# 1996 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1996 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 27th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 28th overall. The Brewers finished third in the American League Central with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses.

## Offseason

* January 23, 1996: Ben McDonald was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cleveland Indians | 99 | 62 | .615 | — | 51‍–‍29 | 48‍–‍33 |
| Chicago White Sox | 85 | 77 | .525 | 14½ | 44‍–‍37 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 80 | 82 | .494 | 19½ | 38‍–‍43 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Minnesota Twins | 78 | 84 | .481 | 21½ | 39‍–‍43 | 39‍–‍41 |
| Kansas City Royals | 75 | 86 | .466 | 24 | 37‍–‍43 | 38‍–‍43 |

### 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: 80–82 (Home: 38–43; Away: 42–39) :
April: 12–12 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2@ Angels15–9Wickander (1–0)Finley—27,8361–0
2April 3@ Angels2–3 (11)JamesLloyd (0–1)—15,0241–1
3April 5@ Mariners10–6Karl (1–0)Hurtado—27,7682–1
4April 6@ Mariners5–8JohnsonSparks (0–1)—56,8922–2
5April 7@ Mariners1–3HitchcockBones (0–1)Jackson21,0042–3
6April 9Athletics10–4McDonald (1–0)Van Poppel—42,0903–3
7April 11Athletics0–11JohnsKarl (1–1)—12,2363–4
8April 12Royals1–4AppierBones (0–2)Montgomery7,1133–5
9April 13Royals2–3GubiczaSparks (0–2)Montgomery9,2243–6
10April 14Royals5–2McDonald (2–0)HaneyMiranda (1)19,1314–6
11April 16Yankees6–3Karl (2–1)Key—7,0595–6
12April 17Yankees8–4Bones (1–2)Cone—7,1246–6
13April 18@ Royals8–2Sparks (1–2)Gubicza—13,1537–6
14April 19@ Royals8–2McDonald (3–0)Haney—15,3218–6
15April 20@ Royals12–4Miranda (1–0)Jacome—17,2209–6
16April 21@ Royals5–4Wickander (2–0)PichardoFetters (1)14,66610–6
17April 22@ Athletics2–6ReyesBones (1–3)Briscoe6,02110–7
18April 23@ Athletics6–9WojciechowskiSparks (1–3)Mohler7,02610–8
19April 24Angels3–4BoskieMcDonald (3–1)Percival7,05110–9
20April 25Angels6–5Fetters (1–0)James—6,70711–9
21April 26Mariners5–6CarmonaPotts (0–1)Charlton13,07211–10
22April 27Mariners5–6WellsBones (1–4)Charlton17,27011–11
23April 28Mariners16–9Potts (1–1)Davis—19,71712–11
24April 30@ Blue Jays8–9CrabtreeBoze (0–1)—25,46712–12 :
May: 11–16 (Home: 5–7; Away: 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1@ Blue Jays3–9GuzmanMiranda (1–1)—25,68412–13
26May 2@ Blue Jays5–7HansonKarl (2–2)Timlin31,29912–14
27May 3@ Orioles2–8EricksonBones (1–5)—41,03712–15
28May 4@ Orioles5–10MussinaSparks (1–4)—44,17512–16
29May 5@ Orioles13–1McDonald (4–1)Haynes—46,02713–16
30May 7Red Sox2–4ClemensMiranda (1–2)Slocumb7,03913–17
31May 9Red Sox17–2Bones (2–5)Sele—7,37914–17
32May 10Orioles7–10 (12)OroscoGarcia (0–1)McDowell9,52014–18
33May 11Orioles3–5 (10)RhodesPotts (1–2)Myers21,08114–19
34May 12Orioles6–4Miranda (2–2)EricksonFetters (2)14,33315–19
35May 13White Sox6–2Sparks (2–4)BaldwinBoze (1)9,54416–19
36May 15White Sox8–20AlvarezBones (2–6)Keyser8,73316–20
37May 16White Sox3–2Lloyd (1–1)TapaniFetters (3)13,84917–20
38May 17@ Twins12–1Karl (3–2)Parra—26,73318–20
39May 18@ Twins7–3Miranda (3–2)MahomesFetters (4)30,59319–20
40May 19@ Twins4–2Sparks (3–4)RobertsonFetters (5)24,41120–20
41May 20@ Twins3–2Bones (3–6)RodriguezFetters (6)13,37621–20
42May 21@ Indians5–6TavarezBoze (0–2)—39,97421–21
43May 22@ Indians10–8Karl (4–2)McDowellFetters (7)41,02722–21
44May 23@ Indians1–5HershiserMiranda (3–3)—42,39522–22
45May 24@ White Sox3–4ThomasSparks (3–5)Hernandez18,34622–23
46May 25@ White Sox7–9AlvarezBones (3–7)Hernandez20,58522–24
47May 26@ White Sox1–12TapaniMcDonald (4–2)—21,15122–25
48May 28Twins7–3Karl (5–2)MahomesGarcia (1)10,11723–25
49May 29Twins7–8 (12)HansellLloyd (1–2)—14,32423–26
50May 30Indians0–2NagyBones (3–8)Mesa11,54323–27
51May 31Indians4–10MartinezMcDonald (4–3)—24,05023–28 :
June: 17–11 (Home: 10–6; Away: 7–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 1Indians2–1Garcia (1–1)McDowellFetters (8)22,00424–28
53June 2Indians6–11PooleKarl (5–3)—21,15024–29
54June 3Rangers6–9WittSparks (3–6)Henneman9,74824–30
55June 4Rangers6–2Bones (4–8)Gross—10,68525–30
56June 5Rangers6–4McDonald (5–3)HillFetters (9)11,27626–30
57June 7@ Red Sox7–10GarcesGarcia (1–2)Slocumb26,86126–31
58June 8@ Red Sox3–2 (10)Lloyd (2–2)HudsonFetters (10)30,39927–31
59June 9@ Red Sox11–8 (10)Burrows (1–0)SlocumbFetters (11)28,12028–31
60June 10@ Rangers3–8GrossGivens (0–1)—43,27528–32
61June 11@ Rangers14–4McDonald (6–3)HillGarcia (2)33,51929–32
62June 12@ Rangers6–13PavlikMiranda (3–4)—34,84229–33
63June 13Athletics16–3Karl (6–3)Wojciechowski—12,43930–33
64June 14Athletics6–2Bones (5–8)Wasdin—14,40431–33
65June 15Athletics12–9Givens (1–1)WengertGarcia (3)21,06432–33
66June 16Athletics9–10TaylorFetters (1–1)Mohler26,74432–34
67June 17Royals9–4Burrows (2–0)Appier—9,31533–34
68June 18Royals9–1Karl (7–3)LintonPotts (1)9,11634–34
69June 19Royals4–8 (10)PichardoMercedes (0–1)—13,43134–35
70June 20Angels3–10LangstonGivens (1–2)—16,03434–36
71June 21Angels10–5McDonald (7–3)Abbott—16,27435–36
72June 22Angels4–6BoskieMiranda (3–5)Percival35,46435–37
73June 23Angels8–4Garcia (2–2)Finley—17,05136–37
74June 25@ Royals5–3Bones (6–8)GubiczaFetters (12)14,44837–37
75June 26@ Royals3–7HaneyGivens (1–3)—14,56037–38
76June 27@ Royals6–2McDonald (8–3)Belcher—17,67038–38
77June 28@ Blue Jays5–1D'Amico (1–0)GuzmanFetters (13)31,33339–38
78June 29@ Blue Jays7–4Karl (8–3)Janzen—31,17040–38
79June 30@ Blue Jays2–15HansonBones (6–9)—30,10440–39 :
July: 12–16 (Home: 7–7; Away: 5–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1@ Tigers2–0Sparks (4–6)OlivaresFetters (14)10,72741–39
81July 2@ Tigers2–1 (11)Garcia (3–2)SagerFetters (15)9,45542–39
82July 3@ Tigers5–8WilliamsD'Amico (1–1)—11,04742–40
83July 4@ Yankees1–4PettitteKarl (8–4)Wetteland24,24342–41
84July 5@ Yankees3–12GoodenBones (6–10)—26,69942–42
85July 6@ Yankees0–2KeySparks (4–7)Wetteland24,03342–43
86July 7@ Yankees4–1McDonald (9–3)RogersFetters (16)35,24243–43
87July 11Blue Jays3–6GuzmanD'Amico (1–2)Castillo16,01943–44
88July 12Blue Jays12–5McDonald (10–3)Hanson—15,69144–44
89July 13Blue Jays7–15HentgenKarl (8–5)—29,38344–45
90July 14Blue Jays5–7 (10)CrabtreeGarcia (3–3)Timlin20,79844–46
91July 15Tigers9–10SagerBones (6–11)Olson15,81944–47
92July 16Tigers20–7D'Amico (2–2)Williams—12,47645–47
93July 17Tigers3–2 (10)Fetters (2–1)Urbani—21,12146–47
94July 18Yankees16–4Karl (9–5)Gooden—19,07947–47
95July 19Yankees7–5Eldred (1–0)PettitteFetters (17)19,30048–47
96July 20Yankees2–4RiveraVan Egmond (0–1)Wetteland25,47348–48
97July 21Yankees3–2D'Amico (3–2)KeyFetters (18)25,66249–48
98July 22@ Mariners3–8WagnerMercedes (0–2)—40,55549–49
99July 23@ Mariners7–3Karl (10–5)Carmona—22,37850–49
100July 24@ Mariners7–8AyalaFetters (2–2)—19,89950–50
101July 25@ Angels4–5HoltzLloyd (2–3)—16,84150–51
102July 26@ Angels5–6SpringerD'Amico (3–3)Percival18,18950–52
103July 27@ Angels0–7FinleyMcDonald (10–4)—17,49750–53
104July 28@ Angels4–3 (13)Miranda (4–5)HoltzGarcia (4)25,53951–53
105July 30Mariners5–6WellsEldred (1–1)Ayala—51–54
106July 30Mariners4–3Van Egmond (1–1)WolcottFetters (19)18,59152–54
107July 31Mariners3–9HitchcockD'Amico (3–4)—30,77252–55 :
August: 14–16 (Home: 5–10; Away: 9–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1Mariners2–9MoyerMcDonald (10–5)—18,42552–56
109August 2@ Athletics4–3 (10)Miranda (5–5)TaylorFetters (20)10,05653–56
110August 3@ Athletics7–0Bones (7–11)Johns—15,17154–56
111August 4@ Athletics2–4TelghederVan Egmond (1–2)Taylor10,28154–57
112August 5@ Athletics13–3Eldred (2–1)Adams—8,61655–57
113August 6Orioles3–13MussinaMcDonald (10–6)—17,07555–58
114August 7Orioles2–12EricksonKarl (10–6)—20,28755–59
115August 8Orioles4–6CoppingerD'Amico (3–5)Myers18,62055–60
116August 9Red Sox7–9SuppanVan Egmond (1–3)Slocumb—55–61
117August 9Red Sox1–4EshelmanBones (7–12)Belinda19,54155–62
118August 10Red Sox2–3WakefieldEldred (2–2)—20,29755–63
119August 11Red Sox0–2ClemensMcDonald (10–7)Belinda19,17855–64
120August 13@ Orioles3–4CorbinLloyd (2–4)Myers44,46155–65
121August 14@ Orioles5–8MilchinBones (7–13)Myers47,48055–66
122August 16White Sox9–7Miranda (6–5)LevineVillone (1)—56–66
123August 16White Sox3–2Van Egmond (2–3)TapaniFetters (21)25,52957–66
124August 17White Sox2–6FernandezMcDonald (10–8)Hernandez31,55157–67
125August 18White Sox8–7Miranda (7–5)DarwinFetters (22)33,09458–67
126August 19@ Twins6–1D'Amico (4–5)Rodriguez—21,87959–67
127August 20@ Twins7–12ParraBones (7–14)—14,63059–68
128August 21@ Twins10–7Jones (1–0)StevensFetters (23)15,88560–68
129August 23@ Indians6–5 (11)Jones (2–0)MesaFetters (24)42,40561–68
130August 24@ Indians4–3 (10)Wickman (1–0)PlunkFetters (25)42,43762–68
131August 25@ Indians5–8ShueyMiranda (7–6)Mesa42,33562–69
132August 26@ White Sox3–2Eldred (3–2)AlvarezJones (1)19,63763–69
133August 27@ White Sox4–2Van Egmond (3–3)FernandezFetters (26)15,44364–69
134August 28@ White Sox0–2BaldwinMcDonald (10–9)Hernandez17,26964–70
135August 29Twins1–6RodriguezKarl (10–7)—14,92264–71
136August 30Twins5–4 (12)Wickman (2–0)Parra—17,44465–71
137August 31Twins3–2Jones (3–0)RobertsonFetters (27)20,18766–71 :
September: 14–11 (Home: 5–7; Away: 9–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
138September 1Twins2–6AldredVan Egmond (3–4)—17,07466–72
139September 2Indians7–6Jones (4–0)Mesa—18,01567–72
140September 3Indians8–2Karl (11–7)Hershiser—10,59968–72
141September 4Indians0–7OgeaD'Amico (4–6)—12,66668–73
142September 6Rangers3–7BurkettEldred (3–3)—16,71468–74
143September 7Rangers1–2HillMcDonald (10–10)Henneman19,11068–75
144September 8Rangers1–7WittFlorie (0–1)—17,54268–76
145September 9@ Red Sox6–0Karl (12–7)Gordon—22,38669–76
146September 10@ Red Sox11–10Garcia (4–3)HudsonFetters (28)20,48770–76
147September 11@ Red Sox1–4WakefieldEldred (3–4)Slocumb21,31070–77
148September 12@ Rangers15–4McDonald (11–10)Hill—41,30371–77
149September 13@ Rangers6–3D'Amico (5–6)WittFetters (29)39,23572–77
150September 14@ Rangers8–6Karl (13–7)PavlikFetters (30)45,90173–77
151September 15@ Rangers2–6OliverGarcia (4–4)Vosberg45,94173–78
152September 17Blue Jays4–0McDonald (12–10)Andujar—10,18474–78
153September 18Blue Jays2–1Fetters (3–2)Timlin—9,55075–78
154September 20Tigers1–10SagerKarl (13–8)—15,04675–79
155September 21Tigers13–6D'Amico (6–6)Van PoppelVillone (2)33,10676–79
156September 22Tigers5–7LimaFetters (3–3)—15,70576–80
157September 23@ Orioles8–7 (10)Jones (5–0)MathewsFetters (31)46,54277–80
158September 25@ Yankees2–19ConeVan Egmond (3–5)——77–81
159September 25@ Yankees2–6RogersKarl (13–9)—37,94777–82
160September 27@ Tigers7–6 (6)Wickman (3–0)Van Poppel—8,60678–82
161September 28@ Tigers7–2Eldred (4–4)Moehler—12,93979–82
162September 29@ Tigers7–5 (10)Reyes (1–0)CummingsFetters (32)13,03880–82 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Brewers team member :

### Detailed records

American League :
| Opponent | W | L | WP | RS | RA |
| AL East |||||||
| Baltimore Orioles | 3 | 9 | 0.250 | 61 | 88 |
| Boston Red Sox | 5 | 7 | 0.417 | 68 | 58 |
| Detroit Tigers | 8 | 4 | 0.667 | 81 | 64 |
| New York Yankees | 6 | 6 | 0.500 | 54 | 66 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 5 | 7 | 0.417 | 63 | 79 |
| Total | 27 | 33 | 0.450 | 327 | 355 |
| AL Central |||||||
| Chicago White Sox | 7 | 6 | 0.538 | 57 | 77 |
| Cleveland Indians | 6 | 7 | 0.462 | 58 | 74 |
| Kansas City Royals | 9 | 4 | 0.692 | 77 | 46 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | | | | | |
| Minnesota Twins | 9 | 4 | 0.692 | 74 | 57 |
| Total | 31 | 21 | 0.596 | 266 | 254 |
| AL West |||||||
| California Angels | 5 | 7 | 0.417 | 64 | 67 |
| Oakland Athletics | 7 | 5 | 0.583 | 87 | 64 |
| Seattle Mariners | 4 | 9 | 0.308 | 73 | 84 |
| Texas Rangers | 6 | 7 | 0.462 | 77 | 75 |
| Total | 22 | 28 | 0.440 | 301 | 290 |
| Season Total | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 894 | 899 |
| Month | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| April | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0.500 | 149 | 126 |
| May | 27 | 11 | 16 | 0.407 | 151 | 159 |
| June | 28 | 17 | 11 | 0.607 | 188 | 166 |
| July | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0.429 | 146 | 153 |
| August | 30 | 14 | 16 | 0.467 | 131 | 156 |
| September | 25 | 14 | 11 | 0.560 | 129 | 139 |
| Total | 162 | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 894 | 899 |
| | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| Home | 81 | 38 | 43 | 0.469 | 451 | 460 |
| Away | 81 | 42 | 39 | 0.519 | 443 | 439 |
| Total | 162 | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 894 | 899 |

### Notable transactions

* July 31, 1996: Greg Vaughn and a player to be named later were traded by the Brewers to the San Diego Padres for Marc Newfield, Bryce Florie and Ron Villone. The Brewers completed the deal by sending Gerald Parent (minors) to the Padres on September 16.
* August 23, 1996: Pat Listach, Graeme Lloyd and a player to be named later were traded by the Brewers to the New York Yankees for Bob Wickman and Gerald Williams. The Brewers completed the deal by sending Ricky Bones to the Yankees on August 29.

### 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 | Mike Matheny | 106 | 313 | 64 | .204 | 8 | 46 |
| 1B | John Jaha | 148 | 543 | 163 | .300 | 34 | 118 |
| 2B | Fernando Viña | 140 | 554 | 157 | .283 | 7 | 46 |
| SS | José Valentín | 154 | 552 | 143 | .259 | 24 | 95 |
| 3B | Jeff Cirillo | 158 | 566 | 184 | .325 | 15 | 83 |
| LF | Greg Vaughn | 102 | 375 | 105 | .280 | 31 | 95 |
| CF | Pat Listach | 87 | 317 | 76 | .240 | 1 | 33 |
| RF | Matt Mieske | 127 | 374 | 104 | .278 | 14 | 64 |
| DH | Kevin Seitzer | 132 | 490 | 155 | .316 | 12 | 62 |

#### 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 |
| Dave Nilsson | 123 | 453 | 150 | .331 | 17 | 84 |
| Jesse Levis | 104 | 233 | 55 | .236 | 1 | 21 |
| Marc Newfield | 49 | 179 | 55 | .307 | 7 | 31 |
| Mark Loretta | 73 | 154 | 43 | .279 | 1 | 13 |
| David Hulse | 81 | 117 | 26 | .222 | 0 | 6 |
| Chuck Carr | 27 | 106 | 29 | .274 | 1 | 11 |
| Gerald Williams | 26 | 92 | 19 | .207 | 0 | 4 |
| Jeromy Burnitz | 23 | 72 | 17 | .236 | 2 | 14 |
| Turner Ward | 43 | 67 | 12 | .179 | 2 | 10 |
| Kevin Koslofski | 25 | 42 | 9 | .214 | 0 | 6 |
| Kelly Stinnett | 14 | 26 | 2 | .077 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Unroe | 14 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Dunn | 6 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 1 |
| Brian Banks | 4 | 7 | 4 | .571 | 1 | 2 |
| Danny Perez | 4 | 4 | 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 |
| Ben McDonald | 35 | 221.1 | 12 | 10 | 3.90 | 146 |
| Scott Karl | 32 | 207.1 | 13 | 9 | 4.86 | 121 |
| Ricky Bones | 32 | 145.0 | 7 | 14 | 5.83 | 59 |
| Jeff D'Amico | 17 | 86.0 | 6 | 6 | 5.44 | 53 |
| Cal Eldred | 15 | 84.2 | 4 | 4 | 4.46 | 50 |
| Tim Van Egmond | 12 | 54.2 | 3 | 5 | 5.27 | 33 |
| Brian Givens | 4 | 14.0 | 1 | 3 | 12.86 | 10 |

#### 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 |
| Ángel Miranda | 46 | 109.1 | 7 | 6 | 4.94 | 78 |
| Steve Sparks | 20 | 88.2 | 4 | 7 | 6.60 | 21 |

#### 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 |
| Mike Fetters | 61 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 3.38 | 53 |
| Graeme Lloyd | 52 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2.82 | 24 |
| Ramón García | 37 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6.66 | 40 |
| Marshall Boze | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7.79 | 19 |
| Mike Potts | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7.15 | 21 |
| Doug Jones | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3.41 | 34 |
| Ron Villone | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.28 | 19 |
| Kevin Wickander | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.97 | 19 |
| Bryce Florie | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.63 | 12 |
| Bob Wickman | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.24 | 14 |
| José Mercedes | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.18 | 6 |
| Terry Burrows | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 5 |
| Cris Carpenter | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.56 | 2 |
| Mark Kiefer | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 5 |
| Al Reyes | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.94 | 2 |

## Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of seven minor league affiliates in 1996. The Brewers operated a Dominican Summer League team as a co-op with the Chicago White Sox. The Helena Brewers won the Pioneer League championship.
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| Triple-A | New Orleans Zephyrs | American Association | Tim Ireland |
| Double-A | El Paso Diablos | Texas League | Dave Machemer |
| Class A-Advanced | Stockton Ports | California League | Greg Mahlberg |
| Class A | Beloit Snappers | Midwest League | Luis Salazar |
| Rookie | Helena Brewers | Pioneer League | Alex Morales |
| Rookie | Ogden Raptors | Pioneer League | Bernie Moncallo |
| Rookie | DSL Brewers/White Sox | Dominican Summer League | — |