1996 League Championship Series - New York Yankees over Baltimore Orioles (4-1)

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1996 League Championship Series (4-1): New York Yankees (92-70) over Baltimore Orioles (88-74)

WS: NYY-ATL / ALCS: NYY-BAL / NLCS: ATL-STL / Div. Series: BAL-CLE / NYY-TEX / ATL-LAD / STL-SDP
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 9, 1996 at Yankee Stadium II (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -     -  -  -
    Baltimore Orioles            0  1  1    1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0     4 11  1
    New York Yankees             1  1  0    0  0  0    1  1  0    0  1     5 11  0

    PITCHERS: BAL - Erickson, Orosco (7), Benitez (7), Rhodes (8), Mathews (9), Myers (9)
              NYY - Pettitte, Nelson (8), Wetteland (9), Rivera (10)

               WP - Mariano Rivera
	       LP - Randy Myers
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BAL - Anderson, Palmeiro
              NYY - Jeter, Williams

  ATTENDANCE: 56,495

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 10, 1996 at Yankee Stadium II (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Baltimore Orioles            0  0  2    0  0  0    2  1  0     5 10  0
    New York Yankees             2  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     3 11  1

    PITCHERS: BAL - Wells, Mills (7), Orosco (7), Myers (9), Benitez (9)
              NYY - Cone, Nelson (7), Lloyd (8), Weathers (9)

               WP - David Wells
	       LP - Jeff Nelson
             SAVE - Armando Benitez

   HOME RUNS: BAL - Palmeiro, Zeile
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 58,432

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 11, 1996 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (Baltimore Orioles)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    1  0  0    0  4  0     5  8  0
    Baltimore Orioles            2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     2  3  2

    PITCHERS: NYY - Key, Wetteland (9)
              BAL - Mussina, Orosco (8), Mathews (9)

               WP - Jimmy Key
	       LP - Mike Mussina
             SAVE - John Wetteland

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Fielder
              BAL - Zeile

  ATTENDANCE: 48,635

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 12, 1996 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (Baltimore Orioles)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             2  1  0    2  0  0    0  3  0     8  9  0
    Baltimore Orioles            1  0  1    2  0  0    0  0  0     4 11  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Rogers, Weathers (4), Lloyd (6), Rivera (7), Wetteland (9)
              BAL - Coppinger, Rhodes (6), Mills (7), Orosco (8), Benitez (8), Mathews (9)

               WP - David Weathers
	       LP - Rocky Coppinger
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - O'Neill, Strawberry (2), Williams
              BAL - Hoiles

  ATTENDANCE: 48,974

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 13, 1996 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (Baltimore Orioles)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  6    0  0  0    0  0  0     6 11  0
    Baltimore Orioles            0  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  2     4  4  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Pettitte, Wetteland (9)
              BAL - Erickson, Rhodes (6), Mills (7), Myers (8)

               WP - Andy Pettitte
	       LP - Scott Erickson
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Fielder, Leyritz, Strawberry
              BAL - Bonilla, Murray, Zeile

  ATTENDANCE: 48,718

Series MVP - Bernie Williams

Series Batting Stats

New York Yankees Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Mike Aldrete	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*63	108	16	23	6	20	0	.213	.736
Wade Boggs	3	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	.133	.188	.133	.321	0	0	132	501	80	156	2	41	1	.311	.778
David Cone	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mariano Duncan	4	15	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.250	.333	.583	0	0	109	400	62	136	8	56	4	.340	.852
Cecil Fielder	5	18	3	3	0	0	2	8	4	5	.167	.318	.500	.818	0	0	*160	591	85	149	39	117	2	.252	.834
Andy Fox	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	113	189	26	37	3	13	11	.196	.541
Joe Girardi	4	12	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	3	.250	.308	.417	.724	0	0	124	422	55	124	2	45	13	.294	.720
Charlie Hayes	4	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	.143	.333	.143	.476	0	0	*148	526	58	133	12	75	6	.253	.675
Derek Jeter	5	24	5	10	2	0	1	1	0	5	.417	.417	.625	1.042	2	0	157	582	104	183	10	78	14	.314	.800
Jimmy Key	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Leyritz	3	8	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	4	.250	.333	.625	.958	0	0	88	265	23	70	7	40	2	.264	.736
Graeme Lloyd	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*65	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tino Martinez	5	22	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.182	.217	.227	.445	0	0	155	595	82	174	25	117	2	.292	.830
Jeff Nelson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	73	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul O'Neill	4	11	1	3	0	0	1	2	3	2	.273	.429	.545	.974	0	0	150	546	89	165	19	91	0	.302	.885
Andy Pettitte	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Raines	5	15	2	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	.267	.313	.333	.646	0	0	59	201	45	57	9	33	10	.284	.851
Mariano Rivera	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	61	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kenny Rogers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Sojo	3	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	*95	287	23	63	1	21	2	.220	.522
Darryl Strawberry	4	12	4	5	0	0	3	5	2	2	.417	.500	1.167	1.667	0	0	63	202	35	53	11	36	6	.262	.849
David Weathers	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*43	19	1	3	1	2	0	.158	.516
John Wetteland	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	62	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bernie Williams	5	19	6	9	3	0	2	6	5	4	.474	.583	.947	1.531	1	0	143	551	108	168	29	102	17	.305	.926
Totals	74	183	27	50	9	1	10	24	20	37	.273	.351	.497	.848	3	0	162	5628	871	1621	162		96	.288	.796

Baltimore Orioles Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Roberto Alomar	5	23	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	4	.217	.208	.304	.513	0	0	153	588	132	193	22	94	17	.328	.938
Brady Anderson	5	21	5	4	1	0	1	1	3	5	.190	.292	.381	.673	0	0	149	579	117	172	50	110	21	.297	1.034
Armando Benitez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Bonilla	5	20	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	4	.050	.095	.200	.295	0	0	159	595	107	171	28	116	1	.287	.853
Rocky Coppinger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Devereaux	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	127	323	49	74	8	34	8	.229	.655
Scott Erickson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Hoiles	4	12	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	3	.167	.231	.417	.647	0	0	127	407	64	105	25	73	0	.258	.830
Pete Incaviglia	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	*111	302	37	73	18	50	2	.242	.781
Terry Mathews	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*71	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Alan Mills	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	49	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Murray	5	15	1	4	0	0	1	2	2	2	.267	.353	.467	.820	0	0	*152	566	69	147	22	79	4	.260	.743
Mike Mussina	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Myers	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	62	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse Orosco	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	66	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rafael Palmeiro	5	17	4	4	0	0	2	4	4	4	.235	.364	.588	.952	0	0	162	626	110	181	39	142	8	.289	.927
Mark Parent	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	*56	137	17	31	9	23	0	.226	.726
Arthur Rhodes	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cal Ripken	5	20	1	5	1	0	0	0	1	4	.250	.286	.300	.586	0	0	163	640	94	178	26	102	1	.278	.807
B.J. Surhoff	5	15	0	4	0	0	0	2	1	2	.267	.294	.267	.561	0	0	143	537	74	157	21	82	0	.292	.834
Tony Tarasco	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	31	84	14	20	1	9	5	.238	.606
David Wells	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0
Todd Zeile	5	22	3	8	0	0	3	5	2	1	.364	.417	.773	1.189	0	0	*163	617	78	162	25	99	1	.263	.784
Totals	76	176	19	39	4	0	9	19	15	33	.222	.278	.398	.676	0	0	163	5689	949	1557	257		76	.274	.822

New York Yankees Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
David Cone	1	1	3.00	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	2	5	5	1.667	11	11	2.88	7	2	0	72.0	50	34	71	1.167
Jimmy Key	1	1	2.25	1	0	0	0	8.0	3	2	1	5	0.500	30	30	4.68	12	11	0	169.1	171	58	116	1.352
Graeme Lloyd	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	1	0.000	*65	0	4.29	2	6	0	56.2	61	22	30	1.465
Jeff Nelson	2	0	11.57	0	1	0	0	2.1	5	3	0	2	2.143	73	0	4.36	4	4	2	74.1	75	36	91	1.493
Andy Pettitte	2	2	3.60	1	0	0	0	15.0	10	6	5	7	1.000	35	34	3.87	21	8	0	221.0	229	72	162	1.362
Mariano Rivera	2	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	4.0	6	0	1	5	1.750	61	0	2.09	8	3	5	107.2	73	34	130	0.994
Kenny Rogers	1	1	12.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	5	4	2	3	2.333	30	30	4.68	12	8	0	179.0	179	83	92	1.464
David Weathers	2	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	*42	12	5.48	2	4	0	88.2	108	42	53	1.692
John Wetteland	4	0	4.50	0	0	1	0	4.0	2	2	1	5	0.750	62	0	2.83	2	3	43	63.2	54	21	69	1.178
Totals	17	5	3.64	4	1	1	0	47.0	39	19	15	33	1.149	162	162	4.650	92	70		1440.0	1469	610	1139	1.444

Baltimore Orioles Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Armando Benitez	3	0	7.71	0	0	1	0	2.1	3	2	3	2	2.571	18	0	3.77	1	0	4	14.1	7	6	20	0.907
Rocky Coppinger	1	1	8.44	0	1	0	0	5.1	6	5	1	3	1.313	23	22	5.18	10	6	0	125.0	126	60	104	1.488
Scott Erickson	2	2	2.38	0	1	0	0	11.1	14	3	4	8	1.588	34	34	5.02	13	12	0	222.1	262	66	100	1.475
Terry Mathews	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.1	0	0	2	3	0.857	*71	0	4.52	4	6	4	73.2	79	34	62	1.534
Alan Mills	3	0	3.86	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	1	1	3	1.714	49	0	4.28	3	2	3	54.2	40	35	50	1.372
Mike Mussina	1	1	5.87	0	1	0	0	7.2	8	5	2	6	1.304	36	36	4.81	19	11	0	243.1	264	69	204	1.368
Randy Myers	3	0	2.25	0	1	0	0	4.0	4	1	3	2	1.750	62	0	3.53	4	4	31	58.2	60	29	74	1.517
Jesse Orosco	4	0	4.50	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	2	1.500	66	0	3.40	3	1	0	55.2	42	28	52	1.257
Arthur Rhodes	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	2	1.000	28	2	4.08	9	1	1	53.0	48	23	62	1.340
David Wells	1	1	4.05	1	0	0	0	6.2	8	3	3	6	1.650	34	34	5.14	11	14	0	224.1	247	51	130	1.328
Totals	24	5	4.11	1	4	1	0	46.0	50	21	20	37	1.522	163	163	5.141	88	74		1468.2	1604	597	1047	1.499

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