1984 Boston (A) Red Sox
Record: 80-80
Finish: 2nd in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 673
Runs Allowed: 673
Exp W-L: 80-80
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 1,454,068
Manager: Brian Rodgers

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 89-48, 1st in the American League
AA: 69-68, 6th in the American League
A: 65-72, 7th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF #Jerry White 31 153 584 74 169 35 6 8 85 11 7 69 67 .289 .368 .411 .779 85.5 16.5 0.1
SS  Dickie Thon 26 158 595 77 150 33 4 15 69 22 11 59 85 .252 .319 .397 .716 70.7 10.1 6.4
CF #Willie McGee 25 154 574 71 153 36 7 3 48 36 3 15 74 .267 .284 .369 .654 60.2 8.8 6.4
LF  Chet Lemon 29 138 500 66 126 40 3 12 87 4 0 44 68 .252 .321 .416 .737 65.6 11.4 4.0
C  Don Slaught 25 137 486 48 125 33 3 4 51 2 1 26 64 .257 .297 .362 .659 49.1 6.2 5.4
3B *Wayne Gross 32 138 462 56 98 26 0 14 53 0 1 50 60 .212 .286 .359 .645 48.4 4.4 3.2
LF *Pete Lacock 32 124 426 55 126 27 1 4 43 2 1 37 29 .296 .350 .392 .742 53.2 9.3 2.3
2B #Bill Doran 26 124 383 53 103 24 6 1 44 8 4 40 57 .269 .338 .371 .709 49.5 9.0 5.1
RF *Andy Van Slyke 23 113 326 40 78 18 5 3 29 23 12 22 66 .239 .287 .353 .640 31.9 2.7 3.6
SS #Ron Oester 28 122 325 34 94 13 3 6 35 5 4 23 32 .289 .335 .403 .738 40.9 7.4 2.9
LF *Thad Bosley 27 116 305 32 83 17 3 2 34 7 3 26 38 .272 .329 .367 .697 34.3 5.3 3.4
1B  Gorman Thomas 33 86 219 32 39 9 0 9 35 1 1 37 56 .178 .295 .342 .637 24.3 2.1 1.5
3B  Skeeter Barnes 27 56 152 14 39 5 0 4 19 0 1 10 25 .257 .302 .368 .671 15.6 1.8 1.3
C *Rich Gedman 24 34 96 9 22 4 0 0 9 0 0 7 11 .229 .286 .271 .557 6.8 0.0 0.9
LF *Terry Francona 25 33 47 6 10 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 .213 .260 .213 .473 2.5 0.0 0.2
3B  Ron Cash 34 12 25 2 7 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 .280 .308 .400 .708 3.2 0.4 0.2
C *Marv Foley 30 9 22 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .136 .174 .136 .310 -0.3 0.0 0.2
1B *Willie Aikens 29 12 15 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .267 .313 .333 .646 0.4 0.0 0.0
CF *Jim Norris 35 10 13 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .308 .308 .308 .615 0.8 0.0 0.1
P  Orel Hershiser 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.3 1730 5556 673 1433 321 41 86 648 122 49 471 748 .258 .317 .377 .693 642.4 95.5 47.3
  Rank among 12 AL teams 6 7 6 2 4 11 7 4 9 7 3 7 6 7 6 6  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Bob Ojeda 26 12 13 .480 32 32 0 240.3 222 90 17 77 160 3.37 16.8
*Ken Dayley 25 13 11 .542 32 32 0 215.0 204 79 8 67 134 3.31 15.5
 Mario Soto 27 7 13 .350 30 30 0 210.3 196 109 26 100 160 4.66 7.3
 Orel Hershiser 25 11 9 .550 25 25 0 180.0 183 83 21 52 75 4.15 9.2
 Dennis Eckersley 29 7 10 .412 65 14 16 162.0 173 81 23 32 67 4.50 9.5
 John Denny 31 10 9 .526 22 22 0 161.3 129 47 4 44 112 2.62 14.9
 Bob Welch 27 8 4 .667 52 0 5 77.0 59 30 4 35 40 3.51 7.8
 Greg Minton 32 4 3 .571 43 4 17 74.3 81 35 2 47 28 4.24 5.6
 Tom Niedenfuer 24 5 2 .714 34 0 2 68.0 45 20 2 28 31 2.65 7.5
 Walt Terrell 26 0 3 .000 16 0 1 20.7 23 13 2 8 8 5.66 0.2
 Richard Dotson 25 1 1 .500 8 1 2 17.7 15 6 1 7 8 3.06 1.9
 Bruce Sutter 31 2 2 .500 9 0 3 16.0 21 12 1 6 3 6.75 0.2
 Craig Swan 33 0 0 .000 3 0 1 3.3 1 1 1 0 2 2.70 0.8
Team Totals 27.8 80 80 .500 371 160 47 1446.0 1352 606 112 503 828 3.77 97.2
Rank among 12 AL teams 6 6 2 6 6 2 5 3 6 6 3  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 32.1
D.Slaught 1153.7 128 135 702 54 8 0 .990 29.2
R.Gedman 243.3 27 33 136 7 3 1 .979 17.2
M.Foley 46.0 5 8 26 2 0 0 1.000 66.7
O.Hershiser 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1446.0 160 177 864 64 11 1 .988 28.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.68
P.Lacock 837.3 96 101 1075 71 8 72 .993 12.32
G.Thomas 440.7 54 57 515 41 4 43 .993 11.36
T.Francona 69.3 5 19 96 3 2 7 .980 12.85
W.Gross 52.7 3 13 74 7 0 7 1.000 13.84
S.Barnes 23.0 2 5 26 2 1 4 .966 10.96
W.Aikens 15.0 0 6 22 2 0 0 1.000 14.40
R.Cash 4.0 0 2 6 0 0 1 1.000 13.50
J.White 2.0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
C.Lemon 2.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1446.0 160 205 1821 127 15 134 .992 12.12
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.70
B.Doran 977.0 116 119 195 434 13 79 .980 5.79
R.Oester 462.0 44 79 86 188 2 34 .993 5.34
C.Lemon 5.0 0 3 3 2 0 1 1.000 9.00
R.Cash 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1446.0 160 202 284 625 15 114 .984 5.66
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 2.74
W.Gross 1028.3 116 120 63 258 17 10 .950 2.81
S.Barnes 329.7 35 47 22 92 5 8 .958 3.11
R.Cash 51.0 5 6 0 14 0 0 1.000 2.47
R.Oester 28.0 4 4 4 9 1 0 .929 4.18
D.Thon 9.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
Team Total 1446.0 160 179 89 374 23 18 .953 2.88
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.32
D.Thon 1341.3 151 154 217 603 29 97 .966 5.50
R.Oester 104.7 9 16 13 51 2 7 .970 5.50
Team Total 1446.0 160 170 230 654 31 104 .966 5.50
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.90
C.Lemon 1145.3 128 128 223 5 9 1 .962 1.79
T.Bosley 175.3 19 21 40 1 1 0 .976 2.10
P.Lacock 59.3 6 11 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.37
J.White 27.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
T.Francona 19.0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
S.Barnes 17.0 2 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53
W.Aikens 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.0 160 171 279 6 10 1 .966 1.77
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.56
W.McGee 1265.0 145 151 319 14 14 5 .960 2.37
T.Bosley 115.0 11 26 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.11
J.Norris 27.0 2 6 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.33
A.Van Slyke 17.0 1 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
G.Thomas 13.0 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77
J.White 6.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
C.Lemon 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.0 160 197 358 16 14 5 .964 2.33
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.05
A.Van Slyke 854.3 104 106 182 6 2 1 .989 1.98
T.Bosley 394.0 42 58 98 4 1 2 .990 2.33
G.Thomas 103.0 8 27 19 2 0 0 1.000 1.83
P.Lacock 48.7 3 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.66
T.Francona 20.0 2 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Barnes 10.0 1 2 2 0 1 0 .667 1.80
W.McGee 6.0 0 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 7.50
C.Lemon 4.0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1.000 2.25
J.White 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Norris 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Cash 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.0 160 217 314 14 4 4 .988 2.04
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.12
B.Ojeda 240.3 32 32 13 43 2 2 .966 2.10
K.Dayley 215.0 32 32 13 41 4 2 .931 2.26
M.Soto 210.3 30 30 8 29 0 2 1.000 1.58
O.Hershiser 180.0 25 25 15 26 0 1 1.000 2.05
D.Eckersley 162.0 14 65 13 28 3 3 .932 2.28
J.Denny 161.3 22 22 8 22 1 1 .968 1.67
B.Welch 77.0 0 52 7 25 1 2 .970 3.74
G.Minton 74.3 4 43 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.45
T.Niedenfuer 68.0 0 34 4 17 0 1 1.000 2.78
W.Terrell 20.7 0 16 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.61
R.Dotson 17.7 1 8 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.02
B.Sutter 16.0 0 9 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
C.Swan 3.3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.0 160 371 90 245 11 14 .968 2.09
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average White .289
On-Base Pct White .368
Slugging Pct Lemon .416
OPS White .779
XR White 85.5
Games Thon 158
At-Bats Thon 595
Runs Thon 77
Hits White 169
Total Bases White 240
Singles White 120
Doubles Lemon 40
Triples McGee 7
Homeruns Thon 15
RBIs Lemon 87
Stolen Bases McGee 36
Caught Stealing Van Slyke 12
Walks White 69
Strikeouts Thon 85
ERA Dayley 3.31
Wins Dayley 13
Losses Ojeda, Soto 13
Winning Pct Hershiser .550
Saves Minton 17
Games Pitched Eckersley 65
Games Started Dayley, Ojeda 32
Complete Games Ojeda 8
Shutouts Ojeda, Soto 2
Innings Pitched Ojeda 240.3
Hits Allowed Ojeda 222
Homeruns Allowed Soto 26
Strikeouts Ojeda, Soto 160
Walks Allowed Soto 100
Walks per 9IP Eckersley 1.8
Hits per 9IP Ojeda 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Soto 6.8
WHiP Ojeda 1.24
OAVG Soto .243
OOBP Dayley .301
OSLG Dayley .351
OOPS Dayley .652
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
John Denny $ 8,500,000
Dennis Eckersley $ 6,500,000
Chet Lemon $ 6,400,000
Jerry White $ 5,015,000
Greg Minton $ 4,500,000
Pete Lacock $ 4,000,000
Gorman Thomas $ 3,333,333
Wayne Gross $ 3,057,143
Mario Soto $ 2,539,286
Ron Cash $ 2,000,000
Bob Welch $ 1,908,571
Bruce Sutter $ 1,500,000
Thad Bosley $ 1,278,571
Craig Swan $ 616,000
Gary Carter $ 510,000
Bob McClure $ 380,000
Royle Stillman $ 350,000
Marv Foley $ 300,000
Andy Van Slyke $ 300,000
Dickie Thon $ 300,000
Walt Terrell $ 300,000
Ron Cook $ 300,000
Ken Dayley $ 300,000
Bill Doran $ 300,000
Gary Matthews $ 300,000
Don Slaught $ 300,000
Willie McGee $ 300,000
Terry Francona $ 300,000
Rich Gedman $ 300,000
Bob Ojeda $ 300,000
Orel Hershiser $ 300,000
Ron Oester $ 300,000
Skeeter Barnes $ 300,000
Tom Niedenfuer $ 300,000
Larry Milbourne $ 300,000
Richard Dotson $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Traded Kevin Gross Washington John Denny
Wayne Gross
2/6 Signed     Chet Lemon
2/6 Signed     Jim Norris
2/15 Signed     Gorman Thomas
4/3 Signed     Bob Mcclure
4/3 Signed     Pete Vuckovich
4/3 Signed     Ron Cook
4/3 Signed     Craig Swan
10/31 Released Willie Aikens    
10/31 Released Eric Rasmussen    
10/31 Released Gary Ward    
10/31 Released Jim Norris