1984 Boston Red Sox season

The 1984 Boston Red Sox season was the 84th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses, 18 games behind the Detroit Tigers, who went on to win the 1984 World Series.

1984 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record86–76 (.531)
Divisional place4th (18 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey
General manager(s)Haywood Sullivan, Lou Gorman
Manager(s)Ralph Houk
Local televisionWSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)
NESN
(Kent Derdivanis, Mike Andrews)
Local radioWPLM-FM 99.1
WPLM-AM 1390
(Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

Regular season
Record by month[2]
MonthRecordCumulativeAL EastRef.
WonLostWonLostPositionGB
April9139136th10[3]
May121321265th​16 1⁄2[4]
June151436404th19[5]
July18954494th​16 1⁄2[6]
August171471635th​15 1⁄2[7]
September151386764th18[8]

Highlights

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 10458 0.642 — 53–29 51–29
Toronto Blue Jays 8973 0.549 15 49–32 40–41
New York Yankees 8775 0.537 17 51–30 36–45
Boston Red Sox 8676 0.531 18 41–40 45–36
Baltimore Orioles 8577 0.525 19 44–37 41–40
Cleveland Indians 7587 0.463 29 41–39 34–48
Milwaukee Brewers 6794 0.416 36½ 38–43 29–51

Record vs. opponents
1984 American League Records

Sources:

Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —6–78–47–57–67–65–77–65–75–86–69–39–34–9
Boston 7–6—9–37–510–37–63–99–46–67–67–54–85–75–8
California 4–83–9—8–58–44–86–78–44–98–47–69–45–87–5
Chicago 5–75–75–8—8–44–85–87–58–57–56–75–85–84–8
Cleveland 6–73–104–84–8—4–96–69–47–52–117–58–49–36–7–1
Detroit 6–76–78–48–49–4—7–511–29–37–69–36–610–28–5
Kansas City 7–59–37–68–56–65–7—6–66–75–75–89–46–75–7
Milwaukee 6–74–94–85–74–92–116–6—5–76–74–86–65–610–3
Minnesota 7–56–69–45–85–73–97–67–5—8–48–57–68–51–11
New York 8–56–74–85–711–26–77–57–64–8—8–47–56–68–5
Oakland 6–65–76–77–65–73–98–58–45–84–8—8–58–54–8
Seattle 3–98–44–98–54–86–64–96–66–75–75–8—10–35–7
Texas 3–97–58–58–53–92–107–66–55–86–65–83–10—6–6
Toronto 9–48–55–78–47–6–15–87–53–1011–15–88–47–56–6—

Notable transactions

Opening Day lineup
  2Jerry Remy2B
24Dwight EvansRF
26Wade Boggs3B
14Jim RiceLF
  7Mike EaslerDH
20Tony ArmasCF
10Rich GedmanC
11Dave Stapleton1B
18Glenn Hoffman    SS
47Bruce Hurst    P

Source:[17]

The Red Sox were defeated on Opening Day by the California Angels, 2–1, with both Angel runs scoring with two outs in the ninth on an error by Boston shortstop Jackie Gutiérrez.[18]

Roster
1984 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Statistical leaders
Wade Boggs
CategoryPlayerStatistic
Youngest playerRoger Clemens21
Oldest playerRick Miller36
Wins Above ReplacementWade Boggs6.3

Source:[19]

Batting
Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
GGames playedDwight Evans162
PAPlate appearancesDwight Evans738
ABAt batsJim Rice657
RRuns scoredDwight Evans121
HHitsWade Boggs203
2BDoublesDwight Evans37
3BTriplesDwight Evans8
HRHome runsTony Armas43
RBIRuns batted inTony Armas123
SBStolen basesJackie Gutiérrez12
CSCaught stealingJackie Gutiérrez5
BBBase on ballsDwight Evans96
SOStrikeoutsTony Armas156
BABatting averageWade Boggs.325
OBPOn-base percentageWade Boggs.407
SLGSlugging percentageDwight Evans.532
OPSOn-base plus sluggingDwight Evans.920
OPS+Adjusted OPSDwight Evans147
TBTotal basesTony Armas339
GIDPGrounded into double playJim Rice36
HBPHit by pitchBill Buckner5
SHSacrifice hitsJackie Gutiérrez12
SFSacrifice fliesTony Armas7
Dwight Evans
IBBIntentional base on ballsTony Armas9

Source:[19]

Pitching
Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
WWinsOil Can Boyd12
Bruce Hurst
Bob Ojeda
LLossesOil Can Boyd12
Bruce Hurst
Bob Ojeda
W-L %Winning percentageSteve Crawford1.000 (5–0)
ERAEarned run averageSteve Crawford3.34
GGames pitchedBob Stanley57
GSGames startedBruce Hurst33
GFGames finishedBob Stanley47
CGComplete gamesOil Can Boyd10
SHOShutoutsBob Ojeda5
SVSavesBob Stanley22
IPInnings pitchedBruce Hurst218
SOStrikeoutsBob Ojeda137
WHIPWalks plus hits per inning pitchedBob Stanley1.275

Source:[19]

Awards and honors
All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Tony Torchia
AA New Britain Red Sox Eastern League Rac Slider
A Winston-Salem Spirits Carolina League Bill Slack
A Winter Haven Red Sox Florida State League Dave Holt
A-Short Season Elmira Pioneers New York–Penn League Dick Berardino

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Pawtucket

Source:[20]

References
  1. Mike Easler - Baseball Reference.com
  2. "The 1984 Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
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  8. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1984/09301984.htm
  9. "Ted Williams Salutes Fans As His Number 9 Is Retired". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. AP. May 31, 1984. p. 12. Retrieved October 11, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  10. "Tony Armas - Baseball-Library.com". Archived from the original on September 7, 2007. Retrieved August 3, 2008.
  11. Dwight Evans - Baseball-Reference.com
  12. Wade Boggs - Baseball-Reference.com
  13. Jim Rice - Baseball-Reference.com
  14. "Single-Season Leaders & Records for Double Plays Grounded Into". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  15. Bill Buckner - Baseball Reference.com
  16. John Marzano - Baseball Reference.com
  17. "California Angels 2, Boston Red Sox 1". Retrosheet. April 5, 1983. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  18. Hensler, Paul. "April 2, 1984: Angels' Forsch slows down Red Sox in a hurry on Opening Day". SABR. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  19. "1984 Boston Red Sox Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  20. 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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