9@ Royals3–2Hitchcock (5–2)GubiczaCharlton (9)20,48932–28
61June 10@ Twins6–13AldredWagner (0–1)Trombley17,13432–29
62June 11@ Twins18–8Wells (6–1)AguileraHurtado (2)14,39533–29
63June 12@ Twins5–3Wolcott (5–6)RadkeCharlton (10)15,83034–29
64June 14White Sox1–4AlvarezHitchcock (5–3)Hernandez30,16334–30
65June 15White Sox8–6 (12)Carmona (3–0)McCaskill—47,04235–30
66June 16White Sox7–6Wells (7–1)MagraneJackson (3)34,58836–30
67June 18Blue Jays3–11GuzmanWolcott (5–7)—25,91236–31
68June 19Blue Jays2–9HansonHarikkala (0–1)—26,26536–32
69June 20@ White Sox8–5Hitchcock (6–3)TapaniCharlton (11)23,01737–32
70June 21@ White Sox12–2Wagner (1–1)Magrane—23,25338–32
71June 22@ White Sox4–2Wells (8–1)FernandezCharlton (12)27,03639–32
72June 23@ White Sox6–7 (10)McCaskillGuetterman (0–2)—26,76839–33
73June 25@ Blue Jays7–8CrabtreeCharlton (2–2)—31,42039–34
74June 26@ Blue Jays5–6WareAyala (0–1)Crabtree30,15839–35
75June 27@ Blue Jays9–1Wells (9–1)Quantrill—31,10840–35
76June 28Rangers19–8Carmona (4–0)Pavlik—34,41341–35
77June 29Rangers5–9OliverMeacham (0–1)—37,55641–36
78June 30Rangers4–3Hitchcock (7–3)WittCharlton (13)33,39242–36
July: 16–12 (Home: 8–6; Away: 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1Athletics4–6WengertWagner (1–2)Taylor18,16642–37
80July 2Athletics6–11MohlerCharlton (2–3)—19,63242–38
81July 3Athletics4–3Ayala (1–1)Reyes—36,61943–38
82July 4@ Rangers9–5Carmona (5–0)Henneman—46,66844–38
83July 5@ Rangers6–3Hitchcock (8–3)Witt—46,39745–38
84July 6@ Rangers9–5Wagner (2–2)Gross—46,45846–38
85July 7@ Rangers3–8HillWells (9–2)—36,93346–39
86July 11Angels5–4 (12)Carmona (6–0)Monteleone—25,94947–39
87July 12Angels7–6 (10)Ayala (2–1)McElroy—29,61848–39
88July 13Angels4–6BoskieAyala (2–2)Percival37,79248–40
89July 14Angels8–0Wells (10–2)Grimsley—33,24349–40
90July 15@ Athletics5–1Wolcott (6–7)Telgheder—11,18350–40
91July 16@ Athletics5–12ChouinardHitchcock (8–4)—15,20650–41
92July 17@ Athletics6–7CorsiMinor (0–1)Taylor14,38750–42
93July 18@ Angels15–3Meacham (1–1)Boskie—22,78051–42
94July 19@ Angels4–9GrimsleyWells (10–3)—23,33251–43
95July 20@ Angels4–5SchmidtCharlton (2–4)Percival31,75951–44
96July 21@ Angels6–2Hitchcock (9–4)Abbott—22,08852–44
97July 22Brewers8–3Wagner (3–2)Mercedes—40,55553–44
98July 23Brewers3–7KarlCarmona (6–1)—22,37853–45
99July 24Brewers8–7Ayala (3–2)Fetters—19,89954–45
100July 25Tigers4–7 (10)LimaAyala (3–3)—19,94954–46
101July 26Tigers6–4Hitchcock (10–4)SagerJackson (4)25,17555–46
102July 27Tigers13–7Davis (1–2)Williams—43,20956–46
103July 28Tigers6–14OlivaresBosio (3–3)—38,20456–47
104July 30@ Brewers6–5Wells (11–3)EldredAyala (1)—57–47
105July 30@ Brewers3–4Van EgmondWolcott (6–8)Fetters18,59157–48
106July 31@ Brewers9–3Hitchcock (11–4)D'Amico—30,77258–48
August: 12–17 (Home: 5–10; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1@ Brewers9–2Moyer (1–0)McDonald—18,42559–48
108August 2@ Tigers2–8OlivaresWagner (3–3)—23,40559–49
109August 3@ Tigers3–6OlsonCharlton (2–5)—25,92859–50
110August 4@ Tigers9–3Wolcott (7–8)Nitkowski—23,56960–50
111August 6Indians3–4LopezWells (11–4)Mesa31,47260–51
112August 7Indians4–5TavarezCharlton (2–6)Mesa30,43160–52
113August 8Indians1–2OgeaMulholland (0–1)Mesa36,82260–53
114August 9Twins5–6ParraWolcott (7–9)Rodriguez25,13060–54
115August 10Twins4–10KlingenbeckHitchcock (11–5)—34,38160–55
116August 11Twins3–6RadkeWells (11–5)Rodriguez36,11460–56
117August 12Royals4–10AppierMoyer (1–1)Huisman43,47660–57
118August 13Royals9–5Mulholland (1–1)LintonJohnson (1)21,96161–57
119August 14Royals1–3RosadoWolcott (7–10)Montgomery23,70961–58
120August 16@ Yankees6–5Hitchcock (12–5)PolleyJackson (5)50,72462–58
121August 17@ Yankees10–3Moyer (2–1)Rogers—51,72963–58
122August 18@ Yankees13–12 (12)Ayala (4–3)MecirJackson (6)44,76964–58
123August 19@ Yankees4–10PettitteCarmona (6–2)—33,99464–59
124August 20@ Orioles1–4MussinaWagner (3–4)Myers47,67964–60
125August 21@ Orioles5–10EricksonHitchcock (12–6)—47,19864–61
126August 22@ Orioles10–3Moyer (3–1)Coppinger—47,38065–61
127August 23@ Red Sox6–4Bosio (4–3)BrandenburgAyala (2)33,07966–61
128August 24@ Red Sox5–9LacyWells (11–6)—32,92866–62
129August 25@ Red Sox5–8MadduxWagner (3–5)Slocumb34,37766–63
130August 26Yankees2–1Ayala (5–3)LloydCharlton (14)32,85767–63
131August 27Yankees7–4Moyer (4–1)Lloyd—32,97568–63
132August 28Yankees10–2Mulholland (2–1)Gooden—30,95269–63
133August 29Orioles9–6Charlton (3–6)Myers—24,91570–63
134August 30Orioles2–5CoppingerHitchcock (12–7)Mills44,53270–64
135August 31Orioles6–7EricksonBosio (4–4)Benitez42,09270–65
September: 15–11 (Home: 8–3; Away: 7–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1Orioles5–1Mulholland (3–1)Wells—50,01571–65
137September 2Red Sox8–9 (10)SlocumbCarmona (6–3)—24,47071–66
138September 3Red Sox11–9Torres (1–1)GordonCharlton (15)17,37472–66
139September 4Red Sox5–7MahomesHitchcock (12–8)Slocumb22,64272–67
140September 8@ Indians1–2NagyMulholland (3–2)—42,30772–68
141September 8@ Indians6–5Charlton (4–6)Mesa—42,21773–68
142September 10@ Royals2–4RosadoTorres (1–2)Bluma12,49973–69
143September 11@ Royals2–4LintonMoyer (4–2)Bluma13,07873–70
144September 12@ Royals8–5Mulholland (4–2)HaneyCharlton (16)15,04574–70
145September 13@ Twins13–7Wells (12–6)Miller—15,51075–70
146September 14@ Twins5–3 (10)Ayala (6–3)GuardadoCharlton (17)18,00276–70
147September 15@ Twins7–0Torres (2–2)Robertson—25,14277–70
148September 16Rangers6–0Moyer (5–2)Burkett—50,54478–70
149September 17Rangers5–2Mulholland (5–2)HillAyala (3)32,27979–70
150September 18Rangers5–2Hitchcock (13–8)WittCharlton (18)35,16280–70
151September 19Rangers7–6Davis (2–2)CookCharlton (19)39,76981–70
152September 20Athletics12–2Carmona (7–3)WengertMeacham (1)56,53582–70
153September 21Athletics9–2Moyer (6–2)Telgheder—56,10383–70
154September 22Athletics11–13MohlerMulholland (5–3)Taylor54,19483–71
155September 23@ Angels3–4FinleyHitchcock (13–9)Percival16,21283–72
156September 24@ Angels6–11SpringerWells (12–7)—18,89183–73
157September 25@ Angels11–2Torres (3–2)Boskie—17,16084–73
158September 26@ Athletics5–7TaylorCharlton (4–7)—11,14184–74
159September 27@ Athletics1–8TelghederMulholland (5–4)—25,13284–75
160September 28@ Athletics5–3 (10)Carmona (8–3)AcreCharlton (20)30,05785–75
161September 29@ Athletics1–3SmallTorres (3–3)Taylor34,46285–76
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
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Detailed records

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Notable transactions

Roster

1996 Seattle Mariners
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Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league 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

More information Pos, Player ...
Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CDan Wilson138491140.2851883
1BPaul Sorrento143471136.2892393
2BJoey Cora144530154.291645
SSAlex Rodriguez146601215.35836123
3BRuss Davis5116739.234518
LFRich Amaral11831291.292129
CFKen Griffey Jr.140545165.30349140
RFJay Buhner150564153.27144138
DHEdgar Martínez139499163.32726103
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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
Luis Sojo7724752.211116
Brian Hunter7519853.268728
Darren Bragg6919553.272725
Doug Strange8818343.235323
Mark Whiten4014042.3001233
Andy Sheets4711021.19109
John Marzano4110626.24506
Dave Hollins289433.351325
Alex Diaz387919.24115
Jeff Manto215410.18514
Ricky Jordan15287.25014
Greg Pirkl7214.19011
Manny Martinez9174.23503
Chris Widger8112.18200
Raúl Ibañez450.00000
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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
Sterling Hitchcock35196.21395.35132
Bob Wolcott30149.17105.7378
Matt Wagner1580.0356.8641
Jamie Moyer1170.2623.3129
Terry Mulholland1269.1544.6734
Tim Harikkala14.10112.461
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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
Bob Wells36130.21275.3094
Randy Johnson1461.1503.6785
Chris Bosio1860.2445.9339
Salomón Torres1049.0334.5936
Edwin Hurtado1647.2257.7436
Rusty Meacham1542.1115.7425
Paul Menhart1142.0227.2918
Bob Milacki721.0146.8613
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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
Norm Charlton7047204.0473
Mike Jackson731163.6370
Rafael Carmona538314.2862
Bobby Ayala506335.8861
Tim Davis402204.0134
Lee Guetterman170204.096
Blas Minor110104.9714
Greg McCarthy100001.867
Scott Ray Davison50009.009
Joe Klink30003.862
Mac Suzuki100020.251
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Awards and honors

Alex Rodriguez became the first shortstop in 56 years to lead the American League (AL) in batting average.[23]

Rodriguez and Ken Griffey Jr. won Silver Slugger Awards, and Griffey and Jay Buhner won Gold Glove Awards for their outfield defense.[24] Rodriguez and Griffey led the AL in Wins Above Replacement but finished second and fourth, respectively, in Most Valuable Player voting.[25][26]

The Mariners had five MLB All-Stars: Rodriguez, Griffey, Buhner, Edgar Martínez, and Dan Wilson.[27]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
More information Level, Team ...
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Rainiers Pacific Coast League Dave Myers
AA Port City Roosters Southern League Orlando Gómez
A Lancaster JetHawks California League Dave Brundage
A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Midwest League Mike Goff
A-Short Season Everett AquaSox Northwest League Roger Hansen
Rookie AZL Mariners Arizona League Tom LeVasseur
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