1995 Boston Red Sox Trades and Transactions

Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

• November 7, 1994

  Signed Juan Bell as a free agent.

  Signed Bill Haselman as a free agent.

• November 9, 1994

  Received Brian Looney from the Montreal Expos as part of a conditional deal.

• November 17, 1994

  Selected Heath Haynes off waivers from the Montreal Expos.

• November 18, 1994

  Selected Bill Wertz off waivers from the Cleveland Indians.

• December 5, 1994

  Drafted Vaughn Eshelman from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1994 rule 5 draft.

  Released Carlos Rodríguez.

  Released Ricky Trlicek.

• December 7, 1994

  Traded Jeff McNeely and Nate Minchey to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Luis Alicea.

• December 9, 1994

  Traded Otis Nixon and Luis Ortiz to the Texas Rangers. Received José Canseco.

  Heath Haynes selected by the Oakland Athletics off waivers.

• December 13, 1994

  Received Terry Shumpert from the Kansas City Royals as part of a conditional deal.

• December 16, 1994

  Signed Joel Johnston as a free agent.

• December 23, 1994

  Tony Fossas granted Free Agency.

  Chris Nabholz granted Free Agency.

• January 9, 1995

  Signed Carlos Rodríguez as a free agent.

• February 9, 1995

  Signed Wilton Veras as an amateur free agent.

• February 20, 1995

  Signed Mike Porzio as a free agent.

• April 1, 1995

  Released Mike Porzio.

• April 8, 1995

  Signed Mike Macfarlane as a free agent.

• April 9, 1995

  Signed Stan Belinda as a free agent.

  Signed Reggie Jefferson as a free agent.

  Traded Cory Bailey and Scott Cooper to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Rheal Cormier and Mark Whiten.

• April 11, 1995

  Signed Erik Hanson as a free agent.

• April 14, 1995

  Selected Troy O'Leary off waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers.

• April 17, 1995

  Signed Mike Hartley as a free agent.

• April 18, 1995

  Signed Zane Smith as a free agent.

• April 22, 1995

  Signed Derek Lilliquist as a free agent.

• April 23, 1995

  Signed Alejandro Peña as a free agent.

• April 26, 1995

  Signed Tim Wakefield as a free agent.

• May, 1995

  Signed Wally Whitehurst as a free agent.

• May 26, 1995

  Selected Karl Rhodes off waivers from the Chicago Cubs.

• May 30, 1995

  Signed Mike Maddux as a free agent.

• June 1, 1995

  Drafted Steve Lomasney in the 5th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 29, 1995.

  Drafted Matt Kinney in the 6th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 30, 1995.

  Drafted Cole Liniak in the 7th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed July 22, 1995.

  Drafted Paxton Crawford in the 9th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1995.

  Drafted Jim Chamblee in the 12th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1995.

  Drafted Rontrez Johnson in the 16th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1995.

  Drafted Juan Peña in the 27th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1995.

  Drafted Pat Burrell in the 43rd round of the 1995 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 4, 1995

  Signed Brian Bark as a free agent.

• June 5, 1995

  Released Keith Shepherd.

• June 6, 1995

  Signed Willie McGee as a free agent.

• June 10, 1995

  Received Chris Donnels from the Houston Astros as part of a conditional deal.

• June 13, 1995

  Released Alejandro Peña.

• July 6, 1995

  Traded a player to be named later and Frankie Rodriguez to the Minnesota Twins. Received Rick Aguilera. The Boston Red Sox sent J.J. Johnson (minors) (October 11, 1995) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

• July 16, 1995

  Released Derek Lilliquist.

• July 20, 1995

  Released Pat Lennon.

• July 22, 1995

  Released Joel Johnston.

• July 24, 1995

  Traded Mark Whiten to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Dave Hollins.

• July 26, 1995

  Released Wally Whitehurst.

• July 31, 1995

  Traded players to be named later to the Atlanta Braves. Received a player to be named later and Mike Stanton. The Boston Red Sox sent Mike Jacobs (minors) (August 31, 1995) and Marc Lewis (minors) (August 31, 1995) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade. The Atlanta Braves sent Matt Murray (August 31, 1995) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

• August 2, 1995

  Released Bill Wertz.

• August 3, 1995

  Released Mike Hartley.

• August 10, 1995

  Selected Eric Gunderson off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.

• August 14, 1995

  Traded Wes Chamberlain to the Kansas City Royals. Received Chris James.

• August 31, 1995

  Traded Chris Howard to the Texas Rangers. Received Jack Voigt.

  Selected Dwayne Hosey off waivers from the Kansas City Royals.

• September 8, 1995

  Steve Rodriguez selected by the Detroit Tigers off waivers.

• October 6, 1995

  Juan Bell granted Free Agency.

  Terry Shumpert granted Free Agency.

  Selected Brent Cookson off waivers from the Kansas City Royals.

• October 9, 1995

  Signed Luis Aquino as a free agent.

• October 12, 1995

  Selected J.J. Thobe off waivers from the Montreal Expos.

• October 13, 1995

  Selected Butch Henry off waivers from the Montreal Expos.

• October 14, 1995

  Chris James granted Free Agency.

  Matt Stairs granted Free Agency.

• October 16, 1995

  Alex Delgado granted Free Agency.

  Karl Rhodes granted Free Agency.

  Rich Rowland granted Free Agency.

  Jack Voigt granted Free Agency.

• October 26, 1995

  Released Chris Donnels.

• October 27, 1995

  Released Luis Aquino.

• October 30, 1995

  José Canseco granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 1995

  Rick Aguilera granted Free Agency.

• November 1, 1995

  Signed Jim Tatum as a free agent.

  Erik Hanson granted Free Agency.

  Zane Smith granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 1995

  Willie McGee granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 1995

  Mike Macfarlane granted Free Agency.

  Mike Maddux granted Free Agency.

• November 8, 1995

  Signed Brad Pennington as a free agent.

• November 9, 1995

  Signed Ken Grundt as a free agent.

• November 20, 1995

  Signed Ramon Caraballo as a free agent.

• November 27, 1995

  Signed Brent Knackert as a free agent.

• December 4, 1995

  Drafted Joe Crawford from the New York Mets in the 1995 rule 5 draft.

• December 6, 1995

  Signed José Canseco as a free agent.

• December 12, 1995

  Signed Alex Delgado as a free agent.

• December 13, 1995

  Signed Alan Zinter as a free agent.

• December 14, 1995

  Signed Rich Garcés as a free agent.

  Signed Mike Stanley as a free agent.

• December 15, 1995

  Signed Mike Maddux as a free agent.

• December 17, 1995

  Signed Nate Minchey as a free agent.

• December 19, 1995

  Signed Juan Bell as a free agent.

• December 20, 1995

  Dave Hollins granted Free Agency.

• December 21, 1995

  Signed Milt Cuyler as a free agent.

  Signed Tom Gordon as a free agent.

  Tim Van Egmond granted Free Agency.

• December 26, 1995

  Signed Chuck Ricci as a free agent.

• Before 1996 Season

  Signed Phil Clark as a free agent.

• January 2, 1996

  Signed Jamie Moyer as a free agent.

• January 3, 1996

  Signed Tim Van Egmond as a free agent.

• January 10, 1996

  Traded Shayne Bennett, Rheal Cormier and Ryan McGuire to the Montreal Expos. Received Wil Cordero and Bryan Eversgerd.

• January 22, 1996

  Signed Esteban Beltré as a free agent.

  Signed Alex Cole as a free agent.

• January 29, 1996

  Traded Glenn Murray, Ken Ryan and Lee Tinsley to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Rickey Holifield (minors), Larry Wimberly (minors) and Heathcliff Slocumb.

• February 15, 1996

  Signed Félix José as a free agent.

• February 27, 1996

  Signed Frank Bolick as a free agent.

• March 8, 1996

  Signed Kevin Mitchell as a free agent.

• March 19, 1996

  Luis Alicea selected by the St. Louis Cardinals off waivers.

• March 25, 1996

  Selected John Doherty off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

• March 26, 1996

  Joe Crawford player rights sold to the New York Mets.