<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Vachidavira kuti Pettitte akanga ari mudonzvo mukuru, maYankees akatengesa Hitchcock pamberi pemwaka wa1996. Kutanga mwaka mukutenderera, Pettitte aive nerekodhi 134 pakupera kwehafu yekutanga yemwaka, uye akaita AL All-Star timu. Haana kuoneka mu1996 MLB All-Star Game, nekuda kworuoko rwakaoma. Akatungamirira AL pamwe 21 vakakunda uye vakapedza wechitatu kuhwina muzana .724, uye wechisere muna ERA 3.87. Akapedza wechipiri kuna Pat Hentgen we AL Cy Young Award, aine musiyano mudiki mukuvhota kubvira 1972. Hentgen akawana mubairo wacho nemhaka yokuti akaita mitambo yakakwana kupfuura Pettitte. Yankees yakakunda Texas Rangers muna 1996 ALDS uye Baltimore Orioles muna 1996 American League Championship Series  <response>: ALCS. Pettitte akakunda mitambo miviri neOrioles, uye akawana mukana wake wechitatu kutanga mumutambo wakadzimwa nemvura. Pettitte akatanga Game 1 ye1996 World Series vachipesana neAtlanta Braves. Akabvumidza makundano manomwe muinings mumutambo wokutanga, asi akakunda John Smoltz muMutambo 5, uyo maYankees akakunda 1-0. MaYankees akakunda maBraves muMutambo 6 kuti vakunde nhevedzano, mitambo mina kuviri. 