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1996 World Series (4-2): New York Yankees (92-70) over Atlanta Braves (96-66)

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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

  October 20, 1996 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Atlanta Braves               0  2  6    0  1  3    0  0  0    12 13  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0     1  4  1

    PITCHERS: ATL - Smoltz, McMichael (7), Neagle (8), Wade (9), Clontz (9)
              NYY - Pettitte, Boehringer (3), Weathers (6), Nelson (8), Wetteland (9)

               WP - John Smoltz
	       LP - Andy Pettitte
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: ATL - Jones (2), McGriff
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 56,365

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 21, 1996 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Atlanta Braves               1  0  1    0  1  1    0  0  0     4 10  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  7  1

    PITCHERS: ATL - Maddux, Wohlers (9)
              NYY - Key, Lloyd (7), Nelson (7), Rivera (9)

               WP - Greg Maddux
	       LP - Jimmy Key
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: ATL - none
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 56,340

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 22, 1996 at Atl-Fulton (Atlanta Braves)

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

    PITCHERS: NYY - Cone, Rivera (7), Lloyd (8), Wetteland (9)
              ATL - Glavine, McMichael (8), Clontz (8), Bielecki (9)

               WP - David Cone
	       LP - Tom Glavine
             SAVE - John Wetteland

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Williams
              ATL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 51,843

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 23, 1996 at Atl-Fulton (Atlanta Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  3    0  3  0    2     8 12  0
    Atlanta Braves               0  4  1    0  1  0    0  0  0    0     6  9  2

    PITCHERS: NYY - Rogers, Boehringer (3), Weathers (5), Nelson (6), Rivera (8), Lloyd (9), Wetteland (10)
              ATL - Neagle, Wade (6), Bielecki (6), Wohlers (8), Avery (10), Clontz (10)

               WP - Graeme Lloyd
	       LP - Steve Avery
             SAVE - John Wetteland

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Leyritz
              ATL - McGriff

  ATTENDANCE: 51,881

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 24, 1996 at Atl-Fulton (Atlanta Braves)

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

    PITCHERS: NYY - Pettitte, Wetteland (9)
              ATL - Smoltz, Wohlers (9)

               WP - Andy Pettitte
	       LP - John Smoltz
             SAVE - John Wetteland

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              ATL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 51,881

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 26, 1996 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Atlanta Braves               0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  1     2  8  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  3    0  0  0    0  0  x     3  8  1

    PITCHERS: ATL - Maddux, Wohlers (8)
              NYY - Key, Weathers (6), Lloyd (6), Rivera (7), Wetteland (9)

               WP - Jimmy Key
	       LP - Greg Maddux
             SAVE - John Wetteland

   HOME RUNS: ATL - none
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 56,375

Series MVP - John Wetteland

Series Batting Stats

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New York Yankees

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Mike Aldrete        2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |+108  23  6  .213  .736   0
#Brian Boehringer    2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Wade Boggs          4  11  0  3  1  0  0   2  1  0  .273  .333  .364  0 | 501 156  2  .311  .778   1
*David Cone          1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |   0   0  0               0
 Mariano Duncan      6  19  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  4  .053  .053  .053  1 | 400 136  8  .340  .852   4
 Cecil Fielder       6  23  1  9  2  0  0   2  2  2  .391  .440  .478  0 |+591 149 39  .252  .834   2
*Andy Fox            4   0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 189  37  3  .196  .541  11
 Joe Girardi         4  10  1  2  0  1  0   1  1  2  .200  .273  .400  0 | 422 124  2  .294  .720  13
 Charlie Hayes       5  16  2  3  0  0  0   1  1  5  .188  .235  .188  0 |+526 133 12  .253  .675   6
 Derek Jeter         6  20  5  5  0  0  0   1  4  6  .250  .400  .250  1 | 582 183 10  .314  .800  14
 Jimmy Key           2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Jim Leyritz         4   8  1  3  0  0  1   3  3  2  .375  .545  .750  1 | 265  70  7  .264  .736   2
*Graeme Lloyd        4   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |+  0   0  0               0
*Tino Martinez       6  11  0  1  0  0  0   0  2  5  .091  .231  .091  0 | 595 174 25  .292  .830   2
 Jeff Nelson         3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Paul O'Neill        5  12  1  2  2  0  0   0  3  2  .167  .333  .333  0 | 546 165 19  .302  .885   0
*Andy Pettitte       2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |   0   0  0               0
#Tim Raines          4  14  2  3  0  0  0   0  2  1  .214  .313  .214  0 | 201  57  9  .284  .851  10
 Mariano Rivera      4   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |   0   0  0               0
*Kenny Rogers        1   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 |   0   0  0               0
 Luis Sojo           5   5  0  3  1  0  0   1  0  0  .600  .600  .800  0 |+287  63  1  .220  .522   2
*Darryl Strawberry   5  16  0  3  0  0  0   1  4  6  .188  .350  .188  0 | 202  53 11  .262  .849   6
 Dave Weathers       3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+ 19   3  1  .158  .516   0
 John Wetteland      5   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Bernie Williams     6  24  3  4  0  0  1   4  3  6  .167  .259  .292  1 | 551 168 29  .305  .926  17
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               6 199 18 43  6  1  2  16 26 43  .216  .310  .286  4 |        162  .288  .796  96

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Atlanta Braves

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Steve Avery         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  46  11  2  .239  .745   0
 Rafael Belliard     4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 142  24  0  .169  .397   3
 Mike Bielecki       2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  10   1  0  .100  .350   0
 Jeff Blauser        6  18  2  3  1  0  0   1  1  4  .167  .211  .222  0 | 265  65 10  .245  .775   6
 Brad Clontz         3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   2   0  0  .000  .500   0
 Jermaine Dye        5  17  0  2  0  0  0   1  1  1  .118  .167  .118  0 | 292  82 12  .281  .763   1
*Tom Glavine         1   1  1  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .500  .000  0 |  76  22  0  .289  .675   0
 Marquis Grissom     6  27  4 12  2  1  0   5  1  2  .444  .464  .593  1 | 671 207 23  .308  .838  28
 Andruw Jones        6  20  4  8  1  0  2   6  3  6  .400  .500  .750  1 | 106  23  5  .217  .708   3
#Chipper Jones       6  21  3  6  3  0  0   3  4  2  .286  .385  .429  1 | 598 185 30  .309  .923  14
*Ryan Klesko         5  10  2  1  0  0  0   1  2  4  .100  .250  .100  0 | 528 149 34  .282  .894   6
#Mark Lemke          6  26  2  6  1  0  0   2  0  3  .231  .231  .269  0 | 498 127  5  .255  .642   5
 Javy Lopez          6  21  3  4  0  0  0   1  3  4  .190  .280  .190  0 | 489 138 23  .282  .788   1
 Greg Maddux         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  68  10  0  .147  .359   0
*Fred McGriff        6  20  4  6  0  0  2   6  5  4  .300  .423  .600  0 | 617 182 28  .295  .859   7
 Greg McMichael      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Mike Mordecai       1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 108  26  2  .241  .640   1
*Denny Neagle        2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |+ 69  12  0  .174  .382   0
#Terry Pendleton     4   9  1  2  1  0  0   0  1  1  .222  .300  .333  0 |+568 135 11  .238  .635   2
 Eddie Perez         2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 156  40  4  .256  .697   0
*Luis Polonia        6   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  3  .000  .167  .000  0 |+206  55  2  .267  .631   9
 John Smoltz         2   2  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .500  .500  .500  0 |  78  17  1  .218  .548   0
*Terrell Wade        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  13   2  0  .154  .368   0
 Mark Wohlers        4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   3   0  0  .000  .000   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               6 201 26 51  9  1  4  26 23 36  .254  .329  .368  3 |        197  .270  .765  83

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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New York Yankees

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Jimmy Key           2   3.97 1-1  0  0 11.3 15  5  5  1 | 12-11 169  4.68  1.35 116   
*Andy Pettitte       2   5.91 1-1  0  0 10.7 11  7  4  5 | 21-8  221  3.87  1.36 162   
 David Cone          1   1.50 1-0  0  0  6.0  4  1  4  3 |  7-2   72  2.88  1.17  71   
 Mariano Rivera      4   1.59 0-0  0  0  5.7  4  1  3  4 |  8-3  108  2.09  0.99 130  5
 Brian Boehringer    2   5.40 0-0  0  0  5.0  5  3  0  5 |  2-4   46  5.44  1.45  37   
 Jeff Nelson         3   0.00 0-0  0  0  4.3  1  0  1  5 |  4-4   74  4.36  1.49  91  2
 John Wetteland      5   2.08 0-0  4  0  4.3  4  1  1  6 |  2-3   64  2.83  1.18  69 43
 Dave Weathers       3   3.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  2  1  3  3 |+ 2-4   89  5.48  1.69  53   
*Graeme Lloyd        4   0.00 1-0  0  0  2.7  0  0  0  4 |+ 2-6   57  4.29  1.46  30   
*Kenny Rogers        1  22.50 0-0  0  0  2.0  5  5  2  0 | 12-8  179  4.68  1.46  92   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.93 4-2  4  0 55.0 51 24 23 36 |            4.65 1.440   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Atlanta Braves

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Greg Maddux         2   1.72 1-1  0  0 15.7 14  3  1  5 | 15-11 245  2.72  1.03 172   
 John Smoltz         2   0.64 1-1  0  0 14.0  6  1  8 14 | 24-8  254  2.94  1.00 276   
*Tom Glavine         1   1.29 0-1  0  0  7.0  4  1  3  8 | 15-10 235  2.98  1.30 181   
*Denny Neagle        2   3.00 0-0  0  0  6.0  5  2  4  3 |+16-9  221  3.50  1.24 149   
 Mark Wohlers        4   6.23 0-0  0  0  4.3  7  3  2  4 |  2-4   77  3.03  1.19 100 39
 Mike Bielecki       2   0.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  0  0  3  6 |  4-3   75  2.63  1.27  71  2
 Brad Clontz         3   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.7  1  0  1  2 |  6-3   81  5.69  1.38  49  1
 Greg McMichael      2  27.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  5  3  0  1 |  5-3   87  3.22  1.28  78  2
*Steve Avery         1  13.50 0-1  0  0  0.7  1  1  3  0 |  7-10 131  4.47  1.42  86   
*Terrell Wade        2   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.7  0  0  1  0 |  5-0   70  2.97  1.49  79  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.33 2-4  0  0 54.0 43 14 26 43 |            3.54 1.240   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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

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