1996 Boston Red Sox Roster (40-man)

1995 Season 1997 Season

Record: 85-77-0, Finished 3rd in AL_East (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Kevin Kennedy (85-77)

General Manager: Dan Duquette

Farm Director: Edward P. Kenney

Scouting Director: Wayne Britton

Ballpark: Fenway Park

Attendance: 2,315,231 (6th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101
One-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 106

Pythagorean W-L: 82-80, 928 Runs, 921 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Stan Belinda	29	us US	R	R	6' 3"	185	Aug 6, 1966	8	31	0	0	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$1,275,000
Esteban Beltré	28	do DO	R	R	5' 10"	155	Dec 26, 1967	5	27	17	27	24	0	0	0	8	13	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	-0.5	$200,000
Darren Bragg	26	us US	L	R	5' 9"	180	Sep 7, 1969	3	58	57	58	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	47	29	58	0	0	0	0.2
Mark Brandenburg	25	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Jul 14, 1970	2	29	0	0	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6
José Canseco	31	cu CU	R	R	6' 4"	240	Jul 2, 1964	12	96	91	96	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	2	11	84	5	0	3.0	$4,725,000
Phil Clark	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	May 6, 1968	5	3	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	-0.1
Roger Clemens	33	us US	R	R	6' 4"	205	Aug 4, 1962	13	34	34	1	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.8	$5,500,000
Alex Cole	30	us US	L	L	6' 2"	170	Aug 17, 1965	7	24	17	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	0	24	0	2	2	-0.3
Wil Cordero	24	pr PR	R	R	6' 2"	185	Oct 3, 1971	5	59	43	59	38	0	0	1	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	16	0	-0.2	$1,850,000
Milt Cuyler	27	us US	B	R	5' 10"	175	Oct 7, 1968	7	50	34	50	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	22	45	2	3	7	-0.1	$242,500
Alex Delgado	25	ve VE	R	R	6' 0"	195	Jan 11, 1971	1st	26	2	26	23	0	14	1	1	4	0	4	0	3	6	0	7	5	-0.1	$109,000
John Doherty	29	us US	R	R	6' 4"	190	Jun 11, 1967	5	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$400,000
Vaughn Eshelman	27	us US	L	L	6' 3"	205	May 22, 1969	2	39	10	0	39	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.2	$140,000
Jeff Frye	29	us US	R	R	5' 9"	180	Aug 31, 1966	4	105	102	105	103	0	0	0	100	0	3	2	1	2	5	1	2	1	0.9	$125,000
Rich Garcés	25	ve VE	R	R	6' 0"	250	May 18, 1971	4	37	0	0	37	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	$132,500
Nomar Garciaparra	22	us US	R	R	6' 0"	165	Jul 23, 1973	1st	24	21	24	23	0	0	0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0.2	$109,000
Tom Gordon	28	us US	R	R	5' 9"	160	Nov 18, 1967	9	34	34	0	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	$3,050,000
Mike Greenwell	32	us US	L	R	6' 0"	170	Jul 18, 1963	12	77	74	77	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	75	1	1	76	0	3	0	0.1	$3,700,000
Ken Grundt	26	us US	L	L	6' 4"	195	Aug 26, 1969	1st	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Eric Gunderson	30	us US	R	L	6' 0"	175	Mar 29, 1966	6	28	0	0	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Reggie Harris	27	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Aug 12, 1968	3	4	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$112,000
Bill Haselman	30	us US	R	R	6' 3"	205	May 25, 1966	6	77	61	77	71	0	69	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	4	0.8	$310,000
Scott Hatteberg	26	us US	L	R	6' 1"	192	Dec 14, 1969	2	10	3	10	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.0
Dwayne Hosey	29	us US	B	R	5' 10"	175	Mar 11, 1967	2	28	19	28	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	20	0	26	2	3	4	-0.2	$225,000
Joe Hudson	25	us US	R	R	6' 1"	173	Sep 29, 1970	2	36	0	0	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Reggie Jefferson	27	us US	L	L	6' 4"	210	Sep 25, 1968	6	122	97	122	60	0	0	16	0	0	0	45	0	0	45	49	24	0	1.9	$695,000
Brent Knackert	26	us US	R	R	6' 3"	185	Aug 1, 1969	2	8	0	1	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Kerry Lacy	23	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Aug 7, 1972	1st	11	0	0	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	$109,000
Mike Maddux	34	us US	L	R	6' 2"	180	Aug 27, 1961	11	23	7	0	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	$600,000
Pat Mahomes	25	us US	R	R	6' 1"	175	Aug 9, 1970	5	11	0	0	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
José Malavé	25	ve VE	R	R	6' 2"	212	May 31, 1971	1st	41	25	41	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	29	38	0	8	2	-0.6
Jeff Manto	31	us US	R	R	6' 3"	210	Aug 23, 1964	5	22	13	22	19	0	0	1	4	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.1	$200,000
Walt McKeel	24	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Jan 17, 1972	1st	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Nate Minchey	26	us US	R	R	6' 8"	225	Aug 31, 1969	3	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4	$130,000
Kevin Mitchell	34	us US	R	R	5' 10"	186	Jan 13, 1962	11	27	23	27	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	21	4	4	0	-0.3	$1,135,000
Jamie Moyer	33	us US	L	L	6' 0"	170	Nov 18, 1962	10	23	10	0	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	$825,000
Tim Naehring	29	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Feb 1, 1967	7	116	113	116	116	0	0	0	1	116	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3.6	$1,200,000
Trot Nixon	22	us US	L	L	6' 1"	195	Apr 11, 1974	1st	2	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0.0
Troy O'Leary	26	us US	L	L	6' 0"	175	Aug 4, 1969	4	149	126	149	146	0	0	0	0	0	0	66	17	110	146	0	18	2	-0.9	$240,000
Rudy Pemberton	26	do DO	R	R	6' 1"	185	Dec 17, 1969	2	13	11	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	13	0	2	0	0.8
Brad Pennington	27	us US	L	L	6' 5"	205	Apr 14, 1969	4	14	0	0	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	$160,000
Greg Pirkl	25	us US	R	R	6' 5"	225	Aug 7, 1970	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0
Arquimedez Pozo	22	do DO	R	R	5' 10"	160	Aug 24, 1973	2	21	16	21	20	0	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	-0.4
Tony Rodríguez	25	pr PR	R	R	5' 11"	165	Aug 15, 1970	1st	27	21	27	26	0	0	0	0	5	21	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.3
Bill Selby	26	us US	L	R	5' 9"	190	Jun 11, 1970	1st	40	22	40	34	0	0	0	14	14	0	6	0	0	6	1	12	1	-0.3
Aaron Sele	26	us US	R	R	6' 5"	205	Jun 25, 1970	4	29	29	0	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	$380,000
Heathcliff Slocumb	30	us US	R	R	6' 3"	180	Jun 7, 1966	6	75	0	0	75	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	$1,425,000
Mike Stanley	33	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Jun 25, 1963	11	121	108	121	105	0	105	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	13	0	2.5	$2,300,000
Mike Stanton	29	us US	L	L	6' 1"	190	Jun 2, 1967	8	59	0	0	59	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.6	$1,750,000
Jeff Suppan	21	us US	R	R	6' 2"	225	Jan 2, 1975	2	8	4	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$117,000
Jim Tatum	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Oct 9, 1967	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Lee Tinsley	27	us US	B	R	5' 11"	190	Mar 4, 1969	4	92	49	92	83	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	78	0	83	1	1	18	-0.6
John Valentin	29	us US	R	R	6' 0"	170	Feb 18, 1967	5	131	129	131	129	0	0	0	0	12	118	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3.1	$2,672,500
Mo Vaughn	28	us US	L	R	6' 1"	225	Dec 15, 1967	6	161	161	161	146	0	0	146	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	5.6	$5,400,000	All-Star
Tim Wakefield	29	us US	R	R	6' 2"	210	Aug 2, 1966	4	32	32	0	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	$450,000
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Kevin Kennedy	42	us US	May 26, 1954	Manager	Apr 1	Sep 29
Tim Johnson	46	us US	Jul 22, 1949	Bench	Apr 1	Sep 29
Jim Rice	43	us US	Mar 8, 1953	Hitting	Apr 1	Sep 29
Al Nipper	37	us US	Apr 2, 1959	Pitching	Apr 1	Apr 30
Sammy Ellis	55	us US	Feb 11, 1941	Pitching	May 1	Sep 29
Dave Carlucci	33	us US	May 1, 1963	Bullpen	Apr 1	Apr 30
Herm Starrette	59	us US	Nov 20, 1936	Bullpen	May 1	Sep 29
Frank White	45	us US	Sep 4, 1950	First base	Apr 1	Sep 29
Dave Oliver	45	us US	Apr 7, 1951	Third base	Apr 1	Sep 29
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date