1984 Boston Red Sox season explained

Boston Red Sox
Season:1984
League:American League
Division:East
Ballpark:Fenway Park
City:Boston, Massachusetts
Record:86–76 (.531)
Divisional Place:4th place (18 GB)
Owners:Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey
President:Jean Yawkey
General Managers:Haywood Sullivan, Lou Gorman
Manager:Ralph Houk
Television:WSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)
NESN
(Kent Derdivanis, Mike Andrews)
Radio:WPLM-FM 99.1
WPLM-AM 1390
(Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione)
Espntn:bos
Brtn:BOS

The 1984 Boston Red Sox season was the 84th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League East Division with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses, 18 games behind the Detroit Tigers, who went on to win the 1984 World Series.

Offseason

Regular season

Record by month[2]
Month Record Cumulative Ref.
Won Lost Won Lost Position GB
April 9 13 9 13 6th 10 [3]
May 12 13 21 26 5th [4]
June 15 14 36 40 4th 19 [5]
July 18 9 54 49 4th [6]
August 17 14 71 63 5th [7]
September 15 13 86 76 4th 18 [8]

Highlights

Notable transactions

Opening Day lineup

  2 2B
24 RF
26 3B
14 LF
  7DH
20 CF
10 C
11 1B
18 Glenn Hoffman     SS
47 Bruce Hurst     P
Source:[17]

The Red Sox were defeated on Opening Day by the California Angels, 2–1, with both Angel runs scoring with two outs in the ninth on an error by Boston shortstop Jackie Gutiérrez.[18]

Roster

1984 Boston Red Sox
Roster
PitchersCatchersInfieldersOutfieldersOther battersManagerCoaches (First base) (Bullpen) (Hitting) (Pitching) (Third base)

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

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Jim Rice1596579818425728122444.280.467
Tony Armas15763910717129543123132.268.531
Dwight Evans16263012118637832104396.295.532
Wade Boggs158625109203314655389.325.416
Mike Easler156601871883152791158.313.516
Marty Barrett13947556144233345542.303.383
Rich Gedman133449541212642472029.269.506
Jackie Gutiérrez151449551181232291215.263.316
Bill Buckner114439511222121167224.278.410
Reid Nichols74124142851114212.226.306
Rick Miller95123173251012117.260.317
Jerry Remy30104826110847.250.279
Gary Allenson3583919202809.229.325
Glenn Hoffman6474814400405.189.243
Ed Jurak47666163117012.242.364
Jeff Newman2463514201305.222.302
Dave Stapleton133949200103.231.282
Marc Sullivan2613000101.500.500
Chico Walker3200000100.000.000
Team Totals162564881015982594518176738500.283.441
Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1984-batting.shtml

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

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Bruce Hurst12123.9233330218.02321069588136
Bob Ojeda12123.9933320216.22111069696137
Oil Can Boyd12124.3729260197.22071099653134
Al Nipper1163.8929240182.218386795284
Roger Clemens944.3221200133.1146676429126
Bob Stanley9103.5457022106.211357422352
Mike Brown186.851511067.010463511932
Mark Clear834.03470867.04738307076
Dennis Eckersley445.0199064.27138361333
John Henry Johnson123.53303163.26426252757
Steve Crawford503.34350162.06931232121
Rich Gale235.56134043.25727271828
Charlie Mitchell002.76100016.1147567
Jim Dorsey0010.132002.263324
Team Totals86764.18162162321442.01524764669517927
Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1984-pitching.shtml

Game log

Regular season

|-style=background:#fbb| 9 || April 13 || 2:05p.m. EST || Tigers || 9–13 || Bair (1–0) || Hurst (1–2) || – || 3:11 || 35,179 || 3–6 || L4|-style=background:#bbb| — || April 15 || || Tigers || colspan=8 | Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 6)|-style=background:#bbb| — || April 16 || || Tigers || colspan=8 | Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 7)|-|-style=background:#fbb| 23 || May 1 || 7:35p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 2–11 || Wilcox (3–0) || Hurst (3–3) || – || 2:31 || 17,495 || 9–14 || L2|-style=background:#cfc| 24 || May 2 || 7:35p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 5–4 || Brown (1–2) || Berenguer (1–1) || Stanley (4) || 2:33 || 23,085 || 10–14 || W1|-style=background:#cfc| 25 || May 3 || 1:30p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 1–0 || Ojeda (2–2) || Morris (5–1) || – || 2:18 || 22,617 || 11–14 || W2|-|-|-style=background:#bbbfff|colspan="12"|55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA|-style=background:#fbb| 98 || July 27 || 5:30p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 1–9 || Petry (14–4) || Hurst (10–6) || – || 2:30 || N/A || 51–47 || L1|-style=background:#cfc| 99 || July 27 || 8:35p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 4–0 || Ojeda (9–7) || Abbott (3–3) || – || 2:22 || 49,607 || 52–47 || W1|-style=background:#cfc| 100 || July 28 || 7:35p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 3–2 || Stanley (7–6) || Morris (13–7) || Clear (3) || 2:58 || 49,372 || 53–47 || W2|-style=background:#fbb| 101 || July 29 || 1:30p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 0–3 || Wilcox (11–6) || Boyd (5–8) || Hernández (21) || 2:09 || 42,013 || 53–48 || L1|-|-style=background:#fbb| 108 || August 6 || 5:35p.m. EDT || Tigers || 7–9 || López (8–0) || Ojeda (9–9) || Hernández (23) || 3:17 || N/A || 56–52 || L1|-style=background:#cfc| 109 || August 6 || 9:27p.m. EDT || Tigers || 10–2 || Clemens (6–4) || Willis (0–2) || – || 2:55 || 31,055 || 57–52 || W1|-style=background:#cfc| 110 || August 7 || 5:35p.m. EDT || Tigers || 12–7 || Hurst (11–6) || Morris (14–8) || Clear (5) || || N/A || 58–52 || W2|-style=background:#fbb| 111 || August 7 || 8:59p.m. EDT || Tigers || 5–7 || López (9–0) || Gale (1–3) || Hernández (24) || 3:33 || 32,120 || 58–53 || L1|-style=background:#cfc| 112 || August 8 || 7:35p.m. EDT || Tigers || 8–0 || Boyd (7–8) || Abbott (3–4) || – || 2:28 || 32,563 || 59–53 || W1|-|-|- style="text-align:center;"| Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Postponement
Bold = Red Sox team member

Statistical leaders

Category Player Statistic
Youngest player 21
Oldest player 36
6.3
Source:[19]

Batting

Abbr. Category Player Statistic
G 162
PA Plate appearances Dwight Evans 738
AB At bats 657
R Runs scored Dwight Evans 121
H Hits 203
2B Doubles Dwight Evans 37
3B Triples Dwight Evans 8
HR Home runs 43
RBI Tony Armas 123
SB Stolen bases 12
CS Jackie Gutiérrez 5
BB Dwight Evans 96
SO Strikeouts Tony Armas 156
BA Wade Boggs .325
OBP Wade Boggs .407
SLG Dwight Evans .532
OPS Dwight Evans .920
OPS+ Dwight Evans 147
TB Tony Armas 339
GIDP Jim Rice 36
HBP 5
SH Sacrifice hits Jackie Gutiérrez 12
SF Tony Armas 7
Dwight Evans
IBB Tony Armas 9
Source:[19]

Pitching

Abbr. Category Player Statistic
W Wins 12
Bruce Hurst
Bob Ojeda
L Losses Oil Can Boyd 12
Bruce Hurst
Bob Ojeda
W-L % .727 (8-3)
ERA 3.89
G Games pitched 57
GS Games started Bruce Hurst 33
GF Games finished Bob Stanley 47
CG Complete games Oil Can Boyd 10
SHO Bob Ojeda 5
SV Saves Bob Stanley 22
IP Bruce Hurst 218
SO Strikeouts Bob Ojeda 137
WHIP Al Nipper 1.286
Source:[19]

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Pawtucket
Source:[20] [21]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/easlemi01.shtml Mike Easler - Baseball Reference.com
  2. Web site: The 1984 Boston Red Sox . . October 11, 2020.
  3. Web site: Events of Monday, April 30, 1984.
  4. Web site: Events of Thursday, May 31, 1984.
  5. Web site: Events of Saturday, June 30, 1984.
  6. Web site: Events of Tuesday, July 31, 1984.
  7. Web site: Events of Friday, August 31, 1984.
  8. Web site: Events of Sunday, September 30, 1984.
  9. News: Ted Williams Salutes Fans As His Number 9 Is Retired . . . 12 . May 31, 1984 . October 11, 2020 . newspapers.com.
  10. Web site: Tony Armas - Baseballbiography.com . August 3, 2008 . mdy-all .
  11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/evansdw01.shtml Dwight Evans - Baseball-Reference.com
  12. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/boggswa01.shtml Wade Boggs - Baseball-Reference.com
  13. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/riceji01.shtml Jim Rice - Baseball-Reference.com
  14. Web site: Single-Season Leaders & Records for Double Plays Grounded Into . . October 12, 2020.
  15. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bucknbi01.shtml Bill Buckner - Baseball Reference.com
  16. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marzajo01.shtml John Marzano - Baseball Reference.com
  17. Web site: California Angels 2, Boston Red Sox 1 . . April 5, 1983 . October 11, 2020.
  18. Web site: April 2, 1984: Angels' Forsch slows down Red Sox in a hurry on Opening Day . Paul . Hensler . . October 11, 2020.
  19. Web site: 1984 Boston Red Sox Statistics . . October 14, 2020.
  20. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  21. Book: Boston Red Sox Media Guide . 1984 . 87 . March 14, 2021 . Wayback Machine.

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