1996 Florida Marlins season
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1996 Florida Marlins
Major league affiliations
Location
1996 Information
Owner(s) Wayne Huizenga
Manager(s) Rene Lachemann, Cookie Rojas, and John Boles
Local television Sunshine Network
WBFS-TV
(Gary Carter, Jay Randolph)
Local radio WQAM
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien)
WCMQ-FM (Spanish)
(Felo Ramirez, Manolo Alvarez)

The Florida Marlins' 1996 season began with the team trying to improve on their record from 1995. Their managers were Rene Lachemann, Cookie Rojas, and John Boles. They played home games at Joe Robbie Stadium. They finished with a record of 80-82, 3rd in the NL East.

Contents

Offseason

  • October 8, 1995: Scott Podsednik was sent by the Texas Rangers to the Florida Marlins to complete an earlier deal made on August 8, 1995. The Texas Rangers sent players to be named later to the Florida Marlins for Bobby Witt. The Texas Rangers sent Wilson Heredia (August 11, 1995) and Scott Podsednik (October 8, 1995) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade. 1
  • November 21, 1995: Devon White signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins. 2
  • December 13, 1995: Mark Davis was Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins. 3
  • December 22, 1995: Craig Grebeck was signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins. 4
  • January 5, 1996: Andre Dawson was signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins. 5
  • January 23, 1996: Aaron Small was selected off waivers by the Seattle Mariners from the Florida Marlins. 6
  • March 23, 1996: Mark Davis was Released by the Florida Marlins. 3

Regular season

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB
Atlanta Braves 96 66 .593 --
Montreal Expos 88 73 .543 8
Florida Marlins 80 82 .494 16
New York Mets 71 91 .438 25
Philadelphia Phillies 67 95 .414 29

Transactions

  • June 4, 1996: Mark Kotsay was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed August 15, 1996. 7
  • August 13, 1996: Terry Pendleton was traded by the Florida Marlins to the Atlanta Braves for Roosevelt Brown. 8
  • August 23, 1996: Gregg Zaun was sent by the Baltimore Orioles to the Florida Marlins to complete an earlier deal made on August 21, 1996. The Baltimore Orioles sent a player to be named later to the Florida Marlins for Terry Mathews. The Baltimore Orioles sent Gregg Zaun (August 23, 1996) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade. 9

Game log

1996 Florida Marlins season game log

Roster

1996 Florida Marlins roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders


Player stats

Batting

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Robb Nen 75 83.0 5 1 35 1.95 92

References

External links

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