1996 Florida Marlins season

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1996  Florida Marlins
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Joe Robbie Stadium
City Miami Gardens, Florida
Record80–82 (.494)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Wayne Huizenga
General managers Dave Dombrowski
Managers Rene Lachemann, Cookie Rojas, John Boles
Television Sunshine Network
WBFS-TV
(Gary Carter, Jay Randolph)
Radio WQAM
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien)
WCMQ-FM (Spanish)
(Felo Ramírez, Manolo Alvarez)
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The 1996 Florida Marlins season was the fourth season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 1995. Their managers were Rene Lachemann, Cookie Rojas, and John Boles. They played home games in Miami Gardens, Florida. They finished with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses, third place in the National League East.

Contents

The Marlins home ballpark at the time had been known as Joe Robbie Stadium since its opening. However, in the middle of the 1996 season, the Miami Dolphins, who controlled the stadium, sold naming rights to Pro Player by Fruit of the Loom.

Thus, in the middle of the Marlins season on August 26, Joe Robbie Stadium was renamed Pro Player Park. On September 10, after the Dolphins home opener and still before the end of baseball season, the park was renamed Pro Player Stadium, a name which remained though the 2004 season.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 96660.593—56–2540–41
Montreal Expos 88740.543850–3138–43
Florida Marlins 80820.4941652–2928–53
New York Mets 71910.4382542–3929–52
Philadelphia Phillies 67950.4142935–4632–49

Record vs. opponents

1996 National League record

Sources:
TeamATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTL
Atlanta —7–57–55–76–76–65–710–37–69–49–39–47–59–4
Chicago 5–7—5–85–76–65–88–56–67–57–64–96–67–55–8
Cincinnati 5–78–5—7–63–97–64–83–96–610–25–89–39–45–8
Colorado 7–57–56–7—5–88–56–73–97–56–67–58–55–88–4
Florida 7–66–69–38–5—7–56–75–87–66–75–73–95–76–6
Houston 6–68–56–75–85–7—6–64–98–410–28–56–68–42–11
Los Angeles 7–55–88–47–67–66–6—9–38–47–66–65–87–68–4
Montreal 3–106–69–39–38–59–43–9—7–66–77–54–89–48–4
New York 6–75–76–65–76–74–84–86–7—7–68–53–106–65–7
Philadelphia 4-96–72–106–67–62–106–77–66–7—7–54–86–64–8
Pittsburgh 3–99–48–55–77–55–86–65–75–85–7—4–98–43–10
San Diego 4–96–63–95–89–36–68–58–410–38–49–4—11–24–8
San Francisco 5–75–74–98–57–54–86–74–96–66–64–82–11—7–6
St. Louis 4–98–58–54–86–611-24–84–87–58–410–38–46–7—

Game log

1996 Game Log: 80–82 (Home: 52–29; Away: 28–53)
April: 11–16 (Home: 6–6; Away: 5–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1 Pirates 0–4WagnerBrown (0–1)—41,8150–1
2April 2 Pirates 1–4ChristiansenPena (0–1)Miceli20,2430–2
3April 4 Pirates 6–2Leiter (1–0)Ericks—19,0081–2
4April 5 Giants 1–7FernandezRapp (0–1)—24,7691–3
5April 6 Giants 1–0 (10)Nen (1–0)Dewey—34,0022–3
6April 7 Giants 7–14BourgeoisBurkett (0–1)—19,8422–4
7April 8@ Padres 2–9HamiltonHammond (0–1)—44,4702–5
8April 9@ Padres 5–2 (10)Leiter (2–0)Blair—15,1603–5
9April 10@ Padres 0–3TewksburyRapp (0–2)Hoffman10,5103–6
10April 11@ Dodgers 0–5ParkBrown (0–2)Worrell36,0233–7
11April 12@ Dodgers 3–1Burkett (1–1)Valdez—40,3434–7
12April 13@ Dodgers 1–3NomoHammond (0–2)—46,0594–8
13April 14@ Dodgers 1–6AstacioLeiter (2–1)—49,7284–9
14April 16@ Braves 2–5AveryBrown (0–3)Wohlers26,6254–10
15April 17@ Braves 2–4MadduxBurkett (1–2)Wohlers28,8844–11
16April 18@ Braves 5–3Hammond (1–2)GlavineNen (1)25,3005–11
17April 19 Dodgers 5–0Powell (1–0)Hall—24,1436–11
18April 20 Dodgers 7–4Leiter (3–1)NomoNen (2)35,5427–11
19April 21 Dodgers 5–4Brown (1–3)HallMathews (1)23,8428–11
20April 22 Padres 3–5AshbyBurkett (1–3)—17,4738–12
21April 23 Padres 2–7BergmanHammond (1–3)—19,6678–13
22April 24@ Pirates 3–6NeagleRapp (0–3)—9,8128–14
23April 25@ Pirates 4–1Leiter (4–1)HopeNen (3)8,3159–14
24April 26@ Giants 3–0Brown (2–3)Fernandez—12,46110–14
25April 27@ Giants 3–6LeiterBurkett (1–4)Beck15,71110–15
26April 28@ Giants 4–10VanLandinghamHammond (1–4)—23,53510–16
27April 30 Phillies 7–2Rapp (1–3)WilliamsNen (4)15,25211–16
May: 16–11 (Home: 12–6; Away: 4–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
28May 1 Phillies 5–6RyanLeiter (4–2)Bottalico14,67211–17
29May 2 Phillies 0–2GraceBrown (2–4)Bottalico14,88811–18
30May 3@ Rockies 5–9ReynosoBurkett (1–5)—48,12911–19
31May 4@ Rockies 5–17FreemanHammond (1–5)—48,10111–20
32May 5@ Rockies 4–5RitzPerez (0–1)—48,13411–21
33May 6 Mets 4–1Leiter (5–2)ClarkNen (5)16,81912–21
34May 7 Mets 3–2Hammond (2–5)IsringhausenNen (6)20,12713–21
35May 8 Mets 6–3Perez (1–1)HenryNen (7)21,35714–21
36May 9 Rockies 6–2Miller (1–0)Freeman—21,00815–21
37May 10 Rockies 4–2Rapp (2–3)RitzNen (8)27,30916–21
38May 11 Rockies 11–0Leiter (6–2)Thompson—31,54917–21
39May 12 Rockies 7–5Nen (2–0)Leskanic—21,05818–21
40May 13 Cardinals 5–2Burkett (2–5)BenesPowell (1)19,22719–21
41May 14 Cardinals 11–5Mathews (1–0)Parrett—16,07020–21
42May 15 Cardinals 0–6StottlemyreRapp (2–4)—18,06620–22
43May 17@ Cubs 1–3BullingerLeiter (6–3)Wendell32,52820–23
44May 18@ Cubs 3–2Burkett (3–5)TrachselNen (9)38,00321–23
45May 19@ Cubs 8–7 (11)Mantei (1–0)WendellNen (10)30,42022–23
46May 20@ Reds 5–3Rapp (3–4)BurbaNen (11)18,02323–23
47May 21@ Reds 3–2Weathers (1–0)SalkeldMathews (2)19,53424–23
48May 22@ Reds 1–4SmileyLeiter (6–4)Brantley22,05524–24
49May 24 Cardinals 2–4MorganBurkett (3–6)Mathews19,58324–25
50May 25 Cardinals 0–5BenesRapp (3–5)—26,31224–26
51May 26 Cardinals 8–2 (7)Weathers (2–0)Osborne—20,57325–26
52May 27 Reds 6–2Leiter (7–4)Smiley—15,91926–26
53May 28 Reds 6–2Brown (3–4)BurbaMathews (4)14,05227–26
54May 31 Cubs 1–2NavarroRapp (3–6)—19,55227–27
June: 12–14 (Home: 8–5; Away: 4–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 1 Cubs 4–5 (10)WendellMathews (1–1)—30,13327–28
56June 2 Cubs 3–2Brown (4–4)TelemacoNen (12)22,17428–28
57June 4 Expos 5–0Burkett (4–6)Rueter—14,82129–28
58June 5 Expos 1–2CormierRapp (3–7)Veres21,34229–29
59June 7@ Mets 12–2Leiter (8–4)Harnisch—13,00930–29
60June 8@ Mets 6–7ClarkWeathers (2–1)Franco22,55030–30
61June 9@ Mets 0–3IsringhausenBurkett (4–7)—40,70730–31
62June 10@ Expos 5–2Nen (3–0)Dyer—34,86731–31
63June 11@ Expos 2–3ScottBrown (4–5)Veres10,75831–32
64June 12@ Expos 0–8FasseroLeiter (8–5)—12,34131–33
65June 13@ Pirates 4–3Perez (2–1)CordovaNen (13)15,08332–33
66June 14@ Pirates 4–5PlesacNen (3–1)—26,49432–34
67June 15@ Pirates 8–12DarwinRapp (3–8)—15,59632–35
68June 16@ Pirates 4–2Brown (5–5)NeagleNen (14)28,12033–35
69June 17@ Giants 0–1FernandezLeiter (8–6)Beck9,52433–36
70June 18@ Giants 8–9 (15)JudenRapp (3–9)—15,43933–37
71June 19@ Giants 4–7 (15)BautistaMathews (1–2)—13,27433–38
72June 21 Pirates 4–0Brown (6–5)Darwin—20,44234–38
73June 22 Pirates 1–4 (10)PlesacPerez (2–2)—26,66634–39
74June 23 Pirates 3–5LieberRapp (3–10)Cordova20,76934–40
75June 24 Giants 2–1Burkett (5–7)LeiterNen (15)16,86035–40
76June 25 Giants 5–4 (10)Powell (2–0)Beck—16,57736–40
77June 26 Giants 3–2Brown (7–5)Watson—21,18837–40
78June 28 Braves 2–0Leiter (9–6)GlavineNen (16)30,66138–40
79June 29 Braves 5–3Rapp (4–10)Smoltz—40,95239–40
80June 30 Braves 4–5ClontzBurkett (5–8)Wohlers34,02339–41
July: 10–17 (Home: 8–6; Away: 2–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1@ Astros 2–6HamptonBrown (7–6)—18,51339–42
82July 2@ Astros 3–4 (12)JohnstoneMathews (1–3)—18,89739–43
83July 3@ Astros 3–4DrabekLeiter (9–7)Jones24,53739–44
84July 4@ Phillies 5–8BlazierRapp (4–11)Bottalico17,46039–45
85July 5@ Phillies 4–7BorlandMiller (1–1)Bottalico46,87239–46
86July 6@ Phillies 1–2WilliamsBrown (7–7)Bottalico22,27839–47
87July 7@ Phillies 7–4 (10)Mathews (2–3)JordanNen (17)28,18340–47
88July 11@ Braves 9–8Burkett (6–8)AveryNen (18)33,20841–47
89July 12@ Braves 3–6GlavineLeiter (9–8)Wohlers32,51741–48
90July 13@ Braves 0–3SmoltzBrown (7–8)—36,95341–49
91July 14@ Braves 10–15McMichaelPerez (2–3)—31,13441–50
92July 15 Astros 15–5Pall (1–0)Wall—15,80742–50
93July 16 Astros 3–2Perez (3–3)Jones—15,61043–50
94July 17 Astros 11–2Leiter (10–8)Reynolds—16,34544–50
95July 18 Phillies 7–0Brown (8–8)Mimbs—16,52145–50
96July 19 Phillies 11–2Hammond (3–5)Williams—19,12346–50
97July 20 Phillies 7–4Rapp (5–11)SpringerNen (19)24,33647–50
98July 21 Phillies 3–12SchillingBurkett (6–9)Bottalico20,87347–51
99July 23 Dodgers 1–7ValdezLeiter (10–9)—17,88947–52
100July 24 Dodgers 3–0Brown (9–8)NomoNen (20)20,48648–52
101July 25 Dodgers 3–6AstacioHammond (3–6)Worrell18,15148–53
102July 26 Padres 0–3 (11)HoffmanPall (1–1)—19,67748–54
103July 27 Padres 12–20VilloneMathews (2–4)—26,18248–55
104July 28 Padres 8–2Leiter (11–9)Hamilton—22,68349–55
105July 29 Padres 3–5SandersBrown (9–9)Hoffman18,28149–56
106July 30@ Dodgers 4–5 (10)OsunaWeathers (2–2)—34,97349–57
107July 31@ Dodgers 0–3MartinezRapp (5–12)Worrell29,56549–58
August: 16–13 (Home: 8–3; Away: 8–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1@ Dodgers 7–6 (14)Hammond (4–6)DreifortMathews (5)41,19750–58
109August 2@ Padres 1–2HoffmanPerez (3–4)—18,23950–59
110August 3@ Padres 5–2Brown (10–9)SandersNen (21)55,41251–59
111August 4@ Padres 4–6ValenzuelaHammond (4–7)Hoffman35,30251–60
112August 5@ Rockies 16–9Hutton (1–0)Freeman—48,31352–60
113August 6@ Rockies 0–11ThompsonBurkett (6–10)—48,33952–61
114August 7@ Rockies 5–12RitzLeiter (11–10)—48,62252–62
115August 8 Mets 0–3HarnischBrown (10–10)Franco21,62752–63
116August 9 Mets 2–1 (10)Nen (4–1)Henry—21,50653–63
117August 10 Mets 9–6Rapp (6–12)WilsonNen (22)22,11554–63
118August 11 Mets 3–5ClarkValdes (0–1)Franco21,09254–64
119August 13 Rockies 5–0Leiter (12–10)Ritz—26,25655–64
120August 14 Rockies 2–1Brown (11–10)LeskanicNen (23)26,58956–64
121August 15 Rockies 7–6Powell (3–0)RuffinNen (24)21,72357–64
122August 16@ Cardinals 2–6BenesRapp (6–13)—30,50757–65
123August 17@ Cardinals 3–4MathewsPowell (3–1)Eckersley30,79257–66
124August 18@ Cardinals 3–5StottlemyreLeiter (12–11)Eckersley34,56457–67
125August 19@ Cubs 4–3Brown (12–10)TelemacoNen (25)32,30258–67
126August 20@ Cubs 1–8FosterHutton (1–1)—22,11958–68
127August 21@ Cubs 3–8CastilloRapp (6–14)—27,69958–69
128August 23 Reds 5–6CarraraValdes (0–2)Brantley—58–70
129August 23 Reds 8–3Leiter (13–11)Jarvis—21,49759–70
130August 24 Reds 5–3Brown (13–10)BurbaNen (26)33,88360–70
131August 25 Reds 6–5Nen (5–1)Smith—27,37261–70
132August 27@ Cardinals 6–3Hutton (2–1)MorganNen (27)24,78462–70
133August 28@ Cardinals 3–2 (10)Hammond (5–7)BaileyNen (28)21,76763–70
134August 29@ Cardinals 10–9Leiter (14–11)StottlemyreNen (29)23,10564–70
135August 30@ Reds 3–1Brown (14–10)Remlinger—22,48565–70
136August 31@ Reds 8–22JarvisMiller (1–2)—25,19665–71
September: 15–11 (Home: 10–3; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1@ Reds 6–1Hutton (3–1)Smiley—25,52166–71
138September 2 Cubs 4–3Valdes (1–2)TrachselNen (30)16,62267–71
139September 3 Cubs 3–11NavarroLeiter (14–12)—15,52867–72
140September 4 Cubs 9–2Brown (15–10)Foster—14,87968–72
141September 5 Expos 2–6ManuelRapp (6–15)—16,08068–73
142September 6 Expos 4–0Hutton (4–1)FasseroPowell (2)16,94369–73
143September 7 Expos 1–2LeiterValdes (1–3)Rojas25,27869–74
144September 8 Expos 2–1Helling (1–0)MartinezNen (31)19,42770–74
145September 9@ Mets 1–6MlickiBrown (15–11)—14,10070–75
146September 10@ Mets 9–3 (12)Powell (4–1)Henry—14,74671–75
147September 11@ Mets 1–3IsringhausenRapp (6–16)Wallace12,44871–76
148September 12@ Expos 4–5VeresPowell (4–2)Rojas9,30871–77
149September 13@ Expos 2–3MartinezHelling (1–1)Rojas13,72371–78
150September 14@ Expos 2–3VeresPowell (4–3)Rojas17,54671–79
151September 15@ Expos 4–3Leiter (15–12)DaalNen (32)26,16672–79
152September 17@ Phillies 11–5Rapp (7–16)Beech—15,50773–79
153September 18@ Phillies 6–8BorlandMiller (1–3)Bottalico17,15873–80
154September 20 Astros 3–1Brown (16–11)ReynoldsNen (33)21,51874–80
155September 21 Astros 2–1Heredia (1–0)Wagner—31,02375–80
156September 22 Astros 6–0Helling (2–1)Kile—17,46176–80
157September 24 Braves 12–1Rapp (8–16)Avery—18,24577–80
158September 25 Braves 3–0Brown (17–11)GlavineNen (34)29,17878–80
159September 26 Braves 7–1Leiter (16–12)Neagle—25,55379–80
160September 27@ Astros 3–2Hutton (5–1)KileNen (35)21,72580–80
161September 28@ Astros 1–5DarwinHeredia (1–1)—21,83280–81
162September 29@ Astros 4–5 (10)HudekHammond (5–8)—42,65880–82
Legend:       = Win       = Loss
Bold = Marlins team member

Detailed records

Transactions

Roster

1996 Florida Marlins
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Charles Johnson 12038684.2181337
1B Greg Colbrunn 141511146.2861669
2B Quilvio Veras 7325364.253414
SS Édgar Rentería 106431133.309531
3B Terry Pendleton 111406102.251758
LF Jeff Conine 157597175.2932695
CF Devon White 146552151.2741784
RF Gary Sheffield 161519163.31442120

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Kurt Abbott 10932081.253833
Alex Arias 10022462.277326
Joe Orsulak 12021748.221219
Luis Castillo 4116443.26218
Jesús Tavárez 9811425.21906
Craig Grebeck 509520.21119
Bob Natal 449012.13302
Ralph Milliard 246210.16101
Andre Dawson 425816.276214
Billy McMillon 285111.21604
Joe Siddall 18477.14903
Greg Zaun 10319.29012
Russ Morman 661.16700
Jerry Brooks 852.40003
Josh Booty 221.50000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Kevin Brown 32233.017111.89159
Al Leiter 33215.116122.93200
Pat Rapp 30162.18165.1086
John Burkett 24154.06104.32108
Rick Helling 527.2211.9526
Andy Larkin 15.0001.802

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Chris Hammond 3881.0586.5650
David Weathers 3171.1224.5440
Mark Hutton 1356.1513.6731
Marc Valdes 1148.2134.8113
Kurt Miller 2646.1136.8030

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Robb Nen 7551351.9592
Jay Powell 674324.5452
Yorkis Pérez 643405.2947
Terry Mathews 572444.9149
Félix Heredia 211104.3210
Matt Mantei 141006.3825
Donn Pall 121105.799
Miguel Batista 90005.566
Joel Adamson 90007.367
Alejandro Peña 40104.505
Bill Hurst 20000.001
Liván Hernández 10000.002

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Charlotte Knights International League Sal Rende
AA Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League Carlos Tosca
A Brevard County Manatees Florida State League Fredi González
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Lynn Jones
A-Short Season Utica Blue Sox New York–Penn League Steve McFarland
Rookie GCL Marlins Gulf Coast League Juan Bustabad

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The 2000 season was the 32nd in the history of the Kansas City Royals, and their 28th at Kauffman Stadium. They had a record of 77 wins and 85 losses, finishing fourth in the American League Central.

The 1996 Atlanta Braves season was the 126th season in the history of the franchise and 31st season in the city of Atlanta. They secured a regular season record of 96–66 and reached the World Series, where they lost to the underdog New York Yankees in six games, failing to defend its championship in 1995. Heavily favored and seen as one of the greatest Braves teams in history and despite taking a 2–0 lead, the Braves unexpectedly lost the next 4 games. This World Series appearance was their fourth appearance in the last 5 years as a franchise, excluding the strike shortened season. Atlanta won its seventh division title and its fifth in six years. In the previous round, Atlanta completed a miraculous comeback. After trailing in the NLCS to St. Louis three games to one, Atlanta outscored St. Louis 32–1 in games five through seven to complete the comeback. The collapse was remembered as one of the largest in North American sports history.

The 2001 San Diego Padres season was the 33rd season in franchise history.

The 2003 San Diego Padres season was the 35th season in franchise history. The team was managed by Bruce Bochy, as the team played their final season of home games at Qualcomm Stadium before moving the club to Petco Park the following season.

The 1995 Detroit Tigers finished in fourth place in the American League East with a record of 60–84 (.417). The strike-shortened 1995 season was the last for Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson and longtime second baseman Lou Whitaker, who each retired at the end of the season, as well as Kirk Gibson who retired in August 1995.

Terry Alan Mathews was an American professional baseball player who pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1991 to 1999. He played for the Texas Rangers, Florida Marlins, Baltimore Orioles, and Kansas City Royals.

References

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  2. ↑ Devon White Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. 1 2 "Mark Davis Stats".
  4. ↑ "Craig Grebeck Stats".
  5. ↑ Andre Dawson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ "Aaron Small Stats".
  7. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.143, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0
  8. ↑ "Mark Kotsay Stats".
  9. ↑ "The Baseball Cube - Research Site for Pro + College Stats + draft".
  10. ↑ Terry Pendleton Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  11. ↑ Gregg Zaun Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  12. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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