1996 Milwaukee Brewers | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | Milwaukee County Stadium | |
City | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
Owners | Bud Selig | |
General managers | Sal Bando | |
Managers | Phil Garner | |
Television | WVTV (Jim Paschke, Bill Schroeder) | |
Radio | WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Jim Powell) | |
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The 1996 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers finishing third in the American League Central with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses.
AL Central | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cleveland Indians | 99 | 62 | 0.615 | — | 51–29 | 48–33 |
Chicago White Sox | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | 14½ | 44–37 | 41–40 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 19½ | 38–43 | 42–39 |
Minnesota Twins | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 21½ | 39–43 | 39–41 |
Kansas City Royals | 75 | 86 | 0.466 | 24 | 37–43 | 38–43 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 7–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 11–2 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 3–10 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 3–10–1 | 8–5 |
Boston | 6–7 | — | 8–4 | 6–6 | 1–11 | 12–1 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 8–5 |
California | 6–6 | 4–8 | — | 6–6 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 4–9 | 7–5 |
Chicago | 8–4 | 6–6 | 6–6 | — | 5–8 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 7–5 |
Cleveland | 7–5 | 11–1 | 9–4 | 8–5 | — | 12–0 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 10–3 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 7–5 |
Detroit | 2–11 | 1–12 | 6–6 | 3–10 | 0–12 | — | 6–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 6–7 |
Kansas City | 3–9 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | — | 4–9 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 5–8 |
Milwaukee | 3–9 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 9–4 | — | 9–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–9 | 6–7 | 5–7 |
Minnesota | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 3–10 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 4–9 | — | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–5 |
New York | 10–3 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 9–3 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 9–3 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 8–5 |
Oakland | 4–9 | 5–8 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 3–9 | — | 8–5 | 7–6 | 4–8 |
Seattle | 5–7 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 5–8 | — | 10–3 | 5–7 |
Texas | 10–3–1 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 3–10 | — | 10–2 |
Toronto | 5–8 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 2–10 | — |
1996 Game Log: 80–82 (Home: 38–43; Away: 42–39) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April: 12–12 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–6)
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May: 11–16 (Home: 5–7; Away: 6–9)
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June: 17–11 (Home: 10–6; Away: 7–5)
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July: 12–16 (Home: 7–7; Away: 5–9)
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August: 14–16 (Home: 5–10; Away: 9–6)
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September: 14–11 (Home: 5–7; Away: 9–4)
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1996 Milwaukee Brewers | |||||||||
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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 |
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C | Mike Matheny | 106 | 313 | 64 | .204 | 8 | 46 |
1B | John Jaha | 148 | 543 | 163 | .300 | 34 | 118 |
2B | Fernando Viña | 140 | 554 | 157 | .283 | 7 | 46 |
SS | José Valentín | 154 | 552 | 143 | .259 | 24 | 95 |
3B | Jeff Cirillo | 158 | 566 | 184 | .325 | 15 | 83 |
LF | Greg Vaughn | 102 | 375 | 105 | .280 | 31 | 95 |
CF | Pat Listach | 87 | 317 | 76 | .240 | 1 | 33 |
RF | Matt Mieske | 127 | 374 | 104 | .278 | 14 | 64 |
DH | Kevin Seitzer | 132 | 490 | 155 | .316 | 12 | 62 |
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 |
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Dave Nilsson | 123 | 453 | 150 | .331 | 17 | 84 |
Jesse Levis | 104 | 233 | 55 | .236 | 1 | 21 |
Marc Newfield | 49 | 179 | 55 | .307 | 7 | 31 |
Mark Loretta | 73 | 154 | 43 | .279 | 1 | 13 |
David Hulse | 81 | 117 | 26 | .222 | 0 | 6 |
Chuck Carr | 27 | 106 | 29 | .274 | 1 | 11 |
Gerald Williams | 26 | 92 | 19 | .207 | 0 | 4 |
Jeromy Burnitz | 23 | 72 | 17 | .236 | 2 | 14 |
Turner Ward | 43 | 67 | 12 | .179 | 2 | 10 |
Kevin Koslofski | 25 | 42 | 9 | .214 | 0 | 6 |
Kelly Stinnett | 14 | 26 | 2 | .077 | 0 | 0 |
Tim Unroe | 14 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 0 | 0 |
Todd Dunn | 6 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 1 |
Brian Banks | 4 | 7 | 4 | .571 | 1 | 2 |
Danny Perez | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ben McDonald | 35 | 221.1 | 12 | 10 | 3.90 | 146 |
Scott Karl | 32 | 207.1 | 13 | 9 | 4.86 | 121 |
Ricky Bones | 32 | 145.0 | 7 | 14 | 5.83 | 59 |
Jeff D'Amico | 17 | 86.0 | 6 | 6 | 5.44 | 53 |
Cal Eldred | 15 | 84.2 | 4 | 4 | 4.46 | 50 |
Tim Van Egmond | 12 | 54.2 | 3 | 5 | 5.27 | 33 |
Brian Givens | 4 | 14.0 | 1 | 3 | 12.86 | 10 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ángel Miranda | 46 | 109.1 | 7 | 6 | 4.94 | 78 |
Steve Sparks | 20 | 88.2 | 4 | 7 | 6.60 | 21 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Mike Fetters | 61 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 3.38 | 53 |
Graeme Lloyd | 52 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2.82 | 24 |
Ramón García | 37 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6.66 | 40 |
Marshall Boze | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7.79 | 19 |
Mike Potts | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7.15 | 21 |
Doug Jones | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3.41 | 34 |
Ron Villone | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.28 | 19 |
Kevin Wickander | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.97 | 19 |
Bryce Florie | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.63 | 12 |
Bob Wickman | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.24 | 14 |
José Mercedes | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.18 | 6 |
Terry Burrows | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 5 |
Cris Carpenter | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.56 | 2 |
Mark Kiefer | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 5 |
Al Reyes | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.94 | 2 |
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