1997 Boston Red Sox season

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1997  Boston Red Sox
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Fenway Park
City Boston, Massachusetts
Record78–84 (.481)
Divisional place4th
Owners JRY Trust
President John Harrington
General manager Dan Duquette
Manager Jimy Williams
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
Baseball Reference
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The 1997 Boston Red Sox season was the 97th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses, 20 games behind the Baltimore Orioles. It was the last time the Red Sox had a losing record until 2012. The Red Sox had 5,781 at bats, a single-season major league record. [1] They also hit 373 doubles, which tied a single-season major league record set by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1930, which they later tied during their World Series championship curse-breaking season in 2004 and later surpassed by the Texas Rangers in 2008 with 376.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 9864.605—46‍–‍3552‍–‍29
New York Yankees 9666.593247‍–‍3349‍–‍33
Detroit Tigers 7983.4881942‍–‍3937‍–‍44
Boston Red Sox 7884.4812039‍–‍4239‍–‍42
Toronto Blue Jays 7686.4692242‍–‍3934‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1997 American League record

Sources:
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTORNL 
Anaheim —4–76–56–57–45–66–57–44–74–711–16–68–46–54–12
Baltimore 7–4—5–75–66–56–67–45–610–18–48–37–410–16–68–7
Boston 5–67–5—3–86–55–73–88–38–34–87–47–43–86–66–9
Chicago 5–66–58–3—5–74–711–14–76–62–98–35–63–85–68–7
Cleveland 4–75–65–67–5—6–58–38–48–45–67–43–85–66–59–6
Detroit 6–56–67–57–45–6—6–54–74–72–107–44–77–46–68–7
Kansas City 5–64–78–31–113–85–6—6–67–53–83–85–66–55–66–9
Milwaukee 4–76–53–87–44–87–46–6—5–74–75–65–67–47–48–7
Minnesota 7–41–103–86–64–87–45–77–5—3–87–45–63–83–87–8
New York 7–44–88–49–26–510–28–37–48–3—6–54–77–47–55–10
Oakland 1–113–84–73–84–74–78–36–54–75–6—5–75–76–57–9
Seattle 6–64–74–76–58–37–46–56–56–57–47–5—8–48–37–9
Texas 4–81–108–38–36–54–75–64–78–34–77–54–8—4–710–6
Toronto 5–66–66–66–55–66–66–54–78–35–75–63–87–4—4–11
Red Sox vs. National League East
TeamATLFLAMONNYMPHI
Boston0–31–20–32–13–0

Notable Transactions

Opening Day lineup

  5 Nomar Garciaparra   SS
13 John Valentin 2B
42 Mo Vaughn 1B
20 Mike Stanley DH
11 Tim Naehring 3B
12 Wil Cordero LF
44 Rudy Pemberton RF
37 Bill Haselman C
24 Shane Mack CF
36 Tom Gordon P

Roster

1997 Boston Red Sox
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Wally the Green Monster

Wally the Green Monster Wally the green monster.jpg
Wally the Green Monster

Wally the Green Monster is the official mascot for the Boston Red Sox. His name is derived from the Green Monster nickname of the 37-foot wall in left field at Fenway Park. Wally debuted in 1997 to the chagrin of many older Red Sox fans. Although he was a hit with children, the older fans did not immediately adopt him as part of the franchise. According to the Red Sox promotions department, Wally was a huge Red Sox fan who decided to move inside the left field wall of Fenway Park since it "eats up" hits that would easily be home runs at other parks in 1947. Apparently, he was very shy and lived the life of a hermit for 50 years. On the 50th anniversary of the Green Monster in 1997, he came out of the manual scoreboard and has been interacting with players and fans ever since. [6] Thanks to former Red Sox second baseman and broadcaster Jerry Remy, those older fans have adored him.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: 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 Scott Hatteberg 11435097.27710440
1B Mo Vaughn 141527166.31535962
2B John Valentin 143575176.30618777
SS Nomar Garciaparra 153684209.306309822
3B Tim Naehring 7025974.2869401
LF Wil Cordero 140570160.28118721
CF Darren Bragg 153513132.25795710
RF Troy O'Leary 146499154.30915800
DH Reggie Jefferson 136489156.31913671

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
Jeff Frye 127404126.31235119
Mike Stanley 9726078.30013530
Bill Haselman 6721250.2366260
Shane Mack 6013041.3153172
Mike Benjamin 4911627.233072
Jesus Tavarez 426912.174070
Rudy Pemberton 276315.2382100
Michael Coleman 8244.167021
Arquimedez Pozo 4154.267030
Jose Malave 440.000000
Walt McKeel 530.000000
Curtis Pride 221.500110
Jason Varitek 1111.000000

Pitching

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

Starting pitchers

PlayerGGSIPWLSVERASO
Tim Wakefield 3529201.1121504.25151
Tom Gordon 4225182.2610113.74159
Aaron Sele 3333177.1131205.38122
Jeff Suppan 2322112.17305.6967
Steve Avery 221896.26706.4251

Main relief pitchers

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

PlayerGGSIPWLSVERASO
Heathcliff Slocumb 49046.205175.7936
John Wasdin 537124.24604.4084
Butch Henry 36584.17363.5251
Jim Corsi 52057.25323.4340
Kerry Lacy 33045.21136.1118

Other pitchers and secondary relief pitchers

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

PlayerGGSIPWLSVERASO
Chris Hammond 29865.13415.9248
Vaughn Eshelman 21642.23306.3318
Mark Brandenburg 31041.00205.4934
Joe Hudson 26035.23103.5314
Bret Saberhagen 6626.00106.5814
Ron Mahay 28025.03002.5222
Ricky Trlicek 18023.13404.6310
Derek Lowe 8016.00203.3813
Rich Garcés 12013.20104.6112
Robinson Checo 5213.11103.3814
Pat Mahomes 10010.01008.105
Toby Borland 303.100013.501
Ken Grundt 203.00009.000
Brian Rose 113.000012.003
Mike Benjamin 101.00000.000

Game log

Red Sox WinRed Sox LossGame Postponed
1997 Boston Red Sox Season Game Log: 78–84 (Home: 39–42; Away: 39–42)
April: 13–12
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 2@ Angels 6–5 Mahomes (1–0) Percival (0–1) Slocumb (1) Anaheim Stadium 30,8741–0W1
2April 3@ Angels 0–2 Dickson (1–0) Wakefield (0–1)— Anaheim Stadium 17,3231–1L1
3April 4@ Mariners 10–5 Sele (1–0) Wolcott (0–1) Henry (1) Kingdome 40,7162–1W1
4April 5@ Mariners 8–6 Trlicek (1–0) Charlton (0–1) Slocumb (2) Kingdome 57,1103–1W2
5April 6@ Mariners 7–8 (10) Charlton (1–1) Trlicek (1–1)— Kingdome 33,4503–2L1
6April 7@ Athletics 2–6 Lewis (2–0) Gordon (0–1) Taylor (4) Oakland Coliseum 8,4823–3L2
7April 8@ Athletics 13–7 Trlicek (2–1) Wengert (0–2) Henry (2) Oakland Coliseum 9,0104–3W1
8April 9@ Athletics 3–4 (10) Small (1–0) Trlicek (2–2)— Oakland Coliseum 11,0574–4L1
9April 11 Mariners 3–5 Johnson (1–0) Avery (0–1) Charlton (2) Fenway Park 34,2104–5L2
10April 12 Mariners 1–5 (10) Fassero (2–0) Corsi (0–1)— Fenway Park 15,3584–6L3
11April 13 Mariners 7–1 Gordon (1–1) Sanders (0–3)— Fenway Park 30,3005–6W1
12April 14 Athletics 10–1 Wakefield (1–1) Adams (0–1)— Fenway Park 18,1666–6W2
13April 15 Athletics 7–2 Sele (2–0) Karsay (0–1)— Fenway Park 17,8627–6W3
14April 16 Indians 11–6 Avery (1–1) Ogea (2–1)— Fenway Park 21,3058–6W4
15April 17 Indians 3–4 Kline (3–0) Trlicek (2–3) Mesa (1) Fenway Park 17,9888–7L1
—April 18 Orioles Postponed (rain). Makeup date June 10.
—April 19 Orioles Postponed (rain). Makeup date June 12.
16April 20 Orioles 1–11 Key (3–0) Gordon (1–2)— Fenway Park 32,2908–8L2
17April 21 Orioles 4–2 Sele (3–0) Erickson (2–1) Slocumb (3) Fenway Park 33,6089–8W1
18April 22@ Indians 8–2 Avery (2–1) Ogea (2–2) Henry (3) Jacobs Field 41,80010–8W2
19April 23@ Indians 7–11 McDowell (1–2) Trlicek (2–4)— Jacobs Field 42,43010–9L1
20April 24@ Orioles 2–1 (12) Trlicek (3–4) Mathews (0–1) Henry (4) Camden Yards 40,00011–9W1
21April 25@ Orioles 0–2 Erickson (3–1) Gordon (1–3) Myers (9) Camden Yards 45,22711–10L1
22April 26@ Orioles 5–14 Key (4–0) Sele (3–1) Johnson (1) Camden Yards 47,72711–11L2
23April 27@ Orioles 13–7 Henry (1–0) Rhodes (2–1)— Camden Yards 47,30712–11W1
24April 29 Angels 4–5 Holtz (2–0) Henry (1–1) James (2) Fenway Park 19,34712–12L1
25April 30 Angels 11–2 Hammond (1–0) Dickson (4–1)— Fenway Park 20,32213–12W1
May: 9–17
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
—May 1 Angels Postponed (rain). Makeup date July 25.
26May 2@ Rangers 5–4 Henry (2–1) Patterson (2–3) Slocumb (4) The Ballpark in Arlington 35,33814–12W2
27May 3@ Rangers 6–7 Vosberg (1–1) Slocumb (0–1)— The Ballpark in Arlington 43,57714–13L1
28May 4@ Rangers 6–7 Patterson (3–3) Henry (2–2) Wetteland (7) The Ballpark in Arlington 37,29414–14L2
29May 5 Royals 0–2 Appier (4–1) Hammond (1–1)— Fenway Park 19,06114–15L3
30May 6 Royals 2–7 Rosado (3–0) Gordon (1–4) Pichardo (5) Fenway Park 20,17814–16L4
31May 7 Twins 11–3 Sele (4–1) Radke (2–2)— Fenway Park 19,07515–16W1
32May 8 Twins 7–10 Robertson (3–1) Garcés (0–1) Aguilera (6) Fenway Park 24,95915–17L1
33May 9 Rangers 1–5 Witt (6–0) Wasdin (0–1)— Fenway Park 23,51415–18L2
34May 10 Rangers 5–11 Patterson (4–3) Slocumb (0–2)— Fenway Park 25,08415–19L3
35May 11 Rangers 6–8 Santana (1–0) Gordon (1–5) Wetteland (8) Fenway Park 27,02515–20L4
36May 13@ Royals 9–0 Belcher (5–3) Sele (4–2)— Kauffman Stadium 13,03515–21L5
37May 14@ Royals 2–6 Veres (3–0) Wakefield (1–2) Pichardo (6) Kauffman Stadium 13,25415–22L6
38May 16@ Twins 5–11 Aldred (2–5) Hammond (1–2)— Metrodome 15,31115–23L7
39May 17@ Twins 4–0 Gordon (2–5) Radke (2–2)— Metrodome 18,38816–23W1
40May 18@ Twins 5–7 Robertson (4–2) Sele (4–3) Aguilera (7) Metrodome 13,87916–24L1
41May 20@ White Sox 1–10 Navarro (4–2) Wakefield (1–3)— Comiskey Park 16,56316–25L2
42May 21@ White Sox 5–10 Drabek (3–3) Hammond (1–3)— Comiskey Park 18,81416–26L3
43May 22@ Yankees 8–2 Gordon (3–5) Wells (4–3)— Yankee Stadium 28,25517–26W1
44May 23@ Yankees 9–3 Sele (5–3) Nelson (1–4)— Yankee Stadium 29,00318–26W2
45May 24@ Yankees 2–4 Rivera (1–1) Wasdin (0–2)— Yankee Stadium 44,09418–27L1
—May 25@ Yankees Postponed (rain). Makeup date September 16.
46May 26 Brewers 3–2 Hammond (2–3) Jones (3–1)— Fenway Park 28,43819–27W1
47May 27 Brewers 7–6 Corsi (1–1) Adamson (1–1) Slocumb (5) Fenway Park 24,39620–27W2
48May 28 White Sox 5–3 Sele (6–3) Álvarez (3–6) Slocumb (6) Fenway Park 28,07821–27W3
49May 29 White Sox 2–5 (11) Hernández (3–1) Wasdin (0–3) Simas (1) Fenway Park 27,77521–28L1
50May 30 Yankees 10–4 Hammond (3–3) Mendoza (3–2)— Fenway Park 32,34122–28W1
51May 31 Yankees 2–7 Pettitte (7–3) Wakefield (1–4)— Fenway Park 55,19122–29L1
June: 14–15
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
52June 1 Yankees 6–11 (15) Nelson (2–4) Lacy (0–1)— Fenway Park 31,79822–30L2
53June 2 Yankees 2–5 Wells (6–3) Sele (6–4) Rivera (16) Fenway Park 31,32922–31L3
54June 3@ Brewers 4–6 Wickman (3–2) Slocumb (0–3)— Milwaukee County Stadium 16,13922–32L4
55June 4@ Brewers 11–13 Eldred (6–5) Brandenburg (0–1) Jones (14) Milwaukee County Stadium 13,08922–33L5
56June 5@ Brewers 2–1 Wakefield (2–4) McDonald (6–4) Lacy (1) Milwaukee County Stadium 13,19623–33W1
57June 6 Indians 3–7 Hershiser (6–2) Gordon (3–6)— Fenway Park 30,20223–34L1
58June 7 Indians 5–9 Colón (1–2) Sele (6–5)— Fenway Park 32,78023–35L2
59June 8 Indians 12–6 Hudson (1–0) Ogea (5–5)— Fenway Park 32,15524–35W1
60June 10 (1) Orioles 2–7 Erickson (9–2) Eshelman (0–1)— Fenway Park —24–36L1
61June 10 (2) Orioles 2–4 Rhodes (3–2) Wakefield (2–5) Myers (20) Fenway Park 30,99524–37L2
62June 11 Orioles 10–1 Gordon (4–6) Johnson (0–1)— Fenway Park 26,47925–37W1
63June 12 Orioles 9–5 Sele (7–5) Kamieniecki (4–3)— Fenway Park 24,97026–37W2
64June 13@ Mets 8–4 Suppan (1–0) Reed (4–4) Lacy (2) Shea Stadium 44,44327–37W3
65June 14@ Mets 2–5 Clark (6–4) Wakefield (2–6) Franco (17) Shea Stadium 35,45627–38L1
66June 15@ Mets 10–1 Eshelman (1–1) Jones (11–3)— Shea Stadium 23,55728–38W1
67June 16 Phillies 5–4 (10) Wasdin (1–3) Bottalico (1–3)— Fenway Park 26,92629–38W2
68June 17 Phillies 12–6 Sele (8–5) Ruffcorn (0–1) Lacy (3) Fenway Park 25,59130–38W3
69June 18 Phillies 4–2 Suppan (2–0) Schilling (8–6) Hammond (1) Fenway Park 27,50231–38W4
70June 20@ Tigers 6–12 Thompson (7–5) Wakefield (2–7) Sager (3) Tiger Stadium 20,09131–39L1
71June 21@ Tigers 4–15 Bautista (1–1) Eshelman (1–2)— Tiger Stadium 20,55931–40L2
72June 22@ Tigers 2–1 Gordon (5–6) Blair (4–4) Slocumb (7) Tiger Stadium 19,47732–40W1
73June 23@ Blue Jays 7–6 Sele (9–5) Williams (2–7) Slocumb (8) SkyDome 30,38033–40W2
74June 24@ Blue Jays 9–6 Wasdin (2–3) Andújar (0–4) Slocumb (9) SkyDome 27,26334–40W3
75June 25@ Blue Jays 13–12 Wakefield (3–7) Hentgen (8–4) Slocumb (10) SkyDome 27,60535–40W4
76June 26 Tigers 6–10 Moehler (5–6) Eshelman (1–3)— Fenway Park 31,87835–41L1
77June 27 Tigers 1–2 (11) Miceli (1–1) Hammond (3–4) Jones (9) Fenway Park 26,75335–42L2
78June 28 Tigers 2–9 Lira (5–4) Sele (9–6)— Fenway Park 30,88635–43L3
79June 29 Tigers 8–6 Wasdin (3–3) Bautista (1–2) Slocumb (11) Fenway Park 30,88436–43W1
80June 30 Marlins 5–8 Fernandez (9–6) Wakefield (3–8)— Fenway Park 27,12736–44L1
July: 15–13
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
81July 1 Marlins 9–2 Eshelman (2–3) Rapp (4–6) Corsi (1) Fenway Park 25,53837–44W1
82July 2 Marlins 2–3 Brown (8–5) Gordon (5–7) Nen (24) Fenway Park 31,40537–45L1
83July 3@ White Sox 4–1 Sele (10–6) Drabek (6–6)— Comiskey Park 20,52138–45W1
84July 4@ White Sox 5–6 Hernández (5–1) Slocumb (0–4)— Comiskey Park 30,00738–46L1
85July 5@ White Sox 8–11 Darwin (3–6) Avery (2–2)— Comiskey Park 25,80238–47L2
86July 6@ White Sox 5–6 Baldwin (6–9) Wakefield (3–9) Hernández (20) Comiskey Park 25,15338–48L3
87July 10 Blue Jays 8–7 (11) Eshelman (3–3) Timlin (2–1)— Fenway Park 30,91339–48W1
88July 11 Blue Jays 4–8 Hentgen (9–6) Wasdin (3–4)— Fenway Park 32,54339–49L1
89July 12 Blue Jays 1–3 Clemens (14–3) Sele (10–7) Spoljaric (3) Fenway Park 33,10639–50L2
90July 13 Blue Jays 2–3 Williams (4–8) Wakefield (3–10) Escobar (1) Fenway Park 32,41839–51L3
91July 14 Tigers 18–4 Suppan (3–0) Jarvis (0–2)— Fenway Park 21,99740–51W1
92July 15 Tigers 5–7 (12) Jones (2–3) Wasdin (3–5)— Fenway Park 25,88240–52L1
93July 16@ Orioles 4–1 Avery (3–2) Key (12–6) Slocumb (12) Camden Yards 47,71241–52W1
94July 17@ Orioles 12–9 Mahay (1–0) Orosco (2–2) Slocumb (13) Camden Yards 47,91242–52W2
95July 18@ Indians 7–0 Wakefield (4–10) Colón (2–3)— Jacobs Field 43,03743–52W3
96July 19@ Indians 7–10 Suppan (4–0) Clark (0–1) Slocumb (14) Jacobs Field 43,07044–52W4
97July 20@ Indians 2–7 Nagy (10–6) Gordon (5–8)— Jacobs Field 42,93244–53L1
98July 21@ Indians 3–1 Avery (4–2) Wright (2–1) Slocumb (15) Jacobs Field 42,85145–53W1
99July 22 Athletics 4–3 Henry (3–2) Groom (1–2) Slocumb (16) Fenway Park 27,86446–53W2
100July 23 Athletics 2–5 Wengert (5–9) Wakefield (4–11) Taylor (18) Fenway Park 29,21346–54L1
101July 24 Athletics 3–0 Suppan (5–0) Rigby (0–4) Slocumb (17) Fenway Park 29,31247–54W1
102July 25 (1) Angels 4–5 Finley (9–6) Gordon (5–9)— Fenway Park 20,42747–55L1
103July 25 (2) Angels 5–8 Holtz (3–2) Wakefield (4–12) Percival (14) Fenway Park 24,63147–56L2
104July 26 Angels 7–6 Henry (4–2) Percival (4–5)— Fenway Park 32,14848–56W1
105July 27 Angels 6–5 Mahay (2–0) James (4–3)— Fenway Park 28,45449–56W2
106July 29@ Mariners 4–0 Wakefield (5–12) Johnson (14–3)— Kingdome 33,29350–56W3
107July 30@ Mariners 8–7 (10) Jim Corsi (2–1) Hurtado (1–2)— Kingdome 33,05651–56W4
108July 31@ Royals 2–3 (10) Carrasco (2–3) Slocumb (0–5)— Kauffman Stadium 20,54451–57L1
August: 16–13
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
109August 1@ Royals 10–3 Avery (5–2) Rosado (7–8)— Kauffman Stadium 20,06052–57W1
110August 2@ Royals 3–10 Belcher (11–9) Sele (10–8)— Kauffman Stadium 19,70152–58L1
111August 3@ Royals 2–5 Bones (2–4) Wakefield (5–13) Montgomery (6) Kauffman Stadium 17,64952–59L2
112August 4@ Rangers 11–5 Henry (5–2) Patterson (7–5)— The Ballpark at Arlington 29,60153–59W1
113August 5@ Rangers 13–1 Gordon (6–9) Alberro (0–3)— The Ballpark at Arlington 36,28954–59W2
114August 6@ Twins 5–2 Wakefield (6–13) Robertson (7–10) Henry (5) Metrodome 12,45055–59W3
115August 7@ Twins 7–6 Sele (11–8) Bowers (0–1) Corsi (2) Metrodome 11,89956–59W4
116August 8 Royals 8–2 Avery (6–2) Bones (2–5)— Fenway Park 31,77757–59W5
117August 9 Royals 2–9 Rusch (4–8) Suppan (5–1)— Fenway Park 31,41057–60L1
118August 10 Royals 6–4 Corsi (3–1) Carrasco (2–4)— Fenway Park 27,74358–60W1
119August 11 Rangers 3–8 Oliver (9–10) Wakefield (6–14)— Fenway Park 28,64058–61L1
120August 12 Rangers 2–12 Witt (11–8) Sele (11–9)— Fenway Park 26,21358–62L2
121August 13 Rangers 6–7 Sturtze (1–0) Avery (6–3) Wetteland (26) Fenway Park 24,52258–63L3
122August 14 Twins 6–1 Suppan (6–1) Radke (16–7)— Fenway Park 31,20759–63W1
123August 15 Twins 5–4 (10) Lacy (1–1) Guardado (4–4)— Fenway Park 25,32860–63W2
124August 16 Twins 12–4 Wakefield (7–14) Bowers (0–3)— Fenway Park 30,01161–63W3
125August 17 Twins 10–5 Sele (12–9) Tewksbury (4–9)— Fenway Park 30,38762–63W4
—August 19@ Athletics Postponed (rain). Makeup date August 20.
126August 20 (1)@ Athletics 7–5 Wakefield (8–14) Haynes (1–3) Henry (6) Oakland Coliseum —63–63W5
127August 20 (2)@ Athletics 5–4 (13) Hudson (2–0) Wengert (5–10) Gordon (1) Oakland Coliseum 11,38264–63W6
128August 21@ Athletics 6–13 Lorraine (2–0) Avery (6–4)— Oakland Coliseum 11,57064–64L1
129August 22@ Angels 5–8 Watson (11–7) Saberhagen (0–1) Percival (21) Anaheim Stadium 24,97764–65L2
130August 23@ Angels 1–6 Dickson (13–5) Sele (12–10)— Anaheim Stadium 20,94464–66L3
131August 24@ Angels 3–2 Wakefield (9–14) Hill (6–11) Gordon (2) Anaheim Stadium 20,73365–66W1
132August 25@ Mariners 9–8 Hudson (3–0) Slocumb (0–8) Gordon (3) Kingdome 29,93966–66W2
133August 26@ Mariners 2–8 Moyer (14–4) Avery (6–5)— Kingdome 32,28766–67L1
134August 27@ Mariners 9–5 Wasdin (4–5) Fassero (13–8) Gordon (4) Kingdome 34,63367–67W1
135August 29 Braves 1–9 Smoltz (13–10) Sele (12–11)— Fenway Park 32,57767–68L1
136August 30 Braves 2–15 Millwood (3–3) Wakefield (9–15)— Fenway Park 32,86567–69L2
137August 31 Braves 3–7 Glavine (12–6) Avery (6–6)— Fenway Park 33,14767–70L3
September: 11–14
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
138September 1@ Expos 2–4 (10) Urbina (4–8) Hudson (3–1)— Olympic Stadium 29,02467–71L4
139September 2@ Expos 5–6 DeHart (1–1) Brandenburg (0–2) Urbina (24) Olympic Stadium 12,53867–72L5
140September 3@ Expos 1–0 Pérez (12–10) Sele (12–12)— Olympic Stadium 11,50967–73L6
141September 5 Brewers 1–7 Eldred (12–12) Suppan (6–2)— Fenway Park 27,52267–74L7
142September 6 Brewers 10–2 Wakefield (10–15) Harnisch (0–2)— Fenway Park 28,68668–74W1
143September 7 Brewers 11–2 Henry (6–2) D'Amico (8–5)— Fenway Park 27,73169–74W2
144September 9 Yankees 6–8 Banks (1–0) Lowe (2–5) Rivera (41) Fenway Park 32,35569–75L1
145September 10 Yankees 5–2 Sele (13–12) Wells (14–10) Gordon (5) Fenway Park 31,01170–75W1
146September 12@ Brewers 4–2 Suppan (7–2) D'Amico (8–6) Gordon (6) Milwaukee County Stadium 22,07971–75W2
147September 13@ Brewers 2–1 Wakefield (11–15) Karl (10–12) Gordon (7) Milwaukee County Stadium 22,28872–75W3
148September 14@ Brewers 2–1 Henry (7–2) Mercedes (6–10) Gordon (8) Milwaukee County Stadium 28,63373–75W4
149September 15@ Yankees 6–7 Rivera (5–4) Corsi (3–2)— Yankee Stadium 25,87373–76L1
150September 16 (1)@ Yankees 0–2 Pettitte (18–7) Wasdin (4–6) Rivera (42) Yankee Stadium —73–77L2
151September 16 (2)@ Yankees 3–4 Banks (2–0) Checo (0–1) Rivera (43) Yankee Stadium 29,14573–78L3
152September 17 Blue Jays 4–3 Mahay (3–0) Quantrill (6–7) Gordon (9) Fenway Park 23,64874–78W1
153September 18 Blue Jays 3–2 Corsi (4–2) Escobar (3–2)— Fenway Park 27,99075–78W2
154September 19 White Sox 4–5 Foulke (4–5) Lowe (2–6) Castillo (3) Fenway Park 27,64775–79L1
155September 20 White Sox 4–6 McElroy (1–3) Avery (6–7) Castillo (4) Fenway Park 30,54975–80L2
156September 21 White Sox 5–2 Corsi (5–2) Fordham (0–1) Gordon (10) Fenway Park 27,22976–80W1
157September 23@ Tigers 0–6 Keagle (3–4) Suppan (7–3)— Tiger Stadium 43,03976–81L1
158September 24@ Tigers 9–2 Wakefield (12–15) Blair (16–8)— Tiger Stadium 10,06777–81W1
159September 25@ Tigers 3–1 Checo (1–1) Sanders (6–14) Gordon (11) Tiger Stadium 14,49578–81W2
160September 26@ Blue Jays 0–3 Williams (9–14) Henry (7–3)— SkyDome 34,15578–82L1
161September 27@ Blue Jays 5–12 Janzen (2–1) Corsi (5–3)— SkyDome 37,40178–83L2
162September 28@ Blue Jays 2–3 Plesac (2–4) Gordon (6–10)— SkyDome 40,25178–84L3
Reference: [7]

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

This was the first season that the Red Sox fielded their own team in the Dominican Summer League.

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Ken Macha
AA Trenton Thunder Eastern League DeMarlo Hale
A-Advanced Sarasota Red Sox Florida State League Rob Derksen
A Michigan Battle Cats Midwest League Billy Gardner Jr.
A-Short Season Lowell Spinners New York–Penn League Dick Berardino
Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League Luis Aguayo
Rookie DSL Red Sox Dominican Summer League Nelson Norman

Source: [8] [9]

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  3. ↑ Steve Avery Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ Mike Benjamin Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ Curtis Pride Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
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