Baseball Roster for 1996 South Bend Silver Hawks
| # | Player Name | Pos | Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | Born | Place | High Level | mlbYears |
| Franklin Anderson | C | 20 | R | R | 6-1 | 200 | 9/1/1975 | Atlanta,Georgia | A+ | - |
| Chuck Antczak | C | 22 | R | R | 6-0 | 185 | 10/8/1973 | Sarasota,Florida | AA | - |
| Kevin Beirne | P | 22 | L | R | 6-4 | 210 | 1/1/1974 | Houston,Texas | MLB | 2000-2002 |
| Brian Bowness | 1B-3B | 22 | R | R | 6-3 | 205 | 5/23/1974 | East Hanover,New Jersey | A | - |
| Shane Buteaux | P | 24 | R | R | 6-3 | 202 | 12/28/1971 | New Iberia,Louisiana | AA | - |
| David Cancel | OF | 22 | B | R | 5-11 | 168 | 3/3/1974 | San Sebastian,Puerto Rico | A | - |
| Carlos Castillo | P | 21 | R | R | 6-2 | 250 | 4/21/1975 | Boston,Massachusetts | MLB | 1997-2001 |
| Carlos Chantres | P | 20 | R | R | 6-3 | 175 | 4/1/1976 | Miami,Florida | AAA | - |
| Erik Desrosiers | P | 21 | R | R | 6-4 | 210 | 9/21/1974 | Fountain Hills,Arizona | A+ | - |
| Brian Drent | OF | 22 | R | R | 6-3 | 205 | 7/27/1973 | Worthington,Minnesota | A | - |
| Sean Duncan | P | 23 | L | L | 6-2 | 195 | 6/9/1973 | Arlington,Texas | AA | - |
| Ryan Filbeck | P | 23 | R | R | 6-2 | 200 | 12/23/1972 | El Toro,California | A+ | - |
| Steve Friedrich | OF | 23 | R | R | 6-0 | 175 | 5/29/1973 | Tucson,Arizona | A | - |
| Joel Garber | P | 22 | L | L | 6-4 | 205 | 10/14/1973 | Manhattan Beach,California | A | - |
| Ariel Garcia | P | 20 | R | R | 6-5 | 200 | 10/3/1975 | Panama City,Panama | AA | - |
| Luis Garcia | RF-CF | 20 | R | R | 6-3 | 208 | 9/22/1975 | Hermosillo,Mexico | MLB | 2002-2002 |
| Derek Hasselhoff | P | 22 | R | R | 6-2 | 202 | 10/10/1973 | Pasadena,Maryland | AAA | - |
| Darren Hayes | OF | 23 | R | R | 6-1 | 195 | 11/12/1972 | Lenoir,North Carolina | A+ | - |
| Chris Heintz | C | 21 | R | R | 6-1 | 200 | 8/6/1974 | Syosset,New York | MLB | 2005-2007 |
| Sergio Izquierdo | C | 23 | R | R | 5-9 | 182 | 8/11/1972 | Hialeah,Florida | A+ | - |
| Jeff Johnson | SS | 23 | R | R | 5-10 | 175 | 6/8/1973 | Clinton,Mississippi | A | - |
| Mark Johnson | C | 20 | L | R | 6-0 | 185 | 9/12/1975 | Wheat Ridge,Colorado | MLB | 1998-2008 |
| Chuck Klee | SS | 19 | R | R | 6-3 | 175 | 5/15/1977 | Fort Lauderdale,Florida | A+ | - |
| Tim Kraus | P | 23 | L | R | 6-1 | 190 | 12/26/1972 | Paoli,Pennsylvania | A | - |
| Kelly Kruse | P | 24 | R | R | 6-3 | 210 | 5/1/1972 | Russellville,Missouri | A | - |
| Jeff Liefer | 1B-LF | 21 | L | R | 6-3 | 195 | 8/17/1974 | Fontana,California | MLB | 1999-2005 |
| Jason Olsen | P | 21 | R | R | 6-4 | 210 | 3/16/1975 | Fairfield,California | AAA | - |
| Alex Portillo | P | 21 | L | L | 6-1 | 175 | 12/27/1974 | El Hatillo,Venezuela | A+ | - |
| John Quirk | P | 25 | L | L | 6-4 | 210 | 11/20/1970 | Bronx,New York | A+ | - |
| Jason Secoda | P | 21 | R | R | 6-1 | 200 | 9/2/1974 | Garden Grove,California | AAA | - |
| Greg Shepard | 1B | 25 | R | R | 6-0 | 190 | 6/14/1971 | Lancaster,California | A+ | - |
| Brian Simmons | LF-CF | 22 | B | R | 6-2 | 190 | 9/4/1973 | Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania | MLB | 1998-2001 |
| John Strasser | SS | 21 | R | R | 5-10 | 165 | 11/28/1974 | Glendale,Arizona | A+ | - |
| Ryan Topham | OF | 22 | L | L | 6-3 | 200 | 12/17/1973 | Portage,Michigan | AA | - |
| Mario Valdez | 1B | 21 | L | R | 6-2 | 190 | 11/19/1974 | Ciudad Obregon,Mexico | MLB | 1997-2001 |
| Mike Vota | P | 23 | R | R | 6-4 | 175 | 12/29/1972 | DuBois,Pennsylvania | A | - |
| Brent Wilhelm | 3B | 23 | R | R | 6-0 | 185 | 1/22/1973 | Independence,Missouri | A+ | - |
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