most games as a designated hitter hitter 1996

Paul Molitor had the most games by a designated hitter in 1996, with 161 games.

	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Paul Molitor P. Molitor	161	1996	MIN	660	99	225	41	8	9	113	56	3	72	18	6	728	309	58	0	9	10	21	.341	.390	.468	.858	117	23	.372	115	14.9
2	Geronimo Berroa G. Berroa	153	1996	OAK	586	101	170	32	1	36	106	47	4	122	0	3	643	312	69	0	6	0	16	.290	.344	.532	.876	104	21.2	.374	119	17.3
3	Eddie Murray E. Murray	152	1996	TOT	566	69	147	21	1	22	79	61	0	87	4	0	637	236	44	0	10	6	19	.260	.327	.417	.743	75	-6.9	.323	85	-13.3
4	Chili Davis C. Davis	145	1996	CAL	530	73	155	24	0	28	95	86	0	99	5	2	623	263	52	1	6	11	18	.292	.387	.496	.884	104	23.6	.380	120	17.4
5	Harold Baines H. Baines	143	1996	CWS	495	80	154	29	0	22	95	73	1	62	3	1	572	249	51	0	3	7	20	.311	.399	.503	.902	101	27	.391	130	23.5
6	Mickey Tettleton M. Tettleton	143	1996	TEX	491	78	121	26	1	24	83	95	3	137	2	1	599	221	51	1	9	8	12	.246	.366	.450	.816	87	10	.355	102	1.7
7	Ruben Sierra R. Sierra	142	1996	TOT	518	61	128	26	2	12	72	60	0	83	4	4	587	194	40	0	9	12	12	.247	.320	.375	.695	59	-17.1	.301	73	-22.1
8	Edgar Martinez E. Martinez	139	1996	SEA	499	121	163	52	2	26	103	123	8	84	3	3	634	297	80	0	4	12	15	.327	.464	.595	1.059	144	62.2	.450	164	56
9	Carlos Delgado C. Delgado	138	1996	TOR	488	68	132	28	2	25	92	58	9	139	0	0	563	239	55	0	8	2	13	.270	.353	.490	.843	86	13.5	.363	111	8.7
10	Reggie Jefferson R. Jefferson	122	1996	BOS	386	67	134	30	4	19	74	25	3	89	0	0	418	229	53	0	4	5	11	.347	.388	.593	.981	82	28	.414	139	22.8
11	Jose Canseco J. Canseco	96	1996	BOS	360	68	104	22	1	28	82	63	6	82	3	1	432	212	51	0	3	3	7	.289	.400	.589	.989	87	30.9	.419	143	25.5
12	Bob Hamelin B. Hamelin	89	1996	KCR	239	31	61	14	1	9	40	54	2	58	5	2	299	104	24	0	4	2	7	.255	.391	.435	.826	47	8.1	.367	111	4.4
13	Joe Vitiello J. Vitiello	85	1996	KCR	257	29	62	15	1	8	40	38	3	69	2	0	301	103	24	0	3	2	12	.241	.342	.401	.743	37	-1.5	.329	87	-5.3
14	Eddie Williams E. Williams	77	1996	DET	215	22	43	5	0	6	26	18	2	50	0	2	236	66	11	0	1	0	8	.200	.267	.307	.574	15	-15.2	.260	46	-17.8
15	Juan Samuel J. Samuel	69	1996	TOR	188	34	48	8	3	8	26	15	3	65	9	1	207	86	19	0	1	0	2	.255	.319	.457	.776	27	0.2	.337	95	-1.6
16	Mike Aldrete M. Aldrete	63	1996	TOT	108	16	23	6	0	6	20	14	0	19	0	1	123	47	12	0	1	0	4	.213	.301	.435	.736	14	-1.6	.320	84	-2.7
17	Brian Giles B. Giles	51	1996	CLE	121	26	43	14	1	5	27	19	0	13	3	0	143	74	20	0	3	4	6	.355	.434	.612	1.045	31	12.2	.435	153	10.6
18	Pedro Munoz P. Munoz	34	1996	OAK	121	17	31	5	0	6	18	9	0	31	0	0	130	54	11	0	0	1	2	.256	.308	.446	.754	16	-1.2	.325	89	-2
19	Greg Pirkl G. Pirkl	9	1996	TOT	23	2	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	23	8	2	0	0	0	1	.174	.174	.348	.522	1	-2.3	.219	21	-2.5
20	Shannon Penn S. Penn	6	1996	DET	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	-1	-3.2	.064	-75	-3.4
21	Raul Ibanez R. Ibanez	4	1996	SEA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	-1.1	.125	-37	-1.1
22	Luis Ortiz L. Ortiz	3	1996	TEX	7	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	7	2	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	1.000	1.286	2	1	.506	195	0.9
23	Matt Luke M. Luke	1	1996	NYY	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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