# 1993 Boston Red Sox season

The 1993 Boston Red Sox season was the 93rd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fifth in the American League East with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses, 15 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays, who went on to win the 1993 World Series.

## Offseason

* December 1, 1992: Scott Fletcher was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
* December 8, 1992: Scott Bankhead was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
* December 9, 1992: Andre Dawson was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
* December 9, 1992: Phil Plantier was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the San Diego Padres for Jose Melendez.
* January 18, 1993: Tony Fossas was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
* March 1, 1993: Jeff Russell was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.

## Spring training

In a spring training game on April 2, 1993, Frank Viola and Cory Bailey combined on a no-hitter as the Red Sox defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, 10–0, at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida.

## Regular season

Record by month :
| Month | Record | Record | Cumulative | Cumulative | AL East | AL East | Ref. |
| Month | Won | Lost | Won | Lost | Position | GB | Ref. |
| April | 13 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2nd | 2 | |
| May | 14 | 14 | 27 | 23 | 4th | 4 | |
| June | 11 | 16 | 38 | 39 | 5th | 9 | |
| July | 20 | 7 | 58 | 46 | 3rd | 1+1⁄2 | |
| August | 11 | 16 | 69 | 62 | 5th | 6+1⁄2 | |
| September | 11 | 17 | 80 | 79 | 5th | 14 | |
| October | 0 | 3 | 80 | 82 | 5th | 15 | |

### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 48‍–‍33 | 47‍–‍34 |
| New York Yankees | 88 | 74 | .543 | 7 | 50‍–‍31 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 85 | 77 | .525 | 10 | 48‍–‍33 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Detroit Tigers | 85 | 77 | .525 | 10 | 44‍–‍37 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Boston Red Sox | 80 | 82 | .494 | 15 | 43‍–‍38 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Cleveland Indians | 76 | 86 | .469 | 19 | 46‍–‍35 | 30‍–‍51 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 69 | 93 | .426 | 26 | 38‍–‍43 | 31‍–‍50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1993 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 6–7 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 10–2 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–8 |
| Boston | 7–6 | — | 7–5 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 3–10 |
| California | 5–7 | 5–7 | — | 7–6 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 |
| Chicago | 8–4 | 5–7 | 6–7 | — | 9–3 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 10–3 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 9–4 | 8–5 | 6–6 |
| Cleveland | 5–8 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 3–9 | — | 6–7 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 4–9 |
| Detroit | 8–5 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 7–6 | — | 5–7 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–7 |
| Kansas City | 5–7 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 7–5 | — | 5–7 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 8–4 |
| Milwaukee | 5–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 4–9 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 5–8 |
| Minnesota | 4–8 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 3–10 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | — | 4–8 | 8–5 | 4–9 | 7–6 | 2–10 |
| New York | 7–6 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 8–4 | — | 6–6 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 5–8 |
| Oakland | 2–10 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 6–6 | — | 9–4 | 5–8 | 5–7 |
| Seattle | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 5–7 | 4–9 | — | 8–5 | 7–5 |
| Texas | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 8–5 | 5–8 | — | 7–5 |
| Toronto | 8–5 | 10–3 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 10–2 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 5–7 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 3, 1993: Ernest Riles was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
* May 7, 1993: Steve Lyons was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
* June 3, 1993: Trot Nixon was drafted by the Red Sox in the 1st round of the 1993 MLB draft. Player signed August 31, 1993.
* June 3, 1993: Jeff Suppan was drafted by the Red Sox in the 2nd round of the 1993 MLB draft. Player signed June 29, 1993.
* June 3, 1993: Lou Merloni was drafted by the Red Sox in the 10th round of the 1993 MLB draft. Player signed June 5, 1993.
* August 17, 1993: Iván Calderón was released by the Red Sox.

### Opening Day lineup

| 5 | Scott Fletcher | 2B |
| 22 | Billy Hatcher | CF |
| 39 | Mike Greenwell | LF |
| 10 | Andre Dawson | RF |
| 42 | Mo Vaughn | 1B |
| 22 | Iván Calderón | DH |
| 34 | Scott Cooper | 3B |
| 6 | Tony Peña | C |
| 2 | Luis Rivera | SS |
| 21 | Roger Clemens | P |
Source:

### Alumni game

On May 29, the Red Sox held an old-timers game, themed to honor Negro league legends; it was held before a scheduled home game with the Texas Rangers. Hitting instructor Mike Easler drove in both runs for the Red Sox alumni team in a 2–2 tie; other participants included César Cedeño, Jim Lonborg, and Roy White.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Tony Pena | 126 | 304 | 55 | .181 | 4 | 19 |
| 1B | Mo Vaughn | 152 | 539 | 160 | .297 | 29 | 101 |
| 2B | Scott Fletcher | 121 | 480 | 137 | .285 | 5 | 45 |
| 3B | Scott Cooper | 156 | 468 | 147 | .279 | 9 | 63 |
| SS | John Valentin | 144 | 468 | 130 | .278 | 11 | 66 |
| LF | Mike Greenwell | 146 | 540 | 170 | .315 | 13 | 72 |
| CF | Billy Hatcher | 136 | 508 | 146 | .287 | 9 | 57 |
| RF | Carlos Quintana | 101 | 303 | 74 | .244 | 1 | 19 |
| DH | Andre Dawson | 121 | 461 | 126 | .273 | 13 | 67 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Bob Zupcic | 141 | 286 | 69 | .241 | 2 | 26 |
| Iván Calderón | 73 | 213 | 47 | .221 | 1 | 19 |
| Bob Melvin | 77 | 176 | 39 | .222 | 3 | 23 |
| Rob Deer | 38 | 143 | 18 | .196 | 7 | 16 |
| Ernie Riles | 94 | 143 | 27 | .189 | 5 | 20 |
| Luis Rivera | 62 | 130 | 27 | .208 | 1 | 7 |
| Tim Naehring | 39 | 127 | 42 | .331 | 1 | 17 |
| Jeff McNeely | 21 | 37 | 11 | .297 | 0 | 1 |
| Greg Blosser | 17 | 28 | 2 | .071 | 0 | 1 |
| John Flaherty | 13 | 25 | 3 | .120 | 0 | 2 |
| Jeff Richardson | 15 | 24 | 5 | .208 | 0 | 2 |
| Steve Lyons | 28 | 23 | 3 | .130 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Ortiz | 9 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Byrd | 2 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Danny Darwin | 34 | 229.1 | 15 | 11 | 3.26 | 130 |
| Roger Clemens | 29 | 191.2 | 11 | 14 | 4.46 | 160 |
| Frank Viola | 29 | 183.2 | 11 | 8 | 3.14 | 91 |
| John Dopson | 34 | 155.2 | 7 | 11 | 4.97 | 89 |
| Aaron Sele | 18 | 111.2 | 7 | 2 | 2.74 | 93 |
| Nate Minchey | 5 | 33.0 | 1 | 2 | 3.55 | 18 |

#### Relief and other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SV = Saves
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SV |
| Paul Quantrill | 49 | 138.0 | 6 | 12 | 3.91 | 1 |
| Greg A. Harris | 80 | 112.1 | 6 | 7 | 3.77 | 8 |
| Scott Bankhead | 40 | 64.1 | 2 | 1 | 3.50 | 0 |
| Joe Hesketh | 28 | 53.1 | 3 | 4 | 5.06 | 1 |
| Ken Ryan | 47 | 50.0 | 7 | 2 | 3.60 | 1 |
| Jeff Russell | 51 | 46.2 | 1 | 4 | 2.70 | 33 |
| Tony Fossas | 71 | 40.0 | 1 | 1 | 5.18 | 0 |
| José Meléndez | 9 | 16.0 | 2 | 1 | 2.25 | 0 |
| Cory Bailey | 11 | 15.2 | 0 | 1 | 3.45 | 0 |
| Scott Taylor | 16 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 8.18 | 0 |

## Awards and honors

* Danny Darwin – AL Pitcher of the Month (May)

### All-Star Game

* Scott Cooper, reserve 3B

## Farm system

The Fort Lauderdale Red Sox replaced the Winter Haven Red Sox as a Class A-Advanced affiliate. The Utica Blue Sox replaced the Elmira Pioneers as the Red Sox' Class A-Short Season affiliate.
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Pawtucket Red Sox | International League | Buddy Bailey |
| AA | New Britain Red Sox | Eastern League | Jim Pankovits |
| A-Advanced | Lynchburg Red Sox | Carolina League | Mark Meleski |
| A-Advanced | Fort Lauderdale Red Sox | Florida State League | DeMarlo Hale |
| A-Short Season | Utica Blue Sox | New York–Penn League | Dave Holt |
| Rookie | GCL Red Sox | Gulf Coast League | Felix Maldonado |
Source:

## Game Log

| Red Sox Win | Red Sox Loss | Game Postponed |
1993 Boston Red Sox Season Game Log: 80–82 (Home: 43–38; Away: 37–44) :
April: 13–9
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 5@ Royals3–1Clemens (1–0)Appier (0–1)Russell (1)Kauffman Stadium39,5321–0W1
2April 7@ Royals3–2Viola (1–0)Cone (0–1)Russell (2)Kauffman Stadium14,9112–0W2
3April 8@ Royals9–4Bankhead (1–0)Gubicza (0–1)—Kauffman Stadium15,7773–0W3
4April 9@ Rangers1–3Ryan (1–0)Dopson (0–1)Henke (2)Arlington Stadium40,1883–1L1
5April 10@ Rangers10–2Clemens (2–0)Lefferts (1–1)—Arlington Stadium30,6104–1W1
6April 11@ Rangers1–4Brown (1–0)Darwin (0–1)Henke (3)Arlington Stadium22,7434–2L1
—April 12IndiansPostponed (rain). Makeup date April 13.
7April 13Indians6–2Viola (2–0)Mutis (0–1)—Fenway Park29,6065–2W1
8April 14Indians12–7Hesketh (1–0)Bielecki (1–1)—Fenway Park20,3906–2W2
9April 15Indians4–3 (13)Quantrill (1–0)Plunk (1–1)—Fenway Park22,5057–2W3
10April 16White Sox4–9McDowell (3–0)Darwin (0–2)—Fenway Park26,5267–3L1
11April 17White Sox5–1Hesketh (2–0)McKaskill (0–3)—Fenway Park32,9948–3W1
12April 18White Sox4–0Viola (3–0)Bolton (0–2)—Fenway Park34,9239–3W2
13April 19White Sox6–0Dopson (1–1)Fernandez (2–1)—Fenway Park34,55610–3W3
14April 20@ Mariners5–2Clemens (3–0)Cummings (0–3)Russell (3)Kingdome28,71411–3W4
15April 21@ Mariners0–5Johnson (2–1)Darwin (0–3)—Kingdome13,64111–4L1
16April 22@ Mariners0–7Bosio (1–1)Hesketh (1–1)—Jacobs Field13,60411–5L2
17April 23@ Angels1–4Langston (2–0)Viola (3–1)—Anaheim Stadium37,46311–6L3
18April 24@ Angels5–8Crim (2–0)Bankhead (1–1)Valera (2)Anaheim Stadium53,39411–7L4
19April 25@ Angels1–2Sanderson (3–0)Clemens (3–1)Grahe (2)Anaheim Stadium39,79511–8L5
20April 27@ Athletics2–7Witt (1–0)Darwin (0–4)Gossage (1)Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum20,04611–9L6
21April 28@ Athletics3–1Viola (4–1)Welch (2–2)Russell (4)Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum20,78312–9W1
22April 30Angels6–1Dopson (2–1)Farrell (1–3)—Fenway Park31,43213–9W2 :
May: 14–14
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
23May 1Angels3–1Clemens (4–1)Sanderson (3–1)Russell (5)Fenway Park33,54614–9W3
24May 2Angels4–3Darwin (1–4)Finley (2–2)Russell (6)Fenway Park31,85115–9W4
25May 3Mariners0–2Hanson (4–0)Viola (4–2)Charlton (4)Fenway Park20,37915–10L1
26May 4Mariners6–7Leary (1–1)Hesketh (2–2)Charlton (5)Fenway Park21,23415–11L2
27May 5Athletics3–1Quantrill (2–0)Núñez (0–1)Russell (7)Fenway Park25,49616–11W1
28May 6Athletics3–6Witt (2–1)Clemens (4–2)Eckersley (4)Fenway Park28,22016–12L1
29May 7@ Brewers1–0Darwin (2–4)Wegman (2–5)Russell (8)Milwaukee County Stadium15,05817–12W1
30May 8@ Brewers3–6Eldred (4–3)Quantrill (2–1)Henry (6)Milwaukee County Stadium25,15017–13L1
31May 9@ Brewers0–6Boddicker (2–1)Hesketh (2–3)—Milwaukee County Stadium20,39817–14L2
32May 10@ Orioles1–2Frohwirth (2–2)Quantrill (2–2)Pennington (1)Camden Yards46,37217–15L3
33May 11@ Orioles4–0Clemens (5–2)McDonald (2–4)—Camden Yards46,46018–15W1
34May 12@ Orioles2–0Darwin (3–4)Valenzuela (0–3)Russell (9)Camden Yards46,07519–15W2
35May 14@ Twins3–4Erickson (2–4)Viola (4–3)Aguilera (11)Metrodome26,90719–16L1
36May 15@ Twins4–7Deshaies (5–2)Dopson (2–2)Aguilera (12)Metrodome33,63519–17L2
37May 16@ Twins11–5Hesketh (3–3)Hartley (0–2)—Fenway Park35,46720–17W1
38May 17Blue Jays3–9Hentgen (5–2)Clemens (5–3)—Fenway Park30,05720–18L1
—May 18Blue JaysPostponed (rain). Makeup date May 20.
39May 19Blue Jays10–5Darwin (4–4)Stewart (0–1)—Fenway Park27,46521–18W1
40May 20Blue Jays3–4Cox (3–0)Quantrill (2–3)Ward (10)Fenway Park18,21921–19L1
41May 21Yankees7–2Dopson (3–2)Pérez (2–3)—Fenway Park34,17022–19W1
42May 22Yankees3–7Witt (3–1)Clemens (5–4)—Fenway Park34,38322–20L1
43May 23Yankees5–2Harris (1–0)Key (4–2)Russell (10)Fenway Park33,30723–20W1
44May 24@ Tigers6–5 (10)Ryan (1–0)MacDonald (3–2)Russell (11)Tiger Stadium14,88124–20W2
45May 25@ Tigers1–4Wells (6–1)Viola (4–4)Henneman (10)Tiger Stadium17,51424–21L1
46May 26@ Tigers6–7Gullickson (2–1)Dopson (3–3)Knudsen (1)Tiger Stadium27,03224–22L2
47May 28Rangers4–1Clemens (6–4)Pavlik (1–1)Russell (12)Fenway Park32,67825–22W1
48May 29Rangers15–1Darwin (5–4)Burns (0–2)—Fenway Park32,81726–22W2
49May 30Rangers6–5 (12)Meléndez (1–0)Bronkey (0–1)—Fenway Park33,79727–22W3
50May 31Royals3–5Cone (3–5)Dopson (3–4)Montgomery (16)Fenway Park21,48727–23L1 :
June: 11–16
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
51June 1Royals3–4Haney (3–0)Quantrill (2–4)Montgomery (17)Fenway Park23,41827–24L2
52June 2Royals2–7Appier (6–4)Clemens (6–5)—Fenway Park29,54127–25L3
53June 4@ White Sox1–0Harris (2–0)Hernández (1–2)Russell (13)Comiskey Park30,94928–25W1
54June 5@ White Sox3–11McDowell (8–4)Viola (4–5)—Comiskey Park41,14428–26L1
55June 6White Sox3–4Fernandez (7–3)Meléndez (1–1)Hernández (10)Comiskey Park42,39328–27L2
—June 7@ IndiansPostponed (rain). Makeup date September 10.
56June 8@ Indians4–5Lilliquist (2–1)Harris (2–1)—Cleveland Stadium14,16828–28L3
57June 9@ Indians2–3Young (2–2)Darwin (5–5)Plunk (4)Cleveland Stadium13,38128–29L4
58June 10Orioles1–2Moyer (1–3)Viola (4–6)Olson (16)Fenway Park33,06928–30L5
59June 11Orioles4–16Mussina (9–2)Dopson (3–5)—Fenway Park33,00828–31L6
60June 12Orioles1–5Pennington (3–1)Harris (2–2)—Fenway Park33,22228–32L7
61June 13Orioles4–2Clemens (7–5)Valenzuela (2–6)Russell (14)Fenway Park33,35629–32W1
62June 14@ Yankees0–4Kamieniecki (1–1)Darwin (5–6)—Yankee Stadium25,22729–33L1
63June 15@ Yankees7–9Heaton (1–0)Viola (4–7)Farr (16)Yankee Stadium30,64729–34L2
64June 16@ Yankees7–1Dopson (4–5)Pérez (4–6)—Yankee Stadium28,32630–34W1
65June 17@ Blue Jays0–7Leiter (4–5)Quantrill (2–5)—SkyDome50,52830–35L1
66June 18@ Blue Jays2–11Hentgen (9–2)Clemens (7–6)—SkyDome50,50930–36L2
67June 19@ Blue Jays4–9Stewart (3–2)Darwin (5–7)—SkyDome50,51030–37L3
68June 20@ Blue Jays2–3 (12)Timlin (1–1)Russell (0–1)—SkyDome50,52030–38L4
69June 21Twins6–3Dopson (5–5)Erickson (3–8)Russell (15)Fenway Park27,77931–38W1
70June 22Twins4–1Quantrill (3–5)Deshaies (8–5)Russell (16)Fenway Park29,09432–38W2
71June 23Twins3–1Sele (1–0)Guardado (0–2)Harris (1)Fenway Park30,41433–38W3
72June 25Tigers8–2Darwin (6–7)Wells (9–2)Harris (2)Fenway Park33,84434–38W4
73June 26Tigers13–4Meléndez (2–1)Doherty (7–3)—Fenway Park33,29535–38W5
74June 27Tigers6–9Dopson (6–5)Gullickson (4–4)—Fenway Park32,94736–38W6
75June 28Brewers4–3Harris (3–2)Henry (0–2)—Fenway Park27,98237–38W7
76June 29Brewers6–7Fetters (2–0)Harris (3–3)Henry (14)Fenway Park30,39537–39L1
77June 30Brewers12–2Darwin (7–7)Miranda (0–1)—Fenway Park28,05038–39W1 :
July: 20–7
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
78July 2@ Mariners9–8Viola (5–7)Hampton (1–3)Russell (17)Kingdome23,65739–39W2
79July 3@ Mariners6–5Harris (4–3)Charlton (1–2)Russell (18)Kingdome31,43340–39W3
80July 4@ Mariners6–0Quantrill (4–5)Bosio (2–4)—Kingdome20,81441–39W4
81July 5@ Angels4–3 (11)Ryan (2–0)Nelson (0–2)—Anaheim Stadium20,44242–39W5
82July 6@ Angels2–3Finley (10–6)Hesketh (3–4)—Anaheim Stadium19,99642–40L1
83July 7@ Angels6–7Linton (1–1)Russell (0–2)—Anaheim Stadium29,14742–41L2
84July 8@ Athletics11–9Dopson (7–5)Van Poppel (0–1)Russell (19)Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum23,19743–41W1
85July 9@ Athletics2–4Darling (2–4)Quantrill (4–6)Eckersley (21)Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum29,90143–42L1
86July 10@ Athletics5–0Sele (2–0)Downs (2–3)Harris (3)Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum32,20244–42W1
87July 11@ Athletics3–2Darwin (8–7)Witt (8–6)Russell (20)Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum34,09745–42W2
88July 15Mariners2–3Fleming (5–1)Viola (5–8)Hampton (1)Fenway Park33,34245–43L1
89July 16Mariners5–3Clemens (8–6)Hanson (7–7)Russell (21)Fenway Park33,92546–43W1
90July 17Mariners12–11Darwin (9–7)Bosio (3–5)Russell (22)Fenway Park33,19047–43W2
91July 18Mariners7–6Ryan (3–0)Charlton (1–3)Harris (4)Fenway Park33,79548–43W3
92July 19Angels8–6Sele (3–0)Sanderson (7–10)Russell (23)Fenway Park30,43349–43W4
93July 20Angels2–1Fossas (1–0)Nelson (0–3)—Fenway Park31,63250–43W5
94July 21Angels4–1Clemens (9–6)Finley (11–7)Russell (24)Fenway Park34,34851–43W6
95July 22Athletics9–7Ryan (4–0)Núñez (3–5)Russell (25)Fenway Park34,35552–43W7
96July 23Athletics6–5 (10)Harris (5–3)Gossage (4–5)—Fenway Park34,43553–43W8
97July 24Athletics5–3Sele (4–0)Downs (2–5)Russell (26)Fenway Park34,37954–43W9
98July 25Athletics8–1Viola (6–8)Welch (7–7)Quantrill (1)Fenway Park34,39155–43W10
99July 26@ Brewers2–3Lloyd (3–1)Russell (0–3)—Milwaukee County Stadium24,64555–44L1
100July 27@ Brewers2–3Navarro (6–8)Darwin (9–8)Orosco (2)Milwaukee County Stadium18,86955–45L2
101July 28@ Brewers8–4Harris (6–3)Miranda (0–2)—Milwaukee County Stadium26,77056–45W1
102July 29@ Brewers7–3Sele (5–0)Bones (6–7)—Milwaukee County Stadium27,10557–45W2
103July 30@ Orioles8–7Quantrill (5–6)Moyer (7–5)Russell (27)Camden Yards46,16758–45W3
104July 31@ Orioles0–4McDonald (8–9)Clemens (9–7)—Camden Yards46,48958–46L1 :
August: 11–16
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
105August 1@ Orioles2–1Darwin (10–8)Sutcliffe (8–7)Russell (28)Camden Yards45,29959–46W1
106August 3@ Twins1–6Banks (8–7)Dopson (7–6)—Metrodome27,49759–47L1
107August 4@ Twins5–4Sele (6–0)Erickson (6–13)Russell (29)Metrodome24,35260–47W1
108August 5@ Twins2–1Viola (7–8)Deshaies (11–9)Russell (30)Metrodome30,71561–47W2
109August 6@ Tigers1–5Gullickson (7–6)Clemens (9–8)—Tiger Stadium32,20661–48L1
110August 7@ Tigers4–1Darwin (11–8)Bergman (1–4)Russell (31)Tiger Stadium38,11262–48W1
111August 8@ Tigers1–5Bolton (2–4)Dopson (7–7)—Tiger Stadium38,01662–49L1
112August 10Yankees5–0Viola (8–8)Kamieniecki (7–4)Hesketh (1)Fenway Park34,41363–49W1
113August 11Yankees3–8Key (14–4)Clemens (9–9)Wickman (1)Fenway Park34,47063–50L1
114August 12Yankees1–4Pérez (6–10)Sele (6–1)Farr (22)Fenway Park34,40363–51L2
115August 13Blue Jays5–3Darwin (12–8)Stottlemyre (6–9)Russell (32)Fenway Park34,27664–51W1
116August 14Blue Jays2–5Hentgen (14–6)Dopson (7–8)Ward (31)Fenway Park33,92464–52L1
117August 15Blue Jays1–9Stewart (8–6)Clemens (9–10)—Fenway Park33,38064–53L2
118August 17White Sox2–3McDowell (19–7)Sele (6–2)Hernández (26)Fenway Park32,74464–54L3
119August 18White Sox5–0Darwin (13–8)Bere (5–5)—Fenway Park31,55065–54W1
120August 19Indians1–5Tavárez (2–1)Quantrill (5–7)—Fenway Park32,64465–55L1
121August 20Indians6–7Dipoto (4–2)Russell (0–4)—Fenway Park31,81965–56L2
122August 21Indians5–10Wertz (2–1)Harris (6–4)—Fenway Park32,88865–57L3
123August 22Indians2–3 (11)Kramer (6–3)Ryan (4–1)Dipoto (3)Fenway Park33,56065–58L4
124August 24@ Rangers3–4Pavlik (8–6)Darwin (13–9)Henke (30)Arlington Stadium19,46565–59L5
125August 25@ Rangers2–10Dreyer (2–1)Quantrill (5–8)—Arlington Stadium18,38165–60L6
126August 26@ Rangers3–1Viola (9–8)Brown (10–10)Russell (33)Arlington Stadium21,01766–60W1
127August 27@ Royals5–0Clemens (10–10)Haney (9–6)—Kauffman Stadium24,92867–60W2
128August 28@ Royals2–1 (11)Russell (1–4)Montgomery (3–5)—Kauffman Stadium25,63868–60W3
129August 29@ Royals4–5 (12)Gubicza (4–6)Dopson (7–9)—Kauffman Stadium23,39668–61L1
130August 30Rangers7–3Viola (10–8)Brown (10–11)—Fenway Park32,78169–61W1
131August 31Rangers1–8Rogers (14–7)Clemens (10–11)—Fenway Park30,45569–62L1 :
September/October: 11–20
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
132September 1Rangers7–9 (12)Bronkey (1–1)Quantrill (5–9)—Fenway Park27,39669–63L2
133September 3Royals1–5Appier (15–6)Darwin (13–10)—Fenway Park28,32369–64L3
134September 4Royals2–4Cone (11–11)Ryan (4–2)Montgomery (42)Fenway Park31,22369–65L4
135September 5Royals2–5Gordon (9–6)Clemens (10–12)—Fenway Park32,01269–66L5
136September 6@ White Sox3–1Bankhead (2–1)McDowell (21–8)Harris (5)Comiskey Park40,47570–66W1
137September 7@ White Sox4–3Darwin (14–10)Belcher (12–10)Ryan (1)Comiskey Park27,96671–66W2
138September 8@ White Sox1–8Bere (8–5)Dopson (7–10)—Comiskey Park36,43371–67L1
139September 10 (1)@ Indians4–7Ojeda (2–1)Clemens (10–13)Dipoto (7)Cleveland Stadium—71–68L2
140September 10 (2)@ Indians5–4 (11)Ryan (5–2)Wertz (2–3)—Cleveland Stadium36,26172–68W1
141September 11@ Indians3–9Lilliquist (4–3)Quantrill (5–10)—Cleveland Stadium28,78872–69L1
142September 12@ Indians11–1Minchey (1–0)Grimsley (1–4)—Cleveland Stadium30,17073–69W1
143September 13Orioles6–4Quantrill (6–10)Williamson (7–5)Harris (6)Fenway Park29,34274–69W2
144September 14Orioles3–11Valenzuela (7–9)Darwin (14–11)—Fenway Park26,36774–70L1
145September 15Orioles6–5Clemens (11–13)Mussina (14–6)Harris (7)Fenway Park27,54575–70W1
146September 16@ Yankees6–4Viola (11–8)Kamieniecki (9–6)Harris (8)Yankee Stadium38,70476–70W2
147September 17@ Yankees4–5Gibson (3–1)Dopson (7–11)Smith (45)Yankee Stadium48,05176–71L1
148September 18@ Yankees4–2Wickman (13–4)Harris (6–5)—Yankee Stadium55,67276–72L2
149September 19@ Yankees8–3Darwin (15–11)Tanana (7–16)—Yankee Stadium53,51077–72W1
150September 21@ Blue Jays0–5Stottlemyre (11–10)Clemens (11–14)—SkyDome50,52477–73L1
151September 22@ Blue Jays7–5 (10)Ryan (6–2)Timlin (4–2)—SkyDome50,53278–73W1
152September 23@ Blue Jays1–5Stewart (11–8)Minchey (1–1)—SkyDome50,52878–74L1
153September 24Twins7–4Ryan (7–2)Merriman (1–1)—Fenway Park27,57179–74W1
154September 25Twins7–9 (10)Aguilera (3–3)Harris (6–6)Willis (5)Fenway Park33,02079–75L1
155September 26Twins2–5Trombley (6–5)Quantrill (6–11)Aguilera (33)Fenway Park29,09779–76L2
—September 27TigersPostponed (rain). Makeup date September 28.
156September 28 (1)Tigers11–6Sele (7–2)Krueger (5–4)—Fenway Park—80–76W1
157September 28 (2)Tigers6–7 (11)Henneman (5–3)Fossas (1–1)Knudsen (2)Fenway Park24,44680–77L1
158September 29Tigers7–8Boever (6–2)Bailey (0–1)Henneman (23)Fenway Park20,92680–78L2
159September 30Tigers7–8Knudsen (3–2)Taylor (0–1)Boever (3)Fenway Park22,82280–79L3
160October 1@ Brewers4–8Navarro (11–12)Harris (6–7)—Milwaukee County Stadium22,13880–80L4
161October 2@ Brewers5–8Bones (11–11)Minchey (1–2)Kiefer (1)Milwaukee County Stadium28,52180–81L5
162October 3@ Brewers3–6 (14)Maldonado (2–2)Quantrill (6–12)—Milwaukee County Stadium28,13180–82L6 :
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