1996 San Francisco Giants
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
Ballpark3Com Park at Candlestick Point
CitySan Francisco
OwnersPeter Magowan
General managersBob Quinn
ManagersDusty Baker
TelevisionKTVU
(Ted Robinson, Mike Krukow, Lon Simmons)
SportsChannel Pacific
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons)
RadioKNBR
(Ted Robinson, Hank Greenwald, Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper)
SP Radio
(Julio Gonzalez,Rene De La Rosa, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez)
Seasons

The 1996 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 114th season in Major League Baseball, their 39th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 37th at 3Com Park at Candlestick Point. The team finished in fourth place in the National League West with a 68–94 record, 23 games behind the San Diego Padres.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening day starters

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Diego Padres 9171 0.562 — 45–36 46–35
Los Angeles Dodgers 9072 0.556 1 47–34 43–38
Colorado Rockies 8379 0.512 8 55–26 28–53
San Francisco Giants 6894 0.420 23 38–44 30–50

Record vs. opponents

1996 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —7–57–55–76–76–65–710–37–69–49–39–47–59–4
Chicago 5–7—5–85–76–65–88–56–67–57–64–96–67–55–8
Cincinnati 5–78–5—7–63–97–64–83–96–610–25–89–39–45–8
Colorado 7–57–56–7—5–88–56–73–97–56–67–58–55–88–4
Florida 7–66–69–38–5—7–56–75–87–66–75–73–95–76–6
Houston 6–68–56–75–85–7—6–64–98–410–28–56–68–42–11
Los Angeles 7–55–88–47–67–66–6—9–38–47–66–65–87–68–4
Montreal 3–106–69–39–38–59–43–9—7–66–77–54–89–48–4
New York 6–75–76–65–76–74–84–86–7—7–68–53–106–65–7
Philadelphia 4-96–72–106–67–62–106–77–66–7—7–54–86–64–8
Pittsburgh 3–99–48–55–77–55–86–65–75–85–7—4–98–43–10
San Diego 4–96–63–95–89–36–68–58–410–38–49–4—11–24–8
San Francisco 5–75–74–98–57–54–86–74–96–66–64–82–11—7–6
St. Louis 4–98–58–54–86–611-24–84–87–58–410–38–46–7—

Game log

1996 Game Log: 68–94 (Home: 38–44; Away: 30–50)
April: 14–12 (Home: 6–6; Away: 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Braves8–10MadduxLeiter (0–1)Borbon48,9610–1
2April 3@ Braves2–15GlavineVanLandingham (0–1)—28,7280–2
3April 4@ Braves7–1Watson (1–0)Smoltz—30,2711–2
4April 5@ Marlins7–1Fernandez (1–0)Rapp—24,7692–2
5April 6@ Marlins0–1 (10)NenDewey (0–1)—34,0022–3
6April 7@ Marlins14–7Bourgeois (1–0)Burkett—19,8423–3
7April 8@ Astros2–6HamptonVanLandingham (0–2)—13,4883–4
8April 9@ Astros3–1 (10)Juden (1–0)TabakaBeck (1)13,5884–4
9April 10@ Astros11–5Fernandez (2–0)Kile—14,1835–4
10April 12Cubs4–1Leiter (1–1)NavarroBeck (2)45,5896–4
11April 13Cubs3–2 (10)Juden (2–0)Myers—22,1207–4
12April 14Cubs2–6FosterWatson (1–1)Wendell23,1377–5
13April 16Dodgers5–3Dewey (1–1)OsunaBeck (3)19,7168–5
14April 17Dodgers2–11OsunaLeiter (1–2)—17,0398–6
15April 18@ Cubs6–7PerezVanLandingham (0–3)Wendell15,8578–7
16April 19@ Cubs6–10FosterWatson (1–2)—17,6628–8
17April 20@ Cubs8–4Gardner (1–0)Bullinger—28,0479–8
18April 21@ Cubs7–6Fernandez (3–0)TrachselBeck (4)28,06510–8
19April 22Astros8–11ReynoldsLeiter (1–3)—8,86710–9
20April 23Astros4–8KileVanLandingham (0–4)—8,43910–10
21April 24Braves3–8SmoltzWatson (1–3)—13,29610–11
22April 25Braves8–0Gardner (2–0)Schmidt—12,43611–11
23April 26Marlins0–3BrownFernandez (3–1)—12,46111–12
24April 27Marlins6–3Leiter (2–3)BurkettBeck (5)15,71112–12
25April 28Marlins10–4VanLandingham (1–4)Hammond—23,53513–12
26April 30@ Padres9–4Watson (2–3)Tewksbury—14,17014–12
May: 12–14 (Home: 5–7; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27May 1@ Padres4–9ValenzuelaGardner (2–1)—14,87814–13
28May 3Reds3–5McElroyCreek (0–1)Brantley12,88414–14
29May 4Reds7–9MooreLeiter (2–4)Brantley18,98914–15
30May 5Reds6–12SmileyVanLandingham (1–5)—18,05214–16
31May 7@ Cardinals4–2Watson (3–3)FossasBeck (6)23,49215–16
32May 8@ Cardinals10–7Gardner (3–1)BenesBeck (7)22,51716–16
33May 9@ Cardinals8–16ParrettDewey (1–2)—37,92016–17
34May 10@ Pirates5–4 (10)DeLucia (1–0)CordovaBeck (8)17,61117–17
35May 11@ Pirates12–7VanLandingham (2–5)Hope—16,59118–17
36May 12@ Pirates7–2Watson (4–3)Smith—17,13219–17
37May 13@ Phillies2–1Gardner (4–1)FernandezBeck (9)18,75820–17
38May 14@ Phillies0–7SchillingFernandez (3–2)—18,77420–18
39May 15@ Phillies6–7 (10)BottalicoBeck (0–1)—25,08520–19
40May 18Mets5–14ClarkVanLandingham (2–6)—15,29820–20
41May 19Mets1–0Watson (5–3)IsringhausenBeck (10)—21–20
42May 19Mets6–2Gardner (5–1)Wilson—22,95922–20
43May 20Expos9–6Dewey (2–2)DyerBeck (11)10,06223–20
44May 21Expos8–5Dewey (3–2)AucoinBeck (12)8,91124–20
45May 22Expos3–4MartinezVanLandingham (2–7)Rojas11,66324–21
46May 24Phillies1–5SchillingWatson (5–4)—11,91724–22
47May 25Phillies3–2Gardner (6–1)WilliamsBeck (13)16,87425–22
48May 26Phillies1–10MulhollandFernandez (3–3)Bottalico26,23425–23
49May 28@ Mets0–4ClarkLeiter (2–5)Henry15,73325–24
50May 29@ Mets4–2VanLandingham (3–7)IsringhausenBeck (14)15,57826–24
51May 30@ Mets0–1WilsonWatson (5–5)Franco15,78126–25
52May 31@ Expos4–7DaalDeLucia (1–1)Veres25,71226–26
June: 10–17 (Home: 7–9; Away: 3–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 1@ Expos1–5FasseroFernandez (3–4)Dyer36,85826–27
54June 2@ Expos8–1Leiter (3–5)Martinez—25,00627–27
55June 3@ Reds6–3VanLandingham (4–7)Burba—20,02828–27
56June 4@ Reds1–4SalkeldWatson (5–6)Brantley28,54928–28
57June 5@ Reds15–4Gardner (7–1)Jarvis—21,88129–28
58June 7Cardinals4–9BenesFernandez (3–5)—13,00929–29
59June 8Cardinals4–1DeLucia (2–1)StottlemyreBeck (15)20,40130–29
60June 9Cardinals9–0Watson (6–6)Benes—24,17631–29
61June 10Pirates4–5MorelDeLucia (2–2)Cordova10,02631–30
62June 11Pirates2–7NeagleFernandez (3–6)—11,53031–31
63June 13Astros12–8Leiter (4–5)Kile—10,52732–31
64June 14Astros1–9HamptonVanLandingham (4–8)Wagner10,75832–32
65June 15Astros3–4WallWatson (6–7)Jones18,53032–33
66June 16Astros8–7DeLucia (3–2)Morman—27,62433–33
67June 17Marlins1–0Fernandez (4–6)LeiterBeck (16)9,52434–33
68June 18Marlins9–8 (15)Juden (3–0)Rapp—15,43935–33
69June 19Marlins7–4 (15)Bautista (1–0)Mathews—13,27436–33
70June 21@ Braves7–8 (11)WadeBeck (0–2)—38,43236–34
71June 22@ Braves0–6MadduxGardner (7–2)—49,36536–35
72June 23@ Braves0–1GlavineFernandez (4–7)Wohlers35,64536–36
73June 24@ Marlins1–2BurkettLeiter (4–6)Nen16,86036–37
74June 25@ Marlins4–5 (10)PowellBeck (0–3)—16,57736–38
75June 26@ Marlins2–3BrownWatson (6–8)—21,18836–39
76June 27Padres1–11ValenzuelaGardner (7–3)—12,32536–40
77June 28Padres1–6AshbyFernandez (4–8)Hoffman13,12936–41
78June 29Padres6–7BlairBeck (0–4)Hoffman24,54036–42
79June 30Padres4–7TewksburyVanLandingham (4–9)Hoffman26,37336–43
July: 10–17 (Home: 8–6; Away: 2–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1Rockies9–6Juden (4–0)PainterBeck (17)16,14237–43
81July 2Rockies5–1Gardner (8–3)Ritz—13,57138–43
82July 3Rockies2–3LeskanicBeck (0–5)Ruffin44,35638–44
83July 4@ Padres4–8TewksburyLeiter (4–7)—14,11138–45
84July 5@ Padres6–7 (11)BergmanBautista (1–1)—22,58938–46
85July 6@ Padres3–7WorrellBourgeois (1–1)Hoffman51,02138–47
86July 7@ Padres3–10ValenzuelaFernandez (4–9)—32,69338–48
87July 11@ Dodgers3–8MartinezLeiter (4–8)—37,30538–49
88July 12@ Dodgers1–6ValdezFernandez (4–10)—44,56938–50
89July 13@ Dodgers7–0Estes (1–0)Nomo—54,22639–50
90July 14@ Dodgers6–0VanLandingham (5–9)Park—42,86240–50
91July 15@ Rockies3–7BaileyBourgeois (1–2)—48,03240–51
92July 16@ Rockies3–5FreemanLeiter (4–9)Ruffin49,03540–52
93July 17@ Rockies3–4WrightFernandez (4–11)Ruffin48,45340–53
94July 18Dodgers3–8NomoEstes (1–1)—28,07240–54
95July 19Dodgers5–4VanLandingham (6–9)CandiottiBeck (18)27,56241–54
96July 20Dodgers7–6Bautista (2–1)Worrell—50,01442–54
97July 21Dodgers6–7OsunaDeLucia (3–3)Worrell36,34542–55
98July 22Cubs3–2Bautista (3–1)Bottenfield—12,90243–55
99July 23Cubs6–9MyersDeLucia (3–4)Patterson15,87843–56
100July 24Cubs1–7CastilloVanLandingham (6–10)—13,69543–57
101July 25Braves4–3Watson (7–8)MadduxBeck (19)16,87144–57
102July 26Braves1–2GlavineLeiter (4–10)Wohlers17,56044–58
103July 27Braves7–5Gardner (9–3)WoodallBeck (20)38,76145–58
104July 28Braves10–3Estes (2–1)SmoltzBeck (21)34,52546–58
105July 30@ Cubs0–4CastilloVanLandingham (6–11)Adams37,42446–59
106July 31@ Cubs1–4TrachselWatson (7–9)Wendell28,98846–60
August: 12–15 (Home: 6–7; Away: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 2@ Astros1–5DrabekGardner (9–4)Hernandez22,68246–61
108August 3@ Astros1–4ReynoldsEstes (2–2)—35,93046–62
109August 4@ Astros6–7HamptonFernandez (4–12)Wagner33,64646–63
110August 5Reds3–4SalkeldVanLandingham (6–12)Brantley12,27746–64
111August 6Reds2–3CarrascoBeck (0–6)Brantley12,43446–65
112August 7Reds9–2Gardner (10–4)Jarvis—15,82947–65
113August 8@ Cardinals5–3 (10)Poole (1–0)HoneycuttBeck (22)34,84448–65
114August 9@ Cardinals8–6Fernandez (5–12)MorganBeck (23)30,11849–65
115August 10@ Cardinals1–7BenesVanLandingham (6–13)—49,34449–66
116August 11@ Cardinals3–5OsborneWatson (7–10)Eckersley30,13949–67
117August 13@ Pirates12–10Dewey (4–2)PlesacBeck (24)11,37850–67
118August 14@ Pirates3–4PetersEstes (2–3)Ericks20,34050–68
119August 16@ Phillies6–4VanLandingham (7–13)WilliamsBeck (25)20,16351–68
120August 17@ Phillies8–4Watson (8–10)HunterBeck (26)24,52252–68
121August 18@ Phillies6–7BorlandGardner (10–5)Bottalico24,48052–69
122August 19Mets5–4Scott (1–0)HarnischBeck (27)11,56553–69
123August 20Mets3–7JonesFernandez (5–13)Franco10,88553–70
124August 21Mets12–11Dewey (5–2)PersonBeck (28)11,47354–70
125August 22Expos4–5FasseroBautista (3–2)Rojas14,74454–71
126August 23Expos8–10DaalCreek (0–2)Rojas18,73954–72
127August 24Expos0–3MartinezEstes (2–4)Rojas22,71054–73
128August 25Expos7–2Fernandez (6–13)Cormier—24,34955–73
129August 26Phillies1–0VanLandingham (8–13)SchillingBeck (29)8,64056–73
130August 27Phillies2–3WilliamsBautista (3–3)Bottalico9,54956–74
131August 28Phillies7–6Dewey (6–2)JordanBeck (30)16,22357–74
132August 30@ Mets6–4Estes (3–4)HarnischBeck (31)17,58158–74
133August 31@ Mets2–7PersonScott (1–1)Henry23,63658–75
September: 10–19 (Home: 6–9; Away: 4–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
134September 1@ Mets5–6 (10)FrancoBeck (0–7)—40,64358–76
135September 2@ Expos3–4 (11)ManuelBeck (0–8)—26,68958–77
136September 3@ Expos2–9MartinezGardner (10–6)—20,16858–78
137September 4@ Expos0–6PaniaguaEstes (3–5)—20,31758–79
138September 6@ Reds2–0Fernandez (7–13)SmileyBeck (32)—59–79
139September 6@ Reds1–14MorganBourgeois (1–3)—23,09159–80
140September 7@ Reds5–7SalkeldScott (1–2)Brantley22,79059–81
141September 8@ Reds3–8ShawBautista (3–4)—20,83859–82
142September 9Cardinals2–6BenesGardner (10–7)—10,30759–83
143September 10Cardinals0–1PetkovsekRueter (0–1)Eckersley8,77059–84
144September 11Cardinals4–2Scott (2–2)BenesBeck (33)9,67360–84
145September 12Pirates4–10SchmidtDewey (6–3)Boever8,21460–85
146September 13Pirates0–9LoaizaVanLandingham (8–14)—9,88860–86
147September 14Pirates5–7 (12)EricksHook (0–1)Boever15,68560–87
148September 15Pirates1–4LieberRueter (0–2)Ruebel—60–88
149September 15Pirates9–11 (10)WilkinsPoole (1–1)—21,99860–89
150September 16Padres1–2 (11)HoffmanBeck (0–9)—8,85360–90
151September 17Padres9–7Poole (2–1)VerasBeck (34)12,73761–90
152September 18Padres5–8BochtlerDeLucia (3–5)Hoffman11,99661–91
153September 19Rockies11–4VanLandingham (9–14)Ritz—10,99462–91
154September 20Rockies6–2Gardner (11–7)Thompson—15,73463–91
155September 21Rockies6–2Rueter (1–2)Wright—30,00264–91
156September 22Rockies7–3Soderstrom (1–0)Nied—30,82665–91
157September 24@ Dodgers2–6MartinezWatson (8–11)—37,44865–92
158September 25@ Dodgers5–7RadinskyDeLucia (3–6)Worrell42,40565–93
159September 26@ Dodgers6–1Gardner (12–7)Candiotti—38,89366–93
160September 27@ Rockies9–3Soderstrom (2–0)Nied—48,00967–93
161September 28@ Rockies8–5Carlson (1–0)BurkeBeck (35)48,04268–93
162September 29@ Rockies3–12RitzWatson (8–12)—48,16268–94
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Giants team member

Detailed records

Notable transactions

Lou Seal

Lou Seal has served as mascot of the San Francisco Giants since 1996.

Lou Seal is the official mascot of the San Francisco Giants. "Born" on July 25, 1996, Luigi Francisco Seal has been a regular part of the Giants baseball home games and events around San Francisco, and the United States. The name is a play on the name "Lucille." Todd Schwenk, an Oakland Athletics Fan, named the mascot in a KNBR Sports Radio phone-in contest. Schwenk named Lou for the Seals always hanging out on the wharfs at Fisherman's Wharf. It also refers to the San Francisco Seals, the baseball club which was a mainstay of the Pacific Coast League from 1903 until 1957.

Roster

1996 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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 Tom Lampkin[9] 66 177 41 .232 6 29
1B Mark Carreon[9] 81 292 76 .260 9 51
2B Steve Scarsone[9] 105 283 62 .219 5 23
3B Matt Williams[9] 105 404 122 .302 22 85
SS Rich Aurilia[9] 105 318 76 .239 3 26
LF Barry Bonds[9] 158 517 159 .308 42 129
CF Marvin Benard[9] 135 488 121 .248 5 27
RF Glenallen Hill[9] 98 379 106 .280 19 67

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
Shawon Dunston 82 287 86 .300 5 25
Stan Javier 71 274 74 .270 2 22
Robby Thompson 63 227 48 .211 5 21
Bill Mueller 55 200 66 .330 0 19
Dave McCarty 91 175 38 .217 6 24
Rick Wilkins 52 157 46 .293 8 36
Kirt Manwaring 49 145 34 .234 1 14
Kim Batiste 54 130 27 .208 3 11
Steve Decker 57 122 28 .230 1 12
Jay Canizaro 43 120 24 .200 2 8
Desi Wilson 41 118 32 .271 2 12
Jacob Cruz 33 77 18 .234 3 10
Dan Peltier 31 59 15 .254 0 9
Dax Jones 34 58 10 .172 1 7
Trent Hubbard 10 29 6 .207 1 2
Mel Hall 25 25 3 .120 0 5
J.R. Phillips 15 25 5 .200 2 5
Wilson Delgado 6 22 8 .364 0 2
Keith Williams 9 20 5 .250 0 0
Marcus Jensen 9 19 4 .211 0 4
Doug Mirabelli 9 18 4 .222 0 1

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
Allen Watson29185.28124.61128
William Van Landingham32181.29145.4097
Mark Gardner30179.11274.42145
Osvaldo Fernández30171.27134.61106
Mark Leiter23135.14105.19118
Shawn Estes1170.0353.6060
Kirk Rueter423.1121.9316
Steve Soderstrom313.2205.279

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
Steve Bourgeois1540.0136.3017

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
Rod Beck6309353.3448
Mark Dewey786304.2157
Doug Creek630206.5238
Rich DeLucia563605.8455
José Bautista373403.3628
Jeff Juden364004.1035
Jim Poole352102.6619
Tim Scott202208.2410
Chris Hook100107.434
Shawn Barton70009.723
Dan Carlson51002.704

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Firebirds Pacific Coast League Ron Wotus
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Frank Cacciatore
A San Jose Giants California League Carlos Lezcano
A Burlington Bees Midwest League Glenn Tufts
A-Short Season Bellingham Giants Northwest League Ozzie Virgil, Sr., and Shane Turner

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References

  1. 1 2 Jeff Juden at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ John Roper at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ "Rikkert Faneyte Stats".
  4. ↑ Scott Service at Baseball-Reference
  5. 1 2 Steve Decker at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ Kirt Manwaring at Baseball-Reference
  7. ↑ Kirk Rueter at Baseball-Reference
  8. ↑ "Trent Hubbard Stats".
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "1996 San Francisco Giants Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  10. ↑ 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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