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Series Summary

1996 World Series

Game 1, October 20
ATL 12 Final
NYY 1
Game 2, October 21
ATL 4 Final
NYY 0
Game 3, October 22
NYY 5 Final
ATL 2
Game 4, October 23
NYY 8 Final
ATL 6 (10)
Game 5, October 24
NYY 1 Final
ATL 0
Game 6, October 26
ATL 2 Final
NYY 3

Series Summary

Game Summary

Thursday, October 24, 1996
Start Time: 8:08 p.m. Local
Attendance: 51,881
Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Game Duration: 2:54
Night Game, on grass

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Yankees 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
Atlanta Braves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
WP: Andy Pettitte (2-1) • LP: John Smoltz (4-1) • SV: John Wetteland (6)

New York Yankees

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Derek Jeter SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.368 0.419 0.474 0.893 0.000 0.000
Charlie Hayes 3B 4 1 0 0 0 2 4 0.185 0.258 0.185 0.443 0.500 0.500
Bernie Williams CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.333 0.431 0.722 1.153 0.000 0.000
Cecil Fielder 1B 4 0 3 1 0 1 4 0.313 0.400 0.542 0.942 0.500 0.500
   Tino Martinez 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.200 0.294 0.267 0.561 0.000 0.000
Darryl Strawberry LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 0.258 0.361 0.548 0.909 0.000 0.000
Paul O’Neill RF 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0.171 0.293 0.286 0.578 0.000 0.000
Mariano Duncan 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.184 0.216 0.224 0.440 0.000 0.000
   Luis Sojo 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.375 0.375 0.375 0.750 0.000 0.000
Jim Leyritz C 2 0 1 0 2 1 4 0.263 0.417 0.579 0.996 0.000 0.000
Andy Pettitte P 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   John Wetteland P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 31 1 4 1 5 10 36 0.129 0.250 0.161 0.411 1.000 1.000

Atlanta Braves

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Marquis Grissom CF 3 0 2 0 1 1 4 0.304 0.324 0.420 0.744 0.000 0.000
Mark Lemke 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.333 0.375 0.450 0.825 0.000 0.000
Chipper Jones 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0.353 0.444 0.490 0.935 0.000 0.000
Fred McGriff 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 0.296 0.385 0.630 1.014 0.000 0.000
Javy Lopez C 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.367 0.439 0.653 1.092 0.000 0.000
Andruw Jones LF 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 0.346 0.485 0.731 1.216 0.000 0.000
   Ryan Klesko PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.156 0.308 0.344 0.651 0.000 0.000
Jermaine Dye RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.182 0.190 0.255 0.444 0.000 0.000
   Luis Polonia PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.100 0.000 0.100 0.000 0.000
Jeff Blauser SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.146 0.300 0.195 0.495 0.000 0.000
John Smoltz P 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0.273 0.273 0.273 0.545 0.000 0.000
   Mike Mordecai PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.400 0.000 0.000
   Mark Wohlers P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 30 0 5 0 4 4 34 0.167 0.265 0.200 0.465 0.000 0.000

New York Yankees

New York Yankees Table
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24
Andy Pettitte, W (2-1) 8.1 5 0 0 3 4 0 4.78 31 96 59 41 10 8 17 7 2 0 74 0.450 1.61 22.79% 133.50 4.0
John Wetteland, S (6) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.59 3 12 8 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0.425 6.40 22.59% 530.52 1.0
Team Totals 9 5 0 0 4 4 0 0.00 34 108 67 49 10 8 18 8 2 0 74 1 0 0.875 2.00 45.38% 165.69 5.0

Atlanta Braves

Atlanta Braves Table
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24
John Smoltz, L (4-1) 8 4 1 0 3 10 0 0.95 31 135 79 45 16 18 9 9 7 0 79 0.331 1.14 16.47% 94.11 3.4
Mark Wohlers 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.61 5 18 8 7 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.044 0.91 2.31% 75.75 0.6
Team Totals 9 4 1 0 5 10 0 0.00 36 153 87 52 17 18 11 10 7 0 79 0 0 0.375 1.10 18.78% 91.21 4.0

Balks: None.
WP: Mark Wohlers (2).
HBP: None.
IBB: John Wetteland (2; Ryan Klesko); Mark Wohlers (1; Jim Leyritz).
Pickoffs: Andy Pettitte (1; Andruw Jones, 2nd base (CS)).

Play by play

Inn Score Out RoB Pit(cnt) R/O @Bat Batter Pitcher wWPA wWE Play Description SRC
Top of the 1st, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, Braves’ John Smoltz facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 — 6,(3-2) BBSBFS O NYY Derek Jeter John Smoltz -2% 48% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t1 0-0 1 — 5,(2-2) SSBBC O NYY Charlie Hayes John Smoltz -2% 46% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t1 0-0 2 — 6,(2-2) SBBFFS O NYY Bernie Williams John Smoltz -1% 45% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Braves 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Yankees’ Andy Pettitte facing 1-2-3
b1 0-0 0 — 4,(1-2) BFCS O ATL Marquis Grissom Andy Pettitte 2% 47% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b1 0-0 1 — 5,(1-2) BFFFS O ATL Mark Lemke Andy Pettitte 2% 49% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b1 0-0 2 — 1,(0-0) X O ATL Chipper Jones Andy Pettitte 1% 50% Flyball: RF (Deep RF) 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Braves 0.
Top of the 2nd, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, Braves’ John Smoltz facing 4-5-6
t2 0-0 0 — 4,(2-1) BBFX NYY Cecil Fielder John Smoltz 4% 54% Single to 3B (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole) 0.0
t2 0-0 0 1– 4,(1-2) CBSC O NYY Darryl Strawberry John Smoltz -4% 50% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t2 0-0 1 1– 4,(0-2) FFFX O NYY Paul O’Neill John Smoltz -3% 47% Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B 0.0
t2 0-0 2 1– 3,(2-0) BBX O NYY Mariano Duncan John Smoltz -2% 45% Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (SS-2B) 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Braves 0.
Bottom of the 2nd, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Yankees’ Andy Pettitte facing 4-5-6
b2 0-0 0 — 4,(1-2) CBSS O ATL Fred McGriff Andy Pettitte 2% 47% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b2 0-0 1 — 1,(0-0) X O ATL Javy Lopez Andy Pettitte 2% 49% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
b2 0-0 2 — 6,(3-2) SSBBBB ATL Andruw Jones Andy Pettitte -1% 48% Walk 0.0
b2 0-0 2 1– 2,(0-1) S1C ATL Jermaine Dye Andy Pettitte -1% 47% Jones Steals 2B 0.0
b2 0-0 2 -2- 3,(0-2) S1C.X O ATL Jermaine Dye Andy Pettitte 3% 50% Groundout: SS-1B (SS-3B Hole) 0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Braves 0.
Top of the 3rd, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, Braves’ John Smoltz facing 8-9-1
t3 0-0 0 — 7,(3-2) FBBCFBC O NYY Jim Leyritz John Smoltz -3% 47% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t3 0-0 1 — 3,(0-2) CCS O NYY Andy Pettitte John Smoltz -2% 46% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t3 0-0 2 — 3,(1-1) BCX O NYY Derek Jeter John Smoltz -1% 44% Lineout: 3B (Weak 3B) 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Braves 0.
Bottom of the 3rd, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Yankees’ Andy Pettitte facing 8-9-1
b3 0-0 0 — 1,(0-0) X O ATL Jeff Blauser Andy Pettitte 3% 47% Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF) 0.0
b3 0-0 1 — 6,(2-2) CBBSFX O ATL John Smoltz Andy Pettitte 2% 49% Lineout: RF 0.0
b3 0-0 2 — 4,(3-0) BBBB ATL Marquis Grissom Andy Pettitte -1% 47% Walk 0.0
b3 0-0 2 1– 3,(0-2) 1C1F1B ATL Mark Lemke Andy Pettitte -1% 46% Grissom Steals 2B 0.0
b3 0-0 2 -2- 4,(1-2) 1C1F1B.C O ATL Mark Lemke Andy Pettitte 4% 50% Strikeout Looking 0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Braves 0.
Top of the 4th, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, Braves’ John Smoltz facing 2-3-4
t4 0-0 0 — 2,(0-1) CX NYY Charlie Hayes John Smoltz 7% 57% Reached on E8 (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Hayes to 2B 0.5
t4 0-0 0 -2- 4,(3-0) ..BBBX O NYY Bernie Williams John Smoltz -2% 55% Groundout: 2B-1B; Hayes to 3B 0.0
t4 0-0 1 –3 2,(1-0) BX R NYY Cecil Fielder John Smoltz 8% 64% Double to LF (Line Drive); Hayes Scores/unER 0.5
t4 1-0 1 -2- 3,(1-1) BSX O NYY Darryl Strawberry John Smoltz -4% 60% Lineout: CF -0.0
t4 1-0 2 -2- 5,(3-1) FBBBB NYY Paul O’Neill John Smoltz 1% 61% Walk -0.0
t4 1-0 2 12- 3,(1-1) CBX O NYY Mariano Duncan John Smoltz -5% 56% Groundout: 2B-1B -0.0
  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Yankees 1, Braves 0.
Bottom of the 4th, Braves Batting, Behind 0-1, Yankees’ Andy Pettitte facing 3-4-5
b4 0-1 0 — 4,(2-1) BBFX O ATL Chipper Jones Andy Pettitte 3% 60% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
b4 0-1 1 — 5,(3-1) BBFBB ATL Fred McGriff Andy Pettitte -3% 56% Walk 0.0
b4 0-1 1 1– 3,(0-2) FFX OO ATL Javy Lopez Andy Pettitte 7% 63% Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Braves 0.
Top of the 5th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 1-0, Braves’ John Smoltz facing 8-9-1
t5 1-0 0 — 7,(3-2) FSFBBBX NYY Jim Leyritz John Smoltz 4% 67% Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF) 0.0
t5 1-0 0 1– 4,(2-1) BBFX O NYY Andy Pettitte John Smoltz -4% 63% Foul Bunt Popfly: 3B 0.0
t5 1-0 1 1– 6,(2-2) F1BCBFX O NYY Derek Jeter John Smoltz -3% 60% Lineout: RF (Short RF) 0.0
t5 1-0 2 1– 6,(3-2) BCFBB>S O NYY Charlie Hayes John Smoltz -3% 58% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Braves 0.
Bottom of the 5th, Braves Batting, Behind 0-1, Yankees’ Andy Pettitte facing 6-7-8
b5 0-1 0 — 5,(3-1) CBBBX ATL Andruw Jones Andy Pettitte -5% 52% Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B) 0.0
b5 0-1 0 1– ,(0-0) 111 O ATL Jermaine Dye Andy Pettitte 9% 61% Jones Caught Stealing (PO) 2B (P-1B-SS) 0.0
b5 0-1 1 — 2,(1-0) 111.BX O ATL Jermaine Dye Andy Pettitte 3% 64% Flyball: RF (Short RF) 0
b5 0-1 2 — 3,(1-1) BSX O ATL Jeff Blauser Andy Pettitte 2% 65% Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole) 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Braves 0.
Top of the 6th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 1-0, Braves’ John Smoltz facing 3-4-5
t6 1-0 0 — 4,(1-2) FBFS O NYY Bernie Williams John Smoltz -3% 63% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t6 1-0 1 — 5,(2-2) SBBCX NYY Cecil Fielder John Smoltz 3% 65% Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B) 0.0
t6 1-0 1 1– 6,(3-2) SBBBS>B NYY Darryl Strawberry John Smoltz 4% 69% Walk; Fielder to 2B 0.0
t6 1-0 1 12- 8,(3-2) FBCBFB>F>X O NYY Paul O’Neill John Smoltz -3% 66% Groundout: 2B-1B; Fielder to 3B; Strawberry to 2B 0.0
t6 1-0 2 -23 4,(1-2) FBFC O NYY Mariano Duncan John Smoltz -7% 59% Strikeout Looking 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 1, Braves 0.
Bottom of the 6th, Braves Batting, Behind 0-1, Yankees’ Andy Pettitte facing 9-1-2
b6 0-1 0 — 3,(1-1) FBX ATL John Smoltz Andy Pettitte -6% 53% Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole) 0.0
b6 0-1 0 1– 4,(1-2) B1L1FX ATL Marquis Grissom Andy Pettitte -9% 44% Single to LF (Ground Ball); Smoltz to 2B 0.0
b6 0-1 0 12- 2,(0-1) LX O ATL Mark Lemke Andy Pettitte 9% 53% Bunt Groundout: P-3B/Forceout at 3B; Grissom to 2B 0.0
b6 0-1 1 12- 1,(0-0) X OO ATL Chipper Jones Andy Pettitte 15% 68% Ground Ball Double Play: P-2B-1B (P’s Left) 0.0
  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Braves 0.
Top of the 7th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 1-0, Braves’ John Smoltz facing 8-9-1
t7 1-0 0 — 6,(3-2) BBBCFB NYY Jim Leyritz John Smoltz 4% 72% Walk 0.0
t7 1-0 0 1– 2,(1-0) 1BB NYY Andy Pettitte John Smoltz 3% 75% Leyritz Steals 2B 0.0
t7 1-0 0 -2- 3,(2-0) 1BB.X O NYY Andy Pettitte John Smoltz -7% 68% Fielder’s Choice P; Leyritz out at 3B/P-3B-SS 0
t7 1-0 1 1– 3,(1-1) FBX OO NYY Derek Jeter John Smoltz -6% 62% Line Drive Double Play: 1B unassisted 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Braves 0.
Bottom of the 7th, Braves Batting, Behind 0-1, Yankees’ Andy Pettitte facing 4-5-6
b7 0-1 0 — 1,(0-0) X ATL Fred McGriff Andy Pettitte -7% 55% Reached on E6 (Ground Ball to SS-2B) 0.0
b7 0-1 0 1– 2,(1-0) BX O ATL Javy Lopez Andy Pettitte 7% 62% Groundout: 2B unassisted/Forceout at 2B 0.0
b7 0-1 1 1– 2,(1-0) .BX O ATL Andruw Jones Andy Pettitte 6% 68% Flyball: CF 0.0
b7 0-1 2 1– 5,(2-2) FBCBX O ATL Jermaine Dye Andy Pettitte 5% 74% Groundout: P-1B (P’s Left) 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Braves 0.
Top of the 8th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 1-0, Braves’ John Smoltz facing 2-3-4
t8 1-0 0 — 4,(1-2) FCBX O NYY Charlie Hayes John Smoltz -3% 71% Lineout: RF (Short RF Line) 0.0
t8 1-0 1 — 1,(0-0) X O NYY Bernie Williams John Smoltz -2% 69% Flyball: RF (Deep RF) 0.0
t8 1-0 2 — 4,(1-2) BFCS O NYY Cecil Fielder John Smoltz -1% 68% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Braves 0.
Bottom of the 8th, Braves Batting, Behind 0-1, Yankees’ Andy Pettitte facing 8-9-1
  Tino Martinez replaces Cecil Fielder playing 1B batting 4th
b8 0-1 0 — 2,(1-0) .BX O ATL Jeff Blauser Andy Pettitte 7% 74% Flyball: LF 0.0
  Mike Mordecai pinch hits for John Smoltz (P) batting 9th
b8 0-1 1 — 2,(1-0) .BX O ATL Mike Mordecai Andy Pettitte 5% 79% Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B) 0.0
b8 0-1 2 — 2,(1-0) BX ATL Marquis Grissom Andy Pettitte -4% 76% Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B) 0.0
b8 0-1 2 1– 2,(1-0) B1>X O ATL Mark Lemke Andy Pettitte 7% 83% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Braves 0.
Top of the 9th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 1-0, Braves’ Mark Wohlers facing 5-6-7
  Mark Wohlers replaces Mike Mordecai (PH) pitching and batting 9th
t9 1-0 0 — 3,(1-1) .BFX O NYY Darryl Strawberry Mark Wohlers -2% 81% Groundout: P-1B (Short 1B Line) 0.0
t9 1-0 1 — 4,(3-0) BBBB NYY Paul O’Neill Mark Wohlers 2% 83% Walk 0.0
t9 1-0 1 1– 4,(1-2) SFBX O NYY Mariano Duncan Mark Wohlers -2% 80% Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B 0.0
t9 1-0 2 1– 3,(1-1) FBB NYY Jim Leyritz Mark Wohlers 1% 81% Duncan Steals 2B 0.0
t9 1-0 2 -2- 5,(3-1) FBB.II NYY Jim Leyritz Mark Wohlers 1% 83% Intentional Walk, Wild Pitch; Duncan to 3B 0
t9 1-0 2 1-3 2,(0-1) FX O NYY Andy Pettitte Mark Wohlers -4% 78% Flyball: LF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 1, Braves 0.
Bottom of the 9th, Braves Batting, Behind 0-1, Yankees’ Andy Pettitte facing 3-4-5
  Luis Sojo replaces Mariano Duncan playing 2B batting 7th
b9 0-1 0 — 4,(1-2) .BFFX ATL Chipper Jones Andy Pettitte -24% 54% Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep 3B) 0.0
b9 0-1 0 -2- 3,(1-1) BSX O ATL Fred McGriff Andy Pettitte 4% 58% Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B); Jones to 3B 0.0
  John Wetteland replaces Andy Pettitte pitching and batting 9th
b9 0-1 1 –3 1,(0-0) .X O ATL Javy Lopez John Wetteland 25% 83% Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B); Jones stays at 3B 0.0
  Ryan Klesko pinch hits for Andruw Jones (LF) batting 6th
b9 0-1 2 –3 4,(3-0) .IIII ATL Ryan Klesko John Wetteland -4% 79% Intentional Walk 0.0
  Luis Polonia pinch hits for Jermaine Dye (RF) batting 7th
b9 0-1 2 1-3 7,(0-2) .FFFFFFX O ATL Luis Polonia John Wetteland 21% 100% Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF) 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 1, Braves 0.