1995 Boston Red Sox season

1995  Boston Red Sox
American League East champions
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	86–58 (.597)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	JRY Trust
President	John Harrington
General manager	Dan Duquette
Manager	Kevin Kennedy
Television	WSBK-TV, Ch. 38 (Sean McDonough, Bob Montgomery) NESN (Bob Kurtz, Jerry Remy)
Radio	WEEI (Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione) WROL (Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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The 1995 Boston Red Sox season was the 95th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League East with a record of 86–58, as teams played 144 games (instead of the normal 162) due to the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike. The Red Sox were swept in 3 games to the American League Central champion Cleveland Indians in the ALDS.

Offseason

• November 7, 1994: Bill Haselman was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox. ^[1]
• November 7, 1994: Juan Bell was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox. ^[2]
• December 5, 1994: Selected Vaughn Eshelman from the Baltimore Orioles in the Rule 5 draft. ^[3]
• December 7, 1994: Jeff McNeely and Nate Minchey were traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for Luis Alicea. ^[4]
• December 9, 1994: Otis Nixon and Luis Ortiz were traded by the Red Sox to the Texas Rangers for José Canseco. ^[5]

Regular season

In May, the team's grounds crew changed the signage noting the distance along the left-field foul line from home plate to the Green Monster—updated to read 310 feet (94 m), it had been signed for many years as being 315 feet (96 m). ^[6] This occurred shortly after reporter Dan Shaughnessy of The Boston Globe physically measured the distance as 309 feet 3 inches (94.26 m). ^[7]

Record by month ^[8]

Month	Record		Cumulative		AL East		Ref.
	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Position	GB
April	3	1	3	1	1st (tie)	—	[9]
May	17	10	20	11	1st	+6	[10]
June	14	14	34	25	1st	+5	[11]
July	14	13	48	38	1st	+4+1⁄2	[12]
August	23	7	71	45	1st	+14	[13]
September	15	12	86	57	1st	+8	[14]
October	0	1	86	58	1st	+7	[15]

The Red Sox collected an MLB-high of 286 doubles in 1995, for an average of nearly two per game. ^[16]

Season standings

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	86	58	.597	—	42‍–‍30	44‍–‍28
New York Yankees	79	65	.549	7	46‍–‍26	33‍–‍39
Baltimore Orioles	71	73	.493	15	36‍–‍36	35‍–‍37
Detroit Tigers	60	84	.417	26	35‍–‍37	25‍–‍47
Toronto Blue Jays	56	88	.389	30	29‍–‍43	27‍–‍45

Record vs. opponents

1995 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1995 v t e
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	4–9	9–4	6–1	2–10	8–5	4–5	7–5	3–6	6–7	5–7	6–7	4–1	7–6
Boston	9–4	—	11–3	5–3	6–7	8–5	3–2	8–4	5–4	5–8	8–4	7–5	3–4	8–5
California	4–9	3–11	—	10–2	3–2	6–2	5–7	5–2	8–5	7–5	6–7	7–6	6–7	8–2
Chicago	1–6	3–5	2–10	—	5–8	8–4	8–5	6–7	10–3	3–2–1	7–5	4–9	5–7	6–5
Cleveland	10–2	7–6	2–3	8–5	—	10–3	11–1	9–4	9–4	6–6	7–0	5–4	6–3	10–3
Detroit	5–8	5–8	2–6	4–8	3–10	—	3–4	8–5	7–5	5–8	2–3	5–5	4–8	7–6
Kansas City	5–4	2–3	7–5	5–8	1–11	4–3	—	10–2	6–7	3–7	5–8	7–5	8–6	7–5
Milwaukee	5–7	4–8	2–5	7–6	4–9	5–8	2–10	—	9–4	5–6	7–2	3–2	5–7	7–5
Minnesota	6–3	4–5	5–8	3–10	4–9	5–7	7–6	4–9	—	3–4	5–7	4–8	5–8	1–4
New York	7–6	8–5	5–7	2–3–1	6–6	8–5	7–3	6–5	4–3	—	4–9	4–9	6–3	12–1
Oakland	7–5	4–8	7–6	5–7	0–7	3–2	8–5	2–7	7–5	9–4	—	7–6	5–8	3–7
Seattle	7–6	5–7	6–7	9–4	4–5	5–5	5–7	2–3	8–4	9–4	6–7	—	10–3	3–4
Texas	1–4	4–3	7–6	7–5	3–6	8–4	6–8	7–5	8–5	3–6	8–5	3–10	—	9–3
Toronto	6–7	5–8	2–8	5–6	3–10	6–7	5–7	5–7	4–1	1–12	7–3	4–3	3–9	—

Notable transactions

• April 8, 1995: Mike MacFarlane was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox. ^[17]
• April 9, 1995: Stan Belinda was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox. ^[18]
• April 9, 1995: Cory Bailey and Scott Cooper were traded by the Red Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mark Whiten and Rhéal Cormier. ^[19]
• April 9, 1995: Reggie Jefferson was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox. ^[20]
• April 11, 1995: Erik Hanson was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox. ^[21]
• April 14, 1995: Troy O'Leary was selected off waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers. ^[22]
• April 18, 1995: Zane Smith was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox. ^[23]
• April 22, 1995: Derek Lilliquist was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox. ^[24]
• April 26, 1995: Tim Wakefield was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox. ^[25]
• May 26, 1995: Tuffy Rhodes was selected off waivers by the Red Sox from the Chicago Cubs. ^[26]
• May 30, 1995: Mike Maddux was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox. ^[27]
• June 1, 1995: Pat Burrell was drafted by the Red Sox in the 43rd round of the 1995 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign. ^[28]
• June 6, 1995: Willie McGee was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox. ^[29]
• July 6, 1996: Frankie Rodriguez and a player to be named later were traded to the Minnesota Twins for Rick Aguilera. J. J. Johnson was sent to the Twins on October 11 to complete the trade. ^[30]
• July 24, 1995: Mark Whiten was traded by the Red Sox to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dave Hollins. ^[19]
• July 26, 1995: Wally Whitehurst was released by the Red Sox. ^[31]
• July 31, 1995: The Red Sox traded players to be named later to the Atlanta Braves for Mike Stanton and a player to be named later. The trade was completed on August 31, when the Braves sent Matt Murray to the Red Sox, and the Red Sox sent Mike Jacobs (minors) and Marc Lewis (minors) to the Braves. ^[32]
• August 10, 1995: Eric Gunderson was selected off waivers from the Seattle Mariners. ^[33]
• August 14, 1995: Wes Chamberlain was traded to the Kansas City Royals for Chris James. ^[34]
• August 31, 1995: Dwayne Hosey was selected off waivers from the Kansas City Royals. ^[35]

Opening Day lineup

10	Luis Alicea	2B
13	John Valentin	SS
33	José Canseco	DH
42	Mo Vaughn	1B
27	Mark Whiten	RF
39	Mike Greenwell	LF
15	Mike MacFarlane	C
11	Tim Naehring	3B
38	Lee Tinsley	CF
36	Aaron Sele	P

Roster

1995 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers 38 Rick Aguilera 57 Brian Bark 43 Stan Belinda 21 Roger Clemens 34 Rhéal Cormier 52 Vaughn Eshelman 28 Eric Gunderson 40 Erik Hanson 49 Mike Hartley 54 Joe Hudson 45 Joel Johnston 28 Derek Lilliquist 51 Brian Looney 19 Mike Maddux 45 Matt Murray 26 Alejandro Peña 56 Jeff Pierce 30 Frankie Rodriguez 50 Ken Ryan 36 Aaron Sele 54 Keith Shepherd 48 Zane Smith 32 Mike Stanton 55 Jeff Suppan 53 Tim Van Egmond 49 Tim Wakefield		Catchers 37 Bill Haselman 30 Scott Hatteberg 15 Mike Macfarlane 12 Rich Rowland Infielders 10 Luis Alicea 29 Juan Bell  6 Chris Donnels 11 Tim Naehring  3 Carlos Rodríguez  7 Steve Rodriguez  2 Terry Shumpert 13 John Valentin 42 Mo Vaughn		Outfielders 26 Wes Chamberlain 39 Mike Greenwell 46 Dwayne Hosey 22 Chris James 46 Ron Mahay 51 Willie McGee 25 Troy O'Leary 29 Karl Rhodes 35 Matt Stairs 26,38 Lee Tinsley 27 Mark Whiten Designated hitters 33 José Canseco 27 Dave Hollins 18 Reggie Jefferson		Manager 44 Kevin Kennedy Coaches 41 John Cumberland (Pitching) 17 Tim Johnson (Bench) 47 Al Nipper (Pitching) 16 Dave Oliver (Third base) 14 Jim Rice (Hitting) 23 Herm Starrette (Bullpen) 20 Frank White (First base)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

= Indicates league leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Mike Macfarlane	115	364	82	.225	15	51	2
1B	Mo Vaughn	140	550	165	.300	39	126	11
2B	Luis Alicea	132	419	113	.270	6	44	13
SS	John Valentin	135	520	155	.298	27	102	20
3B	Tim Naehring	126	433	133	.307	10	57	0
LF	Mike Greenwell	120	481	143	.297	15	76	9
CF	Lee Tinsley	100	341	97	.284	7	41	18
RF	Troy O'Leary	112	399	123	.308	10	49	5
DH	Jose Canseco	102	396	121	.306	24	81	4

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Willie McGee	67	200	57	.285	2	15	5
Bill Haselman	64	152	37	.243	5	23	0
Reggie Jefferson	46	121	35	.289	5	26	0
Mark Whiten	32	108	20	.185	1	10	1
Chris Donnels	40	91	23	.253	2	11	0
Matt Stairs	39	88	23	.261	1	17	0
Dwayne Hosey	24	68	23	.338	3	7	6
Terry Shumpert	21	47	11	.234	0	3	3
Wes Chamberlain	19	42	5	.119	1	1	1
Carlos Rodríguez	13	30	10	.333	0	5	0
Rich Rowland	14	29	5	.172	0	1	0
Juan Bell	17	26	4	.154	1	2	0
Tuffy Rhodes	10	25	2	.080	0	1	0
Chris James	16	24	4	.167	0	1	0
Ron Mahay	5	20	4	.200	1	3	0
Dave Hollins	5	13	2	.154	0	1	0
Steve Rodriguez	6	8	1	.125	0	0	1
Scott Hatteberg	2	2	1	.500	0	0	0

Pitching

All starting and relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Tim Wakefield	27	27	195.1	16	8	0	2.95	119
Erik Hanson	29	29	186.2	15	5	0	4.24	139
Roger Clemens	23	23	140.0	10	5	0	4.18	132
Rhéal Cormier	48	12	115.0	7	5	0	4.07	69
Zane Smith	24	21	110.2	8	8	0	5.61	47
Mike Maddux	36	4	89.2	4	1	1	3.61	65
Vaughn Eshelman	23	14	81.2	6	3	0	4.85	41
Stan Belinda	63	0	69.2	8	1	10	3.10	57
Joe Hudson	39	0	46.0	0	1	1	4.11	29
Ken Ryan	28	0	32.2	0	4	7	4.96	34
Aaron Sele	6	6	32.1	3	1	0	3.06	21
Rick Aguilera	30	0	30.1	2	2	20	2.67	23
Alejandro Peña	17	0	24.1	1	1	0	7.40	25
Derek Lilliquist	28	0	23.0	2	1	0	6.26	9
Jeff Suppan	8	3	22.2	1	2	0	5.96	19
Mike Stanton	22	0	21.0	1	0	0	3.00	10
Frank Rodriguez	9	2	15.1	0	2	0	10.57	14
Jeff Pierce	12	0	15.0	0	3	0	6.60	12
Eric Gunderson	19	0	12.1	2	1	0	5.11	9
Mike Hartley	5	0	7.0	0	0	0	9.00	2
Tim Van Egmond	4	1	6.2	0	1	0	9.45	5
Brian Looney	3	1	4.2	0	1	0	17.36	2
Joel Johnston	4	0	4.0	0	1	0	11.25	4
Matt Murray	2	1	3.1	0	1	0	18.90	1
Brian Bark	3	0	2.1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Keith Shepherd	2	0	1.0	0	0	0	36.00	0

ALDS

Main article: 1995 American League Division Series

Game	Score	Date
1	Boston 4, Cleveland 5	October 3, 1995
2	Boston 0, Cleveland 4	October 4, 1995
3	Cleveland 8, Boston 2	October 6, 1995

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

The Trenton Thunder replaced the New Britain Red Sox as the Red Sox' Double-A affiliate. The Class A Michigan Battle Cats replaced the Class A-Advanced Lynchburg Red Sox.

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Pawtucket Red Sox	International League	Buddy Bailey
AA	Trenton Thunder	Eastern League	Ken Macha
A-Advanced	Sarasota Red Sox	Florida State League	Tom Barrett
A	Michigan Battle Cats	Midwest League	DeMarlo Hale
A-Short Season	Utica Blue Sox	New York–Penn League	Bob Geren
Rookie	GCL Red Sox	Gulf Coast League	Felix Maldonado

Source: ^{[36] [37]}

Game log

Red Sox Win

Red Sox Loss

Game Postponed

Clinched Playoff Spot

Clinched Division

1995 Boston Red Sox Season Game Log: 86–58 (Home: 42–30; Away: 44–28)
April: 3–1 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 1 April 26 Twins 9–0 Sele (1–0) Erickson (0–1) — Fenway Park 32,980 1–0 W1 2 April 28 White Sox 10–4 Cormier (1–0) Bere (0–1) — Fenway Park 23,199 2–0 W2 3 April 29 White Sox 8–0 Hanson (1–0) Álvarez (0–1) — Fenway Park 27,631 3–0 W3 4 April 30 White Sox 11–17 DeLeon (1–0) Rodriguez (0–1) — Fenway Park 30,658 3–1 L1
May: 17–10 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 5 May 1 @ Yankees 3–5 Howe (1–0) Lilliquist (0–1) Wetteland (3) Yankee Stadium 17,412 3–2 L2 6 May 2 @ Yankees 8–0 Eshelman (1–0) Hitchcock (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 13,694 4–2 W1 7 May 3 @ Yankees 3–4 (13) Wickman (1–0) Pierce (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 19,990 4–3 L1 8 May 4 @ Yankees 3–5 Ausanio (1–0) Johnston (0–1) Wetteland (4) Yankee Stadium 18,994 4–4 L2 9 May 5 @ Tigers 10–7 Lilliquist (1–1) Lira (0–1) Ryan (1) Tiger Stadium 10,041 5–4 W1 10 May 6 @ Tigers 5–3 Sele (2–0) Bergman (0–3) Belinda (1) Tiger Stadium 16,564 6–4 W2 11 May 7 @ Tigers 12–1 Eshelman (2–0) Groom (0–1) — Tiger Stadium 10,752 7–4 W3 12 May 9 Orioles 4–3 Belinda (1–0) Benítez (0–2) — Fenway Park 22,006 8–4 W4 13 May 10 Orioles 6–2 Hanson (2–0) Fernandez (0–1) — Fenway Park 19,776 9–4 W5 — May 11 Orioles Postponed (rain). Makeup date August 10. 14 May 12 Yankees 2–12 Hitchcock (1–2) Sele (2–1) — Fenway Park 32,754 9–5 L1 15 May 13 Yankees 6–4 Eshelman (3–0) Wickman (1–1) Ryan (2) Fenway Park 32,695 10–5 W1 16 May 14 Yankees 3–2 Peña (1–0) Howe (1–1) — Fenway Park 32,526 11–5 W2 17 May 16 @ Brewers 5–0 Hanson (3–0) Scanlan (1–1) — Milwaukee County Stadium 7,714 12–5 W3 18 May 17 @ Brewers 8–2 Sele (3–1) Bones (2–1) — Milwaukee County Stadium 10,934 13–5 W4 19 May 18 Indians 4–3 Belinda (2–0) Poole (1–2) — Fenway Park 24,285 14–5 W5 20 May 19 Indians 5–9 Julián Tavárez (1–0) Ryan (0–1) — Fenway Park 23,507 14–6 L1 21 May 20 Indians 5–7 Plunk (2–0) Peña (1–1) Mesa (4) Fenway Park 29,412 14–7 L2 22 May 21 Indians 10–12 Assenmacher (1–0) Pierce (0–2) Mesa (5) Fenway Park 32,339 14–8 L3 23 May 23 @ Mariners 5–4 (10) Belinda (3–0) Frey (0–2) Ryan (3) Kingdome 11,858 15–8 W1 24 May 24 @ Mariners 6–15 Carmona (1–1) Pierce (0–3) Nelson (1) Kingdome 10,041 15–9 L1 25 May 25 @ Mariners 3–4 Belcher (2–0) Smith (0–1) Ayala (6) Kingdome 12,194 15–10 L2 26 May 26 @ Angels 8–3 Hanson (4–0) Williams (1–2) — Anaheim Stadium 27,816 16–10 W1 27 May 27 @ Angels 12–1 Wakefield (1–0) Bielecki (2–1) — Anaheim Stadium 29,792 17–10 W2 28 May 28 @ Angels 3–8 Finley (2–4) Van Egmond (0–1) — Anaheim Stadium 27,497 17–11 L1 29 May 29 @ Athletics 9–6 Smith (1–1) Stewart (2–4) — Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 30,846 18–11 W1 30 May 30 @ Athletics 1–0 Wakefield (2–0) Darling (1–2) Ryan (4) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 11,224 19–11 W2 31 May 31 @ Athletics 6–5 Hanson (5–0) Stottlemyre (3–1) Ryan (5) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 14,616 20–11 W3
June: 14–14 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 32 June 2 Mariners 6–5 (10) Belinda (4–0) Torres (0–2) — Fenway Park 33,476 21–11 W4 33 June 3 Mariners 10–8 Cormier (2–0) Carmona (1–2) Ryan (6) Kingdome 27,301 22–11 W5 34 June 4 Mariners 2–1 (10) Wakefield (3–0) Ayala (1–1) — Fenway Park 28,512 23–11 W6 35 June 5 Angels 3–2 Hanson (6–0) Bielecki (2–2) Ryan (7) Fenway Park 22,027 24–11 W7 36 June 6 Angels 3–12 Langston (4–1) Looney (0–1) James (1) Fenway Park 23,977 24–12 L1 37 June 7 Angels 5–1 Clemens (1–0) Finley (3–5) — Fenway Park 23,372 25–12 W1 38 June 8 Angels 8–10 Butcher (5–0) Cormier (2–1) Smith (15) Fenway Park 25,336 25–13 L1 39 June 9 Athletics 4–1 Wakefield (4–0) Stewart (3–5) — Fenway Park 30,304 26–13 W1 40 June 10 Athletics 5–8 Corsi (2–0) Maddux (1–1) — Fenway Park 31,418 26–14 L1 41 June 11 Athletics 1–8 Stottlemyre (5–1) Smith (1–2) — Fenway Park 29,737 26–15 L2 42 June 12 @ Blue Jays 3–4 (12) Timlin (3–0) Ryan (0–2) — SkyDome 40,171 26–16 L3 43 June 13 @ Blue Jays 11–7 Maddux (2–1) Hentgen (4–4) — SkyDome 36,297 27–16 W1 44 June 14 @ Blue Jays 3–5 Leiter (5–2) Wakefield (4–1) Castillo (1) SkyDome 37,898 27–17 L1 45 June 16 Brewers 3–4 Miranda (4–2) Hanson (6–1) Fetters (5) Fenway Park 29,086 27–18 L2 46 June 17 Brewers 1–9 Sparks (2–2) Clemens (1–1) — Fenway Park 29,882 27–19 L3 47 June 18 Brewers 4–2 Smith (2–2) Bones (4–4) Belinda (2) Fenway Park 28,646 28–19 W1 48 June 19 @ Indians 3–4 (10) Plunk (4–1) Ryan (0–3) — Jacobs Field 41,645 28–20 L1 49 June 20 @ Indians 2–9 Ogea (3–0) Eshelman (3–1) — Jacobs Field 40,190 28–21 L2 50 June 21 @ Indians 3–1 Hanson (7–1) Hershiser (5–3) Belinda (3) Jacobs Field 41,948 29–21 W1 51 June 22 @ Orioles 4–1 Clemens (2–1) Brown (5–6) Belinda (4) Camden Yards 45,081 30–21 W2 52 June 23 @ Orioles 5–7 Mussina (6–5) Smith (2–3) Lee (1) Camden Yards 46,306 30–22 L1 53 June 24 @ Orioles 6–5 Cormier (3–1) Orosco (1–1) Belinda (5) Camden Yards 47,262 31–22 W1 54 June 25 @ Orioles 1–10 Rhodes (2–2) Eshelman (3–2) — Camden Yards 47,561 31–23 L1 55 June 26 Blue Jays 4–3 Belinda (5–0) Castillo (0–2) — Fenway Park 26,716 32–23 W1 56 June 27 Blue Jays 6–5 (11) Lilliquist (2–1) Williams (0–2) — Fenway Park 30,262 33–23 W2 57 June 28 Blue Jays 4–8 Cone (6–4) Smith (2–4) — Fenway Park 31,467 33–24 L1 58 June 29 Tigers 7–1 Wakefield (5–1) Moore (5–6) — Fenway Park 28,457 34–24 W1 59 June 30 Tigers 6–7 Boever (4–3) Ryan (0–4) Henneman (14) Fenway Park 31,349 34–25 L1
July: 14–13 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 60 July 1 Tigers 2–11 Lira (5–4) Hanson (7–2) Doherty (1) Fenway Park 33,359 34–26 L2 61 July 2 Tigers 12–11 Belinda (6–0) Boever (4–4) — Fenway Park 34,344 35–26 W1 62 July 3 @ Royals 12–5 Smith (3–4) Appier (11–4) Maddux (1) Kauffman Stadium 24,742 36–26 W2 63 July 4 @ Royals 6–5 Wakefield (6–1) Gubicza (5–7) Belinda (6) Kauffman Stadium 26,584 37–26 W3 64 July 5 @ Royals 2–3 Pichardo (5–3) Rodriguez (0–2) — Kauffman Stadium 7,511 37–27 L1 65 July 6 @ Twins 4–6 Radke (5–7) Smith (3–5) Stevens (1) Metrodome 11,934 37–28 L2 66 July 7 @ Twins 5–4 Belinda (7–0) Guardado (0–7) Aguilera (13) Metrodome 12,594 38–28 W1 67 July 8 @ Twins 5–9 Guthrie (4–3) Belinda (7–1) — Metrodome 14,838 38–29 L1 68 July 9 @ Twins 7–0 Wakefield (7–1) Rodriguez (0–3) — Metrodome 18,574 39–29 W1 69 July 13 Rangers 8–9 Vosberg (4–2) Clemens (2–2) Russell (13) Fenway Park 33,315 39–30 L1 70 July 14 Rangers 5–2 Wakefield (8–1) Pavlik (5–5) Aguilera (14) Fenway Park 32,348 40–30 W1 71 July 15 Rangers 2–7 Gross (4–8) Hanson (7–3) — Fenway Park 34,004 40–31 L1 72 July 16 Rangers 2–5 Rogers (9–4) Smith (3–6) Russell (14) Fenway Park 30,295 40–32 L2 73 July 17 Royals 3–4 Gubicza (7–7) Suppan (0–1) Montgomery (16) Fenway Park 24,891 40–33 L3 74 July 18 Royals 4–1 Clemens (3–2) Gordon (6–6) Aguilera (15) Fenway Park 26,960 41–33 W1 75 July 19 @ White Sox 5–3 Wakefield (9–1) Sirotka (0–1) Aguilera (16) Comiskey Park 22,391 42–33 W2 76 July 20 @ White Sox 3–1 Hanson (8–3) McCaskill (4–3) Aguilera (17) Comiskey Park 21,235 43–33 W3 77 July 21 Twins 13–5 Smith (4–6) Trombley (1–5) Hudson (1) Fenway Park 31,124 44–33 W4 78 July 22 Twins 7–8 Guthrie (5–3) Suppan (0–2) Stevens (2) Fenway Park 34,384 44–34 L1 79 July 23 Twins 3–8 Tapani (5–11) Clemens (3–3) — Fenway Park 34,205 44–35 L2 80 July 24 Twins 4–1 Wakefield (10–1) Radke (7–8) Aguilera (18) Fenway Park 26,333 45–35 W1 81 July 25 White Sox 3–8 Bere (5–8) Cormier (3–2) Hernández (14) Fenway Park 33,069 45–36 L1 82 July 26 White Sox 5–3 Smith (5–6) Fernandez (4–7) Aguilera (19) Fenway Park 33,457 46–36 W1 83 July 27 White Sox 4–5 Karchner (1–0) Aguilera (1–2) Hernández (15) Fenway Park 34,474 46–37 L1 84 July 28 @ Rangers 6–2 Maddux (3–1) Taylor (0–1) — The Ballpark in Arlington 39,199 47–37 W1 85 July 29 @ Rangers 7–1 Wakefield (11–1) Gross (4–10) — The Ballpark in Arlington 46,717 48–37 W2 86 July 30 @ Rangers 6–7 Whiteside (3–3) Hanson (8–4) Russell (16) The Ballpark in Arlington 37,219 48–38 L1
August: 23–7 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 87 August 1 @ Tigers 13–3 Smith (6–6) Moore (5–11) — Tiger Stadium 20,170 49–38 W1 88 August 2 @ Tigers 0–5 Bergman (4–6) Clemens (3–4) — Tiger Stadium 16,488 49–39 L1 89 August 3 @ Tigers 10–2 Wakefield (12–1) Nitkowski (1–4) — Tiger Stadium 11,451 50–39 W1 90 August 4 @ Blue Jays 7–1 Hanson (9–4) Rogers (0–1) — SkyDome 40,137 51–39 W2 91 August 5 @ Blue Jays 9–3 Cormier (4–2) Hentgen (8–9) — SkyDome 41,454 52–39 W3 92 August 6 @ Blue Jays 6–4 Eshelman (4–2) Hurtado (3–1) Aguilera (20) SkyDome 38,194 53–39 W4 93 August 7 @ Blue Jays 5–4 (10) Belinda (8–1) Crabtree (0–2) — SkyDome 42,135 54–39 W5 94 August 8 Indians 5–1 Wakefield (13–1) Clark (6–4) — Fenway Park 34,574 55–39 W6 95 August 9 Indians 9–5 Hanson (10–4) Plunk (5–2) — Fenway Park 34,240 56–39 W7 96 August 10 Orioles 11–1 Cormier (5–2) Erickson (7–9) — Fenway Park — 57–39 W8 97 August 11 Orioles 5–4 (12) Aguilera (2–2) Clark (2–3) — Fenway Park 33,143 58–39 W9 98 August 12 Orioles 7–0 Clemens (4–4) Mussina (13–7) — Fenway Park 34,234 59–39 W10 99 August 13 Orioles 3–2 Wakefield (14–1) Krivda (0–2) Belinda (7) Fenway Park 34,158 60–39 W11 100 August 14 Yankees 9–3 Hanson (11–4) Kamieniecki (3–4) — Fenway Park 34,319 61–39 W12 101 August 15 Yankees 2–9 Hitchcock (6–7) Cormier (5–3) — Fenway Park 34,616 61–40 L1 102 August 16 Yankees 7–4 Gunderson (2–1) Wickman (2–4) Belinda (8) Fenway Park 34,304 62–40 W1 103 August 17 @ Angels 4–3 Gunderson (3–1) Habyan (3–4) Belinda (9) Anaheim Stadium 25,435 63–40 W2 104 August 18 @ Mariners 3–9 Wolcott (1–0) Wakefield (14–2) — Kingdome 27,256 63–41 L1 105 August 19 @ Mariners 4–3 Hanson (12–4) Benes (6–8) Aguilera (21) Kingdome 36,007 64–41 W1 106 August 20 @ Mariners 7–6 Cormier (6–3) Bosio (8–6) Aguilera (22) Kingdome 21,813 65–41 W2 107 August 21 @ Angels 6–4 Eshelman (5–2) Anderson (6–5) Belinda (10) Anaheim Stadium 23,943 66–41 W3 108 August 22 @ Angels 6–4 Clemens (5–4) Harkey (7–8) Aguilera (23) Anaheim Stadium 27,822 67–41 W4 109 August 23 @ Angels 6–5 (10) Stanton (2–1) Smith (0–5) Aguilera (24) Anaheim Stadium 29,053 68–41 W5 110 August 24 @ Athletics 13–6 Hanson (13–4) Ontiveros (8–5) — Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 13,922 69–41 W6 111 August 25 @ Athletics 1–6 Johns (2–0) Cormier (6–4) — Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 17,156 69–42 L1 112 August 26 @ Athletics 4–11 Stottlemyre (12–5) Smith (6–7) — Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 23,177 69–43 L2 113 August 27 @ Athletics 4–1 Clemens (6–4) Van Poppel (3–5) Aguilera (25) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 24,220 70–43 W1 114 August 29 Mariners 4–6 Benes (7–8) Wakefield (14–3) Charlton (3) Fenway Park 31,328 70–44 L1 115 August 30 Mariners 7–6 Maddux (4–1) Nelson (5–2) Aguilera (26) Fenway Park 32,356 71–44 W1 116 August 31 Mariners 2–11 Wolcott (2–1) Cormier (6–5) Guetterman (1) Fenway Park 30,627 71–45 L1
September/October: 15–13 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 117 September 1 Angels 11–3 Clemens (7–4) Boskie (6–3) — Fenway Park 32,861 72–45 W1 118 September 2 Angels 5–4 Smith (7–7) Langston (13–4) Aguilera (27) Fenway Park 32,867 73–45 W2 119 September 3 Angels 8–1 Wakefield (15–3) Finley (13–10) — Fenway Park 32,987 74–45 W3 120 September 5 Athletics 7–4 (14) Aguilera (3–2) Reyes (3–5) — Fenway Park 27,080 75–45 W4 121 September 6 Athletics 8–2 Clemens (8–4) Johns (3–1) — Fenway Park 30,454 76–45 W5 122 September 8 @ Yankees 4–8 Cone (15–7) Wakefield (15–4) Howe (2) Yankee Stadium 35,896 76–46 L1 123 September 9 @ Yankees 1–9 Pettitte (9–8) Smith (7–8) — Yankee Stadium 47,719 76–47 L2 124 September 10 @ Yankees 3–9 Hitchcock (8–9) Hanson (13–5) — Yankee Stadium 27,527 76–48 L3 125 September 11 @ Orioles 10–7 Lee (2–0) Gunderson (3–2) Jones (22) Camden Yards 40,585 76–49 L4 126 September 12 @ Orioles 5–6 Hartley (1–0) Hudson (0–1) Orosco (2) Camden Yards 40,282 76–50 L5 127 September 13 @ Orioles 2–0 Wakefield (16–4) Haynes (0–1) Aguilera (28) Camden Yards 41,536 77–50 W1 128 September 14 @ Indians 3–5 Hershiser (14–6) Eshelman (5–3) Mesa (43) Jacobs Field 41,812 77–51 L1 129 September 15 @ Indians 6–3 Hanson (14–5) Embree (2–2) — Jacobs Field 41,833 78–51 W1 130 September 16 @ Indians 5–6 Clark (9–6) Clemens (8–5) Mesa (44) Jacobs Field 41,765 78–52 L1 131 September 17 @ Indians 9–6 Suppan (1–2) Shuey (0–2) Aguilera (29) Jacobs Field 41,723 79–52 W1 132 September 18 Brewers 1–6 Bones (10–10) Wakefield (16–5) — Fenway Park 28,176 79–53 L1 133 September 19 Brewers 5–3 Eshelman (6–3) Sparks (8–10) Aguilera (30) Fenway Park 27,060 80–53 W1 134 September 20 Brewers 3–2 Cormier (7–5) Karl (5–6) Aguilera (31) Fenway Park 32,563 81–53 W2 — September 22 Blue Jays Postponed (rain). Makeup date September 23. 135 September 23 (1) Blue Jays 5–0 Clemens (9–5) Leiter (11–10) — Fenway Park 32,791 82–53 W3 136 September 23 (2) Blue Jays 6–8 Ware (2–1) Wakefield (16–6) Castillo (13) Fenway Park 21,266 82–54 L1 137 September 24 Blue Jays 1–2 Guzmán (4–14) Aguilera (3–3) Timlin (5) Fenway Park 32,427 82–55 L2 138 September 25 Tigers 4–7 Gohr (1–0) Murray (0–3) Doherty (6) Fenway Park 25,662 82–56 L3 139 September 26 Tigers 5–1 Smith (8–8) Nitkowski (2–7) — Fenway Park 24,032 83–56 W1 140 September 27 Tigers 5–7 Lima (3–9) Wakefield (16–7) Blomdahl (1) Fenway Park 30,989 83–57 L1 141 September 28 @ Brewers 11–6 Clemens (10–5) Scanlan (4–7) — Milwaukee County Stadium 8,286 84–57 W1 142 September 29 @ Brewers 11–9 Hanson (15–5) Bones (10–12) Aguilera (32) Milwaukee County Stadium 10,775 85–57 W2 143 September 30 @ Brewers 9–1 Maddux (5–1) Sparks (9–11) — Milwaukee County Stadium 14,610 86–57 W3 144 October 1 @ Brewers 1–8 Karl (6–7) Wakefield (16–8) — Milwaukee County Stadium 15,453 86–58 L1
Reference: [38]

Postseason game log

Boston Red Sox 1995 Postseason Game Log (0–3)
American League Division Series vs. Cleveland Indians (0–3) #/ Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Series Streak 1 October 3 @ Indians 4–5 (14) Hill (1–0) Smith (0–1) — Jacobs Field 44,218 0–1 L1 2 October 4 @ Indians 0–4 Hershiser (1–0) Hanson (0–1) — Jacobs Field 44,262 0–2 L2 3 October 6 Indians 2–8 Nagy (1–0) Wakefield (0–1) — Fenway Park 34,211 0–3 L3 Red Sox Lose Series 0–3

Awards and honors

• Erik Hanson – AL Pitcher of the Month (August)
• John Valentin – Silver Slugger Award (SS)
• Mo Vaughn – Silver Slugger Award (1B), American League MVP
• Tim Wakefield – AL Pitcher of the Month (July)

All-Star Game

• Erik Hanson, reserve P
• Mo Vaughn, reserve 1B

References

1. Bill Haselman at Baseball Reference
2. Juan Bell at Baseball Reference
3. Vaughn Eshelman page at Baseball Reference
4. Luis Alicea page at Baseball Reference
5. Otis Nixon at Baseball Reference
6. Cafardo, Nick (May 13, 1995). "The Wall is closing in". The Boston Globe . p. 71. Retrieved May 26, 2025– via newspapers.com.
7. Shaughnessy, Dan (April 25, 1995). "Taking apart the Green Monster's '315' myth" . The Boston Globe . Retrieved May 18, 2025.
8. "The 1995 Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet . Retrieved April 7, 2021.
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10. "Events of Wednesday, May 31, 1995".
11. "Events of Friday, June 30, 1995".
12. "Events of Monday, July 31, 1995".
13. "Events of Thursday, August 31, 1995".
14. "Events of Saturday, September 30, 1995".
15. "Events of Sunday, October 1, 1995".
16. "1995 Major League Baseball Season Summary".
17. Mike MacFarlane page at Baseball Reference
18. Stan Belinda at Baseball Reference
19. Mark Whiten at Baseball Reference
20. Reggie Jefferson at Baseball Reference
21. Erik Hanson page at Baseball Reference
22. Troy O'Leary page at Baseball Reference
23. Zane Smith at Baseball Reference
24. Derek Lilliquist page at Baseball Reference
25. Tim Wakefield at Baseball Reference
26. Tuffy Rhodes at Baseball Reference
27. Mike Maddux page at Baseball Reference
28. Pat Burrell at Baseball Reference
29. Willie McGee at Baseball Reference
30. Rick Aguilera page at Baseball Reference
31. Wally Whitehurst at Baseball Reference
32. Mike Stanton at Baseball Reference
33. Eric Gunderson page at Baseball Reference
34. Wes Chamberlain page at Baseball Reference
35. Dwayne Hosey page at Baseball Reference
36. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
37. Boston Red Sox Official Yearbook. 1995. p. 61. Retrieved March 14, 2021– via Wayback Machine.
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External links

• 1995 Boston Red Sox at Baseball Reference
• 1995 Boston Red Sox season at Baseball Almanac
• 1995 Boston Red Sox Post-Season Media Guide