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.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Farm system
5 References

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
Cleveland Indians	99	62	.615	--
Chicago White Sox	85	77	.525	14.5
Milwaukee Brewers	80	82	.494	19.5
Minnesota Twins	78	84	.481	21.5
Kansas City Royals	75	86	.466	24.0

Notable transactions

July 31, 1996: Greg Vaughn and a player to be named later were traded by the Brewers to the San Diego Padres for Marc Newfield, Bryce Florie and Ron Villone. The Brewers completed the deal by sending Gerald Parent (minors) to the Padres on September 16.^[2]
August 23, 1996: Pat Listach, Graeme Lloyd and a player to be named later were traded by the Brewers to the New York Yankees for Bob Wickman and Gerald Williams. The Brewers completed the deal by sending Ricky Bones to the Yankees on August 29.^[3]

Roster

1996 Milwaukee Brewers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

3 Phil Garner

Coaches

12 Chris Bando (Third Base)
35 Bill Castro (Bullpen)
17 Jim Gantner (First Base)
28 Lamar Johnson (Hitting)
45 Don Rowe (Pitching)

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
Carr, ChuckChuck Carr	27	106	29	.274	1	11

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

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
Kiefer, MarkMark Kiefer	7	0	0	0	8.10	5

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	New Orleans Zephyrs	American Association	Tim Ireland
AA	El Paso Diablos	Texas League	Dave Machemer
A	Stockton Ports	California League	Greg Mahlberg
A	Beloit Snappers	Midwest League	Luis Salazar
Rookie	Helena Brewers	Pioneer League	Alex Morales
Rookie	Ogden Raptors	Pioneer League	Bernie Moncallo

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Helena^[4]

References

1996 Milwaukee Brewers team page at Baseball Reference
1996 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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

Milwaukee Brewers

Formerly the Seattle Pilots
Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The Franchise

Ballparks

Spring Training: Tempe Diablo Stadium
Sun City Stadium
Compadre Stadium
Maryvale Baseball Park

Culture

Retired Numbers

Key Personnel

Owner: Mark Attanasio
General Manager: Doug Melvin
Manager: Ron Roenicke

Minors

Rivalries

Chicago Cubs

League Pennants

American League: 1982
National League: none

Division Titles

AL East: 1981 (second half)
1982
NL Central: 2011
AL Wild Card: none
NL Wild Card: 2008

Seasons (46)

1960s	1969

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

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

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1996 Milwaukee Brewers season