1996 Oakland Athletics season
- 1996 Oakland Athletics season
MLB yearly infobox
name = Oakland Athletics
season = 1996
misc =
current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform 
ballpark = Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
y4 = 1968
city = Oakland, California
y5 = 1968
owners = Stephen Schott & Kenneth Hofmann
managers = Art Howe
television = KRON-TV
Sports Channel Pacific
(Ray Fosse, Greg Papa, Ken Wilson)
radio = KFRC
(Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse) |The Oakland Athletics' 1996 season involved the A's finishing 3rd in the American League West with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses.
Offseason
*December 5, 1995: Torey Lovullo was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lovulto01.shtml]
*January 22, 1996: Danny Tartabull was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Andrew Lorraine and Charles Poe (minors). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tartada01.shtml Danny Tartabull Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
* January 29, 1996: Pedro Munoz was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/munozpe01.shtml Pedro Munoz Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
* February 13, 1996: Dennis Eckersley was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the St. Louis Cardinals for Steve Montgomery.
* March 10, 1996: Webster Garrison was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/garriwe01.shtml Webster Garrison Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
Regular season
eason standings
Roster
Starting pitchers
Awards and records
* Mark McGwire, Silver Slugger award
* Mark McGwire, Major League record, 1st player to reach 50 Home Runs in one season before reaching 400 at-bats in a season [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.371, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]
References
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/1996.shtml 1996 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1996&t=OAK 1996 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]
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