1996 Boston Red Sox season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Boston Red Sox
season = 1996
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Fenway Park
y4 = 1912
city = Boston, Massachusetts
y5 = 1901
owners = JRY Trust
managers = Kevin Kennedy
television = WABU
(Sean McDonough, Jerry Remy)
NESN
(Bob Kurtz, Jerry Remy)
radio = WEEI
(Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione)
WROL
(Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)|The by|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

*January 22, 1996: Alex Cole was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coleal01.shtml Alex Cole Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*January 29, 1996: Heathcliff Slocumb was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Larry Wimberly (minors) and Rick Holyfield (minors) to the Boston Red Sox for Glenn Murray, Ken Ryan, and Lee Tinsley. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/slocuhe01.shtml Heathcliff Slocumb Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*February 15, 1996: Felix Jose was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/josefe01.shtml]
*March 8, 1996: Kevin Mitchell signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mitchke01.shtml Kevin Mitchell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular season

Roger Clemens accomplished the 20-strikeout feat twice in his career, and became the only player ever to do so. The second performance came on September 18, 1996 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.

eason standings

Notable transactions

*May 12, 1996: Felix Jose was released by the Boston Red Sox. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/josefe01.shtml]
*June 4, 1996: Aaron Harang was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 22nd round of the 1996 amateur draft, but did not sign. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/haranaa01.shtml]
* July 30, 1996: Kevin Mitchell was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Roberto Mejia and Brad Tweedie (minors).
*July 31, 1996: Mike Stanton was Traded by the Boston Red Sox with a player to be named later to the Texas Rangers for Mark Brandenburg and Kerry Lacy. The Boston Red Sox sent Dwayne Hosey (November 4, 1996) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stantmi02.shtml Mike Stanton Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*August 1, 1996: Greg Pirkl was selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Seattle Mariners. [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pirklgr01.shtml]

Opening Day Line Up

Other batters

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

Relief pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007]

* Class AAA: Pawtucket Red Sox (International League; Buddy Bailey, manager)
* Class AA: Trenton Thunder (Eastern League; Ken Macha, manager)
* Class A: Sarasota Red Sox (Florida State League; DeMarlo Hale, manager)
* Class A: Michigan Battle Cats (Midwest League; Tom Barrett, manager)
* Class SS-A: Lowell Spinners (New York-Penn League; Billy Gardner, Jr., manager)
* Rookie: GCL Red Sox (Gulf Coast League; Bob Geren, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1996.shtml 1996 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1996&t=BOS 1996 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com]