1996 Seattle Mariners season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Seattle Mariners
season = 1996
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1977
division = Western Division
y2 = 1977
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Kingdome
y4 = 1977
city = Seattle, Washington
y5 = 1977
owners = Hiroshi Yamauchi, represented by John Ellis
managers = Lou Piniella
television = KIRO-TV 7
Prime Sports NW
radio = KIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Ron Fairly)|

The Seattle Mariners 1996 season was their 20th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing second in the American League West,with a record of 85-76, five games behind the first place Texas Rangers.

Offseason

*November 29, 1995: Mike Blowers was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Willis Otanez and Miguel Cairo. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blowemi01.shtml Mike Blowers Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*February 1, 1996: Luis Polonia was signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/polonlu01.shtml Luis Polonia Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*March 26, 1996: Luis Polonia was released by the Seattle Mariners.

Regular Season

eason standings

Transactions

* April 13, 1996: Felix Fermin was released by the Seattle Mariners. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fermife01.shtml Felix Fermin Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*June 4, 1996: Gil Meche was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1996. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mechegi01.shtml]
* June 4, 1996: Juan Pierre was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 48th round of the 1996 amateur draft, but did not sign. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pierrju01.shtml Juan Pierre Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*August 1, 1996: Greg Pirkl was selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Seattle Mariners. [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pirklgr01.shtml]
* August 14, 1996: Mark Whiten was traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Seattle Mariners for Roger Blanco (minors). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/whitema01.shtml Mark Whiten Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*August 22, 1996: Luis Sojo was selected off waivers by the New York Yankees from the Seattle Mariners. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sojolu01.shtml]
* September 13, 1996: David Ortiz was sent by the Seattle Mariners to the Minnesota Twins to complete an earlier deal made on August 29, 1996. The Seattle Mariners sent a player to be named later to the Minnesota Twins for Dave Hollins. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ortizda01.shtml David Ortiz Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Player stats

Batting

"Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In"

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/1996.shtml 1996 Seattle Mariners]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1996&t=SEA 1996 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]