1986 Boston Red Sox season

1986 Boston Red Sox
1986 AL Champions
AL East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey
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 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 wins and 66 losses. After defeating the California Angels in the ALCS, the Red Sox lost the World Series to the New York Mets in seven games.

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

  • 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.[6]

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 9566 0.590 — 51–30 44–36
New York Yankees 9072 0.556 5½ 41–39 49–33
Detroit Tigers 8775 0.537 8½ 49–32 38–43
Toronto Blue Jays 8676 0.531 9½ 42–39 44–37
Cleveland Indians 8478 0.519 11½ 45–35 39–43
Milwaukee Brewers 7784 0.478 18 41–39 36–45
Baltimore Orioles 7389 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 —4–96–69–34–91–126–66–78–45–85–76–65–78–5
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—

Opening day line up

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

Transactions

Draft Picks

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.[10] Besides Ted Williams, Luis Tiant, and Rico Petrocelli, the day featured appearances by all three DiMaggio brothers: Joe, Vince, and Dom.[11] The umpiring crew included Hall of Fame inductee Jocko Conlan.[11]

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
CRich Gedman135462119.2581665
1BBill Buckner153629168.26718102
2BMarty Barrett158625179.286460
3BWade Boggs149580207.357871
SSRey Quiñones6219045.315215
LFJim Rice157618200.32420110
CFTony Armas121425112.2641158
RFDwight Evans152529137.2592697
DHDon Baylor160585139.2383194

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
Ed Romero10023349.210223
Spike Owen4212623.183110
Steve Lyons5912431.250114
Marc Sullivan4111923.193114
Dave Henderson365110.19613
Dave Stapleton39395.12803
Mike Greenwell313511.31404
Kevin Romine35359.25702
La Schelle Tarver13253.12001
Glenn Hoffman12235.21701
Mike Stenhouse21212.09501
Pat Dodson9125.41713
Dave Sax4115.45511

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
Roger Clemens332542442.48238
Oil Can Boyd30214.116103.78129
Al Nipper2615910125.3879
Bruce Hurst25174.11382.99167
Tom Seaver16104.1573.8072
Jeff Sellers1482374.9451

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
Mike Brown1557.1445.3432
Rob Woodward935.2235.3014

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
Bob Stanley6666164.3754
Joe Sambito5320124.8430
Steve Crawford400243.9232
Tim Lollar322006.9128
Sammy Stewart274104.3847
Calvin Schiraldi254291.4155
Mike Trujillo30009.534
Wes Gardner10009.001

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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 – 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

Game Log

1986 Postseason Game Log

Awards and honors

Awards
Accomplishments
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. ↑ Red Sox get Spike Owen from Mariners
  9. ↑ Scott Cooper page at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ "Fenway Park through the Years [1986]: Non-Red Sox Baseball At Fenway Park". MLB.com. Boston Red Sox. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  11. 1 2 Price, Terry (May 18, 1986). "Old-Timers Hit Close to Home". Hartford Courant. p. E6. Retrieved May 17, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Statmaster: A baseball Team Statistics Tool". Baseball-almanac. Retrieved July 27, 2007.
  • 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, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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