1996 Oakland Athletics season

1996 Oakland Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Cashman Field (16 games, temporary) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum (since 1968)
Oakland, California (since 1968)
Results
Record	78–84 (.481)
Other information
Owner(s)	Stephen Schott Ken Hofmann
General manager(s)	Sandy Alderson
Manager(s)	Art Howe
Local television	KRON-TV Sports Channel Pacific (Ray Fosse, Greg Papa)
Local radio	KFRC (Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse)
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The Oakland Athletics' 1996 season was the team's 29th in Oakland, California. It was also the 96th season in franchise history. The team finished third in the American League West with a record of 78-84.

The 1996 season was the Athletics' first under manager Art Howe. It was also the team's fourth consecutive losing season. The reasons behind Oakland's mediocrity remained the same; a below-average offense failed to offset an awful pitching staff. The Athletics' starting rotation, once again, was in shambles; none of the Athletics' six primary starters (Don Wengert, Doug Johns, John Wasdin, Ariel Prieto, Steve Wojciechowski, and Dave Telgheder) managed to win more than eight games. Oakland's bullpen also ranked among the league's worst. All told, the A's boasted a team ERA of 5.20; this was the 10th best total in the 14-team American League.

The Athletics' offense was only slightly better. As had been the case in prior years, slugger Mark McGwire was the main draw; he crushed a league-high (and Oakland franchise record) 52 home runs in 1996. Designated hitter Gerónimo Berroa and catcher Terry Steinbach belted 36 and 35 home runs, respectively; secondary hitters Scott Brosius, Jason Giambi, and Ernie Young contributed 22, 20, and 19. The Athletics, as a team, hit 243 home runs (the American League's third-most); a low team batting average, however, ensured that they would finish the season with only 861 runs (the American League's 10th best total).

The Athletics hovered around the .500-mark for almost all of the season. They were not expected to contend in 1996, and indeed did not; they ultimately finished 12 games behind the first-time AL West Champion Texas Rangers.

Offseason

November 27, 1995: Buddy Groom was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[1]
December 5, 1995: Torey Lovullo was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[2]
January 22, 1996: Danny Tartabull was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Andrew Lorraine and Charles Poe (minors).^[3]
January 22, 1996: Rafael Bournigal was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[4]
January 29, 1996: Aaron Small was selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics from the Seattle Mariners.^[5]
January 29, 1996: Pedro Munoz was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[6]
February 13, 1996: Dennis Eckersley was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the St. Louis Cardinals for Steve Montgomery.
March 10, 1996: Webster Garrison was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[7]

Regular season

Season standings

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

Record vs. opponents

1996 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	7–6	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	—

Game log

1996 Game Log: 78–84 (Home: 40–41; Away: 38–43)

April: 13–12 (Home: 5–7; Away: 8–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 1	Blue Jays	6–9	Hanson	Reyes (0–1)	Timlin	7,294	0–1
2	April 3	Blue Jays	4–10	Hentgen	Prieto (0–1)	—	8,050	0–2
3	April 4	Tigers	9–10 (15)	Keagle	Small (0–1)	—	8,346	0–3
4	April 5	Tigers	13–2	Johns (1–0)	Gohr	—	11,149	1–3
5	April 6	Tigers	1–6	Lira	Reyes (0–2)	—	10,424	1–4
6	April 7	Tigers	7–6	Corsi (1–0)	Williams	—	9,723	2–4
7	April 9	@ Brewers	4–10	McDonald	Van Poppel (0–1)	—	42,090	2–5
8	April 11	@ Brewers	11–0	Johns (2–0)	Karl	—	12,236	3–5
9	April 12	@ White Sox	7–2	Reyes (1–2)	Fernandez	—	13,623	4–5
10	April 13	@ White Sox	5–6 (12)	Karchner	Wengert (0–1)	—	15,812	4–6
11	April 14	@ White Sox	10–5	Groom (1–0)	Simas	—	15,236	5–6
12	April 15	@ Rangers	8–3	Mohler (1–0)	Heredia	—	19,312	6–6
13	April 16	@ Rangers	3–5	Witt	Johns (2–1)	Henneman	20,948	6–7
14	April 17	@ Rangers	1–12	Hill	Reyes (1–3)	—	24,120	6–8
15	April 19	White Sox	3–4	Karchner	Briscoe (0–1)	Hernandez	31,320	6–9
16	April 20	White Sox	3–8	Tapani	Van Poppel (0–2)	—	16,480	6–10
17	April 21	White Sox	6–5	Corsi (2–0)	Simas	Mohler (1)	16,125	7–10
18	April 22	Brewers	6–2	Reyes (2–3)	Bones	Briscoe (1)	6,021	8–10
19	April 23	Brewers	9–6	Wojciechowski (1–0)	Sparks	Mohler (2)	7,026	9–10
20	April 24	@ Blue Jays	7–6	Prieto (1–1)	Hentgen	Corsi (1)	28,029	10–10
21	April 25	@ Blue Jays	4–3 (11)	Mohler (2–0)	Crabtree	—	26,163	11–10
22	April 26	@ Tigers	5–14	Christopher	Johns (2–2)	—	7,941	11–11
23	April 27	@ Tigers	4–1	Reyes (3–3)	Lira	Taylor (1)	13,067	12–11
24	April 28	@ Tigers	6–3	Wojciechowski (2–0)	Gohr	Taylor (2)	8,907	13–11
25	April 30	Angels	3–7	Langston	Prieto (1–2)	—	7,154	13–12

May: 11–16 (Home: 7–7; Away: 4–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
26	May 1	Angels	4–6	Boskie	Van Poppel (0–3)	Percival	6,721	13–13
27	May 2	Angels	1–3	Abbott	Johns (2–3)	Percival	9,102	13–14
28	May 3	@ Royals	1–3	Appier	Reyes (3–4)	Montgomery	14,452	13–15
29	May 4	@ Royals	5–2	Wojciechowski (3–0)	Gubicza	Groom (1)	15,987	14–15
30	May 5	@ Royals	0–2	Haney	Prieto (1–3)	—	16,589	14–16
31	May 6	Indians	5–3	Taylor (1–0)	Assenmacher	Mohler (3)	47,313	15–16
32	May 7	Indians	8–4	Johns (3–3)	Hershiser	—	10,126	16–16
33	May 8	Indians	3–7	Nagy	Reyes (3–5)	—	9,288	16–17
34	May 10	Twins	15–5	Wojciechowski (4–0)	Rodriguez	—	8,278	17–17
35	May 11	Twins	12–5	Prieto (2–3)	Radke	—	15,791	18–17
36	May 12	Twins	8–3	Wengert (1–1)	Parra	—	13,430	19–17
37	May 13	Orioles	3–4	Krivda	Johns (3–4)	Myers	8,204	19–18
38	May 14	Orioles	1–9	Mussina	Reyes (3–6)	—	8,466	19–19
39	May 17	@ Red Sox	3–5 (11)	Stanton	Van Poppel (0–4)	—	28,690	19–20
40	May 18	@ Red Sox	6–5 (10)	Groom (2–0)	Garces	Taylor (3)	31,663	20–20
41	May 19	@ Red Sox	2–12	Sele	Wengert (1–2)	—	32,601	20–21
42	May 20	@ Red Sox	4–16	Gordon	Johns (3–5)	—	20,890	20–22
43	May 21	@ Yankees	3–7	Gooden	Reyes (3–7)	—	15,614	20–23
44	May 22	@ Yankees	5–1	Wojciechowski (5–0)	Pettitte	Mohler (4)	18,544	21–23
45	May 23	@ Yankees	3–4	Rogers	Taylor (1–1)	Wetteland	19,315	21–24
46	May 24	@ Orioles	4–5 (10)	McDowell	Reyes (3–8)	—	45,024	21–25
47	May 25	@ Orioles	6–3	Johns (4–5)	Wells	Groom (2)	47,353	22–25
48	May 26	@ Orioles	1–6	Mercker	Chouinard (0–1)	McDowell	47,401	22–26
49	May 27	Red Sox	3–10	Wakefield	Wojciechowski (5–1)	—	21,688	22–27
50	May 28	Red Sox	6–2	Wasdin (1–0)	Clemens	—	9,338	23–27
51	May 29	Red Sox	7–6 (10)	Mohler (3–0)	Slocumb	—	8,282	24–27
52	May 31	Yankees	1–4	Key	Johns (4–6)	Wetteland	13,279	24–28

June: 14–15 (Home: 4–7; Away: 10–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
53	June 1	Yankees	3–6	Pettitte	Chouinard (0–2)	Wetteland	21,354	24–29
54	June 2	Yankees	4–11	Rogers	Wojciechowski (5–2)	Wetteland	26,331	24–30
55	June 3	Royals	2–1	Wasdin (2–0)	Appier	Taylor (4)	6,465	25–30
56	June 4	Royals	8–3	Wengert (2–2)	Gubicza	—	11,524	26–30
57	June 5	Royals	2–5	Haney	Johns (4–7)	Montgomery	8,113	26–31
58	June 7	@ Twins	6–4	Reyes (4–8)	Radke	Corsi (2)	14,999	27–31
59	June 8	@ Twins	2–4	Robertson	Wojciechowski (5–3)	Guardado	—	27–32
60	June 8	@ Twins	13–7	Wasdin (3–0)	Mahomes	—	22,164	28–32
61	June 9	@ Twins	3–5	Rodriguez	Wengert (2–3)	—	13,291	28–33
62	June 10	@ Indians	4–5	Nagy	Johns (4–8)	Mesa	42,167	28–34
63	June 11	@ Indians	5–6 (13)	Ogea	Reyes (4–9)	—	42,249	28–35
64	June 12	@ Indians	9–6	Montgomery (1–0)	McDowell	Mohler (5)	40,673	29–35
65	June 13	@ Brewers	3–16	Karl	Wojciechowski (5–4)	—	12,439	29–36
66	June 14	@ Brewers	2–6	Bones	Wasdin (3–1)	—	14,404	29–37
67	June 15	@ Brewers	9–12	Givens	Wengert (2–4)	Garcia	21,064	29–38
68	June 16	@ Brewers	10–9	Taylor (2–1)	Fetters	Mohler (6)	26,744	30–38
69	June 17	@ Tigers	8–4 (10)	Corsi (3–0)	Myers	—	9,231	31–38
70	June 18	@ Tigers	8–5	Van Poppel (1–4)	Urbani	Taylor (5)	8,543	32–38
71	June 19	@ Tigers	10–3	Wasdin (4–1)	Keagle	—	9,875	33–38
72	June 20	Blue Jays	0–1	Hentgen	Wengert (2–5)	Timlin	8,027	33–39
73	June 21	Blue Jays	5–7	Quantrill	Johns (4–9)	Timlin	10,278	33–40
74	June 22	Blue Jays	8–4	Chouinard (1–2)	Ware	—	20,124	34–40
75	June 23	Blue Jays	4–5	Guzman	Wojciechowski (5–5)	Timlin	14,407	34–41
76	June 24	Tigers	4–2	Wasdin (5–1)	Sodowsky	Taylor (6)	10,122	35–41
77	June 25	Tigers	8–10	Olivares	Wengert (2–6)	Olson	9,652	35–42
78	June 27	@ Angels	18–2	Johns (5–9)	Boskie	—	23,503	36–42
79	June 28	@ Angels	6–3	Chouinard (2–2)	Finley	—	32,380	37–42
80	June 29	@ Angels	11–9	Groom (3–0)	Monteleone	—	26,565	38–42
81	June 30	@ Angels	0–1	Hancock	Wasdin (5–2)	Percival	19,284	38–43

July: 17–10 (Home: 8–5; Away: 9–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
82	July 1	@ Mariners	6–4	Wengert (3–6)	Wagner	Taylor (7)	18,166	39–43
83	July 2	@ Mariners	11–6	Mohler (4–0)	Charlton	—	19,632	40–43
84	July 3	@ Mariners	3–4	Ayala	Reyes (4–10)	—	36,619	40–44
85	July 4	Angels	8–7 (11)	Taylor (3–1)	Monteleone	—	14,144	41–44
86	July 5	Angels	16–8	Wasdin (6–2)	Hancock	—	36,129	42–44
87	July 6	Angels	6–5 (10)	Taylor (4–1)	James	—	14,294	43–44
88	July 7	Angels	4–9	Boskie	Johns (5–10)	—	16,526	43–45
89	July 11	Rangers	8–3	Chouinard (3–2)	Oliver	—	13,437	44–45
90	July 12	Rangers	4–8 (10)	Russell	Taylor (4–2)	—	12,074	44–46
91	July 13	Rangers	1–8	Pavlik	Wengert (3–7)	—	16,792	44–47
92	July 14	Rangers	9–1	Johns (6–10)	Gross	—	20,704	45–47
93	July 15	Mariners	1–5	Wolcott	Telgheder (0–1)	—	11,183	45–48
94	July 16	Mariners	12–5	Chouinard (4–2)	Hitchcock	—	15,206	46–48
95	July 17	Mariners	7–6	Corsi (4–0)	Minor	Taylor (8)	14,387	47–48
96	July 18	@ Rangers	5–4 (11)	Reyes (5–10)	Brandenburg	Van Poppel (1)	28,585	48–48
97	July 19	@ Rangers	9–6	Reyes (6–10)	Helling	Taylor (9)	37,455	49–48
98	July 20	@ Rangers	4–8	Witt	Van Poppel (1–5)	—	46,052	49–49
99	July 21	@ Rangers	11–8	Groom (4–0)	Brandenburg	Mohler (7)	36,039	50–49
100	July 22	@ White Sox	6–5	Taylor (5–2)	Karchner	—	23,572	51–49
101	July 23	@ White Sox	8–4	Wengert (4–7)	Fernandez	Corsi (3)	18,527	52–49
102	July 24	@ White Sox	6–5	Corsi (5–0)	Simas	Taylor (10)	23,350	53–49
103	July 25	@ Blue Jays	3–4	Crabtree	Witasick (0–1)	—	30,174	53–50
104	July 26	@ Blue Jays	5–3	Groom (5–0)	Castillo	Taylor (11)	32,241	54–50
105	July 27	@ Blue Jays	4–6	Hanson	Wasdin (6–3)	Timlin	32,162	54–51
106	July 28	@ Blue Jays	0–1	Hentgen	Prieto (2–4)	—	31,150	54–52
107	July 30	White Sox	1–2	Baldwin	Telgheder (0–2)	Hernandez	14,210	54–53
108	July 31	White Sox	5–4	Witasick (1–1)	Karchner	Taylor (12)	13,127	55–53

August: 11–19 (Home: 8–10; Away: 3–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
109	August 1	White Sox	3–8	Tapani	Wasdin (6–4)	Hernandez	10,514	55–54
110	August 2	Brewers	3–4 (10)	Miranda	Taylor (5–3)	Fetters	10,056	55–55
111	August 3	Brewers	0–7	Bones	Johns (6–11)	—	15,171	55–56
112	August 4	Brewers	4–2	Telgheder (1–2)	Van Egmond	Taylor (13)	10,281	56–56
113	August 5	Brewers	3–13	Eldred	Adams (0–1)	—	8,616	56–57
114	August 6	@ Royals	2–9	Belcher	Wasdin (6–5)	—	14,028	56–58
115	August 7	@ Royals	0–7	Appier	Prieto (2–5)	—	15,517	56–59
116	August 8	@ Royals	2–1	Wengert (5–7)	Linton	Taylor (14)	19,197	57–59
117	August 9	Indians	4–10	McDowell	Telgheder (1–3)	—	20,122	57–60
118	August 10	Indians	5–1	Adams (1–1)	Nagy	—	30,238	58–60
119	August 11	Indians	9–3	Wasdin (7–5)	Lopez	—	21,914	59–60
120	August 12	Twins	11–1	Prieto (3–5)	Robertson	—	10,071	60–60
121	August 13	Twins	2–6	Aguilera	Wengert (5–8)	—	11,156	60–61
122	August 14	Twins	7–13	Rodriguez	Telgheder (1–4)	—	12,729	60–62
123	August 15	Orioles	5–18	Mussina	Adams (1–2)	—	14,026	60–63
124	August 16	Orioles	3–14	Erickson	Wasdin (7–6)	—	—	60–64
125	August 16	Orioles	4–5 (10)	Myers	Mohler (4–1)	—	15,645	60–65
126	August 17	Orioles	3–1	Prieto (4–5)	Coppinger	Acre (1)	20,231	61–65
127	August 18	Orioles	9–6	Wengert (6–8)	Wells	—	18,122	62–65
128	August 20	@ Red Sox	3–4	Garces	Mohler (4–2)	Slocumb	25,094	62–66
129	August 21	@ Red Sox	4–6	Brandenburg	Johns (6–12)	Slocumb	26,362	62–67
130	August 22	@ Red Sox	1–2	Clemens	Acre (0–1)	—	30,503	62–68
131	August 23	@ Yankees	3–5	Gooden	Wengert (6–9)	Rivera	34,244	62–69
132	August 24	@ Yankees	4–5	Whitehurst	Telgheder (1–5)	Pavlas	32,125	62–70
133	August 25	@ Yankees	6–4	Mohler (5–2)	Nelson	Acre (2)	50,808	63–70
134	August 26	@ Orioles	11–12 (10)	Myers	Acre (0–2)	—	43,361	63–71
135	August 27	@ Orioles	1–3	Wells	Prieto (4–6)	Myers	43,641	63–72
136	August 28	@ Orioles	3–0	Wengert (7–9)	Mussina	—	45,282	64–72
137	August 30	Red Sox	7–0	Telgheder (2–5)	Maddux	—	17,182	65–72
138	August 31	Red Sox	8–0	Adams (2–2)	Wakefield	—	32,116	66–72

September: 12–12 (Home: 8–5; Away: 4–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
139	September 1	Red Sox	3–8	Sele	Wasdin (7–7)	—	15,021	66–73
140	September 2	Yankees	0–5	Cone	Prieto (4–7)	—	20,159	66–74
141	September 3	Yankees	10–9	Acre (1–2)	Boehringer	Johns (1)	11,621	67–74
142	September 4	Yankees	3–10	Pettitte	Telgheder (2–6)	—	9,892	67–75
143	September 6	Royals	7–1	Adams (3–2)	Haney	—	14,404	68–75
144	September 7	Royals	13–6	Prieto (5–7)	Belcher	—	13,175	69–75
145	September 8	Royals	8–7 (10)	Corsi (6–0)	Pichardo	—	17,208	70–75
146	September 10	@ Twins	7–0	Telgheder (3–6)	Robertson	—	9,676	71–75
147	September 11	@ Twins	2–7	Radke	Adams (3–3)	—	9,493	71–76
148	September 12	@ Twins	3–4 (12)	Stevens	Mohler (5–3)	—	9,712	71–77
149	September 14	@ Indians	2–9	Nagy	Wengert (7–10)	—	—	71–78
150	September 14	@ Indians	8–9	Plunk	Small (0–2)	Mesa	42,233	71–79
151	September 15	@ Indians	10–9 (10)	Reyes (7–10)	Mesa	—	42,226	72–79
152	September 17	@ Angels	5–1	Prieto (6–7)	Springer	—	17,827	73–79
153	September 18	@ Angels	1–3	Finley	Adams (3–4)	Percival	18,213	73–80
154	September 20	@ Mariners	2–12	Carmona	Wengert (7–11)	Meacham	56,535	73–81
155	September 21	@ Mariners	2–9	Moyer	Telgheder (3–7)	—	56,103	73–82
156	September 22	@ Mariners	13–11	Mohler (6–3)	Mulholland	Taylor (15)	54,194	74–82
157	September 23	Rangers	5–3	Wasdin (8–7)	Witt	Taylor (16)	10,164	75–82
158	September 24	Rangers	3–7	Cook	Small (0–3)	—	9,694	75–83
159	September 26	Mariners	7–5	Taylor (6–3)	Charlton	—	11,141	76–83
160	September 27	Mariners	8–1	Telgheder (4–7)	Mulholland	—	25,132	77–83
161	September 28	Mariners	3–5 (10)	Carmona	Acre (1–3)	Charlton	30,057	77–84
162	September 29	Mariners	3–1	Small (1–3)	Torres	Taylor (17)	34,462	78–84

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Athletics team member

Detailed records

American League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
AL East
Baltimore Orioles	4	9	0.308	54	86
Boston Red Sox	5	8	0.385	57	76
Detroit Tigers	8	4	0.667	83	66
New York Yankees	3	9	0.250	45	71
Toronto Blue Jays	4	8	0.333	50	59
Total	24	38	0.387	289	358
AL Central
Chicago White Sox	7	5	0.583	63	58
Cleveland Indians	6	6	0.500	72	72
Kansas City Royals	7	5	0.583	50	47
Milwaukee Brewers	5	7	0.417	64	87
Minnesota Twins	7	6	0.538	91	64
Total	32	29	0.525	340	328
AL West
California Angels	7	6	0.538	83	64
Oakland Athletics
Seattle Mariners	8	5	0.615	78	74
Texas Rangers	7	6	0.538	71	76
Total	22	17	0.564	232	214
Season Total	78	84	0.481	861	900

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	25	13	12	0.520	145	145
May	27	11	16	0.407	120	142
June	29	14	15	0.483	175	162
July	27	17	10	0.630	163	139
August	30	11	19	0.367	130	170
September	24	12	12	0.500	128	142
Total	162	78	84	0.481	861	900

Total	162	78	84	0.481	861	900
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	40	41	0.494	440	452
Away	81	38	43	0.469	421	448

Transactions

June 4, 1996: Eric Chavez was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (10th overall) of the 1996 amateur draft. Signed August 27, 1996.^[8]
June 4, 1996: A. J. Hinch was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 3rd round of the 1996 amateur draft. Signed June 22, 1996.^[9]

Roster

1996 Oakland Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

55 Mark Acre

40 Willie Adams

53 John Briscoe

54 Bobby Chouinard

41 Jim Corsi

58 Paul Fletcher

42 Buddy Groom

51 Doug Johns

32 Mike Mohler

37 Steve Montgomery

48 Ariel Prieto

17 Carlos Reyes

30 Aaron Small

22 Billy Taylor

50 Dave Telgheder

59 Todd Van Poppel

31 John Wasdin

56 Don Wengert

52 Jay Witasick

39 Steve Wojciechowski

Catchers

21 Izzy Molina

36 Terry Steinbach

19 George Williams

Infielders

28 Tony Batista

14 Mike Bordick

26,40 Rafael Bournigal

7 Scott Brosius

49 Webster Garrison

8 Brent Gates

6 Torey Lovullo

25 Mark McGwire

Outfielders

2 Allen Battle

29 Gerónimo Berroa

16 Jason Giambi

44 José Herrera

24 Brian Lesher

33 Damon Mashore

45 Kerwin Moore

5 Pedro Muñoz

23 Phil Plantier

13 Scott Spiezio

12 Matt Stairs

11 Ernie Young

Manager

18 Art Howe

Coaches

5 Bob Cluck

11 Duffy Dyer

35 Brad Fischer

15 Denny Walling

38 Ron Washington

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Terry Steinbach	145	514	140	.272	35	100
1B	Mark McGwire	130	423	132	.312	52	113
2B	Brent Gates	64	247	65	.263	2	30
3B	Scott Brosius	114	428	130	.304	22	71
SS	Mike Bordick	155	525	126	.240	5	54
LF	Phil Plantier	73	231	49	.212	7	31
CF	Ernie Young	141	462	112	.242	19	64
RF	Jose Herrera	108	320	86	.269	6	30
DH	Gerónimo Berroa	153	586	170	.290	36	106

^[10]

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
Jason Giambi	140	536	156	.291	20	79
Rafael Bournigal	88	252	61	.242	0	18
Tony Batista	74	238	71	.298	6	25
Matt Stairs	61	137	38	.277	10	23
George Williams	56	132	20	.152	3	10
Allen Battle	47	130	25	.192	1	5
Pedro Munoz	34	121	31	.256	6	18
Damon Mashore	50	105	28	.267	3	12
Brian Lesher	26	82	19	.232	5	16
Torey Lovullo	65	82	18	.220	3	9
Scott Spiezio	9	29	9	.310	2	8
Izzy Molina	14	25	5	.200	0	1
Kerwin Moore	22	16	1	.063	0	0
Webster Garrison	5	9	0	.000	0	0

^[10]

Pitching

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
Wojciechowski, SteveSteve Wojciechowski	16	79.2	5	5	5.65	30

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

Awards and records

Mark McGwire, Silver Slugger Award
Mark McGwire, Major League record, 1st player to reach 50 Home Runs in one season before reaching 400 at-bats in a season^[11]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Edmonton Trappers	Pacific Coast League	Gary Jones
AA	Huntsville Stars	Southern League	Dick Scott
A	Modesto A's	California League	Jim Colborn
A	West Michigan Whitecaps	Midwest League	Mike Quade
A-Short Season	Southern Oregon Timberjacks	Northwest League	Tony DeFrancesco
Rookie	AZL Athletics	Arizona League	Juan Navarrette

References

↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/groombu01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lovulto01.shtml
↑ Danny Tartabull Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bournra01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smallaa01.shtml
↑ Pedro Munoz Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Webster Garrison Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chaveer01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hincha.01.shtml
1 2 1996 Oakland Athletics Statistics and Roster Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.371, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

1996 Oakland Athletics at Baseball Reference
1996 Oakland Athletics at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

1996 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Detroit New York Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Kansas City Milwaukee Minnesota

AL West	California Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Oakland Athletics

Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics
Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Barrs Field; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Rendezvous Park; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium; Hohokam Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owners: John J. Fisher & Lewis Wolff
President: Michael Crowley
Executive vice president: Billy Beane
General manager: David Forst
Manager: Bob Melvin

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Home Run Baker Chief Bender Mickey Cochrane Eddie Collins Dennis Eckersley Rollie Fingers Jimmie Foxx Lefty Grove Rickey Henderson Catfish Hunter Reggie Jackson Nap Lajoie Connie Mack Eddie Plank Al Simmons Rube Waddell Dick Williams

Wall of Fame members	Sam Chapman Jack Coombs Jimmy Dykes George Earnshaw Ferris Fain Bob Johnson Eddie Joost Bing Miller Wally Moses Rube Oldring Bobby Shantz Eddie Rommel Elmer Valo Rube Walberg Gus Zernial

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

AL West Division
Championships (16)

AL Wild Card (2)

2001
2014

Minors

AAA: Nashville Sounds
AA: Midland RockHounds
A Adv.: Stockton Ports
A: Beloit Snappers
Short A: Vermont Lake Monsters
Rookie: AZL Athletics; DSL Athletics

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