1986 Boston Red Sox season

1986 Boston Red Sox
1986 AL Champions
AL East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) JRY Trust, Buddy LeRoux, 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 1986 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 1st in the American League East with a record of 95 wins and 66 losses.

Offseason

Spring training

The Boston Red Sox held spring training at Chain of Lakes Park in Winter Haven, Florida for the 21st season.

Regular season

Season standings

1986 was the first time since 1904 that the Yankees finished second in the standings to the Red Sox.[6]

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 95 66 0.590 — 51–30 44–36
New York Yankees 90 72 0.556 5½ 41–39 49–33
Detroit Tigers 87 75 0.537 8½ 49–32 38–43
Toronto Blue Jays 86 76 0.531 9½ 42–39 44–37
Cleveland Indians 84 78 0.519 11½ 45–35 39–43
Milwaukee Brewers 77 84 0.478 18 41–39 36–45
Baltimore Orioles 73 89 0.451 22½ 37–42 36–47

Record vs. opponents

1986 American League Records

Sources:

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

Opening day line up

24 Dwight Evans RF
26 Wade Boggs 3B
 6 Bill Buckner 1B
14 Jim Rice LF
25 Don Baylor DH
10 Rich Gedman C
20 Tony Armas CF
17 Marty Barrett 2B
18 Glenn Hoffman SS
47 Bruce Hurst P

Transactions

Draft Picks

Roster

1986 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game Log

1986 Regular Season Game Log (95-66) (Home: 51-30; Road: 44-36)

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 Gedman, RichRich Gedman 135 462 119 .258 16 65
1B Buckner, BillBill Buckner 153 629 168 .267 18 102
2B Barrett, MartyMarty Barrett 158 625 179 .286 4 60
3B Boggs, WadeWade Boggs 149 580 207 .357 8 71
SS Quiñones, ReyRey Quiñones 62 190 45 .315 2 15
LF Rice, JimJim Rice 157 618 200 .324 20 110
CF Armas, TonyTony Armas 121 425 112 .264 11 58
RF Evans, DwightDwight Evans 152 529 137 .259 26 97
DH Baylor, DonDon Baylor 160 585 139 .238 31 94

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Romero, EdEd Romero 100 233 49 .210 2 23
Owen, SpikeSpike Owen 42 126 23 .183 1 10
Lyons, SteveSteve Lyons 59 124 31 .250 1 14
Sullivan, MarcMarc Sullivan 41 119 23 .193 1 14
Henderson, DaveDave Henderson 36 51 10 .196 1 3
Stapleton, DaveDave Stapleton 39 39 5 .128 0 3
Greenwell, MikeMike Greenwell 31 35 11 .314 0 4
Romine, KevinKevin Romine 35 35 9 .257 0 2
Tarver, La SchelleLa Schelle Tarver 13 25 3 .120 0 1
Hoffman, GlennGlenn Hoffman 12 23 5 .217 0 1
Stenhouse, MikeMike Stenhouse 21 21 2 .095 0 1
Dodson, PatPat Dodson 9 12 5 .417 1 3
Sax, DaveDave Sax 4 11 5 .455 1 1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Clemens, RogerRoger Clemens 33 254 24 4 2.48 238
Boyd, Oil CanOil Can Boyd 30 214.1 16 10 3.78 129
Nipper, AlAl Nipper 26 159 10 12 5.38 79
Hurst, BruceBruce Hurst 25 174.1 13 8 2.99 167
Seaver, TomTom Seaver 16 104.1 5 7 3.80 72
Sellers, JeffJeff Sellers 14 82 3 7 4.94 51

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Brown, MikeMike Brown 15 57.1 4 4 5.34 32
Woodward, RobRob Woodward 9 35.2 2 3 5.30 14

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Stanley, BobBob Stanley 66 6 6 16 4.37 54
Sambito, JoeJoe Sambito 53 2 0 12 4.84 30
Crawford, SteveSteve Crawford 40 0 2 4 3.92 32
Lollar, TimTim Lollar 32 2 0 0 6.91 28
Stewart, SammySammy Stewart 27 4 1 0 4.38 47
Schiraldi, CalvinCalvin Schiraldi 25 4 2 9 1.41 55
Trujillo, MikeMike Trujillo 3 0 0 0 9.53 4
Gardner, WesWes Gardner 1 0 0 0 9.00 1

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Postseason

ALCS

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1California – 8, Boston – 1October 7Fenway Park32,993
2California – 2, Boston – 9October 8Fenway Park32,786
3Boston – 3, California – 5October 10Anaheim Stadium64,206
4Boston – 3, California – 4 (11 innings)October 11Anaheim Stadium64,223
5Boston – 7, California – 6 (11 innings)October 12Anaheim Stadium64,223
6California – 4, Boston – 10 October 14Fenway Park32,998
7California – 1, Boston – 8October 15Fenway Park33,001

World Series

Main article: 1986 World Series

NL New York Mets (4) vs. AL Boston Red Sox (3)

Game Score Date Location Attendance Time of Game
1 Red Sox – 1, Mets – 0 October 18Shea Stadium (New York) 57,908 3:18
2 Red Sox – 9, Mets – 3 October 19Shea Stadium (New York) 57,911 2:44
3 Mets – 7, Red Sox – 1 October 21Fenway Park (Boston) 33,595 3:09
4 Mets – 6, Red Sox – 2 October 22Fenway Park (Boston) 33,920 3:22
5 Mets – 2, Red Sox – 4 October 23Fenway Park (Boston) 34,010 2:55
6 Red Sox – 5, Mets – 6 (10 inn.) October 25Shea Stadium (New York) 57,908 3:18
7 Red Sox – 5, Mets – 8 October 27Shea Stadium (New York) 57,911 2:44

Game Log

1986 Postseason Game Log

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

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

References

  1. ↑ Bob Ojeda page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Ed Romero page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Alan Mills Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ Curt Schilling page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Don Baylor page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Vaccaro, Mike (2005). Emperors and idiots: The hundred year rivalry between the Yankees and Red Sox, from the very beginning to the end of the curse. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-51354-2.
  7. ↑ Steve Lyons page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Spike Owen page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Scott Cooper page at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ "Statmaster: A baseball Team Statistics Tool". Baseball-almanac. Retrieved July 27, 2007.
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