Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ikwere na Pettitte bụ onye na-atụ ihe ka elu, ndị Yankees gbanwere Hitchcock tupu oge 1996. Malite oge n'oge ntụgharị, Pettitte nwere ndekọ 13<unk>4 na njedebe nke ọkara mbụ nke oge ahụ, wee mee ndị otu AL All-Star. Ọ apụtaghị na 1996 MLB All-Star Game, n'ihi ogwe aka na-egbu mgbu. O duziri AL na mmeri 21 ma mechie nke atọ na mmeri mmeri (.724), na nke asatọ na ERA (3.87). O mechara nke abụọ na Pat Hentgen maka AL Cy Young Award, na obere ọdịiche na ntuli aka kemgbe 1972. Hentgen meriri ihe nrite ahụ n'ihi na ọ gbara egwuregwu zuru oke karịa Pettitte. Yankees meriri Texas Rangers na 1996 ALDS na Baltimore Orioles na 1996 ALDS
1996 American League Championship Series (ALCS). Pettitte meriri egwuregwu abụọ megide Orioles, wee nwee ohere ya maka mmalite nke atọ na usoro a kagburu site na mmiri ozuzo. Pettitte bidoro egwuregwu 1 nke World Series nke 1996 megide Atlanta Braves. O kwere ka agba ọsọ asaa na innings na egwuregwu mbụ, mana meriri John Smoltz na egwuregwu 5, nke Yankees meriri 1 <unk> 0. Ndị Yankees meriri ndị Braves n'egwuregwu nke isii iji merie n'asọmpi ahụ, egwuregwu anọ na abụọ.