1996 New York Yankees season

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1996  New York Yankees
World Series Champions
American League Champions
American League East Champions
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Yankee Stadium
CityNew York City
Record92–70 (.568)
Divisional place1st
Owners George Steinbrenner
General managers Bob Watson
Managers Joe Torre
Television WPIX
(Phil Rizzuto, Bobby Murcer, Rick Cerone, Suzyn Waldman)
MSG
(Jim Kaat, Dave Cohen, Al Trautwig)
Radio WABC (AM)
(John Sterling, Michael Kay)
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The 1996 New York Yankees season was the 94th season for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. The 1996 New York Yankees were managed by Joe Torre, and played at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.

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The team finished first in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 92–70, 4 games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles and won their first division title since 1981 (the 1994 team had the best record in the American League, but the strike took it away). The team defeated the Texas Rangers in the American League Division Series, three games to one. The Yankees went on to defeat the Orioles in the American League Championship Series four games to one.

In the 1996 World Series the Yankees beat the defending National League and World Series champion Atlanta Braves four games to two, winning four consecutive games to overcome a two-games-to-none deficit. All told, the Yankees finished the post-season with an 8–0 road win–loss record, while going just 3–4 at home.

The Yankees earned their 23rd World Series title and their first since 1978. It was the last season for Hall of Fame TV announcer Phil Rizzuto, who left the team's broadcast crew that year.

Offseason

Regular season

Notable transactions

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 92700.568—49–3143–39
Baltimore Orioles 88740.543443–3845–36
Boston Red Sox 85770.525747–3438–43
Toronto Blue Jays 74880.4571835–4639–42
Detroit Tigers 531090.3273927–5426–55

Record vs. opponents

1996 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
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—

Game log

1996 Game Log: 92–70 (Home: 49–31; Away: 43–39)
April: 13–10 (Home: 7–3; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2@ Indians 7–1Cone (1–0)Martinez—42,2891–0
2April 3@ Indians 5–1Pettitte (1–0)McDowellNelson (1)41,8432–0
3April 6@ Rangers 2–4WittKey (0–1)Henneman35,5102–1
4April 7@ Rangers 2–7HillGooden (0–1)——2–2
5April 7@ Rangers 1–4PavlikHowe (0–1)Vosberg36,2482–3
6April 9 Royals 7–3Pettitte (2–0)Haney—56,3293–3
7April 11 Royals 5–3Key (1–1)BelcherHowe (1)17,5194–3
8April 12 Rangers 4–3Cone (2–0)HillWetteland (1)20,2385–3
9April 13 Rangers 6–10PavlikGooden (0–2)Vosberg19,6035–4
10April 14 Rangers 12–3Pettitte (3–0)Gross—20,1816–4
11April 16@ Brewers 3–6KarlKey (1–2)—7,0596–5
12April 17@ Brewers 4–8BonesCone (2–1)—7,1246–6
13April 19@ Twins 1–7RodriguezGooden (0–3)—20,2796–7
14April 20@ Twins 7–6Wickman (1–0)GuardadoWetteland (2)24,5867–7
15April 21@ Twins 9–5Rogers (1–0)Radke—20,1158–7
16April 22@ Royals 6–2Cone (3–1)Appier—14,7639–7
17April 23@ Royals 2–5GubiczaKey (1–3)Montgomery12,5369–8
18April 24 Indians 10–8Kamieniecki (1–0)Martinez—20,18710–8
19April 25 Indians 3–4PoolePettitte (3–1)Mesa18,58010–9
20April 26 Twins 5–4Rivera (1–0)RadkeWetteland (3)14,45011–9
21April 27 Twins 6–8 (10)BennettWickman (1–1)—20,02511–10
22April 28 Twins 6–3Rivera (2–0)RodriguezWetteland (4)24,79312–10
23April 30@ Orioles 13–10Nelson (1–0)ShepherdWetteland (5)43,11713–10
May: 16–11 (Home: 11–5; Away: 5–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 1@ Orioles 11–6 (15)Pettitte (4–1)Mercker—47,47214–10
25May 2 White Sox 5–1Cone (4–1)Fernandez—19,77315–10
26May 3 White Sox 2–0Rivera (3–0)ThomasWetteland (6)15,59916–10
27May 4 White Sox 5–11KarchnerNelson (1–1)—20,66116–11
28May 5 White Sox 7–1Pettitte (5–1)Tapani—26,52517–11
29May 6 Tigers 10–5Wickman (2–1)Myers—12,83818–11
30May 7 Tigers 12–5Mecir (1–0)LewisNelson (2)12,76019–11
31May 8 Tigers 10–3Gooden (1–3)Keagle—18,72920–11
32May 9 Tigers 2–4GohrKey (1–4)Myers13,09820–12
33May 10@ White Sox 2–5TapaniPettitte (5–2)Hernandez15,78420–13
34May 11@ White Sox 5–7McCaskillWetteland (0–1)—25,72220–14
35May 12@ White Sox 9–8Wickman (3–1)ThomasWetteland (7)17,40521–14
36May 14 Mariners 2–0Gooden (2–3)Hitchcock—20,78622–14
37May 15 Mariners 5–10HurtadoKey (1–5)—20,68022–15
38May 17 Angels 8–5Pettitte (6–2)AbbottRivera (1)19,08723–15
39May 18 Angels 7–3Rogers (2–0)WilliamsRivera (2)22,82124–15
40May 19 Angels 1–10FinleyKamieniecki (1–1)—37,32624–16
41May 21 Athletics 7–3Gooden (3–3)Reyes—15,61425–16
42May 22 Athletics 1–5WojciechowskiPettitte (6–3)Mohler18,54425–17
43May 23 Athletics 4–3Rogers (3–0)TaylorWetteland (8)19,31526–17
44May 24@ Mariners 4–10HitchcockKamieniecki (1–2)—44,23626–18
45May 25@ Mariners 5–4Mendoza (1–0)HurtadoWetteland (9)57,17327–18
46May 26@ Mariners 3–4MenhartGooden (3–4)Charlton42,41027–19
47May 27@ Angels 16–5Pettitte (7–3)Abbott—20,92628–19
48May 28@ Angels 0–1GrimsleyRogers (3–1)—17,28428–20
49May 29@ Angels 0–4FinleyMendoza (1–1)—19,24628–21
50May 31@ Athletics 4–1Key (2–5)JohnsWetteland (10)13,27929–21
June: 18–11 (Home: 7–6; Away: 11–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
51June 1@ Athletics 6–3Pettitte (8–3)ChouinardWetteland (11)21,35430–21
52June 2@ Athletics 11–4Rogers (4–1)WojciechowskiWetteland (12)26,33131–21
53June 4 Blue Jays 5–4Gooden (4–4)HansonWetteland (13)17,36832–21
54June 5 Blue Jays 7–12HentgenKey (2–6)—17,14232–22
55June 6 Blue Jays 8–1Pettitte (9–3)Quantrill—18,47533–22
56June 7@ Tigers 5–6LewisNelson (1–2)—16,35033–23
57June 8@ Tigers 7–9OlsonRogers (4–2)Lewis20,17333–24
58June 9@ Tigers 3–2Gooden (5–4)GohrWetteland (14)16,58834–24
59June 10@ Blue Jays 5–3Key (3–6)HentgenWetteland (15)37,33235–24
60June 11@ Blue Jays 6–4Pettitte (10–3)QuantrillWetteland (16)32,11436–24
61June 12@ Blue Jays 4–7JanzenMendoza (1–2)—44,23836–25
62June 13 Indians 2–6HershiserRogers (4–3)Shuey30,70736–26
63June 14 Indians 4–3Gooden (6–4)OgeaWetteland (17)32,58037–26
64June 15 Indians 3–10NagyBoehringer (0–1)—42,03237–27
65June 16 Indians 5–4Pettitte (11–3)MartinezWetteland (18)51,18038–27
66June 17 Twins 3–6AldredMendoza (1–3)Naulty16,18938–28
67June 18 Twins 2–0Rogers (5–3)RadkeWetteland (19)17,59339–28
68June 21@ Indians 8–7 (10)Nelson (2–2)MesaWetteland (20)42,17640–28
69June 21@ Indians 9–3Mendoza (2–3)Tavarez—42,45441–28
70June 22@ Indians 11–9Brewer (1–0)MartinezWetteland (21)42,46142–28
71June 23@ Indians 6–5Gooden (7–4)McDowellWetteland (22)41,76743–28
72June 24@ Twins 0–3RobertsonPettitte (11–4)—20,48843–29
73June 25@ Twins 1–6RodriguezBoehringer (0–2)——43–30
74June 25@ Twins 6–2Mendoza (3–3)Serafini—16,64144–30
75June 26@ Twins 2–1Polley (1–0)GuardadoWetteland (23)19,11645–30
76June 27 Orioles 3–2Rogers (6–3)EricksonWetteland (24)34,16146–30
77June 28 Orioles 4–7RhodesRivera (3–1)Myers43,51546–31
78June 29 Orioles 4–3Pettitte (12–4)MussinaWetteland (25)45,29547–31
79June 30 Orioles 1–9WellsMendoza (3–4)—40,20047–32
July: 16–10 (Home: 10–3; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1 Red Sox 2–0Key (4–6)ClemensWetteland (26)27,73448–32
81July 2 Red Sox 7–5Nelson (3–2)HudsonWetteland (27)28,31049–32
82July 4 Brewers 4–1Pettitte (13–4)KarlWetteland (28)24,24350–32
83July 5 Brewers 12–3Gooden (8–4)Bones—26,69951–32
84July 6 Brewers 2–0Key (5–6)SparksWetteland (29)24,03352–32
85July 7 Brewers 1–4McDonaldRogers (6–4)Fetters35,24252–33
86July 11@ Orioles 4–2Key (6–6)MussinaWetteland (30)46,76053–33
87July 13@ Orioles 3–2Nelson (4–2)WellsWetteland (31)—54–33
88July 13@ Orioles 7–5Gooden (9–4)RhodesWetteland (32)46,45155–33
89July 14@ Orioles 4–1Pettitte (14–4)EricksonWetteland (33)47,65856–33
90July 15@ Red Sox 6–8WakefieldHutton (0–1)Slocumb33,26356–34
91July 16@ Red Sox 9–5Key (7–6)Clemens—34,67657–34
92July 17@ Red Sox 11–12EshelmanWetteland (0–2)—34,08257–35
93July 18@ Brewers 4–16KarlGooden (9–5)—19,07957–36
94July 19@ Brewers 5–7EldredPettitte (14–5)Fetters19,30057–37
95July 20@ Brewers 4–2Rivera (4–1)Van EgmondWetteland (34)25,47358–37
96July 21@ Brewers 2–3D'AmicoKey (7–7)Fetters25,66258–38
97July 22 Rangers 1–6HillRogers (6–5)—30,76758–39
98July 23 Rangers 6–0Gooden (10–5)Pavlik—22,81459–39
99July 24 Rangers 4–2Pettitte (15–5)AlberroWetteland (35)35,30860–39
100July 25 Royals 0–7RosadoHutton (0–2)—23,47560–40
101July 26 Royals 15–1Key (8–7)Haney—23,78261–40
102July 27 Royals 5–4Rogers (7–5)BelcherWetteland (36)42,04462–40
103July 28 Royals 3–2Wetteland (1–2)Jacome—35,65863–40
104July 30@ Rangers 2–15WittPettitte (15–6)—39,63763–41
105July 31@ Rangers 2–9OliverKey (8–8)—30,64563–42
August: 13–17 (Home: 7–9; Away: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1@ Rangers 6–5Rogers (8–5)HillWetteland (37)34,85564–42
107August 2@ Royals 3–4 (10)MontgomeryRivera (4–2)—28,61864–43
108August 3@ Royals 4–11LintonWeathers (0–1)—29,35564–44
109August 4@ Royals 5–3Pettitte (16–6)Rosado—24,62465–44
110August 5@ Royals 5–2Key (9–8)PichardoWetteland (38)22,86566–44
111August 6 White Sox 9–2Rogers (9–5)Tapani—33,02567–44
112August 7 White Sox 4–8 (10)HernandezNelson (4–3)—31,09867–45
113August 8 White Sox 8–4Wickman (4–1)AndujarRivera (3)35,89868–45
114August 9 Tigers 3–5CummingsPettitte (16–7)Myers23,43968–46
115August 10 Tigers 7–13LewisKey (9–9)—28,86368–47
116August 11 Tigers 12–0Rogers (10–5)Lira—33,51769–47
117August 12@ White Sox 2–3 (10)HernandezWetteland (1–3)—32,49269–48
118August 13@ White Sox 4–8BertottiWeathers (0–2)—26,45569–49
119August 14@ White Sox 3–1Pettitte (17–7)BaldwinRivera (4)23,35070–49
120August 16 Mariners 5–6HitchcockPolley (1–1)Jackson50,72470–50
121August 17 Mariners 3–10MoyerRogers (10–6)—51,72970–51
122August 18 Mariners 12–13 (12)AyalaMecir (1–1)Jackson44,76970–52
123August 19 Mariners 10–4Pettitte (18–7)Carmona—33,99471–52
124August 20 Angels 17–6Boehringer (1–2)Springer—20,79572–52
125August 21 Angels 1–7DicksonKey (9–10)Percival27,81172–53
126August 22 Angels 3–12FinleyRogers (10–7)—27,19172–54
127August 23 Athletics 5–3Gooden (11–5)WengertRivera (5)34,24473–54
128August 24 Athletics 5–4Whitehurst (1–0)TelghederPavlas (1)32,12574–54
129August 25 Athletics 4–6MohlerNelson (4–4)Acre50,80874–55
130August 26@ Mariners 1–2AyalaLloyd (0–1)Charlton32,85774–56
131August 27@ Mariners 4–7MoyerLloyd (0–2)—32,97574–57
132August 28@ Mariners 2–10MulhollandGooden (11–6)—30,95274–58
133August 29@ Angels 3–14HoltzWhitehurst (1–1)—19,75574–59
134August 30@ Angels 6–2Pettitte (19–7)Springer—27,08475–59
135August 31@ Angels 14–3Key (10–10)Dickson—28,74976–59
September: 16–11 (Home: 7–5; Away: 9–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1@ Angels 0–4FinleyRogers (10–8)—19,38476–60
137September 2@ Athletics 5–0Cone (5–1)Prieto—20,15977–60
138September 3@ Athletics 9–10AcreBoehringer (1–3)Johns11,62177–61
139September 4@ Athletics 10–3Pettitte (20–7)Telgheder—9,89278–61
140September 6 Blue Jays 4–3Rivera (5–2)Risley—21,52879–61
141September 7 Blue Jays 2–3QuantrillCone (5–2)Timlin27,06979–62
142September 8 Blue Jays 2–4HansonPettitte (20–8)Timlin28,57579–63
143September 10@ Tigers 9–8Rivera (6–2)SagerWetteland (39)11,04280–63
144September 11@ Tigers 7–3Key (11–10)Lira—9,77581–63
145September 12@ Tigers 12–3Cone (6–2)Thompson—9,00982–63
146September 13@ Blue Jays 4–1Pettitte (21–8)HansonWetteland (40)31,22783–63
147September 14@ Blue Jays 3–1Boehringer (2–3)HentgenWetteland (41)43,39784–63
148September 15@ Blue Jays 1–3WilliamsMendoza (3–5)Timlin36,26884–64
149September 16@ Blue Jays 10–0Key (12–10)Quantrill—30,11585–64
150September 18 Orioles 3–2 (10)Rivera (7–2)Mills—40,77586–64
151September 19 Orioles 9–3Rogers (11–8)Mussina——87–64
152September 19 Orioles 9–10MathewsRivera (7–3)Myers54,88887–65
153September 20 Red Sox 2–4WakefieldPolley (1–2)Slocumb39,88387–66
154September 21 Red Sox 12–11 (10)Wetteland (2–3)Hudson—54,59988–66
155September 22 Red Sox 4–3Rivera (8–3)SeleWetteland (42)34,42289–66
156September 23 Red Sox 3–4 (11)SlocumbBoehringer (2–4)Mahomes22,72889–67
157September 25 Brewers 19–2Cone (7–2)Van Egmond——90–67
158September 25 Brewers 6–2Rogers (12–8)Karl—37,94791–67
159September 26@ Red Sox 3–5MadduxKey (12–11)Slocumb32,36791–68
160September 27@ Red Sox 5–7SeleGooden (11–7)Slocumb32,57391–69
161September 28@ Red Sox 4–2Mendoza (4–5)ClemensWetteland (43)33,61292–69
162September 29@ Red Sox 5–6MahomesPolley (1–3)—32,56392–70
Legend:       = Win       = Loss
Bold = Yankees team member

Detailed records

Roster

1996 New York Yankees
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Joe Girardi 124422124.294245
1B Tino Martinez 155595174.29225117
2B Mariano Duncan 109400136.340856
3B Wade Boggs 132501156.311241
SS Derek Jeter 157582183.3141078
LF Tim Raines 5920157.284933
CF Bernie Williams 143551168.30529102
RF Paul O'Neill 150546165.3021991
DH Rubén Sierra 9636093.2581152

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Jim Leyritz 8826570.264740
Gerald Williams 9923363.270530
Darryl Strawberry 6320253.2621136
Cecil Fielder 5320052.2601337
Andy Fox 11318937.196313
Rubén Rivera 468825.284216
Mike Aldrete 326817.250312
Charlie Hayes 206719.284213
Matt Howard 355411.20419
Luis Sojo 184011.27505
Pat Kelly 13213.14302
Robert Eenhoorn 12141.07102
Jorge Posada 8141.07100
Dion James 6122.16700
Tim McIntosh 330.00000
Matt Luke 100----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Andy Pettitte 35221.02183.87162
Kenny Rogers 30179.01284.6892
Dwight Gooden 29170.21175.01126
Jimmy Key 30169.112114.68116
David Cone 1172.0722.8871
Ramiro Mendoza 1253.0456.7934
Wally Whitehurst 28.0116.751

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Brian Boehringer 1546.1245.4437
Mark Hutton 1230.1025.0425
Scott Kamieniecki 722.21211.1215
David Weathers 1117.1029.3513
Ricky Bones 47.00014.144

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
John Wetteland 6223432.8369
Jeff Nelson 734424.3691
Mariano Rivera 618352.09130
Bob Wickman 584104.6761
Dale Polley 321307.8914
Jim Mecir 261105.1338
Steve Howe 250116.355
Dave Pavlas 160012.3518
Graeme Lloyd 1302017.476
Billy Brewer 41009.538
Paul Gibson 40006.233
Mike Aldrete 10000.000

ALDS

Game 1, October 1

Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York

Team123456789 R H E
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

Team123456789101112 R H E
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

Team123456789 R H E
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

Team123456789 R H E
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
1 Baltimore 4, New York 5October 9
2 Baltimore 5, New York 3October 10
3 New York 5, Baltimore 2October 11
4 New York 8, Baltimore 4October 12
5 New 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" [20] 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" [21] spectator interference is to be called.

1996 World Series

Game 1

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

Team123456789 R H E
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

Team123456789 R H E
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

Team123456789 R H E
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

Team12345678910 R H E
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

Team123456789 R H E
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

Team123456789 R H E
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

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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 [22]

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