Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help
1987 Boston (A) Red Sox
Record: 87-73
Finish: 1st in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 767
Runs Allowed: 712
Exp W-L: 85-75
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 2,232,689
Manager: Brian Rodgers

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 7th in the American League
AA: 56-81, 11th in the American League
A: 58-79, 10th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-3 over San Diego Padres
Won AL League Series 4-2 over Baltimore Orioles
Won Divisional Series 4-1 over Tampa Bay Devil Rays
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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
SS  Dickie Thon 29 155 573 95 171 53 2 26 118 23 7 57 68 .298 .358 .534 .892 106.0 26.2 6.0
C  Don Slaught 28 149 553 97 180 59 2 10 83 1 1 45 63 .325 .376 .494 .870 88.9 22.3 6.0
CF  Jim Rice 34 153 553 73 146 30 6 15 71 9 4 34 84 .264 .308 .421 .729 69.9 12.7 2.3
1B  Jesse Barfield 27 149 464 52 88 30 5 13 49 3 1 42 130 .190 .258 .360 .618 41.9 2.5 2.0
RF *Andy Van Slyke 26 141 459 72 131 40 8 10 76 29 14 46 67 .285 .347 .473 .820 71.7 15.6 3.3
RF  Danny Tartabull 24 136 418 44 90 22 0 17 55 0 0 53 102 .215 .306 .390 .696 51.5 7.8 1.6
RF  Otto Velez 36 141 399 51 93 22 2 15 50 0 1 67 85 .233 .341 .411 .752 57.5 10.7 0.1
2B #Bill Doran 29 123 416 60 108 26 2 3 36 14 11 38 61 .260 .321 .353 .674 42.7 5.5 5.2
3B *Wayne Gross 35 127 401 40 74 12 0 19 61 0 0 44 90 .185 .265 .357 .622 41.2 3.6 2.2
LF  Chet Lemon 32 125 359 39 78 24 1 9 52 1 0 20 73 .217 .265 .365 .630 32.0 2.7 1.8
CF #Willie McGee 28 100 322 46 108 18 2 2 29 30 11 16 32 .335 .363 .422 .785 48.8 11.1 1.0
3B  Skeeter Barnes 30 91 222 32 64 11 2 5 22 1 1 14 23 .288 .332 .423 .755 29.3 5.7 1.3
C *Rich Gedman 27 88 182 27 43 12 3 4 27 0 0 13 23 .236 .291 .401 .693 19.8 2.4 1.7
SS #Ron Oester 31 66 129 24 41 7 0 1 14 6 1 14 16 .318 .385 .395 .780 19.4 4.4 1.9
CF  Randy Kutcher 27 48 50 15 15 3 2 1 6 2 1 5 9 .300 .364 .500 .864 7.1 1.6 0.2
  Team Totals 29.5 1792 5500 767 1430 369 37 150 749 119 53 508 926 .260 .322 .422 .745 727.8 134.9 36.6
  Rank among 12 AL teams 9 5 8 1 5 2 5 5 8 8 10 7 7 3 5 5  
* - 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
 Orel Hershiser 28 11 8 .579 34 34 0 228.7 253 99 5 70 96 3.90 13.5
 Dennis Eckersley 32 15 10 .600 34 34 0 223.7 211 79 13 25 129 3.18 18.2
*Ken Dayley 28 20 9 .690 35 35 0 209.7 172 65 5 72 161 2.79 20.0
*Bob Ojeda 29 9 14 .391 31 31 0 191.3 208 105 19 82 121 4.94 5.4
 Walt Terrell 29 11 9 .550 33 22 0 165.7 170 85 15 43 73 4.62 7.0
 Mario Soto 30 10 5 .667 68 0 1 135.3 127 72 16 73 118 4.79 6.1
 Jeff Robinson 26 4 3 .571 64 0 6 92.7 99 42 10 30 59 4.08 5.5
*Bob McClure 35 3 3 .500 53 0 5 73.7 71 33 8 36 49 4.03 4.7
 Tom Niedenfuer 27 4 6 .400 58 0 41 61.7 64 25 3 21 39 3.65 9.1
*Dave Dravecky 31 0 5 .000 17 4 1 40.0 59 24 5 4 19 5.40 0.0
 Richard Dotson 28 0 1 .000 9 0 0 9.0 8 5 1 5 4 5.00 0.0
Team Totals 29.4 87 73 .544 436 160 54 1431.3 1442 634 100 461 868 3.99 89.5
Rank among 12 AL teams 3 3 2 3 5 5 1 3 3 7 4  
* - 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 .989 34.1
D.Slaught 1139.3 125 141 709 64 10 3 .987 35.5
R.Gedman 292.0 35 38 199 14 1 0 .995 39.3
Team Total 1431.3 160 179 908 78 11 3 .989 36.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.40
J.Barfield 1227.0 146 147 1549 110 15 135 .991 12.17
C.Lemon 113.0 7 29 150 2 1 14 .993 12.11
W.Gross 47.0 4 11 60 9 1 5 .986 13.21
S.Barnes 44.3 3 17 58 2 2 2 .968 12.18
Team Total 1431.3 160 204 1817 123 19 156 .990 12.20
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.79
B.Doran 994.0 121 121 205 475 10 92 .986 6.16
C.Lemon 217.3 21 35 53 79 6 21 .957 5.47
R.Oester 207.0 17 44 49 100 3 20 .980 6.48
D.Thon 13.0 1 2 4 8 1 1 .923 8.31
Team Total 1431.3 160 202 311 662 20 134 .980 6.12
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.65
W.Gross 926.3 111 115 50 227 18 16 .939 2.69
S.Barnes 424.0 44 69 22 108 6 7 .956 2.76
R.Kutcher 71.0 5 21 2 12 0 0 1.000 1.77
D.Thon 9.0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
R.Oester 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1431.3 160 210 74 348 24 23 .946 2.65
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.16
D.Thon 1292.3 148 148 178 598 29 96 .964 5.40
R.Oester 137.0 12 18 20 69 3 18 .967 5.85
R.Gedman 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1431.3 160 167 198 668 32 115 .964 5.45
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.86
J.Rice 1275.0 143 145 227 4 1 1 .996 1.63
C.Lemon 86.0 10 10 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.26
R.Kutcher 37.3 4 6 6 1 0 1 1.000 1.69
S.Barnes 28.0 3 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Gedman 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Barfield 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
O.Velez 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1431.3 160 168 253 5 1 2 .996 1.62
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.50
A.Van Slyke 1010.3 113 123 274 12 1 5 .997 2.55
W.McGee 331.0 39 44 84 2 3 0 .966 2.34
C.Lemon 49.3 6 9 10 1 2 0 .846 2.01
R.Kutcher 23.0 2 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57
J.Rice 7.3 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Barfield 5.3 0 4 2 0 1 0 .667 3.38
D.Tartabull 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
O.Velez 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
W.Gross 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1431.3 160 195 377 15 7 5 .982 2.46
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.02
D.Tartabull 988.3 117 123 170 4 4 0 .978 1.58
C.Lemon 321.7 39 41 58 1 0 1 1.000 1.65
O.Velez 39.3 0 21 7 0 1 0 .875 1.60
W.McGee 30.0 1 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
A.Van Slyke 25.0 1 11 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
S.Barnes 15.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Kutcher 7.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Rice 3.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Gedman 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1431.3 160 215 254 5 5 1 .981 1.63
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.04
O.Hershiser 228.7 34 34 24 49 4 9 .948 2.87
D.Eckersley 223.7 34 34 14 38 3 3 .945 2.09
K.Dayley 209.7 35 35 12 38 0 1 1.000 2.15
B.Ojeda 191.3 31 31 14 26 2 1 .952 1.88
W.Terrell 165.7 22 33 8 33 0 2 1.000 2.23
M.Soto 135.3 0 68 9 21 1 1 .968 2.00
J.Robinson 92.7 0 64 5 14 0 1 1.000 1.85
B.McClure 73.7 0 53 4 14 0 2 1.000 2.20
T.Niedenfuer 61.7 0 58 4 10 1 1 .933 2.04
D.Dravecky 40.0 4 17 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Dotson 9.0 0 9 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00
Team Total 1431.3 160 436 98 253 11 21 .970 2.21
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Slaught .325
On-Base Pct Slaught .376
Slugging Pct Thon .534
OPS Thon .892
XR Thon 106.0
Games Thon 155
At-Bats Thon 573
Runs Slaught 97
Hits Slaught 180
Total Bases Thon 306
Singles Slaught 109
Doubles Slaught 59
Triples Van Slyke 8
Homeruns Thon 26
RBIs Thon 118
Stolen Bases McGee 30
Caught Stealing Van Slyke 14
Walks Velez 67
Strikeouts Barfield 130
ERA Dayley 2.79
Wins Dayley 20
Losses Ojeda 14
Winning Pct Dayley .690
Saves Niedenfuer 41
Games Pitched Soto 68
Games Started Dayley 35
Complete Games Eckersley, Hershiser 2
Shutouts Eckersley, Terrell 1
Innings Pitched Hershiser 228.7
Hits Allowed Hershiser 253
Homeruns Allowed Ojeda 19
Strikeouts Dayley 161
Walks Allowed Ojeda 82
Walks per 9IP Eckersley 1.0
Hits per 9IP Dayley 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Dayley 6.9
WHiP Eckersley 1.06
OAVG Dayley .224
OOBP Eckersley .269
OSLG Dayley .327
OOPS Dayley .620
Team All-Stars
Ken Dayley
Don Slaught
Player Salaries
Dennis Eckersley $ 8,500,000
Ken Dayley $ 7,542,857
Dickie Thon $ 6,690,000
Chet Lemon $ 6,400,000
Jim Rice $ 4,400,000
Otto Velez $ 4,004,004
Wayne Gross $ 3,500,000
Don Slaught $ 3,178,571
Mario Soto $ 3,010,000
Orel Hershiser $ 2,135,714
Ron Oester $ 1,514,286
Tom Niedenfuer $ 1,280,000
Willie McGee $ 1,152,857
Bob Ojeda $ 1,110,000
Bill Doran $ 964,286
Jeff Robinson $ 300,000
Jesse Barfield $ 300,000
Randy Kutcher $ 300,000
Danny Tartabull $ 300,000
Walt Terrell $ 300,000
Rich Gedman $ 300,000
Mike Trujillo $ 300,000
Dave Dravecky $ 300,000
Richard Dotson $ 300,000
Andy Van Slyke $ 300,000
Skeeter Barnes $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
10/31 Released Bob Mcclure    
 
For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.