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 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

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, it had been signed for many years as being. This occurred shortly after reporter Dan Shaughnessy of The Boston Globe physically measured the distance as.
The Red Sox collected an MLB-high of 286 doubles in 1995, for an average of nearly two per game.

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 and Marc Lewis 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.

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		115	364	82	.225	15	51	2
1B		140	550	165	.300	39	126	11
2B		132	419	113	.270	6	44	13
SS		135	520	155	.298	27	102	20
3B		126	433	133	.307	10	57	0
LF		120	481	143	.297	15	76	9
CF		100	341	97	.284	7	41	18
RF		112	399	123	.308	10	49	5
DH		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
	27	27	195.1	16	8	0	2.95	119
	29	29	186.2	15	5	0	4.24	139
	23	23	140.0	10	5	0	4.18	132
	48	12	115.0	7	5	0	4.07	69
	24	21	110.2	8	8	0	5.61	47
	36	4	89.2	4	1	1	3.61	65
	23	14	81.2	6	3	0	4.85	41
	63	0	69.2	8	1	10	3.10	57
	39	0	46.0	0	1	1	4.11	29
	28	0	32.2	0	4	7	4.96	34
	6	6	32.1	3	1	0	3.06	21
	30	0	30.1	2	2	20	2.67	23
	17	0	24.1	1	1	0	7.40	25
	28	0	23.0	2	1	0	6.26	9
	8	3	22.2	1	2	0	5.96	19
	22	0	21.0	1	0	0	3.00	10
	9	2	15.1	0	2	0	10.57	14
	12	0	15.0	0	3	0	6.60	12
	19	0	12.1	2	1	0	5.11	9
	5	0	7.0	0	0	0	9.00	2
	4	1	6.2	0	1	0	9.45	5
	3	1	4.2	0	1	0	17.36	2
	4	0	4.0	0	1	0	11.25	4
	2	1	3.1	0	1	0	18.90	1
	3	0	2.1	0	0	0	0.00	0
	2	0	1.0	0	0	0	36.00	0

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.
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Awards and honors

;All-Star Game

Erik Hanson, reserve P
Mo Vaughn, reserve 1B