1995 Boston Red Sox season

The 1995 Boston Red Sox season was the 95th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 58 losses, as teams played 144 games (instead of the normal 162) due to the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike. The Red Sox then lost to the American League Central champion Cleveland Indians in the ALDS.

1995 Boston Red Sox
1995 AL East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)JRY Trust
General manager(s)Dan Duquette
Manager(s)Kevin Kennedy
Local televisionWSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Sean McDonough, Bob Montgomery)
NESN
(Bob Kurtz, Jerry Remy)
Local radioWRKO
(Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione)
WROL
(Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)
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Offseason

Regular season

The Red Sox collected an MLB-high of 286 doubles in 1995, for an average of nearly 2 per game.[6]

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 8658 0.597 — 42–30 44–28
New York Yankees 7965 0.549 7 46–26 33–39
Baltimore Orioles 7173 0.493 15 36–36 35–37
Detroit Tigers 6084 0.417 26 35–37 25–47
Toronto Blue Jays 5688 0.389 30 29–43 27–45

Record vs. opponents
1995 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–99–46–12–108–54–57–53–66–75–76–74–17–6
Boston 9–4—11–35–36–78–53–28–45–45–88–47–53–48–5
California 4–93–11—10–23–26–25–75–28–57–56–77–66–78–2
Chicago 1–63–52–10—5–88–48–56–710–33–2–17–54–95–76–5
Cleveland 10–27–62–38–5—10–311–19–49–46–67–05–46–310–3
Detroit 5–85–82–64–83–10—3–48–57–55–82–35–54–87–6
Kansas City 5–42–37–55–81–114–3—10–26–73–75–87–58–67–5
Milwaukee 5–74–82–57–64–95–82–10—9–45–67–23–25–77–5
Minnesota 6–34–55–83–104–95–77–64–9—3–45–74–85–81–4
New York 7–68–55–72–3–16–68–57–36–54–3—4–94–96–312–1
Oakland 7–54–87–65–70–73–28–52–77–59–4—7–65–83–7
Seattle 7–65–76–79–44–55–55–72–38–49–46–7—10–33–4
Texas 1–44–37–67–53–68–46–87–58–53–68–53–10—9–3
Toronto 6–75–82–85–63–106–75–75–74–11–127–34–33–9—

Notable transactions

Opening Day Line Up
10Luis Alicea2B
13John ValentinSS
33José CansecoDH
42Mo Vaughn1B
27Mark WhitenRF
39Mike GreenwellLF
15Mike MacFarlane    C
11Tim Naehring3B
38Lee TinsleyCF
36Aaron SeleP

Roster
1995 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers
  • 30 Frankie Rodriguez
 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Designated hitters

  • 33 José Canseco
 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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

Starters by position
Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB
CMike Macfarlane11536482.22515512
1BMo Vaughn140550165.3003912611
2BLuis Alicea132419113.27064413
SSJohn Valentin135520155.2982710220
3BTim Naehring126433133.30710570
LFMike Greenwell120481143.29715769
CFLee Tinsley10034197.28474118
RFTroy O'Leary112399123.30810495
DHJose Canseco102396121.30624814

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB
Willie McGee6720057.2852155
Bill Haselman6415237.2435230
Reggie Jefferson4612135.2895260
Mark Whiten3210820.1851101
Chris Donnels409123.2532110
Matt Stairs398823.2611170
Dwayne Hosey246823.338376
Terry Shumpert214711.234033
Wes Chamberlain19425.119111
Carlos Rodríguez133010.333050
Juan Bell17264.154120
Rich Rowland14295.172010
Tuffy Rhodes10252.080010
Chris James16244.167010
Ron Mahay5204.200130
Dave Hollins5132.154010
Steve Rodriguez681.125001
Scott Hatteberg221.500000

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
Tim Wakefield2727195.116802.95119
Erik Hanson2929186.215504.24139
Roger Clemens2323140.010504.18132
Rheal Cormier4812115.07504.0769
Zane Smith2421110.28805.6147
Mike Maddux36489.24113.6165
Vaughn Eshelman231481.26304.8541
Stan Belinda63069.281103.1057
Joe Hudson39046.00114.1129
Ken Ryan28032.20474.9634
Aaron Sele6632.13103.0621
Rick Aguilera30030.122202.6723
Alejandro Peña17024.11107.4025
Derek Lilliquist28023.02106.269
Jeff Suppan8322.21205.9619
Mike Stanton22021.01003.0010
Frank Rodriguez9215.102010.5714
Jeff Pierce12015.00306.6012
Eric Gunderson19012.12105.119
Mike Hartley507.00009.002
Tim Van Egmond416.20109.455
Brian Looney314.201017.362
Joel Johnston404.001011.254
Matt Murray213.101018.901
Brian Bark302.10000.000
Keith Shepherd201.000036.000

ALDS
Main article: 1995 American League Division Series
GameScoreDate
1Boston 4, Cleveland 5October 3, 1995
2Boston 0, Cleveland 4October 4, 1995
3Cleveland 8, Boston 2October 6, 1995

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball

The Trenton Thunder replaced the New Britain Red Sox as the Red Sox' Double-A affiliate. The Class A Michigan Battle Cats replaced the Class A-Advanced Lynchburg Red Sox.

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 Tom Barrett
A Michigan Battle Cats Midwest League DeMarlo Hale
A-Short Season Utica Blue Sox New York–Penn League Bob Geren
Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League Felix Maldonado

[26]

Game Log

Red Sox Win Red Sox Loss Game Postponed Clinched Playoff Spot Clinched Division
1995 Boston Red Sox Season Game Log: 86–58 (Home: 42–30; Away: 44–28)

Reference:[27]

Postseason game log
Boston Red Sox 1995 Postseason Game Log (0–3)

Awards and honors
All-Star Game

References
  1. Bill Haselman at Baseball Reference
  2. Juan Bell at Baseball Reference
  3. Vaughn Eshelman page at Baseball Reference
  4. Luis Alicea page at Baseball Reference
  5. Otis Nixon at Baseball Reference
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1995.shtml
  7. Mike MacFarlane page at Baseball Reference
  8. Stan Belinda at Baseball Reference
  9. Mark Whiten at Baseball Reference
  10. Reggie Jefferson at Baseball Reference
  11. Erik Hanson page at Baseball Reference
  12. Troy O'Leary page at Baseball Reference
  13. Zane Smith at Baseball Reference
  14. Derek Lilliquist page at Baseball Reference
  15. Tim Wakefield at Baseball Reference
  16. Tuffy Rhodes at Baseball Reference
  17. Mike Maddux page at Baseball Reference
  18. Pat Burrell at Baseball Reference
  19. Willie McGee at Baseball Reference
  20. Rick Aguilera page at Baseball Reference
  21. Wally Whitehurst at Baseball Reference
  22. Mike Stanton at Baseball Reference
  23. Eric Gunderson page at Baseball Reference
  24. Wes Chamberlain page at Baseball Reference
  25. Dwayne Hosey page at Baseball Reference
  26. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  27. "1995 Boston Red Sox Schedule". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
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