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1996 New York Yankees

92-70 • .568 Win% • 1st in AL E

The 1996 New York Yankees went 92-70 (.568) finishing 1st in the AL E division. They won the World Series that season. The club scored 871 runs, allowed 787, and played home games at Yankee Stadium II. Team leaders included Bernie Williams (29 HR, 102 RBI) and Andy Pettitte (21-8, 3.87 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

92 Wins
70 Losses
.568 Win %
1st Rank
871 R 787 RA
Diff +84

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871 Runs Scored
787 Runs Allowed
+84 Run Diff
2,255K Attendance

📈 vs. 1996 AL Average

Batting Avg .288 4% above the 1996 league average (.277)
OBP .359 3% above the 1996 league average (.350)
SLG .436 2% below the 1996 league average (.444)
Team ERA 4.65 7% better than the 1996 league average (4.99)
Runs Scored 871 equal to the 1996 league average (872 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumYankee Stadium II
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 2,255,051
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Avg per Game 28,188

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1996

Batting Avg

1 Mariano Duncan 0.340 2 Derek Jeter 0.314 3 Wade Boggs 0.311 4 Bernie Williams 0.305 5 Paul O'Neill 0.302

Home Runs

1 Bernie Williams 29 2 Tino Martinez 25 3 Paul O'Neill 19 4 Cecil Fielder 13 5 Ruben Sierra 11

RBI

1 Tino Martinez 117 2 Bernie Williams 102 3 Paul O'Neill 91 4 Derek Jeter 78 5 Mariano Duncan 56
1996 New York Yankees — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Tino Martinez 155 595 82 174 28 0 25 117 68 85 2 0.292
Derek Jeter 157 582 104 183 25 6 10 78 48 102 14 0.314
Bernie Williams 143 551 108 168 26 7 29 102 82 72 17 0.305
Paul O'Neill 150 546 89 165 35 1 19 91 102 76 0 0.302
Wade Boggs 132 501 80 156 29 2 2 41 67 32 1 0.311
Joe Girardi 124 422 55 124 22 3 2 45 30 55 13 0.294
Mariano Duncan 109 400 62 136 34 3 8 56 9 77 4 0.340
Ruben Sierra 96 360 39 93 17 1 11 52 40 58 1 0.258
Jim Leyritz 88 265 23 70 10 0 7 40 30 68 2 0.264
Gerald Williams 99 233 37 63 15 4 5 30 15 39 7 0.270
Darryl Strawberry 63 202 35 53 13 0 11 36 31 55 6 0.262
Tim Raines 59 201 45 57 10 0 9 33 34 29 10 0.284
Cecil Fielder 53 200 30 52 8 0 13 37 24 48 0 0.260
Andy Fox 113 189 26 37 4 0 3 13 20 28 11 0.196
Ruben Rivera 46 88 17 25 6 1 2 16 13 26 6 0.284
Mike Aldrete 32 68 11 17 5 0 3 12 9 15 0 0.250
Charlie Hayes 20 67 7 19 3 0 2 13 1 12 0 0.284
Matt Howard 35 54 9 11 1 0 1 9 2 8 1 0.204
Luis Sojo 18 40 3 11 2 0 0 5 1 4 0 0.275
Pat Kelly 13 21 4 3 0 0 0 2 2 9 0 0.143
Robert Eenhoorn 12 14 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0.071
Jorge Posada 8 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.071
Dion James 6 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0.167
Tim McIntosh 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Boehringer 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ricky Bones 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Billy Brewer 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
David Cone 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Gibson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dwight Gooden 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Howe 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Hutton 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Kamieniecki 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jimmy Key 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Graeme Lloyd 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Luke 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Mecir 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ramiro Mendoza 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Nelson 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Pavlas 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Andy Pettitte 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dale Polley 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mariano Rivera 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kenny Rogers 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
David Weathers 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Wetteland 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Wally Whitehurst 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Wickman 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1996

ERA

1 Mariano Rivera 2.09 2 John Wetteland 2.83 3 David Cone 2.88 4 Andy Pettitte 3.87 5 Jeff Nelson 4.36

Wins

1 Andy Pettitte 21 2 Jimmy Key 12 3 Kenny Rogers 12 4 Dwight Gooden 11 5 Mariano Rivera 8

Strikeouts

1 Andy Pettitte 162 2 Mariano Rivera 130 3 Dwight Gooden 126 4 Jimmy Key 116 5 Kenny Rogers 92
1996 New York Yankees — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Andy Pettitte 21 8 3.87 35 34 0 221.0 229 95 72 162
Kenny Rogers 12 8 4.68 30 30 0 179.0 179 93 83 92
Dwight Gooden 11 7 5.01 29 29 0 170.2 169 95 88 126
Jimmy Key 12 11 4.68 30 30 0 169.1 171 88 58 116
Mariano Rivera 8 3 2.09 61 0 5 107.2 73 25 34 130
Bob Wickman 4 1 4.67 58 0 0 79.0 94 41 34 61
Jeff Nelson 4 4 4.36 73 0 2 74.1 75 36 36 91
David Cone 7 2 2.88 11 11 0 72.0 50 23 34 71
John Wetteland 2 3 2.83 62 0 43 63.2 54 20 21 69
Ramiro Mendoza 4 5 6.79 12 11 0 53.0 80 40 10 34
Brian Boehringer 2 4 5.44 15 3 0 46.1 46 28 21 37
Jim Mecir 1 1 5.13 26 0 0 40.1 42 23 23 38
Mark Hutton 0 2 5.04 12 2 0 30.1 32 17 18 25
Dave Pavlas 0 0 2.35 16 0 1 23.0 23 6 7 18
Scott Kamieniecki 1 2 11.12 7 5 0 22.2 36 28 19 15
Dale Polley 1 3 7.89 32 0 0 21.2 23 19 11 14
David Weathers 0 2 9.35 11 4 0 17.1 23 18 14 13
Steve Howe 0 1 6.35 25 0 1 17.0 19 12 6 5
Wally Whitehurst 1 1 6.75 2 2 0 8.0 11 6 2 1
Ricky Bones 0 0 14.14 4 1 0 7.0 14 11 6 4
Billy Brewer 1 0 9.53 4 0 0 5.2 7 6 8 8
Graeme Lloyd 0 2 17.47 13 0 0 5.2 12 11 5 6
Paul Gibson 0 0 6.23 4 0 0 4.1 6 3 0 3
Mike Aldrete 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Championship
NYA def. BAL 4-1
AL Division Series
NYA def. TEX 3-1
World Series
NYA def. ATL 4-2

👥 Roster (48)

Mike Aldrete Brian Boehringer Wade Boggs Ricky Bones Billy Brewer David Cone Mariano Duncan Robert Eenhoorn Cecil Fielder Andy Fox Paul Gibson Joe Girardi +36 more

48 players

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The 1996 New York Yankees in brief

The 1996 New York Yankees finished 92-70, a .568 winning percentage, placing 1st in the AL East. In 1996 the franchise won the World Series and took the division title. The run column shows 871 for and 787 against. At the plate the New York Yankees hit .288, 4% better than the league's .277. The New York Yankees staff finished with a 4.65 ERA; the league as a whole was at 4.99.

Bernie Williams topped the New York Yankees with 29 home runs. On the mound, Andy Pettitte won 21 games to lead the staff. The AL Championship Series ended in a win against BAL 4-1. In the AL Division Series, the New York Yankees beat TEX 3-1. In the World Series, the New York Yankees beat ATL 4-2.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1996 New York Yankees

What was the 1996 New York Yankees record?
The 1996 New York Yankees finished 92-70 (.568 win pct).
Did the 1996 New York Yankees win the World Series?
Yes. The 1996 New York Yankees won the World Series.
Who led the 1996 New York Yankees in home runs?
Bernie Williams led the 1996 New York Yankees with 29 home runs.
What was the 1996 New York Yankees team ERA?
The 1996 New York Yankees posted a team ERA of 4.65.
Where did the 1996 New York Yankees play?
The 1996 New York Yankees played home games at Yankee Stadium II.
Who led the 1996 New York Yankees in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Bernie Williams (29 HR, 102 RBI) and Andy Pettitte (21-8, 3.87 ERA).
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