1996 Boston Red Sox season

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.

1996 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)JRY Trust
General manager(s)Dan Duquette
Manager(s)Kevin Kennedy
Local televisionWABU
(Sean McDonough, Jerry Remy)
NESN
(Bob Kurtz, Jerry Remy)
Local radioWEEI
(Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione)
WROL
(Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)
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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 Records

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
  • June 4, 1996: 1996 Major League Baseball Draft

Opening Day Line Up
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
  • 33 José Canseco

Other batters

 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 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
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB
Reggie Jefferson122386134.34719740
Darren Bragg5822256.2523226
Bill Haselman7723765.2748344
Wil Cordero5919857.2883372
Milt Cuyler5011022.2002127
Bill Selby409526.274361
José Malavé4110224.2354170
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 McKeel100.000000

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)

Reference:[26]

Awards and honors
All-Star 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 Red Sox Dominican Summer League Rick Aponte

DSL team was a cooperative with the Houston Astros.
Source: [27]

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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. 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. 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. Jamie Moyer page at Baseball Reference
  17. Mike Stanton page at Baseball Reference
  18. Greg Pirkl page at Baseball Reference
  19. Pat Mahomes page at Baseball Reference
  20. Chris Reitsma page at Baseball Reference
  21. Dernell Stensen page at Baseball Reference
  22. Robert Ramsay page at Baseball Reference
  23. Justin Duchscherer page at Baseball Reference
  24. She Hillenbrand page at Baseball Reference
  25. Aaron Harang page at Baseball Reference
  26. "1996 Boston Red Sox Schedule". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  27. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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