# 1996 Texas Rangers season

The 1996 Texas Rangers season was the 36th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 25th in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 3rd season at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Rangers finished first in the American League West with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses. It would be the first post-season appearance for the Senators/Rangers in franchise history, taking 36 seasons to finally accomplish the feat. This remains the longest amount of time it has ever taken any North American professional sports franchise to make their first playoff appearance. The Rangers would win their first post-season game at Yankee Stadium against the New York Yankees, but would lose the last three games to lose the division series. The one post-season win would be the club's only post-season success until 2010.

## Offseason

* October 8, 1995: Scott Podsednik was sent by the Rangers to the Florida Marlins to complete an earlier deal (the Rangers sent players to be named later to the Marlins for Bobby Witt, and sent Wilson Heredia to the Marlins on August 11) and made on August 8, 1995.
* December 21, 1995: Ken Hill was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.
* December 22, 1995: Mike Henneman was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.
* January 16, 1996: Kevin Elster was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.

## 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 13, 1996: Jack Voigt was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.
* June 4, 1996: Travis Hafner was drafted by the Rangers in the 31st round of the 1996 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 2, 1997.
* July 31, 1996: Mark Brandenburg and Kerry Lacy were traded by the Rangers to the Boston Red Sox for Mike Stanton and a player to be named later. The Red Sox completed the deal by sending Dwayne Hosey to the Rangers on November 4.

### Roster
## Game log
### Game log

1996 Game Log: 90–72 (Home: 50–31; Away: 40–41) :
April: 16–10 (Home: 11–4; Away: 5–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1Red Sox5–3Hill (1–0)ClemensVosberg (1)40,4841–0
2April 3Red Sox7–2Pavlik (1–0)Gordon—24,4832–0
3April 4Red Sox13–2Gross (1–0)Wakefield—18,0863–0
4April 6Yankees4–2Witt (1–0)KeyHenneman (1)35,5104–0
5April 7Yankees7–2Hill (2–0)Gooden——5–0
6April 7Yankees4–1Pavlik (2–0)HoweVosberg (2)36,2486–0
7April 9@ White Sox3–2Gross (2–0)ThomasHenneman (2)34,7507–0
8April 11@ White Sox5–8 (11)ThomasHenneman (0–1)—16,6857–1
9April 12@ Yankees3–4ConeHill (2–1)Wetteland20,2387–2
10April 13@ Yankees10–6Pavlik (3–0)GoodenVosberg (3)19,6038–2
11April 14@ Yankees3–12PettitteGross (2–1)—20,1818–3
12April 15Athletics3–8MohlerHeredia (0–1)—19,3128–4
13April 16Athletics5–3Witt (2–0)JohnsHenneman (3)20,9489–4
14April 17Athletics12–1Hill (3–1)Reyes—24,12010–4
15April 19Orioles26–7Cook (1–0)MerckerVosberg (4)41,18411–4
16April 20Orioles8–3Gross (3–1)Haynes—45,35812–4
17April 21Orioles9–6Oliver (1–0)Wells—39,45613–4
18April 22White Sox4–12FernandezWitt (2–1)Karchner22,34813–5
19April 23White Sox5–6BaldwinHill (3–2)Hernandez29,12313–6
20April 24@ Red Sox9–11StantonHeredia (0–2)Slocumb19,21713–7
21April 25@ Red Sox3–8WakefieldGross (3–2)—20,35013–8
22April 26@ Orioles5–4Brandenburg (1–0)WellsHenneman (4)44,02214–8
23April 27@ Orioles4–2Witt (3–1)EricksonVosberg (5)47,31115–8
24April 28@ Orioles5–4 (10)Heredia (1–2)McDowellHenneman (5)47,32716–8
25April 29@ Orioles7–8HaynesHelling (0–1)Myers41,50316–9
26April 30Mariners0–8BosioGross (3–3)—27,27216–10 :
May: 18–9 (Home: 11–3; Away: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27May 1Mariners5–4Russell (1–0)JacksonHenneman (6)31,77517–10
28May 2@ Tigers2–5LiraWitt (3–2)Williams7,41617–11
29May 3@ Tigers11–0Hill (4–2)Keagle—9,07918–11
30May 4@ Tigers3–1Pavlik (4–0)Gohr—10,73419–11
31May 5@ Tigers3–2Gross (4–3)LimaHenneman (7)12,33720–11
32May 7Blue Jays5–1Oliver (2–0)Guzman—23,00521–11
33May 8Blue Jays4–2Witt (4–2)HansonHenneman (8)20,69422–11
34May 9Blue Jays2–5QuantrillHill (4–3)Timlin34,45122–12
35May 10Tigers6–2Pavlik (5–0)LimaHenneman (9)31,42623–12
36May 11Tigers11–7Gross (5–3)Aldred—42,73224–12
37May 12Tigers3–5LiraOliver (2–1)Myers35,67724–13
38May 13Royals7–6Cook (2–0)MontgomeryHenneman (10)22,98125–13
39May 14Royals10–0Hill (5–3)Gubicza—28,99926–13
40May 15Royals1–3HaneyPavlik (5–1)Montgomery26,88126–14
41May 17@ Indians10–12EmbreeHeredia (1–3)Mesa41,22526–15
42May 18@ Indians6–3Oliver (3–1)AndersonHenneman (11)40,97327–15
43May 19@ Indians5–8NagyWitt (4–3)Mesa43,29927–16
44May 21@ Twins3–4MilchinHenneman (0–2)—12,32327–17
45May 22@ Twins6–5Pavlik (6–1)ParraHenneman (12)17,95528–17
46May 23@ Royals2–4AppierOliver (3–2)Montgomery15,61228–18
47May 24@ Royals0–8GubiczaWitt (4–4)—13,69628–19
48May 25@ Royals2–1Helling (1–1)HaneyHenneman (13)23,66829–19
49May 26@ Royals6–4Hill (6–3)LintonHenneman (14)22,66530–19
50May 27Indians3–2Pavlik (7–1)McDowell—46,52131–19
51May 28Indians11–3Oliver (4–2)Hershiser—35,72732–19
52May 29Indians5–4Cook (3–0)TavarezHenneman (15)35,89333–19
53May 31Twins7–2Hill (7–3)Rodriguez—32,86134–19 :
June: 14–13 (Home: 9–5; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1Twins5–9MilchinHenneman (0–3)—43,41334–20
55June 2Twins5–6GuardadoRussell (1–1)—33,80934–21
56June 3@ Brewers9–6Witt (5–4)SparksHenneman (16)9,74835–21
57June 4@ Brewers2–6BonesGross (5–4)—10,68535–22
58June 5@ Brewers4–6McDonaldHill (7–4)Fetters11,27635–23
59June 7Blue Jays10–7Pavlik (8–1)JanzenHenneman (17)40,04636–23
60June 8Blue Jays2–0Oliver (5–2)Guzman—43,43937–23
61June 9Blue Jays8–6Witt (6–4)HansonHenneman (18)41,60538–23
62June 10Brewers8–3Gross (6–4)Givens—43,27539–23
63June 11Brewers4–14McDonaldHill (7–5)Garcia33,51939–24
64June 12Brewers13–6Pavlik (9–1)Miranda—34,84240–24
65June 13@ Red Sox7–8 (10)SlocumbHenneman (0–4)—32,64540–25
66June 14@ Red Sox3–4StantonWitt (6–5)—29,68940–26
67June 15@ Red Sox13–3Gross (7–4)Wakefield—33,18641–26
68June 16@ Red Sox9–10HudsonHenneman (0–5)—30,46141–27
69June 17@ Orioles1–1 (6)—45,58141–27
70June 18@ Orioles7–0Oliver (6–2)Mercker—47,31842–27
71June 19@ Orioles3–2Witt (7–5)MussinaRussell (1)45,58143–27
72June 20@ Orioles2–3WellsGross (7–5)Myers21,74843–28
73June 21Red Sox14–4Hill (8–5)Minchey—40,72644–28
74June 22Red Sox8–2Pavlik (10–1)Wakefield—46,44445–28
75June 23Red Sox4–6StantonCook (3–1)Slocumb39,39945–29
76June 24Orioles3–8MussinaWitt (7–6)—39,70145–30
77June 25Orioles5–2Gross (8–5)WellsHenneman (19)41,68546–30
78June 26Orioles6–5Cook (4–1)OroscoHenneman (20)38,98447–30
79June 28@ Mariners8–19CarmonaPavlik (10–2)—34,41347–31
80June 29@ Mariners9–5Oliver (7–2)Meacham—37,55648–31
81June 30@ Mariners3–4HitchcockWitt (7–7)Charlton33,39248–32 :
July: 13–14 (Home: 6–7; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
82July 1@ Angels8–6Gross (9–5)LangstonHenneman (21)19,75449–32
83July 2@ Angels5–6JamesHenneman (0–6)—19,05549–33
84July 3@ Angels8–1Pavlik (11–2)Finley—45,97950–33
85July 4Mariners5–9CarmonaHenneman (0–7)—46,66850–34
86July 5Mariners3–6HitchcockWitt (7–8)—46,39750–35
87July 6Mariners5–9WagnerGross (9–6)—46,45850–36
88July 7Mariners8–3Hill (9–5)Wells—36,93351–36
89July 11@ Athletics3–8ChouinardOliver (7–3)—13,43751–37
90July 12@ Athletics8–4 (10)Russell (2–1)Taylor—12,07452–37
91July 13@ Athletics8–1Pavlik (12–2)Wengert—16,79253–37
92July 14@ Athletics1–9JohnsGross (9–7)—20,70453–38
93July 15Angels7–10SchmidtBrandenburg (1–1)Percival45,65553–39
94July 16Angels6–2Oliver (8–3)AbbottRussell (2)34,68054–39
95July 17Angels7–3Hill (10–5)Finley—44,22055–39
96July 18Athletics4–5 (11)ReyesBrandenburg (1–2)Van Poppel28,58555–40
97July 19Athletics6–9ReyesHelling (1–2)Taylor37,45555–41
98July 20Athletics8–4Witt (8–8)Van Poppel—46,05256–41
99July 21Athletics8–11GroomBrandenburg (1–3)Mohler36,03956–42
100July 22@ Yankees6–1Hill (11–5)Rogers—30,76757–42
101July 23@ Yankees0–6GoodenPavlik (12–3)—22,81457–43
102July 24@ Yankees2–4PettitteAlberro (0–1)Wetteland35,30857–44
103July 25@ White Sox4–3 (12)Russell (3–1)KeyserHenneman (22)19,52458–44
104July 26@ White Sox2–6AlvarezOliver (8–4)—21,39858–45
105July 27@ White Sox6–4 (10)Heredia (2–3)SimasVosberg (6)22,62959–45
106July 28@ White Sox1–5FernandezPavlik (12–4)—20,90259–46
107July 30Yankees15–2Witt (9–8)Pettitte—39,63760–46
108July 31Yankees9–2Oliver (9–4)Key—30,64561–46 :
August: 16–12 (Home: 8–5; Away: 8–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
109August 1Yankees5–6RogersHill (11–6)Wetteland34,85561–47
110August 2White Sox0–9FernandezPavlik (12–5)—36,29961–48
111August 3White Sox9–11HernandezRussell (3–2)—46,48161–49
112August 4White Sox9–5Witt (10–8)Baldwin—32,85462–49
113August 5White Sox5–15AlvarezOliver (9–5)—29,97362–50
114August 6@ Tigers4–2Hill (12–6)LiraHenneman (23)10,93163–50
115August 7@ Tigers2–4CummingsPavlik (12–6)Myers10,29763–51
116August 8@ Tigers2–3OlivaresHeredia (2–4)—10,99563–52
117August 9@ Blue Jays5–4Witt (11–8)QuantrillHenneman (24)33,53564–52
118August 10@ Blue Jays12–1Oliver (10–5)Guzman—34,10965–52
119August 11@ Blue Jays6–0Burkett (1–0)Hanson—32,16266–52
120August 12Tigers7–0Hill (13–6)Williams—25,21067–52
121August 13Tigers6–2Pavlik (13–6)Olivares—31,33168–52
122August 14Tigers5–4Witt (12–8)Van PoppelHenneman (25)33,94269–52
123August 16Royals5–3Burkett (2–0)HaneyHenneman (26)32,05370–52
124August 17Royals1–4BelcherHill (13–7)—41,85570–53
125August 18Royals10–3Gross (10–7)Appier—30,48071–53
126August 19@ Indians10–3Pavlik (14–6)McDowell—42,39372–53
127August 20@ Indians4–10LopezWitt (12–9)—42,37072–54
128August 21@ Indians10–8 (10)Vosberg (1–0)Tavarez—42,34573–54
129August 22@ Twins11–2Hill (14–7)Robertson—17,34274–54
130August 23@ Twins2–9AguileraOliver (10–6)—16,16674–55
131August 24@ Twins5–6RodriguezPavlik (14–7)Trombley16,64874–56
132August 25@ Twins13–2Witt (13–9)Miller—14,81875–56
133August 27@ Royals3–4 (10)MontgomeryRussell (3–3)—12,90775–57
134August 28@ Royals3–4 (12)HuismanGross (10–8)—12,69575–58
135August 30Indians5–3Pavlik (15–7)OgeaRussell (3)40,38376–58
136August 31Indians6–3Oliver (11–6)McDowellVosberg (7)46,31977–58 :
September: 13–14 (Home: 5–7; Away: 8–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1Indians2–8NagyBurkett (2–1)—46,08477–59
138September 2Twins4–6AguileraHill (14–8)Guardado24,78677–60
139September 3Twins9–7Witt (14–9)RodriguezHenneman (27)28,40178–60
140September 4Twins6–7RobertsonHeredia (2–5)Trombley29,74478–61
141September 6@ Brewers7–3Burkett (3–1)Eldred—16,71479–61
142September 7@ Brewers2–1Hill (15–8)McDonaldHenneman (28)19,11080–61
143September 8@ Brewers7–1Witt (15–9)Florie—17,54281–61
144September 9@ Blue Jays4–3Gross (11–8)HentgenHenneman (29)25,82582–61
145September 10@ Blue Jays11–8Oliver (12–6)WilliamsHenneman (30)26,28683–61
146September 11@ Blue Jays3–8AndujarVosberg (1–1)—27,26283–62
147September 12Brewers4–15McDonaldHill (15–9)—41,30383–63
148September 13Brewers3–6D'AmicoWitt (15–10)Fetters39,23583–64
149September 14Brewers6–8KarlPavlik (15–8)Fetters45,90183–65
150September 15Brewers6–2Oliver (13–6)GarciaVosberg (8)45,94184–65
151September 16@ Mariners0–6MoyerBurkett (3–2)—50,54484–66
152September 17@ Mariners2–5MulhollandHill (15–10)Ayala32,27984–67
153September 18@ Mariners2–5HitchcockWitt (15–11)Charlton35,16284–68
154September 19@ Mariners6–7DavisCook (4–2)Charlton39,76984–69
155September 20@ Angels5–6 (10)McElroyStanton (0–1)—18,86084–70
156September 21@ Angels7–1Burkett (4–2)Abbott—24,10485–70
157September 22@ Angels4–1Hill (16–10)Dickson—17,52286–70
158September 23@ Athletics3–5WasdinWitt (15–12)Taylor10,16486–71
159September 24@ Athletics7–3Cook (5–2)Small—9,69487–71
160September 26Angels6–5Burkett (5–2)AbbottHenneman (31)33,89588–71
161September 27Angels3–4 (15)HarrisWhiteside (0–1)Gohr46,76488–72
162September 28Angels4–3Oliver (14–6)FinleyHeredia (1)45,65189–72
163September 29Angels4–3Witt (16–12)Springer—45,43490–72 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie Bold = Rangers team member :

### Postseason Game log

1996 Postseason game log: 1–3 (Home: 0–2; Away: 1–1) :
AL Division Series vs. New York Yankees 1–3 (Home: 0–2; Away: 1–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceSeriesBox/ Streak
1October 1@ YankeesW 6–2Burkett (1–0)Cone (0–1)–2:5057,205TEX 1–0W1
2October 2@ YankeesL 4–5 (12)Boehringer (1–0)Stanton (0–1)–4:2557,156Tied 1–1L1
3October 4YankeesL 2–3Nelson (1–0)Oliver (0–1)Wetteland (1)3:0950,860NYY 2–1L2
4October 5YankeesL 4–6Weathers (1–0)Pavlik (0–1)Wetteland (2)3:5750,066NYY 3–1L3 :
Legend:        = Win        = Postponement Bold = Rangers team member :

## 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 | Iván Rodríguez | 153 | 649 | 192 | .300 | 19 | 86 |
| 1B | Will Clark | 117 | 436 | 124 | .284 | 13 | 72 |
| 2B | Mark McLemore | 147 | 517 | 150 | .290 | 5 | 46 |
| SS | Kevin Elster | 157 | 515 | 130 | .252 | 24 | 99 |
| 3B | Dean Palmer | 154 | 582 | 163 | .280 | 38 | 107 |
| LF | Rusty Greer | 139 | 542 | 180 | .332 | 18 | 100 |
| CF | Darryl Hamilton | 148 | 627 | 184 | .293 | 6 | 51 |
| RF | Juan González | 134 | 541 | 170 | .314 | 47 | 144 |
| DH | Mickey Tettleton | 143 | 491 | 121 | .246 | 24 | 83 |

#### 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 |
| Warren Newson | 91 | 235 | 60 | .255 | 10 | 31 |
| Damon Buford | 90 | 145 | 41 | .283 | 6 | 20 |
| Rene Gonzales | 51 | 92 | 20 | .217 | 2 | 5 |
| Dave Valle | 42 | 86 | 26 | .302 | 3 | 17 |
| Lee Stevens | 27 | 78 | 18 | .231 | 3 | 12 |
| Kurt Stillwell | 46 | 77 | 21 | .273 | 1 | 4 |
| Lou Frazier | 30 | 50 | 13 | .260 | 0 | 5 |
| Craig Worthington | 13 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 1 | 4 |
| Jack Voigt | 5 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Ortiz | 3 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 1 | 1 |
| Rikkert Faneyte | 8 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Benji Gil | 7 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Brown | 3 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Ken Hill | 35 | 250.2 | 16 | 10 | 3.63 | 170 |
| Roger Pavlik | 34 | 201.0 | 15 | 8 | 5.19 | 127 |
| Bobby Witt | 33 | 199.2 | 16 | 12 | 5.41 | 157 |
| Darren Oliver | 30 | 173.2 | 14 | 6 | 4.66 | 112 |
| Kevin Gross | 28 | 129.1 | 11 | 8 | 5.22 | 78 |
| John Burkett | 10 | 68.2 | 5 | 2 | 4.06 | 47 |

#### 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 |
| Rick Helling | 6 | 20.1 | 1 | 2 | 7.52 | 16 |
| José Alberro | 5 | 9.1 | 0 | 1 | 5.79 | 2 |

#### 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 Henneman | 49 | 0 | 7 | 31 | 5.79 | 34 |
| Dennis Cook | 60 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4.09 | 64 |
| Jeff Russell | 55 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.38 | 23 |
| Ed Vosberg | 52 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3.27 | 32 |
| Gil Heredia | 44 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5.89 | 43 |
| Mark Brandenburg | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.21 | 37 |
| Mike Stanton | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.22 | 14 |
| Matt Whiteside | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.68 | 15 |
| Danny Patterson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 |

## ALDS
### Game 1, October 1

Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| New York | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| WP: John Burkett (1-0) LP: David Cone (0-1) Home runs: Tex: Juan González (1), Dean Palmer (1) NYY: None |||||||||||||

### Game 2, October 2

Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E |
| Texas | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| New York | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: Brian Boehringer (1-0) LP: Mike Stanton (0-1) Home runs: Tex: Juan González (2, 3) NYY: Cecil Fielder (1) ||||||||||||||||

### Game 3, October 4

The Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| WP: Jeff Nelson (1-0) LP: Darren Oliver (0-1) Sv: John Wetteland (1) Home runs: NYY: Bernie Williams (1) Tex: Juan González (4) |||||||||||||

### Game 4, October 5

The Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 1 |
| Texas | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: David Weathers (1-0) LP: Roger Pavlik (0-1) Sv: John Wetteland (2) Home runs: NYY: Bernie Williams (2, 3) Tex: Juan González (5) |||||||||||||

## Awards and honors

* Kevin Elster, Comeback Player of The Year
* Juan González, AL MVP
* Juan González, Silver Slugger Award
* Johnny Oates, AL Managers of the Year (was co-manager with Joe Torre)
* Iván Rodríguez, C, Gold Glove
* Iván Rodríguez, Silver Slugger Award
All-Star Game