1996 Seattle Mariners season

The Seattle Mariners 1996 season was their 20th season, and the team was the runner-up in American League West, with a record of 85–76 (.528), 4½ games behind the champion Texas Rangers. The Mariners led the majors in runs (993), doubles (335), runs batted in (954), and slugging percentage (.484), but the pitching staff had the highest earned run average (5.21) in team history. Four Mariners scored at least 100 runs and four drove in at least 100 runs.[1]

1996 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record85–76 (.528)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Hiroshi Yamauchi
(represented by John Ellis)
General manager(s)Woody Woodward
Manager(s)Lou Piniella
Local televisionKIRO-TV 7
Prime Sports NW
Local radioKIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Ron Fairly)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 9072 0.556 — 50–31 40–41
Seattle Mariners 8576 0.528 4½ 43–38 42–38
Oakland Athletics 7884 0.481 12 40–41 38–43
California Angels 7091 0.435 19½ 43–38 27–53

Record vs. opponents
1996 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
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: 85–76 (Home: 43–38; Away: 42–38)
March: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Away: 0–0)
April: 15–10 (Home: 8–5; Away: 7–5)
May: 12–14 (Home: 8–9; Away: 4–5)
June: 14–12 (Home: 5–5; Away: 9–7)
July: 16–12 (Home: 8–6; Away: 8–6)
August: 12–17 (Home: 5–10; Away: 7–7)
September: 15–11 (Home: 8–3; Away: 7–8)
Legend:           = Win           = Loss
Bold = Mariners team member

Detailed records

Notable transactions
  • April 13, 1996: Félix Fermín was released by the Mariners.[5]
  • June 4, 1996: 1996 Major League Baseball Draft
    • Gil Meche was drafted by the Mariners in the 1st round (22nd pick). Player signed June 9, 1996.[6]
    • Juan Pierre was drafted by the Mariners in the 48th round, but did not sign.[7]
    • Sean Spencer was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 40th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed August 26, 1996.[8]
  • August 1, 1996: Greg Pirkl was selected off waivers from the Mariners by the Boston Red Sox.[9]
  • August 14, 1996: Roger Blanco (minors) was traded by the Mariners to the Atlanta Braves for Mark Whiten.[10]
  • August 22, 1996: Luis Sojo was selected off waivers from the Mariners by the New York Yankees.[11]
  • August 29, 1996: The Mariners traded a player to be named later to the Minnesota Twins for Dave Hollins. The Mariners completed the deal by sending David Ortiz to the Twins on September 13.[12]

Roster
1996 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders
  • 24 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Other batters

  • 26 Raúl Ibáñez
 Manager

Coaches

  •  2 Steve Smith

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
CFKen Griffey Jr.140545165.30349140

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
Alex Diaz387919.24115

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

Alex Rodriguez became the first shortstop in 56 years to win the American League Batting Crown.[13]

  • Alex Rodriguez, American League Batting Champion

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Rainiers Pacific Coast League Dave Myers
AA Port City Roosters Southern League Orlando Gómez
A Lancaster JetHawks California League Dave Brundage
A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Midwest League Mike Goff
A-Short Season Everett AquaSox Northwest League Roger Hansen
Rookie AZL Mariners Arizona League Tom LeVasseur

[14]

References
  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1996.shtml
  2. Mike Blowers page at Baseball Reference
  3. Aaron Small page at Baseball Reference
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jordari02.shtml
  5. Félix Fermín page at Baseball Reference
  6. Gil Meche page at Baseball Reference
  7. Juan Pierre page at Baseball Reference
  8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/spencse01.shtml
  9. Greg Pirkl page at Baseball Reference
  10. Mark Whiten page at Baseball Reference
  11. Luis Sojo page at Baseball Reference
  12. David Ortiz page at Baseball Reference
  13. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.371, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  14. 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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