1996 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 115th season of the franchise; the 110th in the National League. This was their 27th season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished fifth and last in the National League Central with a record of 73–89.

1996 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Three Rivers Stadium
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record	73–89 (.451)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Kevin McClatchy
General managers	Cam Bonifay
Managers	Jim Leyland
Television	WPXI Prime Sports KBL
Radio	KDKA-AM (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)
Seasons

Offseason

• December 28, 1995: Charlie Hayes was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.
• February 2, 1996: John DeSalvo was released by the Pirates (Injury).
• February 4, 1996: Danny Darwin was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.
• February 17, 1996: Zane Smith was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.

Regular season

Season standings

NL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	.543	—	48‍–‍33	40‍–‍41
Houston Astros	82	80	.506	6	48‍–‍33	34‍–‍47
Cincinnati Reds	81	81	.500	7	46‍–‍35	35‍–‍46
Chicago Cubs	76	86	.469	12	43‍–‍38	33‍–‍48
Pittsburgh Pirates	73	89	.451	15	36‍–‍44	37‍–‍45

Game log

1996 Game Log: 73–89 (Home: 36–44; Away: 37–45)
April: 12–14 (Home: 4–7; Away: 8–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 1 @ Marlins 4–0 Wagner (1–0) Brown — 41,815 1–0 2 April 2 @ Marlins 4–1 Christiansen (1–0) Pena Miceli (1) 20,243 2–0 3 April 4 @ Marlins 2–6 Leiter Ericks (0–1) — 19,008 2–1 4 April 5 @ Mets 7–5 Smith (1–0) Mlicki — 16,088 3–1 5 April 6 @ Mets 5–0 Darwin (1–0) Clark — 20,756 4–1 6 April 8 Phillies 3–6 Fernandez Neagle (0–1) — 41,416 4–2 7 April 10 Phillies 6–7 Grace Christiansen (1–1) Bottalico 7,075 4–3 8 April 11 Expos 5–6 (11) Rojas Cordova (0–1) Veres 8,084 4–4 9 April 12 Expos 3–13 Rueter Darwin (1–1) — 13,087 4–5 10 April 13 Expos 9–3 Wagner (2–0) Fassero — 13,834 5–5 11 April 14 Expos 5–2 Neagle (1–1) Martinez — 12,797 6–5 12 April 15 @ Cardinals 4–6 Benes Ericks (0–2) Honeycutt 18,731 6–6 13 April 16 @ Cardinals 13–3 Smith (2–0) Benes Lieber (1) 21,349 7–6 14 April 17 @ Cardinals 1–6 Osborne Darwin (1–2) — 23,074 7–7 15 April 18 @ Cardinals 6–2 Wagner (3–0) Stottlemyre — 25,700 8–7 16 April 19 @ Expos 1–2 Manuel Plesac (0–1) — 13,256 8–8 17 April 20 @ Expos 2–11 Martinez Ericks (0–3) — 14,022 8–9 18 April 21 @ Expos 4–9 Veres Christiansen (1–2) — 11,361 8–10 19 April 22 @ Phillies 9–3 Darwin (2–2) Mulholland — 17,604 9–10 20 April 23 @ Phillies 2–6 Springer Wagner (3–1) Ryan 19,254 9–11 21 April 24 Marlins 6–3 Neagle (2–1) Rapp — 9,812 10–11 22 April 25 Marlins 1–4 Leiter Hope (0–1) Nen 8,315 10–12 23 April 26 Mets 10–6 Christiansen (2–2) Isringhausen — 13,185 11–12 24 April 27 Mets 4–7 Mlicki Miceli (0–1) Franco 16,698 11–13 25 April 28 Mets 5–7 Jones Wagner (3–2) Franco 27,706 11–14 26 April 30 @ Reds 10–7 Neagle (3–1) Smiley Cordova (1) 16,243 12–14
May: 9–18 (Home: 6–11; Away: 3–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 27 May 1 @ Reds 4–3 Hope (1–1) Burba Plesac (1) 18,197 13–14 28 May 3 Dodgers 1–10 Park Darwin (2–3) — 18,268 13–15 29 May 4 Dodgers 7–2 Wagner (4–2) Candiotti — 20,321 14–15 30 May 5 Dodgers 4–2 Neagle (4–1) Valdez Plesac (2) 19,206 15–15 31 May 6 Dodgers 4–8 Nomo Hope (1–2) Radinsky 9,415 15–16 32 May 8 Padres 4–5 Tewksbury May (0–1) Hoffman — 15–17 33 May 8 Padres 4–3 Christiansen (3–2) Sanders Cordova (2) 8,508 16–17 34 May 9 Padres 1–7 Ashby Wagner (4–3) — 10,863 16–18 35 May 10 Giants 4–5 (10) DeLucia Cordova (0–2) Beck 17,611 16–19 36 May 11 Giants 7–12 VanLandingham Hope (1–3) — 16,591 16–20 37 May 12 Giants 2–7 Watson Smith (2–1) — 17,132 16–21 38 May 13 @ Braves 3–9 Glavine Darwin (2–4) — 28,583 16–22 39 May 14 @ Braves 3–7 Smoltz Wagner (4–4) — 28,175 16–23 40 May 15 @ Braves 3–0 Neagle (5–1) Avery — 30,917 17–23 41 May 17 @ Astros 2–4 Reynolds Lieber (0–1) Jones 22,882 17–24 42 May 18 @ Astros 2–1 (11) Cordova (1–2) Young Plesac (3) 21,010 18–24 43 May 19 @ Astros 3–4 Jones Lieber (0–2) — 18,815 18–25 44 May 20 @ Rockies 7–10 Reynoso Neagle (5–2) — 48,042 18–26 45 May 21 @ Rockies 10–12 Holmes Christiansen (3–3) Ruffin 48,037 18–27 46 May 22 @ Rockies 3–6 Ritz Smith (2–2) Ruffin 48,044 18–28 47 May 24 Braves 3–5 Smoltz Darwin (2–5) Wohlers 20,238 18–29 48 May 25 Braves 6–2 Neagle (6–2) Avery — 29,273 19–29 49 May 26 Braves 3–6 (13) Wade Miceli (0–2) Bielecki 33,085 19–30 50 May 27 Astros 3–5 Kile Smith (2–3) — 8,906 19–31 51 May 28 Astros 6–5 Miceli (1–2) Swindell Cordova (3) 7,182 20–31 52 May 29 Astros 4–7 Morman Darwin (2–6) Jones 11,679 20–32 53 May 31 Rockies 8–4 Neagle (7–2) Reynoso Cordova (4) 26,640 21–32
June: 15–12 (Home: 5–5; Away: 10–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 54 June 1 Rockies 0–2 Ritz Wagner (4–5) Ruffin 15,633 21–33 55 June 2 Rockies 5–2 Smith (3–3) Holmes Cordova (5) 26,745 22–33 56 June 3 Rockies 7–2 Ruebel (1–0) Farmer — 8,120 23–33 57 June 4 @ Dodgers 3–0 Darwin (3–6) Nomo Cordova (6) 29,576 24–33 58 June 5 @ Dodgers 7–3 Wilkins (1–0) Astacio Cordova (7) 32,161 25–33 59 June 6 @ Dodgers 3–8 Candiotti Miceli (1–3) — 26,664 25–34 60 June 7 @ Padres 10–0 Smith (4–3) Bergman — 20,312 26–34 61 June 8 @ Padres 9–8 (14) Cordova (2–2) Blair — 41,378 27–34 62 June 9 @ Padres 6–0 Darwin (4–6) Tewksbury — 30,932 28–34 63 June 10 @ Giants 5–4 Morel (1–0) DeLucia Cordova (8) 10,026 29–34 64 June 11 @ Giants 7–2 Neagle (8–2) Fernandez — 11,530 30–34 65 June 13 Marlins 3–4 Perez Cordova (2–3) Nen 15,083 30–35 66 June 14 Marlins 5–4 Plesac (1–1) Nen — 26,494 31–35 67 June 15 Marlins 12–8 Darwin (5–6) Rapp — 15,596 32–35 68 June 16 Marlins 2–4 Brown Neagle (8–3) Nen 28,120 32–36 69 June 17 Mets 6–7 (10) Mlicki Cordova (2–4) Franco 11,002 32–37 70 June 19 Mets 6–5 Plesac (2–1) Isringhausen — — 33–37 71 June 19 Mets 3–5 Mlicki Cordova (2–5) Franco 20,108 33–38 72 June 21 @ Marlins 0–4 Brown Darwin (5–7) — 20,442 33–39 73 June 22 @ Marlins 4–1 (10) Plesac (3–1) Perez — 26,666 34–39 74 June 23 @ Marlins 5–3 Lieber (1–2) Rapp Cordova (9) 20,769 35–39 75 June 24 @ Expos 3–11 Martinez Dessens (0–1) — 23,736 35–40 76 June 25 @ Expos 2–8 Rueter Smith (4–4) Scott 12,776 35–41 77 June 26 @ Expos 3–1 Darwin (6–7) Cormier Cordova (10) 12,846 36–41 78 June 28 @ Cardinals 1–6 Osborne Neagle (8–4) — 34,490 36–42 79 June 29 @ Cardinals 5–6 Honeycutt Miceli (1–4) — 34,426 36–43 80 June 30 @ Cardinals 3–10 Stottlemyre Smith (4–5) — 38,901 36–44
July: 12–15 (Home: 10–7; Away: 2–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 81 July 1 Cubs 4–1 Darwin (7–7) Navarro Plesac (4) 15,910 37–44 82 July 2 Cubs 7–15 Telemaco Wagner (4–6) — 13,241 37–45 83 July 3 Cubs 3–2 Neagle (9–4) Castillo Plesac (5) 22,157 38–45 84 July 4 Cardinals 1–7 Benes Dessens (0–2) — 23,321 38–46 85 July 5 Cardinals 4–7 Stottlemyre Smith (4–6) Fossas 18,759 38–47 86 July 6 Cardinals 5–9 Benes Darwin (7–8) — 19,144 38–48 87 July 7 Cardinals 8–2 Lieber (2–2) Morgan — 16,255 39–48 88 July 11 @ Reds 5–3 Neagle (10–4) Smiley Plesac (6) 24,670 40–48 89 July 12 @ Reds 2–5 Portugal Darwin (7–9) Brantley 27,708 40–49 90 July 13 @ Reds 0–3 Jarvis Lieber (2–3) — 32,119 40–50 91 July 14 @ Reds 6–7 Burba Wagner (4–7) Brantley 26,619 40–51 92 July 15 @ Cubs 2–12 Castillo Miceli (1–5) — 32,119 40–52 93 July 16 @ Cubs 10–5 Neagle (11–4) Navarro — 26,502 41–52 94 July 18 Reds 8–3 Lieber (3–3) Jarvis — 12,669 42–52 95 July 19 Reds 3–11 Burba Wagner (4–8) — 17,153 42–53 96 July 20 Reds 3–9 Salkeld Miceli (1–6) — 26,378 42–54 97 July 21 Reds 6–4 Neagle (12–4) Smiley Plesac (7) 23,117 43–54 98 July 23 Expos 5–1 Lieber (4–3) Martinez — 10,292 44–54 99 July 24 Expos 5–4 Ericks (1–3) Rojas — 19,219 45–54 100 July 25 Phillies 6–4 Miceli (2–6) Springer Cordova (11) 12,163 46–54 101 July 26 Phillies 7–4 Ericks (2–3) Bottalico Plesac (8) 17,239 47–54 102 July 27 Phillies 1–2 Mulholland Parris (0–1) — 23,121 47–55 103 July 28 Phillies 12–8 Ericks (3–3) Borland — 15,189 48–55 104 July 29 @ Mets 0–5 Harnisch Peters (0–1) — 15,680 48–56 105 July 30 @ Mets 4–5 Isringhausen Cordova (2–6) Franco — 48–57 106 July 30 @ Mets 3–4 (12) Franco Lieber (4–4) — 18,378 48–58 107 July 31 @ Mets 2–3 (10) Dipoto Plesac (3–2) — 15,787 48–59
August: 8–20 (Home: 3–10; Away: 5–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 108 August 1 @ Mets 13–9 Morel (2–0) Mlicki Ericks (1) 20,327 49–59 109 August 2 @ Phillies 8–3 Wilkins (2–0) Blazier — 24,505 50–59 110 August 3 @ Phillies 6–7 Bottalico Plesac (3–3) — 22,690 50–60 111 August 4 @ Phillies 2–4 Williams Miceli (2–7) Ryan 25,498 50–61 112 August 5 @ Phillies 0–3 Schilling Neagle (12–5) — 20,337 50–62 113 August 6 Dodgers 1–3 Astacio Parris (0–2) Worrell 11,824 50–63 114 August 7 Dodgers 12–2 Lieber (5–4) Martinez Wilkins (1) 12,232 51–63 115 August 8 Padres 3–12 Sanders Peters (0–2) — 8,388 51–64 116 August 9 Padres 1–4 Valenzuela Miceli (2–8) Hoffman 30,066 51–65 117 August 10 Padres 2–6 Veras Plesac (3–4) — 21,902 51–66 118 August 11 Padres 5–7 Bergman Parris (0–3) Hoffman 27,227 51–67 119 August 13 Giants 10–12 Dewey Plesac (3–5) Beck 11,378 51–68 120 August 14 Giants 4–3 Peters (1–2) Estes Ericks (2) 20,340 52–68 121 August 16 @ Braves 4–5 Smoltz Neagle (12–6) Wohlers 39,210 52–69 122 August 17 @ Braves 1–7 Bielecki Ruebel (1–1) — 49,024 52–70 123 August 18 @ Braves 1–2 (14) Borowski Cordova (2–7) — 31,587 52–71 124 August 19 @ Astros 1–2 (13) Morman Morel (2–1) — 15,067 52–72 125 August 20 @ Astros 4–9 Wall Miceli (2–9) Hernandez 19,866 52–73 126 August 21 @ Astros 5–2 Neagle (13–6) Hampton Ericks (3) 13,357 53–73 127 August 22 @ Astros 8–6 Wilkins (3–0) Wagner Ericks (4) 14,899 54–73 128 August 23 @ Rockies 5–3 Lieber (6–4) Ritz Cordova (12) 48,038 55–73 129 August 24 @ Rockies 3–9 Thompson Peters (1–3) — 48,014 55–74 130 August 25 @ Rockies 9–13 Munoz Wilkins (3–1) — 48,139 55–75 131 August 27 Braves 3–2 Neagle (14–6) Smoltz Plesac (9) 14,603 56–75 132 August 28 Braves 4–9 Wade Loaiza (0–1) — 14,591 56–76 133 August 29 Braves 1–5 Maddux Lieber (6–5) Wohlers 12,101 56–77 134 August 30 Astros 0–10 Wall Peters (1–4) — 24,619 56–78 135 August 31 Astros 4–5 Hernandez Ericks (3–4) Hudek 27,559 56–79
September: 17–10 (Home: 8–4; Away: 9–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 136 September 1 Astros 9–5 Wainhouse (1–0) Darwin — 14,144 57–79 137 September 2 Rockies 3–8 Ritz Loaiza (0–2) — 9,513 57–80 138 September 4 Rockies 5–2 Lieber (7–5) Thompson Plesac (10) 10,081 58–80 139 September 6 @ Dodgers 1–2 Osuna Wilkins (3–2) Worrell 41,509 58–81 140 September 7 @ Dodgers 3–4 Nomo Schmidt (0–1) Worrell 50,862 58–82 141 September 8 @ Dodgers 4–1 Plesac (4–5) Dreifort Ericks (5) 33,922 59–82 142 September 9 @ Padres 5–6 Hermanson Wilkins (3–3) Hoffman 15,727 59–83 143 September 10 @ Padres 5–6 Hoffman Boever (0–1) — 15,694 59–84 144 September 11 @ Padres 7–8 Bochtler Ericks (3–5) — 33,771 59–85 145 September 12 @ Giants 10–4 Schmidt (1–1) Dewey Boever (1) 8,214 60–85 146 September 13 @ Giants 9–0 Loaiza (1–2) VanLandingham — 9,888 61–85 147 September 14 @ Giants 7–5 (12) Ericks (4–5) Hook Boever (2) 15,685 62–85 148 September 15 @ Giants 4–1 Lieber (8–5) Rueter Ruebel (1) — 63–85 149 September 15 @ Giants 11–9 (10) Wilkins (4–3) Poole — 21,998 64–85 150 September 17 Reds 5–3 Cordova (3–7) Smiley Ericks (6) 7,551 65–85 151 September 18 Reds 5–3 Schmidt (2–1) Morgan Plesac (11) 7,924 66–85 152 September 19 Reds 6–4 Peters (2–4) Pugh Ericks (7) 10,188 67–85 153 September 20 Cubs 6–4 Lieber (9–5) Foster Ericks (8) 19,285 68–85 154 September 21 Cubs 8–3 Loiselle (1–0) Swartzbaugh — 23,619 69–85 155 September 22 Cubs 11–3 (8) Cordova (4–7) Castillo — 27,472 70–85 156 September 23 Cubs 3–4 Trachsel Schmidt (2–2) Patterson 7,684 70–86 157 September 24 Cardinals 1–7 Benes Loaiza (1–3) — 8,611 70–87 158 September 25 Cardinals 7–8 (11) Bailey Miceli (2–10) Mathews 20,022 70–88 159 September 27 @ Cubs 7–4 (10) Plesac (5–5) Wendell — — 71–88 160 September 27 @ Cubs 9–10 Adams Boever (0–2) — 18,757 71–89 161 September 28 @ Cubs 8–7 (10) Plesac (6–5) Wendell — 29,729 72–89 162 September 29 @ Cubs 8–3 Loaiza (2–3) Navarro — 26,873 73–89
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

1996 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	7–5	7–5	5–7	6–7	6–6	5–7	10–3	7–6	9–4	9–3	9–4	7–5	9–4
Chicago	5–7	—	5–8	5–7	6–6	5–8	8–5	6–6	7–5	7–6	4–9	6–6	7–5	5–8
Cincinnati	5–7	8–5	—	7–6	3–9	7–6	4–8	3–9	6–6	10–2	5–8	9–3	9–4	5–8
Colorado	7–5	7–5	6–7	—	5–8	8–5	6–7	3–9	7–5	6–6	7–5	8–5	5–8	8–4
Florida	7–6	6–6	9–3	8–5	—	7–5	6–7	5–8	7–6	6–7	5–7	3–9	5–7	6–6
Houston	6–6	8–5	6–7	5–8	5–7	—	6–6	4–9	8–4	10–2	8–5	6–6	8–4	2–11
Los Angeles	7–5	5–8	8–4	7–6	7–6	6–6	—	9–3	8–4	7–6	6–6	5–8	7–6	8–4
Montreal	3–10	6–6	9–3	9–3	8–5	9–4	3–9	—	7–6	6–7	7–5	4–8	9–4	8–4
New York	6–7	5–7	6–6	5–7	6–7	4–8	4–8	6–7	—	7–6	8–5	3–10	6–6	5–7
Philadelphia	4–9	6–7	2–10	6–6	7–6	2–10	6–7	7–6	6–7	—	7–5	4–8	6–6	4–8
Pittsburgh	3–9	9–4	8–5	5–7	7–5	5–8	6–6	5–7	5–8	5–7	—	4–9	8–4	3–10
San Diego	4–9	6–6	3–9	5–8	9–3	6–6	8–5	8–4	10–3	8–4	9–4	—	11–2	4–8
San Francisco	5–7	5–7	4–9	8–5	7–5	4–8	6–7	4–9	6–6	6–6	4–8	2–11	—	7–6
St. Louis	4–9	8–5	8–5	4–8	6–6	11–2	4–8	4–8	7–5	8–4	10–3	8–4	6–7	—

Detailed records

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
NL East
Atlanta Braves	3	9	0.250	35	59
Florida Marlins	7	5	0.583	48	42
Montreal Expos	5	7	0.417	47	71
New York Mets	5	8	0.385	68	68
Philadelphia Phillies	5	7	0.417	62	57
Total	25	36	0.410	260	297
NL Central
Chicago Cubs	9	4	0.692	86	73
Cincinnati Reds	8	5	0.615	63	65
Houston Astros	5	8	0.385	51	65
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals	3	10	0.231	59	79
Total	25	27	0.481	259	282
NL West
Colorado Rockies	5	7	0.417	65	73
Los Angeles Dodgers	6	6	0.500	50	45
San Diego Padres	4	9	0.308	62	72
San Francisco Giants	8	4	0.667	80	64
Total	23	26	0.469	257	254
Season Total	73	89	0.451	776	833

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	26	12	14	0.462	131	131
May	27	9	18	0.333	111	151
June	27	15	12	0.556	125	118
July	27	12	15	0.444	122	145
August	28	8	20	0.286	120	164
September	27	17	10	0.630	167	124
Total	162	73	89	0.451	776	833

	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	80	36	44	0.450	384	429
Away	82	37	45	0.451	392	404
Total	162	73	89	0.451	776	833

Roster

1996 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 44 Joe Boever 41 Jason Christiansen 26 Steve Cooke 67 Francisco Córdova 44 Danny Darwin 71 Elmer Dessens 57 John Ericks 42 Lee Hancock 29 John Hope 47 Jon Lieber 34 Esteban Loaiza 75 Rich Loiselle 61 Darrell May 32 Dan Miceli 55 Ramón Morel 15 Denny Neagle 27 Steve Parris 38 Chris Peters 19 Dan Plesac 49 Matt Ruebel 42 Jason Schmidt 24 Zane Smith 43 Paul Wagner 53 Dave Wainhouse 6 John DeSalvo 53 Dave Wainhouse		Catchers  2 Angelo Encarnación 18 Jason Kendall 63 Keith Osik Infielders 48 Rich Aude  3 Jay Bell 13 Carlos García 17 Charlie Hayes 36 Mark Johnson  7 Jeff King 16 Nelson Liriano 17 Dale Sveum		Outfielders 46 Jermaine Allensworth 25 Trey Beamon  5 Jacob Brumfield 35 Dave Clark 30 Midre Cummings 11 Mike Kingery 28 Al Martin  6 Orlando Merced 12 John Wehner 51 Tony Womack		Manager 10 Jim Leyland Coaches 45 Rich Donnelly (bench) 23 Gene Lamont (third base) 39 Milt May (hitting) 31 Ray Miller (pitching) 37 Tommy Sandt (first base) 54 Spin Williams (bullpen)

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
#	Name	Position
11	Mike Kingery	CF
28	Al Martin	LF
22	Orlando Merced	RF
7	Jeff King	1B
17	Charlie Hayes	3B
3	Jay Bell	SS
6	John DeSalvo	2B
18	Jason Kendall	C
43	Paul Wagner	SP

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Regular Season

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
E. Dessens	15	5	2	0.400	0	2
D. Sveum	12	34	12	0.353	1	5
D. May	5	3	1	0.333	0	0
T. Womack	17	30	10	0.333	0	7
A. Encarnación	7	22	7	0.318	0	1
A. Martin	155	630	189	0.300	18	72
J. Kendall	130	414	124	0.300	3	42
K. Osik	48	140	41	0.293	1	14
O. Merced	120	453	130	0.287	17	80
C. García	101	390	111	0.285	6	44
D. Clark	92	211	58	0.275	8	35
M. Johnson	127	343	94	0.274	13	47
J. King	155	591	160	0.271	30	111
N. Liriano	112	217	58	0.267	3	30
J. Allensworth	61	229	60	0.262	4	31
J. Wehner	86	139	36	0.259	2	13
J. Bell	151	527	132	0.250	13	71
R. Aude	7	16	4	0.250	0	1
J. Brumfield	29	80	20	0.250	2	8
R. Loiselle	5	8	2	0.250	0	2
C. Hayes	128	459	114	0.248	10	62
M. Kingery	117	276	68	0.246	3	27
M. Ruebel	26	13	3	0.231	0	0
M. Cummings	24	85	19	0.224	3	7
M. Wilkins	47	9	2	0.222	0	1
T. Beamon	24	51	11	0.216	0	6
C. Peters	16	19	4	0.211	0	1
D. Darwin	19	39	8	0.205	1	3
J. Hope	5	5	1	0.200	0	0
J. Lieber	51	36	7	0.194	0	3
D. Neagle	30	55	10	0.182	0	2
S. Parris	8	6	1	0.167	0	0
Z. Smith	16	26	4	0.154	0	3
F. Córdova	59	16	2	0.125	0	2
E. Loaiza	11	17	2	0.118	0	1
J. Schmidt	6	12	1	0.083	0	2
P. Wagner	17	25	1	0.040	0	2
J. Boever	13	1	0	0.000	0	0
J. Christiansen	33	4	0	0.000	0	0
S. Cooke	3	1	0	0.000	0	0
J. Ericks	28	5	0	0.000	0	0
D. Miceli	44	13	0	0.000	0	0
R. Morel	29	4	0	0.000	0	0
D. Plesac	73	5	0	0.000	0	0
D. Wainhouse	17	1	0	0.000	0	0
L. Hancock	13	0	0	—	0	0
Team Totals	162	5,665	1,509	0.266	138	738

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Regular Season

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
D. Darwin	19	1221⁄3	7	9	3.02	69
R. Loiselle	5	202⁄3	1	0	3.05	9
D. Neagle	27	1822⁄3	14	6	3.05	131
M. Wilkins	47	75	4	3	3.84	62
J. Lieber	51	142	9	5	3.99	94
J. Schmidt	6	372⁄3	2	2	4.06	26
F. Córdova	59	99	4	7	4.09	95
D. Plesac	73	701⁄3	6	5	4.09	76
M. Ruebel	26	582⁄3	1	1	4.60	22
E. Loaiza	10	522⁄3	2	3	4.96	32
Z. Smith	16	831⁄3	4	6	5.08	47
R. Morel	29	42	2	1	5.36	22
J. Boever	13	15	0	2	5.40	6
P. Wagner	16	812⁄3	4	8	5.40	81
C. Peters	16	64	2	4	5.63	28
D. Wainhouse	17	232⁄3	1	0	5.70	16
D. Miceli	44	852⁄3	2	10	5.78	66
J. Ericks	28	462⁄3	4	5	5.79	46
L. Hancock	13	181⁄3	0	0	6.38	13
J. Christiansen	33	441⁄3	3	3	6.70	38
J. Hope	5	191⁄3	1	3	6.98	13
S. Parris	8	261⁄3	0	3	7.18	27
S. Cooke	3	81⁄3	0	0	7.56	7
E. Dessens	15	25	0	2	8.28	13
D. May	5	82⁄3	0	1	9.35	5
Team Totals	162	1,4531⁄3	73	89	4.61	1,044

Awards and honors

1996 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Jason Kendall, C, reserve

Transactions

• April 27, 1996: Joe Boever was selected off waivers by the Pirates from the Detroit Tigers.
• May 15, 1996: Jacob Brumfield was traded by the Pirates to the Toronto Blue Jays for D. J. Boston (minors).
• June 4, 1996: Kris Benson was drafted by the Pirates in the 1st round (1st pick). Player signed August 11, 1996.
• July 6, 1996: Zane Smith was released by the Pirates.
• July 23, 1996: Danny Darwin was traded by the Pirates to the Houston Astros for Rich Loiselle.
• August 28, 1996: Denny Neagle was traded by the Pirates to the Atlanta Braves for Ron Wright, Corey Pointer (minors) and a player to be named later. The Braves completed the deal by sending Jason Schmidt to the Pirates on August 30.
• August 30, 1996: Charlie Hayes was traded by the Pirates to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Chris Corn (minors) to the Pirates on August 31.

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Calgary Cannons	Pacific Coast League	Trent Jewett
AA	Carolina Mudcats	Southern League	Marc Hill
A	Lynchburg Hillcats	Carolina League	Jeff Banister
A	Augusta Greenjackets	South Atlantic League	Jay Loviglio
A-Short Season	Erie SeaWolves	New York–Penn League	Jeff Richardson
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

References

• 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
• 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.