1996 San Francisco Giants season

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.

1996 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
  • 3Com Park at Candlestick Point (since 1960)
  • San Francisco (since 1958)
Other information
Owner(s)Peter Magowan
General manager(s)Bob Quinn
Manager(s)Dusty Baker
Local televisionKTVU
(Ted Robinson, Mike Krukow, Lon Simmons)
SportsChannel Pacific
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons)
Local radioKNBR
(Ted Robinson, Hank Greenwald, Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper)
SP Radio
(Julio Gonzalez,Rene De La Rosa, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez)
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Offseason

Regular season

Opening day starters

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Diego Padres 9171 0.562 — 45–36 46–35
Los Angeles Dodgers 9072 0.556 1 47–34 43–38
Colorado Rockies 8379 0.512 8 55–26 28–53
San Francisco Giants 6894 0.420 23 38–44 30–50

Record vs. opponents
1996 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
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)
May: 12–14 (Home: 5–7; Away: 7–7)
June: 10–17 (Home: 7–9; Away: 3–8)
July: 10–17 (Home: 8–6; Away: 2–11)
August: 12–15 (Home: 6–7; Away: 6–8)
September: 10–19 (Home: 6–9; Away: 4–10)
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 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
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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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References
  1. Jeff Juden at Baseball-Reference
  2. John Roper at Baseball-Reference
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/faneyri01.shtml?redir
  4. Scott Service at Baseball-Reference
  5. Steve Decker at Baseball-Reference
  6. Kirt Manwaring at Baseball-Reference
  7. Kirk Rueter at Baseball-Reference
  8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hubbatr01.shtml
  9. 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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