1996 San Diego Padres season

The 1996 San Diego Padres season was the 28th season in franchise history. They finished in first place in the National League West with a 91–71 won-loss record, one game ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

1996 San Diego Padres
National League West Champions
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkJack Murphy Stadium
CitySan Diego, California
Record91–71 (.562)
Divisional place1st
OwnersTom Werner, John Moores
General managersKevin Towers
ManagersBruce Bochy
TelevisionKFMB-TV
Prime Sports West
(Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner, Bob Chandler, Ken Levine)
RadioKFMB (AM)
(Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner, Bob Chandler, Ken Levine)
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Offseason

  • October 28, 1995: Rico Rossy was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.[1]
  • November 29, 1995: Mike Sharperson signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.[2]
  • December 7, 1995: Fernando Valenzuela signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.
  • December 14, 1995: Doug Dascenzo was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.[3]
  • December 21, 1995: Wally Joyner was traded by the Kansas City Royals with Aaron Dorlarque (minors) to the San Diego Padres for Bip Roberts and Bryan Wolff (minors).[4]
  • December 21, 1995: Mike Oquist was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.[5]
  • December 29, 1995: Rickey Henderson signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.
  • March 22, 1996: Melvin Nieves was traded by the San Diego Padres with Raul Casanova and Richie Lewis to the Detroit Tigers for Sean Bergman, Todd Steverson, and Cade Gaspar (minors).[6]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL WestWLPct.GBHomeRoad
San Diego Padres91710.56245–3646–35
Los Angeles Dodgers90720.556147–3443–38
Colorado Rockies83790.512855–2628–53
San Francisco Giants68940.4202338–4430–50

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: 91–71 (Home: 45–36; Away: 46–35)
April: 17–10 (Home: 8–6; Away: 9–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Cubs4–5 (10)PattersonHoffman (0–1)38,7340–1
2April 3@ Cubs7–5Hamilton (1–0)CastilloHoffman (1)29,6381–1
3April 5@ Astros10–4Tewksbury (1–0)Kile28,6292–1
4April 6@ Astros8–4 (13)Hoffman (1–1)Small24,5103–1
5April 7@ Astros17–2Bergman (1–0)Swindell16,2584–1
6April 8Marlins9–2Hamilton (2–0)Hammond44,4705–1
7April 9Marlins2–5 (10)LeiterBlair (0–1)15,1605–2
8April 10Marlins3–0Tewksbury (2–0)RappHoffman (2)10,5106–2
9April 11Braves2–1Ashby (1–0)MadduxHoffman (3)19,0477–2
10April 12Braves3–5SchmidtBergman (1–1)Wohlers25,7477–3
11April 13Braves6–2Hamilton (3–0)GlavineBochtler (1)45,2508–3
12April 14Braves0–4SmoltzValenzuela (0–1)45,0148–4
13April 15@ Rockies9–11RuffinBlair (0–2)Leskanic48,0278–5
14April 16@ Rockies10–6Ashby (2–0)Reynoso48,0319–5
15April 17@ Rockies11–6Florie (1–0)Freeman48,01110–5
16April 19@ Braves1–7SmoltzHamilton (3–1)27,37510–6
17April 20@ Braves5–6McMichaelBochtler (0–1)Wohlers31,89310–7
18April 21@ Braves2–1 (15)Worrell (1–0)ThobeBochtler (2)28,82911–7
19April 22@ Marlins5–3Ashby (3–0)Burkett17,47312–7
20April 23@ Marlins7–2Bergman (2–1)Hammond19,66713–7
21April 24Cubs5–4Hamilton (4–1)FosterHoffman (4)15,60814–7
22April 25Cubs8–3Tewksbury (3–0)Bullinger18,73615–7
23April 26Astros3–2Worrell (2–0)HamptonHoffman (5)21,25416–7
24April 27Astros0–6ReynoldsAshby (3–1)38,30916–8
25April 28Astros2–3KileBergman (2–2)Jones27,20816–9
26April 29Astros2–0Hamilton (5–1)Brocail8,97917–9
27April 30Giants4–9WatsonTewksbury (3–1)14,17017–10
May: 17–10 (Home: 9–5; Away: 8–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
28May 1Giants9–4Valenzuela (1–1)Gardner14,87818–10
29May 3Cardinals1–3OsborneAshby (3–2)Eckersley21,33518–11
30May 4Cardinals3–4StottlemyreBergman (2–3)Eckersley44,37518–12
31May 5Cardinals10–4Hamilton (6–1)Benes27,43519–12
32May 8@ Pirates5–4Tewksbury (4–1)MayHoffman (6)20–12
33May 8@ Pirates3–4ChristiansenSanders (0–1)Cordova8,50820–13
34May 9@ Pirates7–1Ashby (4–2)Wagner10,86321–13
35May 10@ Reds6–8McElroyFlorie (1–1)Brantley22,50821–14
36May 11@ Reds0–1SmileyHamilton (6–2)Brantley24,98321–15
37May 12@ Reds5–0Tewksbury (5–1)Burba22,78622–15
38May 13Mets5–2Valenzuela (2–1)Isringhausen12,82923–15
39May 14Mets9–4Ashby (5–2)Wilson12,16824–15
40May 15Mets4–3 (10)Worrell (3–0)Franco12,16625–15
41May 16Mets3–6HarnischHamilton (6–3)Franco17,34125–16
42May 17Expos2–1 (12)Hoffman (2–1)Rojas26,46926–16
43May 18Expos2–3UrbinaValenzuela (2–2)Rojas31,74926–17
44May 19Expos4–3Worrell (4–0)VeresHoffman (7)28,76927–17
45May 21Phillies4–5MulhollandBergman (2–4)Bottalico11,95427–18
46May 22Phillies5–2Hamilton (7–3)GraceHoffman (8)13,11828–18
47May 23Phillies7–5Sanders (1–1)SpringerHoffman (9)16,63229–18
48May 24@ Mets13–1Valenzuela (3–2)Isringhausen24,75130–18
49May 25@ Mets7–2Ashby (6–2)Wilson21,05731–18
50May 26@ Mets0–1JonesBergman (2–5)Franco20,40531–19
51May 27@ Expos4–3Hamilton (8–3)FasseroHoffman (10)44,63632–19
52May 28@ Expos3–2 (10)Hoffman (3–1)ScottBochtler (3)16,53733–19
53May 29@ Expos4–9UrbinaValenzuela (3–3)14,38633–20
54May 31@ Phillies4–2Ashby (7–2)MulhollandHoffman (11)22,11034–20
June: 9–19 (Home: 3–12; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 1@ Phillies8–3Bergman (3–5)Mimbs27,62335–20
56June 2@ Phillies8–9 (12)BorlandHoffman (3–2)32,03535–21
57June 3Cardinals0–3BenesTewksbury (5–2)13,62535–22
58June 4Cardinals5–11PetkovsekWorrell (4–1)13,42735–23
59June 5Cardinals6–4Hoffman (4–2)Fossas12,21636–23
60June 7Pirates0–10SmithBergman (3–6)20,31236–24
61June 8Pirates8–9 (14)CordovaBlair (0–3)41,37836–25
62June 9Pirates0–6DarwinTewksbury (5–3)30,93236–26
63June 10Reds3–6SmithBochtler (0–2)Brantley41,12036–27
64June 11Reds1–4JarvisValenzuela (3–4)Brantley12,02936–28
65June 12Reds4–9SmileyFlorie (1–2)11,41136–29
66June 13@ Cubs3–6 (14)JonesBlair (0–4)28,95336–30
67June 14@ Cubs1–5TrachselTewksbury (5–4)30,87736–31
68June 15@ Cubs2–1Worrell (5–1)NavarroHoffman (12)39,46537–31
69June 16@ Cubs4–8CastilloValenzuela (3–5)Bullinger33,37637–32
70June 17@ Braves3–9MadduxBergman (3–7)32,93437–33
71June 18@ Braves3–5ClontzHamilton (8–4)Wohlers32,73037–34
72June 19@ Braves1–5SmoltzTewksbury (5–5)34,82337–35
73June 20Cubs2–3NavarroWorrell (5–2)Wendell19,96937–36
74June 21Cubs2–1 (10)Hoffman (5–2)Wendell49,50338–36
75June 22Cubs6–9 (16)MyersBlair (0–5)51,91738–37
76June 23Cubs5–4Hamilton (9–4)TelemacoHoffman (13)30,67239–37
77June 25Astros4–9JonesSanders (1–2)13,45839–38
78June 26Astros3–4WallWorrell (5–3)Wagner12,38839–39
79June 27@ Giants11–1Valenzuela (4–5)Gardner12,32540–39
80June 28@ Giants6–1Ashby (8–2)FernandezHoffman (14)13,12941–39
81June 29@ Giants7–6Blair (1–5)BeckHoffman (15)24,54042–39
82June 30@ Giants7–4Tewksbury (6–5)VanLandinghamHoffman (16)26,37343–39
July: 15–12 (Home: 9–4; Away: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
83July 1Dodgers2–10CandiottiWorrell (5–4)40,34343–40
84July 2Dodgers3–7AstacioValenzuela (4–6)28,29443–41
85July 3Dodgers3–2Hamilton (10–4)MartinezHoffman (17)48,84144–41
86July 4Giants8–4Tewksbury (7–5)Leiter14,11145–41
87July 5Giants7–6 (11)Bergman (4–7)Bautista22,58946–41
88July 6Giants7–3Worrell (6–4)BourgeoisHoffman (18)51,02147–41
89July 7Giants10–3Valenzuela (5–6)Fernandez32,69348–41
90July 11@ Rockies5–8 (10)RuffinHoffman (5–3)45,70348–42
91July 12@ Rockies12–13HolmesBlair (1–6)48,05348–43
92July 13@ Rockies6–11RitzSanders (1–3)48,00948–44
93July 14@ Rockies4–8ReynosoValenzuela (5–7)48,06548–45
94July 15@ Dodgers0–1 (10)GuthrieHoffman (5–4)44,36848–46
95July 16@ Dodgers10–1Tewksbury (8–5)MartinezWorrell (1)52,43649–46
96July 17@ Dodgers5–4Florie (2–2)OsunaHoffman (19)42,42350–46
97July 18Rockies9–2Sanders (2–3)Ritz24,21251–46
98July 19Rockies4–3Valenzuela (6–7)ReynosoHoffman (20)26,55952–46
99July 20Rockies4–5LeskanicBochtler (0–3)Ruffin55,04652–47
100July 21Rockies2–0Tewksbury (9–5)FreemanHoffman (21)36,68653–47
101July 22@ Astros0–1ReynoldsHamilton (10–5)Wagner21,56353–48
102July 23@ Astros7–4Sanders (3–3)HamptonHoffman (22)19,62054–48
103July 24@ Astros4–6 (10)HernandezVillone (0–1)19,16854–49
104July 26@ Marlins3–0 (11)Hoffman (6–4)Pall19,67755–49
105July 27@ Marlins20–12Villone (1–1)Mathews26,18256–49
106July 28@ Marlins2–8LeiterHamilton (10–6)22,68356–50
107July 29@ Marlins5–3Sanders (4–3)BrownHoffman (23)18,28157–50
108July 30Braves2–1Valenzuela (7–7)MadduxHoffman (24)24,11058–50
109July 31Braves4–7GlavineTewksbury (9–6)Wohlers24,25458–51
August: 18–10 (Home: 9–4; Away: 9–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
110August 1Braves2–3BieleckiWorrell (6–5)Wohlers24,08958–52
111August 2Marlins2–1Hoffman (7–4)Perez18,23959–52
112August 3Marlins2–5BrownSanders (4–4)Nen55,41259–53
113August 4Marlins6–4Valenzuela (8–7)HammondHoffman (25)35,30260–53
114August 5@ Cardinals2–8BenesTewksbury (9–7)28,65360–54
115August 6@ Cardinals1–0Worrell (7–5)OsborneHoffman (26)25,78261–54
116August 7@ Cardinals0–1PetkovsekBochtler (0–4)24,82361–55
117August 8@ Pirates12–3Sanders (5–4)Peters8,38862–55
118August 9@ Pirates4–1Valenzuela (9–7)MiceliHoffman (27)30,06663–55
119August 10@ Pirates6–2Veras (1–0)Plesac21,90264–55
120August 11@ Pirates7–5Bergman (5–7)ParrisHoffman (28)27,22765–55
121August 13@ Reds4–10JarvisHamilton (10–7)20,20565–56
122August 14@ Reds1–2 (13)SmithBergman (5–8)20,98365–57
123August 15@ Reds2–3BurbaTewksbury (9–8)Brantley23,14365–58
124August 16Mets15–10Valenzuela (10–7)Person23,69966–58
125August 17Mets3–7ClarkWorrell (7–6)Henry20,87366–59
126August 18Mets8–0Hamilton (11–7)Wilson22,81067–59
127August 19Expos7–3Sanders (6–4)MartinezHoffman (29)33,49068–59
128August 20Expos3–0Tewksbury (10–8)CormierHoffman (30)18,42669–59
129August 21Expos7–2Valenzuela (11–7)Urbina29,18270–59
130August 23Phillies4–7HunterWorrell (7–7)Bottalico22,10270–60
131August 24Phillies7–1Hamilton (12–7)Beech31,02371–60
132August 25Phillies11–2Sanders (7–4)West30,03672–60
133August 27@ Mets4–3Blair (2–6)MlickiHoffman (31)17,92573–60
134August 28@ Mets3–2 (12)Bergman (6–8)WallaceHoffman (32)17,44274–60
135August 29@ Mets3–2Hamilton (13–7)WilsonHoffman (33)17,01675–60
136August 30@ Expos6–0Sanders (8–4)Paniagua14,13376–60
137August 31@ Expos2–4DaalTewksbury (10–9)Rojas18,23576–61
September: 15–10 (Home: 7–5; Away: 8–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
138September 1@ Expos6–7FasseroAshby (8–3)Rojas20,66676–62
139September 2@ Phillies5–1Valenzuela (12–7)Hunter15,26377–62
140September 3@ Phillies2–8MimbsHamilton (13–8)Ryan16,79777–63
141September 4@ Phillies2–1Sanders (9–4)BeechHoffman (34)18,75478–63
142September 6@ Cardinals3–8PetkovsekTewksbury (10–10)28,11678–64
143September 7@ Cardinals3–8OsborneAshby (8–4)42,84678–65
144September 8@ Cardinals5–4Valenzuela (13–7)StottlemyreHoffman (35)30,89779–65
145September 9Pirates6–5Hermanson (1–0)WilkinsHoffman (36)15,72780–65
146September 10Pirates6–5Hoffman (8–4)Boever15,69481–65
147September 11Pirates8–7Bochtler (1–4)Ericks33,77182–65
148September 13Reds1–3MorganAshby (8–5)Brantley26,52482–66
149September 14Reds3–2 (12)Veras (2–0)Smith25,23183–66
150September 15Reds8–0Hamilton (14–8)JarvisBlair (1)29,00584–66
151September 16@ Giants2–1 (11)Hoffman (9–4)Beck8,85385–66
152September 17@ Giants7–9PooleVeras (2–1)Beck12,73785–67
153September 18@ Giants8–5Bochtler (2–4)DeLuciaHoffman (37)11,99686–67
154September 19Dodgers0–7MartinezValenzuela (13–8)41,28786–68
155September 20Dodgers4–2Hamilton (15–8)CandiottiHoffman (38)51,21787–68
156September 21Dodgers2–9ValdezSanders (9–5)53,62987–69
157September 22Dodgers3–2Ashby (9–5)NomoHoffman (39)51,09288–69
158September 24Rockies4–5 (11)RuffinHoffman (9–5)Swift23,55688–70
159September 25Rockies3–5ThompsonHamilton (15–9)Ruffin32,70688–71
160September 27@ Dodgers5–2 (10)Worrell (8–7)OsunaHoffman (40)53,29489–71
161September 28@ Dodgers4–2Worrell (9–7)DreifortHoffman (41)52,97790–71
162September 29@ Dodgers2–0 (11)Veras (3–1)ParkHoffman (42)53,27091–71
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Padres team member

Detailed records

MonthGamesWonLostWin %RSRA
April2717100.630145108
May2717100.63012987
June289190.321113155
July2715120.556148133
August2818100.64313491
September2515100.600102108
Total16291710.562771682
GamesWonLostWin %RSRA
Home8145360.556356337
Away8146350.568415345
Total16291710.562771682

Notable transactions

  • July 31, 1996: Marc Newfield was traded by the San Diego Padres with Bryce Florie and Ron Villone to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later and Greg Vaughn. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Gerald Parent (minors) (September 16, 1996) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.[8]

Roster

1996 San Diego Padres
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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
CJohn Flaherty7226380.303941
1BWally Joyner121433120.277864
2BJody Reed146495121.244249
SSChris Gomez8932886.262329
3BKen Caminiti146546178.32640130
LFRickey Henderson148465112.241929
CFSteve Finley161655195.2983095
RFTony Gwynn116451159.353350

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Brian Johnson8224366.272835
Archi Cianfrocco7919254.281232
Marc Newfield8419148.251526
Scott Livingstone10217251.297220
Andújar Cedeño4915436.234318
Brad Ausmus5014927.181113
Greg Vaughn4314129.2061022
Luis López6313925.180211
Craig Shipley339229.31517
Chris Gwynn819016.178110
Rob Deer25509.18049
Jason Thompson134911.22426
Doug Dascenzo2191.11100
Jim Tatum530.00000
Sean Mulligan210.00000
Todd Steverson110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Joey Hamilton34211.21594.17184
Bob Tewksbury36206.210104.31126
Fernando Valenzuela33171.21383.6295
Andy Ashby24150.2953.2385

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Scott Sanders46144.0953.38157
Tim Worrell50121.0973.0599
Sean Bergman41113.1684.3785

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Trevor Hoffman7095422.25111
Doug Bochtler632433.0268
Willie Blair602614.6067
Bryce Florie392204.0151
Dario Veras233102.7923
Ron Villone211102.9519
Al Osuna100002.254
Dustin Hermanson81008.5611
Mike Oquist80002.354
Andrés Berumen30005.404
Glenn Dishman30007.710
Pete Walker10000.001

National League Division Series

St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Diego Padres

St. Louis wins the series, 3-0

GameHomeScoreVisitorScoreDateSeries
1St. Louis3San Diego1October 11-0 (STL)
2St. Louis5San Diego4October 32-0 (STL)
3San Diego5St. Louis7October 53-0 (STL)

The Cardinals and Padres began their rivalry in this series. The Cardinals' first of three postseason victories against the Padres took place here. Their dominance is overwhelming to the tune of only one loss against the Padres lifetime in the postseason.

A 3-run homer by Gary Gaetti off Joey Hamilton in Game 1 put the Cardinals up for good. Todd Stottlemyre pitched masterfully, allowing only one earned run on a solo home run by Rickey Henderson. Rick Honeycutt and Dennis Eckersley shut the Padres down for the win.

A well fought Game 2 saw the Cardinals squander two leads. Scott Sanders faced Andy Benes. Willie McGee put the Cardinals on top on the 3rd with an RBI single. Ken Caminiti tied the game with a leadoff homer in the 5th. Ron Gant cleared the bases with a double in the Cardinals 5th to make it 4-1. A 2 run single by Tony Gwynn made it a one run game in the Padres 6th. An RBI ground out by Steve Finley tied the game in the Padres 8th. But the Cardinals would score a run in the 8th on an RBI ground out that scored Brian Jordan. Dennis Eckersley got his 2nd save of the postseason.

In Game 3, the Cardinals looked to Donovan Osborne to put the Padres away. Opposing the potential sweep would be Andy Ashby. Brian Jordan put the Cardinals ahead when he singled to center field to score Royce Clayton. A would-be double play ball in the bottom of the 2nd helped the Padres take the lead 2-1. Then Ken Caminiti homered to make it 3-1 in the 3rd. An RBI single in the bottom of the 4th made it 4-1 Padres and Osborne was done. But the Cardinals were not about to let the series go another game. A leadoff homer by Ron Gant made it 4-2 in the 6th. But a one-out triple by John Mabry scored Jordan and a single would bring him home to tie the game at 4. The Cardinals would take the lead in the 7th when Ray Lankford scored on a double play. The Padres were now 6 outs from being eliminated. But when Caminiti hit his second homer of the game to tie it at 5, the Padres were still alive. However, the Cardinals put the game away in the top of the 9th when Jordan hit a two-run homer that proved to be the series winner. A one-out single by Rickey Henderson in the 9th put the tying run at the plate but nothing would be made of it as Eckersley got his 3rd save in as many tries to win the series.

Award winners

  • Ken Caminiti, National League Most Valuable Player

1996 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Tony Gwynn
  • Ken Caminiti

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAALas Vegas StarsPacific Coast LeagueJerry Royster
AAMemphis ChicksSouthern LeagueEd Romero
ARancho Cucamonga QuakesCalifornia LeagueMike Basso
AClinton LumberKingsMidwest LeagueMike Ramsey
RookieAZL PadresArizona LeagueLarry See
RookieIdaho Falls BravesPioneer LeagueDon Werner

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Padres[9]

References