1996 American League Division Series
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The 1996 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 1996 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 1, and ended on Saturday, October 5, with the champions of the three AL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:
- (1) Cleveland Indians (Central Division champion, 99–62) vs. (4) Baltimore Orioles (Wild Card, 88–74): Orioles win series, 3–1.
- (2) Texas Rangers (Western Division champion, 90–72) vs. (3) New York Yankees (Eastern Division champion, 92–70): Yankees win series, 3–1.
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| Dates | October 1 – 5 | ||||||||||||
| Television | ESPN (Games 1–3) ESPN2 (Game 4) | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Jon Miller, Dave Campbell, and Kirby Puckett (Game 1) Jon Miller and Joe Morgan (Game 2) Jon Miller and Buck Martinez (in Cleveland) | ||||||||||||
| Radio | CBS | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Ernie Harwell and Rick Cerone | ||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 1 – 5 | ||||||||||||
| Television | NBC (Games 1, 3) Fox (Game 2) ESPN (Game 4) | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Bob Costas, Joe Morgan, and Bob Uecker (Games 1, 3) Thom Brennaman and Bob Brenly (Game 2) Chris Berman and Dave Campbell (Game 4) | ||||||||||||
| Radio | CBS WABC (Yankees' broadcast) KRLD (Rangers' broadcast) | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | CBS: Gary Cohen and Jim Hunter WABC: John Sterling and Michael Kay KRLD: Eric Nadel and Brad Sham | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Drew Coble, Greg Kosc, Tim Tschida, Tim Welke, John Shulock, Ted Hendry (Indians–Orioles, in Baltimore; Yankees–Rangers, in Arlington) Jim Evans, Ken Kaiser, Durwood Merrill, Larry Young, Al Clark, Mark Johnson (Yankees–Rangers, in New York; Indians–Orioles, in Cleveland) | ||||||||||||
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The Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees went on to meet in the AL Championship Series (ALCS). The Yankees became the American League champion, and defeated the National League champion Atlanta Braves in the 1996 World Series, the Yankees' first title since 1978.