1987 Boston Red Sox season explained

Boston Red Sox
Season:	1987
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Fenway Park
City:	Boston, Massachusetts
Record:	78–84 (.481)
Divisional Place:	5th (20 GB)
Owners:	Jean Yawkey, Haywood Sullivan
President:	Jean Yawkey
General Manager:	Lou Gorman
Manager:	John McNamara
Television:	WSBK-TV, Ch. 38 NESN (Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)
Radio:	WPLM-FM 99.1 WPLM-AM 1390 (Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione)
Espntn:	bos
Brtn:	BOS

The 1987 Boston Red Sox season was the 87th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fifth in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses, 20 games behind the Detroit Tigers.

Regular season

Record by month^[1]
Month	Record		Cumulative				Ref.
Month	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Position	GB	Ref.
April	9	13	9	13	6th		^[2]
May	13	14	22	27	6th	9	^[3]
June	15	12	37	39	5th		^[4]
July	11	15	48	54	5th		^[5]
August	14	13	62	67	5th	15	^[6]
September	13	16	75	83	5th		^[7]
October	3	1	78	84	5th	20	^[8]

Highlights

June 29, 1987: Wade Boggs had a grand slam, a triple, and seven RBIs in a game against the Baltimore Orioles.^[9]

Notable transactions

July 23, 1987: Bill Buckner was released by the Red Sox.^[10]
August 21, 1987: Glenn Hoffman was traded by the Red Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers for a player to be named later (minor league player Billy Bartels).^[11]
September 1, 1987: Don Baylor was traded by the Red Sox to the Minnesota Twins for a player to be named later (minor league player Enrique Rios).^[12]
September 1, 1987: Dave Henderson was traded by the Red Sox to the San Francisco Giants for a player to be named later (Randy Kutcher).^[13]

Opening Day lineup

26		3B
17		2B
6		1B
14		LF
25		DH
24		RF
42	Dave Henderson	CF
15		C
7		SS
46	Bob Stanley	P

Source:^[14]

Alumni game

On May 23, the Red Sox held an old-timers game, before a scheduled home game with the Chicago White Sox. The game was themed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Fenway Park.^[15] The Red Sox team included Jim Lonborg, Jimmy Piersall, Luis Tiant, and Ted Williams; they were defeated by a team of other MLB alumni, including Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame inductee Bob Feller, Detroit Tigers pitcher Mark Fidrych, and slugger Dick Allen.^[16]

Roster

1987 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches (Pitching) (Hitting & First base) (Third base) (Bullpen)

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

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"	Player	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	G	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	AB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	R	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	H	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	2B	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	3B	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	HR	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	RBI	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	BB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	AVG	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SLG
Marty Barrett	137	559	72	164	23	0	3	43	15	51	.293	.351
Ellis Burks	133	558	94	152	30	2	20	59	27	41	.272	.441
Wade Boggs	147	551	108	200	40	6	24	89	1	105	.363	.588
Dwight Evans	154	541	109	165	37	2	34	123	4	106	.305	.569
Spike Owen	132	437	50	113	17	7	2	48	11	53	.259	.343
Mike Greenwell	125	412	71	135	31	6	19	89	5	35	.328	.570
Jim Rice	108	404	66	112	14	0	13	62	1	45	.277	.408
Don Baylor	108	339	64	81	8	0	16	57	5	40	.239	.404
Bill Buckner	75	286	23	78	6	1	2	42	1	13	.273	.322
Ed Romero	88	235	23	64	5	0	0	14	0	18	.272	..294
Todd Benzinger	73	223	36	62	11	1	8	43	5	22	.278	.444
Dave Henderson	75	184	30	43	10	0	8	25	1	22	.234	.418
John Marzano	52	168	20	41	11	0	5	24	0	7	.244	.399
Sam Horn	46	158	31	44	7	0	14	34	0	17	.278	.589
Rich Gedman	52	151	11	31	8	0	1	13	0	10	.205	.278
Danny Sheaffer	25	66	5	8	1	0	1	5	0	0	.121	.182
Glenn Hoffman	21	55	5	11	3	0	0	6	0	3	.200	.255
Pat Dodson	26	42	4	7	3	0	2	6	0	8	.167	.381
Jody Reed	9	30	4	9	1	1	0	8	1	4	.300	.400
Kevin Romine	9	24	5	7	2	0	0	2	0	2	.292	.375
Dave Sax	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Team Totals	162	5586	842	1554	273	26	174	802	77	606	.278	.430

Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1987-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

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"	Player	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	W	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	L	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	ERA	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	G	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	GS	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SV	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	IP	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	H	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	R	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	ER	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	BB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SO
Roger Clemens	20	9	2.97	36	36	0	281.2	248	100	93	83	256
Bruce Hurst	15	13	4.41	33	33	0	238.2	239	124	117	76	190
Al Nipper	11	12	5.43	30	30	0	174.0	196	115	105	62	89
Bob Stanley	4	15	5.01	34	20	0	152.2	198	96	85	42	67
Jeff Sellers	7	8	5.28	25	22	0	139.2	161	85	82	61	99
Wes Gardner	3	6	5.42	49	1	10	89.2	98	55	54	42	70
Calvin Schiraldi	8	5	4.41	62	1	6	83.2	75	45	41	40	93
Steve Crawford	5	4	5.33	29	0	0	72.2	91	48	43	32	43
Tom Bolton	1	0	4.38	29	0	0	61.2	83	33	30	27	49
Joe Sambito	2	6	6.93	47	0	0	37.2	46	29	29	16	35
Rob Woodward	1	1	7.05	9	6	0	37.0	53	33	29	15	15
Oil Can Boyd	1	3	5.89	7	7	0	36.2	47	31	24	9	12
John Leister	0	2	9.20	8	6	0	30.1	49	31	31	12	16
Team Totals	78	84	4.77	162	162	16	1436.0	1584	825	761	517	1034

Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1987-pitching.shtml

Statistical leaders

Category	Player	Statistic
Youngest player		22
Oldest player		38
		9.4

Source:^[17]

Batting

Abbr.	Category	Player	Statistic
G			154
PA	Plate appearances		667
AB	At bats		559
R	Runs scored	Dwight Evans	109
H	Hits	Wade Boggs	200
2B	Doubles	Wade Boggs	40
3B	Triples		7
HR	Home runs	Dwight Evans	34
RBI		Dwight Evans	123
SB	Stolen bases		27
CS		Spike Owen	8
BB		Dwight Evans	106
SO	Strikeouts	Dwight Evans	98
SO	Strikeouts	Ellis Burks	98
BA		Wade Boggs	.363
OBP		Wade Boggs	.461
SLG		Wade Boggs	.588
OPS		Wade Boggs	1.049
OPS+		Wade Boggs	174
TB		Wade Boggs	324
GIDP			22
HBP			24
SH	Sacrifice hits	Marty Barrett	22
SF		Wade Boggs	8
IBB		Wade Boggs	19

Source:^[17]

Pitching

Abbr.	Category	Player	Statistic
W	Wins		20
L	Losses		15
W-L %			.690 (20-9)
ERA		Roger Clemens	2.97
G	Games pitched		62
GS	Games started	Roger Clemens	36
GF	Games finished	Calvin Schiraldi	52
CG	Complete games	Roger Clemens	18
SHO		Roger Clemens	7
SV	Saves		10
IP		Roger Clemens
SO	Strikeouts	Roger Clemens	256
WHIP		Roger Clemens	1.175

Source:^[17]

Awards and honors

Awards

Wade Boggs, Silver Slugger Award (3B), AL Player of the Month (June)
Roger Clemens, American League Cy Young Award
Dwight Evans, Silver Slugger Award (OF), AL Player of the Month (August)

Accomplishments

Wade Boggs, American League Batting Champion, .363
Wade Boggs, Major League Baseball Leader, On-base percentage (.461)
Roger Clemens, American League Leader, Complete Games (18)
Roger Clemens, American League Leader, Shutouts (7)
Roger Clemens, American League Leader, Wins (20)

All-Star Game

Wade Boggs, third base, starter
Dwight Evans, outfield, reserve
Bruce Hurst, pitcher, reserve

Farm system

External links

Notes and References

Web site: The 1987 Boston Red Sox . . October 11, 2020.
Web site: Events of Thursday, April 30, 1987.
Web site: Events of Sunday, May 31, 1987.
Web site: Events of Tuesday, June 30, 1987.
Web site: Events of Friday, July 31, 1987.
Web site: Events of Monday, August 31, 1987.
Web site: Events of Wednesday, September 30, 1987.
Web site: Events of Sunday, October 4, 1987.
Web site: Boston Red Sox 14, Baltimore Orioles 3 . June 29, 1987 . . October 11, 2020.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bucknbi01.shtml Bill Buckner Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hoffmgl01.shtml Glenn Hoffman Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/baylodo01.shtml Don Baylor Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hendeda01.shtml Dave Henderson Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
Web site: Milwaukee Brewers 5, Boston Red Sox 1 . April 6, 1987 . . October 11, 2020.
Web site: Fenway Park through the Years [1987]
Non-Red Sox Baseball At Fenway Park]
. . . March 8, 2018.
News: Old-timer pitcher evens score with Ted Williams . . . 4B . May 24, 1987 . May 17, 2018 . newspapers.com.
Web site: 1987 Boston Red Sox Statistics . . October 16, 2020.
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
Book: Boston Red Sox Media Guide . 1987 . 115 . March 14, 2021 . Wayback Machine.