1996_Seattle_Mariners_season

1996 Seattle Mariners
1996 Seattle Mariners
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Kingdome
City	Seattle, Washington
Record	85–76 (.528)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Hiroshi Yamauchi; (represented by John Ellis)
General managers	Woody Woodward
Managers	Lou Piniella
Television	KIRO-TV 7; Prime Sports NW
Radio	KIRO 710 AM; (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,; Ron Fairly)

1996 Seattle Mariners season

Major League Baseball team season

The Seattle Mariners 1996 season was their 20th season, and the team was the runner-up in American League West, with a record of 85–76 (.528), 4½ games behind the champion Texas Rangers. The Mariners led the majors in runs (993), doubles (335), runs batted in (954), and slugging percentage (.484), but the pitching staff had the highest earned run average (5.21) in team history. Four Mariners scored at least 100 runs and four drove in at least 100 runs.^[1] In their game against the Kansas City Royals on May 11, the Mariners set a franchise record of 12 extra-base hits.^[2]

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1996 Game Log: 85–76 (Home: 43–38; Away: 42–38)

March: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	March 31	White Sox	3–2 (12)	Hurtado (1–0)	Simas	—	57,467	1–0

April: 15–10 (Home: 8–5; Away: 7–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
2	April 2	White Sox	3–2	Hitchcock (1–0)	Alvarez	Charlton (1)	38,570	2–0
3	April 3	White Sox	2–4	Magrane	Wolcott (0–1)	Hernandez	22,783	2–1
4	April 5	Brewers	6–10	Karl	Hurtado (1–1)	—	27,768	2–2
5	April 6	Brewers	8–5	Johnson (1–0)	Sparks	—	56,892	3–2
6	April 7	Brewers	3–1	Hitchcock (2–0)	Bones	Jackson (1)	21,004	4–2
7	April 9	@ Tigers	9–10	Keagle	Menhart (0–1)	Williams	42,932	4–3
8	April 10	@ Tigers	3–7	Olivares	Hurtado (1–2)	—	9,299	4–4
9	April 11	@ Tigers	9–1	Johnson (2–0)	Gohr	—	12,272	5–4
10	April 12	@ Blue Jays	9–6	Hitchcock (3–0)	Quantrill	—	31,293	6–4
11	April 13	@ Blue Jays	14–3	Bosio (1–0)	Ware	—	33,645	7–4
12	April 14	@ Blue Jays	9–4	Wolcott (1–1)	Hentgen	—	29,301	8–4
13	April 15	Angels	11–10	Charlton (1–0)	Eichhorn	—	36,960	9–4
14	April 16	Angels	5–3	Johnson (3–0)	Abbott	—	25,404	10–4
15	April 17	Tigers	8–3	Jackson (1–0)	Veres	—	18,008	11–4
16	April 18	Tigers	11–3	Bosio (2–0)	Sodowsky	Hurtado (1)	17,536	12–4
17	April 19	Blue Jays	4–10	Hentgen	Wolcott (1–2)	Bohanon	32,189	12–5
18	April 20	Blue Jays	1–3	Guzman	Menhart (0–2)	Timlin	47,487	12–6
19	April 21	Blue Jays	9–5	Johnson (4–0)	Hanson	—	34,915	13–6
20	April 22	Blue Jays	7–16	Castillo	Hurtado (1–3)	—	18,467	13–7
21	April 24	@ White Sox	1–2	Alvarez	Bosio (2–1)	Hernandez	15,882	13–8
22	April 25	@ White Sox	3–4	Tapani	Wolcott (1–3)	Hernandez	14,679	13–9
23	April 26	@ Brewers	6–5	Carmona (1–0)	Potts	Charlton (2)	13,072	14–9
24	April 27	@ Brewers	6–5	Wells (1–0)	Bones	Charlton (3)	17,270	15–9
25	April 28	@ Brewers	9–16	Potts	Davis (0–1)	—	19,717	15–10
26	April 30	@ Rangers	8–0	Bosio (3–1)	Gross	—	27,272	16–10

May: 12–14 (Home: 8–9; Away: 4–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
27	May 1	@ Rangers	4–5	Russell	Jackson (1–1)	Henneman	31,775	16–11
28	May 2	Indians	4–6	Hershiser	Wolcott (1–4)	Mesa	21,711	16–12
29	May 3	Indians	2–5	Nagy	Hitchcock (3–1)	Mesa	38,086	16–13
30	May 4	Indians	5–1	Menhart (1–2)	Lopez	—	57,133	17–13
31	May 5	Indians	0–2	Martinez	Bosio (3–2)	Mesa	56,883	17–14
32	May 6	Twins	5–4	Wells (2–0)	Radke	Charlton (4)	32,203	18–14
33	May 7	Twins	0–2	Parra	Wolcott (1–5)	Stevens	15,626	18–15
34	May 8	Twins	5–7 (10)	Guardado	Wells (2–1)	Stevens	22,175	18–16
35	May 10	Royals	10–14	Valera	Davis (0–2)	—	24,231	18–17
36	May 11	Royals	11–1	Wolcott (2–5)	Belcher	Carmona (1)	43,297	19–17
37	May 12	Royals	8–5	Johnson (5–0)	Linton	Charlton (5)	27,470	20–17
38	May 14	@ Yankees	0–2	Gooden	Hitchcock (3–2)	—	20,786	20–18
39	May 15	@ Yankees	10–5	Hurtado (2–3)	Key	—	20,680	21–18
40	May 17	@ Orioles	13–14	Mills	Charlton (1–1)	—	47,259	21–19
41	May 18	@ Orioles	7–3	Milacki (1–0)	Mercker	—	46,434	22–19
42	May 19	@ Orioles	7–8	Mussina	Hurtado (2–4)	Myers	47,565	22–20
43	May 21	@ Red Sox	13–7	Wells (3–1)	Eshelman	—	24,528	23–20
44	May 22	@ Red Sox	6–1	Wolcott (3–5)	Wakefield	—	26,753	24–20
45	May 23	@ Red Sox	4–11	Clemens	Milacki (1–1)	—	31,551	24–21
46	May 24	Yankees	10–4	Hitchcock (4–2)	Kamieniecki	—	44,236	25–21
47	May 25	Yankees	4–5	Mendoza	Hurtado (2–5)	Wetteland	57,173	25–22
48	May 26	Yankees	4–3	Menhart (2–2)	Gooden	Charlton (6)	42,410	26–22
49	May 28	Orioles	8–12	Rhodes	Guetterman (0–1)	Haynes	23,235	26–23
50	May 29	Orioles	9–8	Charlton (2–1)	Myers	—	20,253	27–23
51	May 30	Red Sox	1–10	Gordon	Torres (0–1)	—	17,395	27–24
52	May 31	Red Sox	9–6	Wells (4–1)	Garces	—	29,119	28–24

June: 14–12 (Home: 5–5; Away: 9–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
53	June 1	Red Sox	5–6	Wakefield	Milacki (1–2)	Slocumb	34,822	28–25
54	June 2	Red Sox	3–1	Wolcott (4–5)	Clemens	Jackson (2)	47,540	29–25
55	June 4	@ Indians	10–7	Carmona (2–0)	Mesa	Charlton (7)	42,179	30–25
56	June 5	@ Indians	5–13	Plunk	Milacki (1–3)	—	42,274	30–26
57	June 6	@ Indians	5–2	Wells (5–1)	Martinez	Charlton (8)	42,236	31–26
58	June 7	@ Royals	5–9	Valera	Wolcott (4–6)	—	20,891	31–27
59	June 8	@ Royals	8–12	Appier	Milacki (1–4)	Montgomery	30,022	31–28
60	June 9	@ Royals	3–2	Hitchcock (5–2)	Gubicza	Charlton (9)	20,489	32–28
61	June 10	@ Twins	6–13	Aldred	Wagner (0–1)	Trombley	17,134	32–29
62	June 11	@ Twins	18–8	Wells (6–1)	Aguilera	Hurtado (2)	14,395	33–29
63	June 12	@ Twins	5–3	Wolcott (5–6)	Radke	Charlton (10)	15,830	34–29
64	June 14	White Sox	1–4	Alvarez	Hitchcock (5–3)	Hernandez	30,163	34–30
65	June 15	White Sox	8–6 (12)	Carmona (3–0)	McCaskill	—	47,042	35–30
66	June 16	White Sox	7–6	Wells (7–1)	Magrane	Jackson (3)	34,588	36–30
67	June 18	Blue Jays	3–11	Guzman	Wolcott (5–7)	—	25,912	36–31
68	June 19	Blue Jays	2–9	Hanson	Harikkala (0–1)	—	26,265	36–32
69	June 20	@ White Sox	8–5	Hitchcock (6–3)	Tapani	Charlton (11)	23,017	37–32
70	June 21	@ White Sox	12–2	Wagner (1–1)	Magrane	—	23,253	38–32
71	June 22	@ White Sox	4–2	Wells (8–1)	Fernandez	Charlton (12)	27,036	39–32
72	June 23	@ White Sox	6–7 (10)	McCaskill	Guetterman (0–2)	—	26,768	39–33
73	June 25	@ Blue Jays	7–8	Crabtree	Charlton (2–2)	—	31,420	39–34
74	June 26	@ Blue Jays	5–6	Ware	Ayala (0–1)	Crabtree	30,158	39–35
75	June 27	@ Blue Jays	9–1	Wells (9–1)	Quantrill	—	31,108	40–35
76	June 28	Rangers	19–8	Carmona (4–0)	Pavlik	—	34,413	41–35
77	June 29	Rangers	5–9	Oliver	Meacham (0–1)	—	37,556	41–36
78	June 30	Rangers	4–3	Hitchcock (7–3)	Witt	Charlton (13)	33,392	42–36

July: 16–12 (Home: 8–6; Away: 8–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
79	July 1	Athletics	4–6	Wengert	Wagner (1–2)	Taylor	18,166	42–37
80	July 2	Athletics	6–11	Mohler	Charlton (2–3)	—	19,632	42–38
81	July 3	Athletics	4–3	Ayala (1–1)	Reyes	—	36,619	43–38
82	July 4	@ Rangers	9–5	Carmona (5–0)	Henneman	—	46,668	44–38
83	July 5	@ Rangers	6–3	Hitchcock (8–3)	Witt	—	46,397	45–38
84	July 6	@ Rangers	9–5	Wagner (2–2)	Gross	—	46,458	46–38
85	July 7	@ Rangers	3–8	Hill	Wells (9–2)	—	36,933	46–39
86	July 11	Angels	5–4 (12)	Carmona (6–0)	Monteleone	—	25,949	47–39
87	July 12	Angels	7–6 (10)	Ayala (2–1)	McElroy	—	29,618	48–39
88	July 13	Angels	4–6	Boskie	Ayala (2–2)	Percival	37,792	48–40
89	July 14	Angels	8–0	Wells (10–2)	Grimsley	—	33,243	49–40
90	July 15	@ Athletics	5–1	Wolcott (6–7)	Telgheder	—	11,183	50–40
91	July 16	@ Athletics	5–12	Chouinard	Hitchcock (8–4)	—	15,206	50–41
92	July 17	@ Athletics	6–7	Corsi	Minor (0–1)	Taylor	14,387	50–42
93	July 18	@ Angels	15–3	Meacham (1–1)	Boskie	—	22,780	51–42
94	July 19	@ Angels	4–9	Grimsley	Wells (10–3)	—	23,332	51–43
95	July 20	@ Angels	4–5	Schmidt	Charlton (2–4)	Percival	31,759	51–44
96	July 21	@ Angels	6–2	Hitchcock (9–4)	Abbott	—	22,088	52–44
97	July 22	Brewers	8–3	Wagner (3–2)	Mercedes	—	40,555	53–44
98	July 23	Brewers	3–7	Karl	Carmona (6–1)	—	22,378	53–45
99	July 24	Brewers	8–7	Ayala (3–2)	Fetters	—	19,899	54–45
100	July 25	Tigers	4–7 (10)	Lima	Ayala (3–3)	—	19,949	54–46
101	July 26	Tigers	6–4	Hitchcock (10–4)	Sager	Jackson (4)	25,175	55–46
102	July 27	Tigers	13–7	Davis (1–2)	Williams	—	43,209	56–46
103	July 28	Tigers	6–14	Olivares	Bosio (3–3)	—	38,204	56–47
104	July 30	@ Brewers	6–5	Wells (11–3)	Eldred	Ayala (1)	—	57–47
105	July 30	@ Brewers	3–4	Van Egmond	Wolcott (6–8)	Fetters	18,591	57–48
106	July 31	@ Brewers	9–3	Hitchcock (11–4)	D'Amico	—	30,772	58–48

August: 12–17 (Home: 5–10; Away: 7–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
107	August 1	@ Brewers	9–2	Moyer (1–0)	McDonald	—	18,425	59–48
108	August 2	@ Tigers	2–8	Olivares	Wagner (3–3)	—	23,405	59–49
109	August 3	@ Tigers	3–6	Olson	Charlton (2–5)	—	25,928	59–50
110	August 4	@ Tigers	9–3	Wolcott (7–8)	Nitkowski	—	23,569	60–50
111	August 6	Indians	3–4	Lopez	Wells (11–4)	Mesa	31,472	60–51
112	August 7	Indians	4–5	Tavarez	Charlton (2–6)	Mesa	30,431	60–52
113	August 8	Indians	1–2	Ogea	Mulholland (0–1)	Mesa	36,822	60–53
114	August 9	Twins	5–6	Parra	Wolcott (7–9)	Rodriguez	25,130	60–54
115	August 10	Twins	4–10	Klingenbeck	Hitchcock (11–5)	—	34,381	60–55
116	August 11	Twins	3–6	Radke	Wells (11–5)	Rodriguez	36,114	60–56
117	August 12	Royals	4–10	Appier	Moyer (1–1)	Huisman	43,476	60–57
118	August 13	Royals	9–5	Mulholland (1–1)	Linton	Johnson (1)	21,961	61–57
119	August 14	Royals	1–3	Rosado	Wolcott (7–10)	Montgomery	23,709	61–58
120	August 16	@ Yankees	6–5	Hitchcock (12–5)	Polley	Jackson (5)	50,724	62–58
121	August 17	@ Yankees	10–3	Moyer (2–1)	Rogers	—	51,729	63–58
122	August 18	@ Yankees	13–12 (12)	Ayala (4–3)	Mecir	Jackson (6)	44,769	64–58
123	August 19	@ Yankees	4–10	Pettitte	Carmona (6–2)	—	33,994	64–59
124	August 20	@ Orioles	1–4	Mussina	Wagner (3–4)	Myers	47,679	64–60
125	August 21	@ Orioles	5–10	Erickson	Hitchcock (12–6)	—	47,198	64–61
126	August 22	@ Orioles	10–3	Moyer (3–1)	Coppinger	—	47,380	65–61
127	August 23	@ Red Sox	6–4	Bosio (4–3)	Brandenburg	Ayala (2)	33,079	66–61
128	August 24	@ Red Sox	5–9	Lacy	Wells (11–6)	—	32,928	66–62
129	August 25	@ Red Sox	5–8	Maddux	Wagner (3–5)	Slocumb	34,377	66–63
130	August 26	Yankees	2–1	Ayala (5–3)	Lloyd	Charlton (14)	32,857	67–63
131	August 27	Yankees	7–4	Moyer (4–1)	Lloyd	—	32,975	68–63
132	August 28	Yankees	10–2	Mulholland (2–1)	Gooden	—	30,952	69–63
133	August 29	Orioles	9–6	Charlton (3–6)	Myers	—	24,915	70–63
134	August 30	Orioles	2–5	Coppinger	Hitchcock (12–7)	Mills	44,532	70–64
135	August 31	Orioles	6–7	Erickson	Bosio (4–4)	Benitez	42,092	70–65

September: 15–11 (Home: 8–3; Away: 7–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
136	September 1	Orioles	5–1	Mulholland (3–1)	Wells	—	50,015	71–65
137	September 2	Red Sox	8–9 (10)	Slocumb	Carmona (6–3)	—	24,470	71–66
138	September 3	Red Sox	11–9	Torres (1–1)	Gordon	Charlton (15)	17,374	72–66
139	September 4	Red Sox	5–7	Mahomes	Hitchcock (12–8)	Slocumb	22,642	72–67
140	September 8	@ Indians	1–2	Nagy	Mulholland (3–2)	—	42,307	72–68
141	September 8	@ Indians	6–5	Charlton (4–6)	Mesa	—	42,217	73–68
142	September 10	@ Royals	2–4	Rosado	Torres (1–2)	Bluma	12,499	73–69
143	September 11	@ Royals	2–4	Linton	Moyer (4–2)	Bluma	13,078	73–70
144	September 12	@ Royals	8–5	Mulholland (4–2)	Haney	Charlton (16)	15,045	74–70
145	September 13	@ Twins	13–7	Wells (12–6)	Miller	—	15,510	75–70
146	September 14	@ Twins	5–3 (10)	Ayala (6–3)	Guardado	Charlton (17)	18,002	76–70
147	September 15	@ Twins	7–0	Torres (2–2)	Robertson	—	25,142	77–70
148	September 16	Rangers	6–0	Moyer (5–2)	Burkett	—	50,544	78–70
149	September 17	Rangers	5–2	Mulholland (5–2)	Hill	Ayala (3)	32,279	79–70
150	September 18	Rangers	5–2	Hitchcock (13–8)	Witt	Charlton (18)	35,162	80–70
151	September 19	Rangers	7–6	Davis (2–2)	Cook	Charlton (19)	39,769	81–70
152	September 20	Athletics	12–2	Carmona (7–3)	Wengert	Meacham (1)	56,535	82–70
153	September 21	Athletics	9–2	Moyer (6–2)	Telgheder	—	56,103	83–70
154	September 22	Athletics	11–13	Mohler	Mulholland (5–3)	Taylor	54,194	83–71
155	September 23	@ Angels	3–4	Finley	Hitchcock (13–9)	Percival	16,212	83–72
156	September 24	@ Angels	6–11	Springer	Wells (12–7)	—	18,891	83–73
157	September 25	@ Angels	11–2	Torres (3–2)	Boskie	—	17,160	84–73
158	September 26	@ Athletics	5–7	Taylor	Charlton (4–7)	—	11,141	84–74
159	September 27	@ Athletics	1–8	Telgheder	Mulholland (5–4)	—	25,132	84–75
160	September 28	@ Athletics	5–3 (10)	Carmona (8–3)	Acre	Charlton (20)	30,057	85–75
161	September 29	@ Athletics	1–3	Small	Torres (3–3)	Taylor	34,462	85–76

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Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Dan Wilson	138	491	140	.285	18	83
1B	Paul Sorrento	143	471	136	.289	23	93
2B	Joey Cora	144	530	154	.291	6	45
SS	Alex Rodriguez	146	601	215	.358	36	123
3B	Russ Davis	51	167	39	.234	5	18
LF	Rich Amaral	118	312	91	.292	1	29
CF	Ken Griffey Jr.	140	545	165	.303	49	140
RF	Jay Buhner	150	564	153	.271	44	138
DH	Edgar Martínez	139	499	163	.327	26	103

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Sterling Hitchcock	35	196.2	13	9	5.35	132
Bob Wolcott	30	149.1	7	10	5.73	78
Matt Wagner	15	80.0	3	5	6.86	41
Jamie Moyer	11	70.2	6	2	3.31	29
Terry Mulholland	12	69.1	5	4	4.67	34
Tim Harikkala	1	4.1	0	1	12.46	1

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bob Wells	36	130.2	12	7	5.30	94
Randy Johnson	14	61.1	5	0	3.67	85
Chris Bosio	18	60.2	4	4	5.93	39
Salomón Torres	10	49.0	3	3	4.59	36
Edwin Hurtado	16	47.2	2	5	7.74	36
Rusty Meacham	15	42.1	1	1	5.74	25
Paul Menhart	11	42.0	2	2	7.29	18
Bob Milacki	7	21.0	1	4	6.86	13

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Norm Charlton	70	4	7	20	4.04	73
Mike Jackson	73	1	1	6	3.63	70
Rafael Carmona	53	8	3	1	4.28	62
Bobby Ayala	50	6	3	3	5.88	61
Tim Davis	40	2	2	0	4.01	34
Lee Guetterman	17	0	2	0	4.09	6
Blas Minor	11	0	1	0	4.97	14
Greg McCarthy	10	0	0	0	1.86	7
Scott Davison	5	0	0	0	9.00	9
Joe Klink	3	0	0	0	3.86	2
Mac Suzuki	1	0	0	0	20.25	1

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tacoma Rainiers	Pacific Coast League	Dave Myers
AA	Port City Roosters	Southern League	Orlando Gómez
A	Lancaster JetHawks	California League	Dave Brundage
A	Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	Midwest League	Mike Goff
A-Short Season	Everett AquaSox	Northwest League	Roger Hansen
Rookie	AZL Mariners	Arizona League	Tom LeVasseur

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1996 Seattle Mariners season

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Detailed records

Notable transactions

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Awards and honors

Farm system

References

External links

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v t e AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Texas Rangers	90	72	0.556	—	50–31	40–41
Seattle Mariners	85	76	0.528	4½	43–38	42–38
Oakland Athletics	78	84	0.481	12	40–41	38–43
California Angels	70	91	0.435	19½	43–38	27–53

1996 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	7–6	6–6	4–8	5–7	11–2	9–3	9–3	7–5	3–10	9–4	7–5	3–10–1	8–5
Boston	6–7	—	8–4	6–6	1–11	12–1	3–9	7–5	6–6	7–6	8–5	7–6	6–6	8–5
California	6–6	4–8	—	6–6	4–9	6–6	4–8	7–5	4–8	7–6	6–7	5–8	4–9	7–5
Chicago	8–4	6–6	6–6	—	5–8	10–3	7–6	6–7	6–7	6–7	5–7	5–7	8–4	7–5
Cleveland	7–5	11–1	9–4	8–5	—	12–0	7–6	7–6	10–3	3–9	6–6	8–4	4–8	7–5
Detroit	2–11	1–12	6–6	3–10	0–12	—	6–6	4–8	6–6	5–8	4–8	6–6	4–9	6–7
Kansas City	3–9	9–3	8–4	6–7	6–7	6–6	—	4–9	6–7	4–8	5–7	7–5	6–6	5–8
Milwaukee	3–9	5–7	5–7	7–6	6–7	8–4	9–4	—	9–4	6–6	7–5	4–9	6–7	5–7
Minnesota	5–7	6–6	8–4	7–6	3–10	6–6	7–6	4–9	—	5–7	6–7	6–6	7–5	8–5
New York	10–3	6–7	6–7	7–6	9–3	8–5	8–4	6–6	7–5	—	9–3	3–9	5–7	8–5
Oakland	4–9	5–8	7–6	7–5	6–6	8–4	7–5	5–7	7–6	3–9	—	8–5	7–6	4–8
Seattle	5–7	6–7	8–5	7–5	4–8	6–6	5–7	9–4	6–6	9–3	5–8	—	10–3	5–7
Texas	10–3–1	6–6	9–4	4–8	8–4	9–4	6–6	7–6	5–7	7–5	6–7	3–10	—	10–2
Toronto	5–8	5–8	5–7	5–7	5–7	7–6	8–5	7–5	5–8	5–8	8–4	7–5	2–10	—

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Luis Sojo	77	247	52	.211	1	16
Brian Hunter	75	198	53	.268	7	28
Darren Bragg	69	195	53	.272	7	25
Doug Strange	88	183	43	.235	3	23
Mark Whiten	40	140	42	.300	12	33
Andy Sheets	47	110	21	.191	0	9
John Marzano	41	106	26	.245	0	6
Dave Hollins	28	94	33	.351	3	25
Alex Diaz	38	79	19	.241	1	5
Jeff Manto	21	54	10	.185	1	4
Ricky Jordan	15	28	7	.250	1	4
Greg Pirkl	7	21	4	.190	1	1
Manny Martinez	9	17	4	.235	0	3
Chris Widger	8	11	2	.182	0	0
Raúl Ibañez	4	5	0	.000	0	0