Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A wannan kakar, ya jagoranci tawagar a gida runs, batting talakawan, da kuma gudanar da buga a. A cikin kakar wasa ta 1996, ya buga gidaje 39, 181 hits, da kuma 142 ya gudu a cikin bat kuma ya taimaka wa Orioles ya cancanci shiga gasar zakarun Amurka. Wannan shi ne karo na farko da ya fara fitowa a cikin aikinsa tare da fitowar farko na Orioles tun daga 1983. A farkon wasan sa na farko, yana da jimillar hits bakwai, RBIs shida da haɗin haɗin.205 yayin wasa a cikin wasanni tara da Orioles suka buga, yayin da suka doke Cleveland Indians a cikin 1996 American League Division Series don ci gaba zuwa 1996 American League Championship Series
kafin New York Yankees ta doke shi. Ya gama na shida a zaben MVP, mafi girmansa har zuwa wannan lokacin a cikin aikinsa.