1986 Boston Red Sox season

1986 Boston Red Sox 1986 AL Champions
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1901) Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Fenway Park (since 1912) Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901)
1986 information
Owner(s)	JRY Trust, Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan
Manager(s)	John McNamara
Local television	WSBK-TV, Ch. 38 NESN (Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)
Local radio	WPLM-FM 99.1 (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

• November 13, 1985: Bob Ojeda, Tom McCarthy, John Mitchell and Chris Bayer (minors) were traded by the Red Sox to the New York Mets for Calvin Schiraldi, Wes Gardner, John Christensen, and La Schelle Tarver.
• December 11, 1985: Mark Clear was traded by the Red Sox to the Milwaukee Brewers for Ed Romero.
• January 14, 1986: Alan Mills was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign.
• January 14, 1986: Curt Schilling was drafted by the Red Sox in the 2nd round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed May 30, 1986.
• March 28, 1986: Mike Easler was traded by the Red Sox to the New York Yankees for Don Baylor.

Regular season

• April 29, 1986 – At Fenway Park, Roger Clemens struck out 20 Seattle Mariners to become the first pitcher in history to strike out 20 batters in a nine-inning major league game.
• Clemens' 24 wins in the regular season were the most by a Red Sox pitcher since 1949.

Season standings

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

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB
Boston Red Sox	95	66	.590	--
New York Yankees	90	72	.556	5½
Detroit Tigers	87	75	.537	8½
Toronto Blue Jays	86	76	.531	9½
Cleveland Indians	84	78	.519	11½
Milwaukee Brewers	77	84	.478	18
Baltimore Orioles	73	89	.451	22½

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

• June 29, 1986: Steve Lyons was traded by the Red Sox to the Chicago White Sox for Tom Seaver.
• August 19, 1986: Rey Quiñones, players to be named later and cash were traded by the Red Sox to the Seattle Mariners for Spike Owen and Dave Henderson. The Red Sox completed the deal by sending Mike Brown and Mike Trujillo to the Mariners on August 22 and John Christensen to the Mariners on September 25.

Draft Picks

• June 2, 1986: 1986 Major League Baseball Draft
  • Scott Cooper was drafted by the Red Sox in the 3rd round. Player signed June 8, 1986.

Roster

1986 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers 23 Oil Can Boyd 27 Mike Brown 21 Roger Clemens 28 Steve Crawford 44 Wes Gardner 47 Bruce Hurst 48 Tim Lollar 49 Al Nipper 43 Joe Sambito 31 Calvin Schiraldi 41 Tom Seaver 19 Jeff Sellers 46 Bob Stanley 53 Sammy Stewart 45 Mike Trujillo 42 Rob Woodward		Catchers 10 Rich Gedman 50 Dave Sax 15 Marc Sullivan Infielders 17 Marty Barrett 25 Don Baylor 26 Wade Boggs  6 Bill Buckner 27 Pat Dodson 18 Glenn Hoffman  5 Spike Owen 51 Rey Quiñones  7 Ed Romero 11 Dave Stapleton		Outfielders 20 Tony Armas 24 Dwight Evans 39 Mike Greenwell 40 Dave Henderson 12 Steve Lyons 14 Jim Rice 16 Kevin Romine 37 Mike Stenhouse 55 La Schelle Tarver		Manager  1 John McNamara Coaches 34 Bill Fischer 33 Walt Hriniak 36 Rene Lachemann 35 Joe Morgan

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

Postseason

ALCS

Main article: 1986 American League Championship Series

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	California - 8, Boston - 1	October 7	Fenway Park	32,993
2	California - 2, Boston - 9	October 8	Fenway Park	32,786
3	Boston - 3, California - 5	October 10	Anaheim Stadium	64,206
4	Boston - 3, California - 4 (11 innings)	October 11	Anaheim Stadium	64,223
5	Boston - 7, California - 6 (11 innings)	October 12	Anaheim Stadium	64,223
6	California - 4, Boston - 10	October 14	Fenway Park	32,998
7	California - 1, Boston - 8	October 15	Fenway Park	33,001

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

Awards and honors

• Marty Barrett, Second Base, ALCS MVP
• Wade Boggs, American League Batting Champion, .357
• Wade Boggs, American League Leader, Walks (105)
• Wade Boggs, Major League Baseball Leader, On-base percentage (.453)
• Roger Clemens, American League Cy Young Award Winner
• Roger Clemens, American League Most Valuable Player
• Roger Clemens, American League Leader, ERA (2.48)
• Roger Clemens, American League Leader, Wins (24)

All-Star Game

• Wade Boggs, Third Base, Starter
• Roger Clemens, Pitcher, Starter
• Rich Gedman, Catcher, Reserve
• Jim Rice, Outfield, Reserve

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

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
Short-Season A	Elmira Pioneers	New York-Penn League	Bill Limoncelli

References

• 1986 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1986 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3. 

Preceded by Toronto Blue Jays 1985	AL East Championship Season 1986	Succeeded by Detroit Tigers 1987
Preceded by Kansas City Royals 1985	American League Championship 1986	Succeeded by Minnesota Twins 1987