Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'oge ahụ, o duziri ìgwè ahụ n'ịgba ọsọ n'ụlọ, n'ịgba ọsọ, na ịgba ọsọ. N'oge 1996, ọ gbara 39 home runs, 181 hits, na 142 runs batted na nyeere Orioles aka iru eru maka American League Wild Card. Nke a bụ ma ọpụpụ mbụ ya na postseason na ọrụ ya yana ọpụpụ mbụ nke postseason maka Orioles kemgbe 1983. N'oge mbụ ya na postseason, o nwere ngụkọta nke hits asaa, isii RBIs na ngụkọta nke.205 mgbe ọ na-egwu egwuregwu itoolu niile Orioles na-egwu, ka ha meriri ndị Cleveland Indians na 1996 American League Division Series iji gaa n'ihu na
1996 American League Championship Series tupu New York Yankees emerie ya. Ọ gbara nke isii na ntuli aka MVP, nke kachasị elu ya ruo oge ahụ na ọrụ ya.