1996 Boston Red Sox season

1996 Boston Red Sox
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston
Record	85–77 (.525)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	JRY Trust
President	John Harrington
General manager	Dan Duquette
Manager	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 Baseball 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

• October 13, 1995: Butch Henry was selected off waivers by the Red Sox from the Montreal Expos.
• December 14, 1995: Mike Stanley was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
• December 21, 1995: Milt Cuyler was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
• December 21, 1995: Tom Gordon was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
• January 2, 1996: Jamie Moyer was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
• January 10, 1996: Traded Rhéal Cormier, Ryan McGuire, and Shayne Bennett to the Montreal Expos for Wil Cordero and Bryan Eversgerd.
• January 21, 1996: Dan Monzon, supervisor of Latin American scouting, was killed in an automobile accident in the Dominican Republic.
• January 22, 1996: Alex Cole was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
• 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).
• March 8, 1996: Kevin Mitchell was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
• March 19, 1996: Luis Alicea was selected off waivers by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	92	70	.568	—	49‍–‍31	43‍–‍39
Baltimore Orioles	88	74	.543	4	43‍–‍38	45‍–‍36
Boston Red Sox	85	77	.525	7	47‍–‍34	38‍–‍43
Toronto Blue Jays	74	88	.457	18	35‍–‍46	39‍–‍42
Detroit Tigers	53	109	.327	39	27‍–‍54	26‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

1996 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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	—

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

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

Notable transactions

• April 18, 1996: Bryan Eversgerd was traded by Red Sox to the Texas Rangers for a player to be named later. The Rangers completed the deal by sending Rudy Pemberton on April 24.
• May 17, 1996: Brad Pennington was selected off of waivers from the California Angels.
• June 5, 1996: Jeff Frye was signed as a free agent.
• June 9, 1996: Traded Scott Backum to the Philadelphia Phillies for Lee Tinsley.
• July 30, 1996: Kevin Mitchell was traded by the Red Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Roberto Mejía and Brad Tweedie (minors).
• July 30, 1996: Jamie Moyer was traded by the Red Sox to the Seattle Mariners for Darren Bragg.
• 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.
• August 1, 1996: Greg Pirkl was selected off waivers by the Red Sox from the Seattle Mariners.
• August 26, 1996: Traded for a player to be named later to the Minnesota Twins for Pat Mahomes. Brian Looney was sent to the Twins on December 17 to complete the deal.

Draft picks

• June 4, 1996: 1996 Major League Baseball Draft
  • Chris Reitsma was drafted by the Red Sox in the 1st round. Player signed June 22, 1996.
  • Dernell Stenson was drafted by the Red Sox in the 2nd round. Player signed July 12, 1996.
  • Robert Ramsay was drafted by the Red Sox in the 7th round. Player signed June 15, 1996.
  • Justin Duchscherer was drafted by the Red Sox in the 8th round. Player signed June 14, 1996.
  • Shea Hillenbrand was drafted by the Red Sox in the 10th round. Player signed June 6, 1996.
  • Aaron Harang was drafted by the Red Sox in the 22nd round, but did not sign.

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
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) 47 Al Nipper (Pitching) 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; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Mike Stanley	121	397	107	.270	24	69	2
1B	Mo Vaughn	161	635	207	.326	44	143	2
2B	Jeff Frye	105	419	120	.286	4	41	18
SS	John Valentin	131	606	156	.296	13	59	9
3B	Tim Naehring	116	430	124	.288	17	65	2
LF	Mike Greenwell	77	295	87	.295	7	44	4
CF	Lee Tinsley	92	192	47	.245	3	14	6
RF	Troy O'Leary	149	497	129	.260	15	81	3
DH	Jose Canseco	96	360	104	.289	28	82	3

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 Jefferson	122	386	134	.347	19	74	0
Bill Haselman	77	237	65	.274	8	34	4
Darren Bragg	58	222	56	.252	3	22	6
Wil Cordero	59	198	57	.288	3	37	2
Milt Cuyler	50	110	22	.200	2	12	7
José Malavé	41	102	24	.235	4	17	0
Bill Selby	40	95	26	.274	3	6	1
Kevin Mitchell	27	93	28	.304	2	13	0
Nomar Garciaparra	24	87	21	.241	4	16	5
Dwayne Hosey	28	78	17	.218	1	3	6
Alex Cole	24	72	16	.222	0	7	5
Tony Rodríguez	27	67	16	.239	1	9	0
Esteban Beltré	27	62	16	.258	0	6	1
Arquimedez Pozo	21	58	10	.172	1	11	1
Jeff Manto	22	48	10	.208	2	6	0
Rudy Pemberton	13	41	21	.512	1	10	3
Alex Delgado	26	20	5	.250	0	1	0
Scott Hatteberg	10	11	2	.182	0	1	0
Jim Tatum	2	8	1	.125	0	0	0
Trot Nixon	2	4	2	.500	0	0	1
Phil Clark	3	3	0	.000	0	0	0
Greg Pirkl	2	2	0	.000	0	0	0
Walt McKeel	1	0	0	----	0	0	0

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 Clemens	34	34	242.2	10	13	0	3.63	257
Tom Gordon	34	34	215.2	12	9	0	5.59	171
Tim Wakefield	32	32	211.2	14	13	0	5.14	140
Aaron Sele	29	29	157.1	7	11	0	5.69	67
Jamie Moyer	23	10	90.0	7	1	0	4.50	50
Vaughn Eshelman	39	10	87.2	6	3	0	7.08	59
Heathcliff Slocumb	75	0	83.1	5	5	31	3.02	88
Mike Maddux	23	7	64.1	3	2	0	4.48	32
Mike Stanton	59	0	56.1	4	3	1	3.83	46
Joe Hudson	36	0	45.0	3	5	1	5.40	19
Rich Garcés	37	0	44.0	3	2	0	4.91	55
Stan Belinda	31	0	28.2	2	1	2	6.59	18
Mark Brandenburg	29	0	28.1	4	2	0	3.81	29
Jeff Suppan	8	4	22.2	1	1	0	7.54	13
Eric Gunderson	28	0	17.1	0	1	0	8.31	7
Brad Pennington	14	0	13.0	0	2	0	2.77	13
Pat Mahomes	11	0	12.1	2	0	2	5.84	6
Kerry Lacy	11	0	10.2	2	0	0	3.38	9
Brent Knackert	8	0	10.0	0	1	0	9.00	5
John Doherty	3	0	6.1	0	0	0	5.68	3
Nate Minchey	2	2	6.0	0	2	0	15.00	4
Reggie Harris	4	0	4.1	0	0	0	12.46	4
Ken Grundt	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	27.00	0

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 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 1 April 1 @ Rangers 3–5 Hill (1–0) Clemens (0–1) Vosberg (1) The Ballpark in Arlington 40,484 0–1 L1 2 April 3 @ Rangers 2–7 Pavlik (1–0) Gordon (0–1) — The Ballpark in Arlington 24,483 0–2 L2 3 April 4 @ Rangers 2–13 Gross (1–0) Wakefield (0–1) — The Ballpark in Arlington 18,086 0–3 L3 4 April 5 @ Royals 4–5 (12) Clark (1–0) Pennington (0–1) — Kauffman Stadium 39,526 0–4 L4 5 April 6 @ Royals 3–7 Pichardo (1–1) Belinda (0–1) — Kauffman Stadium 17,339 0–5 L5 6 April 7 @ Royals 3–1 Moyer (1–0) Gubicza (0–1) Slocumb (1) Kauffman Stadium 13,183 1–5 W1 — April 8 Twins Postponed (snow). Makeup date April 9. 7 April 9 Twins 9–1 Gordon (1–1) Rodriguez (0–1) — Fenway Park 30,843 2–5 W2 — April 10 Twins Postponed (snow). Makeup date August 3. 8 April 11 Twins 5–6 Radke (3–0) Clemens (0–2) Stevens (2) Fenway Park 15,594 2–6 L1 9 April 12 Indians 1–3 Nagy (2–0) Sele (0–1) Mesa (2) Fenway Park 26,703 2–7 L2 10 April 13 Indians 2–14 Martínez (2–1) Moyer (1–1) — Fenway Park 31,827 2–8 L3 11 April 14 Indians 6–7 (11) Tavárez (1–1) Stanton (0–1) Mesa (2) Fenway Park 31,796 2–9 L4 12 April 15 Indians 0–8 McDowell (1–1) Wakefield (0–2) — Fenway Park 32,861 2–10 L5 13 April 16 @ Orioles 1–6 Wells (2–0) Clemens (0–3) — Camden Yards 40,017 2–11 L6 14 April 17 @ Orioles 5–6 (12) Rhodes (2–0) Maddux (0–1) — Camden Yards 40,258 2–12 L7 15 April 18 @ Orioles 10–7 Moyer (2–1) Mussina (3–1) Slocumb (2) Camden Yards 47,283 3–12 W1 16 April 19 @ Indians 4–9 Martínez (3–1) Gordon (1–2) — Jacobs Field 40,521 3–13 L1 17 April 20 @ Indians 1–2 McDowell (2–1) Wakefield (0–3) Mesa (4) Jacobs Field 40,498 3–14 L2 18 April 21 @ Indians 7–11 Ogea (1–0) Pennington (0–2) — Jacobs Field 42,256 3–15 L3 19 April 22 @ Twins 4–1 Sele (1–1) Robertson (0–4) Slocumb (3) Metrodome 11,340 4–15 W1 20 April 23 @ Twins 6–8 Naulty (1–0) Hudson (0–1) Stevens (5) Metrodome 11,533 4–16 L1 21 April 24 Rangers 11–9 Stanton (1–1) Heredia (0–2) Slocumb (4) Fenway Park 19,217 5–16 W1 22 April 25 Rangers 8–3 Wakefield (1–3) Gross (3–2) — Fenway Park 20,350 6–16 W2 23 April 26 Royals 3–4 Belcher (2–1) Clemens (0–4) Montgomery (5) Fenway Park 22,385 6–17 L1 24 April 27 Royals 0–10 Appier (2–3) Sele (1–2) — Fenway Park 29,459 6–18 L2 25 April 28 Royals 7–9 Robinson (1–0) Slocumb (0–1) Montgomery (6) Fenway Park 32,491 7–18 W1 26 April 30 Tigers 13–4 Wakefield (2–3) Lima (0–1) — Fenway Park 18,504 7–19 L1
May: 14–12 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 27 May 1 Tigers 5–1 Clemens (1–4) Aldred (0–3) — Fenway Park 20,828 8–19 W2 28 May 3 Blue Jays 8–7 Moyer (3–1) Quantrill (0–4) Slocumb (5) Fenway Park 25,570 9–19 W3 29 May 4 Blue Jays 8–4 Gordon (2–2) Viola (0–2) Slocumb (6) Fenway Park 29,785 10–19 W4 30 May 5 Blue Jays 4–11 Hentgen (4–2) Wakefield (2–4) — Fenway Park 29,866 10–20 L1 31 May 7 @ Brewers 4–2 Clemens (2–4) Miranda (1–2) Slocumb (7) Milwaukee County Stadium 7,039 11–20 W1 — May 8 @ Brewers Postponed (rain). Makeup date August 9. 32 May 9 @ Brewers 2–17 Bones (2–5) Sele (1–3) — Milwaukee County Stadium 7,379 11–21 L1 33 May 10 @ Blue Jays 6–5 (11) Slocumb (1–1) Carrara (0–1) — SkyDome 31,159 12–21 W1 34 May 11 @ Blue Jays 8–9 (11) Quantrill (2–4) Knackert (0–1) — SkyDome 33,163 12–22 L1 35 May 12 @ Blue Jays 7–8 (10) Janzen (1–0) Slocumb (1–2) — SkyDome 31,188 12–23 L2 36 May 14 Angels 4–3 (12) Belinda (1–1) Boskie (4–1) — Fenway Park 22,450 13–23 W1 37 May 15 Angels 17–6 Moyer (4–1) Grimsley (2–3) — Fenway Park 23,455 14–23 W2 38 May 17 Athletics 5–3 (11) Stanton (2–1) Van Poppel (0–4) — Fenway Park 28,690 15–23 W3 39 May 18 Athletics 5–6 (10) Groom (2–0) Garcés (0–1) Taylor (3) Fenway Park 31,663 15–24 L1 40 May 19 Athletics 12–2 Sele (2–3) Wengert (1–2) — Fenway Park 32,601 16–24 W1 41 May 20 Athletics 16–4 Gordon (3–2) Johns (3–5) — Fenway Park 20,890 17–24 W2 42 May 21 Mariners 7–13 Wells (3–1) Eshelman (0–1) — Fenway Park 24,528 17–25 L1 43 May 22 Mariners 1–6 Wolcott (3–5) Wakefield (2–5) — Fenway Park 26,753 17–26 L2 44 May 23 Mariners 11–4 Clemens (3–4) Milacki (1–1) — Fenway Park 31,551 18–26 W1 45 May 24 @ Angels 1–3 Finley (6–2) Sele (2–4) Percival (13) Anaheim Stadium 19,550 18–27 L1 46 May 25 @ Angels 10–3 Gordon (4–2) Williams (0–2) — Anaheim Stadium 23,972 19–27 W1 47 May 26 @ Angels 2–12 Boskie (6–1) Eshelman (0–2) — Anaheim Stadium 23,828 19–28 L1 48 May 27 @ Athletics 10–3 Wakefield (3–5) Wojciechowski (5–1) — Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 21,688 20–28 W1 49 May 28 @ Athletics 2–6 Wasdin (1–0) Clemens (3–5) — Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 9,338 20–29 L1 50 May 29 @ Athletics 6–7 (10) Mohler (3–0) Slocumb (1–3) — Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 8,282 20–30 L2 51 May 30 @ Mariners 10–1 Gordon (5–2) Torres (0–1) — Kingdome 17,395 21–30 W1 52 May 31 @ Mariners 6–9 Wells (4–1) Garcés (0–2) — Kingdome 29,119 21–31 L1
June: 13–14 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 53 June 1 @ Mariners 6–5 Wakefield (4–5) Milacki (1–2) Slocumb (8) Kingdome 34,822 22–31 W1 54 June 2 @ Mariners 1–2 Wolcott (4–5) Clemens (3–6) Jackson (2) Kingdome 47,540 22–32 L1 55 June 4 White Sox 4–6 Álvarez (7–3) Gunderson (0–1) Hernández (17) Fenway Park 23,715 22–33 L2 56 June 5 White Sox 6–8 (12) Keyser (1–0) Slocumb (1–4) — Fenway Park 24,246 22–34 L3 57 June 6 White Sox 7–4 Eshelman (1–2) Magrane (1–2) Stanton (1) Fenway Park 24,382 23–34 W1 58 June 7 Brewers 10–7 Garcés (1–2) García (1–2) Slocumb (9) Fenway Park 26,861 24–34 W2 59 June 8 Brewers 2–3 (10) Lloyd (2–2) Hudson (0–2) Fetters (10) Fenway Park 30,399 24–35 L1 60 June 9 Brewers 6–9 (10) Burrows (1–0) Slocumb (1–5) Fetters (11) Fenway Park 28,120 24–36 L2 61 June 10 @ White Sox 2–8 Tapani (7–3) Wakefield (4–6) — Comiskey Park 21,799 24–37 L3 62 June 11 @ White Sox 9–2 Eshelman (2–2) Magrane (1–3) — Comiskey Park 20,792 25–37 W1 63 June 12 @ White Sox 3–2 (12) Hudson (1–2) Karchner (5–1) — Comiskey Park 21,139 26–37 W2 64 June 13 Rangers 8–7 (10) Slocumb (2–5) Henneman (0–4) — Fenway Park 32,645 27–37 W3 65 June 14 Rangers 4–3 Stanton (3–1) Witt (6–5) — Fenway Park 29,689 28–37 W4 66 June 15 Rangers 3–13 Gross (7–4) Wakefield (4–7) — Fenway Park 33,186 28–38 L1 67 June 16 Rangers 10–9 Hudson (2–2) Henneman (0–5) — Fenway Park 30,461 29–38 W1 68 June 18 @ Indians 7–9 Swindell (1–3) Sele (2–5) Mesa (23) Jacobs Field 42,209 29–39 L1 69 June 19 @ Indians 4–11 Hershiser (7–4) Gordon (5–3) — Jacobs Field 42,276 29–40 L2 70 June 20 @ Indians 4–5 Shuey (1–1) Stanton (3–2) — Jacobs Field 42,306 29–41 L3 71 June 21 @ Rangers 4–14 Hill (8–5) Minchey (0–1) — The Ballpark in Arlington 40,726 29–42 L4 72 June 22 @ Rangers 2–8 Pavlik (10–1) Wakefield (4–8) — The Ballpark in Arlington 46,444 29–43 L5 73 June 23 @ Rangers 6–4 Stanton (4–2) Cook (3–1) Slocumb (10) The Ballpark in Arlington 39,399 30–43 W1 74 June 25 Indians 0–4 Hershiser (8–4) Gordon (5–4) — Fenway Park 33,576 30–44 L1 75 June 26 Indians 6–4 (15) Garcés (2–2) Embree (1–1) — Fenway Park 33,727 31–44 W1 76 June 27 Tigers 6–9 Lira (5–7) Minchey (0–2) — Fenway Park 29,582 31–45 L1 77 June 28 Tigers 8–5 Wakefield (5–8) Williams (1–5) — Fenway Park 27,578 32–45 W1 78 June 29 Tigers 13–6 Eshelman (3–2) Keagle (3–6) — Fenway Park 33,509 33–45 W2 79 June 30 Tigers 9–4 Gordon (6–4) Sodowsky (1–3) — Fenway Park 31,217 34–45 W3
July: 13–13 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 80 July 1 @ Yankees 0–2 Key (4–6) Clemens (3–7) Wetteland (26) Yankee Stadium 27,734 34–46 L1 81 July 2 @ Yankees 5–7 Nelson (3–2) Hudson (2–3) Wetteland (27) Yankee Stadium 28,310 34–47 L2 — July 3 @ Yankees Postponed (rain). Makeup date September 23. 82 July 4 @ Orioles 6–8 Mussina (11–5) Wakefield (5–9) Myers (17) Camden Yards 47,075 34–48 L3 83 July 5 @ Orioles 7–3 Sele (3–5) Wells (5–8) — Camden Yards 47,237 35–48 W1 84 July 6 @ Orioles 3–4 Coppinger (4–0) Clemens (3–8) Myers (18) Camden Yards 47,500 35–49 L1 85 July 7 @ Orioles 7–5 Hudson (3–3) Myers (0–2) Slocumb (11) Camden Yards 47,532 36–49 W1 86 July 11 @ Tigers 11–4 Clemens (4–8) Williams (2–6) — Tiger Stadium 15,826 37–49 W2 87 July 12 @ Tigers 11–3 Gordon (7–4) Olivares (4–6) — Tiger Stadium 19,535 38–49 W3 88 July 13 @ Tigers 10–5 Sele (4–5) Nitkowski (1–1) — Tiger Stadium 16,671 39–49 W4 89 July 14 @ Tigers 6–4 Moyer (5–1) Lira (6–8) Slocumb (12) Tiger Stadium 19,670 40–49 W5 90 July 15 Yankees 8–6 Wakefield (6–9) Hutton (0–1) Slocumb (13) Fenway Park 33,263 41–49 W6 91 July 16 Yankees 5–9 Key (7–6) Clemens (4–9) — Fenway Park 34,676 41–50 L1 92 July 17 Yankees 12–11 Eshelman (4–2) Wetteland (0–2) — Fenway Park 34,082 42–50 W1 93 July 18 Orioles 3–6 Wells (6–9) Sele (4–6) Myers (19) Fenway Park 33,014 42–51 L1 94 July 19 Orioles 13–2 Moyer (6–1) Erickson (5–8) — Fenway Park 32,262 43–51 W1 95 July 20 Orioles 2–0 Wakefield (7–9) Coppinger (5–1) Slocumb (14) Fenway Park 33,590 44–51 W2 96 July 21 Orioles 6–10 (10) Myers (1–2) Stanton (4–3) — Fenway Park 34,432 44–52 L1 97 July 22 Royals 2–5 Belcher (9–5) Gordon (7–5) — Fenway Park 28,109 44–53 L2 98 July 23 Royals 5–7 Appier (9–7) Sele (4–7) — Fenway Park 23,711 44–54 L3 99 July 24 Royals 12–2 Moyer (7–1) Linton (4–6) — Fenway Park 33,381 45–54 W1 100 July 25 @ Twins 6–16 Parra (2–3) Wakefield (7–10) — Metrodome 13,924 45–55 L1 101 July 26 @ Twins 1–5 Radke (6–13) Clemens (4–10) — Metrodome 17,768 45–56 L2 102 July 27 @ Twins 9–5 Gordon (8–5) Naulty (3–1) — Metrodome 22,128 46–56 W1 103 July 28 @ Twins 8–9 Aguilera (4–4) Sele (4–8) Naulty (4) Metrodome 17,448 46–57 L1 104 July 30 @ Royals 0–7 Rosado (2–1) Eshelman (4–3) — Kauffman Stadium 17,166 46–58 L2 105 July 31 @ Royals 5–3 Wakefield (8–10) Haney (8–10) Slocumb (15) Kauffman Stadium 17,527 47–58 W1
August: 22–9 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 106 August 1 @ Royals 4–9 Belcher (10–6) Clemens (4–11) — Kauffman Stadium 18,934 47–59 L1 107 August 2 Twins 11–10 Brandenburg (2–3) Naulty (3–2) — Fenway Park 28,041 48–59 W1 108 August 3 (1) Twins 6–3 Sele (5–8) Rodriguez (10–9) Hudson (1) Fenway Park 19,860 49–59 W2 109 August 3 (2) Twins 0–6 Aldred (5–7) Suppan (0–1) — Fenway Park 29,135 49–60 L1 110 August 4 Twins 13–6 Eshelman (5–3) Klingenbeck (0–1) — Fenway Park 29,939 50–60 W1 111 August 5 Blue Jays 3–1 Wakefield (9–10) Guzmán (9–7) — Fenway Park 23,884 51–60 W2 112 August 6 Blue Jays 3–2 Maddux (1–1) Hanson (10–13) Slocumb (16) Fenway Park 25,264 52–60 W3 113 August 7 Blue Jays 8–0 Gordon (9–5) Hentgen (13–7) — Fenway Park 30,443 53–60 W4 114 August 8 Blue Jays 6–9 Williams (1–0) Sele (5–9) Timlin (21) Fenway Park 32,696 53–61 L1 115 August 9 (1) @ Brewers 9–7 Suppan (1–1) Van Egmond (1–3) Slocumb (17) Milwaukee County Stadium — 54–61 W1 116 August 9 (2) @ Brewers 4–1 Eshelman (6–3) Bones (7–12) Belinda (1) Milwaukee County Stadium 19,541 55–61 W2 117 August 10 @ Brewers 3–2 Wakefield (10–10) Eldred (2–2) — Milwaukee County Stadium 20,297 56–61 W3 118 August 11 @ Brewers 2–0 Clemens (5–11) McDonald (10–7) Belinda (2) Milwaukee County Stadium 19,178 57–61 W4 119 August 12 @ Blue Jays 1–5 Hentgen (14–7) Gordon (9–6) — SkyDome 33,250 57–62 L1 120 August 13 @ Blue Jays 7–5 Brandenburg (3–3) Williams (1–1) Slocumb (18) SkyDome 30,502 58–62 W1 121 August 14 @ Blue Jays 8–6 Belinda (2–1) Crabtree (5–3) Slocumb (19) SkyDome 32,354 59–62 W2 122 August 16 Angels 3–6 Springer (3–1) Wakefield (10–11) Percival (30) Fenway Park 30,693 59–63 L1 123 August 17 Angels 6–0 Clemens (6–11) Finley (11–12) — Fenway Park 32,497 60–63 W1 124 August 18 Angels 3–4 Holtz (2–2) Brandenburg (3–4) Percival (31) Fenway Park 25,224 60–64 L1 125 August 19 Angels 10–9 Lacy (1–0) Gohr (5–9) Slocumb (20) Fenway Park 25,779 61–64 W1 126 August 20 Athletcs 4–3 Garcés (3–2) Mohler (4–2) Slocumb (21) Fenway Park 25,094 62–64 W2 127 August 21 Athletcs 6–4 Brandenburg (4–4) Johns (6–12) Slocumb (22) Fenway Park 26,362 63–64 W3 128 August 22 Athletcs 2–1 Clemens (7–11) Acre (0–1) — Fenway Park 30,503 64–64 W4 129 August 23 Mariners 4–6 Bosio (4–3) Brandenburg (4–5) Ayala (2) Fenway Park 33,079 64–65 L1 130 August 24 Mariners 9–5 Lacy (2–0) Wells (11–6) — Fenway Park 32,928 65–65 W1 131 August 25 Mariners 8–5 Maddux (2–1) Wagner (3–5) Slocumb (23) Fenway Park 34,377 66–65 W2 132 August 26 @ Angels 4–1 Wakefield (11–11) Dickson (1–1) — Anaheim Stadium 16,886 67–65 W3 133 August 27 @ Angels 2–1 Clemens (8–11) Finley (12–13) Slocumb (24) Anaheim Stadium 19,847 68–65 W4 134 August 28 @ Angels 7–4 Gordon (10–6) Boskie (12–7) — Anaheim Stadium 20,894 69–65 W5 135 August 30 @ Athletcs 0–7 Telgheder (2–5) Maddux (2–2) — Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 20,894 69–66 L1 136 August 31 @ Athletcs 0–8 Adams (2–2) Wakefield (11–12) — Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 32,116 69–67 L2
September: 16–10 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 137 September 1 @ Athletcs 8–3 Sele (6–9) Wasdin (7–7) — Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 15,021 70–67 W1 138 September 2 @ Mariners 9–8 (10) Slocumb (3–5) Carmona (6–3) — Kingdome 24,470 71–67 W2 139 September 3 @ Mariners 9–11 Torres (1–1) Gordon (10–7) Charlton (15) Kingdome 17,374 71–68 L1 140 September 4 @ Mariners 8–5 Mahomes (2–4) Hitchcock (12–8) Slocumb (25) Kingdome 22,642 72–68 W1 141 September 6 @ White Sox 10–3 Wakefield (12–12) Álvarez (15–8) — Comiskey Park 18,417 73–68 W2 142 September 7 @ White Sox 3–4 Fernandez (13–9) Clemens (8–12) Hernández (36) Comiskey Park 28,219 73–69 L1 143 September 8 @ White Sox 4–7 Baldwin (11–4) Sele (6–10) Hernández (37) Comiskey Park 19,983 73–70 L2 144 September 9 Brewers 0–6 Karl (12–7) Gordon (10–8) — Fenway Park 22,386 73–71 L3 145 September 10 Brewers 10–11 García (4–3) Hudson (3–4) Fetters (28) Fenway Park 20,487 73–72 L4 146 September 11 Brewers 4–1 Wakefield (13–12) Eldred (3–4) Slocumb (26) Fenway Park 21,310 74–72 W1 147 September 13 White Sox 9–5 Clemens (9–12) Baldwin (11–5) Slocumb (27) Fenway Park 28,907 75–72 W2 148 September 14 White Sox 5–13 Castillo (4–3) Gordon (10–9) Simas (2) Fenway Park 31,481 75–73 L1 149 September 15 White Sox 9–8 Slocumb (4–5) Hernández (6–4) — Fenway Park — 76–73 W1 150 September 17 @ Tigers 4–2 Brandenburg (5–5) Lira (6–14) Slocumb (28) Tiger Stadium 8,180 77–73 W2 151 September 18 @ Tigers 4–0 Clemens (10–12) Thompson (1–6) — Tiger Stadium 8,779 78–73 W3 152 September 19 @ Tigers 8–3 Gordon (11–8) Miller (0–3) — Tiger Stadium 7,666 79–73 W4 153 September 20 @ Yankees 4–2 Wakefield (14–12) Polley (1–2) Slocumb (29) Yankee Stadium 39,883 80–73 W5 154 September 21 @ Yankees 11–12 (10) Wetteland (2–3) Hudson (3–5) — Yankee Stadium 54,599 80–74 L1 155 September 22 @ Yankees 3–4 Rivera (8–3) Sele (6–11) Wetteland (42) Yankee Stadium 34,422 80–75 L2 156 September 23 @ Yankees 4–3 (11) Slocumb (5–5) Boehringer (2–4) Mahomes (1) Yankee Stadium 22,728 81–75 W1 157 September 24 Orioles 13–8 Gordon (12–8) Wells (11–14) Mahomes (2) Fenway Park 28,557 82–75 W2 158 September 25 Orioles 2–6 Krivda (3–5) Wakefield (14–13) Benítez (3) Fenway Park 28,432 82–76 L1 159 September 26 Yankees 5–3 Maddux (3–2) Key (12–11) Slocumb (30) Fenway Park 32,367 83–76 W1 160 September 27 Yankees 7–5 Sele (7–11) Gooden (11–7) Slocumb (31) Fenway Park 32,573 84–76 W2 161 September 28 Yankees 2–4 Mendoza (4–5) Clemens (10–13) Wetteland (43) Fenway Park 33,612 84–77 L1 162 September 29 Yankees 6–5 Mahomes (3–4) Polley (1–3) — Fenway Park 32,563 85–77 W1
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Awards and honors

• Mo Vaughn – AL Player of the Month (May)

All-Star Game

• Mo Vaughn, reserve 1B (started game)

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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.
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Further reading

• Finn, Chad (August 20, 2020). "The '96 Red Sox started even worse than the current team, but they were far more fun". Boston.com. Retrieved August 20, 2020.

External links

• 1996 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1996 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com