1987 Boston Red Sox season

1987 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Fenway Park (since 1912)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jean Yawkey, Haywood Sullivan
General manager(s)	Lou Gorman
Manager(s)	John McNamara
Local television	WSBK-TV, Ch. 38 NESN (Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)
Local radio	WPLM-FM 99.1 WPLM-AM 1390 (Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione)
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The 1987 Boston Red Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Red Sox finishing 5th in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses.

Regular season

• June 29, 1987: Wade Boggs had a grand slam, a triple, and 7 RBI in a game against the Baltimore Orioles.

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	98	64	0.605	—	54–27	44–37
Toronto Blue Jays	96	66	0.593	2	52–29	44–37
Milwaukee Brewers	91	71	0.562	7	48–33	43–38
New York Yankees	89	73	0.549	9	51–30	38–43
Boston Red Sox	78	84	0.481	20	50–30	28–54
Baltimore Orioles	67	95	0.414	31	31–51	36–44
Cleveland Indians	61	101	0.377	37	35–46	26–55

Record vs. opponents

1987 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	1–12	9–3	8–4	7–6	4–9	9–3	2–11	5–7	3–10	7–5	4–8	7–5	1–12
Boston	12–1	—	4–8	3–9	7–6	2–11	6–6	6–7	7–5	7–6	4–8	7–5	7–5	6–7
California	3–9	8–4	—	8–5	7–5	3–9	5–8	7–5	8–5	3–9	6–7	7–6	5–8	5–7
Chicago	4–8	9–3	5–8	—	7–5	3–9	6–7	6–6	6–7	5–7	9–4	6–7	7–6	4–8
Cleveland	6–7	6–7	5–7	5–7	—	4–9	6–6	4–9	3–9	6–7	4–8	5–7	2–10	5–8
Detroit	9–4	11–2	9–3	9–3	9–4	—	5–7	6–7	8–4	5–8	5–7	7–5	8–4	7–6
Kansas City	3–9	6–6	8–5	7–6	6–6	7–5	—	4–8	8–5	5–7	5–8	9–4	7–6	8–4
Milwaukee	11–2	7–6	5–7	6–6	9–4	7–6	8–4	—	3–9	7–6	6–6	4–8	9–3	9–4
Minnesota	7–5	5–7	5–8	7–6	9–3	4–8	5–8	9–3	—	6–6	10–3	9–4	6–7	3–9
New York	10–3	6–7	9–3	7–5	7–6	8–5	7–5	6–7	6–6	—	5–7	7–5	5–7	6–7
Oakland	5–7	8–4	7–6	4–9	8–4	7–5	8–5	6–6	3–10	7–5	—	5–8	6–7	7–5
Seattle	8–4	5–7	6–7	7–6	7–5	5–7	4–9	8–4	4–9	5–7	8–5	—	9–4	2–10
Texas	5–7	5–7	8–5	6–7	10–2	4–8	6–7	3–9	7–6	7–5	7–6	4–9	—	3–9
Toronto	12–1	7–6	7–5	8–4	8–5	6–7	4–8	4–9	9–3	7–6	5–7	10–2	9–3	—

Notable Transactions

• June 2, 1987: Jayhawk Owens was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 25th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign.^[1]
• July 23, 1987: Bill Buckner was released by the Boston Red Sox.^[2]
• September 1, 1987: Don Baylor was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Minnesota Twins for a player to be named later. The Minnesota Twins sent Enrique Rios (minors) (December 18, 1987) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.^[3]

Opening Day Line Up

26	Wade Boggs	3B
17	Marty Barrett	2B
6	Bill Buckner	1B
14	Jim Rice	LF
25	Don Baylor	DH
24	Dwight Evans	RF
42	Dave Henderson	CF
15	Marc Sullivan	C
7	Spike Owen	SS
46	Bob Stanley	P

Roster

1987 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers 50 Tom Bolton 23 Oil Can Boyd 21 Roger Clemens 28 Steve Crawford 44 Wes Gardner 47 Bruce Hurst 22 John Leister 49 Al Nipper 43 Joe Sambito 31 Calvin Schiraldi 19 Jeff Sellers 46 Bob Stanley 45 Rob Woodward		Catchers 10 Rich Gedman 37 John Marzano 12 Dave Sax 29 Danny Sheaffer 15 Marc Sullivan Infielders 17 Marty Barrett 26 Wade Boggs  6 Bill Buckner 27 Pat Dodson 24 Dwight Evans 18 Glenn Hoffman  7 Spike Owen 52 Jody Reed 11 Ed Romero		Outfielders 38 Todd Benzinger 12 Ellis Burks 39 Mike Greenwell 42 Dave Henderson 14 Jim Rice 16 Kevin Romine Other batters 25 Don Baylor 30 Sam Horn		Manager  1 John McNamara Coaches 34 Bill Fischer 33 Walt Hriniak 35 Joe Morgan 36 Rac Slider

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Marc Sullivan	60	160	27	.169	2	10
1B	Dwight Evans	154	541	165	.305	34	123
2B	Marty Barrett	137	559	164	.293	3	43
3B	Wade Boggs	147	551	200	.363	24	89
SS	Spike Owen	132	437	113	.259	2	48
LF	Jim Rice	108	404	112	.277	13	62
CF	Ellis Burks	133	558	152	.272	20	59
RF	Todd Benzinger	73	223	62	.278	8	43
DH	Don Baylor	108	339	81	.239	16	57

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Roger Clemens	36	201.2	20	9	2.97	256

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Awards and honors

• Wade Boggs, American League Batting Champion, .363
• Wade Boggs, Major League Baseball Leader, On-base percentage (.461)
• Roger Clemens, American League Cy Young Award Winner
• 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

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Pawtucket Red Sox	International League	Ed Nottle
AA	New Britain Red Sox	Eastern League	Dave Holt
A	Winter Haven Red Sox	Florida State League	Doug Camilli
A	Greensboro Hornets	South Atlantic League	Dick Berardino
A-Short Season	Elmira Pioneers	New York–Penn League	Bill Limoncelli

References

1. Jayhawk Owens Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
2. Bill Buckner Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
3. Don Baylor Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com

• 1987 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1987 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.