1996 Philadelphia Phillies season

1996 Philadelphia Phillies
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Veterans Stadium
City	Philadelphia
Record	67–95 (.414)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Bill Giles
General managers	Lee Thomas
Managers	Jim Fregosi
Television	WPHL-TV PRISM SportsChannel Philadelphia (Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler, Garry Maddox, Todd Kalas)
Radio	WGMP (Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler)
Seasons

The 1996 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 114th season in the history of the franchise. 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.
• December 6, 1995: Paul Quantrill was traded by the Phillies to the Toronto Blue Jays for Howard Battle with Ricardo Jordan.
• 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.
• February 17, 1996: Terry Mulholland was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.

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. This was the first time since 1951 that a player had hit for the cycle against the Phillies.

Season standings

NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	96	66	.593	—	56‍–‍25	40‍–‍41
Montreal Expos	88	74	.543	8	50‍–‍31	38‍–‍43
Florida Marlins	80	82	.494	16	52‍–‍29	28‍–‍53
New York Mets	71	91	.438	25	42‍–‍39	29‍–‍52
Philadelphia Phillies	67	95	.414	29	35‍–‍46	32‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

1996 National League record 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

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

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

Notable transactions

• April 16, 1996: Rafael Quirico was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.
• May 6, 1996: Rubén Amaro, Jr. was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.
• 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.
• June 17, 1996: Mark Whiten was released by the Phillies.
• July 6, 1996: Mitch Williams was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.
• July 31, 1996: Terry Mulholland was traded by the Phillies to the Seattle Mariners for Desi Relaford.
• August 12, 1996: Rafael Quirico was released by the Phillies.
• September 30, 1996: Howard Battle was selected off waivers from the Phillies by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
• August 19, 1996: Mitch Williams was released by the Phillies.

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.

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. 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)  3 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
C	Benito Santiago	136	481	127	.264	30	85
1B	Gregg Jeffries	104	404	118	.292	7	51
2B	Mickey Morandini	140	539	135	.250	3	32
SS	Kevin Stocker	119	394	100	.254	5	41
3B	Todd Zeile	134	500	134	.268	20	80
LF	Pete Incaviglia	99	269	63	.234	16	42
CF	Ricky Otero	104	411	112	.273	2	32
RF	Jim Eisenreich	113	338	122	.361	3	41

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
Mark Whiten	60	182	43	.236	7	21
Mike Lieberthal	50	166	42	.253	7	23
Wendell Magee	38	142	29	.204	2	14
Lenny Dykstra	40	134	35	.261	3	13
Kevin Jordan	43	131	37	.282	3	12
Scott Rolen	37	130	33	.254	4	18
Rubén Amaro Jr.	61	117	37	.316	2	15
Kevin Sefcik	44	116	33	.284	0	9
David Doster	39	105	28	.267	1	8
Mike Benjamin	35	103	23	.223	4	13
Glenn Murray	38	97	19	.196	2	6
Jon Zuber	30	91	23	.253	1	10
J.R. Phillips	35	79	12	.152	5	10
Gene Schall	28	66	18	.273	2	10
Lee Tinsley	31	52	7	.135	0	2
Desi Relaford	15	40	7	.175	0	1
Manny Martínez	13	36	8	.222	0	0
Bobby Estalella	7	17	6	.353	2	4
Gary Bennett	6	16	4	.250	0	1
Darren Daulton	5	12	2	.167	0	0
Howard Battle	5	5	0	.000	0	0

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
Curt Schilling	26	183.1	9	10	3.19	182
Mike Williams	32	167.0	6	14	5.44	103
Terry Mulholland	21	133.1	8	7	4.66	52
Mike Mimbs	21	99.1	3	9	5.53	56
Mike Grace	12	80.0	7	2	3.49	49
Rich Hunter	14	69.1	3	7	6.49	32
Sid Fernandez	11	63.0	3	6	3.43	77
Matt Beech	8	41.1	1	4	6.97	33
David West	7	28.1	2	2	4.76	22
Bobby Muñoz	6	25.1	0	3	7.82	8
Carlos Crawford	1	3.2	0	1	4.91	4
Rafael 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
Calvin Maduro	4	15.1	0	1	3.52	11
Glenn Dishman	4	7.0	0	0	7.71	3

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
Ricky Bottalico	61	4	5	34	3.19	74
Toby Borland	69	7	3	0	4.07	76
Ken Ryan	62	3	5	8	2.43	70
Russ Springer	51	3	10	0	4.66	94
Steve Frey	31	0	1	0	4.72	12
Ron Blazier	27	3	1	0	5.87	25
Ricardo Jordan	26	2	2	0	1.80	17
Dave Leiper	26	2	0	0	6.43	10
Jeff Parrett	18	1	1	0	1.88	22
Larry Mitchell	7	0	0	0	4.50	7
Bronson Heflin	3	0	0	0	6.75	4

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

• 1996 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference