1996 Milwaukee Brewers season

March 2026 November 2013 Milwaukee Brewers 1996 American League Central Milwaukee County Stadium Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States 80 82 y 3rd Bud Selig Sal Bando Phil Garner WVTV(Jim Paschke, Bill Schroeder) WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Jim Powell) 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. The team scored a franchise record 894 runs. Offseason January 23, 1996: Ben McDonald was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.Ben McDonald page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Milwaukee Brewers Record vs. opponents MIL Game log Milwaukee Brewers 1996 Game Log: 80–82 (Home: 38–43; Away: 42–39) y Milwaukee Brewers April: 12–12 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 1 || April 2 || @ Angels || 15–9 || Wickander (1–0) || Finley || — || 27,836 || 1–0 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || April 3 || @ Angels || 2–3 (11) || James || Lloyd (0–1) || — || 15,024 || 1–1 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 3 || April 5 || @ Mariners || 10–6 || Karl (1–0) || Hurtado || — || 27,768 || 2–1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || April 6 || @ Mariners || 5–8 || Johnson || Sparks (0–1) || — || 56,892 || 2–2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || April 7 || @ Mariners || 1–3 || Hitchcock || Bones (0–1) || Jackson || 21,004 || 2–3 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 6 || April 9 || Athletics || 10–4 || McDonald (1–0) || Van Poppel || — || 42,090 || 3–3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || April 11 || Athletics || 0–11 || Johns || Karl (1–1) || — || 12,236 || 3–4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || April 12 || Royals || 1–4 || Appier || Bones (0–2) || Montgomery || 7,113 || 3–5 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || April 13 || Royals || 2–3 || Gubicza || Sparks (0–2) || Montgomery || 9,224 || 3–6 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 10 || April 14 || Royals || 5–2 || McDonald (2–0) || Haney || Miranda (1) || 19,131 || 4–6 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 11 || April 16 || Yankees || 6–3 || Karl (2–1) || Key || — || 7,059 || 5–6 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 12 || April 17 || Yankees || 8–4 || Bones (1–2) || Cone || — || 7,124 || 6–6 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 13 || April 18 || @ Royals || 8–2 || Sparks (1–2) || Gubicza || — || 13,153 || 7–6 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 14 || April 19 || @ Royals || 8–2 || McDonald (3–0) || Haney || — || 15,321 || 8–6 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 15 || April 20 || @ Royals || 12–4 || Miranda (1–0) || Jacome || — || 17,220 || 9–6 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 16 || April 21 || @ Royals || 5–4 || Wickander (2–0) || Pichardo || Fetters (1) || 14,666 || 10–6 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || April 22 || @ Athletics || 2–6 || Reyes || Bones (1–3) || Briscoe || 6,021 || 10–7 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || April 23 || @ Athletics || 6–9 || Wojciechowski || Sparks (1–3) || Mohler || 7,026 || 10–8 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || April 24 || Angels || 3–4 || Boskie || McDonald (3–1) || Percival || 7,051 || 10–9 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 20 || April 25 || Angels || 6–5 || Fetters (1–0) || James || — || 6,707 || 11–9 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || April 26 || Mariners || 5–6 || Carmona || Potts (0–1) || Charlton || 13,072 || 11–10 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || April 27 || Mariners || 5–6 || Wells || Bones (1–4) || Charlton || 17,270 || 11–11 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 23 || April 28 || Mariners || 16–9 || Potts (1–1) || Davis || — || 19,717 || 12–11 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 24 || April 30 || @ Blue Jays || 8–9 || Crabtree || Boze (0–1) || — || 25,467 || 12–12 |- y Milwaukee Brewers May: 11–16 (Home: 5–7; Away: 6–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || May 1 || @ Blue Jays || 3–9 || Guzman || Miranda (1–1) || — || 25,684 || 12–13 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 26 || May 2 || @ Blue Jays || 5–7 || Hanson || Karl (2–2) || Timlin || 31,299 || 12–14 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || May 3 || @ Orioles || 2–8 || Erickson || Bones (1–5) || — || 41,037 || 12–15 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || May 4 || @ Orioles || 5–10 || Mussina || Sparks (1–4) || — || 44,175 || 12–16 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 29 || May 5 || @ Orioles || 13–1 || McDonald (4–1) || Haynes || — || 46,027 || 13–16 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || May 7 || Red Sox || 2–4 || Clemens || Miranda (1–2) || Slocumb || 7,039 || 13–17 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 31 || May 9 || Red Sox || 17–2 || Bones (2–5) || Sele || — || 7,379 || 14–17 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || May 10 || Orioles || 7–10 (12) || Orosco || Garcia (0–1) || McDowell || 9,520 || 14–18 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || May 11 || Orioles || 3–5 (10) || Rhodes || Potts (1–2) || Myers || 21,081 || 14–19 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 34 || May 12 || Orioles || 6–4 || Miranda (2–2) || Erickson || Fetters (2) || 14,333 || 15–19 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 35 || May 13 || White Sox || 6–2 || Sparks (2–4) || Baldwin || Boze (1) || 9,544 || 16–19 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 36 || May 15 || White Sox || 8–20 || Alvarez || Bones (2–6) || Keyser || 8,733 || 16–20 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 37 || May 16 || White Sox || 3–2 || Lloyd (1–1) || Tapani || Fetters (3) || 13,849 || 17–20 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 38 || May 17 || @ Twins || 12–1 || Karl (3–2) || Parra || — || 26,733 || 18–20 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 39 || May 18 || @ Twins || 7–3 || Miranda (3–2) || Mahomes || Fetters (4) || 30,593 || 19–20 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 40 || May 19 || @ Twins || 4–2 || Sparks (3–4) || Robertson || Fetters (5) || 24,411 || 20–20 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 41 || May 20 || @ Twins || 3–2 || Bones (3–6) || Rodriguez || Fetters (6) || 13,376 || 21–20 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 42 || May 21 || @ Indians || 5–6 || Tavarez || Boze (0–2) || — || 39,974 || 21–21 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 43 || May 22 || @ Indians || 10–8 || Karl (4–2) || McDowell || Fetters (7) || 41,027 || 22–21 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 44 || May 23 || @ Indians || 1–5 || Hershiser || Miranda (3–3) || — || 42,395 || 22–22 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 45 || May 24 || @ White Sox || 3–4 || Thomas || Sparks (3–5) || Hernandez || 18,346 || 22–23 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 46 || May 25 || @ White Sox || 7–9 || Alvarez || Bones (3–7) || Hernandez || 20,585 || 22–24 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 47 || May 26 || @ White Sox || 1–12 || Tapani || McDonald (4–2) || — || 21,151 || 22–25 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 48 || May 28 || Twins || 7–3 || Karl (5–2) || Mahomes || Garcia (1) || 10,117 || 23–25 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 49 || May 29 || Twins || 7–8 (12) || Hansell || Lloyd (1–2) || — || 14,324 || 23–26 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 50 || May 30 || Indians || 0–2 || Nagy || Bones (3–8) || Mesa || 11,543 || 23–27 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 51 || May 31 || Indians || 4–10 || Martinez || McDonald (4–3) || — || 24,050 || 23–28 |- y Milwaukee Brewers June: 17–11 (Home: 10–6; Away: 7–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 52 || June 1 || Indians || 2–1 || Garcia (1–1) || McDowell || Fetters (8) || 22,004 || 24–28 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 53 || June 2 || Indians || 6–11 || Poole || Karl (5–3) || — || 21,150 || 24–29 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 54 || June 3 || Rangers || 6–9 || Witt || Sparks (3–6) || Henneman || 9,748 || 24–30 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 55 || June 4 || Rangers || 6–2 || Bones (4–8) || Gross || — || 10,685 || 25–30 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 56 || June 5 || Rangers || 6–4 || McDonald (5–3) || Hill || Fetters (9) || 11,276 || 26–30 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 57 || June 7 || @ Red Sox || 7–10 || Garces || Garcia (1–2) || Slocumb || 26,861 || 26–31 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 58 || June 8 || @ Red Sox || 3–2 (10) || Lloyd (2–2) || Hudson || Fetters (10) || 30,399 || 27–31 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 59 || June 9 || @ Red Sox || 11–8 (10) || Burrows (1–0) || Slocumb || Fetters (11) || 28,120 || 28–31 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 60 || June 10 || @ Rangers || 3–8 || Gross || Givens (0–1) || — || 43,275 || 28–32 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 61 || June 11 || @ Rangers || 14–4 || McDonald (6–3) || Hill || Garcia (2) || 33,519 || 29–32 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 62 || June 12 || @ Rangers || 6–13 || Pavlik || Miranda (3–4) || — || 34,842 || 29–33 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 63 || June 13 || Athletics || 16–3 || Karl (6–3) || Wojciechowski || — || 12,439 || 30–33 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 64 || June 14 || Athletics || 6–2 || Bones (5–8) || Wasdin || — || 14,404 || 31–33 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 65 || June 15 || Athletics || 12–9 || Givens (1–1) || Wengert || Garcia (3) || 21,064 || 32–33 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 66 || June 16 || Athletics || 9–10 || Taylor || Fetters (1–1) || Mohler || 26,744 || 32–34 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 67 || June 17 || Royals || 9–4 || Burrows (2–0) || Appier || — || 9,315 || 33–34 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 68 || June 18 || Royals || 9–1 || Karl (7–3) || Linton || Potts (1) || 9,116 || 34–34 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 69 || June 19 || Royals || 4–8 (10) || Pichardo || Mercedes (0–1) || — || 13,431 || 34–35 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 70 || June 20 || Angels || 3–10 || Langston || Givens (1–2) || — || 16,034 || 34–36 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 71 || June 21 || Angels || 10–5 || McDonald (7–3) || Abbott || — || 16,274 || 35–36 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 72 || June 22 || Angels || 4–6 || Boskie || Miranda (3–5) || Percival || 35,464 || 35–37 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 73 || June 23 || Angels || 8–4 || Garcia (2–2) || Finley || — || 17,051 || 36–37 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 74 || June 25 || @ Royals || 5–3 || Bones (6–8) || Gubicza || Fetters (12) || 14,448 || 37–37 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 75 || June 26 || @ Royals || 3–7 || Haney || Givens (1–3) || — || 14,560 || 37–38 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 76 || June 27 || @ Royals || 6–2 || McDonald (8–3) || Belcher || — || 17,670 || 38–38 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 77 || June 28 || @ Blue Jays || 5–1 || D'Amico (1–0) || Guzman || Fetters (13) || 31,333 || 39–38 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 78 || June 29 || @ Blue Jays || 7–4 || Karl (8–3) || Janzen || — || 31,170 || 40–38 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 79 || June 30 || @ Blue Jays || 2–15 || Hanson || Bones (6–9) || — || 30,104 || 40–39 |- y Milwaukee Brewers July: 12–16 (Home: 7–7; Away: 5–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 80 || July 1 || @ Tigers || 2–0 || Sparks (4–6) || Olivares || Fetters (14) || 10,727 || 41–39 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 81 || July 2 || @ Tigers || 2–1 (11) || Garcia (3–2) || Sager || Fetters (15) || 9,455 || 42–39 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 82 || July 3 || @ Tigers || 5–8 || Williams || D'Amico (1–1) || — || 11,047 || 42–40 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 83 || July 4 || @ Yankees || 1–4 || Pettitte || Karl (8–4) || Wetteland || 24,243 || 42–41 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 84 || July 5 || @ Yankees || 3–12 || Gooden || Bones (6–10) || — || 26,699 || 42–42 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 85 || July 6 || @ Yankees || 0–2 || Key || Sparks (4–7) || Wetteland || 24,033 || 42–43 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 86 || July 7 || @ Yankees || 4–1 || McDonald (9–3) || Rogers || Fetters (16) || 35,242 || 43–43 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 87 || July 11 || Blue Jays || 3–6 || Guzman || D'Amico (1–2) || Castillo || 16,019 || 43–44 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 88 || July 12 || Blue Jays || 12–5 || McDonald (10–3) || Hanson || — || 15,691 || 44–44 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 89 || July 13 || Blue Jays || 7–15 || Hentgen || Karl (8–5) || — || 29,383 || 44–45 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 90 || July 14 || Blue Jays || 5–7 (10) || Crabtree || Garcia (3–3) || Timlin || 20,798 || 44–46 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 91 || July 15 || Tigers || 9–10 || Sager || Bones (6–11) || Olson || 15,819 || 44–47 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 92 || July 16 || Tigers || 20–7 || D'Amico (2–2) || Williams || — || 12,476 || 45–47 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 93 || July 17 || Tigers || 3–2 (10) || Fetters (2–1) || Urbani || — || 21,121 || 46–47 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 94 || July 18 || Yankees || 16–4 || Karl (9–5) || Gooden || — || 19,079 || 47–47 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 95 || July 19 || Yankees || 7–5 || Eldred (1–0) || Pettitte || Fetters (17) || 19,300 || 48–47 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 96 || July 20 || Yankees || 2–4 || Rivera || Van Egmond (0–1) || Wetteland || 25,473 || 48–48 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 97 || July 21 || Yankees || 3–2 || D'Amico (3–2) || Key || Fetters (18) || 25,662 || 49–48 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 98 || July 22 || @ Mariners || 3–8 || Wagner || Mercedes (0–2) || — || 40,555 || 49–49 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 99 || July 23 || @ Mariners || 7–3 || Karl (10–5) || Carmona || — || 22,378 || 50–49 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 100 || July 24 || @ Mariners || 7–8 || Ayala || Fetters (2–2) || — || 19,899 || 50–50 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 101 || July 25 || @ Angels || 4–5 || Holtz || Lloyd (2–3) || — || 16,841 || 50–51 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 102 || July 26 || @ Angels || 5–6 || Springer || D'Amico (3–3) || Percival || 18,189 || 50–52 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 103 || July 27 || @ Angels || 0–7 || Finley || McDonald (10–4) || — || 17,497 || 50–53 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 104 || July 28 || @ Angels || 4–3 (13) || Miranda (4–5) || Holtz || Garcia (4) || 25,539 || 51–53 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 105 || July 30 || Mariners || 5–6 || Wells || Eldred (1–1) || Ayala || — || 51–54 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 106 || July 30 || Mariners || 4–3 || Van Egmond (1–1) || Wolcott || Fetters (19) || 18,591 || 52–54 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 107 || July 31 || Mariners || 3–9 || Hitchcock || D'Amico (3–4) || — || 30,772 || 52–55 |- y Milwaukee Brewers August: 14–16 (Home: 5–10; Away: 9–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 108 || August 1 || Mariners || 2–9 || Moyer || McDonald (10–5) || — || 18,425 || 52–56 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 109 || August 2 || @ Athletics || 4–3 (10) || Miranda (5–5) || Taylor || Fetters (20) || 10,056 || 53–56 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 110 || August 3 || @ Athletics || 7–0 || Bones (7–11) || Johns || — || 15,171 || 54–56 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 111 || August 4 || @ Athletics || 2–4 || Telgheder || Van Egmond (1–2) || Taylor || 10,281 || 54–57 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 112 || August 5 || @ Athletics || 13–3 || Eldred (2–1) || Adams || — || 8,616 || 55–57 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 113 || August 6 || Orioles || 3–13 || Mussina || McDonald (10–6) || — || 17,075 || 55–58 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 114 || August 7 || Orioles || 2–12 || Erickson || Karl (10–6) || — || 20,287 || 55–59 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 115 || August 8 || Orioles || 4–6 || Coppinger || D'Amico (3–5) || Myers || 18,620 || 55–60 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 116 || August 9 || Red Sox || 7–9 || Suppan || Van Egmond (1–3) || Slocumb || — || 55–61 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 117 || August 9 || Red Sox || 1–4 || Eshelman || Bones (7–12) || Belinda || 19,541 || 55–62 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 118 || August 10 || Red Sox || 2–3 || Wakefield || Eldred (2–2) || — || 20,297 || 55–63 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 119 || August 11 || Red Sox || 0–2 || Clemens || McDonald (10–7) || Belinda || 19,178 || 55–64 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 120 || August 13 || @ Orioles || 3–4 || Corbin || Lloyd (2–4) || Myers || 44,461 || 55–65 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 121 || August 14 || @ Orioles || 5–8 || Milchin || Bones (7–13) || Myers || 47,480 || 55–66 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 122 || August 16 || White Sox || 9–7 || Miranda (6–5) || Levine || Villone (1) || — || 56–66 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 123 || August 16 || White Sox || 3–2 || Van Egmond (2–3) || Tapani || Fetters (21) || 25,529 || 57–66 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 124 || August 17 || White Sox || 2–6 || Fernandez || McDonald (10–8) || Hernandez || 31,551 || 57–67 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 125 || August 18 || White Sox || 8–7 || Miranda (7–5) || Darwin || Fetters (22) || 33,094 || 58–67 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 126 || August 19 || @ Twins || 6–1 || D'Amico (4–5) || Rodriguez || — || 21,879 || 59–67 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 127 || August 20 || @ Twins || 7–12 || Parra || Bones (7–14) || — || 14,630 || 59–68 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 128 || August 21 || @ Twins || 10–7 || Jones (1–0) || Stevens || Fetters (23) || 15,885 || 60–68 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 129 || August 23 || @ Indians || 6–5 (11) || Jones (2–0) || Mesa || Fetters (24) || 42,405 || 61–68 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 130 || August 24 || @ Indians || 4–3 (10) || Wickman (1–0) || Plunk || Fetters (25) || 42,437 || 62–68 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 131 || August 25 || @ Indians || 5–8 || Shuey || Miranda (7–6) || Mesa || 42,335 || 62–69 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 132 || August 26 || @ White Sox || 3–2 || Eldred (3–2) || Alvarez || Jones (1) || 19,637 || 63–69 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 133 || August 27 || @ White Sox || 4–2 || Van Egmond (3–3) || Fernandez || Fetters (26) || 15,443 || 64–69 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 134 || August 28 || @ White Sox || 0–2 || Baldwin || McDonald (10–9) || Hernandez || 17,269 || 64–70 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 135 || August 29 || Twins || 1–6 || Rodriguez || Karl (10–7) || — || 14,922 || 64–71 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 136 || August 30 || Twins || 5–4 (12) || Wickman (2–0) || Parra || — || 17,444 || 65–71 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 137 || August 31 || Twins || 3–2 || Jones (3–0) || Robertson || Fetters (27) || 20,187 || 66–71 |- y Milwaukee Brewers September: 14–11 (Home: 5–7; Away: 9–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 138 || September 1 || Twins || 2–6 || Aldred || Van Egmond (3–4) || — || 17,074 || 66–72 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 139 || September 2 || Indians || 7–6 || Jones (4–0) || Mesa || — || 18,015 || 67–72 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 140 || September 3 || Indians || 8–2 || Karl (11–7) || Hershiser || — || 10,599 || 68–72 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 141 || September 4 || Indians || 0–7 || Ogea || D'Amico (4–6) || — || 12,666 || 68–73 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 142 || September 6 || Rangers || 3–7 || Burkett || Eldred (3–3) || — || 16,714 || 68–74 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 143 || September 7 || Rangers || 1–2 || Hill || McDonald (10–10) || Henneman || 19,110 || 68–75 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 144 || September 8 || Rangers || 1–7 || Witt || Florie (0–1) || — || 17,542 || 68–76 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 145 || September 9 || @ Red Sox || 6–0 || Karl (12–7) || Gordon || — || 22,386 || 69–76 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 146 || September 10 || @ Red Sox || 11–10 || Garcia (4–3) || Hudson || Fetters (28) || 20,487 || 70–76 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 147 || September 11 || @ Red Sox || 1–4 || Wakefield || Eldred (3–4) || Slocumb || 21,310 || 70–77 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 148 || September 12 || @ Rangers || 15–4 || McDonald (11–10) || Hill || — || 41,303 || 71–77 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 149 || September 13 || @ Rangers || 6–3 || D'Amico (5–6) || Witt || Fetters (29) || 39,235 || 72–77 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 150 || September 14 || @ Rangers || 8–6 || Karl (13–7) || Pavlik || Fetters (30) || 45,901 || 73–77 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 151 || September 15 || @ Rangers || 2–6 || Oliver || Garcia (4–4) || Vosberg || 45,941 || 73–78 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 152 || September 17 || Blue Jays || 4–0 || McDonald (12–10) || Andujar || — || 10,184 || 74–78 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 153 || September 18 || Blue Jays || 2–1 || Fetters (3–2) || Timlin || — || 9,550 || 75–78 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 154 || September 20 || Tigers || 1–10 || Sager || Karl (13–8) || — || 15,046 || 75–79 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 155 || September 21 || Tigers || 13–6 || D'Amico (6–6) || Van Poppel || Villone (2) || 33,106 || 76–79 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 156 || September 22 || Tigers || 5–7 || Lima || Fetters (3–3) || — || 15,705 || 76–80 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 157 || September 23 || @ Orioles || 8–7 (10) || Jones (5–0) || Mathews || Fetters (31) || 46,542 || 77–80 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 158 || September 25 || @ Yankees || 2–19 || Cone || Van Egmond (3–5) || — || — || 77–81 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 159 || September 25 || @ Yankees || 2–6 || Rogers || Karl (13–9) || — || 37,947 || 77–82 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 160 || September 27 || @ Tigers || 7–6 (6) || Wickman (3–0) || Van Poppel || — || 8,606 || 78–82 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 161 || September 28 || @ Tigers || 7–2 || Eldred (4–4) || Moehler || — || 12,939 || 79–82 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 162 || September 29 || @ Tigers || 7–5 (10) || Reyes (1–0) || Cummings || Fetters (32) || 13,038 || 80–82 |- |- | Legend:      #cfc = Win      #fbb = LossBold = Brewers team member Detailed records American League Opponent W L WP RS Runs scored RA Runs against AL East Baltimore Orioles 3 9 3 9 y 61 88 Boston Red Sox 5 7 5 7 y 68 58 Detroit Tigers 8 4 8 4 y 81 64 New York Yankees 6 6 6 6 y 54 66 Toronto Blue Jays 5 7 5 7 y 63 79 Total 27 33 27 33 y 327 355 AL Central Chicago White Sox 7 6 7 6 y 57 77 Cleveland Indians 6 7 6 7 y 58 74 Kansas City Royals 9 4 9 4 y 77 46 Milwaukee Brewers Minnesota Twins 9 4 9 4 y 74 57 Total 31 21 31 21 y 266 254 AL West California Angels 5 7 5 7 y 64 67 Oakland Athletics 7 5 7 5 y 87 64 Seattle Mariners 4 9 4 9 y 73 84 Texas Rangers 6 7 6 7 y 77 75 Total 22 28 22 28 y 301 290 Season Total 80 82 80 82 y 894 899 Month Games Won Lost Win % RS Runs scored RA Runs against April 24 12 12 12 12 y 149 126 May 27 11 16 11 16 y 151 159 June 28 17 11 17 11 y 188 166 July 28 12 16 12 16 y 146 153 August 30 14 16 14 16 y 131 156 September 25 14 11 14 11 y 129 139 Total 162 80 82 80 82 y 894 899 Games Won Lost Win % RS Runs scored RA Runs against Home 81 38 43 38 43 y 451 460 Away 81 42 39 42 39 y 443 439 Total 162 80 82 80 82 y 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.Marc Newfield page at Baseball Reference 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.Pat Listach page at Baseball Reference Roster 1996 Milwaukee Brewers Roster Pitchers 25 Ricky Bones 48 Marshall Boze 39 Terry Burrows 46 Cris Carpenter 33 Jeff D'Amico 21 Cal Eldred 36 Mike Fetters 39 Bryce Florie 51 Ramón García 13 Brian Givens 43 Doug Jones 42 Scott Karl 43 Mark Kiefer 37 Graeme Lloyd 40 Ben McDonald 41 José Mercedes 38 Ángel Miranda 49 Mike Potts 47 Al Reyes 50 Steve Sparks 31 Tim Van Egmond 49 Ron Villone 52 Kevin Wickander 37 Bob Wickman Catchers 16 Jesse Levis 22 Mike Matheny 11 Kelly Stinnett Infielders 26 Jeff Cirillo 32 John Jaha  8 Mark Loretta 34 Michael Santiago-Smith 20 Kevin Seitzer  9 Tim Unroe  2 José Valentín  1 Fernando Viña Outfielders  7 Brian Banks 20 Jeromy Burnitz 24 Chuck Carr 18 Todd Dunn 15 David Hulse 18 Kevin Koslofski  4 Pat Listach 30 Matt Mieske 10 Marc Newfield 14 Dave Nilsson  7 Danny Perez 23 Greg Vaughn 27 Turner Ward 29 Gerald Williams Manager  3 Phil Garner Coaches 12 Chris Bando (Third Base) 35 Bill Castro (Bullpen) 17 Jim Gantner (First Base) 28 Lamar Johnson (Hitting) 45 Don Rowe (Pitching) 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 Chuck Carr (baseball) 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 Minor League Baseball The Brewers' farm system consisted of seven minor league affiliates in 1996.https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/affiliate.cgi?id=MIL&year=1996 1996 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates Baseball-Reference Sports Reference December 30, 2020 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.https://www.milb.com/pioneer/history/champions Pioneer League Champions Pioneer League Minor League Baseball December 31, 2020 live https://web.archive.org/web/20200926184613/https://www.milb.com/pioneer/history/champions September 26, 2020 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 — References 1996 Milwaukee Brewers team page at Baseball Reference 1996 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Milwaukee Brewers seasons Milwaukee Brewers season Milwaukee Brew