# 1995 Boston Red Sox season

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

* November 7, 1994: Bill Haselman was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
* November 7, 1994: Juan Bell was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
* December 5, 1994: Selected Vaughn Eshelman from the Baltimore Orioles in the Rule 5 Draft.
* December 7, 1994: Jeff McNeely and Nate Minchey were traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for Luis Alicea.
* December 9, 1994: Otis Nixon and Luis Ortiz were traded by the Red Sox to the Texas Rangers for José Canseco.

## Regular season

Record by month :
| Month | Record | Record | Cumulative | Cumulative | AL East | AL East | Ref. |
| Month | Won | Lost | Won | Lost | Position | GB | Ref. |
| April | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1st (tie) | — | |
| May | 17 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 1st | +6 | |
| June | 14 | 14 | 34 | 25 | 1st | +5 | |
| July | 14 | 13 | 48 | 38 | 1st | +4+1⁄2 | |
| August | 23 | 7 | 71 | 45 | 1st | +14 | |
| September | 15 | 12 | 86 | 57 | 1st | +8 | |
| October | 0 | 1 | 86 | 58 | 1st | +7 | |
The Red Sox collected an MLB-high of 286 doubles in 1995, for an average of nearly 2 per game.

### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Red Sox | 86 | 58 | .597 | — | 42‍–‍30 | 44‍–‍28 |
| New York Yankees | 79 | 65 | .549 | 7 | 46‍–‍26 | 33‍–‍39 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 71 | 73 | .493 | 15 | 36‍–‍36 | 35‍–‍37 |
| Detroit Tigers | 60 | 84 | .417 | 26 | 35‍–‍37 | 25‍–‍47 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 56 | 88 | .389 | 30 | 29‍–‍43 | 27‍–‍45 |

### Record vs. opponents

1995 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 4–9 | 9–4 | 6–1 | 2–10 | 8–5 | 4–5 | 7–5 | 3–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 4–1 | 7–6 |
| Boston | 9–4 | — | 11–3 | 5–3 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 3–2 | 8–4 | 5–4 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 3–4 | 8–5 |
| California | 4–9 | 3–11 | — | 10–2 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 5–7 | 5–2 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 8–2 |
| Chicago | 1–6 | 3–5 | 2–10 | — | 5–8 | 8–4 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 10–3 | 3–2–1 | 7–5 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 6–5 |
| Cleveland | 10–2 | 7–6 | 2–3 | 8–5 | — | 10–3 | 11–1 | 9–4 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 7–0 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 10–3 |
| Detroit | 5–8 | 5–8 | 2–6 | 4–8 | 3–10 | — | 3–4 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 2–3 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 7–6 |
| Kansas City | 5–4 | 2–3 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 1–11 | 4–3 | — | 10–2 | 6–7 | 3–7 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–6 | 7–5 |
| Milwaukee | 5–7 | 4–8 | 2–5 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 5–8 | 2–10 | — | 9–4 | 5–6 | 7–2 | 3–2 | 5–7 | 7–5 |
| Minnesota | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–8 | 3–10 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 4–9 | — | 3–4 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 1–4 |
| New York | 7–6 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 2–3–1 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 7–3 | 6–5 | 4–3 | — | 4–9 | 4–9 | 6–3 | 12–1 |
| Oakland | 7–5 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 0–7 | 3–2 | 8–5 | 2–7 | 7–5 | 9–4 | — | 7–6 | 5–8 | 3–7 |
| Seattle | 7–6 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 9–4 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 2–3 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 6–7 | — | 10–3 | 3–4 |
| Texas | 1–4 | 4–3 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 3–6 | 8–4 | 6–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 3–6 | 8–5 | 3–10 | — | 9–3 |
| Toronto | 6–7 | 5–8 | 2–8 | 5–6 | 3–10 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 4–1 | 1–12 | 7–3 | 4–3 | 3–9 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 8, 1995: Mike MacFarlane was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
* April 9, 1995: Stan Belinda was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
* April 9, 1995: Cory Bailey and Scott Cooper were traded by the Red Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mark Whiten and Rhéal Cormier.
* April 9, 1995: Reggie Jefferson was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
* April 11, 1995: Erik Hanson was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
* April 14, 1995: Troy O'Leary was selected off waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers.
* April 18, 1995: Zane Smith was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
* April 22, 1995: Derek Lilliquist was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
* April 26, 1995: Tim Wakefield was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
* May 26, 1995: Tuffy Rhodes was selected off waivers by the Red Sox from the Chicago Cubs.
* May 30, 1995: Mike Maddux was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
* June 1, 1995: Pat Burrell was drafted by the Red Sox in the 43rd round of the 1995 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.
* June 6, 1995: Willie McGee was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
* July 6, 1996: Frankie Rodriguez and a player to be named later were traded to the Minnesota Twins for Rick Aguilera. J. J. Johnson was sent to the Twins on October 11 to complete the trade.
* July 24, 1995: Mark Whiten was traded by the Red Sox to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dave Hollins.
* July 26, 1995: Wally Whitehurst was released by the Red Sox.
* July 31, 1995: The Red Sox traded players to be named later to the Atlanta Braves for Mike Stanton and a player to be named later. The trade was completed on August 31, when the Braves sent Matt Murray to the Red Sox, and the Red Sox sent Mike Jacobs (minors) and Marc Lewis (minors) to the Braves.
* August 10, 1995: Eric Gunderson was selected off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.
* August 14, 1995: Wes Chamberlain was traded to the Kansas City Royals for Chris James.
* August 31, 1995: Dwayne Hosey was selected off waivers from the Kansas City Royals.

### Opening Day lineup

| 10 | Luis Alicea | 2B |
| 13 | John Valentin | SS |
| 33 | José Canseco | DH |
| 42 | Mo Vaughn | 1B |
| 27 | Mark Whiten | RF |
| 39 | Mike Greenwell | LF |
| 15 | Mike MacFarlane | C |
| 11 | Tim Naehring | 3B |
| 38 | Lee Tinsley | CF |
| 36 | Aaron Sele | P |

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

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 |
| C | Mike Macfarlane | 115 | 364 | 82 | .225 | 15 | 51 | 2 |
| 1B | Mo Vaughn | 140 | 550 | 165 | .300 | 39 | 126 | 11 |
| 2B | Luis Alicea | 132 | 419 | 113 | .270 | 6 | 44 | 13 |
| SS | John Valentin | 135 | 520 | 155 | .298 | 27 | 102 | 20 |
| 3B | Tim Naehring | 126 | 433 | 133 | .307 | 10 | 57 | 0 |
| LF | Mike Greenwell | 120 | 481 | 143 | .297 | 15 | 76 | 9 |
| CF | Lee Tinsley | 100 | 341 | 97 | .284 | 7 | 41 | 18 |
| RF | Troy O'Leary | 112 | 399 | 123 | .308 | 10 | 49 | 5 |
| DH | Jose Canseco | 102 | 396 | 121 | .306 | 24 | 81 | 4 |

#### Other batters

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 McGee | 67 | 200 | 57 | .285 | 2 | 15 | 5 |
| Bill Haselman | 64 | 152 | 37 | .243 | 5 | 23 | 0 |
| Reggie Jefferson | 46 | 121 | 35 | .289 | 5 | 26 | 0 |
| Mark Whiten | 32 | 108 | 20 | .185 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Chris Donnels | 40 | 91 | 23 | .253 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| Matt Stairs | 39 | 88 | 23 | .261 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| Dwayne Hosey | 24 | 68 | 23 | .338 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Terry Shumpert | 21 | 47 | 11 | .234 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Wes Chamberlain | 19 | 42 | 5 | .119 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Carlos Rodríguez | 13 | 30 | 10 | .333 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Rich Rowland | 14 | 29 | 5 | .172 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Juan Bell | 17 | 26 | 4 | .154 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tuffy Rhodes | 10 | 25 | 2 | .080 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris James | 16 | 24 | 4 | .167 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ron Mahay | 5 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Dave Hollins | 5 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Rodriguez | 6 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Scott Hatteberg | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### All starting and relief pitchers

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 Wakefield | 27 | 27 | 195.1 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2.95 | 119 |
| Erik Hanson | 29 | 29 | 186.2 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4.24 | 139 |
| Roger Clemens | 23 | 23 | 140.0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4.18 | 132 |
| Rhéal Cormier | 48 | 12 | 115.0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4.07 | 69 |
| Zane Smith | 24 | 21 | 110.2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5.61 | 47 |
| Mike Maddux | 36 | 4 | 89.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3.61 | 65 |
| Vaughn Eshelman | 23 | 14 | 81.2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4.85 | 41 |
| Stan Belinda | 63 | 0 | 69.2 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 3.10 | 57 |
| Joe Hudson | 39 | 0 | 46.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.11 | 29 |
| Ken Ryan | 28 | 0 | 32.2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 4.96 | 34 |
| Aaron Sele | 6 | 6 | 32.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.06 | 21 |
| Rick Aguilera | 30 | 0 | 30.1 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 2.67 | 23 |
| Alejandro Peña | 17 | 0 | 24.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.40 | 25 |
| Derek Lilliquist | 28 | 0 | 23.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.26 | 9 |
| Jeff Suppan | 8 | 3 | 22.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.96 | 19 |
| Mike Stanton | 22 | 0 | 21.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 10 |
| Frank Rodriguez | 9 | 2 | 15.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10.57 | 14 |
| Jeff Pierce | 12 | 0 | 15.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.60 | 12 |
| Eric Gunderson | 19 | 0 | 12.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.11 | 9 |
| Mike Hartley | 5 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
| Tim Van Egmond | 4 | 1 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.45 | 5 |
| Brian Looney | 3 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17.36 | 2 |
| Joel Johnston | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.25 | 4 |
| Matt Murray | 2 | 1 | 3.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18.90 | 1 |
| Brian Bark | 3 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Keith Shepherd | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 0 |

## ALDS

| Game | Score | Date |
| 1 | Boston 4, Cleveland 5 | October 3, 1995 |
| 2 | Boston 0, Cleveland 4 | October 4, 1995 |
| 3 | Cleveland 8, Boston 2 | October 6, 1995 |

## Farm system

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:

## Game log

| 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)Castillo (1)SkyDome37,89827–17L1
45June 16Brewers3–4Miranda (4–2)Hanson (6–1)Fetters (5)Fenway Park29,08627–18L2
46June 17Brewers1–9Sparks (2–2)Clemens (1–1)—Fenway Park29,88227–19L3
47June 18Brewers4–2Smith (2–2)Bones (4–4)Belinda (2)Fenway Park28,64628–19W1
48June 19@ Indians3–4 (10)Plunk (4–1)Ryan (0–3)—Jacobs Field41,64528–20L1
49June 20@ Indians2–9Ogea (3–0)Eshelman (3–1)—Jacobs Field40,19028–21L2
50June 21@ Indians3–1Hanson (7–1)Hershiser (5–3)Belinda (3)Jacobs Field41,94829–21W1
51June 22@ Orioles4–1Clemens (2–1)Brown (5–6)Belinda (4)Camden Yards45,08130–21W2
52June 23@ Orioles5–7Mussina (6–5)Smith (2–3)Lee (1)Camden Yards46,30630–22L1
53June 24@ Orioles6–5Cormier (3–1)Orosco (1–1)Belinda (5)Camden Yards47,26231–22W1
54June 25@ Orioles1–10Rhodes (2–2)Eshelman (3–2)—Camden Yards47,56131–23L1
55June 26Blue Jays4–3Belinda (5–0)Castillo (0–2)—Fenway Park26,71632–23W1
56June 27Blue Jays6–5 (11)Lilliquist (2–1)Williams (0–2)—Fenway Park30,26233–23W2
57June 28Blue Jays4–8Cone (6–4)Smith (2–4)—Fenway Park31,46733–24L1
58June 29Tigers7–1Wakefield (5–1)Moore (5–6)—Fenway Park28,45734–24W1
59June 30Tigers6–7Boever (4–3)Ryan (0–4)Henneman (14)Fenway Park31,34934–25L1 :
July: 14–13
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
60July 1Tigers2–11Lira (5–4)Hanson (7–2)Doherty (1)Fenway Park33,35934–26L2
61July 2Tigers12–11Belinda (6–0)Boever (4–4)—Fenway Park34,34435–26W1
62July 3@ Royals12–5Smith (3–4)Appier (11–4)Maddux (1)Kauffman Stadium24,74236–26W2
63July 4@ Royals6–5Wakefield (6–1)Gubicza (5–7)Belinda (6)Kauffman Stadium26,58437–26W3
64July 5@ Royals2–3Pichardo (5–3)Rodriguez (0–2)—Kauffman Stadium7,51137–27L1
65July 6@ Twins4–6Radke (5–7)Smith (3–5)Stevens (1)Metrodome11,93437–28L2
66July 7@ Twins5–4Belinda (7–0)Guardado (0–7)Aguilera (13)Metrodome12,59438–28W1
67July 8@ Twins5–9Guthrie (4–3)Belinda (7–1)—Metrodome14,83838–29L1
68July 9@ Twins7–0Wakefield (7–1)Rodriguez (0–3)—Metrodome18,57439–29W1
69July 13Rangers8–9Vosberg (4–2)Clemens (2–2)Russell (13)Fenway Park33,31539–30L1
70July 14Rangers5–2Wakefield (8–1)Pavlik (5–5)Aguilera (14)Fenway Park32,34840–30W1
71July 15Rangers2–7Gross (4–8)Hanson (7–3)—Fenway Park34,00440–31L1
72July 16Rangers2–5Rogers (9–4)Smith (3–6)Russell (14)Fenway Park30,29540–32L2
73July 17Royals3–4Gubicza (7–7)Suppan (0–1)Montgomery (16)Fenway Park24,89140–33L3
74July 18Royals4–1Clemens (3–2)Gordon (6–6)Aguilera (15)Fenway Park26,96041–33W1
75July 19@ White Sox5–3Wakefield (9–1)Sirotka (0–1)Aguilera (16)Comiskey Park22,39142–33W2
76July 20@ White Sox3–1Hanson (8–3)McCaskill (4–3)Aguilera (17)Comiskey Park21,23543–33W3
77July 21Twins13–5Smith (4–6)Trombley (1–5)Hudson (1)Fenway Park31,12444–33W4
78July 22Twins7–8Guthrie (5–3)Suppan (0–2)Stevens (2)Fenway Park34,38444–34L1
79July 23Twins3–8Tapani (5–11)Clemens (3–3)—Fenway Park34,20544–35L2
80July 24Twins4–1Wakefield (10–1)Radke (7–8)Aguilera (18)Fenway Park26,33345–35W1
81July 25White Sox3–8Bere (5–8)Cormier (3–2)Hernández (14)Fenway Park33,06945–36L1
82July 26White Sox5–3Smith (5–6)Fernandez (4–7)Aguilera (19)Fenway Park33,45746–36W1
83July 27White Sox4–5Karchner (1–0)Aguilera (1–2)Hernández (15)Fenway Park34,47446–37L1
84July 28@ Rangers6–2Maddux (3–1)Taylor (0–1)—The Ballpark in Arlington39,19947–37W1
85July 29@ Rangers7–1Wakefield (11–1)Gross (4–10)—The Ballpark in Arlington46,71748–37W2
86July 30@ Rangers6–7Whiteside (3–3)Hanson (8–4)Russell (16)The Ballpark in Arlington37,21948–38L1 :
August: 23–7
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
87August 1@ Tigers13–3Smith (6–6)Moore (5–11)—Tiger Stadium20,17049–38W1
88August 2@ Tigers0–5Bergman (4–6)Clemens (3–4)—Tiger Stadium16,48849–39L1
89August 3@ Tigers10–2Wakefield (12–1)Nitkowski (1–4)—Tiger Stadium11,45150–39W1
90August 4@ Blue Jays7–1Hanson (9–4)Rogers (0–1)—SkyDome40,13751–39W2
91August 5@ Blue Jays9–3Cormier (4–2)Hentgen (8–9)—SkyDome41,45452–39W3
92August 6@ Blue Jays6–4Eshelman (4–2)Hurtado (3–1)Aguilera (20)SkyDome38,19453–39W4
93August 7@ Blue Jays5–4 (10)Belinda (8–1)Crabtree (0–2)—SkyDome42,13554–39W5
94August 8Indians5–1Wakefield (13–1)Clark (6–4)—Fenway Park34,57455–39W6
95August 9Indians9–5Hanson (10–4)Plunk (5–2)—Fenway Park34,24056–39W7
96August 10Orioles11–1Cormier (5–2)Erickson (7–9)—Fenway Park—57–39W8
97August 11Orioles5–4 (12)Aguilera (2–2)Clark (2–3)—Fenway Park33,14358–39W9
98August 12Orioles7–0Clemens (4–4)Mussina (13–7)—Fenway Park34,23459–39W10
99August 13Orioles3–2Wakefield (14–1)Krivda (0–2)Belinda (7)Fenway Park34,15860–39W11
100August 14Yankees9–3Hanson (11–4)Kamieniecki (3–4)—Fenway Park34,31961–39W12
101August 15Yankees2–9Hitchcock (6–7)Cormier (5–3)—Fenway Park34,61661–40L1
102August 16Yankees7–4Gunderson (2–1)Wickman (2–4)Belinda (8)Fenway Park34,30462–40W1
103August 17@ Angels4–3Gunderson (3–1)Habyan (3–4)Belinda (9)Anaheim Stadium25,43563–40W2
104August 18@ Mariners3–9Wolcott (1–0)Wakefield (14–2)—Kingdome27,25663–41L1
105August 19@ Mariners4–3Hanson (12–4)Benes (6–8)Aguilera (21)Kingdome36,00764–41W1
106August 20@ Mariners7–6Cormier (6–3)Bosio (8–6)Aguilera (22)Kingdome21,81365–41W2
107August 21@ Angels6–4Eshelman (5–2)Anderson (6–5)Belinda (10)Anaheim Stadium23,94366–41W3
108August 22@ Angels6–4Clemens (5–4)Harkey (7–8)Aguilera (23)Anaheim Stadium27,82267–41W4
109August 23@ Angels6–5 (10)Stanton (2–1)Smith (0–5)Aguilera (24)Anaheim Stadium29,05368–41W5
110August 24@ Athletics13–6Hanson (13–4)Ontiveros (8–5)—Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum13,92269–41W6
111August 25@ Athletics1–6Johns (2–0)Cormier (6–4)—Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum17,15669–42L1
112August 26@ Athletics4–11Stottlemyre (12–5)Smith (6–7)—Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum23,17769–43L2
113August 27@ Athletics4–1Clemens (6–4)Van Poppel (3–5)Aguilera (25)Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum24,22070–43W1
114August 29Mariners4–6Benes (7–8)Wakefield (14–3)Charlton (3)Fenway Park31,32870–44L1
115August 30Mariners7–6Maddux (4–1)Nelson (5–2)Aguilera (26)Fenway Park32,35671–44W1
116August 31Mariners2–11Wolcott (2–1)Cormier (6–5)Guetterman (1)Fenway Park30,62771–45L1 :
September/October: 15–13
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
117September 1Angels11–3Clemens (7–4)Boskie (6–3)—Fenway Park32,86172–45W1
118September 2Angels5–4Smith (7–7)Langston (13–4)Aguilera (27)Fenway Park32,86773–45W2
119September 3Angels8–1Wakefield (15–3)Finley (13–10)—Fenway Park32,98774–45W3
120September 5Athletics7–4 (14)Aguilera (3–2)Reyes (3–5)—Fenway Park27,08075–45W4
121September 6Athletics8–2Clemens (8–4)Johns (3–1)—Fenway Park30,45476–45W5
122September 8@ Yankees4–8Cone (15–7)Wakefield (15–4)Howe (2)Yankee Stadium35,89676–46L1
123September 9@ Yankees1–9Pettitte (9–8)Smith (7–8)—Yankee Stadium47,71976–47L2
124September 10@ Yankees3–9Hitchcock (8–9)Hanson (13–5)—Yankee Stadium27,52776–48L3
125September 11@ Orioles10–7Lee (2–0)Gunderson (3–2)Jones (22)Camden Yards40,58576–49L4
126September 12@ Orioles5–6Hartley (1–0)Hudson (0–1)Orosco (2)Camden Yards40,28276–50L5
127September 13@ Orioles2–0Wakefield (16–4)Haynes (0–1)Aguilera (28)Camden Yards41,53677–50W1
128September 14@ Indians3–5Hershiser (14–6)Eshelman (5–3)Mesa (43)Jacobs Field41,81277–51L1
129September 15@ Indians6–3Hanson (14–5)Embree (2–2)—Jacobs Field41,83378–51W1
130September 16@ Indians5–6Clark (9–6)Clemens (8–5)Mesa (44)Jacobs Field41,76578–52L1
131September 17@ Indians9–6Suppan (1–2)Shuey (0–2)Aguilera (29)Jacobs Field41,72379–52W1
132September 18Brewers1–6Bones (10–10)Wakefield (16–5)—Fenway Park28,17679–53L1
133September 19Brewers5–3Eshelman (6–3)Sparks (8–10)Aguilera (30)Fenway Park27,06080–53W1
134September 20Brewers3–2Cormier (7–5)Karl (5–6)Aguilera (31)Fenway Park32,56381–53W2
—September 22Blue JaysPostponed (rain). Makeup date September 23.
135September 23 (1)Blue Jays5–0Clemens (9–5)Leiter (11–10)—Fenway Park32,79182–53W3
136September 23 (2)Blue Jays6–8Ware (2–1)Wakefield (16–6)Castillo (13)Fenway Park21,26682–54L1
137September 24Blue Jays1–2Guzmán (4–14)Aguilera (3–3)Timlin (5)Fenway Park32,42782–55L2
138September 25Tigers4–7Gohr (1–0)Murray (0–3)Doherty (6)Fenway Park25,66282–56L3
139September 26Tigers5–1Smith (8–8)Nitkowski (2–7)—Fenway Park24,03283–56W1
140September 27Tigers5–7Lima (3–9)Wakefield (16–7)Blomdahl (1)Fenway Park30,98983–57L1
141September 28@ Brewers11–6Clemens (10–5)Scanlan (4–7)—Milwaukee County Stadium8,28684–57W1
142September 29@ Brewers11–9Hanson (15–5)Bones (10–12)Aguilera (32)Milwaukee County Stadium10,77585–57W2
143September 30@ Brewers9–1Maddux (5–1)Sparks (9–11)—Milwaukee County Stadium14,61086–57W3
144October 1@ Brewers1–8Karl (6–7)Wakefield (16–8)—Milwaukee County Stadium15,45386–58L1 :
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### Postseason game log

Boston Red Sox 1995 Postseason Game Log (0–3) :
American League Division Series vs. Cleveland Indians (0–3)
#/DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceSeriesStreak
1October 3@ Indians4–5 (14)Hill (1–0)Smith (0–1)—Jacobs Field44,2180–1L1
2October 4@ Indians0–4Hershiser (1–0)Hanson (0–1)—Jacobs Field44,2620–2L2
3October 6Indians2–8Nagy (1–0)Wakefield (0–1)—Fenway Park34,2110–3L3
Red Sox Lose Series 0–3 :

## Awards and honors

* Erik Hanson – AL Pitcher of the Month (August)
* John Valentin – Silver Slugger Award (SS)
* Mo Vaughn – Silver Slugger Award (1B), American League MVP
* Tim Wakefield – AL Pitcher of the Month (July)

### All-Star Game

* Erik Hanson, reserve P
* Mo Vaughn, reserve 1B