1996 Seattle Mariners season

1996 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1977)
Western Division (since 1977)
Location
Kingdome (since 1977)
Seattle, Washington (since 1977)
Other information
Owner(s)	Hiroshi Yamauchi (represented by John Ellis)
General manager(s)	Woody Woodward
Manager(s)	Lou Piniella
Local television	KIRO-TV 7 Prime Sports NW
Local radio	KIRO 710 AM (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Ron Fairly)
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The Seattle Mariners 1996 season was their 20th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing second in the American League West,with a record of 85-76, four-and-a-half games behind the first-place Texas Rangers. The Mariners scored more runs during the 1996 regular season (993) than any other MLB team. In addition to leading the Majors in runs scored, the Mariners also led the MLB in doubles (335), runs batted in (954) and slugging percentage (.484). Furthermore, four Mariners scored at least 100 runs and four drove in at least 100 runs.^[1]

Offseason

• November 29, 1995: Mike Blowers was traded by the Mariners to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Willis Otañez and Miguel Cairo.^[2]
• January 23, 1996: Aaron Small was selected off waivers by the Mariners from the Florida Marlins.^[3]
• January 29, 1996: Aaron Small was selected off waivers from the Mariners by the Oakland Athletics.^[3]
• March 25, 1996: Ricky Jordan was purchased by the Seattle Mariners from the California Angels.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Texas Rangers	90	72	0.556	—	50–31	40–41
Seattle Mariners	85	76	0.528	4½	43–38	42–38
Oakland Athletics	78	84	0.481	12	40–41	38–43
California Angels	70	91	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	—	7–6	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) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 March 31 White Sox 3–2 (12) Hurtado (1–0) Simas — 57,467 1–0
April: 15–10 (Home: 8–5; Away: 7–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 2 April 2 White Sox 3–2 Hitchcock (1–0) Alvarez Charlton (1) 38,570 2–0 3 April 3 White Sox 2–4 Magrane Wolcott (0–1) Hernandez 22,783 2–1 4 April 5 Brewers 6–10 Karl Hurtado (1–1) — 27,768 2–2 5 April 6 Brewers 8–5 Johnson (1–0) Sparks — 56,892 3–2 6 April 7 Brewers 3–1 Hitchcock (2–0) Bones Jackson (1) 21,004 4–2 7 April 9 @ Tigers 9–10 Keagle Menhart (0–1) Williams 42,932 4–3 8 April 10 @ Tigers 3–7 Olivares Hurtado (1–2) — 9,299 4–4 9 April 11 @ Tigers 9–1 Johnson (2–0) Gohr — 12,272 5–4 10 April 12 @ Blue Jays 9–6 Hitchcock (3–0) Quantrill — 31,293 6–4 11 April 13 @ Blue Jays 14–3 Bosio (1–0) Ware — 33,645 7–4 12 April 14 @ Blue Jays 9–4 Wolcott (1–1) Hentgen — 29,301 8–4 13 April 15 Angels 11–10 Charlton (1–0) Eichhorn — 36,960 9–4 14 April 16 Angels 5–3 Johnson (3–0) Abbott — 25,404 10–4 15 April 17 Tigers 8–3 Jackson (1–0) Veres — 18,008 11–4 16 April 18 Tigers 11–3 Bosio (2–0) Sodowsky Hurtado (1) 17,536 12–4 17 April 19 Blue Jays 4–10 Hentgen Wolcott (1–2) Bohanon 32,189 12–5 18 April 20 Blue Jays 1–3 Guzman Menhart (0–2) Timlin 47,487 12–6 19 April 21 Blue Jays 9–5 Johnson (4–0) Hanson — 34,915 13–6 20 April 22 Blue Jays 7–16 Castillo Hurtado (1–3) — 18,467 13–7 21 April 24 @ White Sox 1–2 Alvarez Bosio (2–1) Hernandez 15,882 13–8 22 April 25 @ White Sox 3–4 Tapani Wolcott (1–3) Hernandez 14,679 13–9 23 April 26 @ Brewers 6–5 Carmona (1–0) Potts Charlton (2) 13,072 14–9 24 April 27 @ Brewers 6–5 Wells (1–0) Bones Charlton (3) 17,270 15–9 25 April 28 @ Brewers 9–16 Potts Davis (0–1) — 19,717 15–10 26 April 30 @ Rangers 8–0 Bosio (3–1) Gross — 27,272 16–10
May: 12–14 (Home: 8–9; Away: 4–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 27 May 1 @ Rangers 4–5 Russell Jackson (1–1) Henneman 31,775 16–11 28 May 2 Indians 4–6 Hershiser Wolcott (1–4) Mesa 21,711 16–12 29 May 3 Indians 2–5 Nagy Hitchcock (3–1) Mesa 38,086 16–13 30 May 4 Indians 5–1 Menhart (1–2) Lopez — 57,133 17–13 31 May 5 Indians 0–2 Martinez Bosio (3–2) Mesa 56,883 17–14 32 May 6 Twins 5–4 Wells (2–0) Radke Charlton (4) 32,203 18–14 33 May 7 Twins 0–2 Parra Wolcott (1–5) Stevens 15,626 18–15 34 May 8 Twins 5–7 (10) Guardado Wells (2–1) Stevens 22,175 18–16 35 May 10 Royals 10–14 Valera Davis (0–2) — 24,231 18–17 36 May 11 Royals 11–1 Wolcott (2–5) Belcher Carmona (1) 43,297 19–17 37 May 12 Royals 8–5 Johnson (5–0) Linton Charlton (5) 27,470 20–17 38 May 14 @ Yankees 0–2 Gooden Hitchcock (3–2) — 20,786 20–18 39 May 15 @ Yankees 10–5 Hurtado (2–3) Key — 20,680 21–18 40 May 17 @ Orioles 13–14 Mills Charlton (1–1) — 47,259 21–19 41 May 18 @ Orioles 7–3 Milacki (1–0) Mercker — 46,434 22–19 42 May 19 @ Orioles 7–8 Mussina Hurtado (2–4) Myers 47,565 22–20 43 May 21 @ Red Sox 13–7 Wells (3–1) Eshelman — 24,528 23–20 44 May 22 @ Red Sox 6–1 Wolcott (3–5) Wakefield — 26,753 24–20 45 May 23 @ Red Sox 4–11 Clemens Milacki (1–1) — 31,551 24–21 46 May 24 Yankees 10–4 Hitchcock (4–2) Kamieniecki — 44,236 25–21 47 May 25 Yankees 4–5 Mendoza Hurtado (2–5) Wetteland 57,173 25–22 48 May 26 Yankees 4–3 Menhart (2–2) Gooden Charlton (6) 42,410 26–22 49 May 28 Orioles 8–12 Rhodes Guetterman (0–1) Haynes 23,235 26–23 50 May 29 Orioles 9–8 Charlton (2–1) Myers — 20,253 27–23 51 May 30 Red Sox 1–10 Gordon Torres (0–1) — 17,395 27–24 52 May 31 Red Sox 9–6 Wells (4–1) Garces — 29,119 28–24
June: 14–12 (Home: 5–5; Away: 9–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 53 June 1 Red Sox 5–6 Wakefield Milacki (1–2) Slocumb 34,822 28–25 54 June 2 Red Sox 3–1 Wolcott (4–5) Clemens Jackson (2) 47,540 29–25 55 June 4 @ Indians 10–7 Carmona (2–0) Mesa Charlton (7) 42,179 30–25 56 June 5 @ Indians 5–13 Plunk Milacki (1–3) — 42,274 30–26 57 June 6 @ Indians 5–2 Wells (5–1) Martinez Charlton (8) 42,236 31–26 58 June 7 @ Royals 5–9 Valera Wolcott (4–6) — 20,891 31–27 59 June 8 @ Royals 8–12 Appier Milacki (1–4) Montgomery 30,022 31–28 60 June 9 @ Royals 3–2 Hitchcock (5–2) Gubicza Charlton (9) 20,489 32–28 61 June 10 @ Twins 6–13 Aldred Wagner (0–1) Trombley 17,134 32–29 62 June 11 @ Twins 18–8 Wells (6–1) Aguilera Hurtado (2) 14,395 33–29 63 June 12 @ Twins 5–3 Wolcott (5–6) Radke Charlton (10) 15,830 34–29 64 June 14 White Sox 1–4 Alvarez Hitchcock (5–3) Hernandez 30,163 34–30 65 June 15 White Sox 8–6 (12) Carmona (3–0) McCaskill — 47,042 35–30 66 June 16 White Sox 7–6 Wells (7–1) Magrane Jackson (3) 34,588 36–30 67 June 18 Blue Jays 3–11 Guzman Wolcott (5–7) — 25,912 36–31 68 June 19 Blue Jays 2–9 Hanson Harikkala (0–1) — 26,265 36–32 69 June 20 @ White Sox 8–5 Hitchcock (6–3) Tapani Charlton (11) 23,017 37–32 70 June 21 @ White Sox 12–2 Wagner (1–1) Magrane — 23,253 38–32 71 June 22 @ White Sox 4–2 Wells (8–1) Fernandez Charlton (12) 27,036 39–32 72 June 23 @ White Sox 6–7 (10) McCaskill Guetterman (0–2) — 26,768 39–33 73 June 25 @ Blue Jays 7–8 Crabtree Charlton (2–2) — 31,420 39–34 74 June 26 @ Blue Jays 5–6 Ware Ayala (0–1) Crabtree 30,158 39–35 75 June 27 @ Blue Jays 9–1 Wells (9–1) Quantrill — 31,108 40–35 76 June 28 Rangers 19–8 Carmona (4–0) Pavlik — 34,413 41–35 77 June 29 Rangers 5–9 Oliver Meacham (0–1) — 37,556 41–36 78 June 30 Rangers 4–3 Hitchcock (7–3) Witt Charlton (13) 33,392 42–36
July: 16–12 (Home: 8–6; Away: 8–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 79 July 1 Athletics 4–6 Wengert Wagner (1–2) Taylor 18,166 42–37 80 July 2 Athletics 6–11 Mohler Charlton (2–3) — 19,632 42–38 81 July 3 Athletics 4–3 Ayala (1–1) Reyes — 36,619 43–38 82 July 4 @ Rangers 9–5 Carmona (5–0) Henneman — 46,668 44–38 83 July 5 @ Rangers 6–3 Hitchcock (8–3) Witt — 46,397 45–38 84 July 6 @ Rangers 9–5 Wagner (2–2) Gross — 46,458 46–38 85 July 7 @ Rangers 3–8 Hill Wells (9–2) — 36,933 46–39 86 July 11 Angels 5–4 (12) Carmona (6–0) Monteleone — 25,949 47–39 87 July 12 Angels 7–6 (10) Ayala (2–1) McElroy — 29,618 48–39 88 July 13 Angels 4–6 Boskie Ayala (2–2) Percival 37,792 48–40 89 July 14 Angels 8–0 Wells (10–2) Grimsley — 33,243 49–40 90 July 15 @ Athletics 5–1 Wolcott (6–7) Telgheder — 11,183 50–40 91 July 16 @ Athletics 5–12 Chouinard Hitchcock (8–4) — 15,206 50–41 92 July 17 @ Athletics 6–7 Corsi Minor (0–1) Taylor 14,387 50–42 93 July 18 @ Angels 15–3 Meacham (1–1) Boskie — 22,780 51–42 94 July 19 @ Angels 4–9 Grimsley Wells (10–3) — 23,332 51–43 95 July 20 @ Angels 4–5 Schmidt Charlton (2–4) Percival 31,759 51–44 96 July 21 @ Angels 6–2 Hitchcock (9–4) Abbott — 22,088 52–44 97 July 22 Brewers 8–3 Wagner (3–2) Mercedes — 40,555 53–44 98 July 23 Brewers 3–7 Karl Carmona (6–1) — 22,378 53–45 99 July 24 Brewers 8–7 Ayala (3–2) Fetters — 19,899 54–45 100 July 25 Tigers 4–7 (10) Lima Ayala (3–3) — 19,949 54–46 101 July 26 Tigers 6–4 Hitchcock (10–4) Sager Jackson (4) 25,175 55–46 102 July 27 Tigers 13–7 Davis (1–2) Williams — 43,209 56–46 103 July 28 Tigers 6–14 Olivares Bosio (3–3) — 38,204 56–47 104 July 30 @ Brewers 6–5 Wells (11–3) Eldred Ayala (1) — 57–47 105 July 30 @ Brewers 3–4 Van Egmond Wolcott (6–8) Fetters 18,591 57–48 106 July 31 @ Brewers 9–3 Hitchcock (11–4) D'Amico — 30,772 58–48
August: 12–17 (Home: 5–10; Away: 7–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 107 August 1 @ Brewers 9–2 Moyer (1–0) McDonald — 18,425 59–48 108 August 2 @ Tigers 2–8 Olivares Wagner (3–3) — 23,405 59–49 109 August 3 @ Tigers 3–6 Olson Charlton (2–5) — 25,928 59–50 110 August 4 @ Tigers 9–3 Wolcott (7–8) Nitkowski — 23,569 60–50 111 August 6 Indians 3–4 Lopez Wells (11–4) Mesa 31,472 60–51 112 August 7 Indians 4–5 Tavarez Charlton (2–6) Mesa 30,431 60–52 113 August 8 Indians 1–2 Ogea Mulholland (0–1) Mesa 36,822 60–53 114 August 9 Twins 5–6 Parra Wolcott (7–9) Rodriguez 25,130 60–54 115 August 10 Twins 4–10 Klingenbeck Hitchcock (11–5) — 34,381 60–55 116 August 11 Twins 3–6 Radke Wells (11–5) Rodriguez 36,114 60–56 117 August 12 Royals 4–10 Appier Moyer (1–1) Huisman 43,476 60–57 118 August 13 Royals 9–5 Mulholland (1–1) Linton Johnson (1) 21,961 61–57 119 August 14 Royals 1–3 Rosado Wolcott (7–10) Montgomery 23,709 61–58 120 August 16 @ Yankees 6–5 Hitchcock (12–5) Polley Jackson (5) 50,724 62–58 121 August 17 @ Yankees 10–3 Moyer (2–1) Rogers — 51,729 63–58 122 August 18 @ Yankees 13–12 (12) Ayala (4–3) Mecir Jackson (6) 44,769 64–58 123 August 19 @ Yankees 4–10 Pettitte Carmona (6–2) — 33,994 64–59 124 August 20 @ Orioles 1–4 Mussina Wagner (3–4) Myers 47,679 64–60 125 August 21 @ Orioles 5–10 Erickson Hitchcock (12–6) — 47,198 64–61 126 August 22 @ Orioles 10–3 Moyer (3–1) Coppinger — 47,380 65–61 127 August 23 @ Red Sox 6–4 Bosio (4–3) Brandenburg Ayala (2) 33,079 66–61 128 August 24 @ Red Sox 5–9 Lacy Wells (11–6) — 32,928 66–62 129 August 25 @ Red Sox 5–8 Maddux Wagner (3–5) Slocumb 34,377 66–63 130 August 26 Yankees 2–1 Ayala (5–3) Lloyd Charlton (14) 32,857 67–63 131 August 27 Yankees 7–4 Moyer (4–1) Lloyd — 32,975 68–63 132 August 28 Yankees 10–2 Mulholland (2–1) Gooden — 30,952 69–63 133 August 29 Orioles 9–6 Charlton (3–6) Myers — 24,915 70–63 134 August 30 Orioles 2–5 Coppinger Hitchcock (12–7) Mills 44,532 70–64 135 August 31 Orioles 6–7 Erickson Bosio (4–4) Benitez 42,092 70–65
September: 15–11 (Home: 8–3; Away: 7–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 136 September 1 Orioles 5–1 Mulholland (3–1) Wells — 50,015 71–65 137 September 2 Red Sox 8–9 (10) Slocumb Carmona (6–3) — 24,470 71–66 138 September 3 Red Sox 11–9 Torres (1–1) Gordon Charlton (15) 17,374 72–66 139 September 4 Red Sox 5–7 Mahomes Hitchcock (12–8) Slocumb 22,642 72–67 140 September 8 @ Indians 1–2 Nagy Mulholland (3–2) — 42,307 72–68 141 September 8 @ Indians 6–5 Charlton (4–6) Mesa — 42,217 73–68 142 September 10 @ Royals 2–4 Rosado Torres (1–2) Bluma 12,499 73–69 143 September 11 @ Royals 2–4 Linton Moyer (4–2) Bluma 13,078 73–70 144 September 12 @ Royals 8–5 Mulholland (4–2) Haney Charlton (16) 15,045 74–70 145 September 13 @ Twins 13–7 Wells (12–6) Miller — 15,510 75–70 146 September 14 @ Twins 5–3 (10) Ayala (6–3) Guardado Charlton (17) 18,002 76–70 147 September 15 @ Twins 7–0 Torres (2–2) Robertson — 25,142 77–70 148 September 16 Rangers 6–0 Moyer (5–2) Burkett — 50,544 78–70 149 September 17 Rangers 5–2 Mulholland (5–2) Hill Ayala (3) 32,279 79–70 150 September 18 Rangers 5–2 Hitchcock (13–8) Witt Charlton (18) 35,162 80–70 151 September 19 Rangers 7–6 Davis (2–2) Cook Charlton (19) 39,769 81–70 152 September 20 Athletics 12–2 Carmona (7–3) Wengert Meacham (1) 56,535 82–70 153 September 21 Athletics 9–2 Moyer (6–2) Telgheder — 56,103 83–70 154 September 22 Athletics 11–13 Mohler Mulholland (5–3) Taylor 54,194 83–71 155 September 23 @ Angels 3–4 Finley Hitchcock (13–9) Percival 16,212 83–72 156 September 24 @ Angels 6–11 Springer Wells (12–7) — 18,891 83–73 157 September 25 @ Angels 11–2 Torres (3–2) Boskie — 17,160 84–73 158 September 26 @ Athletics 5–7 Taylor Charlton (4–7) — 11,141 84–74 159 September 27 @ Athletics 1–8 Telgheder Mulholland (5–4) — 25,132 84–75 160 September 28 @ Athletics 5–3 (10) Carmona (8–3) Acre Charlton (20) 30,057 85–75 161 September 29 @ Athletics 1–3 Small Torres (3–3) Taylor 34,462 85–76
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.^[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 13 Bobby Ayala 25 Chris Bosio 22 Rafael Carmona 37 Norm Charlton 47 Tim Davis 35 Scott Davison 48 Lee Guetterman 39 Tim Harikkala 41 Sterling Hitchcock 32 Edwin Hurtado 42 Mike Jackson 51 Randy Johnson 40 Joe Klink 40 Greg McCarthy 43 Rusty Meacham 16 Paul Menhart 53 Bob Milacki 23 Blas Minor 50 Jamie Moyer 45 Terry Mulholland 96 Mac Suzuki 38 Salomón Torres 52 Matt Wagner 46 Bob Wells 33 Bob Wolcott		Catchers 17 John Marzano 36 Chris Widger  6 Dan Wilson Infielders 28 Joey Cora 18 Russ Davis 10 Dave Hollins 29 Ricky Jordan 10 Jeff Manto 11 Edgar Martínez 20 Greg Pirkl  3 Alex Rodriguez 30 Andy Sheets  9 Luis Sojo 44 Paul Sorrento 12 Doug Strange		Outfielders  8 Rich Amaral 56 Darren Bragg 19 Jay Buhner  1 Alex Diaz 24 Ken Griffey, Jr. 40 Manny Martínez 20 Mark Whiten Other batters 26 Raúl Ibáñez		Manager 14 Lou Piniella Coaches  5 Bobby Cuellar  4 Lee Elia  7 John McLaren 49 Sam Mejías  2 Steve Smith 15 Matt Sinatro

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
CF	Ken Griffey Jr.	140	545	165	.303	49	140

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 Diaz	38	79	19	.241	1	5

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

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. http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1996.shtml
2. Mike Blowers page at Baseball Reference
3. Aaron Small page at Baseball Reference
4. http://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. http://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

External links

• 1996 Seattle Mariners
• 1996 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com