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The 1996 Seattle Mariners season was the 20th season in franchise history, and the team was the runner-up in American League West, with a record of 85–76 (.528), 4½ games behind the champion Texas Rangers. The Mariners led the majors in runs (993), doubles (335), runs batted in (954), and slugging percentage (.484), but the pitching staff ...
The Seattle Mariners have played their home games at T-Mobile Park since it opened in 1999. The Seattle Mariners are a Major League Baseball (MLB) team based in Seattle, Washington, United States. The team has been a member of the American League's West division since they entered as an expansion franchise in 1977. Their name was chosen in a public contest and reflects the city's nautical ...
The 1996 Major League Baseball season was the final season of league-only play before the beginning of interleague play the following season. The season ended with the New York Yankees defeating the defending champion Atlanta Braves in six games for the World Series title, the Yankees' first championship since 1978.
February 6 – Bob Muncrief, 80, pitcher who won 80 games for five clubs between 1937 and 1951, most notably as St. Louis Brown; won 13 games in 1944, the Browns' only pennant-winning season; member of 1948 World Series champion Cleveland Indians. February 7 – Red Webb, 71, pitcher for the New York Giants in the 1948 and 1949 seasons.
The 1996 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the American League side in Major League Baseball’s (MLB) 1996 postseason, began on Tuesday, October 1, and ended on Saturday, October 5, with the champions of the three AL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:
First team of 2008 to officially be eliminated from the 2008 postseason. Worst record since 1983, which was the last time they had lost over 100 games in a season. First team in MLB history to lose 100 games with a $100 million payroll. [48] Dave Niehaus won the Ford C. Frick Award, presented by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. 2009
Division Series games aired across ESPN, ESPN2, Fox, and NBC so that each game could be available nationally instead of regionally during the previous postseason's The Baseball Network broadcasts. Then in even-numbered years starting in 1996, NBC televised the American League Championship Series , and Fox aired both the National League ...
The game was necessary after both teams finished the strike-shortened 144-game season with identical records of 78–66 (.542). [3] [4] Scoreless until the fifth inning, Seattle held a slim 1–0 lead at the seventh-inning stretch. The Mariners then broke it open and won 9–1 to secure the franchise's first postseason berth.