1996 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1996 World Series championsAmerican League championsAmerican League East champions American League East Yankee Stadium New York City 92–70 (.568) 1st George Steinbrenner Bob Watson Joe Torre WPIX(Phil Rizzuto, Bobby Murcer, Rick Cerone, Suzyn Waldman)MSG(Jim Kaat, Dave Cohen, Al Trautwig) WABC (AM)(John Sterling, Michael Kay) The 1996 New York Yankees season was the 94th season for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. The Yankees played its home games at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. In Joe Torre's first season as manager, the team finished first in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 92–70, 4 games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles, for their first division title since 1981 (although the 1994 team had the best record in the American League and appeared to be on its way to winning the division when the season was ended prematurely by the players' strike). The Yankees defeated the Texas Rangers, three games to one, in the American League Division Series, then defeated the Orioles in the American League Championship Series, four games to one. In the World Series the Yankees beat the defending World Series champion Atlanta Braves, four games to two, for the club's 23rd World Series title and its first since 1978, winning four straight games after losing the first two at home. They finished the post-season with an 8–0 record on the road while going just 3–4 at home. It was the final season for Hall of Fame announcer Phil Rizzuto, who retired after a forty-year career as a radio and TV announcer for Yankee games. 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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/leachja01.shtml Jalal Leach Statistics and History Baseball-Reference.com April 22, 2013 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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/martiti02.shtml Tino Martinez Statistics and History Baseball-Reference.com November 6, 2013 December 11, 1995: Mariano Duncan was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.Mariano Duncan at Baseball Reference December 21, 1995: David Cone was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.David Cone at Baseball Reference 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.Tim Raines at Baseball Reference February 20, 1996: Dwight Gooden was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.Dwight Gooden at Baseball Reference February 24, 1996: Tim McIntosh was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.Tim McIntosh at Baseball Reference March 31, 1996: Rafael Quirico was released by the Yankees.Rafael Quirico https://web.archive.org/web/20101108002935/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/q/quirira01.shtml November 8, 2010 at Baseball Reference 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.Nick Johnson at Baseball Reference Scott Seabol was drafted by the Yankees in the 88th round. Player signed June 25, 1996.Scott Seabol at Baseball Reference June 12, 1996: Rich Monteleone was traded by the Yankees to the California Angels for Mike Aldrete.Mike Aldrete at Baseball Reference June 12, 1996: Wally Whitehurst was selected off waivers by the Yankees from the Montreal Expos.Wally Whitehurst at Baseball Reference July 4, 1996: Darryl Strawberry was purchased by the Yankees from the St. Paul Saints.Darryl Strawberry at Baseball Reference July 31, 1996: Rubén Sierra and Matt Drews (minors) were traded by the Yankees to the Detroit Tigers for Cecil Fielder.Cecil Fielder at Baseball Reference July 31, 1996: Dave Weathers was traded by the Florida Marlins to the New York Yankees for Mark Hutton.http://www.thebaseballcube.com/statistics/1989/25.shtml 1989 San Francisco Giants Statistics and Team Info The Baseball Cube April 22, 2013 August 22, 1996: Luis Sojo was selected off waivers by the Yankees from the Seattle Mariners.Luis Sojo at Baseball Reference 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.Pat Listach at Baseball Reference 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.Charlie Hayes at Baseball Reference September 6, 1996: Robert Eenhoorn was selected off waivers from the Yankees by the California Angels.Robert Eenhoorn at Baseball Reference September 12, 1996: Wally Whitehurst was released by the Yankees. Season standings New York Yankees Record vs. opponents NYY Roster 1996 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers 41 Brian Boehringer 29 Ricky Bones 59 Billy Brewer 36 David Cone 39 Paul Gibson 11 Dwight Gooden 57 Steve Howe 52 Mark Hutton 28 Scott Kamieniecki 22 Jimmy Key 27 Graeme Lloyd 54 Jim Mecir 57 Ramiro Mendoza 43 Jeff Nelson 47 Dave Pavlas 46 Andy Pettitte 56 Dale Polley 42 Mariano Rivera 17 Kenny Rogers 52 David Weathers 35 John Wetteland 55 Wally Whitehurst 27 Bob Wickman Catchers 25 Joe Girardi 13 Jim Leyritz 60 Tim McIntosh 55 Jorge Posada Infielders 12 Wade Boggs 18 Mariano Duncan 20 Robert Eenhoorn 45 Cecil Fielder 26 Andy Fox 33 Charlie Hayes 38,99 Matt Howard  2 Derek Jeter 14 Pat Kelly 24 Tino Martinez 19 Luis Sojo Outfielders 20 Mike Aldrete 39 Dion James 21 Paul O'Neill 31 Tim Raines 28 Rubén Rivera 25 Rubén Sierra 39 Darryl Strawberry 51 Bernie Williams 29 Gerald Williams Other batters 39 Matt Luke Manager  6 Joe Torre Coaches 53 José Cardenal (First Base) 50 Chris Chambliss (Hitting) 40 Tony Cloninger (Bullpen) 30 Willie Randolph (Third Base) 34 Mel Stottlemyre (Pitching) 48 Don Zimmer (Bench) Game log Regular season Legend Yankees win Yankees loss Yankees tie Postponement Clinched divisionBoldYankees team member background:#1c2841;color:white; 1996 regular season game log: 92–70 (Home: 49–31; Away: 43–39)1996 New York Yankees Schedule & Results https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYA/1996-schedule-scores.shtml Baseball-Reference.com 9 April 2025 y background:white;color:#1c2841; April: 13–10 (Home: 7–3; Away: 6–7) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- style="background:#bbb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |— || April 1, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |1:05p.m. EST || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |@ Indians || colspan=8 style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Postponed (Snow) (Makeup date: April 4) |- style="background:#bfb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |1 || April 2, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |1:08p.m. EST || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |@ Indians || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 7–1 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Cone (1–0) || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |Martínez (0–1) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |— || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |3:08 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |42,289 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |1–0 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |2 || April 3, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |7:05p.m. EST || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |@ Indians || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 5–1 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Pettitte (1–0) || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |McDowell (0–1) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Nelson (1) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |3:18 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |41,843 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |2–0 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W2 |- style="background:#bbb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |— || April 4, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |7:05p.m. EST || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |@ Indians || colspan=8 style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: June 21) |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || April 6 || @ Rangers || 2–4 || Witt || Key (0–1) || Henneman || 35,510 || 2–1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || April 7 || @ Rangers || 2–7 || Hill || Gooden (0–1) || — || — || 2–2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || April 7 || @ Rangers || 1–4 || Pavlik || Howe (0–1) || Vosberg || 36,248 || 2–3 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 6 || April 9 || Royals || 7–3 || Pettitte (2–0) || Haney || — || 56,329 || 3–3 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 7 || April 11 || Royals || 5–3 || Key (1–1) || Belcher || Howe (1) || 17,519 || 4–3 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 8 || April 12 || Rangers || 4–3 || Cone (2–0) || Hill || Wetteland (1) || 20,238 || 5–3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || April 13 || Rangers || 6–10 || Pavlik || Gooden (0–2) || Vosberg || 19,603 || 5–4 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 10 || April 14 || Rangers || 12–3 || Pettitte (3–0) || Gross || — || 20,181 || 6–4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || April 16 || @ Brewers || 3–6 || Karl || Key (1–2) || — || 7,059 || 6–5 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || April 17 || @ Brewers || 4–8 || Bones || Cone (2–1) || — || 7,124 || 6–6 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || April 19 || @ Twins || 1–7 || Rodriguez || Gooden (0–3) || — || 20,279 || 6–7 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 14 || April 20 || @ Twins || 7–6 || Wickman (1–0) || Guardado || Wetteland (2) || 24,586 || 7–7 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 15 || April 21 || @ Twins || 9–5 || Rogers (1–0) || Radke || — || 20,115 || 8–7 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 16 || April 22 || @ Royals || 6–2 || Cone (3–1) || Appier || — || 14,763 || 9–7 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || April 23 || @ Royals || 2–5 || Gubicza || Key (1–3) || Montgomery || 12,536 || 9–8 |- style="background:#bfb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |18 || April 24, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |7:36p.m. EDT || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |Indians || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 10–8 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Kamieniecki (1–0) || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |Martinez (3–2) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |— || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |3:37 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |20,187 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |10–8 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |19 || April 25, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |7:36p.m. EDT || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |Indians || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |L 3–4 || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |Poole (1–0) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Pettitte (3–1) || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |Mesa (7) ||style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |3:07 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |18,580 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |10–9 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |L1 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 20 || April 26 || Twins || 5–4 || Rivera (1–0) || Radke || Wetteland (3) || 14,450 || 11–9 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || April 27 || Twins || 6–8 (10) || Bennett || Wickman (1–1) || — || 20,025 || 11–10 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 22 || April 28 || Twins || 6–3 || Rivera (2–0) || Rodriguez || Wetteland (4) || 24,793 || 12–10 |- style="background:#bfb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |23 || April 30, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |7:36p.m. EDT || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |@ Orioles || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 13–10 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Nelson (1–0) || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Shepherd (0–1) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Wetteland (5) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |4:21 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |43,117 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |13–10 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W2 |- y background:white;color:#1c2841; May: 16–11 (Home: 11–5; Away: 5–6) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- style="background:#bfb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |24 || May 1, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |7:35p.m. EDT || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |@ Orioles || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 11–6 (15) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Pettitte (4–1) || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Mercker (2–2) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |— || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |5:34 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |47,472 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |14–10 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W3 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 25 || May 2 || White Sox || 5–1 || Cone (4–1) || Fernandez || — || 19,773 || 15–10 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 26 || May 3 || White Sox || 2–0 || Rivera (3–0) || Thomas || Wetteland (6) || 15,599 || 16–10 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || May 4 || White Sox || 5–11 || Karchner || Nelson (1–1) || — || 20,661 || 16–11 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 28 || May 5 || White Sox || 7–1 || Pettitte (5–1) || Tapani || — || 26,525 || 17–11 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 29 || May 6 || Tigers || 10–5 || Wickman (2–1) || Myers || — || 12,838 || 18–11 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 30 || May 7 || Tigers || 12–5 || Mecir (1–0) || Lewis || Nelson (2) || 12,760 || 19–11 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 31 || May 8 || Tigers || 10–3 || Gooden (1–3) || Keagle || — || 18,729 || 20–11 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || May 9 || Tigers || 2–4 || Gohr || Key (1–4) || Myers || 13,098 || 20–12 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || May 10 || @ White Sox || 2–5 || Tapani || Pettitte (5–2) || Hernandez || 15,784 || 20–13 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || May 11 || @ White Sox || 5–7 || McCaskill || Wetteland (0–1) || — || 25,722 || 20–14 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 35 || May 12 || @ White Sox || 9–8 || Wickman (3–1) || Thomas || Wetteland (7) || 17,405 || 21–14 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 36 || May 14 || Mariners || 2–0 || Gooden (2–3) || Hitchcock || — || 20,786 || 22–14 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 37 || May 15 || Mariners || 5–10 || Hurtado || Key (1–5) || — || 20,680 || 22–15 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 38 || May 17 || Angels || 8–5 || Pettitte (6–2) || Abbott || Rivera (1) || 19,087 || 23–15 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 39 || May 18 || Angels || 7–3 || Rogers (2–0) || Williams || Rivera (2) || 22,821 || 24–15 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 40 || May 19 || Angels || 1–10 || Finley || Kamieniecki (1–1) || — || 37,326 || 24–16 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 41 || May 21 || Athletics || 7–3 || Gooden (3–3) || Reyes || — || 15,614 || 25–16 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 42 || May 22 || Athletics || 1–5 || Wojciechowski || Pettitte (6–3) || Mohler || 18,544 || 25–17 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 43 || May 23 || Athletics || 4–3 || Rogers (3–0) || Taylor || Wetteland (8) || 19,315 || 26–17 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 44 || May 24 || @ Mariners || 4–10 || Hitchcock || Kamieniecki (1–2) || — || 44,236 || 26–18 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 45 || May 25 || @ Mariners || 5–4 || Mendoza (1–0) || Hurtado || Wetteland (9) || 57,173 || 27–18 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 46 || May 26 || @ Mariners || 3–4 || Menhart || Gooden (3–4) || Charlton || 42,410 || 27–19 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 47 || May 27 || @ Angels || 16–5 || Pettitte (7–3) || Abbott || — || 20,926 || 28–19 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 48 || May 28 || @ Angels || 0–1 || Grimsley || Rogers (3–1) || — || 17,284 || 28–20 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 49 || May 29 || @ Angels || 0–4 || Finley || Mendoza (1–1) || — || 19,246 || 28–21 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 50 || May 31 || @ Athletics || 4–1 || Key (2–5) || Johns || Wetteland (10) || 13,279 || 29–21 |- y background:white;color:#1c2841; June: 18–11 (Home: 7–6; Away: 11–5) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 51 || June 1 || @ Athletics || 6–3 || Pettitte (8–3) || Chouinard || Wetteland (11) || 21,354 || 30–21 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 52 || June 2 || @ Athletics || 11–4 || Rogers (4–1) || Wojciechowski || Wetteland (12) || 26,331 || 31–21 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 53 || June 4 || Blue Jays || 5–4 || Gooden (4–4) || Hanson || Wetteland (13) || 17,368 || 32–21 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 54 || June 5 || Blue Jays || 7–12 || Hentgen || Key (2–6) || — || 17,142 || 32–22 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 55 || June 6 || Blue Jays || 8–1 || Pettitte (9–3) || Quantrill || — || 18,475 || 33–22 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 56 || June 7 || @ Tigers || 5–6 || Lewis || Nelson (1–2) || — || 16,350 || 33–23 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 57 || June 8 || @ Tigers || 7–9 || Olson || Rogers (4–2) || Lewis || 20,173 || 33–24 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 58 || June 9 || @ Tigers || 3–2 || Gooden (5–4) || Gohr || Wetteland (14) || 16,588 || 34–24 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 59 || June 10 || @ Blue Jays || 5–3 || Key (3–6) || Hentgen || Wetteland (15) || 37,332 || 35–24 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 60 || June 11 || @ Blue Jays || 6–4 || Pettitte (10–3) || Quantrill || Wetteland (16) || 32,114 || 36–24 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 61 || June 12 || @ Blue Jays || 4–7 || Janzen || Mendoza (1–2) || — || 44,238 || 36–25 |- style="background:#fbb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |62 || June 13, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |7:35p.m. EDT || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |Indians || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |L 2–6 || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |Hershiser (6–4) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Rogers (4–3) || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |Shuey (1) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |3:13 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |30,707 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |36–26 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |L2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |63 || June 14, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |7:35p.m. EDT || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |Indians || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 4–3 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Gooden (6–4) || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |Ogea (3–1) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Wetteland (17) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |2:59 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |32,580 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |37–26 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |64 || June 15, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |1:05p.m. EDT || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |Indians || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |L 3–10 || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |Nagy (11–1) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Boehringer (0–1) || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |— || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |3:06 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |42,032 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |37–27 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |L1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |65 || June 16, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |1:35p.m. EDT || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |Indians || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 5–4 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Pettitte (11–3) || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |Martinez (8–4) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Wetteland (18) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |3:41 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |51,180 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |38–27 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 66 || June 17 || Twins || 3–6 || Aldred || Mendoza (1–3) || Naulty || 16,189 || 38–28 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 67 || June 18 || Twins || 2–0 || Rogers (5–3) || Radke || Wetteland (19) || 17,593 || 39–28 |- style="background:#bfb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |68 (1) || June 21, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |12:03p.m. EDT || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |@ Indians || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 8–7 (10) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Nelson (2–2) || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |Mesa (0–2) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Wetteland (20) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |3:56 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |42,176 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |40–28 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |69 (2) || June 21, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |7:04p.m. EDT || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |@ Indians || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 9–3 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Mendoza (2–3) || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |Tavárez (2–4) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |— || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |3:00 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |42,454 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |41–28 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W3 |- style="background:#bfb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |70 || June 22, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |1:08p.m. EDT || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |@ Indians || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 11–9 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Brewer (1–0) || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |Martinez (8–5) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Wetteland (21) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |4:10 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |42,461 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |42–28 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W4 |- style="background:#bfb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |71 || June 23, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |1:05p.m. EDT || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |@ Indians || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 6–5 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Gooden (7–4) || style="Cleveland Indians 1996 2;" |McDowell (6–6) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Wetteland (22) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |3:16 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |41,767 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |43–28 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W5 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 72 || June 24 || @ Twins || 0–3 || Robertson || Pettitte (11–4) || — || 20,488 || 43–29 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 73 || June 25 || @ Twins || 1–6 || Rodriguez || Boehringer (0–2) || — || — || 43–30 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 74 || June 25 || @ Twins || 6–2 || Mendoza (3–3) || Serafini || — || 16,641 || 44–30 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 75 || June 26 || @ Twins || 2–1 || Polley (1–0) || Guardado || Wetteland (23) || 19,116 || 45–30 |- style="background:#bfb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |76 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |7:35p.m. EDT || June 27, 1996 || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Orioles || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 3–2 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Rogers (6–3) || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Erickson (4–6) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Wetteland (24) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |2:40 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |34,161 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |46–30 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |77 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |7:40p.m. EDT || June 28, 1996 || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Orioles || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |L 4–7 || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Rhodes (9–0) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |M Rivera (3–1) || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Myers (15) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |3:38 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |43,515 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |46–31 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |L1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |78 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |1:05p.m. EDT || June 29, 1996 || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Orioles || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 4–3 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Pettitte (12–4) || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Mussina (10–5) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Wetteland (25) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |2:47 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |45,295 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |47–31 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |79 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |1:35p.m. EDT || June 30, 1996 || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Orioles || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |L 1–9 || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Wells (5–7) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Mendoza (3–4) || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |— || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |2:58 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |40,200 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |47–32 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |L1 |- y background:white;color:#1c2841; July: 16–10 (Home: 10–3; Away: 6–7) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 80 || July 1 || Red Sox || 2–0 || Key (4–6) || Clemens || Wetteland (26) || 27,734 || 48–32 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 81 || July 2 || Red Sox || 7–5 || Nelson (3–2) || Hudson || Wetteland (27) || 28,310 || 49–32 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 82 || July 4 || Brewers || 4–1 || Pettitte (13–4) || Karl || Wetteland (28) || 24,243 || 50–32 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 83 || July 5 || Brewers || 12–3 || Gooden (8–4) || Bones || — || 26,699 || 51–32 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 84 || July 6 || Brewers || 2–0 || Key (5–6) || Sparks || Wetteland (29) || 24,033 || 52–32 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 85 || July 7 || Brewers || 1–4 || McDonald || Rogers (6–4) || Fetters || 35,242 || 52–33 |- style="background:#bfb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |86 || July 11, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |7:05p.m. EDT || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |@ Orioles || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 4–2 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Key (6–6) || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Mussina (11–6) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Wetteland (30) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |2:59 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |46,760 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |53–33 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W1 |- style="background:#bbb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |— || July 12, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |7:05p.m. EDT || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |@ Orioles || colspan=8 style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 13) |- style="background:#bfb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |87 (1) || July 13, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |4:05p.m. EDT || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |@ Orioles || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 3–2 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Nelson (4–2) || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Wells (5–9) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Wetteland (31) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |3:06 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |— || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |54–33 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |88 (2) || July 13, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |7:05p.m. EDT || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |@ Orioles || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 7–5 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Gooden (9–4) || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Rhodes (9–1) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Wetteland (32) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |3:28 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |46,451 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |55–33 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W3 |- style="background:#bfb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |89 || July 14, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |1:37p.m. || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |@ Orioles || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 4–1 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Pettitte (14–4) || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Erickson (5–7) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Wetteland (33) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |3:04 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |47,658 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |56–33 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 90 || July 15 || @ Red Sox || 6–8 || Wakefield || Hutton (0–1) || Slocumb || 33,263 || 56–34 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 91 || July 16 || @ Red Sox || 9–5 || Key (7–6) || Clemens || — || 34,676 || 57–34 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 92 || July 17 || @ Red Sox || 11–12 || Eshelman || Wetteland (0–2) || — || 34,082 || 57–35 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 93 || July 18 || @ Brewers || 4–16 || Karl || Gooden (9–5) || — || 19,079 || 57–36 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 94 || July 19 || @ Brewers || 5–7 || Eldred || Pettitte (14–5) || Fetters || 19,300 || 57–37 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 95 || July 20 || @ Brewers || 4–2 || Rivera (4–1) || Van Egmond || Wetteland (34) || 25,473 || 58–37 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 96 || July 21 || @ Brewers || 2–3 || D'Amico || Key (7–7) || Fetters || 25,662 || 58–38 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 97 || July 22 || Rangers || 1–6 || Hill || Rogers (6–5) || — || 30,767 || 58–39 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 98 || July 23 || Rangers || 6–0 || Gooden (10–5) || Pavlik || — || 22,814 || 59–39 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 99 || July 24 || Rangers || 4–2 || Pettitte (15–5) || Alberro || Wetteland (35) || 35,308 || 60–39 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 100 || July 25 || Royals || 0–7 || Rosado || Hutton (0–2) || — || 23,475 || 60–40 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 101 || July 26 || Royals || 15–1 || Key (8–7) || Haney || — || 23,782 || 61–40 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 102 || July 27 || Royals || 5–4 || Rogers (7–5) || Belcher || Wetteland (36) || 42,044 || 62–40 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 103 || July 28 || Royals || 3–2 || Wetteland (1–2) || Jacome || — || 35,658 || 63–40 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 104 || July 30 || @ Rangers || 2–15 || Witt || Pettitte (15–6) || — || 39,637 || 63–41 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 105 || July 31 || @ Rangers || 2–9 || Oliver || Key (8–8) || — || 30,645 || 63–42 |- y background:white;color:#1c2841; August: 13–17 (Home: 7–9; Away: 6–8) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 106 || August 1 || @ Rangers || 6–5 || Rogers (8–5) || Hill || Wetteland (37) || 34,855 || 64–42 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 107 || August 2 || @ Royals || 3–4 (10) || Montgomery || Rivera (4–2) || — || 28,618 || 64–43 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 108 || August 3 || @ Royals || 4–11 || Linton || Weathers (0–1) || — || 29,355 || 64–44 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 109 || August 4 || @ Royals || 5–3 || Pettitte (16–6) || Rosado || — || 24,624 || 65–44 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 110 || August 5 || @ Royals || 5–2 || Key (9–8) || Pichardo || Wetteland (38) || 22,865 || 66–44 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 111 || August 6 || White Sox || 9–2 || Rogers (9–5) || Tapani || — || 33,025 || 67–44 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 112 || August 7 || White Sox || 4–8 (10) || Hernandez || Nelson (4–3) || — || 31,098 || 67–45 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 113 || August 8 || White Sox || 8–4 || Wickman (4–1) || Andujar || Rivera (3) || 35,898 || 68–45 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 114 || August 9 || Tigers || 3–5 || Cummings || Pettitte (16–7) || Myers || 23,439 || 68–46 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 115 || August 10 || Tigers || 7–13 || Lewis || Key (9–9) || — || 28,863 || 68–47 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 116 || August 11 || Tigers || 12–0 || Rogers (10–5) || Lira || — || 33,517 || 69–47 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 117 || August 12 || @ White Sox || 2–3 (10) || Hernandez || Wetteland (1–3) || — || 32,492 || 69–48 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 118 || August 13 || @ White Sox || 4–8 || Bertotti || Weathers (0–2) || — || 26,455 || 69–49 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 119 || August 14 || @ White Sox || 3–1 || Pettitte (17–7) || Baldwin || Rivera (4) || 23,350 || 70–49 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 120 || August 16 || Mariners || 5–6 || Hitchcock || Polley (1–1) || Jackson || 50,724 || 70–50 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 121 || August 17 || Mariners || 3–10 || Moyer || Rogers (10–6) || — || 51,729 || 70–51 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 122 || August 18 || Mariners || 12–13 (12) || Ayala || Mecir (1–1) || Jackson || 44,769 || 70–52 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 123 || August 19 || Mariners || 10–4 || Pettitte (18–7) || Carmona || — || 33,994 || 71–52 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 124 || August 20 || Angels || 17–6 || Boehringer (1–2) || Springer || — || 20,795 || 72–52 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 125 || August 21 || Angels || 1–7 || Dickson || Key (9–10) || Percival || 27,811 || 72–53 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 126 || August 22 || Angels || 3–12 || Finley || Rogers (10–7) || — || 27,191 || 72–54 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 127 || August 23 || Athletics || 5–3 || Gooden (11–5) || Wengert || Rivera (5) || 34,244 || 73–54 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 128 || August 24 || Athletics || 5–4 || Whitehurst (1–0) || Telgheder || Pavlas (1) || 32,125 || 74–54 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 129 || August 25 || Athletics || 4–6 || Mohler || Nelson (4–4) || Acre || 50,808 || 74–55 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 130 || August 26 || @ Mariners || 1–2 || Ayala || Lloyd (0–1) || Charlton || 32,857 || 74–56 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 131 || August 27 || @ Mariners || 4–7 || Moyer || Lloyd (0–2) || — || 32,975 || 74–57 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 132 || August 28 || @ Mariners || 2–10 || Mulholland || Gooden (11–6) || — || 30,952 || 74–58 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 133 || August 29 || @ Angels || 3–14 || Holtz || Whitehurst (1–1) || — || 19,755 || 74–59 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 134 || August 30 || @ Angels || 6–2 || Pettitte (19–7) || Springer || — || 27,084 || 75–59 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 135 || August 31 || @ Angels || 14–3 || Key (10–10) || Dickson || — || 28,749 || 76–59 |- y background:white;color:#1c2841; September: 16–11 (Home: 7–5; Away: 9–6) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 136 || September 1 || @ Angels || 0–4 || Finley || Rogers (10–8) || — || 19,384 || 76–60 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 137 || September 2 || @ Athletics || 5–0 || Cone (5–1) || Prieto || — || 20,159 || 77–60 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 138 || September 3 || @ Athletics || 9–10 || Acre || Boehringer (1–3) || Johns || 11,621 || 77–61 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 139 || September 4 || @ Athletics || 10–3 || Pettitte (20–7) || Telgheder || — || 9,892 || 78–61 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 140 || September 6 || Blue Jays || 4–3 || Rivera (5–2) || Risley || — || 21,528 || 79–61 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 141 || September 7 || Blue Jays || 2–3 || Quantrill || Cone (5–2) || Timlin || 27,069 || 79–62 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 142 || September 8 || Blue Jays || 2–4 || Hanson || Pettitte (20–8) || Timlin || 28,575 || 79–63 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 143 || September 10 || @ Tigers || 9–8 || Rivera (6–2) || Sager || Wetteland (39) || 11,042 || 80–63 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 144 || September 11 || @ Tigers || 7–3 || Key (11–10) || Lira || — || 9,775 || 81–63 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 145 || September 12 || @ Tigers || 12–3 || Cone (6–2) || Thompson || — || 9,009 || 82–63 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 146 || September 13 || @ Blue Jays || 4–1 || Pettitte (21–8) || Hanson || Wetteland (40) || 31,227 || 83–63 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 147 || September 14 || @ Blue Jays || 3–1 || Boehringer (2–3) || Hentgen || Wetteland (41) || 43,397 || 84–63 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 148 || September 15 || @ Blue Jays || 1–3 || Williams || Mendoza (3–5) || Timlin || 36,268 || 84–64 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 149 || September 16 || @ Blue Jays || 10–0 || Key (12–10) || Quantrill || — || 30,115 || 85–64 |- style="background:#bbb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |— || September 17, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |7:35p.m. EDT || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Orioles || colspan=8 style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 19) |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |150 || September 18, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |7:35p.m. EDT || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Orioles || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 3–2 (10) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |M Rivera (7–2) || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Mills (3–2) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |— || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |3:07 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |40,775 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |86–64 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W2 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |151 (1) || September 19, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |4:08p.m. EDT || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Orioles || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 9–3 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Rogers (11–8) || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Mussina (7–2) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |— || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |3:07 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |— || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |87–64 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |152 (2) || September 19, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |8:03p.m. EDT || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Orioles || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |L 9–10 || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Mathews (2–1) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |M Rivera (7–3) || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Myers (30) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |3:56 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |54,888 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |87–65 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 153 || September 20 || Red Sox || 2–4 || Wakefield || Polley (1–2) || Slocumb || 39,883 || 87–66 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 154 || September 21 || Red Sox || 12–11 (10) || Wetteland (2–3) || Hudson || — || 54,599 || 88–66 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 155 || September 22 || Red Sox || 4–3 || Rivera (8–3) || Sele || Wetteland (42) || 34,422 || 89–66 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 156 || September 23 || Red Sox || 3–4 (11) || Slocumb || Boehringer (2–4) || Mahomes || 22,728 || 89–67 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 157 || September 25 || Brewers || 19–2 || Cone (7–2) || Van Egmond || — || — || 90–67 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 158 || September 25 || Brewers || 6–2 || Rogers (12–8) || Karl || — || 37,947 || 91–67 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 159 || September 26 || @ Red Sox || 3–5 || Maddux || Key (12–11) || Slocumb || 32,367 || 91–68 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 160 || September 27 || @ Red Sox || 5–7 || Sele || Gooden (11–7) || Slocumb || 32,573 || 91–69 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 161 || September 28 || @ Red Sox || 4–2 || Mendoza (4–5) || Clemens || Wetteland (43) || 33,612 || 92–69 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 162 || September 29 || @ Red Sox || 5–6 || Mahomes || Polley (1–3) || — || 32,563 || 92–70 |- Detailed records American League Opponent W L WP RS Runs scored RA Runs against AL East Baltimore Orioles 10 3 10 3 y 75 62 Boston Red Sox 6 7 6 7 y 73 72 Detroit Tigers 8 5 8 5 y 99 66 New York Yankees Toronto Blue Jays 8 5 8 5 y 61 46 Total 32 20 32 20 y 308 246 AL Central Chicago White Sox 7 6 7 6 y 65 59 Cleveland Indians 9 3 9 3 y 73 61 Kansas City Royals 8 4 8 4 y 60 47 Milwaukee Brewers 6 6 6 6 y 66 54 Minnesota Twins 7 5 7 5 y 48 51 Total 37 24 37 24 y 312 272 AL West California Angels 6 7 6 7 y 76 76 Oakland Athletics 9 3 9 3 y 71 45 Seattle Mariners 3 9 3 9 y 56 80 Texas Rangers 5 7 5 7 y 48 68 Total 23 26 23 26 y 251 269 Season Total 92 70 92 70 y 871 787 Month Games Won Lost Win % RS Runs scored RA Runs against April 23 13 10 13 10 y 126 115 May 27 16 11 16 11 y 147 124 June 29 18 11 18 11 y 141 141 July 26 16 10 16 10 y 125 122 August 30 13 17 13 17 y 170 178 September 27 16 11 16 11 y 162 107 Total 162 92 70 92 70 y 871 787 Games Won Lost Win % RS Runs scored RA Runs against Home 80 49 31 49 31 y 448 374 Away 82 43 39 43 39 y 423 413 Total 162 92 70 92 70 y 871 787 Postseason Game log Legend Yankees win Yankees lossBoldYankees team member background:#1c2841;color:white; 1996 Postseason game log: 11–4 (Home: 3–4; Away: 8–0) y background:white;color:#1c2841; AL Division Series vs. Texas Rangers 3–1 (Home: 1–1; Away: 2–0)1996 American League Division Series https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1996_ALDS.shtml Baseball Reference 5 April 2025 # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Series Box/Streak |- y background:white;color:#1c2841; AL Championship Series vs. Baltimore Orioles 4–1 (Home: 1–1; Away: 3–0)1996 American League Championship Series https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1996_ALCS.shtml Baseball Reference 5 April 2025 # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Series Box/Streak |- style="background:#bbb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |— || October 8, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |8:07p.m. EDT || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Orioles || colspan=8 style="New York Yankees 1977 2;" |Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: October 9) |- style="background:#bfb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |1 || October 9, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |4:08p.m. EDT || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Orioles || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 4–3 (11) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |M Rivera (1–0) || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Myers (0–1) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |— || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |4:23 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |56,495 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |NYA 1–0 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |2 || October 10, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |3:07p.m. EDT || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Orioles || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |L 3–5 || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Wells (1–0) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Nelson (0–1) || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Benítez (1) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |4:13 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |58,432 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Tied 1–1 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |L1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |3 || October 11, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |8:07p.m. EDT || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |@ Orioles || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 5–2 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Key (1–0) || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Mussina (0–1) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Wetteland (1) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |2:50 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |48,635 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |NYA 2–1 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |4 || October 12, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |7:37p.m. EDT || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |@ Orioles || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 8–4 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Weathers (1–0) || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Coppinger (0–1) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |— || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |3:45 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |48,974 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |NYA 3–1 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |5 || October 13, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |4:07p.m. EDT || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |@ Orioles || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 6–4 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Pettitte (1–0) || style="Baltimore Orioles 1996 2;" |Erickson (0–1) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |— || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |2:57 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |48,718 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |NYA 4–1 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W3 |- y background:white;color:#1c2841; World Series: vs. Atlanta Braves 4–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 3–0)1996 World Series https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1996_WS.shtml Baseball Reference 5 April 2025 # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Series Box/Streak |- style="background:#bbb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |— || October 19, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |8:01p.m. EDT || style="Atlanta Braves 1996 2;" |Braves || colspan=8 style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: October 20) |- style="background:#fbb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |1 || October 20, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |7:35p.m. EDT || style="Atlanta Braves 1996 2;" |Braves || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |L 1–12 || style="Atlanta Braves 1996 2;" |Smoltz (1–0) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Pettitte (0–1) || style="Atlanta Braves 1996 2;" |— || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |3:10 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |56,365 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |ATL 1–0 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |2 || October 21, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |7:15p.m. EDT || style="Atlanta Braves 1996 2;" |Braves || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |L 0–4 || style="Atlanta Braves 1996 2;" |Maddux (1–0) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Key (0–1) || style="Atlanta Braves 1996 2;" |— || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |2:44 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |56,340 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |ATL 2–0 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |L2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |3 || October 22, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |8:15p.m. EDT || style="Atlanta Braves 1996 2;" |@ Braves || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 5–2 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Cone (1–0) || style="Atlanta Braves 1996 2;" |Glavine (0–1) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Wetteland (1) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |3:22 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |51,843 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |ATL 2–1 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |4 || October 23, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |8:15p.m. EDT || style="Atlanta Braves 1996 2;" |@ Braves || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 8–6 (10) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Lloyd (1–0) || style="Atlanta Braves 1996 2;" |Avery (0–1) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Wetteland (2) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |4:17 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |51,881 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Tied 2–2 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |5 || October 24, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |8:15p.m. EDT || style="Atlanta Braves 1996 2;" |@ Braves || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 1–0 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Pettitte (1–1) || style="Atlanta Braves 1996 2;" |Smoltz (1–1) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Wetteland (3) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |2:54 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |51,881 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |NYA 3–2 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W3 |- style="background:#bfb;" | style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |6 || October 26, 1996 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |8:00p.m. EDT || style="Atlanta Braves 1996 2;" |Braves || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W 3–2 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Key (1–1) || style="Atlanta Braves 1996 2;" |Maddux (1–1) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |Wetteland (4) || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |2:52 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |56,375 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |NYA 4–2 || style="New York Yankees 1996 2;" |W4 |- 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 baseball 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 baseball 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 baseball 35 54 11 .204 1 9 Luis Sojo 18 40 11 .275 0 5 Pat Kelly infielder 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 baseball 3 3 0 .000 0 0 Matt Luke Matt Luke (baseball) 1 0 0 ---- 0 0 Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 baseball 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 pitcher 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 baseball 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 baseball 4 1 0 0 9.53 8 Paul Gibson baseball 4 0 0 0 6.23 3 Mike Aldrete 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 ALDS 1996 American League Division Series Game 1, October 1 Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York Texas Tex 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 8 0 New York NYY 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 John Burkett (1–0) David Cone (0–1) Juan González (1), Dean Palmer (1) Game 2, October 2 Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York Texas Tex 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 1 New York NYY 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 8 0 Brian Boehringer (1–0) Mike Stanton (0–1) Juan González (2, 3) Cecil Fielder (1) Game 3, October 4 The Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas New York NYY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 7 1 Texas Tex 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 1 Jeff Nelson (1–0) Darren Oliver (0–1) John Wetteland (1) Bernie Williams (1) Juan González (4) Game 4, October 5 The Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas New York NYY 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 6 12 1 Texas Tex 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 0 David Weathers (1–0) Roger Pavlik (0–1) John Wetteland (2) Bernie Williams (2, 3) Juan González (5) Postseason ALCS 1996 American League Championship Series GameScoreDate1 Baltimore 4, New York 5October 92 Baltimore 5, New York 3October 103 New York 5, Baltimore 2October 114New York 8, Baltimore 4October 125New York 6, Baltimore 4October 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"BaseballJune 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes 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"The Official Site of Major League Baseball: Official info: Official Rules spectator interference is to be called. 1996 World Series 1996 World Series Game 1 October 20, 1996, at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York Atlanta ATL 0 2 6 0 1 3 0 0 0 12 13 0 New York NYY 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 John Smoltz (1–0) Andy Pettitte (0–1) Andruw Jones 2 (2), Fred McGriff (1) Game 2 October 21, 1996, at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York Atlanta ATL 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 10 0 New York NYY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 Greg Maddux (1–0) Jimmy Key (0–1) Game 3 October 22, 1996, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta New York NYY 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 8 1 Atlanta ATL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 6 1 David Cone (1–0) Tom Glavine (0–1) John Wetteland (1) Bernie Williams (1) Game 4 October 23, 1996, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta New York NYY 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 8 12 0 Atlanta ATL 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 2 Graeme Lloyd (1–0) Steve Avery (0–1) John Wetteland (2) Jim Leyritz (1) Fred McGriff (2) Game 5 October 24, 1996, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta New York NYY 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 Atlanta ATL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 Andy Pettitte (1–1) John Smoltz (1–1) John Wetteland (3) Game 6 October 26, 1996, at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York Atlanta ATL 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 0 New York NYY 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 x 3 8 1 Jimmy Key (1–1) Greg Maddux (1–1) 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 PlayerMLB Postseason MVP Award Winners https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/postmvp.shtml 2025-03-21 Baseball-Reference.com en All-Stars All-Star Game Wade Boggs, third base, starter Andy Pettitte, pitcher, reserve John Wetteland, relief pitcher, reserve Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 DominguezLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus, GCL YankeesJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 30em External links 1996 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1996 World Series 1996 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1990s in the Bronx Category:American League East champion seasons Category:American League champion seasons Category:World Series champion seasons