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1987 Boston Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 78-84
Finished 5th in the AL's East Division
Attendance: 2,231,551, Avg. 28,249
Ballpark: Fenway Park II
Manager: John McNamara (78-84)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1987 Boston Red Sox Results
The Boston Red Sox of the American League ended the 1987 season with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses, finishing fifth in the AL's East Division.
The Red Sox scored 842 runs and yielded 825 runs. Dwight Evans walloped 34 home runs for Boston, while Wade Boggs, Ellis Burks, Mike Greenwell and Don Baylor each swatted 20 or more also. Dwight Evans drove in 123 runs. Wade Boggs led all regular batters by hitting .363. Roger Clemens topped the squad with 20 wins, plus Bruce Hurst, too added 15 or more wins, too Roger Clemens recorded a 2.97 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
John McNamara coached the team.
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Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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Roger Clemens | 20 | 9 | .690 | 2.97 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 281.7 | 248 | 100 | 93 | 19 | 83 | 4 | 256 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1157 |
Bruce Hurst | 15 | 13 | .536 | 4.41 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 238.7 | 239 | 124 | 117 | 35 | 76 | 5 | 190 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1001 |
Al Nipper | 11 | 12 | .478 | 5.43 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 174.0 | 196 | 115 | 105 | 30 | 62 | 1 | 89 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 777 |
Calvin Schiraldi | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.41 | 62 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 83.7 | 75 | 45 | 41 | 15 | 40 | 5 | 93 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 361 |
Jeff Sellers | 7 | 8 | .467 | 5.28 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 139.7 | 161 | 85 | 82 | 10 | 61 | 0 | 99 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 620 |
Steve Crawford | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.33 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72.7 | 91 | 48 | 43 | 13 | 32 | 2 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 324 |
Bob Stanley | 4 | 15 | .211 | 5.01 | 34 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 152.7 | 198 | 96 | 85 | 17 | 42 | 7 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 676 |
Wes Gardner | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.42 | 49 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 89.7 | 98 | 55 | 54 | 17 | 42 | 7 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 401 |
Joe Sambito | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6.93 | 47 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.7 | 46 | 29 | 29 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 171 |
Tom Bolton | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.38 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.7 | 83 | 33 | 30 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 287 |
Rob Woodward | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.05 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 53 | 33 | 29 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 177 |
Oil Can Boyd | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.89 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.7 | 47 | 31 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 167 |
John Leister | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.20 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.3 | 49 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 146 |
Totals | 78 | 84 | .481 | 4.78 | 398 | 162 | 115 | 47 | 13 | 16 | 1436.0 | 1584 | 825 | 763 | 190 | 517 | 38 | 1034 | 31 | 9 | 37 | 6265 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wade Boggs | 147 | 667 | 551 | 108 | 200 | 40 | 6 | 24 | 89 | 1 | 3 | 105 | 48 | .363 | .461 | .588 | 1.049 | 324 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 19 |
Dwight Evans | 154 | 657 | 541 | 109 | 165 | 37 | 2 | 34 | 123 | 4 | 6 | 106 | 98 | .305 | .417 | .569 | .986 | 308 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
Marty Barrett | 137 | 638 | 559 | 72 | 164 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 15 | 2 | 51 | 38 | .293 | .351 | .351 | .701 | 196 | 11 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 0 |
Ellis Burks | 133 | 606 | 558 | 94 | 152 | 30 | 2 | 20 | 59 | 27 | 6 | 41 | 98 | .272 | .324 | .441 | .765 | 246 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Mike Greenwell | 125 | 456 | 412 | 71 | 135 | 31 | 6 | 19 | 89 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 40 | .328 | .386 | .570 | .956 | 235 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Spike Owen | 132 | 504 | 437 | 50 | 113 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 48 | 11 | 8 | 53 | 43 | .259 | .337 | .343 | .681 | 150 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
Jim Rice | 108 | 459 | 404 | 66 | 112 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 77 | .277 | .357 | .408 | .766 | 165 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Don Baylor | 108 | 409 | 339 | 64 | 81 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 57 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 47 | .239 | .355 | .404 | .759 | 137 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
Bill Buckner | 75 | 304 | 286 | 23 | 78 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 19 | .273 | .299 | .322 | .621 | 92 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Ed Romero | 88 | 256 | 235 | 23 | 64 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 22 | .272 | .322 | .294 | .615 | 69 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Todd Benzinger | 73 | 253 | 223 | 36 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 41 | .278 | .344 | .444 | .788 | 99 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Sam Horn | 46 | 177 | 158 | 31 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 55 | .278 | .356 | .589 | .945 | 93 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Henderson | 75 | 209 | 184 | 30 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 48 | .234 | .313 | .418 | .731 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
John Marzano | 52 | 182 | 168 | 20 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 41 | .244 | .283 | .399 | .682 | 67 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Rich Gedman | 52 | 165 | 151 | 11 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 24 | .205 | .250 | .278 | .528 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Marc Sullivan | 60 | 173 | 160 | 11 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 43 | .169 | .198 | .238 | .435 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
Glenn Hoffman | 21 | 60 | 55 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .200 | .267 | .255 | .521 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jody Reed | 9 | 35 | 30 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .300 | .382 | .400 | .782 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Danny Sheaffer | 25 | 68 | 66 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .121 | .119 | .182 | .301 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Kevin Romine | 9 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .292 | .346 | .375 | .721 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Dodson | 26 | 52 | 42 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | .167 | .288 | .381 | .669 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Dave Sax | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Stanley | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jeff Sellers | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Calvin Schiraldi | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Joe Sambito | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Tom Bolton | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Oil Can Boyd | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Wes Gardner | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Roger Clemens | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Al Nipper | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
John Leister | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bruce Hurst | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Steve Crawford | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Rob Woodward | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 2055 | 6359 | 5586 | 842 | 1554 | 273 | 26 | 174 | 802 | 77 | 45 | 606 | 825 | .278 | .352 | .430 | .781 | 2401 | 129 | 57 | 52 | 58 | 41 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dwight Evans | 1B | 79 | 77 | 669.3 | 619 | 41 | 12 | 72 | .982 | 8.875 | 8.354 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Buckner | 1B | 74 | 73 | 620.7 | 605 | 58 | 6 | 53 | .991 | 9.614 | 8.959 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pat Dodson | 1B | 21 | 10 | 107.7 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1.000 | 8.610 | 4.905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed Romero | 1B | 8 | 1 | 26.3 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.203 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Todd Benzinger | 1B | 2 | 1 | 10.0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wade Boggs | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marty Barrett | 2B | 137 | 136 | 1191.0 | 320 | 438 | 9 | 108 | .988 | 5.728 | 5.533 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed Romero | 2B | 29 | 24 | 225.7 | 65 | 81 | 4 | 19 | .973 | 5.823 | 5.034 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jody Reed | 2B | 2 | 2 | 16.0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.313 | 6.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Glenn Hoffman | 2B | 2 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.400 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wade Boggs | 3B | 145 | 145 | 1267.0 | 111 | 277 | 14 | 37 | .965 | 2.756 | 2.676 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed Romero | 3B | 24 | 17 | 160.7 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 2.073 | 1.542 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Glenn Hoffman | 3B | 3 | 0 | 8.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.080 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jody Reed | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Marc Sullivan | C | 60 | 53 | 443.3 | 303 | 29 | 2 | 6 | .994 | 6.740 | 5.533 | 11 | 0 | 36 | 24 | 40.0 |
John Marzano | C | 52 | 48 | 425.7 | 337 | 24 | 5 | 7 | .986 | 7.633 | 6.942 | 9 | 0 | 33 | 16 | 32.7 |
Rich Gedman | C | 51 | 41 | 383.7 | 306 | 14 | 8 | 1 | .976 | 7.507 | 6.275 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 37.8 |
Danny Sheaffer | C | 25 | 20 | 176.3 | 121 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .977 | 6.431 | 5.040 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 28.6 |
Dave Sax | C | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 13.500 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Greenwell | C | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 27.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
Ellis Burks | OF | 132 | 128 | 1125.7 | 320 | 15 | 4 | 2 | .988 | 2.678 | 2.538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Rice | OF | 94 | 94 | 813.0 | 155 | 12 | 4 | 2 | .977 | 1.849 | 1.777 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Greenwell | OF | 91 | 88 | 743.7 | 162 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .971 | 2.057 | 1.868 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dwight Evans | OF | 77 | 71 | 635.7 | 134 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .993 | 1.968 | 1.805 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Todd Benzinger | OF | 61 | 55 | 497.3 | 146 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .987 | 2.751 | 2.492 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Henderson | OF | 64 | 45 | 439.7 | 114 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .958 | 2.334 | 1.781 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kevin Romine | OF | 7 | 5 | 53.0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.868 | 1.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roger Clemens | P | 36 | 36 | 281.7 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.278 | 1.111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bruce Hurst | P | 33 | 33 | 238.7 | 12 | 34 | 3 | 2 | .939 | 1.735 | 1.394 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Nipper | P | 30 | 30 | 174.0 | 20 | 27 | 2 | 2 | .959 | 2.431 | 1.567 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Stanley | P | 34 | 20 | 152.7 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 4 | .974 | 2.181 | 1.088 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jeff Sellers | P | 25 | 22 | 139.7 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 2.126 | 1.320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wes Gardner | P | 49 | 1 | 89.7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .903 | .184 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Calvin Schiraldi | P | 62 | 1 | 83.7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.398 | .210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Crawford | P | 29 | 0 | 72.7 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.229 | .621 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Bolton | P | 29 | 0 | 61.7 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.751 | .414 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Sambito | P | 47 | 0 | 37.7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.195 | .106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rob Woodward | P | 9 | 6 | 37.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .730 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Oil Can Boyd | P | 7 | 7 | 36.7 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.682 | 2.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Leister | P | 8 | 6 | 30.3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.187 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Spike Owen | SS | 130 | 127 | 1117.7 | 176 | 336 | 13 | 69 | .975 | 4.123 | 3.938 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed Romero | SS | 24 | 15 | 142.7 | 22 | 44 | 1 | 9 | .985 | 4.164 | 2.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Glenn Hoffman | SS | 16 | 14 | 124.3 | 14 | 49 | 1 | 9 | .984 | 4.560 | 3.938 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jody Reed | SS | 4 | 6 | 51.3 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 4.208 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1817 | 1458 | 12924.0 | 4308 | 1684 | 110 | 432 | .982 | 4.173 | 3.298 | 30 | 0 | 109 | 60 | 35.5 |
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