1996 Florida Marlins season

The 1996 Florida Marlins season was the fourth season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 1995. Their managers were Rene Lachemann, Cookie Rojas, and John Boles. They played home games in Miami Gardens, Florida. They finished with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses, third place in the National League East.

1996 Florida Marlins
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Joe Robbie Stadium
City	Miami Gardens, Florida
Record	80–82 (.494)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Wayne Huizenga
General managers	Dave Dombrowski
Managers	Rene Lachemann, Cookie Rojas, John Boles
Television	Sunshine Network WBFS-TV (Gary Carter, Jay Randolph)
Radio	WQAM (Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien) WCMQ-FM (Spanish) (Felo Ramírez, Manolo Alvarez)
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The Marlins home ballpark at the time had been known as Joe Robbie Stadium since its opening. However, in the middle of the 1996 season, the Miami Dolphins, who controlled the stadium, sold naming rights to Pro Player by Fruit of the Loom.

Thus, in the middle of the Marlins season on August 26, Joe Robbie Stadium was renamed Pro Player Park. On September 10, after the Dolphins home opener and still before the end of baseball season, the park was renamed Pro Player Stadium, a name which remained though the 2004 season.

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

• On May 11, 1996, Al Leiter threw the first no-hitter in Florida Marlins history. The Marlins beat the Rockies by a score of 11–0.^[7]

Season standings

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NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	96	66	.593	—	56‍–‍25	40‍–‍41
Montreal Expos	88	74	.543	8	50‍–‍31	38‍–‍43
Florida Marlins	80	82	.494	16	52‍–‍29	28‍–‍53
New York Mets	71	91	.438	25	42‍–‍39	29‍–‍52
Philadelphia Phillies	67	95	.414	29	35‍–‍46	32‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

1996 National League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1996 v t e
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MTL	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	—

Game log

1996 Game Log: 80–82 (Home: 52–29; Away: 28–53)
April: 11–16 (Home: 6–6; Away: 5–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 1 Pirates 0–4 Wagner Brown (0–1) — 41,815 0–1 2 April 2 Pirates 1–4 Christiansen Pena (0–1) Miceli 20,243 0–2 3 April 4 Pirates 6–2 Leiter (1–0) Ericks — 19,008 1–2 4 April 5 Giants 1–7 Fernandez Rapp (0–1) — 24,769 1–3 5 April 6 Giants 1–0 (10) Nen (1–0) Dewey — 34,002 2–3 6 April 7 Giants 7–14 Bourgeois Burkett (0–1) — 19,842 2–4 7 April 8 @ Padres 2–9 Hamilton Hammond (0–1) — 44,470 2–5 8 April 9 @ Padres 5–2 (10) Leiter (2–0) Blair — 15,160 3–5 9 April 10 @ Padres 0–3 Tewksbury Rapp (0–2) Hoffman 10,510 3–6 10 April 11 @ Dodgers 0–5 Park Brown (0–2) Worrell 36,023 3–7 11 April 12 @ Dodgers 3–1 Burkett (1–1) Valdez — 40,343 4–7 12 April 13 @ Dodgers 1–3 Nomo Hammond (0–2) — 46,059 4–8 13 April 14 @ Dodgers 1–6 Astacio Leiter (2–1) — 49,728 4–9 14 April 16 @ Braves 2–5 Avery Brown (0–3) Wohlers 26,625 4–10 15 April 17 @ Braves 2–4 Maddux Burkett (1–2) Wohlers 28,884 4–11 16 April 18 @ Braves 5–3 Hammond (1–2) Glavine Nen (1) 25,300 5–11 17 April 19 Dodgers 5–0 Powell (1–0) Hall — 24,143 6–11 18 April 20 Dodgers 7–4 Leiter (3–1) Nomo Nen (2) 35,542 7–11 19 April 21 Dodgers 5–4 Brown (1–3) Hall Mathews (1) 23,842 8–11 20 April 22 Padres 3–5 Ashby Burkett (1–3) — 17,473 8–12 21 April 23 Padres 2–7 Bergman Hammond (1–3) — 19,667 8–13 22 April 24 @ Pirates 3–6 Neagle Rapp (0–3) — 9,812 8–14 23 April 25 @ Pirates 4–1 Leiter (4–1) Hope Nen (3) 8,315 9–14 24 April 26 @ Giants 3–0 Brown (2–3) Fernandez — 12,461 10–14 25 April 27 @ Giants 3–6 Leiter Burkett (1–4) Beck 15,711 10–15 26 April 28 @ Giants 4–10 VanLandingham Hammond (1–4) — 23,535 10–16 27 April 30 Phillies 7–2 Rapp (1–3) Williams Nen (4) 15,252 11–16
May: 16–11 (Home: 12–6; Away: 4–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 28 May 1 Phillies 5–6 Ryan Leiter (4–2) Bottalico 14,672 11–17 29 May 2 Phillies 0–2 Grace Brown (2–4) Bottalico 14,888 11–18 30 May 3 @ Rockies 5–9 Reynoso Burkett (1–5) — 48,129 11–19 31 May 4 @ Rockies 5–17 Freeman Hammond (1–5) — 48,101 11–20 32 May 5 @ Rockies 4–5 Ritz Perez (0–1) — 48,134 11–21 33 May 6 Mets 4–1 Leiter (5–2) Clark Nen (5) 16,819 12–21 34 May 7 Mets 3–2 Hammond (2–5) Isringhausen Nen (6) 20,127 13–21 35 May 8 Mets 6–3 Perez (1–1) Henry Nen (7) 21,357 14–21 36 May 9 Rockies 6–2 Miller (1–0) Freeman — 21,008 15–21 37 May 10 Rockies 4–2 Rapp (2–3) Ritz Nen (8) 27,309 16–21 38 May 11 Rockies 11–0 Leiter (6–2) Thompson — 31,549 17–21 39 May 12 Rockies 7–5 Nen (2–0) Leskanic — 21,058 18–21 40 May 13 Cardinals 5–2 Burkett (2–5) Benes Powell (1) 19,227 19–21 41 May 14 Cardinals 11–5 Mathews (1–0) Parrett — 16,070 20–21 42 May 15 Cardinals 0–6 Stottlemyre Rapp (2–4) — 18,066 20–22 43 May 17 @ Cubs 1–3 Bullinger Leiter (6–3) Wendell 32,528 20–23 44 May 18 @ Cubs 3–2 Burkett (3–5) Trachsel Nen (9) 38,003 21–23 45 May 19 @ Cubs 8–7 (11) Mantei (1–0) Wendell Nen (10) 30,420 22–23 46 May 20 @ Reds 5–3 Rapp (3–4) Burba Nen (11) 18,023 23–23 47 May 21 @ Reds 3–2 Weathers (1–0) Salkeld Mathews (2) 19,534 24–23 48 May 22 @ Reds 1–4 Smiley Leiter (6–4) Brantley 22,055 24–24 49 May 24 Cardinals 2–4 Morgan Burkett (3–6) Mathews 19,583 24–25 50 May 25 Cardinals 0–5 Benes Rapp (3–5) — 26,312 24–26 51 May 26 Cardinals 8–2 (7) Weathers (2–0) Osborne — 20,573 25–26 52 May 27 Reds 6–2 Leiter (7–4) Smiley — 15,919 26–26 53 May 28 Reds 6–2 Brown (3–4) Burba Mathews (4) 14,052 27–26 54 May 31 Cubs 1–2 Navarro Rapp (3–6) — 19,552 27–27
June: 12–14 (Home: 8–5; Away: 4–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 55 June 1 Cubs 4–5 (10) Wendell Mathews (1–1) — 30,133 27–28 56 June 2 Cubs 3–2 Brown (4–4) Telemaco Nen (12) 22,174 28–28 57 June 4 Expos 5–0 Burkett (4–6) Rueter — 14,821 29–28 58 June 5 Expos 1–2 Cormier Rapp (3–7) Veres 21,342 29–29 59 June 7 @ Mets 12–2 Leiter (8–4) Harnisch — 13,009 30–29 60 June 8 @ Mets 6–7 Clark Weathers (2–1) Franco 22,550 30–30 61 June 9 @ Mets 0–3 Isringhausen Burkett (4–7) — 40,707 30–31 62 June 10 @ Expos 5–2 Nen (3–0) Dyer — 34,867 31–31 63 June 11 @ Expos 2–3 Scott Brown (4–5) Veres 10,758 31–32 64 June 12 @ Expos 0–8 Fassero Leiter (8–5) — 12,341 31–33 65 June 13 @ Pirates 4–3 Perez (2–1) Cordova Nen (13) 15,083 32–33 66 June 14 @ Pirates 4–5 Plesac Nen (3–1) — 26,494 32–34 67 June 15 @ Pirates 8–12 Darwin Rapp (3–8) — 15,596 32–35 68 June 16 @ Pirates 4–2 Brown (5–5) Neagle Nen (14) 28,120 33–35 69 June 17 @ Giants 0–1 Fernandez Leiter (8–6) Beck 9,524 33–36 70 June 18 @ Giants 8–9 (15) Juden Rapp (3–9) — 15,439 33–37 71 June 19 @ Giants 4–7 (15) Bautista Mathews (1–2) — 13,274 33–38 72 June 21 Pirates 4–0 Brown (6–5) Darwin — 20,442 34–38 73 June 22 Pirates 1–4 (10) Plesac Perez (2–2) — 26,666 34–39 74 June 23 Pirates 3–5 Lieber Rapp (3–10) Cordova 20,769 34–40 75 June 24 Giants 2–1 Burkett (5–7) Leiter Nen (15) 16,860 35–40 76 June 25 Giants 5–4 (10) Powell (2–0) Beck — 16,577 36–40 77 June 26 Giants 3–2 Brown (7–5) Watson — 21,188 37–40 78 June 28 Braves 2–0 Leiter (9–6) Glavine Nen (16) 30,661 38–40 79 June 29 Braves 5–3 Rapp (4–10) Smoltz — 40,952 39–40 80 June 30 Braves 4–5 Clontz Burkett (5–8) Wohlers 34,023 39–41
July: 10–17 (Home: 8–6; Away: 2–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 81 July 1 @ Astros 2–6 Hampton Brown (7–6) — 18,513 39–42 82 July 2 @ Astros 3–4 (12) Johnstone Mathews (1–3) — 18,897 39–43 83 July 3 @ Astros 3–4 Drabek Leiter (9–7) Jones 24,537 39–44 84 July 4 @ Phillies 5–8 Blazier Rapp (4–11) Bottalico 17,460 39–45 85 July 5 @ Phillies 4–7 Borland Miller (1–1) Bottalico 46,872 39–46 86 July 6 @ Phillies 1–2 Williams Brown (7–7) Bottalico 22,278 39–47 87 July 7 @ Phillies 7–4 (10) Mathews (2–3) Jordan Nen (17) 28,183 40–47 88 July 11 @ Braves 9–8 Burkett (6–8) Avery Nen (18) 33,208 41–47 89 July 12 @ Braves 3–6 Glavine Leiter (9–8) Wohlers 32,517 41–48 90 July 13 @ Braves 0–3 Smoltz Brown (7–8) — 36,953 41–49 91 July 14 @ Braves 10–15 McMichael Perez (2–3) — 31,134 41–50 92 July 15 Astros 15–5 Pall (1–0) Wall — 15,807 42–50 93 July 16 Astros 3–2 Perez (3–3) Jones — 15,610 43–50 94 July 17 Astros 11–2 Leiter (10–8) Reynolds — 16,345 44–50 95 July 18 Phillies 7–0 Brown (8–8) Mimbs — 16,521 45–50 96 July 19 Phillies 11–2 Hammond (3–5) Williams — 19,123 46–50 97 July 20 Phillies 7–4 Rapp (5–11) Springer Nen (19) 24,336 47–50 98 July 21 Phillies 3–12 Schilling Burkett (6–9) Bottalico 20,873 47–51 99 July 23 Dodgers 1–7 Valdez Leiter (10–9) — 17,889 47–52 100 July 24 Dodgers 3–0 Brown (9–8) Nomo Nen (20) 20,486 48–52 101 July 25 Dodgers 3–6 Astacio Hammond (3–6) Worrell 18,151 48–53 102 July 26 Padres 0–3 (11) Hoffman Pall (1–1) — 19,677 48–54 103 July 27 Padres 12–20 Villone Mathews (2–4) — 26,182 48–55 104 July 28 Padres 8–2 Leiter (11–9) Hamilton — 22,683 49–55 105 July 29 Padres 3–5 Sanders Brown (9–9) Hoffman 18,281 49–56 106 July 30 @ Dodgers 4–5 (10) Osuna Weathers (2–2) — 34,973 49–57 107 July 31 @ Dodgers 0–3 Martinez Rapp (5–12) Worrell 29,565 49–58
August: 16–13 (Home: 8–3; Away: 8–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 108 August 1 @ Dodgers 7–6 (14) Hammond (4–6) Dreifort Mathews (5) 41,197 50–58 109 August 2 @ Padres 1–2 Hoffman Perez (3–4) — 18,239 50–59 110 August 3 @ Padres 5–2 Brown (10–9) Sanders Nen (21) 55,412 51–59 111 August 4 @ Padres 4–6 Valenzuela Hammond (4–7) Hoffman 35,302 51–60 112 August 5 @ Rockies 16–9 Hutton (1–0) Freeman — 48,313 52–60 113 August 6 @ Rockies 0–11 Thompson Burkett (6–10) — 48,339 52–61 114 August 7 @ Rockies 5–12 Ritz Leiter (11–10) — 48,622 52–62 115 August 8 Mets 0–3 Harnisch Brown (10–10) Franco 21,627 52–63 116 August 9 Mets 2–1 (10) Nen (4–1) Henry — 21,506 53–63 117 August 10 Mets 9–6 Rapp (6–12) Wilson Nen (22) 22,115 54–63 118 August 11 Mets 3–5 Clark Valdes (0–1) Franco 21,092 54–64 119 August 13 Rockies 5–0 Leiter (12–10) Ritz — 26,256 55–64 120 August 14 Rockies 2–1 Brown (11–10) Leskanic Nen (23) 26,589 56–64 121 August 15 Rockies 7–6 Powell (3–0) Ruffin Nen (24) 21,723 57–64 122 August 16 @ Cardinals 2–6 Benes Rapp (6–13) — 30,507 57–65 123 August 17 @ Cardinals 3–4 Mathews Powell (3–1) Eckersley 30,792 57–66 124 August 18 @ Cardinals 3–5 Stottlemyre Leiter (12–11) Eckersley 34,564 57–67 125 August 19 @ Cubs 4–3 Brown (12–10) Telemaco Nen (25) 32,302 58–67 126 August 20 @ Cubs 1–8 Foster Hutton (1–1) — 22,119 58–68 127 August 21 @ Cubs 3–8 Castillo Rapp (6–14) — 27,699 58–69 128 August 23 Reds 5–6 Carrara Valdes (0–2) Brantley — 58–70 129 August 23 Reds 8–3 Leiter (13–11) Jarvis — 21,497 59–70 130 August 24 Reds 5–3 Brown (13–10) Burba Nen (26) 33,883 60–70 131 August 25 Reds 6–5 Nen (5–1) Smith — 27,372 61–70 132 August 27 @ Cardinals 6–3 Hutton (2–1) Morgan Nen (27) 24,784 62–70 133 August 28 @ Cardinals 3–2 (10) Hammond (5–7) Bailey Nen (28) 21,767 63–70 134 August 29 @ Cardinals 10–9 Leiter (14–11) Stottlemyre Nen (29) 23,105 64–70 135 August 30 @ Reds 3–1 Brown (14–10) Remlinger — 22,485 65–70 136 August 31 @ Reds 8–22 Jarvis Miller (1–2) — 25,196 65–71
September: 15–11 (Home: 10–3; Away: 5–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 137 September 1 @ Reds 6–1 Hutton (3–1) Smiley — 25,521 66–71 138 September 2 Cubs 4–3 Valdes (1–2) Trachsel Nen (30) 16,622 67–71 139 September 3 Cubs 3–11 Navarro Leiter (14–12) — 15,528 67–72 140 September 4 Cubs 9–2 Brown (15–10) Foster — 14,879 68–72 141 September 5 Expos 2–6 Manuel Rapp (6–15) — 16,080 68–73 142 September 6 Expos 4–0 Hutton (4–1) Fassero Powell (2) 16,943 69–73 143 September 7 Expos 1–2 Leiter Valdes (1–3) Rojas 25,278 69–74 144 September 8 Expos 2–1 Helling (1–0) Martinez Nen (31) 19,427 70–74 145 September 9 @ Mets 1–6 Mlicki Brown (15–11) — 14,100 70–75 146 September 10 @ Mets 9–3 (12) Powell (4–1) Henry — 14,746 71–75 147 September 11 @ Mets 1–3 Isringhausen Rapp (6–16) Wallace 12,448 71–76 148 September 12 @ Expos 4–5 Veres Powell (4–2) Rojas 9,308 71–77 149 September 13 @ Expos 2–3 Martinez Helling (1–1) Rojas 13,723 71–78 150 September 14 @ Expos 2–3 Veres Powell (4–3) Rojas 17,546 71–79 151 September 15 @ Expos 4–3 Leiter (15–12) Daal Nen (32) 26,166 72–79 152 September 17 @ Phillies 11–5 Rapp (7–16) Beech — 15,507 73–79 153 September 18 @ Phillies 6–8 Borland Miller (1–3) Bottalico 17,158 73–80 154 September 20 Astros 3–1 Brown (16–11) Reynolds Nen (33) 21,518 74–80 155 September 21 Astros 2–1 Heredia (1–0) Wagner — 31,023 75–80 156 September 22 Astros 6–0 Helling (2–1) Kile — 17,461 76–80 157 September 24 Braves 12–1 Rapp (8–16) Avery — 18,245 77–80 158 September 25 Braves 3–0 Brown (17–11) Glavine Nen (34) 29,178 78–80 159 September 26 Braves 7–1 Leiter (16–12) Neagle — 25,553 79–80 160 September 27 @ Astros 3–2 Hutton (5–1) Kile Nen (35) 21,725 80–80 161 September 28 @ Astros 1–5 Darwin Heredia (1–1) — 21,832 80–81 162 September 29 @ Astros 4–5 (10) Hudek Hammond (5–8) — 42,658 80–82
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Marlins team member

Detailed records

National League Opponent W L WP RS RA NL East Atlanta Braves 7 6 0.538 64 54 Florida Marlins Montreal Expos 5 8 0.385 34 38 New York Mets 7 6 0.538 56 45 Philadelphia Phillies 6 7 0.462 74 62 Total 25 27 0.481 228 199 NL Central Chicago Cubs 6 6 0.500 44 56 Cincinnati Reds 9 3 0.750 62 54 Houston Astros 7 5 0.583 56 37 Pittsburgh Pirates 5 7 0.417 42 48 St. Louis Cardinals 6 6 0.500 53 53 Total 33 27 0.550 257 248 NL West Colorado Rockies 8 5 0.615 77 79 Los Angeles Dodgers 6 7 0.462 40 50 San Diego Padres 3 9 0.250 45 66 San Francisco Giants 5 7 0.417 41 61 Total 22 28 0.440 203 256 Season Total 80 82 0.494 688 703

Month Games Won Lost Win % RS RA April 27 11 16 0.407 83 117 May 27 16 11 0.593 120 105 June 26 12 14 0.462 99 97 July 27 10 17 0.370 138 145 August 29 16 13 0.552 136 158 September 26 15 11 0.577 112 81 Total 162 80 82 0.494 688 703 Games Won Lost Win % RS RA Home 81 52 29 0.642 369 277 Away 81 28 53 0.346 319 426 Total 162 80 82 0.494 688 703

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.^[8]
• July 31, 1996: Dave Weathers was traded by the Florida Marlins to the New York Yankees for Mark Hutton.^[9]
• August 13, 1996: Terry Pendleton was traded by the Florida Marlins to the Atlanta Braves for Roosevelt Brown.^[10]
• 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.^[11]

Roster

1996 Florida Marlins
Roster
Pitchers 56 Joel Adamson 43 Miguel Batista 27 Kevin Brown 33 John Burkett 11 Chris Hammond 33 Rick Helling 24 Félix Heredia 61 Liván Hernández 50 Bill Hurst 52 Mark Hutton 36 Andy Larkin 25 Al Leiter 18 Matt Mantei 51 Terry Mathews 53 Kurt Miller 31 Robb Nen 46 Donn Pall 32 Alejandro Peña 58 Yorkis Pérez 59 Jay Powell 48 Pat Rapp 44 Marc Valdes 35 David Weathers		Catchers 23 Charles Johnson 13 Bob Natal 33 Joe Siddall  9 Gregg Zaun Infielders  7 Kurt Abbott 26 Alex Arias 29 Josh Booty 34 Luis Castillo  4 Greg Colbrunn 14 Craig Grebeck 37 Ralph Milliard 45 Russ Morman  9 Terry Pendleton 16 Édgar Rentería  3 Quilvio Veras		Outfielders 35 Jerry Brooks 19 Jeff Conine  8 Andre Dawson 40 Billy McMillon  6 Joe Orsulak 10 Gary Sheffield 20 Jesús Tavárez  2 Devon White		Manager 21 John Boles 15 Rene Lachemann Coaches 12 Joe Breeden (Bullpen) 22 Rusty Kuntz (1st Base) 34 José Morales (Hitting)  1 Cookie Rojas (3rd Base) 47 Larry Rothschild (Pitching) 38 Rick Williams (Assistant Pitching)

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Charles Johnson	120	386	84	.218	13	37
1B	Greg Colbrunn	141	511	146	.286	16	69
2B	Quilvio Veras	73	253	64	.253	4	14
SS	Édgar Rentería	106	431	133	.309	5	31
3B	Terry Pendleton	111	406	102	.251	7	58
LF	Jeff Conine	157	597	175	.293	26	95
CF	Devon White	146	552	151	.274	17	84
RF	Gary Sheffield	161	519	163	.314	42	120

Other batters

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
Kurt Abbott	109	320	81	.253	8	33
Alex Arias	100	224	62	.277	3	26
Joe Orsulak	120	217	48	.221	2	19
Luis Castillo	41	164	43	.262	1	8
Jesús Tavárez	98	114	25	.219	0	6
Craig Grebeck	50	95	20	.211	1	9
Bob Natal	44	90	12	.133	0	2
Ralph Milliard	24	62	10	.161	0	1
Andre Dawson	42	58	16	.276	2	14
Billy McMillon	28	51	11	.216	0	4
Joe Siddall	18	47	7	.149	0	3
Greg Zaun	10	31	9	.290	1	2
Russ Morman	6	6	1	.167	0	0
Jerry Brooks	8	5	2	.400	0	3
Josh Booty	2	2	1	.500	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Kevin Brown	32	233.0	17	11	1.89	159
Al Leiter	33	215.1	16	12	2.93	200
Pat Rapp	30	162.1	8	16	5.10	86
John Burkett	24	154.0	6	10	4.32	108
Rick Helling	5	27.2	2	1	1.95	26
Andy Larkin	1	5.0	0	0	1.80	2

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Chris Hammond	38	81.0	5	8	6.56	50
David Weathers	31	71.1	2	2	4.54	40
Mark Hutton	13	56.1	5	1	3.67	31
Marc Valdes	11	48.2	1	3	4.81	13
Kurt Miller	26	46.1	1	3	6.80	30

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Robb Nen	75	5	1	35	1.95	92
Jay Powell	67	4	3	2	4.54	52
Yorkis Pérez	64	3	4	0	5.29	47
Terry Mathews	57	2	4	4	4.91	49
Félix Heredia	21	1	1	0	4.32	10
Matt Mantei	14	1	0	0	6.38	25
Donn Pall	12	1	1	0	5.79	9
Miguel Batista	9	0	0	0	5.56	6
Joel Adamson	9	0	0	0	7.36	7
Alejandro Peña	4	0	1	0	4.50	5
Bill Hurst	2	0	0	0	0.00	1
Liván Hernández	1	0	0	0	0.00	2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Charlotte Knights	International League	Sal Rende
AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Eastern League	Carlos Tosca
A	Brevard County Manatees	Florida State League	Fredi González
A	Kane County Cougars	Midwest League	Lynn Jones
A-Short Season	Utica Blue Sox	New York–Penn League	Steve McFarland
Rookie	GCL Marlins	Gulf Coast League	Juan Bustabad

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