1996 Boston Red Sox season

1996 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Fenway Park (since 1912)
Boston (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	JRY Trust
General manager(s)	Dan Duquette
Manager(s)	Kevin Kennedy
Local television	WABU (Sean McDonough, Jerry Remy) NESN (Bob Kurtz, Jerry Remy)
Local radio	WEEI (Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione) WROL (Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)
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The 1996 Boston Red Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Red Sox finishing 3rd in the American League East with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses.

Offseason

October 13, 1995: Butch Henry was selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Montreal Expos.^[1]
January 22, 1996: Alex Cole was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.^[2]
January 29, 1996: Glenn Murray, Ken Ryan, and Lee Tinsley were traded by the Red Sox to the Philadelphia Phillies for Heathcliff Slocumb, Larry Wimberly (minors) and Rick Holyfield (minors).^[3]
March 8, 1996: Kevin Mitchell was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.^[4]

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	92	70	0.568	—	49–31	43–39
Baltimore Orioles	88	74	0.543	4	43–38	45–36
Boston Red Sox	85	77	0.525	7	47–34	38–43
Toronto Blue Jays	74	88	0.457	18	35–46	39–42
Detroit Tigers	53	109	0.327	39	27–54	26–55

Record vs. opponents

1996 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	7–6	6–6	4–8	5–7	11–2	9–3	9–3	7–5	3–10	9–4	7–5	3–10–1	8–5
Boston	6–7	—	8–4	6–6	1–11	12–1	3–9	7–5	6–6	7–6	8–5	7–6	6–6	8–5
California	6–6	4–8	—	6–6	4–9	6–6	4–8	7–5	4–8	7–6	6–7	5–8	4–9	7–5
Chicago	8–4	6–6	6–6	—	5–8	10–3	7–6	6–7	6–7	6–7	5–7	5–7	8–4	7–5
Cleveland	7–5	11–1	9–4	8–5	—	12–0	7–6	7–6	10–3	3–9	6–6	8–4	4–8	7–5
Detroit	2–11	1–12	6–6	3–10	0–12	—	6–6	4–8	6–6	5–8	4–8	6–6	4–9	6–7
Kansas City	3–9	9–3	8–4	6–7	6–7	6–6	—	4–9	6–7	4–8	5–7	7–5	6–6	5–8
Milwaukee	3–9	5–7	5–7	7–6	6–7	8–4	9–4	—	9–4	6–6	7–5	4–9	6–7	5–7
Minnesota	5–7	6–6	8–4	7–6	3–10	6–6	7–6	4–9	—	5–7	6–7	6–6	7–5	8–5
New York	10–3	6–7	6–7	7–6	9–3	8–5	8–4	6–6	7–5	—	9–3	3–9	5–7	8–5
Oakland	4–9	5–8	7–6	7–5	6–6	8–4	7–5	5–7	7–6	3–9	—	8–5	7–6	4–8
Seattle	5–7	6–7	8–5	7–5	4–8	6–6	5–7	9–4	6–6	9–3	5–8	—	10–3	5–7
Texas	10–3–1	6–6	9–4	4–8	8–4	9–4	6–6	7–6	5–7	7–5	6–7	3–10	—	10–2
Toronto	5–8	5–8	5–7	5–7	5–7	7–6	8–5	7–5	5–8	5–8	8–4	7–5	2–10	—

Game log

1996 Game Log: 85–77 (Home: 47–34; Away: 38–43)

April: 7–19 (Home: 4–8; Away: 3–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 1	@ Rangers	3–5	Hill	Clemens (0–1)	Vosberg	40,484	0–1
2	April 3	@ Rangers	2–7	Pavlik	Gordon (0–1)	—	24,483	0–2
3	April 4	@ Rangers	2–13	Gross	Wakefield (0–1)	—	18,086	0–3
4	April 5	@ Royals	4–5 (12)	Clark	Pennington (0–1)	—	39,526	0–4
5	April 6	@ Royals	3–7	Pichardo	Belinda (0–1)	—	17,339	0–5
6	April 7	@ Royals	3–1	Moyer (1–0)	Gubicza	Slocumb (1)	13,183	1–5
7	April 9	Twins	9–1	Gordon (1–1)	Rodriguez	—	30,843	2–5
8	April 11	Twins	5–6	Radke	Clemens (0–2)	Stevens	15,594	2–6
9	April 12	Indians	1–3	Nagy	Sele (0–1)	Mesa	26,703	2–7
10	April 13	Indians	2–14	Martinez	Moyer (1–1)	—	31,827	2–8
11	April 14	Indians	6–7 (11)	Tavarez	Stanton (0–1)	Mesa	31,796	2–9
12	April 15	Indians	0–8	McDowell	Wakefield (0–2)	—	32,861	2–10
13	April 16	@ Orioles	1–6	Wells	Clemens (0–3)	—	40,017	2–11
14	April 17	@ Orioles	5–6 (12)	Rhodes	Maddux (0–1)	—	40,258	2–12
15	April 18	@ Orioles	10–7	Moyer (2–1)	Mussina	Slocumb (2)	47,283	3–12
16	April 19	@ Indians	4–9	Martinez	Gordon (1–2)	—	40,521	3–13
17	April 20	@ Indians	1–2	McDowell	Wakefield (0–3)	Mesa	40,498	3–14
18	April 21	@ Indians	7–11	Ogea	Pennington (0–2)	—	42,256	3–15
19	April 22	@ Twins	4–1	Sele (1–1)	Robertson	Slocumb (3)	11,340	4–15
20	April 23	@ Twins	6–8	Naulty	Hudson (0–1)	Stevens	11,533	4–16
21	April 24	Rangers	11–9	Stanton (1–1)	Heredia	Slocumb (4)	19,217	5–16
22	April 25	Rangers	8–3	Wakefield (1–3)	Gross	—	20,350	6–16
23	April 26	Royals	3–4	Belcher	Clemens (0–4)	Montgomery	22,385	6–17
24	April 27	Royals	0–10	Appier	Sele (1–2)	—	29,459	6–18
25	April 28	Royals	7–9	Robinson	Slocumb (0–1)	Montgomery	32,491	6–19
26	April 30	Tigers	13–4	Wakefield (2–3)	Lima	—	18,504	7–19

May: 14–12 (Home: 9–4; Away: 5–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
27	May 1	Tigers	5–1	Clemens (1–4)	Aldred	—	20,828	8–19
28	May 3	Blue Jays	8–7	Moyer (3–1)	Quantrill	Slocumb (5)	25,570	9–19
29	May 4	Blue Jays	8–4	Gordon (2–2)	Viola	Slocumb (6)	29,785	10–19
30	May 5	Blue Jays	4–11	Hentgen	Wakefield (2–4)	—	29,866	10–20
31	May 7	@ Brewers	4–2	Clemens (2–4)	Miranda	Slocumb (7)	7,039	11–20
32	May 9	@ Brewers	2–17	Bones	Sele (1–3)	—	7,379	11–21
33	May 10	@ Blue Jays	6–5 (11)	Slocumb (1–1)	Carrara	—	31,159	12–21
34	May 11	@ Blue Jays	8–9 (11)	Quantrill	Knackert (0–1)	—	33,163	12–22
35	May 12	@ Blue Jays	7–8 (10)	Janzen	Slocumb (1–2)	—	31,188	12–23
36	May 14	Angels	4–3 (12)	Belinda (1–1)	Boskie	—	22,450	13–23
37	May 15	Angels	17–6	Moyer (4–1)	Grimsley	—	23,455	14–23
38	May 17	Athletics	5–3 (11)	Stanton (2–1)	Van Poppel	—	28,690	15–23
39	May 18	Athletics	5–6 (10)	Groom	Garces (0–1)	Taylor	31,663	15–24
40	May 19	Athletics	12–2	Sele (2–3)	Wengert	—	32,601	16–24
41	May 20	Athletics	16–4	Gordon (3–2)	Johns	—	20,890	17–24
42	May 21	Mariners	7–13	Wells	Eshelman (0–1)	—	24,528	17–25
43	May 22	Mariners	1–6	Wolcott	Wakefield (2–5)	—	26,753	17–26
44	May 23	Mariners	11–4	Clemens (3–4)	Milacki	—	31,551	18–26
45	May 24	@ Angels	1–3	Finley	Sele (2–4)	Percival	19,550	18–27
46	May 25	@ Angels	10–3	Gordon (4–2)	Williams	—	23,972	19–27
47	May 26	@ Angels	2–12	Boskie	Eshelman (0–2)	—	23,828	19–28
48	May 27	@ Athletics	10–3	Wakefield (3–5)	Wojciechowski	—	21,688	20–28
49	May 28	@ Athletics	2–6	Wasdin	Clemens (3–5)	—	9,338	20–29
50	May 29	@ Athletics	6–7 (10)	Mohler	Slocumb (1–3)	—	8,282	20–30
51	May 30	@ Mariners	10–1	Gordon (5–2)	Torres	—	17,395	21–30
52	May 31	@ Mariners	6–9	Wells	Garces (0–2)	—	29,119	21–31

June: 13–14 (Home: 9–7; Away: 4–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
53	June 1	@ Mariners	6–5	Wakefield (4–5)	Milacki	Slocumb (8)	34,822	22–31
54	June 2	@ Mariners	1–3	Wolcott	Clemens (3–6)	Jackson	47,540	22–32
55	June 4	White Sox	4–6	Alvarez	Gunderson (0–1)	Hernandez	23,715	22–33
56	June 5	White Sox	6–8 (12)	Keyser	Slocumb (1–4)	—	24,246	22–34
57	June 6	White Sox	7–4	Eshelman (1–2)	Magrane	Stanton (1)	24,382	23–34
58	June 7	Brewers	10–7	Garces (1–2)	Garcia	Slocumb (9)	26,861	24–34
59	June 8	Brewers	2–3 (10)	Lloyd	Hudson (0–2)	Fetters	30,399	24–35
60	June 9	Brewers	8–11 (10)	Burrows	Slocumb (1–5)	Fetters	28,120	24–36
61	June 10	@ White Sox	2–8	Tapani	Wakefield (4–6)	—	21,799	24–37
62	June 11	@ White Sox	9–2	Eshelman (2–2)	Magrane	—	20,792	25–37
63	June 12	@ White Sox	3–2 (12)	Hudson (1–2)	Karchner	—	21,139	26–37
64	June 13	Rangers	8–7 (10)	Slocumb (2–5)	Henneman	—	32,645	27–37
65	June 14	Rangers	4–3	Stanton (3–1)	Witt	—	29,689	28–37
66	June 15	Rangers	3–13	Gross	Wakefield (4–7)	—	33,186	28–38
67	June 16	Rangers	10–9	Hudson (2–2)	Henneman	—	30,461	29–38
68	June 18	@ Indians	7–9	Swindell	Sele (2–5)	Mesa	42,209	29–39
69	June 19	@ Indians	4–11	Hershiser	Gordon (5–3)	—	42,276	29–40
70	June 20	@ Indians	4–5	Shuey	Stanton (3–2)	—	42,306	29–41
71	June 21	@ Rangers	4–14	Hill	Minchey (0–1)	—	40,726	29–42
72	June 22	@ Rangers	2–8	Pavlik	Wakefield (4–8)	—	46,444	29–43
73	June 23	@ Rangers	6–4	Stanton (4–2)	Cook	Slocumb (10)	39,399	30–43
74	June 25	Indians	0–4	Hershiser	Gordon (5–4)	—	33,576	30–44
75	June 26	Indians	6–4 (15)	Garces (2–2)	Embree	—	33,727	31–44
76	June 27	Tigers	6–9	Lira	Minchey (0–2)	—	29,582	31–45
77	June 28	Tigers	8–5	Wakefield (5–8)	Williams	—	27,578	32–45
78	June 29	Tigers	13–6	Eshelman (3–2)	Keagle	—	33,509	33–45
79	June 30	Tigers	9–4	Gordon (6–4)	Sodowsky	—	31,217	34–45

July: 13–13 (Home: 5–5; Away: 8–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
80	July 1	@ Yankees	0–2	Key	Clemens (3–7)	Wetteland	27,734	34–46
81	July 2	@ Yankees	5–7	Nelson	Hudson (2–3)	Wetteland	28,310	34–47
82	July 4	@ Orioles	6–8	Mussina	Wakefield (5–9)	Myers	47,075	34–48
83	July 5	@ Orioles	7–3	Sele (3–5)	Wells	—	47,237	35–48
84	July 6	@ Orioles	3–4	Coppinger	Clemens (3–8)	Myers	47,500	35–49
85	July 7	@ Orioles	7–5	Hudson (3–3)	Myers	Slocumb (11)	47,532	36–49
86	July 11	@ Tigers	11–4	Clemens (4–8)	Williams	—	15,826	37–49
87	July 12	@ Tigers	11–3	Gordon (7–4)	Olivares	—	19,535	38–49
88	July 13	@ Tigers	10–5	Sele (4–5)	Nitkowski	—	16,671	39–49
89	July 14	@ Tigers	6–4	Moyer (5–1)	Lira	Slocumb (12)	19,670	40–49
90	July 15	Yankees	8–6	Wakefield (6–9)	Hutton	Slocumb (13)	33,263	41–49
91	July 16	Yankees	5–9	Key	Clemens (4–9)	—	34,676	41–50
92	July 17	Yankees	12–11	Eshelman (4–2)	Wetteland	—	34,082	42–50
93	July 18	Orioles	3–6	Wells	Sele (4–6)	Myers	33,014	42–51
94	July 19	Orioles	13–2	Moyer (6–1)	Erickson	—	32,262	43–51
95	July 20	Orioles	2–0	Wakefield (7–9)	Coppinger	Slocumb (14)	33,590	44–51
96	July 21	Orioles	6–10 (10)	Myers	Stanton (4–3)	—	34,423	44–52
97	July 22	Royals	2–5	Belcher	Gordon (7–5)	—	28,109	44–53
98	July 23	Royals	5–7	Appier	Sele (4–7)	—	23,711	44–54
99	July 24	Royals	12–2	Moyer (7–1)	Linton	—	33,381	45–54
100	July 25	@ Twins	6–16	Parra	Wakefield (7–10)	—	13,924	45–55
101	July 26	@ Twins	1–5	Radke	Clemens (4–10)	—	17,768	45–56
102	July 27	@ Twins	9–5	Gordon (8–5)	Naulty	—	22,128	46–56
103	July 28	@ Twins	8–9	Aguilera	Sele (4–8)	Naulty	17,448	46–57
104	July 30	@ Royals	0–7	Rosado	Eshelman (4–3)	—	17,166	46–58
105	July 31	@ Royals	5–3	Wakefield (8–10)	Haney	Slocumb (15)	17,527	47–58

August: 22–9 (Home: 13–5; Away: 9–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
106	August 1	@ Royals	4–9	Belcher	Clemens (4–11)	—	18,934	47–59
107	August 2	Twins	11–10	Brandenburg (1–0)	Naulty	—	28,041	48–59
108	August 3	Twins	6–3	Sele (5–8)	Rodriguez	Hudson (1)	19,860	49–59
109	August 3	Twins	0–6	Aldred	Suppan (0–1)	—	29,135	49–60
110	August 4	Twins	13–6	Eshelman (5–3)	Klingenbeck	—	29,939	50–60
111	August 5	Blue Jays	3–1	Wakefield (9–10)	Guzman	—	23,884	51–60
112	August 6	Blue Jays	3–2	Maddux (1–1)	Hanson	Slocumb (16)	25,264	52–60
113	August 7	Blue Jays	8–0	Gordon (9–5)	Hentgen	—	30,443	53–60
114	August 8	Blue Jays	6–9	Williams	Sele (5–9)	Timlin	32,696	53–61
115	August 9	@ Brewers	9–7	Suppan (1–1)	Van Egmond	Slocumb (17)	—	54–61
116	August 9	@ Brewers	4–1	Eshelman (6–3)	Bones	Belinda (1)	19,541	55–61
117	August 10	@ Brewers	3–2	Wakefield (10–10)	Eldred	—	20,297	56–61
118	August 11	@ Brewers	2–0	Clemens (5–11)	McDonald	Belinda (2)	19,178	57–61
119	August 12	@ Blue Jays	1–5	Hentgen	Gordon (9–6)	—	33,250	57–62
120	August 13	@ Blue Jays	7–5	Brandenburg (2–0)	Williams	Slocumb (18)	30,502	58–62
121	August 14	@ Blue Jays	8–6	Belinda (2–1)	Crabtree	Slocumb (19)	32,354	59–62
122	August 16	Angels	3–6	Springer	Wakefield (10–11)	Percival	30,693	59–63
123	August 17	Angels	6–0	Clemens (6–11)	Finley	—	32,497	60–63
124	August 18	Angels	3–4	Holtz	Brandenburg (2–1)	Percival	25,224	60–64
125	August 19	Angels	10–9	Lacy (1–0)	Gohr	Slocumb (20)	25,779	61–64
126	August 20	Athletics	4–3	Garces (3–2)	Mohler	Slocumb (21)	25,094	62–64
127	August 21	Athletics	6–4	Brandenburg (3–1)	Johns	Slocumb (22)	26,362	63–64
128	August 22	Athletics	2–1	Clemens (7–11)	Acre	—	30,503	64–64
129	August 23	Mariners	4–6	Bosio	Brandenburg (3–2)	Ayala	33,079	64–65
130	August 24	Mariners	9–5	Lacy (2–0)	Wells	—	32,928	65–65
131	August 25	Mariners	8–5	Maddux (2–1)	Wagner	Slocumb (23)	34,377	66–65
132	August 26	@ Angels	4–1	Wakefield (11–11)	Dickson	—	16,886	67–65
133	August 27	@ Angels	2–1	Clemens (8–11)	Finley	Slocumb (24)	19,947	68–65
134	August 28	@ Angels	7–4	Gordon (10–6)	Boskie	—	20,894	69–65
135	August 30	@ Athletics	0–7	Telgheder	Maddux (2–2)	—	17,182	69–66
136	August 31	@ Athletics	0–8	Adams	Wakefield (11–12)	—	32,116	69–67

September: 16–10 (Home: 7–5; Away: 9–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
137	September 1	@ Athletics	8–3	Sele (6–9)	Wasdin	—	15,021	70–67
138	September 2	@ Mariners	9–8 (10)	Slocumb (3–5)	Carmona	—	24,470	71–67
139	September 3	@ Mariners	9–11	Torres	Gordon (10–7)	Charlton	17,374	71–68
140	September 4	@ Mariners	7–5	Mahomes (1–0)	Hitchcock	Slocumb (25)	22,642	72–68
141	September 6	@ White Sox	10–3	Wakefield (12–12)	Alvarez	—	18,417	73–68
142	September 7	@ White Sox	3–4	Fernandez	Clemens (8–12)	Hernandez	28,219	73–69
143	September 8	@ White Sox	4–7	Baldwin	Sele (6–10)	Hernandez	19,983	73–70
144	September 9	Brewers	0–6	Karl	Gordon (10–8)	—	22,386	73–71
145	September 10	Brewers	10–11	Garcia	Hudson (3–4)	Fetters	20,487	73–72
146	September 11	Brewers	4–1	Wakefield (13–12)	Eldred	Slocumb (26)	21,310	74–72
147	September 13	White Sox	9–5	Clemens (9–12)	Baldwin	Slocumb (27)	28,907	75–72
148	September 14	White Sox	5–13	Castillo	Gordon (10–9)	Simas	31,841	75–73
149	September 15	White Sox	9–8	Slocumb (4–5)	Hernandez	—	32,452	76–73
150	September 17	@ Tigers	4–2	Brandenburg (4–2)	Lira	Slocumb (28)	8,180	77–73
151	September 18	@ Tigers	4–0	Clemens (10–12)	Thompson	—	8,779	78–73
152	September 19	@ Tigers	8–3	Gordon (11–9)	Miller	—	7,666	79–73
153	September 20	@ Yankees	4–2	Wakefield (14–12)	Polley	Slocumb (29)	39,883	80–73
154	September 21	@ Yankees	11–12 (10)	Wetteland	Hudson (3–5)	—	54,599	80–74
155	September 22	@ Yankees	3–4	Rivera	Sele (6–11)	Wetteland	34,422	80–75
156	September 23	@ Yankees	4–3 (11)	Slocumb (5–5)	Boehringer	Mahomes (1)	22,728	81–75
157	September 24	Orioles	13–8	Gordon (12–9)	Wells	Mahomes (2)	28,557	82–75
158	September 25	Orioles	2–6	Krivda	Wakefield (14–13)	Benitez	28,432	82–76
159	September 26	Yankees	5–3	Maddux (3–2)	Key	Slocumb (30)	32,367	83–76
160	September 27	Yankees	7–5	Sele (7–11)	Gooden	Slocumb (31)	32,573	84–76
161	September 28	Yankees	2–4	Mendoza	Clemens (10–13)	Wetteland	33,612	84–77
162	September 29	Yankees	6–5	Mahomes (2–0)	Polley	—	32,563	85–77

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Red Sox team member

Detailed records

American League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
AL East
Baltimore Orioles	6	7	0.462	78	71
Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers	12	1	0.923	108	50
New York Yankees	7	6	0.538	72	73
Toronto Blue Jays	8	5	0.615	77	72
Total	33	19	0.635	335	266
AL Central
Chicago White Sox	6	6	0.500	71	70
Cleveland Indians	1	11	0.083	42	87
Kansas City Royals	3	9	0.250	48	69
Milwaukee Brewers	7	5	0.583	58	68
Minnesota Twins	6	6	0.500	78	76
Total	23	37	0.383	297	370
AL West
California Angels	8	4	0.667	69	52
Oakland Athletics	8	5	0.615	76	57
Seattle Mariners	7	6	0.538	88	81
Texas Rangers	6	6	0.500	63	95
Total	29	21	0.580	296	285
Season Total	85	77	0.525	928	921

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	26	7	19	0.269	120	166
May	26	14	12	0.538	177	155
June	27	13	14	0.481	152	174
July	26	13	13	0.500	163	148
August	31	22	9	0.710	156	136
September	26	16	10	0.615	160	142
Total	162	85	77	0.525	928	921

Total	162	85	77	0.525	928	921
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	47	34	0.580	517	464
Away	81	38	43	0.469	411	457

Notable transactions

July 30, 1996: Kevin Mitchell was traded by the Red Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Roberto Mejía and Brad Tweedie (minors).^[4]
July 31, 1996: Mike Stanton and a player to be named later were traded by the Red Sox to the Texas Rangers for Mark Brandenburg and Kerry Lacy. The Red Sox completed the deal by sending Dwayne Hosey to the Rangers on November 4.^[5]
August 1, 1996: Greg Pirkl was selected off waivers by the Red Sox from the Seattle Mariners.^[6]

Draft picks

June 4, 1996: 1996 Major League Baseball Draft
- Robert Ramsay was drafted by the Red Sox in the 7th round.^[7]
- Justin Duchscherer was drafted by the Red Sox in the 8th round. Player signed June 14, 1996.^[8]
- Aaron Harang was drafted by the Red Sox in the 22nd round, but did not sign.^[9]

Opening Day Line Up

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

Pitchers

43 Stan Belinda

50 Mark Brandenburg

21 Roger Clemens

45 John Doherty

52 Vaughn Eshelman

34 Rich Garcés

36 Tom Gordon

57 Ken Grundt

28 Eric Gunderson

23 Reggie Harris

54 Joe Hudson

59 Brent Knackert

53 Kerry Lacy

19 Mike Maddux

59 Pat Mahomes

58 Nate Minchey

50 Jamie Moyer

31 Brad Pennington

26 Aaron Sele

51 Heathcliff Slocumb

32 Mike Stanton

55 Jeff Suppan

49 Tim Wakefield

Catchers

56 Alex Delgado

37 Bill Haselman

47 Scott Hatteberg

45 Walt McKeel

22 Mike Stanley

Infielders

10 Esteban Beltré

23 Phil Clark

12 Wil Cordero

3 Jeff Frye

5 Nomar Garciaparra

48 Jeff Manto

11 Tim Naehring

48 Arquimedez Pozo

31 Tony Rodríguez

29 Bill Selby

48 Jim Tatum

13 John Valentin

42 Mo Vaughn

Outfielders

56 Darren Bragg

33 José Canseco

2 Alex Cole

15 Milt Cuyler

39 Mike Greenwell

46 Dwayne Hosey

18 Reggie Jefferson

38 José Malavé

24 Kevin Mitchell

7 Trot Nixon

25 Troy O'Leary

57 Rudy Pemberton

10,47 Lee Tinsley

Other batters

45 Greg Pirkl

Manager

44 Kevin Kennedy

Coaches

35 Dave Carlucci (Bullpen)

41 Sammy Ellis (Pitching)

17 Tim Johnson (Bench)

16 Dave Oliver (Third base)

14 Jim Rice (Hitting)

40 Herm Starrette (Bullpen)

20 Frank White (First base)

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Pawtucket Red Sox	International League	Buddy Bailey
AA	Trenton Thunder	Eastern League	Ken Macha
A	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

References

↑ Butch Henry Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Alex Cole page at Baseball Reference
↑ Heathcliff Slocumb page at Baseball Reference
1 2 Kevin Mitchell page at Baseball Reference
↑ Mike Stanton page at Baseball Reference
↑ Greg Pirkl page at Baseball Reference
↑ Robert Ramsay page at Baseball Reference
↑ Justin Duchscherer page at Baseball Reference
↑ Aaron Harang page at Baseball Reference
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

1996 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Detroit New York Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Kansas City Milwaukee Minnesota

AL West	California Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Boston Red Sox

Based in Boston, Massachusetts

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Plant Field; Majestic Park; Whittington Park; Riverside Park; McKechnie Field; Bader Field; Payne Park; Scottsdale Stadium; Chain of Lakes Park; City of Palms Park; JetBlue Park at Fenway South

Culture

Red Sox Nation
Royal Rooters
"Nuf Ced" McGreevy
Curse of the Bambino
Green Monster
Pesky's Pole
Wally the Green Monster
Victoria Snelgrove
"Tessie"
"Dirty Water"
"Sweet Caroline"
"Dream On"
"I'm Shipping Up to Boston"
"Three Little Birds"
Field of Dreams
Good Will Hunting
Fever Pitch
Moneyball
Game 6
The Town
The Jimmy Fund
Yawkey Way
Kenmore Square/Citgo Sign
Golden Outfield
Carl Beane
Sherm Feller
Cheers
Still, We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie
Four Days in October

Lore

Rivalries

New York Yankees

Administration

Owners: Fenway Sports Group
- John W. Henry
- Tom Werner
President and CEO: Dave Dombrowski
President of Baseball Operations: Dave Dombrowski
General Manager: Mike Hazen
Manager: John Farrell

World Series
Championships (8)

League
Pennants (13)

Division titles (8)

Wild card berths (7)

Minor league
affiliates

Other assets

New England Sports Network

Seasons (117)

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