# 1996 New York Yankees season

The 1996 New York Yankees season was the 94th season for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. The 1996 New York Yankees played at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.
This was Joe Torre's first season as team's manager.
The team finished first in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 92–70, 4 games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles and won their first division title since 1981 (the 1994 team had the best record in the American League, but the strike took it away). The team defeated the Texas Rangers in the American League Division Series, three games to one. The Yankees went on to defeat the Orioles in the American League Championship Series four games to one.
In the 1996 World Series the Yankees beat the defending National League and World Series champion Atlanta Braves four games to two, winning four consecutive games to overcome a two-games-to-none deficit. All told, the Yankees finished the post-season with an 8–0 road win–loss record, while going just 3–4 at home.
The Yankees earned their 23rd World Series title and their first since 1978. It was the last season for Hall of Fame TV announcer Phil Rizzuto, who left the team's broadcast crew that year.

## Offseason

* November 2, 1995: The Yankees name Joe Torre as their new manager.
* December 4, 1995: Jalal Leach was drafted by the Montreal Expos from the New York Yankees in the 1995 minor league draft.
* December 7, 1995: Russ Davis and Sterling Hitchcock were traded by the Yankees to the Seattle Mariners for Tino Martinez, Jeff Nelson and Jim Mecir.
* December 11, 1995: Mariano Duncan was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.
* December 21, 1995: David Cone was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.
* December 28, 1995: The Yankees traded a player to be named later to the Chicago White Sox for Tim Raines. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Blaise Kozeniewski to the White Sox on February 6, 1996.
* February 20, 1996: Dwight Gooden was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.
* February 24, 1996: Tim McIntosh was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.
* March 31, 1996: Rafael Quirico was released by the Yankees.

## Regular season
### Notable transactions

* June 4, 1996: 1996 Major League Baseball draft
** Nick Johnson was drafted by the Yankees in the 3rd round. Player signed June 14, 1996.
** Scott Seabol was drafted by the Yankees in the 88th round. Player signed June 25, 1996.
* June 12, 1996: Rich Monteleone was traded by the Yankees to the California Angels for Mike Aldrete.
* June 12, 1996: Wally Whitehurst was selected off waivers by the Yankees from the Montreal Expos.
* July 4, 1996: Darryl Strawberry was purchased by the Yankees from the St. Paul Saints.
* July 31, 1996: Rubén Sierra and Matt Drews (minors) were traded by the Yankees to the Detroit Tigers for Cecil Fielder.
* July 31, 1996: Dave Weathers was traded by the Florida Marlins to the New York Yankees for Mark Hutton.
* August 22, 1996: Luis Sojo was selected off waivers by the Yankees from the Seattle Mariners.
* August 23, 1996: Bob Wickman and Gerald Williams were traded by the Yankees to the Milwaukee Brewers for Pat Listach, Graeme Lloyd and a player to be named later. The Brewers completed the trade by sending Ricky Bones to the Yankees on August 29.
* August 30, 1996: The Yankees traded a player to be named later to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Charlie Hayes. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Chris Corn to the Pirates on August 31.
* September 6, 1996: Robert Eenhoorn was selected off waivers from the Yankees by the California Angels.
* September 12, 1996: Wally Whitehurst was released by the Yankees.

### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 92 | 70 | .568 | — | 49‍–‍31 | 43‍–‍39 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 88 | 74 | .543 | 4 | 43‍–‍38 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Boston Red Sox | 85 | 77 | .525 | 7 | 47‍–‍34 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 74 | 88 | .457 | 18 | 35‍–‍46 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Detroit Tigers | 53 | 109 | .327 | 39 | 27‍–‍54 | 26‍–‍55 |

### 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: 92–70 (Home: 49–31; Away: 43–39) :
April: 13–10 (Home: 7–3; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2@ Indians7–1Cone (1–0)Martinez—42,2891–0
2April 3@ Indians5–1Pettitte (1–0)McDowellNelson (1)41,8432–0
3April 6@ Rangers2–4WittKey (0–1)Henneman35,5102–1
4April 7@ Rangers2–7HillGooden (0–1)——2–2
5April 7@ Rangers1–4PavlikHowe (0–1)Vosberg36,2482–3
6April 9Royals7–3Pettitte (2–0)Haney—56,3293–3
7April 11Royals5–3Key (1–1)BelcherHowe (1)17,5194–3
8April 12Rangers4–3Cone (2–0)HillWetteland (1)20,2385–3
9April 13Rangers6–10PavlikGooden (0–2)Vosberg19,6035–4
10April 14Rangers12–3Pettitte (3–0)Gross—20,1816–4
11April 16@ Brewers3–6KarlKey (1–2)—7,0596–5
12April 17@ Brewers4–8BonesCone (2–1)—7,1246–6
13April 19@ Twins1–7RodriguezGooden (0–3)—20,2796–7
14April 20@ Twins7–6Wickman (1–0)GuardadoWetteland (2)24,5867–7
15April 21@ Twins9–5Rogers (1–0)Radke—20,1158–7
16April 22@ Royals6–2Cone (3–1)Appier—14,7639–7
17April 23@ Royals2–5GubiczaKey (1–3)Montgomery12,5369–8
18April 24Indians10–8Kamieniecki (1–0)Martinez—20,18710–8
19April 25Indians3–4PoolePettitte (3–1)Mesa18,58010–9
20April 26Twins5–4Rivera (1–0)RadkeWetteland (3)14,45011–9
21April 27Twins6–8 (10)BennettWickman (1–1)—20,02511–10
22April 28Twins6–3Rivera (2–0)RodriguezWetteland (4)24,79312–10
23April 30@ Orioles13–10Nelson (1–0)ShepherdWetteland (5)43,11713–10 :
May: 16–11 (Home: 11–5; Away: 5–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 1@ Orioles11–6 (15)Pettitte (4–1)Mercker—47,47214–10
25May 2White Sox5–1Cone (4–1)Fernandez—19,77315–10
26May 3White Sox2–0Rivera (3–0)ThomasWetteland (6)15,59916–10
27May 4White Sox5–11KarchnerNelson (1–1)—20,66116–11
28May 5White Sox7–1Pettitte (5–1)Tapani—26,52517–11
29May 6Tigers10–5Wickman (2–1)Myers—12,83818–11
30May 7Tigers12–5Mecir (1–0)LewisNelson (2)12,76019–11
31May 8Tigers10–3Gooden (1–3)Keagle—18,72920–11
32May 9Tigers2–4GohrKey (1–4)Myers13,09820–12
33May 10@ White Sox2–5TapaniPettitte (5–2)Hernandez15,78420–13
34May 11@ White Sox5–7McCaskillWetteland (0–1)—25,72220–14
35May 12@ White Sox9–8Wickman (3–1)ThomasWetteland (7)17,40521–14
36May 14Mariners2–0Gooden (2–3)Hitchcock—20,78622–14
37May 15Mariners5–10HurtadoKey (1–5)—20,68022–15
38May 17Angels8–5Pettitte (6–2)AbbottRivera (1)19,08723–15
39May 18Angels7–3Rogers (2–0)WilliamsRivera (2)22,82124–15
40May 19Angels1–10FinleyKamieniecki (1–1)—37,32624–16
41May 21Athletics7–3Gooden (3–3)Reyes—15,61425–16
42May 22Athletics1–5WojciechowskiPettitte (6–3)Mohler18,54425–17
43May 23Athletics4–3Rogers (3–0)TaylorWetteland (8)19,31526–17
44May 24@ Mariners4–10HitchcockKamieniecki (1–2)—44,23626–18
45May 25@ Mariners5–4Mendoza (1–0)HurtadoWetteland (9)57,17327–18
46May 26@ Mariners3–4MenhartGooden (3–4)Charlton42,41027–19
47May 27@ Angels16–5Pettitte (7–3)Abbott—20,92628–19
48May 28@ Angels0–1GrimsleyRogers (3–1)—17,28428–20
49May 29@ Angels0–4FinleyMendoza (1–1)—19,24628–21
50May 31@ Athletics4–1Key (2–5)JohnsWetteland (10)13,27929–21 :
June: 18–11 (Home: 7–6; Away: 11–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
51June 1@ Athletics6–3Pettitte (8–3)ChouinardWetteland (11)21,35430–21
52June 2@ Athletics11–4Rogers (4–1)WojciechowskiWetteland (12)26,33131–21
53June 4Blue Jays5–4Gooden (4–4)HansonWetteland (13)17,36832–21
54June 5Blue Jays7–12HentgenKey (2–6)—17,14232–22
55June 6Blue Jays8–1Pettitte (9–3)Quantrill—18,47533–22
56June 7@ Tigers5–6LewisNelson (1–2)—16,35033–23
57June 8@ Tigers7–9OlsonRogers (4–2)Lewis20,17333–24
58June 9@ Tigers3–2Gooden (5–4)GohrWetteland (14)16,58834–24
59June 10@ Blue Jays5–3Key (3–6)HentgenWetteland (15)37,33235–24
60June 11@ Blue Jays6–4Pettitte (10–3)QuantrillWetteland (16)32,11436–24
61June 12@ Blue Jays4–7JanzenMendoza (1–2)—44,23836–25
62June 13Indians2–6HershiserRogers (4–3)Shuey30,70736–26
63June 14Indians4–3Gooden (6–4)OgeaWetteland (17)32,58037–26
64June 15Indians3–10NagyBoehringer (0–1)—42,03237–27
65June 16Indians5–4Pettitte (11–3)MartinezWetteland (18)51,18038–27
66June 17Twins3–6AldredMendoza (1–3)Naulty16,18938–28
67June 18Twins2–0Rogers (5–3)RadkeWetteland (19)17,59339–28
68June 21@ Indians8–7 (10)Nelson (2–2)MesaWetteland (20)42,17640–28
69June 21@ Indians9–3Mendoza (2–3)Tavarez—42,45441–28
70June 22@ Indians11–9Brewer (1–0)MartinezWetteland (21)42,46142–28
71June 23@ Indians6–5Gooden (7–4)McDowellWetteland (22)41,76743–28
72June 24@ Twins0–3RobertsonPettitte (11–4)—20,48843–29
73June 25@ Twins1–6RodriguezBoehringer (0–2)——43–30
74June 25@ Twins6–2Mendoza (3–3)Serafini—16,64144–30
75June 26@ Twins2–1Polley (1–0)GuardadoWetteland (23)19,11645–30
76June 27Orioles3–2Rogers (6–3)EricksonWetteland (24)34,16146–30
77June 28Orioles4–7RhodesRivera (3–1)Myers43,51546–31
78June 29Orioles4–3Pettitte (12–4)MussinaWetteland (25)45,29547–31
79June 30Orioles1–9WellsMendoza (3–4)—40,20047–32 :
July: 16–10 (Home: 10–3; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1Red Sox2–0Key (4–6)ClemensWetteland (26)27,73448–32
81July 2Red Sox7–5Nelson (3–2)HudsonWetteland (27)28,31049–32
82July 4Brewers4–1Pettitte (13–4)KarlWetteland (28)24,24350–32
83July 5Brewers12–3Gooden (8–4)Bones—26,69951–32
84July 6Brewers2–0Key (5–6)SparksWetteland (29)24,03352–32
85July 7Brewers1–4McDonaldRogers (6–4)Fetters35,24252–33
86July 11@ Orioles4–2Key (6–6)MussinaWetteland (30)46,76053–33
87July 13@ Orioles3–2Nelson (4–2)WellsWetteland (31)—54–33
88July 13@ Orioles7–5Gooden (9–4)RhodesWetteland (32)46,45155–33
89July 14@ Orioles4–1Pettitte (14–4)EricksonWetteland (33)47,65856–33
90July 15@ Red Sox6–8WakefieldHutton (0–1)Slocumb33,26356–34
91July 16@ Red Sox9–5Key (7–6)Clemens—34,67657–34
92July 17@ Red Sox11–12EshelmanWetteland (0–2)—34,08257–35
93July 18@ Brewers4–16KarlGooden (9–5)—19,07957–36
94July 19@ Brewers5–7EldredPettitte (14–5)Fetters19,30057–37
95July 20@ Brewers4–2Rivera (4–1)Van EgmondWetteland (34)25,47358–37
96July 21@ Brewers2–3D'AmicoKey (7–7)Fetters25,66258–38
97July 22Rangers1–6HillRogers (6–5)—30,76758–39
98July 23Rangers6–0Gooden (10–5)Pavlik—22,81459–39
99July 24Rangers4–2Pettitte (15–5)AlberroWetteland (35)35,30860–39
100July 25Royals0–7RosadoHutton (0–2)—23,47560–40
101July 26Royals15–1Key (8–7)Haney—23,78261–40
102July 27Royals5–4Rogers (7–5)BelcherWetteland (36)42,04462–40
103July 28Royals3–2Wetteland (1–2)Jacome—35,65863–40
104July 30@ Rangers2–15WittPettitte (15–6)—39,63763–41
105July 31@ Rangers2–9OliverKey (8–8)—30,64563–42 :
August: 13–17 (Home: 7–9; Away: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1@ Rangers6–5Rogers (8–5)HillWetteland (37)34,85564–42
107August 2@ Royals3–4 (10)MontgomeryRivera (4–2)—28,61864–43
108August 3@ Royals4–11LintonWeathers (0–1)—29,35564–44
109August 4@ Royals5–3Pettitte (16–6)Rosado—24,62465–44
110August 5@ Royals5–2Key (9–8)PichardoWetteland (38)22,86566–44
111August 6White Sox9–2Rogers (9–5)Tapani—33,02567–44
112August 7White Sox4–8 (10)HernandezNelson (4–3)—31,09867–45
113August 8White Sox8–4Wickman (4–1)AndujarRivera (3)35,89868–45
114August 9Tigers3–5CummingsPettitte (16–7)Myers23,43968–46
115August 10Tigers7–13LewisKey (9–9)—28,86368–47
116August 11Tigers12–0Rogers (10–5)Lira—33,51769–47
117August 12@ White Sox2–3 (10)HernandezWetteland (1–3)—32,49269–48
118August 13@ White Sox4–8BertottiWeathers (0–2)—26,45569–49
119August 14@ White Sox3–1Pettitte (17–7)BaldwinRivera (4)23,35070–49
120August 16Mariners5–6HitchcockPolley (1–1)Jackson50,72470–50
121August 17Mariners3–10MoyerRogers (10–6)—51,72970–51
122August 18Mariners12–13 (12)AyalaMecir (1–1)Jackson44,76970–52
123August 19Mariners10–4Pettitte (18–7)Carmona—33,99471–52
124August 20Angels17–6Boehringer (1–2)Springer—20,79572–52
125August 21Angels1–7DicksonKey (9–10)Percival27,81172–53
126August 22Angels3–12FinleyRogers (10–7)—27,19172–54
127August 23Athletics5–3Gooden (11–5)WengertRivera (5)34,24473–54
128August 24Athletics5–4Whitehurst (1–0)TelghederPavlas (1)32,12574–54
129August 25Athletics4–6MohlerNelson (4–4)Acre50,80874–55
130August 26@ Mariners1–2AyalaLloyd (0–1)Charlton32,85774–56
131August 27@ Mariners4–7MoyerLloyd (0–2)—32,97574–57
132August 28@ Mariners2–10MulhollandGooden (11–6)—30,95274–58
133August 29@ Angels3–14HoltzWhitehurst (1–1)—19,75574–59
134August 30@ Angels6–2Pettitte (19–7)Springer—27,08475–59
135August 31@ Angels14–3Key (10–10)Dickson—28,74976–59 :
September: 16–11 (Home: 7–5; Away: 9–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1@ Angels0–4FinleyRogers (10–8)—19,38476–60
137September 2@ Athletics5–0Cone (5–1)Prieto—20,15977–60
138September 3@ Athletics9–10AcreBoehringer (1–3)Johns11,62177–61
139September 4@ Athletics10–3Pettitte (20–7)Telgheder—9,89278–61
140September 6Blue Jays4–3Rivera (5–2)Risley—21,52879–61
141September 7Blue Jays2–3QuantrillCone (5–2)Timlin27,06979–62
142September 8Blue Jays2–4HansonPettitte (20–8)Timlin28,57579–63
143September 10@ Tigers9–8Rivera (6–2)SagerWetteland (39)11,04280–63
144September 11@ Tigers7–3Key (11–10)Lira—9,77581–63
145September 12@ Tigers12–3Cone (6–2)Thompson—9,00982–63
146September 13@ Blue Jays4–1Pettitte (21–8)HansonWetteland (40)31,22783–63
147September 14@ Blue Jays3–1Boehringer (2–3)HentgenWetteland (41)43,39784–63
148September 15@ Blue Jays1–3WilliamsMendoza (3–5)Timlin36,26884–64
149September 16@ Blue Jays10–0Key (12–10)Quantrill—30,11585–64
150September 18Orioles3–2 (10)Rivera (7–2)Mills—40,77586–64
151September 19Orioles9–3Rogers (11–8)Mussina——87–64
152September 19Orioles9–10MathewsRivera (7–3)Myers54,88887–65
153September 20Red Sox2–4WakefieldPolley (1–2)Slocumb39,88387–66
154September 21Red Sox12–11 (10)Wetteland (2–3)Hudson—54,59988–66
155September 22Red Sox4–3Rivera (8–3)SeleWetteland (42)34,42289–66
156September 23Red Sox3–4 (11)SlocumbBoehringer (2–4)Mahomes22,72889–67
157September 25Brewers19–2Cone (7–2)Van Egmond——90–67
158September 25Brewers6–2Rogers (12–8)Karl—37,94791–67
159September 26@ Red Sox3–5MadduxKey (12–11)Slocumb32,36791–68
160September 27@ Red Sox5–7SeleGooden (11–7)Slocumb32,57391–69
161September 28@ Red Sox4–2Mendoza (4–5)ClemensWetteland (43)33,61292–69
162September 29@ Red Sox5–6MahomesPolley (1–3)—32,56392–70 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Yankees team member :

### Detailed records

American League :
| Opponent | W | L | WP | RS | RA |
| AL East |||||||
| Baltimore Orioles | 10 | 3 | 0.769 | 75 | 62 |
| Boston Red Sox | 6 | 7 | 0.462 | 73 | 72 |
| Detroit Tigers | 8 | 5 | 0.615 | 99 | 66 |
| New York Yankees | | | | | |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 8 | 5 | 0.615 | 61 | 46 |
| Total | 32 | 20 | 0.615 | 308 | 246 |
| AL Central |||||||
| Chicago White Sox | 7 | 6 | 0.538 | 65 | 59 |
| Cleveland Indians | 9 | 3 | 0.750 | 73 | 61 |
| Kansas City Royals | 8 | 4 | 0.667 | 60 | 47 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 6 | 6 | 0.500 | 66 | 54 |
| Minnesota Twins | 7 | 5 | 0.583 | 48 | 51 |
| Total | 37 | 24 | 0.607 | 312 | 272 |
| AL West |||||||
| California Angels | 6 | 7 | 0.462 | 76 | 76 |
| Oakland Athletics | 9 | 3 | 0.750 | 71 | 45 |
| Seattle Mariners | 3 | 9 | 0.250 | 56 | 80 |
| Texas Rangers | 5 | 7 | 0.417 | 48 | 68 |
| Total | 23 | 26 | 0.469 | 251 | 269 |
| Season Total | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | 871 | 787 |
| Month | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| April | 23 | 13 | 10 | 0.565 | 126 | 115 |
| May | 27 | 16 | 11 | 0.593 | 147 | 124 |
| June | 29 | 18 | 11 | 0.621 | 141 | 141 |
| July | 26 | 16 | 10 | 0.615 | 125 | 122 |
| August | 30 | 13 | 17 | 0.433 | 170 | 178 |
| September | 27 | 16 | 11 | 0.593 | 162 | 107 |
| Total | 162 | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | 871 | 787 |
| | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| Home | 80 | 49 | 31 | 0.613 | 448 | 374 |
| Away | 82 | 43 | 39 | 0.524 | 423 | 413 |
| Total | 162 | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | 871 | 787 |

### Roster
## Player stats

* = Indicates team leader

### 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 | Joe Girardi | 124 | 422 | 124 | .294 | 2 | 45 |
| 1B | Tino Martinez | 155 | 595 | 174 | .292 | 25 | 117 |
| 2B | Mariano Duncan | 109 | 400 | 136 | .340 | 8 | 56 |
| 3B | Wade Boggs | 132 | 501 | 156 | .311 | 2 | 41 |
| SS | Derek Jeter | 157 | 582 | 183 | .314 | 10 | 78 |
| LF | Tim Raines | 59 | 201 | 57 | .284 | 9 | 33 |
| CF | Bernie Williams | 143 | 551 | 168 | .305 | 29 | 102 |
| RF | Paul O'Neill | 150 | 546 | 165 | .302 | 19 | 91 |
| DH | Rubén Sierra | 96 | 360 | 93 | .258 | 11 | 52 |

#### 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 |
| Jim Leyritz | 88 | 265 | 70 | .264 | 7 | 40 |
| Gerald Williams | 99 | 233 | 63 | .270 | 5 | 30 |
| Darryl Strawberry | 63 | 202 | 53 | .262 | 11 | 36 |
| Cecil Fielder | 53 | 200 | 52 | .260 | 13 | 37 |
| Andy Fox | 113 | 189 | 37 | .196 | 3 | 13 |
| Rubén Rivera | 46 | 88 | 25 | .284 | 2 | 16 |
| Mike Aldrete | 32 | 68 | 17 | .250 | 3 | 12 |
| Charlie Hayes | 20 | 67 | 19 | .284 | 2 | 13 |
| Matt Howard | 35 | 54 | 11 | .204 | 1 | 9 |
| Luis Sojo | 18 | 40 | 11 | .275 | 0 | 5 |
| Pat Kelly | 13 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 0 | 2 |
| Robert Eenhoorn | 12 | 14 | 1 | .071 | 0 | 2 |
| Jorge Posada | 8 | 14 | 1 | .071 | 0 | 0 |
| Dion James | 6 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim McIntosh | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Luke | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Andy Pettitte | 35 | 221.0 | 21 | 8 | 3.87 | 162 |
| Kenny Rogers | 30 | 179.0 | 12 | 8 | 4.68 | 92 |
| Dwight Gooden | 29 | 170.2 | 11 | 7 | 5.01 | 126 |
| Jimmy Key | 30 | 169.1 | 12 | 11 | 4.68 | 116 |
| David Cone | 11 | 72.0 | 7 | 2 | 2.88 | 71 |
| Ramiro Mendoza | 12 | 53.0 | 4 | 5 | 6.79 | 34 |
| Wally Whitehurst | 2 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 6.75 | 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 |
| Brian Boehringer | 15 | 46.1 | 2 | 4 | 5.44 | 37 |
| Mark Hutton | 12 | 30.1 | 0 | 2 | 5.04 | 25 |
| Scott Kamieniecki | 7 | 22.2 | 1 | 2 | 11.12 | 15 |
| David Weathers | 11 | 17.1 | 0 | 2 | 9.35 | 13 |
| Ricky Bones | 4 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 14.14 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| John Wetteland | 62 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 2.83 | 69 |
| Jeff Nelson | 73 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4.36 | 91 |
| Mariano Rivera | 61 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2.09 | 130 |
| Bob Wickman | 58 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.67 | 61 |
| Dale Polley | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7.89 | 14 |
| Jim Mecir | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.13 | 38 |
| Steve Howe | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.35 | 5 |
| Dave Pavlas | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.35 | 18 |
| Graeme Lloyd | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17.47 | 6 |
| Billy Brewer | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.53 | 8 |
| Paul Gibson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 3 |
| Mike Aldrete | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## 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) |||||||||||||

## Postseason
### ALCS

| Game | Score | Date |
| 1 | Baltimore 4, New York 5 | October 9 |
| 2 | Baltimore 5, New York 3 | October 10 |
| 3 | New York 5, Baltimore 2 | October 11 |
| 4 | New York 8, Baltimore 4 | October 12 |
| 5 | New York 6, Baltimore 4 | October 13 |

#### Jeffrey Maier

On October 9, 1996, the Yankees trailed the Orioles 4–3 in the bottom of the eighth inning when shortstop Derek Jeter hit a deep fly ball to right field. Right fielder Tony Tarasco moved near the fence and appeared "to draw a bead on the ball" when then-12 year old fan Jeffrey Maier reached over the fence separating the stands and the field of play 9 feet below and deflected the ball into the stands. While baseball fans are permitted to catch (and keep) balls hit into the stands, if "a spectator reaches out of the stands, or goes on the playing field, and touches a live ball" spectator interference is to be called.

### 1996 World Series
#### Game 1

October 20, 1996, at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Atlanta | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 0 |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| WP: John Smoltz (1–0) LP: Andy Pettitte (0–1) Home runs: ATL: Andruw Jones 2 (2), Fred McGriff (1) NYY: None |||||||||||||

#### Game 2

October 21, 1996, at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Atlanta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| WP: Greg Maddux (1–0) LP: Jimmy Key (0–1) |||||||||||||

#### Game 3

October 22, 1996, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| WP: David Cone (1–0) LP: Tom Glavine (0–1) Sv: John Wetteland (1) Home runs: NYY: Bernie Williams (1) ATL: None |||||||||||||

#### Game 4

October 23, 1996, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 0 |
| Atlanta | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| WP: Graeme Lloyd (1–0) LP: Steve Avery (0–1) Sv: John Wetteland (2) Home runs: NYY: Jim Leyritz (1) ATL: Fred McGriff (2) ||||||||||||||

#### Game 5

October 24, 1996, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| WP: Andy Pettitte (1–1) LP: John Smoltz (1–1) Sv: John Wetteland (3) |||||||||||||

#### Game 6

October 26, 1996, at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| WP: Jimmy Key (1–1) LP: Greg Maddux (1–1) Sv: John Wetteland (4) |||||||||||||

## Awards and honors

* 1996 New York Yankees – 1997 Outstanding Team ESPY Award
* Cecil Fielder, Babe Ruth Award
* Derek Jeter, SS, American League Rookie of the Year
* Bernie Williams, ALCS Most Valuable Player
* John Wetteland, World Series Most Valuable Player

### All-Stars

All-Star Game
* Wade Boggs, third base, starter
* Andy Pettitte, pitcher, reserve
* John Wetteland, relief pitcher, reserve

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Columbus Clippers | International League | Stump Merrill |
| AA | Norwich Navigators | Eastern League | Jim Essian |
| A | Tampa Yankees | Florida State League | Trey Hillman |
| A | Greensboro Bats | South Atlantic League | Rick Patterson and Jimmy Johnson |
| A-Short Season | Oneonta Yankees | New York–Penn League | Gary Tuck |
| Rookie | GCL Yankees | Gulf Coast League | Ken Dominguez |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus, GCL Yankees