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1995 Boston Red Sox season

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1995 Boston Red Sox
American League East champions
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record86–58 (.597)
Divisional place1st
OwnersJRY Trust
PresidentJohn Harrington
General managerDan Duquette
ManagerKevin Kennedy
TelevisionWSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Sean McDonough, Bob Montgomery)
NESN
(Bob Kurtz, Jerry Remy)
RadioWEEI
(Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione)
WROL
(Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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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 86–58, as teams played 144 games (instead of the normal 162) due to the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike. The Red Sox were swept in 3 games to the American League Central champion Cleveland Indians in the ALDS.

Offseason

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Regular season

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In May, the team's grounds crew changed the signage noting the distance along the left-field foul line from home plate to the Green Monster—updated to read 310 feet (94 m), it had been signed for many years as being 315 feet (96 m).[6] This occurred shortly after reporter Dan Shaughnessy of The Boston Globe physically measured the distance as 309 feet 3 inches (94.26 m).[7]

Record by month[8]
MonthRecordCumulativeAL EastRef.
WonLostWonLostPositionGB
April31311st (tie)—[9]
May171020111st+6[10]
June141434251st+5[11]
July141348381st+4+1⁄2[12]
August23771451st+14[13]
September151286571st+8[14]
October0186581st+7[15]

The Red Sox collected an MLB-high of 286 doubles in 1995, for an average of nearly two per game.[16]

Season standings

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AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 8658 .597 — 42‍–‍30 44‍–‍28
New York Yankees 7965 .549 7 46‍–‍26 33‍–‍39
Baltimore Orioles 7173 .493 15 36‍–‍36 35‍–‍37
Detroit Tigers 6084 .417 26 35‍–‍37 25‍–‍47
Toronto Blue Jays 5688 .389 30 29‍–‍43 27‍–‍45

Record vs. opponents

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1995 American League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1995
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

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Opening Day lineup

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

Roster

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1995 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Designated hitters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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Note: 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 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

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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
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
Rich Rowland14295.172010
Juan Bell17264.154120
Tuffy Rhodes10252.080010
Chris James16244.167010
Ron Mahay5204.200130
Dave Hollins5132.154010
Steve Rodriguez681.125001
Scott Hatteberg221.500000

Pitching

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All starting and relief pitchers

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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
Rhéal 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

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GameScoreDate
1Boston 4, Cleveland 5October 3, 1995
2Boston 0, Cleveland 4October 4, 1995
3Cleveland 8, Boston 2October 6, 1995

Farm system

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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

Source:[36][37]

Game log

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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)
April: 3–1
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 26Twins9–0Sele (1–0)Erickson (0–1)—Fenway Park32,9801–0W1
2April 28White Sox10–4Cormier (1–0)Bere (0–1)—Fenway Park23,1992–0W2
3April 29White Sox8–0Hanson (1–0)Álvarez (0–1)—Fenway Park27,6313–0W3
4April 30White Sox11–17DeLeon (1–0)Rodriguez (0–1)—Fenway Park30,6583–1L1
May: 17–10
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
5May 1@ Yankees3–5Howe (1–0)Lilliquist (0–1)Wetteland (3)Yankee Stadium17,4123–2L2
6May 2@ Yankees8–0Eshelman (1–0)Hitchcock (0–1)—Yankee Stadium13,6944–2W1
7May 3@ Yankees3–4 (13)Wickman (1–0)Pierce (0–1)—Yankee Stadium19,9904–3L1
8May 4@ Yankees3–5Ausanio (1–0)Johnston (0–1)Wetteland (4)Yankee Stadium18,9944–4L2
9May 5@ Tigers10–7Lilliquist (1–1)Lira (0–1)Ryan (1)Tiger Stadium10,0415–4W1
10May 6@ Tigers5–3Sele (2–0)Bergman (0–3)Belinda (1)Tiger Stadium16,5646–4W2
11May 7@ Tigers12–1Eshelman (2–0)Groom (0–1)—Tiger Stadium10,7527–4W3
12May 9Orioles4–3Belinda (1–0)Benítez (0–2)—Fenway Park22,0068–4W4
13May 10Orioles6–2Hanson (2–0)Fernandez (0–1)—Fenway Park19,7769–4W5
—May 11OriolesPostponed (rain). Makeup date August 10.
14May 12Yankees2–12Hitchcock (1–2)Sele (2–1)—Fenway Park32,7549–5L1
15May 13Yankees6–4Eshelman (3–0)Wickman (1–1)Ryan (2)Fenway Park32,69510–5W1
16May 14Yankees3–2Peña (1–0)Howe (1–1)—Fenway Park32,52611–5W2
17May 16@ Brewers5–0Hanson (3–0)Scanlan (1–1)—Milwaukee County Stadium7,71412–5W3
18May 17@ Brewers8–2Sele (3–1)Bones (2–1)—Milwaukee County Stadium10,93413–5W4
19May 18Indians4–3Belinda (2–0)Poole (1–2)—Fenway Park24,28514–5W5
20May 19Indians5–9Julián Tavárez (1–0)Ryan (0–1)—Fenway Park23,50714–6L1
21May 20Indians5–7Plunk (2–0)Peña (1–1)Mesa (4)Fenway Park29,41214–7L2
22May 21Indians10–12Assenmacher (1–0)Pierce (0–2)Mesa (5)Fenway Park32,33914–8L3
23May 23@ Mariners5–4 (10)Belinda (3–0)Frey (0–2)Ryan (3)Kingdome11,85815–8W1
24May 24@ Mariners6–15Carmona (1–1)Pierce (0–3)Nelson (1)Kingdome10,04115–9L1
25May 25@ Mariners3–4Belcher (2–0)Smith (0–1)Ayala (6)Kingdome12,19415–10L2
26May 26@ Angels8–3Hanson (4–0)Williams (1–2)—Anaheim Stadium27,81616–10W1
27May 27@ Angels12–1Wakefield (1–0)Bielecki (2–1)—Anaheim Stadium29,79217–10W2
28May 28@ Angels3–8Finley (2–4)Van Egmond (0–1)—Anaheim Stadium27,49717–11L1
29May 29@ Athletics9–6Smith (1–1)Stewart (2–4)—Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum30,84618–11W1
30May 30@ Athletics1–0Wakefield (2–0)Darling (1–2)Ryan (4)Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum11,22419–11W2
31May 31@ Athletics6–5Hanson (5–0)Stottlemyre (3–1)Ryan (5)Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum14,61620–11W3
June: 14–14
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
32June 2Mariners6–5 (10)Belinda (4–0)Torres (0–2)—Fenway Park33,47621–11W4
33June 3Mariners10–8Cormier (2–0)Carmona (1–2)Ryan (6)Kingdome27,30122–11W5
34June 4Mariners2–1 (10)Wakefield (3–0)Ayala (1–1)—Fenway Park28,51223–11W6
35June 5Angels3–2Hanson (6–0)Bielecki (2–2)Ryan (7)Fenway Park22,02724–11W7
36June 6Angels3–12Langston (4–1)Looney (0–1)James (1)Fenway Park23,97724–12L1
37June 7Angels5–1Clemens (1–0)Finley (3–5)—Fenway Park23,37225–12W1
38June 8Angels8–10Butcher (5–0)Cormier (2–1)Smith (15)Fenway Park25,33625–13L1
39June 9Athletics4–1Wakefield (4–0)Stewart (3–5)—Fenway Park30,30426–13W1
40June 10Athletics5–8Corsi (2–0)Maddux (1–1)—Fenway Park31,41826–14L1
41June 11Athletics1–8Stottlemyre (5–1)Smith (1–2)—Fenway Park29,73726–15L2
42June 12@ Blue Jays3–4 (12)Timlin (3–0)Ryan (0–2)—SkyDome40,17126–16L3
43June 13@ Blue Jays11–7Maddux (2–1)Hentgen (4–4)—SkyDome36,29727–16W1
44June 14@ Blue Jays3–5Leiter (5–2)Wakefield (4–1)