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1996 New York Yankees Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1995 / 1997)
92-70, Finished 1st in AL East
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Scored 871 runs, Allowed 787 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74
Manager: Joe Torre (92-70)
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,250,877 (7th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 101
World Series Champs
Postseason:  Won World Series (4-2) over Atlanta Braves
Won AL Championship Series (4-1) over Baltimore Orioles
Won AL Division Series (3-1) over Texas Rangers
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1995 / 1997 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Mike Aldrete 35 L L 5' 11" 185 Jan 29, 1961 10 32 18 32 17 1 0 8 0 0 0 6 0 4 9 9 8 0
Brian Boehringer 27 B R 6' 2" 180 Jan 8, 1969 2 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wade Boggs HOF 38 L R 6' 2" 197 Jun 15, 1958 15 132 124 132 123 0 0 0 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 $2,050,000.00 All-Star
Ricky Bones 27 R R 6' 0" 190 Apr 7, 1969 6 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Brewer 28 L L 6' 1" 175 Apr 15, 1968 4 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
David Cone 33 L R 6' 1" 190 Jan 2, 1963 11 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,666,667.00
Mariano Duncan 33 R R 6' 0" 185 Mar 13, 1963 11 109 104 109 107 0 0 0 104 3 0 2 0 1 3 2 4 0 $845,000.00
Robert Eenhoorn 28 R R 6' 3" 170 Feb 9, 1968 3 12 4 12 12 0 0 0 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $119,000.00
Cecil Fielder 32 R R 6' 3" 240 Sep 21, 1963 11 53 51 53 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 2 0
Andy Fox 25 L R 6' 4" 205 Jan 12, 1971 1st 113 50 113 105 0 0 0 72 31 9 0 0 1 1 0 4 24 $109,000.00
Paul Gibson 36 R L 6' 0" 185 Jan 4, 1960 8 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Girardi 31 R R 5' 11" 195 Oct 14, 1964 8 124 110 124 120 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 $2,325,000.00
Dwight Gooden 31 R R 6' 3" 210 Nov 16, 1964 12 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $950,000.00
Charlie Hayes 31 R R 6' 0" 207 May 29, 1965 9 20 15 20 19 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Matt Howard 28 R R 5' 10" 170 Sep 22, 1967 1st 35 14 35 34 0 0 0 30 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
Steve Howe 38 L L 6' 1" 180 Mar 10, 1958 12 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $500,000.00
Mark Hutton 26 R R 6' 6" 240 Feb 6, 1970 3 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $119,000.00
Dion James 33 L L 6' 1" 170 Nov 9, 1962 11 6 4 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 1 1 0
Derek Jeter 22 R R 6' 3" 175 Jun 26, 1974 2 157 156 157 157 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $130,000.00
Scott Kamieniecki 32 R R 6' 0" 195 Apr 19, 1964 6 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,100,000.00
Pat Kelly 28 R R 6' 0" 182 Oct 14, 1967 6 13 5 13 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 $900,000.00
Jimmy Key 35 R L 6' 1" 190 Apr 22, 1961 13 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,750,000.00
Jim Leyritz 32 R R 6' 0" 195 Dec 27, 1963 7 88 72 88 72 0 55 5 2 13 0 3 0 0 3 10 11 0 $1,470,000.00
Graeme Lloyd 29 L L 6' 7" 234 Apr 9, 1967 4 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Luke 25 L L 6' 5" 220 Feb 26, 1971 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $109,000.00
Tino Martinez 28 L R 6' 2" 210 Dec 7, 1967 7 155 152 155 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 $2,300,000.00
Tim McIntosh 31 R R 5' 11" 195 Mar 21, 1965 5 3 1 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Mecir 26 B R 6' 1" 195 May 16, 1970 2 26 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ramiro Mendoza 24 R R 6' 2" 154 Jun 15, 1972 1st 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Nelson 29 R R 6' 8" 235 Nov 17, 1966 5 73 0 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $860,000.00
Paul O'Neill 33 L L 6' 4" 215 Feb 25, 1963 12 150 148 150 146 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 146 146 2 2 0 $5,300,000.00
Dave Pavlas 33 R R 6' 7" 180 Aug 12, 1962 4 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $120,000.00
Andy Pettitte 24 L L 6' 5" 235 Jun 15, 1972 2 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $195,000.00 All-Star
Dale Polley 30 R L 6' 0" 165 Aug 9, 1965 1st 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $109,000.00
Jorge Posada 24 B R 6' 2" 190 Aug 17, 1971 2 8 2 8 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Tim Raines 36 B R 5' 8" 178 Sep 16, 1959 18 59 49 59 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 0 0 51 2 8 1 $2,100,000.00
Mariano Rivera 26 R R 6' 2" 170 Nov 29, 1969 2 61 0 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $131,125.00
Ruben Rivera 22 R R 6' 3" 200 Nov 14, 1973 2 46 21 46 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 14 19 45 0 3 10 $109,000.00
Kenny Rogers 31 L L 6' 1" 205 Nov 10, 1964 8 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $5,000,000.00
Ruben Sierra 30 B R 6' 1" 200 Oct 6, 1965 11 96 93 96 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 1 33 60 3 0 $6,200,000.00
Luis Sojo 31 R R 5' 11" 174 Jan 3, 1965 7 18 11 18 17 0 0 0 14 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Darryl Strawberry 34 L L 6' 6" 200 Mar 12, 1962 14 63 55 63 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 8 34 24 8 0 $300,000.00
Dave Weathers 26 R R 6' 3" 205 Sep 25, 1969 6 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Wetteland 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 21, 1966 8 62 0 1 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,000,000.00 All-Star
Wally Whitehurst 32 R R 6' 3" 195 Apr 11, 1964 7 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $125,000.00
Bob Wickman 27 R R 6' 1" 212 Feb 6, 1969 5 58 0 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $850,000.00
Bernie Williams 27 B R 6' 2" 205 Sep 13, 1968 6 143 142 143 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 140 2 1 0 $3,000,000.00
Gerald Williams 29 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 10, 1966 5 99 57 99 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 14 10 93 1 8 11 $200,000.00
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1995 / 1997 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played