1996 Philadelphia Phillies season

1996 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Veterans Stadium (since 1971)
Philadelphia (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bill Giles
General manager(s)	Lee Thomas
Manager(s)	Jim Fregosi
Local television	WPHL-TV PRISM SportsChannel Philadelphia (Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler, Garry Maddox, Todd Kalas)
Local radio	WGMP (Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler)
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The 1996 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in Major League Baseball. 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.

Offseason

October 6, 1995: Jeff Juden and Tommy Eason (minors) were traded by the Phillies to the San Francisco Giants for Mike Benjamin.^[1]
December 6, 1995: Paul Quantrill was traded by the Phillies to the Toronto Blue Jays for Howard Battle with Ricardo Jordan.^[2]
January 29, 1996: Heathcliff Slocumb, Larry Wimberly (minors) and Rick Holyfield (minors) were traded by the Phillies to the Boston Red Sox for Glenn Murray, Ken Ryan, and Lee Tinsley.^[3]
February 17, 1996: Terry Mulholland was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.^[4]

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	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	96	66	0.593	—	56–25	40–41
Montreal Expos	88	74	0.543	8	50–31	38–43
Florida Marlins	80	82	0.494	16	52–29	28–53
New York Mets	71	91	0.438	25	42–39	29–52
Philadelphia Phillies	67	95	0.414	29	35–46	32–49

Record vs. opponents

1996 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	7–5	7–5	5–7	6–7	6–6	5–7	10–3	7–6	9–4	9–3	9–4	7–5	9–4
Chicago	5–7	—	5–8	5–7	6–6	5–8	8–5	6–6	7–5	7–6	4–9	6–6	7–5	5–8
Cincinnati	5–7	8–5	—	7–6	3–9	7–6	4–8	3–9	6–6	10–2	5–8	9–3	9–4	5–8
Colorado	7–5	7–5	6–7	—	5–8	8–5	6–7	3–9	7–5	6–6	7–5	8–5	5–8	8–4
Florida	7–6	6–6	9–3	8–5	—	7–5	6–7	5–8	7–6	6–7	5–7	3–9	5–7	6–6
Houston	6–6	8–5	6–7	5–8	5–7	—	6–6	4–9	8–4	10–2	8–5	6–6	8–4	2–11
Los Angeles	7–5	5–8	8–4	7–6	7–6	6–6	—	9–3	8–4	7–6	6–6	5–8	7–6	8–4
Montreal	3–10	6–6	9–3	9–3	8–5	9–4	3–9	—	7–6	6–7	7–5	4–8	9–4	8–4
New York	6–7	5–7	6–6	5–7	6–7	4–8	4–8	6–7	—	7–6	8–5	3–10	6–6	5–7
Philadelphia	4-9	6–7	2–10	6–6	7–6	2–10	6–7	7–6	6–7	—	7–5	4–8	6–6	4–8
Pittsburgh	3–9	9–4	8–5	5–7	7–5	5–8	6–6	5–7	5–8	5–7	—	4–9	8–4	3–10
San Diego	4–9	6–6	3–9	5–8	9–3	6–6	8–5	8–4	10–3	8–4	9–4	—	11–2	4–8
San Francisco	5–7	5–7	4–9	8–5	7–5	4–8	6–7	4–9	6–6	6–6	4–8	2–11	—	7–6
St. Louis	4–9	8–5	8–5	4–8	6–6	11-2	4–8	4–8	7–5	8–4	10–3	8–4	6–7	—

Game log

1996 Game Log: 67–95 (Home: 35–46; Away: 32–49)

April: 13–11 (Home: 4–6; Away: 9–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 2	Rockies	3–5	Ritz	Fernandez (0–1)	—	36,751	0–1
2	April 3	Rockies	3–1	Grace (1–0)	Freeman	Bottalico (1)	15,648	1–1
3	April 4	Rockies	7–4	Mulholland (1–0)	Rekar	Bottalico (2)	16,220	2–1
4	April 5	Reds	5–6 (10)	Shaw	Borland (0–1)	Moore	17,318	2–2
5	April 6	Reds	4–8	Salkeld	Hunter (0–1)	—	17,958	2–3
6	April 8	@ Pirates	6–3	Fernandez (1–1)	Neagle	—	41,416	3–3
7	April 10	@ Pirates	7–6	Grace (2–0)	Christiansen	Bottalico (3)	7,075	4–3
8	April 11	@ Cardinals	1–2	Benes	Mulholland (1–1)	Mathews	23,412	4–4
9	April 12	@ Cardinals	1–6	Urbani	Williams (0–1)	—	26,753	4–5
10	April 13	@ Cardinals	4–2	Hunter (1–1)	Fossas	Bottalico (4)	28,913	5–5
11	April 14	@ Cardinals	5–6	Mathews	Fernandez (1–2)	Eckersley	27,545	5–6
12	April 16	@ Expos	6–7	Rojas	Springer (0–1)	—	8,510	5–7
13	April 17	@ Expos	9–3	Mulholland (2–1)	Cormier	—	8,728	6–7
14	April 18	@ Expos	9–8	Bottalico (1–0)	Rojas	—	8,316	7–7
15	April 19	Cardinals	0–1	Bailey	Springer (0–2)	Eckersley	25,614	7–8
16	April 20	Cardinals	0–1	Benes	Bottalico (1–1)	Eckersley	23,630	7–9
17	April 21	Cardinals	4–2	Grace (3–0)	Benes	Bottalico (5)	32,896	8–9
18	April 22	Pirates	3–9	Darwin	Mulholland (2–2)	—	17,604	8–10
19	April 23	Pirates	6–2	Springer (1–2)	Wagner	Ryan (1)	19,254	9–10
20	April 24	@ Rockies	10–8	Borland (1–1)	Reed	Bottalico (6)	48,047	10–10
21	April 25	@ Rockies	7–1	Fernandez (2–2)	Thompson	Ryan (2)	48,033	11–10
22	April 26	@ Reds	2–0	Grace (4–0)	Burba	Bottalico (7)	21,842	12–10
23	April 27	@ Reds	3–2	Leiper (1–0)	Portugal	Bottalico (8)	22,555	13–10
24	April 30	@ Marlins	2–7	Rapp	Williams (0–2)	Nen	15,252	13–11

May: 13–15 (Home: 6–7; Away: 7–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
25	May 1	@ Marlins	6–5	Ryan (1–0)	Leiter	Bottalico (9)	14,672	14–11
26	May 2	@ Marlins	2–0	Grace (5–0)	Brown	Bottalico (10)	14,888	15–11
27	May 3	@ Braves	6–3	Mulholland (3–2)	Maddux	Bottalico (11)	39,697	16–11
28	May 4	@ Braves	3–6	McMichael	Ryan (1–1)	Clontz	44,429	16–12
29	May 5	@ Braves	8–11	Smoltz	Williams (0–3)	—	35,471	16–13
30	May 6	Astros	5–11	Drabek	Hunter (1–2)	—	15,906	16–14
31	May 7	Astros	5–7	Young	Springer (1–3)	Jones	16,569	16–15
32	May 8	Astros	2–1 (10)	Ryan (2–1)	Tabaka	—	16,284	17–15
33	May 10	Braves	0–11	Smoltz	Mulholland (3–3)	—	27,068	17–16
34	May 11	Braves	3–11	Avery	Mimbs (0–1)	—	22,823	17–17
35	May 12	Braves	6–0	Grace (6–0)	Maddux	—	32,314	18–17
36	May 13	Giants	1–2	Gardner	Fernandez (2–3)	Beck	18,758	18–18
37	May 14	Giants	7–0	Schilling (1–0)	Fernandez	—	18,774	19–18
38	May 15	Giants	7–6 (10)	Bottalico (2–1)	Beck	—	25,085	20–18
39	May 16	@ Dodgers	2–8	Valdez	Mimbs (0–2)	—	25,960	20–19
40	May 17	@ Dodgers	3–6	Nomo	Grace (6–1)	Worrell	54,304	20–20
41	May 18	@ Dodgers	2–7	Astacio	Fernandez (2–4)	Osuna	51,064	20–21
42	May 19	@ Dodgers	5–4	Leiper (2–0)	Radinsky	Bottalico (12)	38,178	21–21
43	May 21	@ Padres	5–4	Mulholland (4–3)	Bergman	Bottalico (13)	11,954	22–21
44	May 22	@ Padres	2–5	Hamilton	Grace (6–2)	Hoffman	13,118	22–22
45	May 23	@ Padres	5–7	Sanders	Springer (1–4)	Hoffman	16,632	22–23
46	May 24	@ Giants	5–1	Schilling (2–0)	Watson	—	11,917	23–23
47	May 25	@ Giants	2–3	Gardner	Williams (0–4)	Beck	16,874	23–24
48	May 26	@ Giants	10–1	Mulholland (5–3)	Fernandez	Bottalico (14)	26,234	24–24
49	May 28	Dodgers	9–3	Grace (7–2)	Valdez	—	17,186	25–24
50	May 29	Dodgers	2–3 (11)	Guthrie	Bottalico (2–2)	Worrell	24,120	25–25
51	May 30	Dodgers	3–2	Borland (2–1)	Worrell	—	29,287	26–25
52	May 31	Padres	2–4	Ashby	Mulholland (5–4)	Hoffman	22,110	26–26

June: 6–21 (Home: 5–6; Away: 1–15)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
53	June 1	Padres	3–8	Bergman	Mimbs (0–3)	—	27,623	26–27
54	June 2	Padres	9–8 (12)	Borland (3–1)	Hoffman	—	32,035	27–27
55	June 3	@ Cubs	3–4	Patterson	Ryan (2–2)	—	26,320	27–28
56	June 4	@ Cubs	12–3	Williams (1–4)	Bullinger	—	15,431	28–28
57	June 5	@ Cubs	6–9	Adams	Borland (3–2)	Wendell	18,189	28–29
58	June 7	@ Astros	5–11	Reynolds	Crawford (0–1)	—	22,585	28–30
59	June 8	@ Astros	3–7	Wagner	Springer (1–5)	—	23,739	28–31
60	June 9	@ Astros	1–2	Young	Williams (1–5)	Jones	30,180	28–32
61	June 10	Cubs	1–2	Navarro	Mulholland (5–5)	—	19,588	28–33
62	June 11	Cubs	2–9	Campbell	Munoz (0–1)	—	23,220	28–34
63	June 12	Cubs	4–3	Fernandez (3–4)	Castillo	Bottalico (15)	27,287	29–34
64	June 13	@ Rockies	1–4	Rekar	Schilling (2–1)	Ruffin	48,018	29–35
65	June 14	@ Rockies	6–10	Painter	Springer (1–6)	—	48,006	29–36
66	June 15	@ Rockies	2–4	Reynoso	Mulholland (5–6)	Ruffin	48,023	29–37
67	June 16	@ Rockies	3–11	Ritz	Munoz (0–2)	—	48,041	29–38
68	June 18	@ Cardinals	2–3	Osborne	Fernandez (3–5)	Eckersley	31,311	29–39
69	June 19	@ Cardinals	2–3	Benes	Bottalico (2–3)	—	34,612	29–40
70	June 21	Rockies	4–3 (10)	Borland (4–2)	Ruffin	—	25,085	30–40
71	June 22	Rockies	5–4	Blazier (1–0)	Hawblitzel	Bottalico (16)	28,604	31–40
72	June 23	Rockies	4–7	Freeman	Fernandez (3–6)	Ruffin	33,385	31–41
73	June 24	@ Reds	0–7	Portugal	Schilling (2–2)	—	20,835	31–42
74	June 25	@ Reds	1–9	Burba	Quirico (0–1)	—	—	31–43
75	June 25	@ Reds	1–3	Jarvis	Mimbs (0–4)	Smith	23,369	31–44
76	June 26	@ Reds	2–4	Salkeld	Williams (1–6)	Brantley	32,286	31–45
77	June 28	Expos	7–3	Mulholland (6–6)	Urbina	Ryan (3)	21,703	32–45
78	June 29	Expos	0–1	Fassero	Schilling (2–3)	—	22,898	32–46
79	June 30	Expos	5–6	Rojas	Bottalico (2–4)	Dyer	24,949	32–47

July: 11–16 (Home: 6–6; Away: 5–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
80	July 1	Mets	6–4	Williams (2–6)	Jones	Ryan (4)	20,779	33–47
81	July 2	Mets	3–2	Springer (2–6)	Harnisch	Bottalico (17)	20,890	34–47
82	July 3	Mets	6–10	Byrd	Ryan (2–3)	Henry	43,158	34–48
83	July 4	Marlins	8–5	Blazier (2–0)	Rapp	Bottalico (18)	17,460	35–48
84	July 5	Marlins	7–4	Borland (5–2)	Miller	Bottalico (19)	46,872	36–48
85	July 6	Marlins	2–1	Williams (3–6)	Brown	Bottalico (20)	22,278	37–48
86	July 7	Marlins	4–7 (10)	Mathews	Jordan (0–1)	Nen	28,183	37–49
87	July 11	@ Expos	3–2	Schilling (3–3)	Fassero	Bottalico (21)	17,546	38–49
88	July 12	@ Expos	5–3	Mulholland (7–6)	Martinez	—	14,322	39–49
89	July 13	@ Expos	6–2	Mimbs (1–4)	Cormier	—	30,215	40–49
90	July 14	@ Expos	2–5	Scott	Williams (3–7)	Rojas	31,515	40–50
91	July 15	@ Mets	5–7	Dipoto	Springer (2–7)	Henry	15,549	40–51
92	July 16	@ Mets	3–6	Clark	Schilling (3–4)	Franco	18,478	40–52
93	July 17	@ Mets	2–3	Mlicki	Frey (0–1)	—	29,459	40–53
94	July 18	@ Marlins	0–7	Brown	Mimbs (1–5)	—	16,521	40–54
95	July 19	@ Marlins	2–11	Hammond	Williams (3–8)	—	19,123	40–55
96	July 20	@ Marlins	4–7	Rapp	Springer (2–8)	Nen	24,336	40–56
97	July 21	@ Marlins	12–3	Schilling (4–4)	Burkett	Bottalico (22)	20,873	41–56
98	July 22	Reds	2–5	Portugal	Mulholland (7–7)	Brantley	—	41–57
99	July 22	Reds	3–5	Smith	Ryan (2–4)	Brantley	22,808	41–58
100	July 23	Reds	3–5	Jarvis	Mimbs (1–6)	—	23,100	41–59
101	July 24	Reds	1–3	Burba	Williams (3–9)	Brantley	27,352	41–60
102	July 25	@ Pirates	4–6	Miceli	Springer (2–9)	Cordova	12,163	41–61
103	July 26	@ Pirates	4–7	Ericks	Bottalico (2–5)	Plesac	17,239	41–62
104	July 27	@ Pirates	2–1	Mulholland (8–7)	Parris	—	23,121	42–62
105	July 28	@ Pirates	8–12	Ericks	Borland (5–3)	—	15,189	42–63
106	July 30	Cardinals	8–7	Ryan (3–4)	Mathews	—	20,166	43–63

August: 11–19 (Home: 6–12; Away: 5–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
107	August 1	Cardinals	2–1	Springer (3–9)	Osborne	Ryan (5)	—	44–63
108	August 1	Cardinals	1–7	Benes	Mimbs (1–7)	—	22,934	44–64
109	August 2	Pirates	3–8	Wilkins	Blazier (2–1)	—	24,505	44–65
110	August 3	Pirates	7–6	Bottalico (3–5)	Plesac	—	22,690	45–65
111	August 4	Pirates	4–2	Williams (4–9)	Miceli	Ryan (6)	25,498	46–65
112	August 5	Pirates	3–0	Schilling (5–4)	Neagle	—	20,337	47–65
113	August 6	@ Braves	4–10	Bielecki	Springer (3–10)	—	32,036	47–66
114	August 7	@ Braves	1–14 (8)	Smoltz	Munoz (0–3)	—	29,920	47–67
115	August 8	@ Braves	4–1	Beech (1–0)	Maddux	Bottalico (23)	32,401	48–67
116	August 9	Astros	1–5	Reynolds	West (0–1)	—	21,780	48–68
117	August 10	Astros	1–3	Hampton	Schilling (5–5)	Wagner	18,486	48–69
118	August 11	Astros	5–10	Kile	Williams (4–10)	—	24,150	48–70
119	August 13	Braves	0–2	Maddux	Hunter (1–3)	—	—	48–71
120	August 13	Braves	2–5	Hartgraves	Beech (1–1)	Wohlers	25,196	48–72
121	August 14	Braves	4–1	West (1–1)	Glavine	Bottalico (24)	28,206	49–72
122	August 15	Braves	5–8	Wade	Schilling (5–6)	—	28,011	49–73
123	August 16	Giants	4–6	VanLandingham	Williams (4–11)	Beck	20,163	49–74
124	August 17	Giants	4–8	Watson	Hunter (1–4)	Beck	24,522	49–75
125	August 18	Giants	7–6	Borland (6–3)	Gardner	Bottalico (25)	24,480	50–75
126	August 20	@ Dodgers	3–1	Jordan (1–1)	Osuna	Bottalico (26)	35,457	51–75
127	August 21	@ Dodgers	6–0	Schilling (6–6)	Nomo	—	39,502	52–75
128	August 22	@ Dodgers	5–8	Astacio	Williams (4–12)	Worrell	29,608	52–76
129	August 23	@ Padres	7–4	Hunter (2–4)	Worrell	Bottalico (27)	22,102	53–76
130	August 24	@ Padres	1–7	Hamilton	Beech (1–2)	—	31,023	53–77
131	August 25	@ Padres	2–11	Sanders	West (1–2)	—	30,036	53–78
132	August 26	@ Giants	0–1	VanLandingham	Schilling (6–7)	Beck	8,640	53–79
133	August 27	@ Giants	3–2	Williams (5–12)	Bautista	Bottalico (28)	9,549	54–79
134	August 28	@ Giants	6–7	Dewey	Jordan (1–2)	Beck	16,223	54–80
135	August 30	Dodgers	6–7 (12)	Dreifort	Parrett (0–1)	Worrell	22,129	54–81
136	August 31	Dodgers	7–11	Valdez	Schilling (6–8)	Osuna	24,821	54–82

September: 13–13 (Home: 8–9; Away: 5–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
137	September 1	Dodgers	6–3	Williams (6–12)	Worrell	Bottalico (29)	24,959	55–82
138	September 2	Padres	1–5	Valenzuela	Hunter (2–5)	—	15,263	55–83
139	September 3	Padres	8–2	Mimbs (2–7)	Hamilton	Ryan (7)	16,797	56–83
140	September 4	Padres	1–2	Sanders	Beech (1–3)	Hoffman	18,754	56–84
141	September 5	Cubs	6–1	Schilling (7–8)	Castillo	—	18,164	57–84
142	September 6	Cubs	4–6	Bullinger	Ryan (3–5)	Wendell	17,803	57–85
143	September 7	Cubs	4–2	Hunter (3–5)	Bottenfield	Bottalico (30)	18,021	58–85
144	September 8	Cubs	3–5	Navarro	Mimbs (2–8)	Wendell	27,600	58–86
145	September 10	@ Astros	3–4	Morman	Schilling (7–9)	Hernandez	12,700	58–87
146	September 11	@ Astros	10–8	Parrett (1–1)	Holt	Bottalico (31)	17,300	59–87
147	September 12	@ Astros	1–4	Kile	Williams (6–13)	—	16,103	59–88
148	September 13	@ Cubs	2–4	Trachsel	Hunter (3–6)	Wendell	23,048	59–89
149	September 14	@ Cubs	6–2	Mimbs (3–8)	Navarro	Ryan (8)	36,290	60–89
150	September 15	@ Cubs	6–1	Schilling (8–9)	Foster	—	24,697	61–89
151	September 17	Marlins	5–11	Rapp	Beech (1–4)	—	15,507	61–90
152	September 18	Marlins	8–6	Borland (7–3)	Miller	Bottalico (32)	17,158	62–90
153	September 19	Mets	2–7	Clark	Hunter (3–7)	—	16,689	62–91
154	September 20	Mets	2–5	Wilson	Mimbs (3–9)	Franco	22,001	62–92
155	September 21	Mets	2–1	Schilling (9–9)	Harnisch	—	23,283	63–92
156	September 22	Mets	4–3	Bottalico (4–5)	Wallace	—	27,672	64–92
157	September 24	Expos	2–6	Juden	Williams (6–14)	Rojas	16,044	64–93
158	September 25	Expos	3–1	West (2–2)	Paniagua	Bottalico (33)	17,544	65–93
159	September 26	Expos	2–5	Daal	Schilling (9–10)	Rojas	16,587	65–94
160	September 27	@ Mets	6–5	Jordan (2–2)	Dipoto	Bottalico (34)	15,889	66–94
161	September 28	@ Mets	2–4	Person	Maduro (0–1)	Wallace	16,801	66–95
162	September 29	@ Mets	9–5	Blazier (3–1)	Fyhrie	—	21,975	67–95

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Phillies team member

Detailed records

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
NL East
Atlanta Braves	4	9	0.308	46	83
Florida Marlins	7	6	0.538	62	74
Montreal Expos	7	6	0.538	59	52
New York Mets	6	7	0.462	52	62
Philadelphia Phillies
Total	24	28	0.462	219	271
NL Central
Chicago Cubs	6	7	0.462	59	51
Cincinnati Reds	2	10	0.167	27	57
Houston Astros	2	10	0.167	42	73
Pittsburgh Pirates	7	5	0.583	57	62
St. Louis Cardinals	4	8	0.333	30	41
Total	21	40	0.344	215	284
NL West
Colorado Rockies	6	6	0.500	55	62
Los Angeles Dodgers	6	7	0.462	59	63
San Diego Padres	4	8	0.333	46	67
San Francisco Giants	6	6	0.500	56	43
Total	22	27	0.449	216	235
Season Total	67	95	0.414	650	790

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	24	13	11	0.542	107	100
May	28	13	15	0.464	118	132
June	27	6	21	0.222	94	148
July	27	11	16	0.407	115	140
August	30	11	19	0.367	108	162
September	26	13	13	0.500	108	108
Total	162	67	95	0.414	650	790

Total	162	67	95	0.414	650	790
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	35	46	0.432	313	379
Away	81	32	49	0.395	337	411

Notable transactions

April 16, 1996: Rafael Quirico was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.^[6]
May 6, 1996: Rubén Amaro, Jr. was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.^[7]
June 4, 1996: Jimmy Rollins was drafted by the Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1996 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 24, 1996.^[8]
June 17, 1996: Mark Whiten was released by the Phillies.^[9]
July 6, 1996: Mitch Williams was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.^[10]
July 31, 1996: Terry Mulholland was traded by the Phillies to the Seattle Mariners for Desi Relaford.^[4]
August 12, 1996: Rafael Quirico was released by the Phillies.^[6]
September 30, 1996: Howard Battle was selected off waivers from the Phillies by the Los Angeles Dodgers.^[2]
August 19, 1996: Mitch Williams was released by the Phillies.^[10]

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

Pitchers

55 Matt Beech

21 Ron Blazier

42 Toby Borland

52 Ricky Bottalico

54 Carlos Crawford

34 Glenn Dishman

50 Sid Fernandez

37 Steve Frey

44 Mike Grace

43 Bronson Heflin

39 Rich Hunter

48 Ricardo Jordan

43 Dave Leiper

50 Calvin Maduro

47 Mike Mimbs

57 Larry Mitchell

45 Terry Mulholland

35 Bobby Muñoz

49 Jeff Parrett

43 Rafael Quirico

51 Ken Ryan

38 Curt Schilling

33 Russ Springer

40 David West

41 Mike Williams

Catchers

22 Gary Bennett

27 Bobby Estalella

24 Mike Lieberthal

18 Benito Santiago

Infielders

34 Howard Battle

5 Mike Benjamin

26 David Doster

25 Gregg Jefferies

23 Kevin Jordan

12 Mickey Morandini

13 Desi Relaford

6 Scott Rolen

6,5 Gene Schall

31 Kevin Sefcik

19 Kevin Stocker

27 Todd Zeile

43 Jon Zuber

Outfielders

37 Rubén Amaro, Jr.

20 Jack Apap

10 Darren Daulton

4 Lenny Dykstra

8 Jim Eisenreich

9 Pete Incaviglia

29 Wendell Magee

34 Manny Martínez

7 Glenn Murray

15 Ricky Otero

17 J. R. Phillips

26 Lee Tinsley

22 Mark Whiten

Manager

11 Jim Fregosi

Coaches

2 Larry Bowa (Third Base)

30 Dave Cash (First Base)

14 Denis Menke (Hitting)

46 Johnny Podres (Pitching)

18 John Vukovich (Bench)

59 Joe Rigoli (Bullpen)

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

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
Benjamin, MikeMike Benjamin	35	103	23	.223	4	13

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
Quirico, RafaelRafael Quirico	1	1.2	0	1	37.80	1

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
Jordan, RicardoRicardo Jordan	26	2	2	0	1.80	17

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons	International League	Butch Hobson and Ramón Avilés
AA	Reading Phillies	Eastern League	Bill Robinson
A	Clearwater Phillies	Florida State League	Al LeBoeuf
A	Piedmont Boll Weevils	South Atlantic League	Roy Majtyka
A-Short Season	Batavia Clippers	New York–Penn League	Floyd Rayford
Rookie	Martinsville Phillies	Appalachian League	Ramon Henderson

References

↑ Mike Benjamin at Baseball Reference
1 2 Howard Battle at Baseball Reference
↑ Heathcliff Slocumb at Baseball Reference
1 2 Terry Mulholland at Baseball Reference
1 2 Diamos, Jason (July 4, 1996). "Ochoa Hits For the Cycle To Spark Mets". New York Times. p. B9.
1 2 Rafael Quirico Archived November 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. at Baseball Reference
↑ Rubén Amaro, Jr. at Baseball Reference
↑ Jimmy Rollins at Baseball Reference
↑ Mark Whiten at Baseball Reference
1 2 Mitch Williams at Baseball Reference
↑ Carchidi, Sam (July 9, 1996). "Carter Likes Even the Boos at the Vet". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. D6.
↑ Bodley, Hal (July 10, 1996). "To Phillie fans, Carter still Public Enemy No. 1". USA Today. p. 3C. Joe Carter...walked out onto the sizzling Veterans Stadium turf...held his head high...and heard the boos even before he was introduced. Hard-core Philly baseball fans...(will) never forgive Carter for the dramatic ninth-inning home run that won the 1993 World Series.
↑ Griffin, Richard (July 9, 1996). "This time, Phillies pitcher shuts down Carter". Toronto Star. p. C3. As Carter took his first swing and the on-field introduction was made, the boos rained down.
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

1996 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference

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

Philadelphia Phillies

Formerly the Philadelphia Quakers
Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The franchise

Ballparks

Recreation Park Baker Bowl Shibe Park Veterans Stadium Citizens Bank Park

Spring training Fogel Field Coffee Pot Park Rickwood Field Cooke Field McKechnie Field Wilmington Park Flamingo Field Clearwater Athletic Field Jack Russell Memorial Stadium Carpenter Complex / Bright House Field

Culture

Rivalries

Important figures

Wall of Fame members	Grover Cleveland Alexander Dick Allen Richie Ashburn Bob Boone Larry Bowa Jim Bunning Pat Burrell Johnny Callison Steve Carlton Gavvy Cravath Darren Daulton Ed Delahanty Del Ennis Dallas Green Billy Hamilton Granny Hamner Willie Jones Harry Kalas Chuck Klein John Kruk Mike Lieberthal Greg Luzinski Garry Maddox Sherry Magee Charlie Manuel Tug McGraw Paul Owens Robin Roberts Juan Samuel Curt Schilling Mike Schmidt Chris Short Curt Simmons Tony Taylor Jim Thome Sam Thompson John Vukovich Cy Williams

Franchise record holders	John Coleman Bill Duggleby Lenny Dykstra Kid Gleason Ryan Howard George McQuillan José Mesa Lefty O'Doul Jimmy Rollins Curt Schilling Kent Tekulve Chase Utley

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owner: Limited partnership (John S. Middleton, Jim & Pete Buck, David Montgomery, & Pat Gillick)
President: Andy MacPhail
General Manager: Matt Klentak
Manager: Pete Mackanin

World Series
championships (2)

1980
2008

NL pennants (7)

Division
championships (11)

Minor league
affiliates

AAA: Lehigh Valley IronPigs
AA: Reading Fightin Phils
A Adv.: Clearwater Threshers
A: Lakewood BlueClaws
Short A: Williamsport Crosscutters
Rookie: GCL Phillies; DSL Phillies 1; DSL Phillies 2
Rosters: Minor league rosters

Broadcasting

Television

Radio

94 WIP (Flagship Station)
El Pasaporte (Spanish Flagship Station)
Phillies radio network affiliates

Broadcasters

TV Tom McCarthy Ben Davis Matt Stairs Mike Schmidt

Radio Scott Franzke Larry Andersen

Seasons (134)

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1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

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1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

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1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

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