1987 Boston Red Sox season

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1987 Boston Red Sox
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901) Eastern Division (Since 1969)
Location
Fenway Park (Since 1912) Boston, Massachusetts (Since 1901)
1987 Information
Owner(s)	Jean Yawkey, 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)

The 1987 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 5th in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses.

1 Regular season
2 Player stats
- 2.1 Batting
  - 2.1.1 Other batters
- 2.2 Starting pitchers
  - 2.2.1 Other pitchers
    - 2.2.1.1 Relief pitchers
3 Awards and Honors
4 References

[edit] Regular season

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

[edit] Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB
Detroit Tigers	98	64	.605	--
Toronto Blue Jays	96	66	.593	2
Milwaukee Brewers	91	71	.562	7
New York Yankees	89	73	.549	9
Boston Red Sox	78	84	.481	20
Baltimore Orioles	67	95	.414	31
Cleveland Indians	61	101	.377	37

[edit] Notable Transactions

July 23, 1987: Bill Buckner was released by the Boston Red Sox. ^[1]

[edit] Roster

1987 Boston Red Sox roster

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Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

1 John McNamara

Coaches

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

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

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] 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

[edit] References

^ Bill Buckner Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

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v • d • e 1987 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto

AL West	California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas

NL East	Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco

1987 All-Star Game • 1987 World Series

v • d • e Boston Red Sox

Boston, Massachusetts

The Franchise	History • Records • Players • Managers • Coaches • Captains • Broadcasters • Seasons

Ballparks	Huntington Avenue Grounds • Fenway Park

Culture	Red Sox Nation • Royal Rooters • Curse of the Bambino • Green Monster • Pesky's Pole • Wally the Green Monster • The Impossible Dream • Fisk Waves it Fair • Bucky Dent's heroics • Buckner's Blunder • The Bloody Sock • "Idiots" Break the Curse • BostonDirtDogs.com "Tessie" • "Dirty Water" • "Sweet Caroline" • "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" • Fever Pitch

The Rivalry	Red Sox-Yankees • Babe Ruth • Roger Clemens • Wade Boggs • Johnny Damon

Important Figures	Harry Frazee • Tom Yawkey • Cy Young • "Nuf Ced" McGreevy • Harry Hooper • Ted Williams • Jimmie Foxx • Bobby Doerr • Joe Cronin • Carl Yastrzemski • Carlton Fisk • Johnny Pesky • Dwight Evans • Jim Rice • Wade Boggs • Bill Buckner • Roger Clemens • Nomar Garciaparra • Pedro Martínez • Jason Varitek • Manny Ramírez • David Ortiz • Curt Schilling • Jonathan Papelbon • Josh Beckett • Daisuke Matsuzaka • Clay Buchholz • Jon Lester

Retired Numbers	1 • 4 • 8 • 9 • 27 • 42

Key Personnel	Owners: John W. Henry and Tom Werner • President and CEO: Larry Lucchino General Manager: Theo Epstein • Manager: Terry Francona

World Series Championships (7)	1903 • 1912 • 1915 • 1916 • 1918 • 2004 • 2007

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Minor League Affiliates	Pawtucket Red Sox (AAA) • Portland Sea Dogs (AA) • Lancaster JetHawks (A) • Greenville Drive (A) • Lowell Spinners (A) • Gulf Coast Red Sox (Rookie)

Other Assets	New England Sports Network