1986 Boston Red Sox season

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1986 Boston Red Sox
American League champions
American League East champions
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record95–66 (.590)
Divisional place1st
OwnersBuddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey
PresidentJean Yawkey
General managerLou Gorman
ManagerJohn McNamara
TelevisionWSBK-TV, Ch. 38
NESN
(Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)
RadioWPLM-FM 99.1
WPLM-AM 1390
(Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference

The 1986 Boston Red Sox season was the 86th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League East with a record of 95–66. After defeating the California Angels in the ALCS, the Red Sox lost the World Series to the New York Mets in seven games.

Offseason

Red Sox manager John McNamara

Spring Training

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

Boston Win Boston Loss Tie Game
1986 Boston Red Sox Spring Training Log
March
#DateOpponentScoreRecordSource
1March 7@ Tigers0─30─1[6]
2March 8@ Tigers4─60─2[7]
3March 9@ Tigers2─110─3[8]
4March 10@ Los Angeles7─61─3[9]
5March 11@ Orioles5─12─3[10]
6March 12Vs. Tigers2─33─3[11]
7March 13@ Tigers8─93─4[12]
8March 16@ Astros8─54─4[13]
9March 17@ Cardinals3─64─5[14]
10March 18Vs. Blue Jays5─24─6[15]
11March 19@ Mets4─74─7[16]
12March 20Vs. Tigers10─94─8[17]
12March 21Vs. Twins8─14─9[18]
13March 22@ Twins0─44─10[19]
14March 23@ Royals3─15─10[20]
15March 24Vs. Astros4─35─11[21]
16March 25@ Pirates5─65─12[22]
17March 26@ White Sox27─106─12[23]
18March 27Vs. Pirates5─26─13[24]
19March 28Vs. Mets5─67─13[25]
20March 29Vs. Tigers5─98─13[26]
21March 30Vs. Blue Jays2─79─13[27]
22March 31Vs. Expos6─89─13[28]
April
#DateOpponentScoreRecordSource
23April 1Vs. Phillies3─09─14[29]
24April 2@ Tigers3─99─15[30]
25April 3@ Pirates3─49─16[31]
26April 4@ Astros9─010─16[32]
27April 5Vs. Tigers0─611─16[33]

Regular season

April

The Red Sox ended the series at Chicago with a 12-2 victory.[34]

July

In the second game of the series (July 1), the Red Sox defeated the Blue Jays 9-7, with Tom Seaver making his debut with the Red Sox.

Record by month[35]
MonthRecordCumulativeAL EastRef.
WonLostWonLostPositionGB
April1181182nd (tie)2+1⁄2[36]
May21732151st+2+1⁄2[37]
June171049251st+8[38]
July101659411st+4[39]
August171376541st+3+1⁄2[40]
September18894621st+8+1⁄2[41]
October1495661st+5+1⁄2[42]

The Red Sox played only 161 games, as a road game scheduled against the Milwaukee Brewers on September 24 was rained out, and was not rescheduled as it had no bearing on the divisional race.[43]

Highlights

Roger Clemens

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 9566 .590 — 51‍–‍30 44‍–‍36
New York Yankees 9072 .556 5½ 41‍–‍39 49‍–‍33
Detroit Tigers 8775 .537 8½ 49‍–‍32 38‍–‍43
Toronto Blue Jays 8676 .531 9½ 42‍–‍39 44‍–‍37
Cleveland Indians 8478 .519 11½ 45‍–‍35 39‍–‍43
Milwaukee Brewers 7784 .478 18 41‍–‍39 36‍–‍45
Baltimore Orioles 7389 .451 22½ 37‍–‍42 36‍–‍47

This was the first season since 1904 that the Yankees franchise (then known as the Highlanders) finished second in the standings to the Red Sox franchise (then known as the Americans).[48]

Record vs. opponents


Sources:[49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–96–69–34–91–126–66–78–45–85–76–65–78–5
Boston 9–4—5–77–510–37–66–66–610–25–87–58–48–47–6
California 6–67–5—7–66–67–58–55–77–67–510–38–58–56–6
Chicago 3–95–76–7—5–76–67–65–76–76–67–68–52–116–6
Cleveland 9–43–106–67–5—4–98–48–56–65–810–29–36–63–10–1
Detroit 12–16–75–76–69–4—5–78–57–56–76–66–67–54–9
Kansas City 6–66–65–86–74–87–5—6–66–74–88–55–88–55–7
Milwaukee 7–66–67–57–55–85–86–6—4–88–55–76–64–87–6
Minnesota 4–82–106–77–66–65–77–68–4—4–86–76–76–74–8
New York 8–58–55–76–68–57–68–45–88–4—5–78–47–57–6
Oakland 7–55–73–106–72–106–65–87–57–67–5—10–33–108–4
Seattle 6–64–85–85–83–96–68–56–67–64–83–10—4–96–6
Texas 7–54–85–811–26–65–75–88–47–65–710–39–4—5–7
Toronto 5–86–76–66–610–3–19–47–56–78–46–74–86–67–5—

Notable transactions

Opening day lineup

Wade Boggs
24Dwight EvansRF
26Wade Boggs3B
 6Bill Buckner1B
14Jim RiceLF
25Don BaylorDH
10Rich GedmanC
20Tony ArmasCF
17Marty Barrett2B
18Glenn HoffmanSS
47Bruce HurstP

Source:[66]

Alumni game

On May 17, the Red Sox held an old-timers game at Fenway, before a scheduled game with the Texas Rangers. The game–themed to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the pennant-winning 1946 Red Sox–welcomed back 19 alumni of the team and was also the first to invite non-Red Sox alumni.[67] Besides Ted Williams, Luis Tiant, and Rico Petrocelli, the day featured appearances by all three DiMaggio brothers: Joe, Vince, and Dom.[68] The umpiring crew included Hall of Fame inductee Jocko Conlan.[68]

During the spring of 1985, Tommy Harper—a former outfielder and coach with a 10-year association with the Red Sox—spoke out against the team's long-term association with the all-white Elks Club of Winter Haven, Florida, where the team then held spring training. Harper was let go by the Red Sox in December 1985, and subsequently filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).[69] On July 1, 1986, the EEOC ruled that Harper's dismissal "was held to be without merit".[70] In December 1986, Harper and the Red Sox reached a settlement, the terms of which were not disclosed.[71]

Roster

1986 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

Legend
 Red Sox win
 Red Sox loss
 Postponement
 Clinched division
BoldRed Sox team member
1986 regular season game log: 95–66 (Home: 51–30; Away: 44–36)[72]
April: 11–8 (Home: 4–4; Away: 4–4)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
1April 7@ Tigers
2April 9@ Tigers
3April 10@ Tigers
4April 11@ White Sox
5April 12@ White Sox
6April 13@ White Sox
7April 14Royals
8April 16Royals
9April 17Royals
10April 18White Sox
11April 19White Sox
12April 20White Sox
13April 21Tigers
14April 22Tigers
15April 23Tigers
16April 25@ Royals
17April 26@ Royals
–April 27@ RoyalsPostponed (rain) Makeup date: August 12
18April 29Mariners
19April 30Mariners
May: 21–7 (Home: 9–3; Away: 12–4)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
20May 1Mariners
21May 2Athletics
22May 3Athletics
23May 4Athletics
24May 5Angels
25May 6Angels
26May 7@ Mariners
27May 8@ Mariners
28May 9@ Athletics
29May 10@ Athletics
30May 11@ Athletics
31May 12@ Angels
32May 13@ Angels
33May 14@ Angels
34May 16Rangers
35May 17Rangers
36May 18Rangers
37May 19Twins
38May 20Twins
39May 21Twins
40May 23@ Rangers
41May 24@ Rangers
42May 25@ Rangers
43May 26@ Indians
44May 27@ Indians
45May 28@ Indians
46May 30@ Twins
47May 31@ Twins
June: 17–10 (Home: 7–6; Away: 10–4)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
48June 1@ Twins
49June 2Indians
50June 3Indians
51June 4Indians
52June 5@ Brewers
53June 6@ Brewers
54June 7@ Brewers
55June 8@ Brewers
56June 9@ Blue Jays
57June 10@ Blue Jays
58June 11@ Blue Jays
–June 12BrewersPostponed (rain) Makeup date: September 16
59June 13Brewers
60June 14Brewers
61June 15Brewers
62June 16@ Yankees
63June 17@ Yankees
64June 18@ Yankees
65June 20Orioles
66June 21Orioles
67June 22Orioles
68June 23Yankees
69June 24Yankees
70June 25Yankees
71June 27@ Orioles
72June 28@ Orioles
73June 29@ Orioles
74June 30Blue Jays
July: 10–16 (Home: 7–6; Away: 3–10)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
75July 1Blue Jays
76July 2Blue Jays
77July 3Blue Jays
78July 4Mariners
79July 5Mariners
80July 6Mariners
81July 7Athletics
82July 8Athletics
83July 9Athletics
84July 10Angels
85July 11Angels
86July 12Angels
87July 13Angels
88July 17@ Mariners
89July 18@ Mariners
90July 19@ Mariners
91July 20@ Mariners
92July 21@ Athletics
93July 22@ Athletics
94July 23@ Athletics
95July 25@ Angels
96July 26@ Angels
97July 27@ Angels
98July 28@ White Sox
99July 29@ White Sox
100July 30@ White Sox
August: 17–13 (Home: 7–5; Away: 10–8)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
101August 1Royals
102August 2Royals
103August 3Royals
104August 4White Sox
105August 5White Sox
106August 6White Sox
107August 8@ Tigers
108August 9@ Tigers
109August 10@ Tigers
110August 11@ Tigers
111August 12@ Royals
112August 12@ Royals
113August 13@ Royals
114August 14@ Royals
115August 15Tigers
116August 16Tigers
117August 17Tigers
118August 18@ Twins
119August 19@ Twins
120August 20@ Twins
121August 21@ Indians
122August 22@ Indians
123August 23@ Indians
124August 24@ Indians
125August 25@ Rangers
126August 26@ Rangers
127August 27@ Rangers
128August 29Indians
129August 30Indians
130August 31Indians
September: 18–8 (Home: 13–2; Away: 5–6)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
131September 1Rangers
132September 2Rangers
133September 3Rangers
134September 5Twins
135September 6Twins
136September 7Twins
137September 8@ Orioles
138September 9@ Orioles
139September 10@ Orioles
140September 11@ Orioles
141September 12@ Yankees
142September 13@ Yankees
143September 14@ Yankees
144September 16Brewers
145September 16Brewers
146September 17Brewers
147September 18Brewers
148September 19@ Blue Jays
149September 20@ Blue Jays
150September 21@ Blue Jays
151September 23@ Brewers
–September 24@ BrewersCancelled (rain)
152September 26Blue Jays
153September 27Blue Jays
154September 28Blue Jays
155September 29Orioles
156September 30Orioles
October: 1–4 (Home: 1–4; Away: 0–0)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
157October 1Orioles
158October 2Yankees
–October 3YankeesPostponed (rain) Makeup date: October 4
159October 4Yankees
160October 4Yankees
161October 5Yankees

Detailed records

American League
OpponentHomeAwayTotalPct.Runs scoredRuns allowed
AL East
Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox——————
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Milwaukee Brewers
New York Yankees
Toronto Blue Jays
0–00–00–0–00
AL West
California Angels
Chicago White Sox
Kansas City Royals
Minnesota Twins
Oakland Athletics
Seattle Mariners
Texas Rangers
0–00–00–0–00
0–00–00–0–00

Month-by-Month

Month Games Won Lost Win % RS RA
April191180.5798261
May282170.750158109
June2717100.630118118
July2610160.385107147
August3017130.567162130
September281880.692158103
October5140.2001628
Total16195660.590794696
Games Won Lost Win % RS RA
Home 8151300.630389350
Road 8044360.550405346
Total16195660.590794696

Composite Box

1986 Boston Red Sox Inning–by–Inning Boxscore
Team123456789101112RHE
Opponents
Red Sox

Postseason game log

Legend
 Red Sox win
 Red Sox loss
 Postponement
BoldRed Sox team member
1986 Postseason game log: 7–7 (Home: 4–3; Away: 3–4)
AL Championship Series vs. California Angels 4–3 (Home: 3–1; Away: 1–2)[73]
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceSeriesBox/
Streak
1October 78:25 p.m. EDTAngels
2October 83:05 p.m. EDTAngels
3October 108:20 p.m. EDT@ Angels
4October 118:20 p.m. EDT@ Angels
5October 123:00 p.m. EDT@ Angels
6October 148:20 p.m. EDTAngels
7October 158:20 p.m. EDTAngels
World Series vs. New York Mets 3–4 (Home: 1–2; Away: 2–2)[74]
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceSeriesBox/
Streak
1October 188:30 p.m. EDT@ Mets1–0Hurst (1–0)Darling (0–1)Schiraldi (1)2:5955,076BOS 1–0W1
2October 198:25 p.m. EDT@ Mets9–3Crawford (1–0)Gooden (0–1)Stanley (1)3:3655,063BOS 2–0W2
3October 218:30 p.m. EDTMets1–7Ojeda (1–0)Boyd (0–1)—2:5833,595BOS 2–1L1
4October 228:25 p.m. EDTMets2–6Darling (1–1)Nipper (0–1)Orosco (1)3:2233,920TIE 2–2L2
5October 238:35 p.m. EDTMets4–2Hurst (2–0)Gooden (0–2)—3:0934,010BOS 3–2W1
6October 258:25 p.m. EDT@ Mets5–6 (10)Aguilera (1–0)Schiraldi (0–1)—4:0255,078TIE 3–3L1
—October 268:25 p.m. EST@ MetsPostponed (rain); Makeup: October 27
7October 278:15 p.m. EST@ Mets5–8McDowell (1–0)Schiraldi (0–2)Orosco (2)3:1155,032NYN 4–3L2

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; R = Runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On base percentage; SLG = Slugging percentage

Pos Player G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI Avg. OBP SLG Reference
CRich Gedman135462119 29 016 4965.258 .315 .424 [75]
1BBill Buckner153629168 39 218 73102.267 .311 .421 [76]
2BMarty Barrett158625179 39 44 9460.286 .353 .381 [77]
3BWade Boggs149580207 47 28 10771.357 .453 .486 [78]
SSRey Quiñones6219045 12 12 2615.237 .315 .342 [79]
LFJim Rice157618200 39 220 98110.324 .384 .490 [80]
CFTony Armas121425112 21 411 4058.264 .305 .409 [81]
RFDwight Evans152529137 33 226 8697.259 .376 .476 [82]
DHDon Baylor160585139 23 131 9394.238 .344 .439 [83]

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 Reference
Ed Romero10023349.210223 [84]
Spike Owen4212623.183110 [85]
Steve Lyons5912431.250114 [86]
Marc Sullivan4111923.193114 [87]
Dave Henderson365110.19613 [88]
Dave Stapleton39395.12803 [89]
Mike Greenwell313511.31404 [90]
Kevin Romine35359.25702 [91]
La Schelle Tarver13253.12001 [92]
Glenn Hoffman12235.21701 [93]
Mike Stenhouse21212.09501 [94]
Pat Dodson9125.41713 [95]
Dave Sax4115.45511 [96]

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 Reference
Roger Clemens33254.02442.48238 [97]
Oil Can Boyd30214.116103.78129 [98]
Bruce Hurst25174.11382.99167 [99]
Al Nipper26159.010125.3879 [100]
Tom Seaver16104.1573.8072 [101]
Jeff Sellers1482.0374.9451 [102]

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 Reference
Mike Brown1557.1445.3432 [103]
Rob Woodward935.2235.3014 [104]

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 Reference
Bob Stanley6666164.3754 [105]
Joe Sambito5320124.8430 [106]
Steve Crawford400243.9232 [107]
Tim Lollar322006.9128 [108]
Sammy Stewart274104.3847 [109]
Calvin Schiraldi254291.4155 [110]
Mike Trujillo30009.534 [111]
Wes Gardner10009.001 [112]

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 – 10October 14Fenway Park32,998
7California – 1, Boston – 8October 15Fenway Park33,001

World Series

NL New York Mets (4) vs. AL Boston Red Sox (3)
Game Score Date Location Attendance Time of Game
1Red Sox – 1, Mets – 0October 18Shea Stadium (New York City)57,9083:18
2Red Sox – 9, Mets – 3October 19Shea Stadium (New York City)57,9112:44
3Mets – 7, Red Sox – 1October 21Fenway Park (Boston)33,5953:09
4Mets – 6, Red Sox – 2October 22Fenway Park (Boston)33,9203:22
5Mets – 2, Red Sox – 4October 23Fenway Park (Boston)34,0102:55
6Red Sox – 5, Mets – 6 (10 inn.)October 25Shea Stadium (New York City)57,9083:18
7Red Sox – 5, Mets – 8October 27Shea Stadium (New York City)57,9112:44

Awards and honors

Awards

Marty Barrett, ALCS MVP

Don Baylor, Silver Slugger Award (DH)

Wade Boggs, Silver Slugger Award (3B), AL Player of the Month (May)

Roger Clemens:

Bruce Hurst, AL Pitcher of the Month (September)

Accomplishments

Wade Boggs:

Roger Clemens:

All-Star Game
Name Starter or Reserve Position Reference
Wade Boggs Starter 3B [121]
Roger Clemens Starter P
Rich Gedman Reserve C
Jim Rice Reserve LF

    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

    Source:[122][123]

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