1996 Boston Red Sox season

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1996  Boston Red Sox
League American League
Division Eastern Division
Ballpark Fenway Park
City Boston
Record85–77 (.525)
Divisional place3rd (7 GB)
Owners JRY Trust
President John Harrington
General managers Dan Duquette
Managers Kevin Kennedy
Television WABU
(Sean McDonough, Jerry Remy)
NESN
(Bob Kurtz, Jerry Remy)
Radio WEEI
(Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione)
WROL
(Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 1996 Boston Red Sox season was the 96th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League East with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses, seven games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1996 World Series.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 92700.568—49–3143–39
Baltimore Orioles 88740.543443–3845–36
Boston Red Sox 85770.525747–3438–43
Toronto Blue Jays 74880.4571835–4639–42
Detroit Tigers 531090.3273927–5426–55

Record vs. opponents

1996 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —7–66–64–85–711–29–39–37–53–109–47–53–10–18–5
Boston 6–7—8–46–61–1112–13–97–56–67–68–57–66–68–5
California 6–64–8—6–64–96–64–87–54–87–66–75–84–97–5
Chicago 8–46–66–6—5–810–37–66–76–76–75–75–78–47–5
Cleveland 7–511–19–48–5—12–07–67–610–33–96–68–44–87–5
Detroit 2–111–126–63–100–12—6–64–86–65–84–86–64–96–7
Kansas City 3–99–38–46–76–76–6—4–96–74–85–77–56–65–8
Milwaukee 3–95–75–77–66–78–49–4—9–46–67–54–96–75–7
Minnesota 5–76–68–47–63–106–67–64–9—5–76–76–67–58–5
New York 10–36–76–77–69–38–58–46–67–5—9–33–95–78–5
Oakland 4–95–87–67–56–68–47–55–77–63–9—8–57–64–8
Seattle 5–76–78–57–54–86–65–79–46–69–35–8—10–35–7
Texas 10–3–16–69–44–88–49–46–67–65–77–56–73–10—10–2
Toronto 5–85–85–75–75–77–68–57–55–85–88–47–52–10—

Detailed records

Notable transactions

Draft picks

Opening Day lineup

12 Wil Cordero 2B
13 John Valentin SS
42 Mo Vaughn 1B
33 José Canseco DH
22 Mike Stanley C
39 Mike Greenwell   LF
11 Tim Naehring 3B
25 Troy O'Leary RF
46 Dwayne Hosey CF
21 Roger Clemens P

Roster

1996 Boston Red Sox
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBISB
C Mike Stanley 121397107.27024692
1B Mo Vaughn 161635207.326441432
2B Jeff Frye 105419120.28644118
SS John Valentin 131606156.29613599
3B Tim Naehring 116430124.28817652
LF Mike Greenwell 7729587.2957444
CF Lee Tinsley 9219247.2453146
RF Troy O'Leary 149497129.26015813
DH Jose Canseco 96360104.28928823

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBISB
Reggie Jefferson 122386134.34719740
Bill Haselman 7723765.2748344
Darren Bragg 5822256.2523226
Wil Cordero 5919857.2883372
Milt Cuyler 5011022.2002127
José Malavé 4110224.2354170
Bill Selby 409526.274361
Kevin Mitchell 279328.3042130
Nomar Garciaparra 248721.2414165
Dwayne Hosey 287817.218136
Alex Cole 247216.222075
Tony Rodríguez 276716.239190
Esteban Beltré 276216.258061
Arquimedez Pozo 215810.1721111
Jeff Manto 224810.208260
Rudy Pemberton 134121.5121103
Alex Delgado 26205.250010
Scott Hatteberg 10112.182010
Jim Tatum 281.125000
Trot Nixon 242.500001
Phil Clark 330.000000
Greg Pirkl 220.000000
Walt McKeel 100----000

Pitching

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

PlayerGGSIPWLSVERASO
Roger Clemens 3434242.2101303.63257
Tom Gordon 3434215.212905.59171
Tim Wakefield 3232211.2141305.14140
Aaron Sele 2929157.171105.6967
Jamie Moyer 231090.07104.5050
Vaughn Eshelman 391087.26307.0859
Heathcliff Slocumb 75083.155313.0288
Mike Maddux 23764.13204.4832
Mike Stanton 59056.14313.8346
Joe Hudson 36045.03515.4019
Rich Garcés 37044.03204.9155
Stan Belinda 31028.22126.5918
Mark Brandenburg 29028.14203.8129
Jeff Suppan 8422.21107.5413
Eric Gunderson 28017.10108.317
Brad Pennington 14013.00202.7713
Pat Mahomes 11012.12025.846
Kerry Lacy 11010.22003.389
Brent Knackert 8010.00109.005
John Doherty 306.10005.683
Nate Minchey 226.002015.004
Reggie Harris 404.100012.464
Ken Grundt 100.100027.000

Game log

Red Sox WinRed Sox LossGame Postponed
1996 Boston Red Sox Season Game Log: 85–77 (Home: 47–34; Away: 38–43)
April: 7–19
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 1@ Rangers 3–5 Hill (1–0) Clemens (0–1) Vosberg (1) The Ballpark in Arlington 40,4840–1L1
2April 3@ Rangers 2–7 Pavlik (1–0) Gordon (0–1)— The Ballpark in Arlington 24,4830–2L2
3April 4@ Rangers 2–13 Gross (1–0) Wakefield (0–1)— The Ballpark in Arlington 18,0860–3L3
4April 5@ Royals 4–5 (12) Clark (1–0) Pennington (0–1)— Kauffman Stadium 39,5260–4L4
5April 6@ Royals 3–7 Pichardo (1–1) Belinda (0–1)— Kauffman Stadium 17,3390–5L5
6April 7@ Royals 3–1 Moyer (1–0) Gubicza (0–1) Slocumb (1) Kauffman Stadium 13,1831–5W1
—April 8 Twins Postponed (snow). Makeup date April 9.
7April 9 Twins 9–1 Gordon (1–1) Rodriguez (0–1)— Fenway Park 30,8432–5W2
—April 10 Twins Postponed (snow). Makeup date August 3.
8April 11 Twins 5–6 Radke (3–0) Clemens (0–2) Stevens (2) Fenway Park 15,5942–6L1
9April 12 Indians 1–3 Nagy (2–0) Sele (0–1) Mesa (2) Fenway Park 26,7032–7L2
10April 13 Indians 2–14 Martínez (2–1) Moyer (1–1)— Fenway Park 31,8272–8L3
11April 14 Indians 6–7 (11) Tavárez (1–1) Stanton (0–1) Mesa (2) Fenway Park 31,7962–9L4
12April 15 Indians 0–8 McDowell (1–1) Wakefield (0–2)— Fenway Park 32,8612–10L5
13April 16@ Orioles 1–6 Wells (2–0) Clemens (0–3)— Camden Yards 40,0172–11L6
14April 17@ Orioles 5–6 (12) Rhodes (2–0) Maddux (0–1)— Camden Yards 40,2582–12L7
15April 18@ Orioles 10–7 Moyer (2–1) Mussina (3–1) Slocumb (2) Camden Yards 47,2833–12W1
16April 19@ Indians 4–9 Martínez (3–1) Gordon (1–2)— Jacobs Field 40,5213–13L1
17April 20@ Indians 1–2 McDowell (2–1) Wakefield (0–3) Mesa (4) Jacobs Field 40,4983–14L2
18April 21@ Indians 7–11 Ogea (1–0) Pennington (0–2)— Jacobs Field 42,2563–15L3
19April 22@ Twins 4–1 Sele (1–1) Robertson (0–4) Slocumb (3) Metrodome 11,3404–15W1
20April 23@ Twins 6–8 Naulty (1–0) Hudson (0–1) Stevens (5) Metrodome 11,5334–16L1
21April 24 Rangers 11–9 Stanton (1–1) Heredia (0–2) Slocumb (4) Fenway Park 19,2175–16W1
22April 25 Rangers 8–3 Wakefield (1–3) Gross (3–2)— Fenway Park 20,3506–16W2
23April 26 Royals 3–4 Belcher (2–1) Clemens (0–4) Montgomery (5) Fenway Park 22,3856–17L1
24April 27 Royals 0–10 Appier (2–3) Sele (1–2)— Fenway Park 29,4596–18L2
25April 28 Royals 7–9 Robinson (1–0) Slocumb (0–1) Montgomery (6) Fenway Park 32,4917–18W1
26April 30 Tigers 13–4 Wakefield (2–3) Lima (0–1)— Fenway Park 18,5047–19L1
May: 14–12
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
27May 1 Tigers 5–1 Clemens (1–4) Aldred (0–3)— Fenway Park 20,8288–19W2
28May 3 Blue Jays 8–7 Moyer (3–1) Quantrill (0–4) Slocumb (5) Fenway Park 25,5709–19W3
29May 4 Blue Jays 8–4 Gordon (2–2) Viola (0–2) Slocumb (6) Fenway Park 29,78510–19W4
30May 5 Blue Jays 4–11 Hentgen (4–2) Wakefield (2–4)— Fenway Park 29,86610–20L1
31May 7@ Brewers 4–2 Clemens (2–4) Miranda (1–2) Slocumb (7) Milwaukee County Stadium 7,03911–20W1
—May 8@ Brewers Postponed (rain). Makeup date August 9.
32May 9@ Brewers 2–17 Bones (2–5) Sele (1–3)— Milwaukee County Stadium 7,37911–21L1
33May 10@ Blue Jays 6–5 (11) Slocumb (1–1) Carrara (0–1)— SkyDome 31,15912–21W1
34May 11@ Blue Jays 8–9 (11) Quantrill (2–4) Knackert (0–1)— SkyDome 33,16312–22L1
35May 12@ Blue Jays 7–8 (10) Janzen (1–0) Slocumb (1–2)— SkyDome 31,18812–23L2
36May 14 Angels 4–3 (12) Belinda (1–1) Boskie (4–1)— Fenway Park 22,45013–23W1
37May 15 Angels 17–6 Moyer (4–1) Grimsley (2–3)— Fenway Park 23,45514–23W2
38May 17 Athletics 5–3 (11) Stanton (2–1) Van Poppel (0–4)— Fenway Park 28,69015–23W3
39May 18 Athletics 5–6 (10) Groom (2–0) Garcés (0–1) Taylor (3) Fenway Park 31,66315–24L1
40May 19 Athletics 12–2 Sele (2–3) Wengert (1–2)— Fenway Park 32,60116–24W1
41May 20 Athletics 16–4 Gordon (3–2) Johns (3–5)— Fenway Park 20,89017–24W2
42May 21 Mariners 7–13 Wells (3–1) Eshelman (0–1)— Fenway Park 24,52817–25L1
43May 22 Mariners 1–6 Wolcott (3–5) Wakefield (2–5)— Fenway Park 26,75317–26L2
44May 23 Mariners 11–4 Clemens (3–4) Milacki (1–1)— Fenway Park 31,55118–26W1
45May 24@ Angels 1–3 Finley (6–2) Sele (2–4) Percival (13) Anaheim Stadium 19,55018–27L1
46May 25@ Angels 10–3 Gordon (4–2) Williams (0–2)— Anaheim Stadium 23,97219–27W1
47May 26@ Angels 2–12 Boskie (6–1) Eshelman (0–2)— Anaheim Stadium 23,82819–28L1
48May 27@ Athletics 10–3 Wakefield (3–5) Wojciechowski (5–1)— Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 21,68820–28W1
49May 28@ Athletics 2–6 Wasdin (1–0) Clemens (3–5)— Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 9,33820–29L1
50May 29@ Athletics 6–7 (10) Mohler (3–0) Slocumb (1–3)— Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 8,28220–30L2
51May 30@ Mariners 10–1 Gordon (5–2) Torres (0–1)— Kingdome 17,39521–30W1
52May 31@ Mariners 6–9 Wells (4–1) Garcés (0–2)— Kingdome 29,11921–31L1
June: 13–14
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
53June 1@ Mariners 6–5 Wakefield (4–5) Milacki (1–2) Slocumb (8) Kingdome 34,82222–31W1
54June 2@ Mariners 1–2 Wolcott (4–5) Clemens (3–6) Jackson (2) Kingdome 47,54022–32L1
55June 4 White Sox 4–6 Álvarez (7–3) Gunderson (0–1) Hernández (17) Fenway Park 23,71522–33L2
56June 5 White Sox 6–8 (12) Keyser (1–0) Slocumb (1–4)— Fenway Park 24,24622–34L3
57June 6 White Sox 7–4 Eshelman (1–2) Magrane (1–2) Stanton (1) Fenway Park 24,38223–34W1
58June 7 Brewers 10–7 Garcés (1–2) García (1–2) Slocumb (9) Fenway Park 26,86124–34W2
59June 8 Brewers 2–3 (10) Lloyd (2–2) Hudson (0–2) Fetters (10) Fenway Park 30,39924–35L1
60June 9 Brewers 6–9 (10) Burrows (1–0) Slocumb (1–5) Fetters (11) Fenway Park 28,12024–36L2
61June 10@ White Sox 2–8 Tapani (7–3) Wakefield (4–6)— Comiskey Park 21,79924–37L3
62June 11@ White Sox 9–2 Eshelman (2–2) Magrane (1–3)— Comiskey Park 20,79225–37W1
63June 12@ White Sox 3–2 (12) Hudson (1–2) Karchner (5–1)— Comiskey Park 21,13926–37W2
64June 13 Rangers 8–7 (10) Slocumb (2–5) Henneman (0–4)— Fenway Park 32,64527–37W3
65June 14 Rangers 4–3 Stanton (3–1) Witt (6–5)— Fenway Park 29,68928–37W4
66June 15 Rangers 3–13 Gross (7–4) Wakefield (4–7)— Fenway Park 33,18628–38L1
67June 16 Rangers 10–9 Hudson (2–2) Henneman (0–5)— Fenway Park 30,46129–38W1
68June 18@ Indians 7–9 Swindell (1–3) Sele (2–5) Mesa (23) Jacobs Field 42,20929–39L1
69June 19@ Indians 4–11 Hershiser (7–4) Gordon (5–3)— Jacobs Field 42,27629–40L2
70June 20@ Indians 4–5 Shuey (1–1) Stanton (3–2)— Jacobs Field 42,30629–41L3
71June 21@ Rangers 4–14 Hill (8–5) Minchey (0–1)— The Ballpark in Arlington 40,72629–42L4
72June 22@ Rangers 2–8 Pavlik (10–1) Wakefield (4–8)— The Ballpark in Arlington 46,44429–43L5
73June 23@ Rangers 6–4 Stanton (4–2) Cook (3–1) Slocumb (10) The Ballpark in Arlington 39,39930–43W1
74June 25 Indians 0–4 Hershiser (8–4) Gordon (5–4)— Fenway Park 33,57630–44L1
75June 26 Indians 6–4 (15) Garcés (2–2) Embree (1–1)— Fenway Park 33,72731–44W1
76June 27 Tigers 6–9 Lira (5–7) Minchey (0–2)— Fenway Park 29,58231–45L1
77June 28 Tigers 8–5 Wakefield (5–8) Williams (1–5)— Fenway Park 27,57832–45W1
78June 29 Tigers 13–6 Eshelman (3–2) Keagle (3–6)— Fenway Park 33,50933–45W2
79June 30 Tigers 9–4 Gordon (6–4) Sodowsky (1–3)— Fenway Park 31,21734–45W3
July: 13–13
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
80July 1@ Yankees 0–2 Key (4–6) Clemens (3–7) Wetteland (26) Yankee Stadium 27,73434–46L1
81July 2@ Yankees 5–7 Nelson (3–2) Hudson (2–3) Wetteland (27) Yankee Stadium 28,31034–47L2
—July 3@ Yankees Postponed (rain). Makeup date September 23.
82July 4@ Orioles 6–8 Mussina (11–5) Wakefield (5–9) Myers (17) Camden Yards 47,07534–48L3
83July 5@ Orioles 7–3 Sele (3–5) Wells (5–8)— Camden Yards 47,23735–48W1
84July 6@ Orioles 3–4 Coppinger (4–0) Clemens (3–8) Myers (18) Camden Yards 47,50035–49L1
85July 7@ Orioles 7–5 Hudson (3–3) Myers (0–2) Slocumb (11) Camden Yards 47,53236–49W1
86July 11@ Tigers 11–4 Clemens (4–8) Williams (2–6)— Tiger Stadium 15,82637–49W2
87July 12@ Tigers 11–3 Gordon (7–4) Olivares (4–6)— Tiger Stadium 19,53538–49W3
88July 13@ Tigers 10–5 Sele (4–5) Nitkowski (1–1)— Tiger Stadium 16,67139–49W4
89July 14@ Tigers 6–4 Moyer (5–1) Lira (6–8) Slocumb (12) Tiger Stadium 19,67040–49W5
90July 15 Yankees 8–6 Wakefield (6–9) Hutton (0–1) Slocumb (13) Fenway Park 33,26341–49W6
91July 16 Yankees 5–9 Key (7–6) Clemens (4–9)— Fenway Park 34,67641–50L1
92July 17 Yankees 12–11 Eshelman (4–2) Wetteland (0–2)— Fenway Park 34,08242–50W1
93July 18 Orioles 3–6 Wells (6–9) Sele (4–6) Myers (19) Fenway Park 33,01442–51L1
94July 19 Orioles 13–2 Moyer (6–1) Erickson (5–8)— Fenway Park 32,26243–51W1
95July 20 Orioles 2–0 Wakefield (7–9) Coppinger (5–1) Slocumb (14) Fenway Park 33,59044–51W2
96July 21 Orioles 6–10 (10) Myers (1–2) Stanton (4–3)— Fenway Park 34,43244–52L1
97July 22 Royals 2–5 Belcher (9–5) Gordon (7–5)— Fenway Park 28,10944–53L2
98July 23 Royals 5–7 Appier (9–7) Sele (4–7)— Fenway Park 23,71144–54L3
99July 24 Royals 12–2 Moyer (7–1) Linton (4–6)— Fenway Park 33,38145–54W1
100July 25@ Twins 6–16 Parra (2–3) Wakefield (7–10)— Metrodome 13,92445–55L1
101July 26@ Twins 1–5 Radke (6–13) Clemens (4–10)— Metrodome 17,76845–56L2
102July 27@ Twins 9–5 Gordon (8–5) Naulty (3–1)— Metrodome 22,12846–56W1
103July 28@ Twins 8–9 Aguilera (4–4) Sele (4–8) Naulty (4) Metrodome 17,44846–57L1
104July 30@ Royals 0–7 Rosado (2–1) Eshelman (4–3)— Kauffman Stadium 17,16646–58L2
105July 31@ Royals 5–3 Wakefield (8–10) Haney (8–10) Slocumb (15) Kauffman Stadium 17,52747–58W1
August: 22–9
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
106August 1@ Royals 4–9 Belcher (10–6) Clemens (4–11)— Kauffman Stadium 18,93447–59L1
107August 2 Twins 11–10 Brandenburg (2–3) Naulty (3–2)— Fenway Park 28,04148–59W1
108August 3 (1) Twins 6–3 Sele (5–8) Rodriguez (10–9) Hudson (1) Fenway Park 19,86049–59W2
109August 3 (2) Twins 0–6 Aldred (5–7) Suppan (0–1)— Fenway Park 29,13549–60L1
110August 4 Twins 13–6 Eshelman (5–3) Klingenbeck (0–1)— Fenway Park 29,93950–60W1
111August 5 Blue Jays 3–1 Wakefield (9–10) Guzmán (9–7)— Fenway Park 23,88451–60W2
112August 6 Blue Jays 3–2 Maddux (1–1) Hanson (10–13) Slocumb (16) Fenway Park 25,26452–60W3
113August 7 Blue Jays 8–0 Gordon (9–5) Hentgen (13–7)— Fenway Park 30,44353–60W4
114August 8 Blue Jays 6–9 Williams (1–0) Sele (5–9) Timlin (21) Fenway Park 32,69653–61L1
115August 9 (1)@ Brewers 9–7 Suppan (1–1) Van Egmond (1–3) Slocumb (17) Milwaukee County Stadium —54–61W1
116August 9 (2)@ Brewers 4–1 Eshelman (6–3) Bones (7–12) Belinda (1) Milwaukee County Stadium 19,54155–61W2
117August 10@ Brewers 3–2 Wakefield (10–10) Eldred (2–2)— Milwaukee County Stadium 20,29756–61W3
118August 11@ Brewers 2–0 Clemens (5–11) McDonald (10–7) Belinda (2) Milwaukee County Stadium 19,17857–61W4
119August 12@ Blue Jays 1–5 Hentgen (14–7) Gordon (9–6)— SkyDome 33,25057–62L1
120August 13@ Blue Jays 7–5 Brandenburg (3–3) Williams (1–1) Slocumb (18) SkyDome 30,50258–62W1
121August 14@ Blue Jays 8–6 Belinda (2–1) Crabtree (5–3) Slocumb (19) SkyDome 32,35459–62W2
122August 16 Angels 3–6 Springer (3–1) Wakefield (10–11) Percival (30) Fenway Park 30,69359–63L1
123August 17 Angels 6–0 Clemens (6–11) Finley (11–12)— Fenway Park 32,49760–63W1
124August 18 Angels 3–4 Holtz (2–2) Brandenburg (3–4) Percival (31) Fenway Park 25,22460–64L1
125August 19 Angels 10–9 Lacy (1–0) Gohr (5–9) Slocumb (20) Fenway Park 25,77961–64W1
126August 20 Athletcs 4–3 Garcés (3–2) Mohler (4–2) Slocumb (21) Fenway Park 25,09462–64W2
127August 21 Athletcs 6–4 Brandenburg (4–4) Johns (6–12) Slocumb (22) Fenway Park 26,36263–64W3
128August 22 Athletcs 2–1 Clemens (7–11) Acre (0–1)— Fenway Park 30,50364–64W4
129August 23 Mariners 4–6 Bosio (4–3) Brandenburg (4–5) Ayala (2) Fenway Park 33,07964–65L1
130August 24 Mariners 9–5 Lacy (2–0) Wells (11–6)— Fenway Park 32,92865–65W1
131August 25 Mariners 8–5 Maddux (2–1) Wagner (3–5) Slocumb (23) Fenway Park 34,37766–65W2
132August 26@ Angels 4–1 Wakefield (11–11) Dickson (1–1)— Anaheim Stadium 16,88667–65W3
133August 27@ Angels 2–1 Clemens (8–11) Finley (12–13) Slocumb (24) Anaheim Stadium 19,84768–65W4
134August 28@ Angels 7–4 Gordon (10–6) Boskie (12–7)— Anaheim Stadium 20,89469–65W5
135August 30@ Athletcs 0–7 Telgheder (2–5) Maddux (2–2)— Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 20,89469–66L1
136August 31@ Athletcs 0–8 Adams (2–2) Wakefield (11–12)— Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 32,11669–67L2
September: 16–10
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
137September 1@ Athletcs 8–3 Sele (6–9) Wasdin (7–7)— Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 15,02170–67W1
138September 2@ Mariners 9–8 (10) Slocumb (3–5) Carmona (6–3)— Kingdome 24,47071–67W2
139September 3@ Mariners 9–11 Torres (1–1) Gordon (10–7) Charlton (15) Kingdome 17,37471–68L1
140September 4@ Mariners 8–5 Mahomes (2–4) Hitchcock (12–8) Slocumb (25) Kingdome 22,64272–68W1
141September 6@ White Sox 10–3 Wakefield (12–12) Álvarez (15–8)— Comiskey Park 18,41773–68W2
142September 7@ White Sox 3–4 Fernandez (13–9) Clemens (8–12) Hernández (36) Comiskey Park 28,21973–69L1
143September 8@ White Sox 4–7 Baldwin (11–4) Sele (6–10) Hernández (37) Comiskey Park 19,98373–70L2
144September 9 Brewers 0–6 Karl (12–7) Gordon (10–8)— Fenway Park 22,38673–71L3
145September 10 Brewers 10–11 García (4–3) Hudson (3–4) Fetters (28) Fenway Park 20,48773–72L4
146September 11 Brewers 4–1 Wakefield (13–12) Eldred (3–4) Slocumb (26) Fenway Park 21,31074–72W1
147September 13 White Sox 9–5 Clemens (9–12) Baldwin (11–5) Slocumb (27) Fenway Park 28,90775–72W2
148September 14 White Sox 5–13 Castillo (4–3) Gordon (10–9) Simas (2) Fenway Park 31,48175–73L1
149September 15 White Sox 9–8 Slocumb (4–5) Hernández (6–4)— Fenway Park —76–73W1
150September 17@ Tigers 4–2 Brandenburg (5–5) Lira (6–14) Slocumb (28) Tiger Stadium 8,18077–73W2
151September 18@ Tigers 4–0 Clemens (10–12) Thompson (1–6)— Tiger Stadium 8,77978–73W3
152September 19@ Tigers 8–3 Gordon (11–8) Miller (0–3)— Tiger Stadium 7,66679–73W4
153September 20@ Yankees 4–2 Wakefield (14–12) Polley (1–2) Slocumb (29) Yankee Stadium 39,88380–73W5
154September 21@ Yankees 11–12 (10) Wetteland (2–3) Hudson (3–5)— Yankee Stadium 54,59980–74L1
155September 22@ Yankees 3–4 Rivera (8–3) Sele (6–11) Wetteland (42) Yankee Stadium 34,42280–75L2
156September 23@ Yankees 4–3 (11) Slocumb (5–5) Boehringer (2–4) Mahomes (1) Yankee Stadium 22,72881–75W1
157September 24 Orioles 13–8 Gordon (12–8) Wells (11–14) Mahomes (2) Fenway Park 28,55782–75W2
158September 25 Orioles 2–6 Krivda (3–5) Wakefield (14–13) Benítez (3) Fenway Park 28,43282–76L1
159September 26 Yankees 5–3 Maddux (3–2) Key (12–11) Slocumb (30) Fenway Park 32,36783–76W1
160September 27 Yankees 7–5 Sele (7–11) Gooden (11–7) Slocumb (31) Fenway Park 32,57384–76W2
161September 28 Yankees 2–4 Mendoza (4–5) Clemens (10–13) Wetteland (43) Fenway Park 33,61284–77L1
162September 29 Yankees 6–5 Mahomes (3–4) Polley (1–3)— Fenway Park 32,56385–77W1
Reference: [25]

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

The Lowell Spinners replaced the Utica Blue Sox as the Red Sox' Class A-Short Season affiliate.

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Buddy Bailey
AA Trenton Thunder Eastern League Ken Macha
A-Advanced Sarasota Red Sox Florida State League DeMarlo Hale
A Michigan Battle Cats Midwest League Tom Barrett
A-Short Season Lowell Spinners New York–Penn League Billy Gardner Jr.
Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League Bob Geren
Rookie DSL cooperative Dominican Summer League Rick Aponte

The Red Sox shared a DSL team with the Houston Astros. [26]
Source: [27] [28]

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  4. ↑ Tom Gordon page at Baseball Reference
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