<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Vachidavira kuti Pettitte ndiye aiva mudonzvo mukuru, maYankees akatengesa Hitchcock mwaka wa1996 usati watanga. 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 mu1996 ALDS uye Baltimore Orioles mu  <response>: 1996 American League Championship Series 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. 