1996 Florida Marlins
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkJoe Robbie Stadium
CityMiami Gardens, Florida
Record80–82 (.494)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersWayne Huizenga
General managersDave Dombrowski
ManagersRene Lachemann, Cookie Rojas, John Boles
TelevisionSunshine Network
WBFS-TV
(Gary Carter, Jay Randolph)
RadioWQAM
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien)
WCMQ-FM (Spanish)
(Felo Ramírez, Manolo Alvarez)
Seasons

The 1996 Florida Marlins season was the fourth season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 1995. Their managers were Rene Lachemann, Cookie Rojas, and John Boles. They played home games in Miami Gardens, Florida. They finished with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses, third place in the National League East.

The Marlins home ballpark at the time had been known as Joe Robbie Stadium since its opening. However, in the middle of the 1996 season, the Miami Dolphins, who controlled the stadium, sold naming rights to Pro Player by Fruit of the Loom.

Thus, in the middle of the Marlins season on August 26, Joe Robbie Stadium was renamed Pro Player Park. On September 10, after the Dolphins home opener and still before the end of baseball season, the park was renamed Pro Player Stadium, a name which remained though the 2004 season.

Offseason

  • October 8, 1995: Scott Podsednik was sent by the Texas Rangers to the Florida Marlins to complete an earlier deal made on August 8, 1995. The Texas Rangers sent players to be named later to the Florida Marlins for Bobby Witt. The Texas Rangers sent Wilson Heredia (August 11, 1995) and Scott Podsednik (October 8, 1995) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.[1]
  • November 21, 1995: Devon White signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.[2]
  • December 13, 1995: Mark Davis was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.[3]
  • December 22, 1995: Craig Grebeck was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.[4]
  • January 5, 1996: Andre Dawson was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.[5]
  • January 23, 1996: Aaron Small was selected off waivers by the Seattle Mariners from the Florida Marlins.[6]
  • March 23, 1996: Mark Davis was released by the Florida Marlins.[3]

Regular season

  • On May 11, 1996, Al Leiter threw the first no-hitter in Florida Marlins history. The Marlins beat the Rockies by a score of 11–0.[7]

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 9666 0.593 — 56–25 40–41
Montreal Expos 8874 0.543 8 50–31 38–43
Florida Marlins 8082 0.494 16 52–29 28–53
New York Mets 7191 0.438 25 42–39 29–52
Philadelphia Phillies 6795 0.414 29 35–46 32–49

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: 80–82 (Home: 52–29; Away: 28–53)
April: 11–16 (Home: 6–6; Away: 5–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1Pirates0–4WagnerBrown (0–1)—41,8150–1
2April 2Pirates1–4ChristiansenPena (0–1)Miceli20,2430–2
3April 4Pirates6–2Leiter (1–0)Ericks—19,0081–2
4April 5Giants1–7FernandezRapp (0–1)—24,7691–3
5April 6Giants1–0 (10)Nen (1–0)Dewey—34,0022–3
6April 7Giants7–14BourgeoisBurkett (0–1)—19,8422–4
7April 8@ Padres2–9HamiltonHammond (0–1)—44,4702–5
8April 9@ Padres5–2 (10)Leiter (2–0)Blair—15,1603–5
9April 10@ Padres0–3TewksburyRapp (0–2)Hoffman10,5103–6
10April 11@ Dodgers0–5ParkBrown (0–2)Worrell36,0233–7
11April 12@ Dodgers3–1Burkett (1–1)Valdez—40,3434–7
12April 13@ Dodgers1–3NomoHammond (0–2)—46,0594–8
13April 14@ Dodgers1–6AstacioLeiter (2–1)—49,7284–9
14April 16@ Braves2–5AveryBrown (0–3)Wohlers26,6254–10
15April 17@ Braves2–4MadduxBurkett (1–2)Wohlers28,8844–11
16April 18@ Braves5–3Hammond (1–2)GlavineNen (1)25,3005–11
17April 19Dodgers5–0Powell (1–0)Hall—24,1436–11
18April 20Dodgers7–4Leiter (3–1)NomoNen (2)35,5427–11
19April 21Dodgers5–4Brown (1–3)HallMathews (1)23,8428–11
20April 22Padres3–5AshbyBurkett (1–3)—17,4738–12
21April 23Padres2–7BergmanHammond (1–3)—19,6678–13
22April 24@ Pirates3–6NeagleRapp (0–3)—9,8128–14
23April 25@ Pirates4–1Leiter (4–1)HopeNen (3)8,3159–14
24April 26@ Giants3–0Brown (2–3)Fernandez—12,46110–14
25April 27@ Giants3–6LeiterBurkett (1–4)Beck15,71110–15
26April 28@ Giants4–10VanLandinghamHammond (1–4)—23,53510–16
27April 30Phillies7–2Rapp (1–3)WilliamsNen (4)15,25211–16
May: 16–11 (Home: 12–6; Away: 4–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
28May 1Phillies5–6RyanLeiter (4–2)Bottalico14,67211–17
29May 2Phillies0–2GraceBrown (2–4)Bottalico14,88811–18
30May 3@ Rockies5–9ReynosoBurkett (1–5)—48,12911–19
31May 4@ Rockies5–17FreemanHammond (1–5)—48,10111–20
32May 5@ Rockies4–5RitzPerez (0–1)—48,13411–21
33May 6Mets4–1Leiter (5–2)ClarkNen (5)16,81912–21
34May 7Mets3–2Hammond (2–5)IsringhausenNen (6)20,12713–21
35May 8Mets6–3Perez (1–1)HenryNen (7)21,35714–21
36May 9Rockies6–2Miller (1–0)Freeman—21,00815–21
37May 10Rockies4–2Rapp (2–3)RitzNen (8)27,30916–21
38May 11Rockies11–0Leiter (6–2)Thompson—31,54917–21
39May 12Rockies7–5Nen (2–0)Leskanic—21,05818–21
40May 13Cardinals5–2Burkett (2–5)BenesPowell (1)19,22719–21
41May 14Cardinals11–5Mathews (1–0)Parrett—16,07020–21
42May 15Cardinals0–6StottlemyreRapp (2–4)—18,06620–22
43May 17@ Cubs1–3BullingerLeiter (6–3)Wendell32,52820–23
44May 18@ Cubs3–2Burkett (3–5)TrachselNen (9)38,00321–23
45May 19@ Cubs8–7 (11)Mantei (1–0)WendellNen (10)30,42022–23
46May 20@ Reds5–3Rapp (3–4)BurbaNen (11)18,02323–23
47May 21@ Reds3–2Weathers (1–0)SalkeldMathews (2)19,53424–23
48May 22@ Reds1–4SmileyLeiter (6–4)Brantley22,05524–24
49May 24Cardinals2–4MorganBurkett (3–6)Mathews19,58324–25
50May 25Cardinals0–5BenesRapp (3–5)—26,31224–26
51May 26Cardinals8–2 (7)Weathers (2–0)Osborne—20,57325–26
52May 27Reds6–2Leiter (7–4)Smiley—15,91926–26
53May 28Reds6–2Brown (3–4)BurbaMathews (4)14,05227–26
54May 31Cubs1–2NavarroRapp (3–6)—19,55227–27
June: 12–14 (Home: 8–5; Away: 4–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 1Cubs4–5 (10)WendellMathews (1–1)—30,13327–28
56June 2Cubs3–2Brown (4–4)TelemacoNen (12)22,17428–28
57June 4Expos5–0Burkett (4–6)Rueter—14,82129–28
58June 5Expos1–2CormierRapp (3–7)Veres21,34229–29
59June 7@ Mets12–2Leiter (8–4)Harnisch—13,00930–29
60June 8@ Mets6–7ClarkWeathers (2–1)Franco22,55030–30
61June 9@ Mets0–3IsringhausenBurkett (4–7)—40,70730–31
62June 10@ Expos5–2Nen (3–0)Dyer—34,86731–31
63June 11@ Expos2–3ScottBrown (4–5)Veres10,75831–32
64June 12@ Expos0–8FasseroLeiter (8–5)—12,34131–33
65June 13@ Pirates4–3Perez (2–1)CordovaNen (13)15,08332–33
66June 14@ Pirates4–5PlesacNen (3–1)—26,49432–34
67June 15@ Pirates8–12DarwinRapp (3–8)—15,59632–35
68June 16@ Pirates4–2Brown (5–5)NeagleNen (14)28,12033–35
69June 17@ Giants0–1FernandezLeiter (8–6)Beck9,52433–36
70June 18@ Giants8–9 (15)JudenRapp (3–9)—15,43933–37
71June 19@ Giants4–7 (15)BautistaMathews (1–2)—13,27433–38
72June 21Pirates4–0Brown (6–5)Darwin—20,44234–38
73June 22Pirates1–4 (10)PlesacPerez (2–2)—26,66634–39
74June 23Pirates3–5LieberRapp (3–10)Cordova20,76934–40
75June 24Giants2–1Burkett (5–7)LeiterNen (15)16,86035–40
76June 25Giants5–4 (10)Powell (2–0)Beck—16,57736–40
77June 26Giants3–2Brown (7–5)Watson—21,18837–40
78June 28Braves2–0Leiter (9–6)GlavineNen (16)30,66138–40
79June 29Braves5–3Rapp (4–10)Smoltz—40,95239–40
80June 30Braves4–5ClontzBurkett (5–8)Wohlers34,02339–41
July: 10–17 (Home: 8–6; Away: 2–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1@ Astros2–6HamptonBrown (7–6)—18,51339–42
82July 2@ Astros3–4 (12)JohnstoneMathews (1–3)—18,89739–43
83July 3@ Astros3–4DrabekLeiter (9–7)Jones24,53739–44
84July 4@ Phillies5–8BlazierRapp (4–11)Bottalico17,46039–45
85July 5@ Phillies4–7BorlandMiller (1–1)Bottalico46,87239–46
86July 6@ Phillies1–2WilliamsBrown (7–7)Bottalico22,27839–47
87July 7@ Phillies7–4 (10)Mathews (2–3)JordanNen (17)28,18340–47
88July 11@ Braves9–8Burkett (6–8)AveryNen (18)33,20841–47
89July 12@ Braves3–6GlavineLeiter (9–8)Wohlers32,51741–48
90July 13@ Braves0–3SmoltzBrown (7–8)—36,95341–49
91July 14@ Braves10–15McMichaelPerez (2–3)—31,13441–50
92July 15Astros15–5Pall (1–0)Wall—15,80742–50
93July 16Astros3–2Perez (3–3)Jones—15,61043–50
94July 17Astros11–2Leiter (10–8)Reynolds—16,34544–50
95July 18Phillies7–0Brown (8–8)Mimbs—16,52145–50
96July 19Phillies11–2Hammond (3–5)Williams—19,12346–50
97July 20Phillies7–4Rapp (5–11)SpringerNen (19)24,33647–50
98July 21Phillies3–12SchillingBurkett (6–9)Bottalico20,87347–51
99July 23Dodgers1–7ValdezLeiter (10–9)—17,88947–52
100July 24Dodgers3–0Brown (9–8)NomoNen (20)20,48648–52
101July 25Dodgers3–6AstacioHammond (3–6)Worrell18,15148–53
102July 26Padres0–3 (11)HoffmanPall (1–1)—19,67748–54
103July 27Padres12–20VilloneMathews (2–4)—26,18248–55
104July 28Padres8–2Leiter (11–9)Hamilton—22,68349–55
105July 29Padres3–5SandersBrown (9–9)Hoffman18,28149–56
106July 30@ Dodgers4–5 (10)OsunaWeathers (2–2)—34,97349–57
107July 31@ Dodgers0–3MartinezRapp (5–12)Worrell29,56549–58
August: 16–13 (Home: 8–3; Away: 8–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1@ Dodgers7–6 (14)Hammond (4–6)DreifortMathews (5)41,19750–58
109August 2@ Padres1–2HoffmanPerez (3–4)—18,23950–59
110August 3@ Padres5–2Brown (10–9)SandersNen (21)55,41251–59
111August 4@ Padres4–6ValenzuelaHammond (4–7)Hoffman35,30251–60
112August 5@ Rockies16–9Hutton (1–0)Freeman—48,31352–60
113August 6@ Rockies0–11ThompsonBurkett (6–10)—48,33952–61
114August 7@ Rockies5–12RitzLeiter (11–10)—48,62252–62
115August 8Mets0–3HarnischBrown (10–10)Franco21,62752–63
116August 9Mets2–1 (10)Nen (4–1)Henry—21,50653–63
117August 10Mets9–6Rapp (6–12)WilsonNen (22)22,11554–63
118August 11Mets3–5ClarkValdes (0–1)Franco21,09254–64
119August 13Rockies5–0Leiter (12–10)Ritz—26,25655–64
120August 14Rockies2–1Brown (11–10)LeskanicNen (23)26,58956–64
121August 15Rockies7–6Powell (3–0)RuffinNen (24)21,72357–64
122August 16@ Cardinals2–6BenesRapp (6–13)—30,50757–65
123August 17@ Cardinals3–4MathewsPowell (3–1)Eckersley30,79257–66
124August 18@ Cardinals3–5StottlemyreLeiter (12–11)Eckersley34,56457–67
125August 19@ Cubs4–3Brown (12–10)TelemacoNen (25)32,30258–67
126August 20@ Cubs1–8FosterHutton (1–1)—22,11958–68
127August 21@ Cubs3–8CastilloRapp (6–14)—27,69958–69
128August 23Reds5–6CarraraValdes (0–2)Brantley—58–70
129August 23Reds8–3Leiter (13–11)Jarvis—21,49759–70
130August 24Reds5–3Brown (13–10)BurbaNen (26)33,88360–70
131August 25Reds6–5Nen (5–1)Smith—27,37261–70
132August 27@ Cardinals6–3Hutton (2–1)MorganNen (27)24,78462–70
133August 28@ Cardinals3–2 (10)Hammond (5–7)BaileyNen (28)21,76763–70
134August 29@ Cardinals10–9Leiter (14–11)StottlemyreNen (29)23,10564–70
135August 30@ Reds3–1Brown (14–10)Remlinger—22,48565–70
136August 31@ Reds8–22JarvisMiller (1–2)—25,19665–71
September: 15–11 (Home: 10–3; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1@ Reds6–1Hutton (3–1)Smiley—25,52166–71
138September 2Cubs4–3Valdes (1–2)TrachselNen (30)16,62267–71
139September 3Cubs3–11NavarroLeiter (14–12)—15,52867–72
140September 4Cubs9–2Brown (15–10)Foster—14,87968–72
141September 5Expos2–6ManuelRapp (6–15)—16,08068–73
142September 6Expos4–0Hutton (4–1)FasseroPowell (2)16,94369–73
143September 7Expos1–2LeiterValdes (1–3)Rojas25,27869–74
144September 8Expos2–1Helling (1–0)MartinezNen (31)19,42770–74
145September 9@ Mets1–6MlickiBrown (15–11)—14,10070–75
146September 10@ Mets9–3 (12)Powell (4–1)Henry—14,74671–75
147September 11@ Mets1–3IsringhausenRapp (6–16)Wallace12,44871–76
148September 12@ Expos4–5VeresPowell (4–2)Rojas9,30871–77
149September 13@ Expos2–3MartinezHelling (1–1)Rojas13,72371–78
150September 14@ Expos2–3VeresPowell (4–3)Rojas17,54671–79
151September 15@ Expos4–3Leiter (15–12)DaalNen (32)26,16672–79
152September 17@ Phillies11–5Rapp (7–16)Beech—15,50773–79
153September 18@ Phillies6–8BorlandMiller (1–3)Bottalico17,15873–80
154September 20Astros3–1Brown (16–11)ReynoldsNen (33)21,51874–80
155September 21Astros2–1Heredia (1–0)Wagner—31,02375–80
156September 22Astros6–0Helling (2–1)Kile—17,46176–80
157September 24Braves12–1Rapp (8–16)Avery—18,24577–80
158September 25Braves3–0Brown (17–11)GlavineNen (34)29,17878–80
159September 26Braves7–1Leiter (16–12)Neagle—25,55379–80
160September 27@ Astros3–2Hutton (5–1)KileNen (35)21,72580–80
161September 28@ Astros1–5DarwinHeredia (1–1)—21,83280–81
162September 29@ Astros4–5 (10)HudekHammond (5–8)—42,65880–82
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Marlins team member

Detailed records

Transactions

  • June 4, 1996: Mark Kotsay was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed August 15, 1996.[8]
  • July 31, 1996: Dave Weathers was traded by the Florida Marlins to the New York Yankees for Mark Hutton.[9]
  • August 13, 1996: Terry Pendleton was traded by the Florida Marlins to the Atlanta Braves for Roosevelt Brown.[10]
  • August 23, 1996: Gregg Zaun was sent by the Baltimore Orioles to the Florida Marlins to complete an earlier deal made on August 21, 1996. The Baltimore Orioles sent a player to be named later to the Florida Marlins for Terry Mathews. The Baltimore Orioles sent Gregg Zaun (August 23, 1996) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.[11]

Roster

1996 Florida Marlins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CCharles Johnson12038684.2181337
1BGreg Colbrunn141511146.2861669
2BQuilvio Veras7325364.253414
SSÉdgar Rentería106431133.309531
3BTerry Pendleton111406102.251758
LFJeff Conine157597175.2932695
CFDevon White146552151.2741784
RFGary Sheffield161519163.31442120

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
Kurt Abbott10932081.253833
Alex Arias10022462.277326
Joe Orsulak12021748.221219
Luis Castillo4116443.26218
Jesús Tavárez9811425.21906
Craig Grebeck509520.21119
Bob Natal449012.13302
Ralph Milliard246210.16101
Andre Dawson425816.276214
Billy McMillon285111.21604
Joe Siddall18477.14903
Greg Zaun10319.29012
Russ Morman661.16700
Jerry Brooks852.40003
Josh Booty221.50000

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
Kevin Brown32233.017111.89159
Al Leiter33215.116122.93200
Pat Rapp30162.18165.1086
John Burkett24154.06104.32108
Rick Helling527.2211.9526
Andy Larkin15.0001.802

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
Chris Hammond3881.0586.5650
David Weathers3171.1224.5440
Mark Hutton1356.1513.6731
Marc Valdes1148.2134.8113
Kurt Miller2646.1136.8030

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
Robb Nen7551351.9592
Jay Powell674324.5452
Yorkis Pérez643405.2947
Terry Mathews572444.9149
Félix Heredia211104.3210
Matt Mantei141006.3825
Donn Pall121105.799
Miguel Batista90005.566
Joel Adamson90007.367
Alejandro Peña40104.505
Bill Hurst20000.001
Liván Hernández10000.002

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Charlotte Knights International League Sal Rende
AA Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League Carlos Tosca
A Brevard County Manatees Florida State League Fredi González
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Lynn Jones
A-Short Season Utica Blue Sox New York–Penn League Steve McFarland
Rookie GCL Marlins Gulf Coast League Juan Bustabad

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References

  1. ↑ Scott Podsednik Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ Devon White Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. 1 2 "Mark Davis Stats".
  4. ↑ "Craig Grebeck Stats".
  5. ↑ Andre Dawson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ "Aaron Small Stats".
  7. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.143, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  8. ↑ "Mark Kotsay Stats".
  9. ↑ "The Baseball Cube - Research Site for Pro + College Stats + draft".
  10. ↑ Terry Pendleton Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  11. ↑ Gregg Zaun Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  12. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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