1996 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1996 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 114th season in the history of the franchise. The Phillies finished fifth in the National League East with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses. They also hosted the 1996 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

1996 Philadelphia Phillies
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkVeterans Stadium
CityPhiladelphia
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place5th
OwnersBill Giles
General managersLee Thomas
ManagersJim Fregosi
TelevisionWPHL-TV
PRISM
SportsChannel Philadelphia
(Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler, Garry Maddox, Todd Kalas)
RadioWGMP
(Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler)
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Offseason

Regular season

  • The Phillies were hit for the cycle against on July 3 during a game against their rival New York Mets. Alex Ochoa hit for the cycle against the Phillies when the Mets won at Veterans Stadium.[5] This was the first time since 1951 that a player had hit for the cycle against the Phillies.[5]

Season standings

NL East
TeamWLPct.GBHomeRoad
Atlanta Braves9666.59356‍–‍2540‍–‍41
Montreal Expos8874.543850‍–‍3138‍–‍43
Florida Marlins8082.4941652‍–‍2928‍–‍53
New York Mets7191.4382542‍–‍3929‍–‍52
Philadelphia Phillies6795.4142935‍–‍4632‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
TeamATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTL
Atlanta7–57–55–76–76–65–710–37–69–49–39–47–59–4
Chicago5–75–85–76–65–88–56–67–57–64–96–67–55–8
Cincinnati5–78–57–63–97–64–83–96–610–25–89–39–45–8
Colorado7–57–56–75–88–56–73–97–56–67–58–55–88–4
Florida7–66–69–38–57–56–75–87–66–75–73–95–76–6
Houston6–68–56–75–85–76–64–98–410–28–56–68–42–11
Los Angeles7–55–88–47–67–66–69–38–47–66–65–87–68–4
Montreal3–106–69–39–38–59–43–97–66–77–54–89–48–4
New York6–75–76–65–76–74–84–86–77–68–53–106–65–7
Philadelphia4-96–72–106–67–62–106–77–66–77–54–86–64–8
Pittsburgh3–99–48–55–77–55–86–65–75–85–74–98–43–10
San Diego4–96–63–95–89–36–68–58–410–38–49–411–24–8
San Francisco5–75–74–98–57–54–86–74–96–66–64–82–117–6
St. Louis4–98–58–54–86–611-24–84–87–58–410–38–46–7


Game log

1996 Game Log: 67–95 (Home: 35–46; Away: 32–49)
April: 13–11 (Home: 4–6; Away: 9–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2Rockies3–5RitzFernandez (0–1)36,7510–1
2April 3Rockies3–1Grace (1–0)FreemanBottalico (1)15,6481–1
3April 4Rockies7–4Mulholland (1–0)RekarBottalico (2)16,2202–1
4April 5Reds5–6 (10)ShawBorland (0–1)Moore17,3182–2
5April 6Reds4–8SalkeldHunter (0–1)17,9582–3
6April 8@ Pirates6–3Fernandez (1–1)Neagle41,4163–3
7April 10@ Pirates7–6Grace (2–0)ChristiansenBottalico (3)7,0754–3
8April 11@ Cardinals1–2BenesMulholland (1–1)Mathews23,4124–4
9April 12@ Cardinals1–6UrbaniWilliams (0–1)26,7534–5
10April 13@ Cardinals4–2Hunter (1–1)FossasBottalico (4)28,9135–5
11April 14@ Cardinals5–6MathewsFernandez (1–2)Eckersley27,5455–6
12April 16@ Expos6–7RojasSpringer (0–1)8,5105–7
13April 17@ Expos9–3Mulholland (2–1)Cormier8,7286–7
14April 18@ Expos9–8Bottalico (1–0)Rojas8,3167–7
15April 19Cardinals0–1BaileySpringer (0–2)Eckersley25,6147–8
16April 20Cardinals0–1BenesBottalico (1–1)Eckersley23,6307–9
17April 21Cardinals4–2Grace (3–0)BenesBottalico (5)32,8968–9
18April 22Pirates3–9DarwinMulholland (2–2)17,6048–10
19April 23Pirates6–2Springer (1–2)WagnerRyan (1)19,2549–10
20April 24@ Rockies10–8Borland (1–1)ReedBottalico (6)48,04710–10
21April 25@ Rockies7–1Fernandez (2–2)ThompsonRyan (2)48,03311–10
22April 26@ Reds2–0Grace (4–0)BurbaBottalico (7)21,84212–10
23April 27@ Reds3–2Leiper (1–0)PortugalBottalico (8)22,55513–10
24April 30@ Marlins2–7RappWilliams (0–2)Nen15,25213–11
May: 13–15 (Home: 6–7; Away: 7–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1@ Marlins6–5Ryan (1–0)LeiterBottalico (9)14,67214–11
26May 2@ Marlins2–0Grace (5–0)BrownBottalico (10)14,88815–11
27May 3@ Braves6–3Mulholland (3–2)MadduxBottalico (11)39,69716–11
28May 4@ Braves3–6McMichaelRyan (1–1)Clontz44,42916–12
29May 5@ Braves8–11SmoltzWilliams (0–3)35,47116–13
30May 6Astros5–11DrabekHunter (1–2)15,90616–14
31May 7Astros5–7YoungSpringer (1–3)Jones16,56916–15
32May 8Astros2–1 (10)Ryan (2–1)Tabaka16,28417–15
33May 10Braves0–11SmoltzMulholland (3–3)27,06817–16
34May 11Braves3–11AveryMimbs (0–1)22,82317–17
35May 12Braves6–0Grace (6–0)Maddux32,31418–17
36May 13Giants1–2GardnerFernandez (2–3)Beck18,75818–18
37May 14Giants7–0Schilling (1–0)Fernandez18,77419–18
38May 15Giants7–6 (10)Bottalico (2–1)Beck25,08520–18
39May 16@ Dodgers2–8ValdezMimbs (0–2)25,96020–19
40May 17@ Dodgers3–6NomoGrace (6–1)Worrell54,30420–20
41May 18@ Dodgers2–7AstacioFernandez (2–4)Osuna51,06420–21
42May 19@ Dodgers5–4Leiper (2–0)RadinskyBottalico (12)38,17821–21
43May 21@ Padres5–4Mulholland (4–3)BergmanBottalico (13)11,95422–21
44May 22@ Padres2–5HamiltonGrace (6–2)Hoffman13,11822–22
45May 23@ Padres5–7SandersSpringer (1–4)Hoffman16,63222–23
46May 24@ Giants5–1Schilling (2–0)Watson11,91723–23
47May 25@ Giants2–3GardnerWilliams (0–4)Beck16,87423–24
48May 26@ Giants10–1Mulholland (5–3)FernandezBottalico (14)26,23424–24
49May 28Dodgers9–3Grace (7–2)Valdez17,18625–24
50May 29Dodgers2–3 (11)GuthrieBottalico (2–2)Worrell24,12025–25
51May 30Dodgers3–2Borland (2–1)Worrell29,28726–25
52May 31Padres2–4AshbyMulholland (5–4)Hoffman22,11026–26
June: 6–21 (Home: 5–6; Away: 1–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 1Padres3–8BergmanMimbs (0–3)27,62326–27
54June 2Padres9–8 (12)Borland (3–1)Hoffman32,03527–27
55June 3@ Cubs3–4PattersonRyan (2–2)26,32027–28
56June 4@ Cubs12–3Williams (1–4)Bullinger15,43128–28
57June 5@ Cubs6–9AdamsBorland (3–2)Wendell18,18928–29
58June 7@ Astros5–11ReynoldsCrawford (0–1)22,58528–30
59June 8@ Astros3–7WagnerSpringer (1–5)23,73928–31
60June 9@ Astros1–2YoungWilliams (1–5)Jones30,18028–32
61June 10Cubs1–2NavarroMulholland (5–5)19,58828–33
62June 11Cubs2–9CampbellMunoz (0–1)23,22028–34
63June 12Cubs4–3Fernandez (3–4)CastilloBottalico (15)27,28729–34
64June 13@ Rockies1–4RekarSchilling (2–1)Ruffin48,01829–35
65June 14@ Rockies6–10PainterSpringer (1–6)48,00629–36
66June 15@ Rockies2–4ReynosoMulholland (5–6)Ruffin48,02329–37
67June 16@ Rockies3–11RitzMunoz (0–2)48,04129–38
68June 18@ Cardinals2–3OsborneFernandez (3–5)Eckersley31,31129–39
69June 19@ Cardinals2–3BenesBottalico (2–3)34,61229–40
70June 21Rockies4–3 (10)Borland (4–2)Ruffin25,08530–40
71June 22Rockies5–4Blazier (1–0)HawblitzelBottalico (16)28,60431–40
72June 23Rockies4–7FreemanFernandez (3–6)Ruffin33,38531–41
73June 24@ Reds0–7PortugalSchilling (2–2)20,83531–42
74June 25@ Reds1–9BurbaQuirico (0–1)31–43
75June 25@ Reds1–3JarvisMimbs (0–4)Smith23,36931–44
76June 26@ Reds2–4SalkeldWilliams (1–6)Brantley32,28631–45
77June 28Expos7–3Mulholland (6–6)UrbinaRyan (3)21,70332–45
78June 29Expos0–1FasseroSchilling (2–3)22,89832–46
79June 30Expos5–6RojasBottalico (2–4)Dyer24,94932–47
July: 11–16 (Home: 6–6; Away: 5–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1Mets6–4Williams (2–6)JonesRyan (4)20,77933–47
81July 2Mets3–2Springer (2–6)HarnischBottalico (17)20,89034–47
82July 3Mets6–10ByrdRyan (2–3)Henry43,15834–48
83July 4Marlins8–5Blazier (2–0)RappBottalico (18)17,46035–48
84July 5Marlins7–4Borland (5–2)MillerBottalico (19)46,87236–48
85July 6Marlins2–1Williams (3–6)BrownBottalico (20)22,27837–48
86July 7Marlins4–7 (10)MathewsJordan (0–1)Nen28,18337–49
87July 11@ Expos3–2Schilling (3–3)FasseroBottalico (21)17,54638–49
88July 12@ Expos5–3Mulholland (7–6)Martinez14,32239–49
89July 13@ Expos6–2Mimbs (1–4)Cormier30,21540–49
90July 14@ Expos2–5ScottWilliams (3–7)Rojas31,51540–50
91July 15@ Mets5–7DipotoSpringer (2–7)Henry15,54940–51
92July 16@ Mets3–6ClarkSchilling (3–4)Franco18,47840–52
93July 17@ Mets2–3MlickiFrey (0–1)29,45940–53
94July 18@ Marlins0–7BrownMimbs (1–5)16,52140–54
95July 19@ Marlins2–11HammondWilliams (3–8)19,12340–55
96July 20@ Marlins4–7RappSpringer (2–8)Nen24,33640–56
97July 21@ Marlins12–3Schilling (4–4)BurkettBottalico (22)20,87341–56
98July 22Reds2–5PortugalMulholland (7–7)Brantley41–57
99July 22Reds3–5SmithRyan (2–4)Brantley22,80841–58
100July 23Reds3–5JarvisMimbs (1–6)23,10041–59
101July 24Reds1–3BurbaWilliams (3–9)Brantley27,35241–60
102July 25@ Pirates4–6MiceliSpringer (2–9)Cordova12,16341–61
103July 26@ Pirates4–7EricksBottalico (2–5)Plesac17,23941–62
104July 27@ Pirates2–1Mulholland (8–7)Parris23,12142–62
105July 28@ Pirates8–12EricksBorland (5–3)15,18942–63
106July 30Cardinals8–7Ryan (3–4)Mathews20,16643–63
August: 11–19 (Home: 6–12; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1Cardinals2–1Springer (3–9)OsborneRyan (5)44–63
108August 1Cardinals1–7BenesMimbs (1–7)22,93444–64
109August 2Pirates3–8WilkinsBlazier (2–1)24,50544–65
110August 3Pirates7–6Bottalico (3–5)Plesac22,69045–65
111August 4Pirates4–2Williams (4–9)MiceliRyan (6)25,49846–65
112August 5Pirates3–0Schilling (5–4)Neagle20,33747–65
113August 6@ Braves4–10BieleckiSpringer (3–10)32,03647–66
114August 7@ Braves1–14 (8)SmoltzMunoz (0–3)29,92047–67
115August 8@ Braves4–1Beech (1–0)MadduxBottalico (23)32,40148–67
116August 9Astros1–5ReynoldsWest (0–1)21,78048–68
117August 10Astros1–3HamptonSchilling (5–5)Wagner18,48648–69
118August 11Astros5–10KileWilliams (4–10)24,15048–70
119August 13Braves0–2MadduxHunter (1–3)48–71
120August 13Braves2–5HartgravesBeech (1–1)Wohlers25,19648–72
121August 14Braves4–1West (1–1)GlavineBottalico (24)28,20649–72
122August 15Braves5–8WadeSchilling (5–6)28,01149–73
123August 16Giants4–6VanLandinghamWilliams (4–11)Beck20,16349–74
124August 17Giants4–8WatsonHunter (1–4)Beck24,52249–75
125August 18Giants7–6Borland (6–3)GardnerBottalico (25)24,48050–75
126August 20@ Dodgers3–1Jordan (1–1)OsunaBottalico (26)35,45751–75
127August 21@ Dodgers6–0Schilling (6–6)Nomo39,50252–75
128August 22@ Dodgers5–8AstacioWilliams (4–12)Worrell29,60852–76
129August 23@ Padres7–4Hunter (2–4)WorrellBottalico (27)22,10253–76
130August 24@ Padres1–7HamiltonBeech (1–2)31,02353–77
131August 25@ Padres2–11SandersWest (1–2)30,03653–78
132August 26@ Giants0–1VanLandinghamSchilling (6–7)Beck8,64053–79
133August 27@ Giants3–2Williams (5–12)BautistaBottalico (28)9,54954–79
134August 28@ Giants6–7DeweyJordan (1–2)Beck16,22354–80
135August 30Dodgers6–7 (12)DreifortParrett (0–1)Worrell22,12954–81
136August 31Dodgers7–11ValdezSchilling (6–8)Osuna24,82154–82
September: 13–13 (Home: 8–9; Away: 5–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1Dodgers6–3Williams (6–12)WorrellBottalico (29)24,95955–82
138September 2Padres1–5ValenzuelaHunter (2–5)15,26355–83
139September 3Padres8–2Mimbs (2–7)HamiltonRyan (7)16,79756–83
140September 4Padres1–2SandersBeech (1–3)Hoffman18,75456–84
141September 5Cubs6–1Schilling (7–8)Castillo18,16457–84
142September 6Cubs4–6BullingerRyan (3–5)Wendell17,80357–85
143September 7Cubs4–2Hunter (3–5)BottenfieldBottalico (30)18,02158–85
144September 8Cubs3–5NavarroMimbs (2–8)Wendell27,60058–86
145September 10@ Astros3–4MormanSchilling (7–9)Hernandez12,70058–87
146September 11@ Astros10–8Parrett (1–1)HoltBottalico (31)17,30059–87
147September 12@ Astros1–4KileWilliams (6–13)16,10359–88
148September 13@ Cubs2–4TrachselHunter (3–6)Wendell23,04859–89
149September 14@ Cubs6–2Mimbs (3–8)NavarroRyan (8)36,29060–89
150September 15@ Cubs6–1Schilling (8–9)Foster24,69761–89
151September 17Marlins5–11RappBeech (1–4)15,50761–90
152September 18Marlins8–6Borland (7–3)MillerBottalico (32)17,15862–90
153September 19Mets2–7ClarkHunter (3–7)16,68962–91
154September 20Mets2–5WilsonMimbs (3–9)Franco22,00162–92
155September 21Mets2–1Schilling (9–9)Harnisch23,28363–92
156September 22Mets4–3Bottalico (4–5)Wallace27,67264–92
157September 24Expos2–6JudenWilliams (6–14)Rojas16,04464–93
158September 25Expos3–1West (2–2)PaniaguaBottalico (33)17,54465–93
159September 26Expos2–5DaalSchilling (9–10)Rojas16,58765–94
160September 27@ Mets6–5Jordan (2–2)DipotoBottalico (34)15,88966–94
161September 28@ Mets2–4PersonMaduro (0–1)Wallace16,80166–95
162September 29@ Mets9–5Blazier (3–1)Fyhrie21,97567–95
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Phillies team member

Detailed records

MonthGamesWonLostWin %RSRA
April2413110.542107100
May2813150.464118132
June276210.22294148
July2711160.407115140
August3011190.367108162
September2613130.500108108
Total16267950.414650790
GamesWonLostWin %RSRA
Home8135460.432313379
Away8132490.395337411
Total16267950.414650790

Notable transactions

All-Star Game

The 1996 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 67th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL). The game was held on July 9, 1996, at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. The game resulted in the National League defeating the American League 6–0. Joe Carter, the Toronto Blue Jays representative to the All-Star Game, received boos from the crowd for his home run that ended the 1993 World Series.[11][12][13]

Roster

1996 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CBenito Santiago136481127.2643085
1BGregg Jeffries104404118.292751
2BMickey Morandini140539135.250332
SSKevin Stocker119394100.254541
3BTodd Zeile134500134.2682080
LFPete Incaviglia9926963.2341642
CFRicky Otero104411112.273232
RFJim Eisenreich113338122.361341

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Mark Whiten6018243.236721
Mike Lieberthal5016642.253723
Wendell Magee3814229.204214
Lenny Dykstra4013435.261313
Kevin Jordan4313137.282312
Scott Rolen3713033.254418
Rubén Amaro Jr.6111737.316215
Kevin Sefcik4411633.28409
David Doster3910528.26718
Mike Benjamin3510323.223413
Glenn Murray389719.19626
Jon Zuber309123.253110
J.R. Phillips357912.152510
Gene Schall286618.273210
Lee Tinsley31527.13502
Desi Relaford15407.17501
Manny Martínez13368.22200
Bobby Estalella7176.35324
Gary Bennett6164.25001
Darren Daulton5122.16700
Howard Battle550.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Curt Schilling26183.19103.19182
Mike Williams32167.06145.44103
Terry Mulholland21133.1874.6652
Mike Mimbs2199.1395.5356
Mike Grace1280.0723.4949
Rich Hunter1469.1376.4932
Sid Fernandez1163.0363.4377
Matt Beech841.1146.9733
David West728.1224.7622
Bobby Muñoz625.1037.828
Carlos Crawford13.2014.914
Rafael Quirico11.20137.801

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Calvin Maduro415.1013.5211
Glenn Dishman47.0007.713

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Ricky Bottalico6145343.1974
Toby Borland697304.0776
Ken Ryan623582.4370
Russ Springer5131004.6694
Steve Frey310104.7212
Ron Blazier273105.8725
Ricardo Jordan262201.8017
Dave Leiper262006.4310
Jeff Parrett181101.8822
Larry Mitchell70004.507
Bronson Heflin30006.754

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAAScranton/Wilkes-Barre
Red Barons
International LeagueButch Hobson and Ramón Avilés
AAReading PhilliesEastern LeagueBill Robinson
AClearwater PhilliesFlorida State LeagueAl LeBoeuf
APiedmont Boll WeevilsSouth Atlantic LeagueRoy Majtyka
A-Short SeasonBatavia ClippersNew York–Penn LeagueFloyd Rayford
RookieMartinsville PhilliesAppalachian LeagueRamon Henderson

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References