1996 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1996 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers finishing third in the American League Central with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses.

1996 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Bud Selig
General manager(s)Sal Bando
Manager(s)Phil Garner
Local televisionWVTV
(Jim Paschke, Bill Schroeder)
Local radioWTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Jim Powell)
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Offseason
  • January 23, 1996: Ben McDonald was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[1]

Regular season

Season standings
AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 9962 0.615 — 51–29 48–33
Chicago White Sox 8577 0.525 14½ 44–37 41–40
Milwaukee Brewers 8082 0.494 19½ 38–43 42–39
Minnesota Twins 7884 0.481 21½ 39–43 39–41
Kansas City Royals 7586 0.466 24 37–43 38–43

Record vs. opponents
1996 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —7–66–64–85–711–29–39–37–53–109–47–53–10–18–5
Boston 6–7—8–46–61–1112–13–97–56–67–68–57–66–68–5
California 6–64–8—6–64–96–64–87–54–87–66–75–84–97–5
Chicago 8–46–66–6—5–810–37–66–76–76–75–75–78–47–5
Cleveland 7–511–19–48–5—12–07–67–610–33–96–68–44–87–5
Detroit 2–111–126–63–100–12—6–64–86–65–84–86–64–96–7
Kansas City 3–99–38–46–76–76–6—4–96–74–85–77–56–65–8
Milwaukee 3–95–75–77–66–78–49–4—9–46–67–54–96–75–7
Minnesota 5–76–68–47–63–106–67–64–9—5–76–76–67–58–5
New York 10–36–76–77–69–38–58–46–67–5—9–33–95–78–5
Oakland 4–95–87–67–56–68–47–55–77–63–9—8–57–64–8
Seattle 5–76–78–57–54–86–65–79–46–69–35–8—10–35–7
Texas 10–3–16–69–44–88–49–46–67–65–77–56–73–10—10–2
Toronto 5–85–85–75–75–77–68–57–55–85–88–47–52–10—

Game log
1996 Game Log: 80–82 (Home: 38–43; Away: 42–39)
April: 12–12 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–6)
May: 11–16 (Home: 5–7; Away: 6–9)
June: 17–11 (Home: 10–6; Away: 7–5)
July: 12–16 (Home: 7–7; Away: 5–9)
August: 14–16 (Home: 5–10; Away: 9–6)
September: 14–11 (Home: 5–7; Away: 9–4)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Brewers team member

Detailed records

Notable transactions

Roster
1996 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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

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
Chuck Carr2710629.274111

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

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

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
Mark Kiefer70008.105

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball

The Brewers' farm system consisted of seven minor league affiliates in 1996.[4] The Brewers operated a Dominican Summer League team as a co-op with the Chicago White Sox.[4] The Helena Brewers won the Pioneer League championship.[5]

Level Team League Manager
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
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References
  1. Ben McDonald page at Baseball Reference
  2. Marc Newfield page at Baseball Reference
  3. Pat Listach page at Baseball Reference
  4. "1996 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  5. "Pioneer League Champions". Pioneer League. Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on December 31, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
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