1996 San Diego Padres season

1996 San Diego Padres
	National League West Champions
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1969);
	Western Division (since 1969);
Location
	Jack Murphy Stadium (since 1969); San Diego, California (since 1969);
Other information
Owner(s)	Tom Werner, John Moores
General manager(s)	Kevin Towers
Manager(s)	Bruce Bochy
Local television	KFMB-TV; Prime Sports; (Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner, Bob Chandler, Ken Levine)
Local radio	KFMB (AM); (Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner, Bob Chandler, Ken Levine)
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The 1996 San Diego Padres season was the 28th season in franchise history.

Offseason[edit]

October 28, 1995: Rico Rossy was signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.^[1]
November 29, 1995: Mike Sharperson signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.^[2]
December 7, 1995: Fernando Valenzuela signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.
December 14, 1995: Doug Dascenzo was signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.^[3]
December 21, 1995: Wally Joyner was traded by the Kansas City Royals with Aaron Dorlarque (minors) to the San Diego Padres for Bip Roberts and Bryan Wolff (minors).^[4]
December 21, 1995: Mike Oquist was signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.^[5]
December 29, 1995: Rickey Henderson signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.
March 22, 1996: Melvin Nieves was traded by the San Diego Padres with Raul Casanova and Richie Lewis to the Detroit Tigers for Sean Bergman, Todd Steverson, and Cade Gaspar (minors).^[6]

Regular season[edit]

On August 16, the San Diego Padres played the New York Mets in a game held at the Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico.^[7]

Opening Day starters[edit]

Brad Ausmus
Ken Caminiti
Andújar Cedeño
Steve Finley
Tony Gwynn
Joey Hamilton
Rickey Henderson
Wally Joyner
Jody Reed

Season standings[edit]

v t e NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Diego Padres	91	71	0.562	—	45–36	46–35
Los Angeles Dodgers	90	72	0.556	1	47–34	43–38
Colorado Rockies	83	79	0.512	8	55–26	28–53
San Francisco Giants	68	94	0.420	23	38–44	30–50

Record vs. opponents[edit]

1996 National League Records v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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[edit]

1996 Game Log: 91–71 (Home: 45–36; Away: 46–35)

April: 17–10 (Home: 8–6; Away: 9–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 1	@ Cubs	4–5 (10)	Patterson	Hoffman (0–1)	—	38,734	0–1
2	April 3	@ Cubs	7–5	Hamilton (1–0)	Castillo	Hoffman (1)	29,638	1–1
3	April 5	@ Astros	10–4	Tewksbury (1–0)	Kile	—	28,629	2–1
4	April 6	@ Astros	8–4 (13)	Hoffman (1–1)	Small	—	24,510	3–1
5	April 7	@ Astros	17–2	Bergman (1–0)	Swindell	—	16,258	4–1
6	April 8	Marlins	9–2	Hamilton (2–0)	Hammond	—	44,470	5–1
7	April 9	Marlins	2–5 (10)	Leiter	Blair (0–1)	—	15,160	5–2
8	April 10	Marlins	3–0	Tewksbury (2–0)	Rapp	Hoffman (2)	10,510	6–2
9	April 11	Braves	2–1	Ashby (1–0)	Maddux	Hoffman (3)	19,047	7–2
10	April 12	Braves	3–5	Schmidt	Bergman (1–1)	Wohlers	25,747	7–3
11	April 13	Braves	6–2	Hamilton (3–0)	Glavine	Bochtler (1)	45,250	8–3
12	April 14	Braves	0–4	Smoltz	Valenzuela (0–1)	—	45,014	8–4
13	April 15	@ Rockies	9–11	Ruffin	Blair (0–2)	Leskanic	48,027	8–5
14	April 16	@ Rockies	10–6	Ashby (2–0)	Reynoso	—	48,031	9–5
15	April 17	@ Rockies	11–6	Florie (1–0)	Freeman	—	48,011	10–5
16	April 19	@ Braves	1–7	Smoltz	Hamilton (3–1)	—	27,375	10–6
17	April 20	@ Braves	5–6	McMichael	Bochtler (0–1)	Wohlers	31,893	10–7
18	April 21	@ Braves	2–1 (15)	Worrell (1–0)	Thobe	Bochtler (2)	28,829	11–7
19	April 22	@ Marlins	5–3	Ashby (3–0)	Burkett	—	17,473	12–7
20	April 23	@ Marlins	7–2	Bergman (2–1)	Hammond	—	19,667	13–7
21	April 24	Cubs	5–4	Hamilton (4–1)	Foster	Hoffman (4)	15,608	14–7
22	April 25	Cubs	8–3	Tewksbury (3–0)	Bullinger	—	18,736	15–7
23	April 26	Astros	3–2	Worrell (2–0)	Hampton	Hoffman (5)	21,254	16–7
24	April 27	Astros	0–6	Reynolds	Ashby (3–1)	—	38,309	16–8
25	April 28	Astros	2–3	Kile	Bergman (2–2)	Jones	27,208	16–9
26	April 29	Astros	2–0	Hamilton (5–1)	Brocail	—	8,979	17–9
27	April 30	Giants	4–9	Watson	Tewksbury (3–1)	—	14,170	17–10

May: 17–10 (Home: 9–5; Away: 8–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
28	May 1	Giants	9–4	Valenzuela (1–1)	Gardner	—	14,878	18–10
29	May 3	Cardinals	1–3	Osborne	Ashby (3–2)	Eckersley	21,335	18–11
30	May 4	Cardinals	3–4	Stottlemyre	Bergman (2–3)	Eckersley	44,375	18–12
31	May 5	Cardinals	10–4	Hamilton (6–1)	Benes	—	27,435	19–12
32	May 8	@ Pirates	5–4	Tewksbury (4–1)	May	Hoffman (6)	—	20–12
33	May 8	@ Pirates	3–4	Christiansen	Sanders (0–1)	Cordova	8,508	20–13
34	May 9	@ Pirates	7–1	Ashby (4–2)	Wagner	—	10,863	21–13
35	May 10	@ Reds	6–8	McElroy	Florie (1–1)	Brantley	22,508	21–14
36	May 11	@ Reds	0–1	Smiley	Hamilton (6–2)	Brantley	24,983	21–15
37	May 12	@ Reds	5–0	Tewksbury (5–1)	Burba	—	22,786	22–15
38	May 13	Mets	5–2	Valenzuela (2–1)	Isringhausen	—	12,829	23–15
39	May 14	Mets	9–4	Ashby (5–2)	Wilson	—	12,168	24–15
40	May 15	Mets	4–3 (10)	Worrell (3–0)	Franco	—	12,166	25–15
41	May 16	Mets	3–6	Harnisch	Hamilton (6–3)	Franco	17,341	25–16
42	May 17	Expos	2–1 (12)	Hoffman (2–1)	Rojas	—	26,469	26–16
43	May 18	Expos	2–3	Urbina	Valenzuela (2–2)	Rojas	31,749	26–17
44	May 19	Expos	4–3	Worrell (4–0)	Veres	Hoffman (7)	28,769	27–17
45	May 21	Phillies	4–5	Mulholland	Bergman (2–4)	Bottalico	11,954	27–18
46	May 22	Phillies	5–2	Hamilton (7–3)	Grace	Hoffman (8)	13,118	28–18
47	May 23	Phillies	7–5	Sanders (1–1)	Springer	Hoffman (9)	16,632	29–18
48	May 24	@ Mets	13–1	Valenzuela (3–2)	Isringhausen	—	24,751	30–18
49	May 25	@ Mets	7–2	Ashby (6–2)	Wilson	—	21,057	31–18
50	May 26	@ Mets	0–1	Jones	Bergman (2–5)	Franco	20,405	31–19
51	May 27	@ Expos	4–3	Hamilton (8–3)	Fassero	Hoffman (10)	44,636	32–19
52	May 28	@ Expos	3–2 (10)	Hoffman (3–1)	Scott	Bochtler (3)	16,537	33–19
53	May 29	@ Expos	4–9	Urbina	Valenzuela (3–3)	—	14,386	33–20
54	May 31	@ Phillies	4–2	Ashby (7–2)	Mulholland	Hoffman (11)	22,110	34–20

June: 9–19 (Home: 3–12; Away: 6–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
55	June 1	@ Phillies	8–3	Bergman (3–5)	Mimbs	—	27,623	35–20
56	June 2	@ Phillies	8–9 (12)	Borland	Hoffman (3–2)	—	32,035	35–21
57	June 3	Cardinals	0–3	Benes	Tewksbury (5–2)	—	13,625	35–22
58	June 4	Cardinals	5–11	Petkovsek	Worrell (4–1)	—	13,427	35–23
59	June 5	Cardinals	6–4	Hoffman (4–2)	Fossas	—	12,216	36–23
60	June 7	Pirates	0–10	Smith	Bergman (3–6)	—	20,312	36–24
61	June 8	Pirates	8–9 (14)	Cordova	Blair (0–3)	—	41,378	36–25
62	June 9	Pirates	0–6	Darwin	Tewksbury (5–3)	—	30,932	36–26
63	June 10	Reds	3–6	Smith	Bochtler (0–2)	Brantley	41,120	36–27
64	June 11	Reds	1–4	Jarvis	Valenzuela (3–4)	Brantley	12,029	36–28
65	June 12	Reds	4–9	Smiley	Florie (1–2)	—	11,411	36–29
66	June 13	@ Cubs	3–6 (14)	Jones	Blair (0–4)	—	28,953	36–30
67	June 14	@ Cubs	1–5	Trachsel	Tewksbury (5–4)	—	30,877	36–31
68	June 15	@ Cubs	2–1	Worrell (5–1)	Navarro	Hoffman (12)	39,465	37–31
69	June 16	@ Cubs	4–8	Castillo	Valenzuela (3–5)	Bullinger	33,376	37–32
70	June 17	@ Braves	3–9	Maddux	Bergman (3–7)	—	32,934	37–33
71	June 18	@ Braves	3–5	Clontz	Hamilton (8–4)	Wohlers	32,730	37–34
72	June 19	@ Braves	1–5	Smoltz	Tewksbury (5–5)	—	34,823	37–35
73	June 20	Cubs	2–3	Navarro	Worrell (5–2)	Wendell	19,969	37–36
74	June 21	Cubs	2–1 (10)	Hoffman (5–2)	Wendell	—	49,503	38–36
75	June 22	Cubs	6–9 (16)	Myers	Blair (0–5)	—	51,917	38–37
76	June 23	Cubs	5–4	Hamilton (9–4)	Telemaco	Hoffman (13)	30,672	39–37
77	June 25	Astros	4–9	Jones	Sanders (1–2)	—	13,458	39–38
78	June 26	Astros	3–4	Wall	Worrell (5–3)	Wagner	12,388	39–39
79	June 27	@ Giants	11–1	Valenzuela (4–5)	Gardner	—	12,325	40–39
80	June 28	@ Giants	6–1	Ashby (8–2)	Fernandez	Hoffman (14)	13,129	41–39
81	June 29	@ Giants	7–6	Blair (1–5)	Beck	Hoffman (15)	24,540	42–39
82	June 30	@ Giants	7–4	Tewksbury (6–5)	VanLandingham	Hoffman (16)	26,373	43–39

July: 15–12 (Home: 9–4; Away: 6–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
83	July 1	Dodgers	2–10	Candiotti	Worrell (5–4)	—	40,343	43–40
84	July 2	Dodgers	3–7	Astacio	Valenzuela (4–6)	—	28,294	43–41
85	July 3	Dodgers	3–2	Hamilton (10–4)	Martinez	Hoffman (17)	48,841	44–41
86	July 4	Giants	8–4	Tewksbury (7–5)	Leiter	—	14,111	45–41
87	July 5	Giants	7–6 (11)	Bergman (4–7)	Bautista	—	22,589	46–41
88	July 6	Giants	7–3	Worrell (6–4)	Bourgeois	Hoffman (18)	51,021	47–41
89	July 7	Giants	10–3	Valenzuela (5–6)	Fernandez	—	32,693	48–41
90	July 11	@ Rockies	5–8 (10)	Ruffin	Hoffman (5–3)	—	45,703	48–42
91	July 12	@ Rockies	12–13	Holmes	Blair (1–6)	—	48,053	48–43
92	July 13	@ Rockies	6–11	Ritz	Sanders (1–3)	—	48,009	48–44
93	July 14	@ Rockies	4–8	Reynoso	Valenzuela (5–7)	—	48,065	48–45
94	July 15	@ Dodgers	0–1 (10)	Guthrie	Hoffman (5–4)	—	44,368	48–46
95	July 16	@ Dodgers	10–1	Tewksbury (8–5)	Martinez	Worrell (1)	52,436	49–46
96	July 17	@ Dodgers	5–4	Florie (2–2)	Osuna	Hoffman (19)	42,423	50–46
97	July 18	Rockies	9–2	Sanders (2–3)	Ritz	—	24,212	51–46
98	July 19	Rockies	4–3	Valenzuela (6–7)	Reynoso	Hoffman (20)	26,559	52–46
99	July 20	Rockies	4–5	Leskanic	Bochtler (0–3)	Ruffin	55,046	52–47
100	July 21	Rockies	2–0	Tewksbury (9–5)	Freeman	Hoffman (21)	36,686	53–47
101	July 22	@ Astros	0–1	Reynolds	Hamilton (10–5)	Wagner	21,563	53–48
102	July 23	@ Astros	7–4	Sanders (3–3)	Hampton	Hoffman (22)	19,620	54–48
103	July 24	@ Astros	4–6 (10)	Hernandez	Villone (0–1)	—	19,168	54–49
104	July 26	@ Marlins	3–0 (11)	Hoffman (6–4)	Pall	—	19,677	55–49
105	July 27	@ Marlins	20–12	Villone (1–1)	Mathews	—	26,182	56–49
106	July 28	@ Marlins	2–8	Leiter	Hamilton (10–6)	—	22,683	56–50
107	July 29	@ Marlins	5–3	Sanders (4–3)	Brown	Hoffman (23)	18,281	57–50
108	July 30	Braves	2–1	Valenzuela (7–7)	Maddux	Hoffman (24)	24,110	58–50
109	July 31	Braves	4–7	Glavine	Tewksbury (9–6)	Wohlers	24,254	58–51

August: 18–10 (Home: 9–4; Away: 9–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
110	August 1	Braves	2–3	Bielecki	Worrell (6–5)	Wohlers	24,089	58–52
111	August 2	Marlins	2–1	Hoffman (7–4)	Perez	—	18,239	59–52
112	August 3	Marlins	2–5	Brown	Sanders (4–4)	Nen	55,412	59–53
113	August 4	Marlins	6–4	Valenzuela (8–7)	Hammond	Hoffman (25)	35,302	60–53
114	August 5	@ Cardinals	2–8	Benes	Tewksbury (9–7)	—	28,653	60–54
115	August 6	@ Cardinals	1–0	Worrell (7–5)	Osborne	Hoffman (26)	25,782	61–54
116	August 7	@ Cardinals	0–1	Petkovsek	Bochtler (0–4)	—	24,823	61–55
117	August 8	@ Pirates	12–3	Sanders (5–4)	Peters	—	8,388	62–55
118	August 9	@ Pirates	4–1	Valenzuela (9–7)	Miceli	Hoffman (27)	30,066	63–55
119	August 10	@ Pirates	6–2	Veras (1–0)	Plesac	—	21,902	64–55
120	August 11	@ Pirates	7–5	Bergman (5–7)	Parris	Hoffman (28)	27,227	65–55
121	August 13	@ Reds	4–10	Jarvis	Hamilton (10–7)	—	20,205	65–56
122	August 14	@ Reds	1–2 (13)	Smith	Bergman (5–8)	—	20,983	65–57
123	August 15	@ Reds	2–3	Burba	Tewksbury (9–8)	Brantley	23,143	65–58
124	August 16	Mets	15–10	Valenzuela (10–7)	Person	—	23,699	66–58
125	August 17	Mets	3–7	Clark	Worrell (7–6)	Henry	20,873	66–59
126	August 18	Mets	8–0	Hamilton (11–7)	Wilson	—	22,810	67–59
127	August 19	Expos	7–3	Sanders (6–4)	Martinez	Hoffman (29)	33,490	68–59
128	August 20	Expos	3–0	Tewksbury (10–8)	Cormier	Hoffman (30)	18,426	69–59
129	August 21	Expos	7–2	Valenzuela (11–7)	Urbina	—	29,182	70–59
130	August 23	Phillies	4–7	Hunter	Worrell (7–7)	Bottalico	22,102	70–60
131	August 24	Phillies	7–1	Hamilton (12–7)	Beech	—	31,023	71–60
132	August 25	Phillies	11–2	Sanders (7–4)	West	—	30,036	72–60
133	August 27	@ Mets	4–3	Blair (2–6)	Mlicki	Hoffman (31)	17,925	73–60
134	August 28	@ Mets	3–2 (12)	Bergman (6–8)	Wallace	Hoffman (32)	17,442	74–60
135	August 29	@ Mets	3–2	Hamilton (13–7)	Wilson	Hoffman (33)	17,016	75–60
136	August 30	@ Expos	6–0	Sanders (8–4)	Paniagua	—	14,133	76–60
137	August 31	@ Expos	2–4	Daal	Tewksbury (10–9)	Rojas	18,235	76–61

September: 15–10 (Home: 7–5; Away: 8–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
138	September 1	@ Expos	6–7	Fassero	Ashby (8–3)	Rojas	20,666	76–62
139	September 2	@ Phillies	5–1	Valenzuela (12–7)	Hunter	—	15,263	77–62
140	September 3	@ Phillies	2–8	Mimbs	Hamilton (13–8)	Ryan	16,797	77–63
141	September 4	@ Phillies	2–1	Sanders (9–4)	Beech	Hoffman (34)	18,754	78–63
142	September 6	@ Cardinals	3–8	Petkovsek	Tewksbury (10–10)	—	28,116	78–64
143	September 7	@ Cardinals	3–8	Osborne	Ashby (8–4)	—	42,846	78–65
144	September 8	@ Cardinals	5–4	Valenzuela (13–7)	Stottlemyre	Hoffman (35)	30,897	79–65
145	September 9	Pirates	6–5	Hermanson (1–0)	Wilkins	Hoffman (36)	15,727	80–65
146	September 10	Pirates	6–5	Hoffman (8–4)	Boever	—	15,694	81–65
147	September 11	Pirates	8–7	Bochtler (1–4)	Ericks	—	33,771	82–65
148	September 13	Reds	1–3	Morgan	Ashby (8–5)	Brantley	26,524	82–66
149	September 14	Reds	3–2 (12)	Veras (2–0)	Smith	—	25,231	83–66
150	September 15	Reds	8–0	Hamilton (14–8)	Jarvis	Blair (1)	29,005	84–66
151	September 16	@ Giants	2–1 (11)	Hoffman (9–4)	Beck	—	8,853	85–66
152	September 17	@ Giants	7–9	Poole	Veras (2–1)	Beck	12,737	85–67
153	September 18	@ Giants	8–5	Bochtler (2–4)	DeLucia	Hoffman (37)	11,996	86–67
154	September 19	Dodgers	0–7	Martinez	Valenzuela (13–8)	—	41,287	86–68
155	September 20	Dodgers	4–2	Hamilton (15–8)	Candiotti	Hoffman (38)	51,217	87–68
156	September 21	Dodgers	2–9	Valdez	Sanders (9–5)	—	53,629	87–69
157	September 22	Dodgers	3–2	Ashby (9–5)	Nomo	Hoffman (39)	51,092	88–69
158	September 24	Rockies	4–5 (11)	Ruffin	Hoffman (9–5)	Swift	23,556	88–70
159	September 25	Rockies	3–5	Thompson	Hamilton (15–9)	Ruffin	32,706	88–71
160	September 27	@ Dodgers	5–2 (10)	Worrell (8–7)	Osuna	Hoffman (40)	53,294	89–71
161	September 28	@ Dodgers	4–2	Worrell (9–7)	Dreifort	Hoffman (41)	52,977	90–71
162	September 29	@ Dodgers	2–0 (11)	Veras (3–1)	Park	Hoffman (42)	53,270	91–71

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Padres team member

Detailed records[edit]

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
NL East
Atlanta Braves	4	9	0.308	34	56
Florida Marlins	9	3	0.750	66	45
Montreal Expos	8	4	0.667	50	37
New York Mets	10	3	0.769	77	43
Philadelphia Phillies	8	4	0.667	67	46
Total	39	23	0.629	294	227
NL Central
Chicago Cubs	6	6	0.500	49	54
Cincinnati Reds	3	9	0.250	38	48
Houston Astros	6	6	0.500	60	45
Pittsburgh Pirates	9	4	0.692	72	62
St. Louis Cardinals	4	8	0.333	39	58
Total	28	33	0.459	258	267
NL West
Colorado Rockies	5	8	0.385	83	83
Los Angeles Dodgers	8	5	0.615	43	49
San Diego Padres
San Francisco Giants	11	2	0.846	93	56
Total	24	15	0.615	219	188
Season Total	91	71	0.562	771	682

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	27	17	10	0.630	145	108
May	27	17	10	0.630	129	87
June	28	9	19	0.321	113	155
July	27	15	12	0.556	148	133
August	28	18	10	0.643	134	91
September	25	15	10	0.600	102	108
Total	162	91	71	0.562	771	682

Total	162	91	71	0.562	771	682
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	45	36	0.556	356	337
Away	81	46	35	0.568	415	345

Notable transactions[edit]

July 31, 1996: Marc Newfield was traded by the San Diego Padres with Bryce Florie and Ron Villone to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later and Greg Vaughn. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Gerald Parent (minors) (September 16, 1996) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.^[8]

Roster[edit]

1996 San Diego Padres

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

59 Sean Mulligan
13 Todd Steverson

Manager

15 Bruce Bochy

Coaches

4 Tim Flannery (third base)
22 Grady Little (bullpen)
42 Davey Lopes (first base)
5 Rob Picciolo (bench)
16 Merv Rettenmund (hitting)
37 Dan Warthen (pitching)

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

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	John Flaherty	72	263	80	.303	9	41
1B	Wally Joyner	121	433	120	.277	8	64
2B	Jody Reed	146	495	121	.244	2	49
SS	Chris Gomez	89	328	86	.262	3	29
3B	Ken Caminiti	146	546	178	.326	40	130
LF	Rickey Henderson	148	465	112	.241	9	29
CF	Steve Finley	161	655	195	.298	30	95
RF	Tony Gwynn	116	451	159	.353	3	50

Other batters[edit]

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
Brian Johnson	82	243	66	.272	8	35
Archi Cianfrocco	79	192	54	.281	2	32
Marc Newfield	84	191	48	.251	5	26
Scott Livingstone	102	172	51	.297	2	20
Andújar Cedeño	49	154	36	.234	3	18
Brad Ausmus	50	149	27	.181	1	13
Greg Vaughn	43	141	29	.206	10	22
Luis López	63	139	25	.180	2	11
Craig Shipley	33	92	29	.315	1	7
Chris Gwynn	81	90	16	.178	1	10
Rob Deer	25	50	9	.180	4	9
Jason Thompson	13	49	11	.224	2	6
Doug Dascenzo	21	9	1	.111	0	0
Jim Tatum	5	3	0	.000	0	0
Sean Mulligan	2	1	0	.000	0	0
Todd Stevenson	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Joey Hamilton	34	211.2	15	9	4.17	184
Bob Tewksbury	36	206.2	10	10	4.31	126
Fernando Valenzuela	33	171.2	13	8	3.62	95
Andy Ashby	24	150.2	9	5	3.23	85

Other pitchers[edit]

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Scott Sanders	46	144.0	9	5	3.38	157
Tim Worrell	50	121.0	9	7	3.05	99
Sean Bergman	41	113.1	6	8	4.37	85

Relief pitchers[edit]

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Trevor Hoffman	70	9	5	42	2.25	111
Doug Bochtler	63	2	4	3	3.02	68
Willie Blair	60	2	6	1	4.60	67
Bryce Florie	39	2	2	0	4.01	51
Dario Veras	23	3	1	0	2.79	23
Ron Villone	21	1	1	0	2.95	19
Al Osuna	10	0	0	0	2.25	4
Dustin Hermanson	8	1	0	0	8.56	11
Mike Oquist	8	0	0	0	2.35	4
Andrés Berumen	3	0	0	0	5.40	4
Glenn Dishman	3	0	0	0	7.71	0
Pete Walker	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

National League Division Series[edit]

St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Diego Padres[edit]

St. Louis wins the series, 3-0

Game	Home	Score	Visitor	Score	Date	Series
1	St. Louis	3	San Diego	1	October 1	1-0 (STL)
2	St. Louis	5	San Diego	4	October 3	2-0 (STL)
3	San Diego	5	St. Louis	7	October 5	3-0 (STL)

The Cardinals and Padres began their rivalry in this series. The Cardinals' first of three postseason victories against the Padres took place here. Their dominance is overwhelming to the tune of only one loss against the Padres lifetime in the postseason.
A 3-run homer by Gary Gaetti off Joey Hamilton put the Cardinals up for good. Todd Stottlemyre pitched masterfully, allowing only one earned run on a solo home run by Rickey Henderson. Rick Honeycutt and Dennis Eckersley shut the Padres down for the win.
A well fought Game 2 saw the Cardinals squander two leads. Scott Sanders faced Andy Benes. Willie McGee put the Cardinals on top on the 3rd with an RBI single. Ken Caminiti tied the game with a leadoff homer in the 5th. Ron Gant cleared the bases with a double in the Cardinals 5th to make it 4-1. A 2 run single by Tony Gwynn made it a one run game in the Padres 6th. An RBI ground out by Steve Finley tied the game in the Padres 8th. But the Cardinals would score a run in the 8th on an RBI ground out that scored Brian Jordan. Dennis Eckersley got his 2nd save of the postseason.
In Game 3, the Cardinals looked to Donovan Osborne to put the Padres away. Opposing the potential sweep would be Andy Ashby. Brian Jordan put the Cardinals ahead when he singled to center field to score Royce Clayton. A would-be double play ball in the bottom of the 2nd helped the Padres take the lead 2-1. Then Ken Caminiti homered to make it 3-1 in the 3rd. An RBI single in the bottom of the 4th made it 4-1 Padres and Osborne was done. But the Cardinals were not about to let the series go another game. A leadoff homer by Ron Gant made it 4-2 in the 6th. But a one-out triple by John Mabry scored Jordan and a single would bring him home to tie the game at 4. The Cardinals would take the lead in the 7th when Ray Lankford scored on a double play. The Padres were now 6 outs from being eliminated. But when Caminiti hit his second homer of the game to tie it at 5, the Padres were still alive. However, the Cardinals put the game away in the top of the 9th when Jordan hit a two-run homer that proved to be the series winner. A one-out single by Rickey Henderson in the 9th put the tying run at the plate but nothing would be made of it as Eckersley got his 3rd save in as many tries to win the series.

Award winners[edit]

Ken Caminiti, National League Most Valuable Player

1996 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Tony Gwynn
Ken Caminiti

Farm system[edit]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Las Vegas Stars	Pacific Coast League	Jerry Royster
AA	Memphis Chicks	Southern League	Ed Romero
A	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	California League	Mike Basso
A	Clinton LumberKings	Midwest League	Mike Ramsey
Rookie	AZL Padres	Arizona League	Larry See
Rookie	Idaho Falls Braves	Pioneer League	Don Werner

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Padres^[9]

References[edit]

^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rossyri01.shtml
^ Mike Sharperson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dascedo01.shtml
^ Wally Joyner Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/oquismi01.shtml
^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nieveme01.shtml
^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.371, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/newfima01.shtml
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links[edit]

1996 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference
1996 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac

[1] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rossyri01.shtml

[2] Mike Sharperson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

[3] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dascedo01.shtml

[4] Wally Joyner Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

[5] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/o/oquismi01.shtml

[6] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nieveme01.shtml

[7] Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.371, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

[8] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/n/newfima01.shtml

[9] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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