# 1996 Seattle Mariners season

The 1996 Seattle Mariners season was the 20th season in franchise history, 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. In their game against the Kansas City Royals on May 11, the Mariners set a franchise record of 12 extra-base hits.

## Offseason

* November 29, 1995: Mike Blowers was traded by the Mariners to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Willis Otañez and Miguel Cairo.
* January 23, 1996: Aaron Small was selected off waivers by the Mariners from the Florida Marlins.
* January 29, 1996: Aaron Small was selected off waivers from the Mariners by the Oakland Athletics.
* March 25, 1996: Ricky Jordan was purchased by the Mariners from the California Angels.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Texas Rangers | 90 | 72 | .556 | — | 50‍–‍31 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Seattle Mariners | 85 | 76 | .528 | 4½ | 43‍–‍38 | 42‍–‍38 |
| Oakland Athletics | 78 | 84 | .481 | 12 | 40‍–‍41 | 38‍–‍43 |
| California Angels | 70 | 91 | .435 | 19½ | 43‍–‍38 | 27‍–‍53 |

### Record vs. opponents

1996 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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 | — |

### Game log

1996 Game Log: 85–76 (Home: 43–38; Away: 42–38) :
March: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31White Sox3–2 (12)Hurtado (1–0)Simas—57,4671–0 :
April: 15–10 (Home: 8–5; Away: 7–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
2April 2White Sox3–2Hitchcock (1–0)AlvarezCharlton (1)38,5702–0
3April 3White Sox2–4MagraneWolcott (0–1)Hernandez22,7832–1
4April 5Brewers6–10KarlHurtado (1–1)—27,7682–2
5April 6Brewers8–5Johnson (1–0)Sparks—56,8923–2
6April 7Brewers3–1Hitchcock (2–0)BonesJackson (1)21,0044–2
7April 9@ Tigers9–10KeagleMenhart (0–1)Williams42,9324–3
8April 10@ Tigers3–7OlivaresHurtado (1–2)—9,2994–4
9April 11@ Tigers9–1Johnson (2–0)Gohr—12,2725–4
10April 12@ Blue Jays9–6Hitchcock (3–0)Quantrill—31,2936–4
11April 13@ Blue Jays14–3Bosio (1–0)Ware—33,6457–4
12April 14@ Blue Jays9–4Wolcott (1–1)Hentgen—29,3018–4
13April 15Angels11–10Charlton (1–0)Eichhorn—36,9609–4
14April 16Angels5–3Johnson (3–0)Abbott—25,40410–4
15April 17Tigers8–3Jackson (1–0)Veres—18,00811–4
16April 18Tigers11–3Bosio (2–0)SodowskyHurtado (1)17,53612–4
17April 19Blue Jays4–10HentgenWolcott (1–2)Bohanon32,18912–5
18April 20Blue Jays1–3GuzmanMenhart (0–2)Timlin47,48712–6
19April 21Blue Jays9–5Johnson (4–0)Hanson—34,91513–6
20April 22Blue Jays7–16CastilloHurtado (1–3)—18,46713–7
21April 24@ White Sox1–2AlvarezBosio (2–1)Hernandez15,88213–8
22April 25@ White Sox3–4TapaniWolcott (1–3)Hernandez14,67913–9
23April 26@ Brewers6–5Carmona (1–0)PottsCharlton (2)13,07214–9
24April 27@ Brewers6–5Wells (1–0)BonesCharlton (3)17,27015–9
25April 28@ Brewers9–16PottsDavis (0–1)—19,71715–10
26April 30@ Rangers8–0Bosio (3–1)Gross—27,27216–10 :
May: 12–14 (Home: 8–9; Away: 4–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27May 1@ Rangers4–5RussellJackson (1–1)Henneman31,77516–11
28May 2Indians4–6HershiserWolcott (1–4)Mesa21,71116–12
29May 3Indians2–5NagyHitchcock (3–1)Mesa38,08616–13
30May 4Indians5–1Menhart (1–2)Lopez—57,13317–13
31May 5Indians0–2MartinezBosio (3–2)Mesa56,88317–14
32May 6Twins5–4Wells (2–0)RadkeCharlton (4)32,20318–14
33May 7Twins0–2ParraWolcott (1–5)Stevens15,62618–15
34May 8Twins5–7 (10)GuardadoWells (2–1)Stevens22,17518–16
35May 10Royals10–14ValeraDavis (0–2)—24,23118–17
36May 11Royals11–1Wolcott (2–5)BelcherCarmona (1)43,29719–17
37May 12Royals8–5Johnson (5–0)LintonCharlton (5)27,47020–17
38May 14@ Yankees0–2GoodenHitchcock (3–2)—20,78620–18
39May 15@ Yankees10–5Hurtado (2–3)Key—20,68021–18
40May 17@ Orioles13–14MillsCharlton (1–1)—47,25921–19
41May 18@ Orioles7–3Milacki (1–0)Mercker—46,43422–19
42May 19@ Orioles7–8MussinaHurtado (2–4)Myers47,56522–20
43May 21@ Red Sox13–7Wells (3–1)Eshelman—24,52823–20
44May 22@ Red Sox6–1Wolcott (3–5)Wakefield—26,75324–20
45May 23@ Red Sox4–11ClemensMilacki (1–1)—31,55124–21
46May 24Yankees10–4Hitchcock (4–2)Kamieniecki—44,23625–21
47May 25Yankees4–5MendozaHurtado (2–5)Wetteland57,17325–22
48May 26Yankees4–3Menhart (2–2)GoodenCharlton (6)42,41026–22
49May 28Orioles8–12RhodesGuetterman (0–1)Haynes23,23526–23
50May 29Orioles9–8Charlton (2–1)Myers—20,25327–23
51May 30Red Sox1–10GordonTorres (0–1)—17,39527–24
52May 31Red Sox9–6Wells (4–1)Garces—29,11928–24 :
June: 14–12 (Home: 5–5; Away: 9–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 1Red Sox5–6WakefieldMilacki (1–2)Slocumb34,82228–25
54June 2Red Sox3–1Wolcott (4–5)ClemensJackson (2)47,54029–25
55June 4@ Indians10–7Carmona (2–0)MesaCharlton (7)42,17930–25
56June 5@ Indians5–13PlunkMilacki (1–3)—42,27430–26
57June 6@ Indians5–2Wells (5–1)MartinezCharlton (8)42,23631–26
58June 7@ Royals5–9ValeraWolcott (4–6)—20,89131–27
59June 8@ Royals8–12AppierMilacki (1–4)Montgomery30,02231–28
60June 9@ Royals3–2Hitchcock (5–2)GubiczaCharlton (9)20,48932–28
61June 10@ Twins6–13AldredWagner (0–1)Trombley17,13432–29
62June 11@ Twins18–8Wells (6–1)AguileraHurtado (2)14,39533–29
63June 12@ Twins5–3Wolcott (5–6)RadkeCharlton (10)15,83034–29
64June 14White Sox1–4AlvarezHitchcock (5–3)Hernandez30,16334–30
65June 15White Sox8–6 (12)Carmona (3–0)McCaskill—47,04235–30
66June 16White Sox7–6Wells (7–1)MagraneJackson (3)34,58836–30
67June 18Blue Jays3–11GuzmanWolcott (5–7)—25,91236–31
68June 19Blue Jays2–9HansonHarikkala (0–1)—26,26536–32
69June 20@ White Sox8–5Hitchcock (6–3)TapaniCharlton (11)23,01737–32
70June 21@ White Sox12–2Wagner (1–1)Magrane—23,25338–32
71June 22@ White Sox4–2Wells (8–1)FernandezCharlton (12)27,03639–32
72June 23@ White Sox6–7 (10)McCaskillGuetterman (0–2)—26,76839–33
73June 25@ Blue Jays7–8CrabtreeCharlton (2–2)—31,42039–34
74June 26@ Blue Jays5–6WareAyala (0–1)Crabtree30,15839–35
75June 27@ Blue Jays9–1Wells (9–1)Quantrill—31,10840–35
76June 28Rangers19–8Carmona (4–0)Pavlik—34,41341–35
77June 29Rangers5–9OliverMeacham (0–1)—37,55641–36
78June 30Rangers4–3Hitchcock (7–3)WittCharlton (13)33,39242–36 :
July: 16–12 (Home: 8–6; Away: 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1Athletics4–6WengertWagner (1–2)Taylor18,16642–37
80July 2Athletics6–11MohlerCharlton (2–3)—19,63242–38
81July 3Athletics4–3Ayala (1–1)Reyes—36,61943–38
82July 4@ Rangers9–5Carmona (5–0)Henneman—46,66844–38
83July 5@ Rangers6–3Hitchcock (8–3)Witt—46,39745–38
84July 6@ Rangers9–5Wagner (2–2)Gross—46,45846–38
85July 7@ Rangers3–8HillWells (9–2)—36,93346–39
86July 11Angels5–4 (12)Carmona (6–0)Monteleone—25,94947–39
87July 12Angels7–6 (10)Ayala (2–1)McElroy—29,61848–39
88July 13Angels4–6BoskieAyala (2–2)Percival37,79248–40
89July 14Angels8–0Wells (10–2)Grimsley—33,24349–40
90July 15@ Athletics5–1Wolcott (6–7)Telgheder—11,18350–40
91July 16@ Athletics5–12ChouinardHitchcock (8–4)—15,20650–41
92July 17@ Athletics6–7CorsiMinor (0–1)Taylor14,38750–42
93July 18@ Angels15–3Meacham (1–1)Boskie—22,78051–42
94July 19@ Angels4–9GrimsleyWells (10–3)—23,33251–43
95July 20@ Angels4–5SchmidtCharlton (2–4)Percival31,75951–44
96July 21@ Angels6–2Hitchcock (9–4)Abbott—22,08852–44
97July 22Brewers8–3Wagner (3–2)Mercedes—40,55553–44
98July 23Brewers3–7KarlCarmona (6–1)—22,37853–45
99July 24Brewers8–7Ayala (3–2)Fetters—19,89954–45
100July 25Tigers4–7 (10)LimaAyala (3–3)—19,94954–46
101July 26Tigers6–4Hitchcock (10–4)SagerJackson (4)25,17555–46
102July 27Tigers13–7Davis (1–2)Williams—43,20956–46
103July 28Tigers6–14OlivaresBosio (3–3)—38,20456–47
104July 30@ Brewers6–5Wells (11–3)EldredAyala (1)—57–47
105July 30@ Brewers3–4Van EgmondWolcott (6–8)Fetters18,59157–48
106July 31@ Brewers9–3Hitchcock (11–4)D'Amico—30,77258–48 :
August: 12–17 (Home: 5–10; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1@ Brewers9–2Moyer (1–0)McDonald—18,42559–48
108August 2@ Tigers2–8OlivaresWagner (3–3)—23,40559–49
109August 3@ Tigers3–6OlsonCharlton (2–5)—25,92859–50
110August 4@ Tigers9–3Wolcott (7–8)Nitkowski—23,56960–50
111August 6Indians3–4LopezWells (11–4)Mesa31,47260–51
112August 7Indians4–5TavarezCharlton (2–6)Mesa30,43160–52
113August 8Indians1–2OgeaMulholland (0–1)Mesa36,82260–53
114August 9Twins5–6ParraWolcott (7–9)Rodriguez25,13060–54
115August 10Twins4–10KlingenbeckHitchcock (11–5)—34,38160–55
116August 11Twins3–6RadkeWells (11–5)Rodriguez36,11460–56
117August 12Royals4–10AppierMoyer (1–1)Huisman43,47660–57
118August 13Royals9–5Mulholland (1–1)LintonJohnson (1)21,96161–57
119August 14Royals1–3RosadoWolcott (7–10)Montgomery23,70961–58
120August 16@ Yankees6–5Hitchcock (12–5)PolleyJackson (5)50,72462–58
121August 17@ Yankees10–3Moyer (2–1)Rogers—51,72963–58
122August 18@ Yankees13–12 (12)Ayala (4–3)MecirJackson (6)44,76964–58
123August 19@ Yankees4–10PettitteCarmona (6–2)—33,99464–59
124August 20@ Orioles1–4MussinaWagner (3–4)Myers47,67964–60
125August 21@ Orioles5–10EricksonHitchcock (12–6)—47,19864–61
126August 22@ Orioles10–3Moyer (3–1)Coppinger—47,38065–61
127August 23@ Red Sox6–4Bosio (4–3)BrandenburgAyala (2)33,07966–61
128August 24@ Red Sox5–9LacyWells (11–6)—32,92866–62
129August 25@ Red Sox5–8MadduxWagner (3–5)Slocumb34,37766–63
130August 26Yankees2–1Ayala (5–3)LloydCharlton (14)32,85767–63
131August 27Yankees7–4Moyer (4–1)Lloyd—32,97568–63
132August 28Yankees10–2Mulholland (2–1)Gooden—30,95269–63
133August 29Orioles9–6Charlton (3–6)Myers—24,91570–63
134August 30Orioles2–5CoppingerHitchcock (12–7)Mills44,53270–64
135August 31Orioles6–7EricksonBosio (4–4)Benitez42,09270–65 :
September: 15–11 (Home: 8–3; Away: 7–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1Orioles5–1Mulholland (3–1)Wells—50,01571–65
137September 2Red Sox8–9 (10)SlocumbCarmona (6–3)—24,47071–66
138September 3Red Sox11–9Torres (1–1)GordonCharlton (15)17,37472–66
139September 4Red Sox5–7MahomesHitchcock (12–8)Slocumb22,64272–67
140September 8@ Indians1–2NagyMulholland (3–2)—42,30772–68
141September 8@ Indians6–5Charlton (4–6)Mesa—42,21773–68
142September 10@ Royals2–4RosadoTorres (1–2)Bluma12,49973–69
143September 11@ Royals2–4LintonMoyer (4–2)Bluma13,07873–70
144September 12@ Royals8–5Mulholland (4–2)HaneyCharlton (16)15,04574–70
145September 13@ Twins13–7Wells (12–6)Miller—15,51075–70
146September 14@ Twins5–3 (10)Ayala (6–3)GuardadoCharlton (17)18,00276–70
147September 15@ Twins7–0Torres (2–2)Robertson—25,14277–70
148September 16Rangers6–0Moyer (5–2)Burkett—50,54478–70
149September 17Rangers5–2Mulholland (5–2)HillAyala (3)32,27979–70
150September 18Rangers5–2Hitchcock (13–8)WittCharlton (18)35,16280–70
151September 19Rangers7–6Davis (2–2)CookCharlton (19)39,76981–70
152September 20Athletics12–2Carmona (7–3)WengertMeacham (1)56,53582–70
153September 21Athletics9–2Moyer (6–2)Telgheder—56,10383–70
154September 22Athletics11–13MohlerMulholland (5–3)Taylor54,19483–71
155September 23@ Angels3–4FinleyHitchcock (13–9)Percival16,21283–72
156September 24@ Angels6–11SpringerWells (12–7)—18,89183–73
157September 25@ Angels11–2Torres (3–2)Boskie—17,16084–73
158September 26@ Athletics5–7TaylorCharlton (4–7)—11,14184–74
159September 27@ Athletics1–8TelghederMulholland (5–4)—25,13284–75
160September 28@ Athletics5–3 (10)Carmona (8–3)AcreCharlton (20)30,05785–75
161September 29@ Athletics1–3SmallTorres (3–3)Taylor34,46285–76 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Mariners team member :

### Detailed records

American League :
| Opponent | W | L | WP | RS | RA |
| AL East |||||||
| Baltimore Orioles | 5 | 7 | 0.417 | 82 | 81 |
| Boston Red Sox | 6 | 7 | 0.462 | 81 | 88 |
| Detroit Tigers | 6 | 6 | 0.500 | 83 | 73 |
| New York Yankees | 9 | 3 | 0.750 | 80 | 56 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 5 | 7 | 0.417 | 79 | 82 |
| Total | 31 | 30 | 0.508 | 405 | 380 |
| AL Central |||||||
| Chicago White Sox | 7 | 5 | 0.583 | 58 | 46 |
| Cleveland Indians | 4 | 8 | 0.333 | 46 | 54 |
| Kansas City Royals | 5 | 7 | 0.417 | 71 | 74 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 9 | 4 | 0.692 | 84 | 73 |
| Minnesota Twins | 6 | 6 | 0.500 | 76 | 69 |
| Total | 31 | 30 | 0.508 | 335 | 316 |
| AL West |||||||
| California Angels | 8 | 5 | 0.615 | 89 | 65 |
| Oakland Athletics | 5 | 8 | 0.385 | 74 | 78 |
| Seattle Mariners | | | | | |
| Texas Rangers | 10 | 3 | 0.769 | 90 | 56 |
| Total | 23 | 16 | 0.590 | 253 | 199 |
| Season Total | 85 | 76 | 0.528 | 993 | 895 |
| Month | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| March | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 2 |
| April | 25 | 15 | 10 | 0.600 | 164 | 138 |
| May | 26 | 12 | 14 | 0.462 | 159 | 151 |
| June | 26 | 14 | 12 | 0.538 | 173 | 163 |
| July | 28 | 16 | 12 | 0.571 | 176 | 157 |
| August | 29 | 12 | 17 | 0.414 | 158 | 163 |
| September | 26 | 15 | 11 | 0.577 | 160 | 121 |
| Total | 161 | 85 | 76 | 0.528 | 993 | 895 |
| | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| Home | 81 | 43 | 38 | 0.531 | 473 | 449 |
| Away | 80 | 42 | 38 | 0.525 | 520 | 446 |
| Total | 161 | 85 | 76 | 0.528 | 993 | 895 |

### Notable transactions

* April 13, 1996: Félix Fermín was released by the Mariners.
* 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.
** Juan Pierre was drafted by the Mariners in the 48th round, but did not sign.
** Sean Spencer was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 40th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed August 26, 1996.
* August 1, 1996: Greg Pirkl was selected off waivers from the Mariners by the Boston Red Sox.
* August 14, 1996: Roger Blanco (minors) was traded by the Mariners to the Atlanta Braves for Mark Whiten.
* August 22, 1996: Luis Sojo was selected off waivers from the Mariners by the New York Yankees.
* 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.

### Roster
## 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 |
| C | Dan Wilson | 138 | 491 | 140 | .285 | 18 | 83 |
| 1B | Paul Sorrento | 143 | 471 | 136 | .289 | 23 | 93 |
| 2B | Joey Cora | 144 | 530 | 154 | .291 | 6 | 45 |
| SS | Alex Rodriguez | 146 | 601 | 215 | .358 | 36 | 123 |
| 3B | Russ Davis | 51 | 167 | 39 | .234 | 5 | 18 |
| LF | Rich Amaral | 118 | 312 | 91 | .292 | 1 | 29 |
| CF | Ken Griffey Jr. | 140 | 545 | 165 | .303 | 49 | 140 |
| RF | Jay Buhner | 150 | 564 | 153 | .271 | 44 | 138 |
| DH | Edgar Martínez | 139 | 499 | 163 | .327 | 26 | 103 |

#### 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 |
| Luis Sojo | 77 | 247 | 52 | .211 | 1 | 16 |
| Brian Hunter | 75 | 198 | 53 | .268 | 7 | 28 |
| Darren Bragg | 69 | 195 | 53 | .272 | 7 | 25 |
| Doug Strange | 88 | 183 | 43 | .235 | 3 | 23 |
| Mark Whiten | 40 | 140 | 42 | .300 | 12 | 33 |
| Andy Sheets | 47 | 110 | 21 | .191 | 0 | 9 |
| John Marzano | 41 | 106 | 26 | .245 | 0 | 6 |
| Dave Hollins | 28 | 94 | 33 | .351 | 3 | 25 |
| Alex Diaz | 38 | 79 | 19 | .241 | 1 | 5 |
| Jeff Manto | 21 | 54 | 10 | .185 | 1 | 4 |
| Ricky Jordan | 15 | 28 | 7 | .250 | 1 | 4 |
| Greg Pirkl | 7 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 1 | 1 |
| Manny Martinez | 9 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 0 | 3 |
| Chris Widger | 8 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
| Raúl Ibañez | 4 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Sterling Hitchcock | 35 | 196.2 | 13 | 9 | 5.35 | 132 |
| Bob Wolcott | 30 | 149.1 | 7 | 10 | 5.73 | 78 |
| Matt Wagner | 15 | 80.0 | 3 | 5 | 6.86 | 41 |
| Jamie Moyer | 11 | 70.2 | 6 | 2 | 3.31 | 29 |
| Terry Mulholland | 12 | 69.1 | 5 | 4 | 4.67 | 34 |
| Tim Harikkala | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 12.46 | 1 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Bob Wells | 36 | 130.2 | 12 | 7 | 5.30 | 94 |
| Randy Johnson | 14 | 61.1 | 5 | 0 | 3.67 | 85 |
| Chris Bosio | 18 | 60.2 | 4 | 4 | 5.93 | 39 |
| Salomón Torres | 10 | 49.0 | 3 | 3 | 4.59 | 36 |
| Edwin Hurtado | 16 | 47.2 | 2 | 5 | 7.74 | 36 |
| Rusty Meacham | 15 | 42.1 | 1 | 1 | 5.74 | 25 |
| Paul Menhart | 11 | 42.0 | 2 | 2 | 7.29 | 18 |
| Bob Milacki | 7 | 21.0 | 1 | 4 | 6.86 | 13 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Norm Charlton | 70 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 4.04 | 73 |
| Mike Jackson | 73 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3.63 | 70 |
| Rafael Carmona | 53 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4.28 | 62 |
| Bobby Ayala | 50 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5.88 | 61 |
| Tim Davis | 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.01 | 34 |
| Lee Guetterman | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.09 | 6 |
| Blas Minor | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.97 | 14 |
| Greg McCarthy | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.86 | 7 |
| Scott Davison | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 9 |
| Joe Klink | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 2 |
| Mac Suzuki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 1 |

## Awards and honors

Alex Rodriguez became the first shortstop in 56 years to win the American League Batting Crown.
* Alex Rodriguez, American League Batting Champion

## Farm system

| 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 |