1996 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston
Record85–77 (.525)
Divisional place3rd (7 GB)
OwnersJRY Trust
PresidentJohn Harrington
General managerDan Duquette
ManagerKevin Kennedy
TelevisionWABU
(Sean McDonough, Jerry Remy)
NESN
(Bob Kurtz, Jerry Remy)
RadioWEEI
(Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione)
WROL
(Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
Seasons

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.

Offseason

Regular season

  • September 18, 1996: Roger Clemens struck out 20 batters for the second time in his career, becoming the only player ever to do so. The performance came against the Detroit Tigers at Tiger Stadium. Clemens' second 20-K day occurred in his second-to-last game as a member of the Boston Red Sox.

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9270 0.568 — 49–31 43–39
Baltimore Orioles 8874 0.543 4 43–38 45–36
Boston Red Sox 8577 0.525 7 47–34 38–43
Toronto Blue Jays 7488 0.457 18 35–46 39–42
Detroit Tigers 53109 0.327 39 27–54 26–55

Record vs. opponents

1996 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
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

12Wil Cordero2B
13John ValentinSS
42Mo Vaughn1B
33José CansecoDH
22Mike StanleyC
39Mike Greenwell    LF
11Tim Naehring3B
25Troy O'LearyRF
46Dwayne HoseyCF
21Roger ClemensP

Roster

1996 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB
CMike Stanley121397107.27024692
1BMo Vaughn161635207.326441432
2BJeff Frye105419120.28644118
SSJohn Valentin131606156.29613599
3BTim Naehring116430124.28817652
LFMike Greenwell7729587.2957444
CFLee Tinsley9219247.2453146
RFTroy O'Leary149497129.26015813
DHJose Canseco96360104.28928823

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB
Reggie Jefferson122386134.34719740
Bill Haselman7723765.2748344
Darren Bragg5822256.2523226
Wil Cordero5919857.2883372
Milt Cuyler5011022.2002127
José Malavé4110224.2354170
Bill Selby409526.274361
Kevin Mitchell279328.3042130
Nomar Garciaparra248721.2414165
Dwayne Hosey287817.218136
Alex Cole247216.222075
Tony Rodríguez276716.239190
Esteban Beltré276216.258061
Arquimedez Pozo215810.1721111
Jeff Manto224810.208260
Rudy Pemberton134121.5121103
Alex Delgado26205.250010
Scott Hatteberg10112.182010
Jim Tatum281.125000
Trot Nixon242.500001
Phil Clark330.000000
Greg Pirkl220.000000
Walt McKeel100----000

Pitching

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
Roger Clemens3434242.2101303.63257
Tom Gordon3434215.212905.59171
Tim Wakefield3232211.2141305.14140
Aaron Sele2929157.171105.6967
Jamie Moyer231090.07104.5050
Vaughn Eshelman391087.26307.0859
Heathcliff Slocumb75083.155313.0288
Mike Maddux23764.13204.4832
Mike Stanton59056.14313.8346
Joe Hudson36045.03515.4019
Rich Garcés37044.03204.9155
Stan Belinda31028.22126.5918
Mark Brandenburg29028.14203.8129
Jeff Suppan8422.21107.5413
Eric Gunderson28017.10108.317
Brad Pennington14013.00202.7713
Pat Mahomes11012.12025.846
Kerry Lacy11010.22003.389
Brent Knackert8010.00109.005
John Doherty306.10005.683
Nate Minchey226.002015.004
Reggie Harris404.100012.464
Ken Grundt100.100027.000

Game log

Red Sox Win Red Sox Loss Game Postponed
1996 Boston Red Sox Season Game Log: 85–77 (Home: 47–34; Away: 38–43)
April: 7–19
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 1@ Rangers3–5Hill (1–0)Clemens (0–1)Vosberg (1)The Ballpark in Arlington40,4840–1L1
2April 3@ Rangers2–7Pavlik (1–0)Gordon (0–1)—The Ballpark in Arlington24,4830–2L2
3April 4@ Rangers2–13Gross (1–0)Wakefield (0–1)—The Ballpark in Arlington18,0860–3L3
4April 5@ Royals4–5 (12)Clark (1–0)Pennington (0–1)—Kauffman Stadium39,5260–4L4
5April 6@ Royals3–7Pichardo (1–1)Belinda (0–1)—Kauffman Stadium17,3390–5L5
6April 7@ Royals3–1Moyer (1–0)Gubicza (0–1)Slocumb (1)Kauffman Stadium13,1831–5W1
—April 8TwinsPostponed (snow). Makeup date April 9.
7April 9Twins9–1Gordon (1–1)Rodriguez (0–1)—Fenway Park30,8432–5W2
—April 10TwinsPostponed (snow). Makeup date August 3.
8April 11Twins5–6Radke (3–0)Clemens (0–2)Stevens (2)Fenway Park15,5942–6L1
9April 12Indians1–3Nagy (2–0)Sele (0–1)Mesa (2)Fenway Park26,7032–7L2
10April 13Indians2–14Martínez (2–1)Moyer (1–1)—Fenway Park31,8272–8L3
11April 14Indians6–7 (11)Tavárez (1–1)Stanton (0–1)Mesa (2)Fenway Park31,7962–9L4
12April 15Indians0–8McDowell (1–1)Wakefield (0–2)—Fenway Park32,8612–10L5
13April 16@ Orioles1–6Wells (2–0)Clemens (0–3)—Camden Yards40,0172–11L6
14April 17@ Orioles5–6 (12)Rhodes (2–0)Maddux (0–1)—Camden Yards40,2582–12L7
15April 18@ Orioles10–7Moyer (2–1)Mussina (3–1)Slocumb (2)Camden Yards47,2833–12W1
16April 19@ Indians4–9Martínez (3–1)Gordon (1–2)—Jacobs Field40,5213–13L1
17April 20@ Indians1–2McDowell (2–1)Wakefield (0–3)Mesa (4)Jacobs Field40,4983–14L2
18April 21@ Indians7–11Ogea (1–0)Pennington (0–2)—Jacobs Field42,2563–15L3
19April 22@ Twins4–1Sele (1–1)Robertson (0–4)Slocumb (3)Metrodome11,3404–15W1
20April 23@ Twins6–8Naulty (1–0)Hudson (0–1)Stevens (5)Metrodome11,5334–16L1
21April 24Rangers11–9Stanton (1–1)Heredia (0–2)Slocumb (4)Fenway Park19,2175–16W1
22April 25Rangers8–3Wakefield (1–3)Gross (3–2)—Fenway Park20,3506–16W2
23April 26Royals3–4Belcher (2–1)Clemens (0–4)Montgomery (5)Fenway Park22,3856–17L1
24April 27Royals0–10Appier (2–3)Sele (1–2)—Fenway Park29,4596–18L2
25April 28Royals7–9Robinson (1–0)Slocumb (0–1)Montgomery (6)Fenway Park32,4917–18W1
26April 30Tigers13–4Wakefield (2–3)Lima (0–1)—Fenway Park18,5047–19L1
May: 14–12
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
27May 1Tigers5–1Clemens (1–4)Aldred (0–3)—Fenway Park20,8288–19W2
28May 3Blue Jays8–7Moyer (3–1)Quantrill (0–4)Slocumb (5)Fenway Park25,5709–19W3
29May 4Blue Jays8–4Gordon (2–2)Viola (0–2)Slocumb (6)Fenway Park29,78510–19W4
30May 5Blue Jays4–11Hentgen (4–2)Wakefield (2–4)—Fenway Park29,86610–20L1
31May 7@ Brewers4–2Clemens (2–4)Miranda (1–2)Slocumb (7)Milwaukee County Stadium7,03911–20W1
—May 8@ BrewersPostponed (rain). Makeup date August 9.
32May 9@ Brewers2–17Bones (2–5)Sele (1–3)—Milwaukee County Stadium7,37911–21L1
33May 10@ Blue Jays6–5 (11)Slocumb (1–1)Carrara (0–1)—SkyDome31,15912–21W1
34May 11@ Blue Jays8–9 (11)Quantrill (2–4)Knackert (0–1)—SkyDome33,16312–22L1
35May 12@ Blue Jays7–8 (10)Janzen (1–0)Slocumb (1–2)—SkyDome31,18812–23L2
36May 14Angels4–3 (12)Belinda (1–1)Boskie (4–1)—Fenway Park22,45013–23W1
37May 15Angels17–6Moyer (4–1)Grimsley (2–3)—Fenway Park23,45514–23W2
38May 17Athletics5–3 (11)Stanton (2–1)Van Poppel (0–4)—Fenway Park28,69015–23W3
39May 18Athletics5–6 (10)Groom (2–0)Garcés (0–1)Taylor (3)Fenway Park31,66315–24L1
40May 19Athletics12–2Sele (2–3)Wengert (1–2)—Fenway Park32,60116–24W1
41May 20Athletics16–4Gordon (3–2)Johns (3–5)—Fenway Park20,89017–24W2
42May 21Mariners7–13Wells (3–1)Eshelman (0–1)—Fenway Park24,52817–25L1
43May 22Mariners1–6Wolcott (3–5)Wakefield (2–5)—Fenway Park26,75317–26L2
44May 23Mariners11–4Clemens (3–4)Milacki (1–1)—Fenway Park31,55118–26W1
45May 24@ Angels1–3Finley (6–2)Sele (2–4)Percival (13)Anaheim Stadium19,55018–27L1
46May 25@ Angels10–3Gordon (4–2)Williams (0–2)—Anaheim Stadium23,97219–27W1
47May 26@ Angels2–12Boskie (6–1)Eshelman (0–2)—Anaheim Stadium23,82819–28L1
48May 27@ Athletics10–3Wakefield (3–5)Wojciechowski (5–1)—Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum21,68820–28W1
49May 28@ Athletics2–6Wasdin (1–0)Clemens (3–5)—Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum9,33820–29L1
50May 29@ Athletics6–7 (10)Mohler (3–0)Slocumb (1–3)—Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum8,28220–30L2
51May 30@ Mariners10–1Gordon (5–2)Torres (0–1)—Kingdome17,39521–30W1
52May 31@ Mariners6–9Wells (4–1)Garcés (0–2)—Kingdome29,11921–31L1
June: 13–14
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
53June 1@ Mariners6–5Wakefield (4–5)Milacki (1–2)Slocumb (8)Kingdome34,82222–31W1
54June 2@ Mariners1–2Wolcott (4–5)Clemens (3–6)Jackson (2)Kingdome47,54022–32L1
55June 4White Sox4–6Álvarez (7–3)Gunderson (0–1)Hernández (17)Fenway Park23,71522–33L2
56June 5White Sox6–8 (12)Keyser (1–0)Slocumb (1–4)—Fenway Park24,24622–34L3
57June 6White Sox7–4Eshelman (1–2)Magrane (1–2)Stanton (1)Fenway Park24,38223–34W1
58June 7Brewers10–7Garcés (1–2)García (1–2)Slocumb (9)Fenway Park26,86124–34W2
59June 8Brewers2–3 (10)Lloyd (2–2)Hudson (0–2)Fetters (10)Fenway Park30,39924–35L1
60June 9Brewers6–9 (10)Burrows (1–0)Slocumb (1–5)Fetters (11)Fenway Park28,12024–36L2
61June 10@ White Sox2–8Tapani (7–3)Wakefield (4–6)—Comiskey Park21,79924–37L3
62June 11@ White Sox9–2Eshelman (2–2)Magrane (1–3)—Comiskey Park20,79225–37W1
63June 12@ White Sox3–2 (12)Hudson (1–2)Karchner (5–1)—Comiskey Park21,13926–37W2
64June 13Rangers8–7 (10)Slocumb (2–5)Henneman (0–4)—Fenway Park32,64527–37W3
65June 14Rangers4–3Stanton (3–1)Witt (6–5)—Fenway Park29,68928–37W4
66June 15Rangers3–13Gross (7–4)Wakefield (4–7)—Fenway Park33,18628–38L1
67June 16Rangers10–9Hudson (2–2)Henneman (0–5)—Fenway Park30,46129–38W1
68June 18@ Indians7–9Swindell (1–3)Sele (2–5)Mesa (23)Jacobs Field42,20929–39L1
69June 19@ Indians4–11Hershiser (7–4)Gordon (5–3)—Jacobs Field42,27629–40L2
70June 20@ Indians4–5Shuey (1–1)Stanton (3–2)—Jacobs Field42,30629–41L3
71June 21@ Rangers4–14Hill (8–5)Minchey (0–1)—The Ballpark in Arlington40,72629–42L4
72June 22@ Rangers2–8Pavlik (10–1)Wakefield (4–8)—The Ballpark in Arlington46,44429–43L5
73June 23@ Rangers6–4Stanton (4–2)Cook (3–1)Slocumb (10)The Ballpark in Arlington39,39930–43W1
74June 25Indians0–4Hershiser (8–4)Gordon (5–4)—Fenway Park33,57630–44L1
75June 26Indians6–4 (15)Garcés (2–2)Embree (1–1)—Fenway Park33,72731–44W1
76June 27Tigers6–9Lira (5–7)Minchey (0–2)—Fenway Park29,58231–45L1
77June 28Tigers8–5Wakefield (5–8)Williams (1–5)—Fenway Park27,57832–45W1
78June 29Tigers13–6Eshelman (3–2)Keagle (3–6)—Fenway Park33,50933–45W2
79June 30Tigers9–4Gordon (6–4)Sodowsky (1–3)—Fenway Park31,21734–45W3
July: 13–13
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
80July 1@ Yankees0–2Key (4–6)Clemens (3–7)Wetteland (26)Yankee Stadium27,73434–46L1
81July 2@ Yankees5–7Nelson (3–2)Hudson (2–3)Wetteland (27)Yankee Stadium28,31034–47L2
—July 3@ YankeesPostponed (rain). Makeup date September 23.
82July 4@ Orioles6–8Mussina (11–5)Wakefield (5–9)Myers (17)Camden Yards47,07534–48L3
83July 5@ Orioles7–3Sele (3–5)Wells (5–8)—Camden Yards47,23735–48W1
84July 6@ Orioles3–4Coppinger (4–0)Clemens (3–8)Myers (18)Camden Yards47,50035–49L1
85July 7@ Orioles7–5Hudson (3–3)Myers (0–2)Slocumb (11)Camden Yards47,53236–49W1
86July 11@ Tigers11–4Clemens (4–8)Williams (2–6)—Tiger Stadium15,82637–49W2
87July 12@ Tigers11–3Gordon (7–4)Olivares (4–6)—Tiger Stadium19,53538–49W3
88July 13@ Tigers10–5Sele (4–5)Nitkowski (1–1)—Tiger Stadium16,67139–49W4
89July 14@ Tigers6–4Moyer (5–1)Lira (6–8)Slocumb (12)Tiger Stadium19,67040–49W5
90July 15Yankees8–6Wakefield (6–9)Hutton (0–1)Slocumb (13)Fenway Park33,26341–49W6
91July 16Yankees5–9Key (7–6)Clemens (4–9)—Fenway Park34,67641–50L1
92July 17Yankees12–11Eshelman (4–2)Wetteland (0–2)—Fenway Park34,08242–50W1
93July 18Orioles3–6Wells (6–9)Sele (4–6)Myers (19)Fenway Park33,01442–51L1
94July 19Orioles13–2Moyer (6–1)Erickson (5–8)—Fenway Park32,26243–51W1
95July 20Orioles2–0Wakefield (7–9)Coppinger (5–1)Slocumb (14)Fenway Park33,59044–51W2
96July 21Orioles6–10 (10)Myers (1–2)Stanton (4–3)—Fenway Park34,43244–52L1
97July 22Royals2–5Belcher (9–5)Gordon (7–5)—Fenway Park28,10944–53L2
98July 23Royals5–7Appier (9–7)Sele (4–7)—Fenway Park23,71144–54L3
99July 24Royals12–2Moyer (7–1)Linton (4–6)—Fenway Park33,38145–54W1
100July 25@ Twins6–16Parra (2–3)Wakefield (7–10)—Metrodome13,92445–55L1
101July 26@ Twins1–5Radke (6–13)Clemens (4–10)—Metrodome17,76845–56L2
102July 27@ Twins9–5Gordon (8–5)Naulty (3–1)—Metrodome22,12846–56W1
103July 28@ Twins8–9Aguilera (4–4)Sele (4–8)Naulty (4)Metrodome17,44846–57L1
104July 30@ Royals0–7Rosado (2–1)Eshelman (4–3)—Kauffman Stadium17,16646–58L2
105July 31@ Royals5–3Wakefield (8–10)Haney (8–10)Slocumb (15)Kauffman Stadium17,52747–58W1
August: 22–9
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
106August 1@ Royals4–9Belcher (10–6)Clemens (4–11)—Kauffman Stadium18,93447–59L1
107August 2Twins11–10Brandenburg (2–3)Naulty (3–2)—Fenway Park28,04148–59W1
108August 3 (1)Twins6–3Sele (5–8)Rodriguez (10–9)Hudson (1)Fenway Park19,86049–59W2
109August 3 (2)Twins0–6Aldred (5–7)Suppan (0–1)—Fenway Park29,13549–60L1
110August 4Twins13–6Eshelman (5–3)Klingenbeck (0–1)—Fenway Park29,93950–60W1
111August 5Blue Jays3–1Wakefield (9–10)Guzmán (9–7)—Fenway Park23,88451–60W2
112August 6Blue Jays3–2Maddux (1–1)Hanson (10–13)Slocumb (16)Fenway Park25,26452–60W3
113August 7Blue Jays8–0Gordon (9–5)Hentgen (13–7)—Fenway Park30,44353–60W4
114August 8Blue Jays6–9Williams (1–0)Sele (5–9)Timlin (21)Fenway Park32,69653–61L1
115August 9 (1)@ Brewers9–7Suppan (1–1)Van Egmond (1–3)Slocumb (17)Milwaukee County Stadium—54–61W1
116August 9 (2)@ Brewers4–1Eshelman (6–3)Bones (7–12)Belinda (1)Milwaukee County Stadium19,54155–61W2
117August 10@ Brewers3–2Wakefield (10–10)Eldred (2–2)—Milwaukee County Stadium20,29756–61W3
118August 11@ Brewers2–0Clemens (5–11)McDonald (10–7)Belinda (2)Milwaukee County Stadium19,17857–61W4
119August 12@ Blue Jays1–5Hentgen (14–7)Gordon (9–6)—SkyDome33,25057–62L1
120August 13@ Blue Jays7–5Brandenburg (3–3)Williams (1–1)Slocumb (18)SkyDome30,50258–62W1
121August 14@ Blue Jays8–6Belinda (2–1)Crabtree (5–3)Slocumb (19)SkyDome32,35459–62W2
122August 16Angels3–6Springer (3–1)Wakefield (10–11)Percival (30)Fenway Park30,69359–63L1
123August 17Angels6–0Clemens (6–11)Finley (11–12)—Fenway Park32,49760–63W1
124August 18Angels3–4Holtz (2–2)Brandenburg (3–4)Percival (31)Fenway Park25,22460–64L1
125August 19Angels10–9Lacy (1–0)Gohr (5–9)Slocumb (20)Fenway Park25,77961–64W1
126August 20Athletcs4–3Garcés (3–2)Mohler (4–2)Slocumb (21)Fenway Park25,09462–64W2
127August 21Athletcs6–4Brandenburg (4–4)Johns (6–12)Slocumb (22)Fenway Park26,36263–64W3
128August 22Athletcs2–1Clemens (7–11)Acre (0–1)—Fenway Park30,50364–64W4
129August 23Mariners4–6Bosio (4–3)Brandenburg (4–5)Ayala (2)Fenway Park33,07964–65L1
130August 24Mariners9–5Lacy (2–0)Wells (11–6)—Fenway Park32,92865–65W1
131August 25Mariners8–5Maddux (2–1)Wagner (3–5)Slocumb (23)Fenway Park34,37766–65W2
132August 26@ Angels4–1Wakefield (11–11)Dickson (1–1)—Anaheim Stadium16,88667–65W3
133August 27@ Angels2–1Clemens (8–11)Finley (12–13)Slocumb (24)Anaheim Stadium19,84768–65W4
134August 28@ Angels7–4Gordon (10–6)Boskie (12–7)—Anaheim Stadium20,89469–65W5
135August 30@ Athletcs0–7Telgheder (2–5)Maddux (2–2)—Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum20,89469–66L1
136August 31@ Athletcs0–8Adams (2–2)Wakefield (11–12)—Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum32,11669–67L2
September: 16–10
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
137September 1@ Athletcs8–3Sele (6–9)Wasdin (7–7)—Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum15,02170–67W1
138September 2@ Mariners9–8 (10)Slocumb (3–5)Carmona (6–3)—Kingdome24,47071–67W2
139September 3@ Mariners9–11Torres (1–1)Gordon (10–7)Charlton (15)Kingdome17,37471–68L1
140September 4@ Mariners8–5Mahomes (2–4)Hitchcock (12–8)Slocumb (25)Kingdome22,64272–68W1
141September 6@ White Sox10–3Wakefield (12–12)Álvarez (15–8)—Comiskey Park18,41773–68W2
142September 7@ White Sox3–4Fernandez (13–9)Clemens (8–12)Hernández (36)Comiskey Park28,21973–69L1
143September 8@ White Sox4–7Baldwin (11–4)Sele (6–10)Hernández (37)Comiskey Park19,98373–70L2
144September 9Brewers0–6Karl (12–7)Gordon (10–8)—Fenway Park22,38673–71L3
145September 10Brewers10–11García (4–3)Hudson (3–4)Fetters (28)Fenway Park20,48773–72L4
146September 11Brewers4–1Wakefield (13–12)Eldred (3–4)Slocumb (26)Fenway Park21,31074–72W1
147September 13White Sox9–5Clemens (9–12)Baldwin (11–5)Slocumb (27)Fenway Park28,90775–72W2
148September 14White Sox5–13Castillo (4–3)Gordon (10–9)Simas (2)Fenway Park31,48175–73L1
149September 15White Sox9–8Slocumb (4–5)Hernández (6–4)—Fenway Park—76–73W1
150September 17@ Tigers4–2Brandenburg (5–5)Lira (6–14)Slocumb (28)Tiger Stadium8,18077–73W2
151September 18@ Tigers4–0Clemens (10–12)Thompson (1–6)—Tiger Stadium8,77978–73W3
152September 19@ Tigers8–3Gordon (11–8)Miller (0–3)—Tiger Stadium7,66679–73W4
153September 20@ Yankees4–2Wakefield (14–12)Polley (1–2)Slocumb (29)Yankee Stadium39,88380–73W5
154September 21@ Yankees11–12 (10)Wetteland (2–3)Hudson (3–5)—Yankee Stadium54,59980–74L1
155September 22@ Yankees3–4Rivera (8–3)Sele (6–11)Wetteland (42)Yankee Stadium34,42280–75L2
156September 23@ Yankees4–3 (11)Slocumb (5–5)Boehringer (2–4)Mahomes (1)Yankee Stadium22,72881–75W1
157September 24Orioles13–8Gordon (12–8)Wells (11–14)Mahomes (2)Fenway Park28,55782–75W2
158September 25Orioles2–6Krivda (3–5)Wakefield (14–13)Benítez (3)Fenway Park28,43282–76L1
159September 26Yankees5–3Maddux (3–2)Key (12–11)Slocumb (30)Fenway Park32,36783–76W1
160September 27Yankees7–5Sele (7–11)Gooden (11–7)Slocumb (31)Fenway Park32,57384–76W2
161September 28Yankees2–4Mendoza (4–5)Clemens (10–13)Wetteland (43)Fenway Park33,61284–77L1
162September 29Yankees6–5Mahomes (3–4)Polley (1–3)—Fenway Park32,56385–77W1
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.

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 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]

References

  1. ↑ Butch Henry Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ Mike Stanley page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Milt Cuyler page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Tom Gordon page at Baseball Reference
  5. 1 2 Jamie Moyer page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Red Sox 1996 transactions page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Cafardo, Nick (January 22, 1996). "Red Sox scout Monzon killed". The Boston Globe. p. 45. Retrieved September 22, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Alex Cole page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Heathcliff Slocumb page at Baseball Reference
  10. 1 2 Kevin Mitchell page at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Luis Alicea page at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ Bryan Eversgerd page at Baseball Reference
  13. ↑ Brad Pennington page at Baseball Reference
  14. ↑ Jeff Frye page at Baseball Reference
  15. ↑ Lee Tisley page at Baseball Reference
  16. ↑ Mike Stanton page at Baseball Reference
  17. ↑ Greg Pirkl page at Baseball Reference
  18. ↑ Pat Mahomes page at Baseball Reference
  19. ↑ Chris Reitsma page at Baseball Reference
  20. ↑ Dernell Stensen page at Baseball Reference
  21. ↑ Robert Ramsay page at Baseball Reference
  22. ↑ Justin Duchscherer page at Baseball Reference
  23. ↑ She Hillenbrand page at Baseball Reference
  24. ↑ Aaron Harang page at Baseball Reference
  25. ↑ "1996 Boston Red Sox Schedule". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  26. ↑ "1996 DSL Astros/Red Sox Statistics | Baseball-Reference.com".
  27. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  28. ↑ Boston Red Sox Official Yearbook. 1996. p. 77. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.

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