1996 World Series

The 1996 World Series matched the defending champion Atlanta Braves against the New York Yankees, with the Yankees winning in six games to capture their first championship since 1978, and their 23rd overall.

Umpires: Jim Evans (AL), Terry Tata (NL), Tim Welke (AL), Gerry Davis (NL), Larry Young (AL), Steve Rippley (NL)

Series MVP: John Wetteland

Game 1

 October 20, 1996 at Yankee Stadium (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 – Smoltz
	      LP – Pettitte
            SAVE – none

  HOME RUNS: ATL – McGriff, A. Jones (2)
             NYY – none

 ATTENDANCE: 56,365

Game 2

 October 21, 1996 at Yankee Stadium (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), M. Rivera (9)

              WP – Maddux
	      LP – Key
            SAVE – none

  HOME RUNS: ATL – none
             NYY – none

 ATTENDANCE: 56,340

Game 3

 October 22, 1996 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (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, M. Rivera (7), Lloyd (9), Wetteland (9)
             ATL – Glavine, McMichael (8), Clontz (8), Bielecki (9)

              WP – Cone

LP – Glavine

            SAVE – Wetteland

  HOME RUNS: NYY – Williams
             ATL – none

 ATTENDANCE: 51,843

Game 4

 October 23, 1996 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (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), M. Rivera (8), Lloyd (9), Wetteland (10)
             ATL – Neagle, Wade (6), Bielecki (6), Wohlers (8), Avery (10), Clontz (10)

              WP – Lloyd

LP – Avery

            SAVE – Wetteland

  HOME RUNS: NYY – Leyritz Video of Leyritz's game-tying homer
             ATL – McGriff

 ATTENDANCE: 51,881

Game 5

 October 24, 1996 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (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  0
   Atlanta Braves               0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  5  1

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

              WP – Pettitte

LP – Smoltz

            SAVE – Wetteland

  HOME RUNS: NYY – none
             ATL – none

 ATTENDANCE: 51,881

Game 6

 October 26, 1996 at Yankee Stadium (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), M. Rivera (7), Wetteland (9)

              WP – Key
	      LP – Maddux
            SAVE – Wetteland

  HOME RUNS: ATL – none
             NYY – none

 ATTENDANCE: 56,375

 Game 6 highlights

Trivia

• Game 5 of the 1996 World Series was the last ballgame ever played in Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. When the Braves lost Game 5, they joined the 1905 Philadelphia Athletics, the 1921 New York Yankees and the 1986 New York Mets as the only teams to lose a 1–0 World Series game on an unearned run.

• On October 20, 1996, Andruw Jones became the youngest player, 19, in World Series history to hit a home run. One inning later he became only the second player in World Series history, Gene Tenace was the first (1972 World Series), to hit a home run his first two times up in a Series.

• This was the first World Series to be televised by the Fox Network. Play-by-play man Joe Buck became the second youngest person (at the age of 27) to broadcast a World Series. Vin Scully is still the youngest when at 25, he called the 1953 World Series.

• Prior to Game 6, Yankees manager Joe Torre's brother Frank underwent heart transplant surgery.

• The Braves beating the Yankees in the first two games by a a combined score of 16–1, was the biggest run differential in World Series history.

• Over the course of the 1996 World Series, the Braves hit .315 during the first six innings and .176 afterward.

• When the Yankees came back from a 6–0 deficit to win Game 4 by the score of 8–6 in 10 innings, they only trailed behind the 1929 Philadelphia Athletics, in terms of coming back from a big World Series deficit. The Athletics scored 10 runs in the seventh inning to defeat the Chicago Cubs 10–8 in Game 4.

External links

• 1996 World Series by Baseball Almanac
• History of the World Series – 1996
• Stroke of Fate