1996-1997 Free Agency Signings and Statistics

Notes players granted free agency or released between Oct 1 and Dec 31 of 1996. Signings are for signings within six months of becoming a free agent. Free Agents are listed below the signings.

Free Agent Signings

Free Agent Signings
Rk	Name	Date	To Team	From Team	Age	WAR3	Yrs	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	W	L	ERA	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO
1	Ryan Thompson	1997-06-05	Toronto Blue Jays	CLE	29	1.7	5	291	1019	129	245	40	131	8	75	.240	.301	.418	.719
2	Billy Brewer	1997-05-27	Philadelphia Phillies	NYY	29	1.7	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					9	7	4.20	1.430	148	0	3	128.2	120	19	64	92
3	Tim Scott	1997-05-27	Colorado Rockies	CIN	30	1.9	6	259	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	.067	.067	.067	.133	23	12	3.84	1.379	259	0	5	293.0	278	22	126	237
4	Johnny Ruffin	1997-05-01		CIN	25	1.3	4	131	17	1	3	0	0	1	0	.176	.176	.176	.353	10	6	3.88	1.385	131	0	3	183.1	168	21	86	154
5	Mike Williams	1997-04-30	Kansas City Royals	PHI	28	1.2	5	100	101	7	17	0	7	1	3	.168	.192	.188	.380	13	25	4.87	1.432	99	54	0	384.2	406	50	145	227
6	Turner Ward	1997-04-22	Pittsburgh Pirates	MIL	32	1.8	7	341	918	130	216	21	119	21	120	.235	.324	.358	.682
7	Mike Maddux	1997-04-11	Seattle Mariners	BOS	35	1.9	11	283	88	4	6	0	4	0	6	.068	.128	.080	.207	32	30	3.93	1.321	341	48	19	708.1	709	51	227	462
8	Carlos Reyes	1997-04-10	Oakland Athletics	OAK	28	2.6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					11	19	4.68	1.519	113	20	1	269.1	276	39	133	183
9	Brent Mayne	1997-04-08	Oakland Athletics	NYM	29	-0.4	7	469	1212	113	301	9	125	6	106	.248	.309	.322	.631
10	Jason Grimsley	1997-04-03	Milwaukee Brewers	ANA	29	-0.7	7	28	38	3	4	0	2	0	3	.105	.171	.105	.276	18	25	5.39	1.674	101	68	1	426.0	450	35	263	283
11	Reid Cornelius	1997-03-31	Florida Marlins	CLE	27	-0.3	1	18	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	3	7	5.54	1.575	18	10	0	66.2	75	11	30	39
12	Rico Rossy	1997-03-31	Montreal Expos	SDP	33		3	110	236	31	51	3	24	0	29	.216	.306	.314	.620
13	Kevin Young	1997-03-31	Pittsburgh Pirates	KCR	28	-1.7	5	321	891	88	209	21	107	7	65	.235	.292	.368	.660
14	Eric Anthony	1997-03-27	Texas Rangers	COL	29	-1.3	8	635	1925	241	444	76	264	22	205	.231	.304	.396	.699
15	Tim Spehr	1997-03-26	Kansas City Royals	MON	30	-0.1	5	246	276	37	56	7	35	6	28	.203	.281	.359	.639
16	Tommy Gregg	1997-03-22	Atlanta Braves	FLA	33	-0.6	8	433	861	85	209	20	88	13	70	.243	.301	.362	.663
17	Kevin Gross	1997-03-17	Texas Rangers	TEX	36	5.5	14	407	659	41	106	6	36	3	31	.161	.201	.220	.421	140	157	4.09	1.403	462	365	5	2462.1	2489	226	966	1707
18	Mike Butcher	1997-03-15	Texas Rangers	CLE	32	-0.2	4
19	Brent Cookson	1997-03-15	Texas Rangers	BAL	27	-0.5	1	22	35	2	5	0	5	1	2	.143	.189	.171	.361
20	J.R. Phillips	1997-03-14	Houston Astros	PHI	27	-0.8	4	168	389	41	72	18	50	2	31	.185	.246	.368	.614
21	Derrick White	1997-03-13		OAK	27	-1.4	2	56	97	9	20	2	6	3	2	.206	.230	.320	.550
22	Luis Polonia	1997-03-11		ATL	33	-0.5	10	1175	4163	634	1214	19	343	292	324	.292	.342	.370	.712
23	Randy Veres	1997-03-02	Kansas City Royals	DET	31	-0.8	5	57	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	13	4.93	1.514	111	1	2	138.2	143	20	67	88
24	Danny Tartabull	1997-02-25	Philadelphia Phillies	CHW	34	0.9	13	1403	5004	754	1366	262	925	37	764	.273	.368	.497	.865
25	Larry Luebbers	1997-02-24	Atlanta Braves	CIN	27		1	14	24	1	6	0	0	0	0	.250	.280	.292	.572	2	5	4.54	1.448	14	14	0	77.1	74	7	38	38
26	Dennis Martínez	1997-02-20	Seattle Mariners	CLE	43	11.8	21	242	509	25	73	0	30	1	14	.143	.169	.165	.334	240	182	3.63	1.254	630	548	6	3859.2	3723	356	1117	2070
27	Mike Harkey	1997-02-18	Los Angeles Dodgers	LAD	30	1.2	7	96	163	12	30	0	7	0	3	.184	.204	.215	.418	35	36	4.49	1.447	121	104	0	641.1	708	72	220	310
28	Jeff Manto	1997-02-17	Toronto Blue Jays	BOS	32	0.5	5	217	578	73	130	24	75	2	76	.225	.323	.403	.726
29	Gary Bennett	1997-02-10	Boston Red Sox	PHI	25	0.1	2	7	17	0	4	0	1	0	2	.235	.316	.235	.551
30	Nate Minchey	1997-02-10	Colorado Rockies	BOS	27	-1.1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					3	7	6.53	1.968	13	12	0	62.0	95	7	27	37
31	Scott Leius	1997-02-08	Boston Red Sox	CLE	31	0.7	7	503	1416	204	352	27	158	15	156	.249	.323	.364	.687
32	Joe Oliver	1997-02-08	Cincinnati Reds	CIN	31	1.2	8	755	2396	225	595	70	350	7	180	.248	.301	.391	.692
33	Danny Darwin	1997-02-07	Chicago White Sox	HOU	41	1.7	19	245	242	13	33	2	19	2	5	.136	.153	.215	.367	158	161	3.72	1.245	652	322	32	2710.2	2594	272	780	1769
34	Tommy Greene	1997-02-04	Houston Astros	PHI	30	-0.4	7	120	210	19	46	4	18	0	12	.219	.260	.305	.565	38	24	4.10	1.320	117	95	0	619.0	581	60	236	450
35	Doug Strange	1997-02-04	Montreal Expos	SEA	33	0.6	7	499	1347	145	318	19	150	13	109	.236	.297	.333	.629
36	Rick White	1997-02-04		PIT	28	0.8	2	58	28	1	2	0	1	0	0	.071	.103	.107	.211	6	8	4.21	1.381	58	14	6	130.1	145	12	35	67
37	Jim Corsi	1997-02-03	Boston Red Sox	OAK	35	3.3	7	66	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	13	16	3.23	1.320	221	1	5	320.1	296	20	127	179
38	Mike Benjamin	1997-01-31	Boston Red Sox	PHI	31	2.4	8	334	740	92	148	17	64	24	48	.200	.259	.322	.581
39	Greg Cadaret	1997-01-31	Cleveland Indians	CLE	35	0.4	8	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	37	30	3.99	1.551	386	35	13	666.0	656	50	377	486
40	Jeff Reboulet	1997-01-30	Baltimore Orioles	MIN	33	2.5	5	450	1016	135	252	9	100	13	128	.248	.335	.324	.659
41	Jack Voigt	1997-01-30	Milwaukee Brewers	TEX	31	-0.1	5	165	365	57	91	11	51	1	53	.249	.344	.397	.741
42	Dave Clark	1997-01-29	Chicago Cubs	LAD	34	1.3	11	710	1690	217	448	57	248	17	189	.265	.337	.415	.752
43	Chad Kreuter	1997-01-29	Chicago White Sox	CHW	32	0.2	9	451	1158	145	274	28	128	2	157	.237	.328	.367	.695
44	Derrick May	1997-01-29	Philadelphia Phillies	HOU	28	3.3	7	603	1822	218	506	42	270	26	133	.278	.327	.406	.733
45	Terry Pendleton	1997-01-27	Cincinnati Reds	ATL	36	0.6	13	1764	6682	823	1808	136	900	124	459	.271	.316	.394	.710
46	Luis Rivera	1997-01-25	Houston Astros	NYM	33	0.7	9	732	2113	233	491	28	199	19	163	.232	.290	.335	.625
47	Mike Blowers	1997-01-24	Seattle Mariners	LAD	32	2.4	8	545	1695	210	439	60	267	6	184	.259	.332	.423	.755
48	Greg Colbrunn	1997-01-24	Minnesota Twins	FLA	27	3.3	5	448	1515	174	423	51	230	23	68	.279	.317	.434	.751
49	Eric Gunderson	1997-01-24	Texas Rangers	BOS	31	0.9	6	53	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	6	6	5.29	1.594	109	4	1	95.1	106	10	46	57
50	Kevin Baez	1997-01-23	Minnesota Twins	DET	30		6
51	Ken Grundt	1997-01-23	Boston Red Sox	BOS	27	-0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	27.00	3.000	1	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	0
52	Dave Magadan	1997-01-23	Oakland Athletics	CHC	34	1.8	11	1117	3271	421	944	32	389	9	566	.289	.391	.378	.769
53	Steve Avery	1997-01-22	Boston Red Sox	ATL	27	4.6	7	205	408	30	73	4	31	1	12	.179	.200	.262	.462	72	62	3.83	1.269	203	201	0	1222.1	1180	103	371	815
54	José Bautista	1997-01-22	Detroit Tigers	SFG	32	-2.0	8	208	50	2	5	0	1	0	1	.100	.118	.100	.218	30	40	4.45	1.294	280	49	3	633.0	662	98	157	305
55	Dave Hansen	1997-01-22	Chicago Cubs	LAD	28	0.2	7	494	838	75	217	12	83	1	101	.259	.338	.340	.678
56	Scott Kamieniecki	1997-01-22	Baltimore Orioles	NYY	33	2.9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					36	39	4.33	1.476	113	94	1	627.1	644	65	282	323
57	Lee Smith HOF	1997-01-21	Montreal Expos	CIN	39	3.0	17	747	64	2	3	1	2	0	3	.047	.090	.094	.183	71	91	2.98	1.249	997	6	473	1267.2	1105	87	478	1236
58	Brian Williams	1997-01-21	Baltimore Orioles	DET	28	-3.8	6	128	80	5	13	0	7	0	0	.163	.160	.200	.360	23	36	5.46	1.653	164	59	5	461.2	515	52	248	310
59	Steve Ontiveros	1997-01-20		ANA	36	4.5	9	17	12	3	1	0	3	0	1	.083	.154	.167	.321	33	30	3.62	1.243	204	72	19	656.1	613	59	203	381
60	Luis Alicea	1997-01-19		STL	31	4.5	7	698	1996	251	510	22	217	42	252	.256	.342	.367	.709
61	Aaron Ledesma	1997-01-17	Baltimore Orioles	ANA	26	-0.2	1	21	33	4	8	0	3	0	6	.242	.359	.242	.601
62	Derek Lilliquist	1997-01-17	Kansas City Royals	CIN	31	-0.1	8	76	108	11	23	2	8	0	1	.213	.220	.278	.498	25	34	4.13	1.377	262	52	17	483.2	532	59	134	261
63	Phil Plantier	1997-01-17	San Diego Padres	OAK	28	-1.5	7	558	1762	247	427	86	274	13	224	.242	.332	.439	.771
64	Robby Thompson	1997-01-17	Cleveland Indians	SFG	35	2.1	11	1304	4612	671	1187	119	458	103	439	.257	.329	.403	.733
65	Jim Bullinger	1997-01-16	Montreal Expos	CHC	31	0.5	5	150	122	12	22	3	17	1	13	.180	.261	.320	.581	27	28	4.77	1.462	148	63	11	481.0	473	45	230	301
66	Russ Morman	1997-01-16	Florida Marlins	FLA	35	0.2	8	203	463	48	115	9	41	2	35	.248	.304	.359	.663
67	Bob Natal	1997-01-16	Florida Marlins	FLA	31	-0.9	5	116	285	11	55	3	16	2	28	.193	.273	.277	.550
68	Domingo Cedeño	1997-01-15	Texas Rangers	CHW	28	-1.2	4	202	605	83	147	6	51	8	36	.243	.286	.326	.612
69	Doug Drabek	1997-01-14	Chicago White Sox	HOU	34	4.9	11	330	714	41	119	2	46	0	17	.167	.193	.207	.401	137	112	3.41	1.217	344	335	0	2257.0	2140	196	606	1454
70	Brian Hunter	1997-01-14	Cincinnati Reds	SEA	29	0.5	6	436	1122	134	266	49	193	3	83	.237	.288	.434	.722
71	Rudy Seánez	1997-01-14	New York Mets	LAD	28	-0.5	6	57	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	4	5	6.00	1.707	91	0	3	99.0	104	12	65	86
72	Gil Heredia	1997-01-13	Montreal Expos	TEX	31	1.9	6	126	78	3	17	0	3	0	2	.218	.238	.231	.468	19	21	4.34	1.339	170	39	4	402.2	450	38	89	254
73	Steve Scarsone	1997-01-13	St. Louis Cardinals	SFG	31	1.5	5	299	752	101	183	20	80	5	59	.243	.303	.386	.689
74	Pete Smith	1997-01-12	San Diego Padres	SDP	31	-0.6	9	158	233	12	27	0	11	0	16	.116	.172	.137	.309	35	60	4.40	1.390	157	136	0	819.1	821	98	318	507
75	Paul Abbott	1997-01-10	Seattle Mariners	SDP	29		4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					3	7	5.25	1.671	33	15	0	111.1	106	11	80	88
76	Harold Baines HOF	1997-01-10	Chicago White Sox	CHW	38	5.6	17	2326	8366	1113	2425	323	1356	33	877	.290	.355	.467	.822
77	Darryl Hamilton	1997-01-10	San Francisco Giants	TEX	32	2.1	8	814	2820	417	821	29	304	124	260	.291	.351	.383	.734
78	Roger McDowell	1997-01-10	Chicago White Sox	BAL	36	2.0	12	620	72	6	16	0	6	0	5	.222	.282	.292	.574	70	70	3.30	1.386	723	2	159	1050.0	1045	50	410	524
79	Tony Peña	1997-01-10	Chicago White Sox	CLE	40	0.3	17	1948	6403	661	1672	107	698	80	445	.261	.310	.366	.675
80	Jeff Tabaka	1997-01-10	Cincinnati Reds	HOU	33	-0.1	3	91	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.500	.667	1.167	4	3	4.89	1.576	91	0	2	92.0	87	8	58	75
81	Vince Coleman	1997-01-09	Detroit Tigers	ANA	35	-1.5	12	1365	5392	849	1424	28	346	752	476	.264	.324	.345	.670
82	Luis Sojo	1997-01-09	New York Yankees	NYY	32	1.9	7	531	1698	199	440	25	160	20	79	.259	.295	.354	.649
83	Mark Whiten	1997-01-09	New York Yankees	SEA	30	8.2	7	769	2631	396	677	93	365	72	313	.257	.337	.417	.754
84	Jeff Barry	1997-01-08	Colorado Rockies	SDP	27	-0.1	1	15	15	2	2	0	0	0	1	.133	.188	.200	.388
85	Doug Henry	1997-01-08	San Francisco Giants	NYM	33	0.6	6	112	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	14	26	3.94	1.385	288	0	74	329.1	309	35	147	258
86	John Hope	1997-01-08	Colorado Rockies	PIT	26	-1.2	4	24	21	0	3	0	0	1	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	5	5.99	1.588	24	11	0	73.2	90	8	27	29
87	Tom Quinlan	1997-01-08	Colorado Rockies	MIN	29	-0.2	4	42	58	8	9	1	5	0	5	.155	.234	.259	.493
88	Ben Van Ryn	1997-01-08	Chicago Cubs	ATL	25	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0.00	2.000	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	1	0
89	Fernando Valenzuela	1997-01-07	San Diego Padres	SDP	36	5.1	16	421	914	55	183	10	82	0	8	.200	.206	.264	.469	171	141	3.50	1.308	435	406	2	2841.0	2612	214	1105	2013
90	Mike Devereaux	1997-01-06	Texas Rangers	BAL	34	0.6	10	1048	3655	483	930	105	472	84	286	.254	.308	.404	.712
91	Richie Lewis	1997-01-06	Oakland Athletics	DET	31	1.0	5	124	9	1	1	0	1	0	2	.111	.273	.111	.384	12	15	4.32	1.585	197	3	2	264.1	251	33	168	224
92	Dave Valle	1997-01-06	Oakland Athletics	TEX	36	0.6	13	970	2775	314	658	77	350	5	258	.237	.314	.373	.687
93	Mike Busch	1997-01-03	Cleveland Indians	LAD	28	-0.3	2	51	100	11	22	7	23	0	5	.220	.257	.470	.727
94	Donn Pall	1997-01-02	Florida Marlins	FLA	35	-0.2	8	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	24	22	3.53	1.288	303	0	10	469.2	474	46	131	252
95	Casey Candaele	1997-01-01	Cleveland Indians	CLE	36	0.0	8	740	1908	201	475	11	135	36	160	.249	.307	.332	.639
96	Carlos Pulido	1996-12-30	Montreal Expos	CHC	25	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					3	7	5.98	1.506	19	14	0	84.1	87	17	40	32
97	Russ Springer	1996-12-30	Houston Astros	PHI	28	-0.3	5	65	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	.056	.056	.056	.111	7	20	5.55	1.554	130	27	3	296.2	332	48	129	235
98	Julio Valera	1996-12-30	Chicago Cubs	KCR	28	-0.3	5	5	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	15	20	4.85	1.506	85	38	5	317.1	361	31	117	179
99	Tony Fernández	1996-12-28	Cleveland Indians	NYY	35	2.4	13	1682	6408	847	1808	66	638	220	538	.282	.339	.390	.729
100	Rich Sauveur	1996-12-28	Los Angeles Dodgers	CHW	33	-0.2	5	13	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	1	6.56	1.907	24	3	0	35.2	45	7	23	21
101	Jim Converse	1996-12-27	Kansas City Royals	KCR	25	-1.3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					2	11	7.41	2.101	32	13	1	92.1	124	7	70	63
102	Milt Cuyler	1996-12-26	Montreal Expos	BOS	28	-0.3	7	483	1380	224	326	9	116	77	120	.236	.303	.322	.625
103	Mike Dyer	1996-12-26	Colorado Rockies	MON	30	0.4	4	139	15	1	4	0	1	0	0	.267	.267	.267	.533	14	18	4.60	1.530	155	13	6	236.2	249	19	113	154
104	Lee Hancock	1996-12-25	San Francisco Giants	SFG	30	-0.2	2	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	4.45	1.330	24	0	0	32.1	31	5	12	19
105	David Wells	1996-12-24	New York Yankees	BAL	34	10.8	10	11	28	2	4	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	90	75	3.99	1.251	348	178	13	1413.0	1396	165	371	922
106	Dave Eiland	1996-12-23	New York Yankees	NYY	30	-0.4	7	17	21	2	2	1	2	0	0	.095	.095	.238	.333	6	15	5.28	1.504	53	44	0	235.1	284	30	70	82
107	Reggie Harris	1996-12-23	Philadelphia Phillies	BOS	28	-0.2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	4.81	1.356	22	1	0	48.2	37	7	29	37
108	Randy Knorr	1996-12-23	Houston Astros	HOU	28	-0.9	6	172	464	57	105	16	64	0	37	.226	.285	.377	.662
109	Félix Rodríguez	1996-12-23	Cincinnati Reds	LAD	24	0.3	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	1	2.53	1.500	11	0	0	10.2	11	2	5	5
110	Craig Shipley	1996-12-23	San Diego Padres	SDP	34	1.1	9	442	1059	115	288	13	102	32	35	.272	.301	.363	.664
111	Don Slaught	1996-12-23	San Diego Padres	CHW	38	1.7	15	1307	4043	413	1151	77	476	18	306	.285	.338	.414	.752
112	Stan Belinda	1996-12-21	Cincinnati Reds	BOS	30	1.4	8	223	16	1	2	0	3	0	2	.125	.222	.188	.410	32	20	3.89	1.257	376	0	74	435.1	363	42	184	360
113	Kevin Elster	1996-12-20	Pittsburgh Pirates	TEX	32	0.8	10	737	2189	256	498	59	282	14	203	.228	.292	.368	.660
114	Jack Howell	1996-12-20		ANA	35	0.1	8	803	2394	314	569	92	295	13	275	.238	.318	.414	.732
115	Gregg Olson	1996-12-20	Minnesota Twins	HOU	30	0.6	9	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	24	26	2.94	1.350	411	0	172	450.1	383	22	225	415
116	Esteban Beltré	1996-12-19	Pittsburgh Pirates	ATL	29	-1.0	5	186	401	46	95	1	35	5	28	.237	.285	.287	.572
117	Mike Bielecki	1996-12-19	Atlanta Braves	ATL	37	1.6	13	263	280	11	22	0	13	1	13	.079	.119	.079	.198	67	66	4.19	1.410	297	178	3	1173.2	1180	107	475	723
118	John Briscoe	1996-12-19	Pittsburgh Pirates	OAK	29	0.5	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					5	5	5.67	1.811	100	2	2	139.2	124	18	129	115
119	Terry Clark	1996-12-19	Cleveland Indians	HOU	36	-0.2	5	9	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	16	5.39	1.683	78	18	1	175.1	229	15	66	85
120	Carlos Crawford	1996-12-19	Pittsburgh Pirates	PHI	25	-0.4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	4.91	2.455	1	1	0	3.2	7	1	2	4
121	Eric Davis	1996-12-19	Baltimore Orioles	CIN	35	2.9	12	1229	4110	746	1076	231	728	329	603	.262	.357	.481	.838
122	Luis Gonzalez	1996-12-19	Houston Astros	CHC	29	6.4	7	816	2767	370	748	74	411	67	280	.270	.341	.435	.775
123	Pete Incaviglia	1996-12-19	Baltimore Orioles	BAL	33	0.3	10	1211	4049	527	1002	201	641	33	347	.247	.311	.453	.764
124	Mike Magnante	1996-12-19	Houston Astros	KCR	32	0.5	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					10	18	4.40	1.506	191	19	0	325.1	365	27	125	170
125	Manny Martínez	1996-12-19	Pittsburgh Pirates	PHI	26	-0.1	1	22	53	5	12	0	3	4	4	.226	.293	.377	.670
126	Keith Mitchell	1996-12-19	Pittsburgh Pirates	CIN	27	0.1	3	105	209	34	54	8	23	3	27	.258	.345	.388	.732
127	Les Norman	1996-12-19	Cleveland Indians	KCR	28	-0.5	2	78	89	15	15	0	4	1	12	.169	.275	.191	.466
128	Keith Shepherd	1996-12-19	Pittsburgh Pirates	BAL	29	-1.2	4	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	5	6.71	1.746	41	1	3	63.0	80	10	30	34
129	Mike Simms	1996-12-19	Texas Rangers	HOU	30	0.5	6	181	361	43	79	15	53	4	37	.219	.298	.388	.686
130	Tom Urbani	1996-12-19	Texas Rangers	DET	29	0.1	4	67	65	6	16	1	4	0	7	.246	.319	.308	.627	10	17	4.98	1.544	81	36	0	260.1	316	38	86	149
131	Greg Vaughn	1996-12-19	San Diego Padres	SDP	31	4.0	8	946	3385	548	828	179	588	66	445	.245	.333	.459	.792
132	Brian Bohanon	1996-12-18	New York Mets	TOR	28	0.0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					12	15	5.71	1.628	159	47	2	398.2	469	46	180	229
133	Chad Curtis	1996-12-18	Cleveland Indians	LAD	28	4.7	5	696	2567	401	680	60	268	161	298	.265	.343	.391	.734
134	Mark Lemke	1996-12-18	Atlanta Braves	ATL	31	3.3	9	929	2788	306	692	30	237	9	309	.248	.321	.328	.649
135	Eddie Murray HOF	1996-12-18		BAL	41	2.1	20	2971	11169	1614	3218	501	1899	109	1318	.288	.361	.478	.839
136	Brian Raabe	1996-12-18	Seattle Mariners	MIN	29	-0.2	2	13	23	4	5	0	2	0	1	.217	.240	.217	.457
137	Juan Samuel	1996-12-18	Toronto Blue Jays	TOR	36	1.5	14	1632	5936	846	1542	157	686	378	423	.260	.315	.419	.734
138	Greg Swindell	1996-12-18	Minnesota Twins	CLE	32	-0.4	11	128	240	10	46	0	13	0	4	.192	.204	.233	.437	103	98	3.90	1.276	293	268	0	1800.0	1905	201	391	1224
139	Anthony Telford	1996-12-18	Montreal Expos	MON	31		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					3	3	5.12	1.521	20	9	0	70.1	81	10	26	50
140	Jerome Walton	1996-12-18	Baltimore Orioles	ATL	31	1.7	8	560	1471	229	392	22	120	58	132	.266	.332	.372	.704
141	Lenny Webster	1996-12-18	Baltimore Orioles	MON	32	1.2	8	320	751	84	191	16	84	1	87	.254	.337	.381	.718
142	Chris Hammond	1996-12-17	Boston Red Sox	FLA	31	2.7	7	162	229	30	47	4	14	0	27	.205	.288	.297	.585	43	49	4.39	1.411	159	125	0	764.2	801	73	278	457
143	Xavier Hernandez	1996-12-17	Texas Rangers	HOU	31	-1.0	8	337	37	2	1	0	0	0	2	.027	.077	.027	.104	34	25	3.88	1.315	373	7	34	563.2	527	55	214	485
144	John Johnstone	1996-12-17	San Francisco Giants	HOU	28	-0.8	4	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					2	4	5.62	1.872	37	0	0	49.2	63	8	30	36
145	Torey Lovullo	1996-12-17	Montreal Expos	OAK	31	-0.6	6	280	680	76	153	13	54	9	76	.225	.304	.335	.639
146	John Wetteland	1996-12-17	Texas Rangers	NYY	30	5.5	8	249	41	3	6	1	7	0	0	.146	.146	.244	.390	28	33	2.92	1.105	370	17	180	512.0	392	43	174	556
147	Shawn Boskie	1996-12-16	Baltimore Orioles	ANA	30	1.1	7	130	141	9	26	1	8	0	8	.184	.228	.270	.498	42	54	4.92	1.437	184	118	0	775.2	853	114	262	434
148	Ray Holbert	1996-12-15	Detroit Tigers	HOU	26	-0.5	2	68	78	12	14	2	5	4	8	.179	.273	.308	.580
149	Joe Hall	1996-12-14	Detroit Tigers	BAL	31	0.1	2	24	43	8	13	1	5	0	4	.302	.375	.442	.817
150	Mike Bordick	1996-12-13	Baltimore Orioles	OAK	31	3.7	7	823	2643	273	682	21	252	48	240	.258	.324	.329	.653
151	Roger Clemens	1996-12-13	Toronto Blue Jays	BOS	34	15.7	13	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	192	111	3.06	1.158	383	382	0	2776.0	2359	194	856	2590
152	Mark Dalesandro	1996-12-13	Chicago Cubs	NYY	29	-0.5	2	30	35	6	6	1	2	0	2	.171	.216	.314	.531
153	Mark McLemore	1996-12-13	Texas Rangers	TEX	32	7.0	11	930	3030	445	782	22	290	145	373	.258	.338	.334	.672
154	Kevin Mitchell	1996-12-13	Cleveland Indians	CIN	35	4.7	11	1152	3948	609	1135	228	728	29	473	.287	.364	.528	.892
155	Tim Naehring	1996-12-13	Boston Red Sox	BOS	30	9.9	7	477	1613	216	453	40	210	4	198	.281	.363	.412	.775
156	Kevin Tapani	1996-12-13	Chicago Cubs	CHW	33	6.5	8	16	19	0	3	0	2	0	0	.158	.158	.211	.368	92	75	4.18	1.294	231	225	0	1461.0	1541	152	349	919
157	Moisés Alou	1996-12-12	Florida Marlins	MON	30	7.5	6	610	2149	343	627	84	373	53	183	.292	.348	.488	.837
158	Pat Borders	1996-12-12	Cleveland Indians	CHW	34	-0.6	9	880	2693	234	685	62	300	6	129	.254	.288	.384	.672
159	Todd Haney	1996-12-12	Seattle Mariners	CHC	31	-0.9	4	98	202	28	50	3	12	3	17	.248	.306	.342	.648
160	Mike Jackson	1996-12-12	Cleveland Indians	SEA	32	4.4	11	291	27	3	5	0	1	0	1	.185	.214	.259	.474	47	51	3.33	1.216	623	7	44	810.0	639	83	346	721
161	Mark Leiter	1996-12-12	Philadelphia Phillies	MON	34	1.5	7	67	128	6	14	0	10	0	7	.109	.156	.117	.273	46	50	4.48	1.362	213	115	3	875.2	888	116	305	633
162	Mark Portugal	1996-12-12	Philadelphia Phillies	CIN	34	4.8	12	216	393	27	76	2	32	0	16	.193	.225	.252	.477	92	76	3.83	1.310	286	227	5	1496.0	1431	155	529	949
163	Bob Tewksbury	1996-12-12	Minnesota Twins	SDP	36	0.8	11	199	374	20	49	0	18	0	21	.131	.177	.150	.327	95	76	3.80	1.282	250	226	1	1490.0	1669	111	241	660
164	Tony Castillo	1996-12-11	Chicago White Sox	CHW	34	6.9	8	81	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	.083	.154	.083	.237	23	17	3.54	1.345	314	6	18	437.1	443	39	145	277
165	Mark Holzemer	1996-12-11	Seattle Mariners	ANA	27	-1.1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	4	8.31	1.917	42	4	0	56.1	80	10	28	35
166	Jaime Navarro	1996-12-11	Chicago White Sox	CHC	30	4.8	8	64	142	1	22	0	10	0	1	.155	.167	.197	.364	91	77	4.10	1.357	247	215	1	1480.0	1563	124	446	810
167	Mark Parent	1996-12-11	Philadelphia Phillies	BAL	35	2.4	11	401	1077	101	237	52	147	2	81	.220	.274	.405	.679
168	Mike Stanton	1996-12-11	New York Yankees	TEX	30	3.0	8	305	11	1	6	0	2	0	1	.545	.583	.636	1.220	23	25	3.88	1.338	407	0	56	389.1	372	36	149	293
169	Ricky Bones	1996-12-10	Cincinnati Reds	NYY	28	7.1	6	14	13	1	1	0	1	0	2	.077	.200	.077	.277	51	62	4.72	1.421	166	149	0	944.0	1016	131	325	356
170	Dennis Cook	1996-12-10	Florida Marlins	TEX	34	2.1	9	96	96	13	24	1	7	0	3	.250	.273	.323	.596	37	30	3.93	1.308	295	71	3	689.2	649	92	253	425
171	Jimmy Key	1996-12-10	Baltimore Orioles	NYY	36	7.2	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					164	104	3.49	1.215	411	344	10	2300.0	2231	225	563	1344
172	Kent Mercker	1996-12-10	Cincinnati Reds	CLE	29	1.7	8	233	117	1	8	0	9	0	3	.068	.091	.094	.185	35	31	3.91	1.372	257	66	19	585.1	523	62	280	455
173	Luis Ortiz	1996-12-10	Texas Rangers	TEX	27	-1.0	4	60	145	14	33	2	26	0	7	.228	.256	.359	.615
174	Eric Plunk	1996-12-10	Cleveland Indians	CLE	33	7.3	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					60	46	3.62	1.426	528	41	34	937.1	799	86	538	878
175	Billy Ripken	1996-12-10	Texas Rangers	BAL	32	0.6	10	814	2452	261	598	17	200	22	160	.244	.293	.313	.606
176	Mel Rojas	1996-12-10	Chicago Cubs	MON	30	3.8	7	385	58	1	7	0	3	0	0	.121	.121	.138	.259	29	23	3.04	1.181	385	0	109	509.2	423	35	179	418
177	Alex Fernandez	1996-12-09	Florida Marlins	CHW	27	13.2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					79	63	3.78	1.286	199	197	0	1346.1	1306	148	426	951
178	Ramón García	1996-12-09	Houston Astros	MIL	28	-0.9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					8	8	6.02	1.396	53	17	4	154.0	163	30	52	80
179	Kirt Manwaring	1996-12-09	Colorado Rockies	HOU	31	2.2	10	746	2217	179	544	16	211	8	163	.245	.307	.317	.623
180	Terry Mulholland	1996-12-09	Chicago Cubs	SEA	34	-1.7	10	229	450	17	41	2	11	1	9	.091	.111	.120	.231	81	89	4.30	1.312	263	230	0	1521.0	1617	149	379	792
181	Bret Saberhagen	1996-12-09	Boston Red Sox	COL	33	7.8	12	89	180	13	23	0	1	0	12	.128	.182	.150	.332	141	100	3.26	1.132	337	309	1	2227.2	2100	177	421	1510
182	Benito Santiago	1996-12-09	Toronto Blue Jays	PHI	32	5.9	11	1246	4425	507	1161	150	595	77	274	.262	.306	.420	.726
183	Jerry Spradlin	1996-12-09	Philadelphia Phillies	CIN	30	-0.3	3	44	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	1	4.40	1.169	44	0	2	57.1	56	6	11	28
184	Todd Zeile	1996-12-08	Los Angeles Dodgers	BAL	31	2.4	8	999	3610	468	949	109	523	34	444	.263	.342	.415	.758
185	Doug Jones	1996-12-07	Milwaukee Brewers	MIL	40	2.7	12	227	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	50	60	3.21	1.249	578	4	242	785.1	802	49	179	639
186	Rafael Belliard	1996-12-06	Atlanta Braves	ATL	35	-1.4	15	1076	2210	207	488	1	138	43	135	.221	.272	.258	.531
187	Craig Grebeck	1996-12-06		FLA	32	2.1	7	464	1166	137	293	13	119	2	139	.251	.334	.349	.683
188	Tom Pagnozzi	1996-12-06	St. Louis Cardinals	STL	34	2.8	10	851	2686	236	687	42	302	18	174	.256	.301	.363	.665
189	Terry Burrows	1996-12-05	San Diego Padres	NYY	28	-0.5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					4	2	5.71	1.766	37	3	1	58.1	73	14	30	27
190	Terry Steinbach	1996-12-05	Minnesota Twins	OAK	35	9.1	11	1199	4162	498	1144	132	595	15	307	.275	.328	.426	.754
191	Brett Butler	1996-12-04	Los Angeles Dodgers	LAD	40	4.9	16	2108	7837	1307	2278	54	560	543	1087	.291	.377	.378	.756
192	Alex Delgado	1996-12-04	Florida Marlins	BOS	26	-0.1	1	26	20	5	5	0	1	0	3	.250	.348	.250	.598
193	Thomas Howard	1996-12-04	Houston Astros	CIN	32	-0.4	7	677	1824	235	493	27	182	62	112	.270	.312	.385	.697
194	Willie McGee	1996-12-04	St. Louis Cardinals	STL	38	1.9	15	1827	6809	929	2028	73	764	330	395	.298	.336	.402	.738
195	Jim Bruske	1996-12-03	San Diego Padres	LAD	32	-0.2	2	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	5.16	1.588	20	0	1	22.2	29	2	7	17
196	Jim Eisenreich	1996-12-03	Florida Marlins	PHI	38	7.1	13	1197	3511	435	1037	49	430	99	278	.295	.345	.414	.759
197	Joe Girardi	1996-12-03	New York Yankees	NYY	32	1.2	8	732	2417	273	660	20	235	35	157	.273	.321	.354	.674
198	Shawon Dunston	1996-12-02	Chicago Cubs	SFG	34	1.7	12	1222	4438	533	1186	103	473	154	176	.267	.296	.407	.704
199	Bryan Eversgerd	1996-12-02	San Diego Padres	TEX	28	-0.2	2	65	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	3	4.67	1.421	65	1	0	88.2	97	10	29	55
200	Sid Fernandez	1996-12-02	Houston Astros	PHI	34	3.5	14	280	538	28	98	1	34	1	16	.182	.207	.223	.430	113	96	3.36	1.144	306	299	1	1861.2	1417	190	713	1740
201	Rene Gonzales	1996-12-02	San Diego Padres	TEX	36	0.3	12	702	1537	185	367	19	135	23	161	.239	.314	.319	.634
202	Carlos Hernández	1996-12-02	San Diego Padres	LAD	30	-0.7	7	234	478	30	109	9	40	1	23	.228	.271	.314	.584
203	Pat Listach	1996-12-02	Houston Astros	MIL	29	-0.6	5	451	1640	237	420	5	137	112	156	.256	.322	.316	.638
204	Bill Spiers	1996-12-02	Houston Astros	HOU	31	-0.4	8	742	1982	263	503	22	215	59	152	.254	.308	.341	.649
205	Scott Pose	1996-11-27	New York Yankees	TOR	30		1	15	41	0	8	0	3	0	2	.195	.233	.244	.476
206	Ryne Sandberg HOF	1996-11-27	Chicago Cubs	CHC	37	4.2	15	2029	7938	1264	2268	270	997	337	733	.286	.346	.454	.800
207	John Cangelosi	1996-11-26	Florida Marlins	HOU	34	3.8	10	824	1635	281	410	10	112	147	309	.251	.377	.322	.699	0	0	0.00	0.667	2	0	0	3.0	1	0	1	0
208	John Habyan	1996-11-25	New York Mets	MON	33	1.3	11	103	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.286	.000	.286	26	24	3.85	1.358	348	18	12	532.1	537	47	186	372
209	Kevin Roberson	1996-11-25	San Francisco Giants	NYM	29	0.5	4	165	309	44	61	20	51	0	27	.197	.275	.430	.706
210	Rich Rodriguez	1996-11-25	San Francisco Giants	KCR	34	0.2	6	285	17	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.105	.000	.105	15	14	3.20	1.340	284	2	4	356.2	330	30	148	212
211	Gary Thurman	1996-11-25	New York Mets	NYM	32	-0.1	8	413	792	121	193	2	64	65	61	.244	.298	.301	.599
212	Eddie Zosky	1996-11-25	San Francisco Giants	BAL	29	-0.1	3	32	39	3	7	0	3	0	0	.179	.175	.308	.483
213	Bobby Bonilla	1996-11-22	Florida Marlins	BAL	34	7.3	11	1593	5786	916	1643	245	965	37	719	.284	.361	.487	.848
214	Blas Minor	1996-11-22	Houston Astros	SEA	31	-0.1	5	135	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.231	.445	12	10	4.39	1.329	146	0	4	213.0	218	28	65	178
215	Matt Whiteside	1996-11-22	Texas Rangers	TEX	29	1.1	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					10	9	4.48	1.435	181	0	9	247.1	263	27	92	150
216	Matt Franco	1996-11-21	New York Mets	NYM	27	-0.1	2	30	48	6	11	1	3	0	1	.229	.255	.333	.588
217	Jason Hardtke	1996-11-21	New York Mets	NYM	25	-0.1	1	19	57	3	11	0	6	0	2	.193	.233	.281	.514
218	Rex Hudler	1996-11-21	Philadelphia Phillies	ANA	36	4.9	11	699	1604	242	429	51	157	106	67	.267	.300	.432	.733
219	Andy Tomberlin	1996-11-21	New York Mets	NYM	30	-0.2	4	153	229	32	54	9	26	5	22	.236	.308	.389	.697
220	Steve Cooke	1996-11-20	Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	27	0.0	4	71	117	6	20	0	6	0	0	.171	.176	.197	.373	16	21	4.35	1.358	71	55	1	376.1	397	46	114	223
221	Delino DeShields	1996-11-20	St. Louis Cardinals	LAD	28	3.2	7	908	3399	501	894	38	292	301	457	.263	.351	.355	.706
222	Dave Hollins	1996-11-20		SEA	31	5.1	7	690	2290	404	592	83	352	20	352	.259	.366	.429	.795
223	Jamie Moyer	1996-11-20	Seattle Mariners	SEA	34	4.9	10	97	151	10	21	0	4	0	14	.139	.211	.152	.363	72	79	4.44	1.414	250	198	0	1277.1	1372	154	434	756
224	Erik Plantenberg	1996-11-20	Philadelphia Phillies	CLE	28	0.4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	3.78	2.040	26	0	1	16.2	15	0	19	4
225	Tim Pugh	1996-11-20	Detroit Tigers	CIN	30	-0.6	5	87	109	6	22	0	4	0	4	.202	.237	.239	.475	24	27	4.97	1.536	105	56	0	407.2	473	51	153	210
226	John Smoltz HOF	1996-11-20	Atlanta Braves	ATL	30	12.9	9	277	535	44	82	4	35	2	47	.153	.223	.202	.424	114	90	3.45	1.204	266	266	0	1804.1	1545	150	627	1528
227	Tanyon Sturtze	1996-11-20	Texas Rangers	CHC	26	-0.4	2	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	9.00	1.846	8	0	0	13.0	18	4	6	7
228	Albert Belle	1996-11-19	Chicago White Sox	CLE	30	18.3	8	913	3441	592	1014	242	751	61	396	.295	.369	.580	.949
229	Alex Diaz	1996-11-19	New York Mets	SEA	28	-0.2	5	274	614	86	156	5	51	37	25	.254	.285	.339	.624
230	Chris Nichting	1996-11-19	Oakland Athletics	TEX	31	-0.3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	7.03	2.014	13	0	0	24.1	36	1	13	6
231	Mike Oquist	1996-11-19	Oakland Athletics	SDP	29	0.6	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					5	4	4.92	1.694	55	9	0	131.2	144	13	79	78
232	Henry Mercedes	1996-11-18	Texas Rangers	KCR	27	0.3	4	56	99	14	26	0	13	1	10	.263	.336	.323	.660
233	Eddie Williams	1996-11-18	Los Angeles Dodgers	DET	32	-0.8	8	340	1021	133	261	36	135	1	88	.256	.322	.406	.728
234	Jesse Orosco	1996-11-15	Baltimore Orioles	BAL	40	2.8	17	428	59	2	10	0	4	0	6	.169	.239	.169	.408	74	69	2.98	1.232	885	4	133	1077.0	867	84	460	972
235	David Nied	1996-11-14	Cincinnati Reds	COL	28	0.9	5	52	71	5	10	0	2	0	4	.141	.187	.141	.328	17	18	5.06	1.519	52	41	0	241.2	262	26	105	146
236	Marc Ronan	1996-11-14	New York Yankees	FLA	27		3
237	Lenny Harris	1996-11-13	Cincinnati Reds	CIN	32	0.3	9	947	2344	289	639	17	204	98	170	.273	.323	.343	.666
238	Giovanni Carrara	1996-11-12	Baltimore Orioles	CIN	29	-1.7	2	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	5	7.58	1.938	31	12	0	86.2	118	21	50	50
239	Brent Bowers	1996-11-11	Philadelphia Phillies	BAL	26	0.3	1	21	39	6	12	0	3	0	0	.308	.308	.359	.667
240	Mark Gardner	1996-11-09	San Francisco Giants	SFG	35	0.0	8	186	269	14	34	0	12	0	6	.126	.151	.149	.299	53	55	4.39	1.354	200	156	1	992.2	971	120	373	738
241	Mark Guthrie	1996-11-06	Los Angeles Dodgers	LAD	31	1.4	8	93	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	31	32	3.93	1.401	330	43	9	582.1	611	52	205	463
242	Steve Mintz	1996-11-06	Milwaukee Brewers	SFG	28	-0.8	1	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	2	7.45	1.966	14	0	0	19.1	26	4	12	7
243	Jon Shave	1996-11-06	Minnesota Twins	TEX	29		1	17	47	3	15	0	7	1	0	.319	.306	.362	.668
244	Chris Jones	1996-11-04	San Diego Padres	NYM	31	1.2	6	381	732	111	194	21	92	17	46	.265	.309	.418	.727
245	Terry Shumpert	1996-11-04	San Diego Padres	CHC	30	-0.6	7	332	825	97	182	16	86	44	56	.221	.274	.343	.617
246	Tony Barron	1996-11-01	Philadelphia Phillies	MON	30		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
247	Chip Hale	1996-10-30	Los Angeles Dodgers	MIN	32	0.2	6	319	563	62	158	7	78	2	56	.281	.349	.369	.718
248	Joe Siddall	1996-10-29	Montreal Expos	FLA	29	-0.5	3	44	77	4	12	0	5	0	6	.156	.226	.182	.408
249	Harvey Pulliam	1996-10-23	Colorado Rockies	COL	29	0.1	5	64	120	16	30	5	13	0	8	.250	.302	.442	.744

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