<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Becabanga ukuthi uPettitte ungumdlali ophakeme, amaYankees ashintshanisa noHitchcock ngaphambi kwesizini ka-1996. Ukuqala isizini ekujikelezeni, uPettitte wayenerekhodi le-13 4 ekupheleni kwengxenye yokuqala yesizini, futhi wenza iqembu le-AL All-Star. Akazange avele ku-1996 MLB All-Star Game, ngenxa yesandla esibuhlungu. Wahola i-AL ngokunqoba okungu-21 futhi waqeda okwesithathu kumaphesenti okuwina .724, nowesishiyagalombili ku-ERA 3.87. Wagcina endaweni yesibili ngemuva kukaPat Hentgen nge-AL Cy Young Award, ngomehluko omncane kakhulu wokuvota kusukela ngo-1972. UHentgen wathola lo mklomelo ngokwengxenye ngenxa yokuthi wayedlala imidlalo ephelele kakhulu kunoPettitte. AmaYankees anqoba iTexas Rangers ku-ALDS ka-1996 kanye neBaltimore Orioles ku-  <response>: Ngo-1996 i-American League Championship Series i-ALCS. UPettitte unqobe imidlalo emibili ne-Orioles, futhi wathola ithuba lakhe lesithathu ukuqala kulolu chungechunge olwakhanselwa imvula. UPettitte waqala Umdlalo 1 we-1996 World Series ngokumelene ne-Atlanta Braves. Wavumela ukugijima okuyisikhombisa emidlalweni yokuqala, kodwa wanqoba uJohn Smoltz emdlalweni wesihlanu, amaYankees awunqobile ngo 1-0. AmaYankees anqoba iBraves eMdlalweni 6 ukuze anqobe uchungechunge, imidlalo emine kuya kwemibili. 