1986 Boston Red Sox season

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.

1986 Boston Red Sox
1986 American League Champions
1986 AL East Champions
Roger Clemens named AL MVP
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record95–66 (.590)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey
General manager(s)Lou Gorman
Manager(s)John McNamara
Local televisionWSBK-TV, Ch. 38
NESN
(Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)
Local radioWPLM-FM 99.1
WPLM-AM 1390
(Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason
Red Sox manager John McNamara

Spring training

The Red Sox held spring training at Chain of Lakes Park in Winter Haven, Florida, for the 21st season.

Regular season
Record by month[6]
MonthRecordCumulativeAL EastRef.
WonLostWonLostPositionGB
April1181182nd (tie)​2 1⁄2[7]
May21732151st+​2 1⁄2[8]
June171049251st+8[9]
July101659411st+4[10]
August171376541st+​3 1⁄2[11]
September18894621st+​8 1⁄2[12]
October1495661st+​5 1⁄2[13]

The Red Sox played only 161 games, as a road game scheduled against the Milwaukee Brewers on September 24 was rained out, and was not rescheduled as it had no bearing on the divisional race.[14]

Highlights
Roger Clemens

Season standings
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

This was the first season since 1904 that the Yankees franchise (then known as the Highlanders) finished second in the standings to the Red Sox franchise (then known as the Americans).[19]

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—

Notable transactions

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

Source:[23]

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.[24] Besides Ted Williams, Luis Tiant, and Rico Petrocelli, the day featured appearances by all three DiMaggio brothers: Joe, Vince, and Dom.[25] The umpiring crew included Hall of Fame inductee Jocko Conlan.[25]

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

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

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

[26]

Postseason

ALCS
Main article: 1986 American League Championship Series
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
Main article: 1986 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
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
A-Short Season Elmira Pioneers New York–Penn League Bill Limoncelli

Source:[27]

References
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  2. Ed Romero page at Baseball Reference
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  4. Curt Schilling page at Baseball Reference
  5. Don Baylor page at Baseball Reference
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  21. Steve Lyons page at Baseball Reference
  22. Spike Owen page at Baseball Reference
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