1996 San Francisco Giants season

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1996  San Francisco Giants
League National League
Division West
Ballpark 3Com Park at Candlestick Point
CitySan Francisco
Owners Peter Magowan
General managers Bob Quinn
Managers Dusty Baker
Television KTVU
(Ted Robinson, Mike Krukow, Lon Simmons)
SportsChannel Pacific
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons)
Radio KNBR
(Ted Robinson, Hank Greenwald, Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper)
SP Radio
(Julio Gonzalez,Rene De La Rosa, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez)
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The 1996 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 114th season in Major League Baseball, their 39th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 37th at 3Com Park at Candlestick Point. The team finished in fourth place in the National League West with a 68–94 record, 23 games behind the San Diego Padres.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Opening day starters

Season standings

NL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Diego Padres 91710.562—45–3646–35
Los Angeles Dodgers 90720.556147–3443–38
Colorado Rockies 83790.512855–2628–53
San Francisco Giants 68940.4202338–4430–50

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: 68–94 (Home: 38–44; Away: 30–50)
April: 14–12 (Home: 6–6; Away: 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Braves 8–10MadduxLeiter (0–1)Borbon48,9610–1
2April 3@ Braves 2–15GlavineVanLandingham (0–1)—28,7280–2
3April 4@ Braves 7–1Watson (1–0)Smoltz—30,2711–2
4April 5@ Marlins 7–1Fernandez (1–0)Rapp—24,7692–2
5April 6@ Marlins 0–1 (10)NenDewey (0–1)—34,0022–3
6April 7@ Marlins 14–7Bourgeois (1–0)Burkett—19,8423–3
7April 8@ Astros 2–6HamptonVanLandingham (0–2)—13,4883–4
8April 9@ Astros 3–1 (10)Juden (1–0)TabakaBeck (1)13,5884–4
9April 10@ Astros 11–5Fernandez (2–0)Kile—14,1835–4
10April 12 Cubs 4–1Leiter (1–1)NavarroBeck (2)45,5896–4
11April 13 Cubs 3–2 (10)Juden (2–0)Myers—22,1207–4
12April 14 Cubs 2–6FosterWatson (1–1)Wendell23,1377–5
13April 16 Dodgers 5–3Dewey (1–1)OsunaBeck (3)19,7168–5
14April 17 Dodgers 2–11OsunaLeiter (1–2)—17,0398–6
15April 18@ Cubs 6–7PerezVanLandingham (0–3)Wendell15,8578–7
16April 19@ Cubs 6–10FosterWatson (1–2)—17,6628–8
17April 20@ Cubs 8–4Gardner (1–0)Bullinger—28,0479–8
18April 21@ Cubs 7–6Fernandez (3–0)TrachselBeck (4)28,06510–8
19April 22 Astros 8–11ReynoldsLeiter (1–3)—8,86710–9
20April 23 Astros 4–8KileVanLandingham (0–4)—8,43910–10
21April 24 Braves 3–8SmoltzWatson (1–3)—13,29610–11
22April 25 Braves 8–0Gardner (2–0)Schmidt—12,43611–11
23April 26 Marlins 0–3BrownFernandez (3–1)—12,46111–12
24April 27 Marlins 6–3Leiter (2–3)BurkettBeck (5)15,71112–12
25April 28 Marlins 10–4VanLandingham (1–4)Hammond—23,53513–12
26April 30@ Padres 9–4Watson (2–3)Tewksbury—14,17014–12
May: 12–14 (Home: 5–7; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27May 1@ Padres 4–9ValenzuelaGardner (2–1)—14,87814–13
28May 3 Reds 3–5McElroyCreek (0–1)Brantley12,88414–14
29May 4 Reds 7–9MooreLeiter (2–4)Brantley18,98914–15
30May 5 Reds 6–12SmileyVanLandingham (1–5)—18,05214–16
31May 7@ Cardinals 4–2Watson (3–3)FossasBeck (6)23,49215–16
32May 8@ Cardinals 10–7Gardner (3–1)BenesBeck (7)22,51716–16
33May 9@ Cardinals 8–16ParrettDewey (1–2)—37,92016–17
34May 10@ Pirates 5–4 (10)DeLucia (1–0)CordovaBeck (8)17,61117–17
35May 11@ Pirates 12–7VanLandingham (2–5)Hope—16,59118–17
36May 12@ Pirates 7–2Watson (4–3)Smith—17,13219–17
37May 13@ Phillies 2–1Gardner (4–1)FernandezBeck (9)18,75820–17
38May 14@ Phillies 0–7SchillingFernandez (3–2)—18,77420–18
39May 15@ Phillies 6–7 (10)BottalicoBeck (0–1)—25,08520–19
40May 18 Mets 5–14ClarkVanLandingham (2–6)—15,29820–20
41May 19 Mets 1–0Watson (5–3)IsringhausenBeck (10)—21–20
42May 19 Mets 6–2Gardner (5–1)Wilson—22,95922–20
43May 20 Expos 9–6Dewey (2–2)DyerBeck (11)10,06223–20
44May 21 Expos 8–5Dewey (3–2)AucoinBeck (12)8,91124–20
45May 22 Expos 3–4MartinezVanLandingham (2–7)Rojas11,66324–21
46May 24 Phillies 1–5SchillingWatson (5–4)—11,91724–22
47May 25 Phillies 3–2Gardner (6–1)WilliamsBeck (13)16,87425–22
48May 26 Phillies 1–10MulhollandFernandez (3–3)Bottalico26,23425–23
49May 28@ Mets 0–4ClarkLeiter (2–5)Henry15,73325–24
50May 29@ Mets 4–2VanLandingham (3–7)IsringhausenBeck (14)15,57826–24
51May 30@ Mets 0–1WilsonWatson (5–5)Franco15,78126–25
52May 31@ Expos 4–7DaalDeLucia (1–1)Veres25,71226–26
June: 10–17 (Home: 7–9; Away: 3–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 1@ Expos 1–5FasseroFernandez (3–4)Dyer36,85826–27
54June 2@ Expos 8–1Leiter (3–5)Martinez—25,00627–27
55June 3@ Reds 6–3VanLandingham (4–7)Burba—20,02828–27
56June 4@ Reds 1–4SalkeldWatson (5–6)Brantley28,54928–28
57June 5@ Reds 15–4Gardner (7–1)Jarvis—21,88129–28
58June 7 Cardinals 4–9BenesFernandez (3–5)—13,00929–29
59June 8 Cardinals 4–1DeLucia (2–1)StottlemyreBeck (15)20,40130–29
60June 9 Cardinals 9–0Watson (6–6)Benes—24,17631–29
61June 10 Pirates 4–5MorelDeLucia (2–2)Cordova10,02631–30
62June 11 Pirates 2–7NeagleFernandez (3–6)—11,53031–31
63June 13 Astros 12–8Leiter (4–5)Kile—10,52732–31
64June 14 Astros 1–9HamptonVanLandingham (4–8)Wagner10,75832–32
65June 15 Astros 3–4WallWatson (6–7)Jones18,53032–33
66June 16 Astros 8–7DeLucia (3–2)Morman—27,62433–33
67June 17 Marlins 1–0Fernandez (4–6)LeiterBeck (16)9,52434–33
68June 18 Marlins 9–8 (15)Juden (3–0)Rapp—15,43935–33
69June 19 Marlins 7–4 (15)Bautista (1–0)Mathews—13,27436–33
70June 21@ Braves 7–8 (11)WadeBeck (0–2)—38,43236–34
71June 22@ Braves 0–6MadduxGardner (7–2)—49,36536–35
72June 23@ Braves 0–1GlavineFernandez (4–7)Wohlers35,64536–36
73June 24@ Marlins 1–2BurkettLeiter (4–6)Nen16,86036–37
74June 25@ Marlins 4–5 (10)PowellBeck (0–3)—16,57736–38
75June 26@ Marlins 2–3BrownWatson (6–8)—21,18836–39
76June 27 Padres 1–11ValenzuelaGardner (7–3)—12,32536–40
77June 28 Padres 1–6AshbyFernandez (4–8)Hoffman13,12936–41
78June 29 Padres 6–7BlairBeck (0–4)Hoffman24,54036–42
79June 30 Padres 4–7TewksburyVanLandingham (4–9)Hoffman26,37336–43
July: 10–17 (Home: 8–6; Away: 2–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1 Rockies 9–6Juden (4–0)PainterBeck (17)16,14237–43
81July 2 Rockies 5–1Gardner (8–3)Ritz—13,57138–43
82July 3 Rockies 2–3LeskanicBeck (0–5)Ruffin44,35638–44
83July 4@ Padres 4–8TewksburyLeiter (4–7)—14,11138–45
84July 5@ Padres 6–7 (11)BergmanBautista (1–1)—22,58938–46
85July 6@ Padres 3–7WorrellBourgeois (1–1)Hoffman51,02138–47
86July 7@ Padres 3–10ValenzuelaFernandez (4–9)—32,69338–48
87July 11@ Dodgers 3–8MartinezLeiter (4–8)—37,30538–49
88July 12@ Dodgers 1–6ValdezFernandez (4–10)—44,56938–50
89July 13@ Dodgers 7–0Estes (1–0)Nomo—54,22639–50
90July 14@ Dodgers 6–0VanLandingham (5–9)Park—42,86240–50
91July 15@ Rockies 3–7BaileyBourgeois (1–2)—48,03240–51
92July 16@ Rockies 3–5FreemanLeiter (4–9)Ruffin49,03540–52
93July 17@ Rockies 3–4WrightFernandez (4–11)Ruffin48,45340–53
94July 18 Dodgers 3–8NomoEstes (1–1)—28,07240–54
95July 19 Dodgers 5–4VanLandingham (6–9)CandiottiBeck (18)27,56241–54
96July 20 Dodgers 7–6Bautista (2–1)Worrell—50,01442–54
97July 21 Dodgers 6–7OsunaDeLucia (3–3)Worrell36,34542–55
98July 22 Cubs 3–2Bautista (3–1)Bottenfield—12,90243–55
99July 23 Cubs 6–9MyersDeLucia (3–4)Patterson15,87843–56
100July 24 Cubs 1–7CastilloVanLandingham (6–10)—13,69543–57
101July 25 Braves 4–3Watson (7–8)MadduxBeck (19)16,87144–57
102July 26 Braves 1–2GlavineLeiter (4–10)Wohlers17,56044–58
103July 27 Braves 7–5Gardner (9–3)WoodallBeck (20)38,76145–58
104July 28 Braves 10–3Estes (2–1)SmoltzBeck (21)34,52546–58
105July 30@ Cubs 0–4CastilloVanLandingham (6–11)Adams37,42446–59
106July 31@ Cubs 1–4TrachselWatson (7–9)Wendell28,98846–60
August: 12–15 (Home: 6–7; Away: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 2@ Astros 1–5DrabekGardner (9–4)Hernandez22,68246–61
108August 3@ Astros 1–4ReynoldsEstes (2–2)—35,93046–62
109August 4@ Astros 6–7HamptonFernandez (4–12)Wagner33,64646–63
110August 5 Reds 3–4SalkeldVanLandingham (6–12)Brantley12,27746–64
111August 6 Reds 2–3CarrascoBeck (0–6)Brantley12,43446–65
112August 7 Reds 9–2Gardner (10–4)Jarvis—15,82947–65
113August 8@ Cardinals 5–3 (10)Poole (1–0)HoneycuttBeck (22)34,84448–65
114August 9@ Cardinals 8–6Fernandez (5–12)MorganBeck (23)30,11849–65
115August 10@ Cardinals 1–7BenesVanLandingham (6–13)—49,34449–66
116August 11@ Cardinals 3–5OsborneWatson (7–10)Eckersley30,13949–67
117August 13@ Pirates 12–10Dewey (4–2)PlesacBeck (24)11,37850–67
118August 14@ Pirates 3–4PetersEstes (2–3)Ericks20,34050–68
119August 16@ Phillies 6–4VanLandingham (7–13)WilliamsBeck (25)20,16351–68
120August 17@ Phillies 8–4Watson (8–10)HunterBeck (26)24,52252–68
121August 18@ Phillies 6–7BorlandGardner (10–5)Bottalico24,48052–69
122August 19 Mets 5–4Scott (1–0)HarnischBeck (27)11,56553–69
123August 20 Mets 3–7JonesFernandez (5–13)Franco10,88553–70
124August 21 Mets 12–11Dewey (5–2)PersonBeck (28)11,47354–70
125August 22 Expos 4–5FasseroBautista (3–2)Rojas14,74454–71
126August 23 Expos 8–10DaalCreek (0–2)Rojas18,73954–72
127August 24 Expos 0–3MartinezEstes (2–4)Rojas22,71054–73
128August 25 Expos 7–2Fernandez (6–13)Cormier—24,34955–73
129August 26 Phillies 1–0VanLandingham (8–13)SchillingBeck (29)8,64056–73
130August 27 Phillies 2–3WilliamsBautista (3–3)Bottalico9,54956–74
131August 28 Phillies 7–6Dewey (6–2)JordanBeck (30)16,22357–74
132August 30@ Mets 6–4Estes (3–4)HarnischBeck (31)17,58158–74
133August 31@ Mets 2–7PersonScott (1–1)Henry23,63658–75
September: 10–19 (Home: 6–9; Away: 4–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
134September 1@ Mets 5–6 (10)FrancoBeck (0–7)—40,64358–76
135September 2@ Expos 3–4 (11)ManuelBeck (0–8)—26,68958–77
136September 3@ Expos 2–9MartinezGardner (10–6)—20,16858–78
137September 4@ Expos 0–6PaniaguaEstes (3–5)—20,31758–79
138September 6@ Reds 2–0Fernandez (7–13)SmileyBeck (32)—59–79
139September 6@ Reds 1–14MorganBourgeois (1–3)—23,09159–80
140September 7@ Reds 5–7SalkeldScott (1–2)Brantley22,79059–81
141September 8@ Reds 3–8ShawBautista (3–4)—20,83859–82
142September 9 Cardinals 2–6BenesGardner (10–7)—10,30759–83
143September 10 Cardinals 0–1PetkovsekRueter (0–1)Eckersley8,77059–84
144September 11 Cardinals 4–2Scott (2–2)BenesBeck (33)9,67360–84
145September 12 Pirates 4–10SchmidtDewey (6–3)Boever8,21460–85
146September 13 Pirates 0–9LoaizaVanLandingham (8–14)—9,88860–86
147September 14 Pirates 5–7 (12)EricksHook (0–1)Boever15,68560–87
148September 15 Pirates 1–4LieberRueter (0–2)Ruebel—60–88
149September 15 Pirates 9–11 (10)WilkinsPoole (1–1)—21,99860–89
150September 16 Padres 1–2 (11)HoffmanBeck (0–9)—8,85360–90
151September 17 Padres 9–7Poole (2–1)VerasBeck (34)12,73761–90
152September 18 Padres 5–8BochtlerDeLucia (3–5)Hoffman11,99661–91
153September 19 Rockies 11–4VanLandingham (9–14)Ritz—10,99462–91
154September 20 Rockies 6–2Gardner (11–7)Thompson—15,73463–91
155September 21 Rockies 6–2Rueter (1–2)Wright—30,00264–91
156September 22 Rockies 7–3Soderstrom (1–0)Nied—30,82665–91
157September 24@ Dodgers 2–6MartinezWatson (8–11)—37,44865–92
158September 25@ Dodgers 5–7RadinskyDeLucia (3–6)Worrell42,40565–93
159September 26@ Dodgers 6–1Gardner (12–7)Candiotti—38,89366–93
160September 27@ Rockies 9–3Soderstrom (2–0)Nied—48,00967–93
161September 28@ Rockies 8–5Carlson (1–0)BurkeBeck (35)48,04268–93
162September 29@ Rockies 3–12RitzWatson (8–12)—48,16268–94
Legend:       = Win       = Loss
Bold = Giants team member

Detailed records

Notable transactions

Lou Seal

Lou Seal has served as mascot of the San Francisco Giants since 1996. Lou seal giants mascot.jpg
Lou Seal has served as mascot of the San Francisco Giants since 1996.

Lou Seal is the official mascot of the San Francisco Giants. "Born" on July 25, 1996, Luigi Francisco Seal has been a regular part of the Giants baseball home games and events around San Francisco, and the United States. The name is a play on the name "Lucille." Todd Schwenk, an Oakland Athletics Fan, named the mascot in a KNBR Sports Radio phone-in contest. Schwenk named Lou for the Seals always hanging out on the wharfs at Fisherman's Wharf. It also refers to the San Francisco Seals, the baseball club which was a mainstay of the Pacific Coast League from 1903 until 1957.

Roster

1996 San Francisco Giants
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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 Tom Lampkin [9] 6617741.232629
1B Mark Carreon [9] 8129276.260951
2B Steve Scarsone [9] 10528362.219523
3B Matt Williams [9] 105404122.3022285
SS Rich Aurilia [9] 10531876.239326
LF Barry Bonds [9] 158517159.30842129
CF Marvin Benard [9] 135488121.248527
RF Glenallen Hill [9] 98379106.2801967

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Shawon Dunston 8228786.300525
Stan Javier 7127474.270222
Robby Thompson 6322748.211521
Bill Mueller 5520066.330019
Dave McCarty 9117538.217624
Rick Wilkins 5215746.293836
Kirt Manwaring 4914534.234114
Kim Batiste 5413027.208311
Steve Decker 5712228.230112
Jay Canizaro 4312024.20028
Desi Wilson 4111832.271212
Jacob Cruz 337718.234310
Dan Peltier 315915.25409
Dax Jones 345810.17217
Trent Hubbard 10296.20712
Mel Hall 25253.12005
J.R. Phillips 15255.20025
Wilson Delgado 6228.36402
Keith Williams 9205.25000
Marcus Jensen 9194.21104
Doug Mirabelli 9184.22201

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Allen Watson 29185.28124.61128
William Van Landingham 32181.29145.4097
Mark Gardner 30179.11274.42145
Osvaldo Fernández 30171.27134.61106
Mark Leiter 23135.14105.19118
Shawn Estes 1170.0353.6060
Kirk Rueter 423.1121.9316
Steve Soderstrom 313.2205.279

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Steve Bourgeois 1540.0136.3017

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Rod Beck 6309353.3448
Mark Dewey 786304.2157
Doug Creek 630206.5238
Rich DeLucia 563605.8455
José Bautista 373403.3628
Jeff Juden 364004.1035
Jim Poole 352102.6619
Tim Scott 202208.2410
Chris Hook 100107.434
Shawn Barton 70009.723
Dan Carlson 51002.704

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Phoenix Firebirds Pacific Coast League Ron Wotus
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Frank Cacciatore
A San Jose Giants California League Carlos Lezcano
A Burlington Bees Midwest League Glenn Tufts
A-Short Season Bellingham Giants Northwest League Ozzie Virgil, Sr., and Shane Turner

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The 1994 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 112th season in Major League Baseball, their 37th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 35th at Candlestick Park. After winning 103 games in 1993, the Giants record dropped to 55–60 in a strike-shortened season. This was also the season in which Matt Williams hit a career high 43 home runs through 115 games by the time the strike hit, on pace to finish with 61; had the season continued, Williams may have had a chance to break Roger Maris's then-single season record of 61 home runs set in 1961.

The 1999 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 117th season in Major League Baseball, their 42nd season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 40th and final season at 3Com Park at Candlestick Point. The team finished in second place in the National League West with an 86–76 record, 14 games behind the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The 2005 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 123rd year in Major League Baseball, their 48th year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their sixth at SBC Park. The team finished in third place in the National League West with a 75–87 record, 7 games behind the San Diego Padres.

References

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  2. ↑ John Roper at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ "Rikkert Faneyte Stats".
  4. ↑ Scott Service at Baseball-Reference
  5. 1 2 Steve Decker at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ Kirt Manwaring at Baseball-Reference
  7. ↑ Kirk Rueter at Baseball-Reference
  8. ↑ "Trent Hubbard Stats".
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "1996 San Francisco Giants Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  10. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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