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1996 Boston Red Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1995 / 1997)
85-77, Finished 3rd in AL East
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Scored 928 runs, Allowed 921 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-80
Manager: Kevin Kennedy (85-77)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
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
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1995 / 1997 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Stan Belinda 29 R R 6' 3" 187 Aug 6, 1966 8 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,275,000.00
Esteban Beltre 28 R R 5' 10" 172 Dec 26, 1967 5 27 17 27 24 0 0 0 8 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 $200,000.00
Darren Bragg 26 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
Mark Brandenburg 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Jul 14, 1970 2 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Canseco 31 R R 6' 4" 240 Jul 2, 1964 12 96 91 96 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 11 81 5 0 $4,725,000.00
Phil Clark 28 R R 6' 0" 200 May 6, 1968 5 3 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Roger Clemens 33 R R 6' 4" 220 Aug 4, 1962 13 34 0 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $5,500,000.00
Alex Cole 30 L L 6' 0" 170 Aug 17, 1965 7 24 17 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 24 0 2 2
Wil Cordero 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 3, 1971 5 59 43 59 38 0 0 1 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 16 0 $1,850,000.00
Milt Cuyler 27 B R 5' 10" 185 Oct 7, 1968 7 50 34 50 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 22 45 0 3 7 $242,500.00
Alex Delgado 25 R R 6' 0" 160 Jan 11, 1971 1st 26 2 26 23 0 14 1 1 4 0 4 0 3 6 0 7 5 $109,000.00
John Doherty 29 R R 6' 4" 210 Jun 11, 1967 5 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $400,000.00
Vaughn Eshelman 27 L L 6' 3" 205 May 22, 1969 2 39 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $140,000.00
Jeff Frye 29 R R 5' 9" 165 Aug 31, 1966 4 105 102 105 103 0 0 0 100 0 3 2 1 2 5 0 2 1 $125,000.00
Rich Garces 25 R R 6' 0" 250 May 18, 1971 4 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $132,500.00
Nomar Garciaparra 22 R R 6' 0" 165 Jul 23, 1973 1st 24 21 24 23 0 0 0 1 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 $109,000.00
Tom Gordon 28 R R 5' 9" 180 Nov 18, 1967 9 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,050,000.00
Mike Greenwell 32 L R 6' 0" 200 Jul 18, 1963 12 77 74 77 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 1 1 76 0 3 0 $3,700,000.00
Ken Grundt 26 L L 6' 4" 195 Aug 26, 1969 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eric Gunderson 30 R L 6' 0" 195 Mar 29, 1966 6 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reggie Harris 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Aug 12, 1968 3 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $112,000.00
Bill Haselman 30 R R 6' 3" 220 May 25, 1966 6 77 61 77 71 0 69 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 $310,000.00
Scott Hatteberg 26 L R 6' 1" 185 Dec 14, 1969 2 10 3 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Dwayne Hosey 29 B R 5' 10" 175 Mar 11, 1967 2 28 19 28 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 20 0 26 0 3 4 $225,000.00
Joe Hudson 25 R R 6' 1" 175 Sep 29, 1970 2 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reggie Jefferson 27 L L 6' 4" 215 Sep 25, 1968 6 122 97 122 60 0 0 16 0 0 0 45 0 0 45 46 24 0 $695,000.00
Brent Knackert 26 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
Kerry Lacy 23 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 7, 1972 1st 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $109,000.00
Mike Maddux 34 L R 6' 2" 190 Aug 27, 1961 11 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $600,000.00
Pat Mahomes 25 R R 6' 4" 210 Aug 9, 1970 5 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Malave 25 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
Jeff Manto 31 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 $200,000.00
Walt McKeel 24 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
Nate Minchey 26 R R 6' 8" 225 Aug 31, 1969 3 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $130,000.00
Kevin Mitchell 34 R R 5' 11" 210 Jan 13, 1962 11 27 23 27 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 21 3 4 0 $1,135,000.00
Jamie Moyer 33 L L 6' 0" 170 Nov 18, 1962 10 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $825,000.00
Tim Naehring 29 R R 6' 2" 205 Feb 1, 1967 7 116 113 116 116 0 0 0 1 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $1,200,000.00
Trot Nixon 22 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
Troy O'Leary 26 L L 6' 0" 196 Aug 4, 1969 4 149 126 149 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 17 110 146 0 18 2 $240,000.00
Rudy Pemberton 26 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
Brad Pennington 27 L L 6' 5" 205 Apr 14, 1969 4 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $160,000.00
Greg Pirkl 25 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
Arquimedez Pozo 22 R R 5' 10" 160 Aug 24, 1973 2 21 16 21 20 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Tony Rodriguez 25 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
Bill Selby 26 L R 5' 9" 190 Jun 11, 1970 1st 40 22 40 34 0 0 0 14 14 0 6 0 0 6 0 12 1
Aaron Sele 26 R R 6' 5" 218 Jun 25, 1970 4 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $380,000.00
Heathcliff Slocumb 30 R R 6' 3" 220 Jun 7, 1966 6 75 0 75 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,425,000.00
Mike Stanley 33 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 $2,300,000.00
Mike Stanton 29 L L 6' 1" 190 Jun 2, 1967 8 59 0 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,750,000.00
Jeff Suppan 21 R R 6' 1" 200 Jan 2, 1975 2 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $117,000.00
Jim Tatum 28 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
Lee Tinsley 27 B R 5' 10" 185 Mar 4, 1969 4 92 49 92 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 78 0 83 0 1 18
John Valentin 29 R R 6' 0" 185 Feb 18, 1967 5 131 129 131 129 0 0 0 0 12 118 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 $2,672,500.00
Mo Vaughn 28 L R 6' 1" 230 Dec 15, 1967 6 161 161 161 146 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 $5,400,000.00 All-Star
Tim Wakefield 29 R R 6' 2" 204 Aug 2, 1966 4 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $450,000.00
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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