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1986 Boston (A) Red Sox
Record: 89-71
Finish: 1st in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 737
Runs Allowed: 651
Exp W-L: 89-71
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 2,097,652
Manager: Brian Rodgers

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 60-77, 7th in the American League
AA: 64-73, 7th in the American League
A: 76-61, 3rd in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 2-4 to 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 28 154 584 82 142 45 3 24 79 23 6 66 85 .243 .320 .454 .774 82.1 14.4 5.4
RF  Otto Velez 35 152 545 69 130 25 1 12 77 1 1 81 114 .239 .335 .354 .690 64.9 8.9 0.2
CF  Jim Rice 33 154 557 70 151 34 3 16 78 11 3 43 96 .271 .325 .429 .754 74.2 13.7 3.7
C  Don Slaught 27 141 527 63 161 40 1 8 63 1 0 38 77 .306 .357 .431 .788 74.4 16.0 7.4
RF  Danny Tartabull 23 144 462 62 114 25 0 12 70 0 1 57 114 .247 .328 .379 .706 57.8 8.7 3.0
RF *Andy Van Slyke 25 138 458 69 126 36 4 11 60 35 9 29 69 .275 .318 .443 .762 62.7 12.2 3.9
2B #Bump Wills 33 125 418 62 110 18 8 15 52 19 14 57 83 .263 .354 .452 .806 66.1 12.7 5.4
3B *Wayne Gross 34 127 424 50 97 20 1 20 65 0 0 46 83 .229 .304 .422 .727 54.0 8.2 3.9
LF  Chet Lemon 31 128 357 44 96 30 3 8 42 0 2 28 54 .269 .331 .437 .768 47.2 8.9 2.4
1B  Jesse Barfield 26 115 312 45 57 16 1 16 37 0 0 35 88 .183 .269 .394 .663 32.9 2.8 2.0
CF #Willie McGee 27 107 276 38 69 6 3 3 22 17 15 16 40 .250 .288 .326 .614 22.9 0.5 2.1
3B  Skeeter Barnes 29 86 221 33 63 18 1 3 28 3 1 14 24 .285 .333 .416 .750 26.9 5.0 1.8
2B #Bill Doran 28 69 183 25 47 15 0 1 23 12 5 31 33 .257 .359 .355 .715 25.6 4.3 2.6
C *Rich Gedman 26 54 128 14 31 12 0 3 17 0 0 1 16 .242 .250 .406 .656 11.0 0.5 1.7
SS #Ron Oester 30 35 59 11 11 4 1 0 3 2 4 8 5 .186 .284 .288 .572 3.6 0.0 0.6
  Team Totals 29.0 1729 5511 737 1405 344 30 152 716 124 61 550 981 .255 .324 .411 .735 706.3 116.8 46.0
  Rank among 12 AL teams 9 6 7 1 7 3 6 4 9 3 11 8 6 5 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
*Ken Dayley 27 16 8 .667 35 35 0 250.0 179 61 7 68 219 2.20 25.6
 Orel Hershiser 27 13 12 .520 32 32 0 237.7 249 91 12 88 82 3.45 15.4
*Bob Ojeda 28 17 11 .607 30 30 0 216.3 212 103 20 67 136 4.29 12.0
 Dennis Eckersley 31 13 10 .565 30 30 0 215.0 233 97 18 25 135 4.06 11.8
 Bill Caudill 29 11 13 .458 32 32 0 211.7 190 99 29 87 177 4.21 10.4
 Mario Soto 29 3 5 .375 40 1 1 89.0 88 35 6 36 59 3.54 5.4
*Bob McClure 34 3 3 .500 57 0 4 75.7 70 26 11 31 52 3.09 6.8
 Tom Niedenfuer 26 7 5 .583 64 0 35 66.7 79 21 4 21 34 2.84 9.8
 Walt Terrell 28 3 2 .600 41 0 4 45.0 36 10 1 11 21 2.00 6.8
 Richard Dotson 27 2 2 .500 16 0 0 19.0 36 17 1 11 8 8.05 0.0
*Randy Niemann 30 0 0 .000 6 0 0 16.3 23 13 0 4 6 7.16 0.0
 Jeff Robinson 25 1 0 1.000 10 0 0 14.7 13 10 2 6 9 6.14 0.2
Team Totals 28.4 89 71 .556 393 160 44 1457.0 1408 583 111 455 938 3.60 104.2
Rank among 12 AL teams 4 4 5 4 1 5 5 2 4 3 2  
* - 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 .990 34.5
D.Slaught 1180.0 128 140 781 65 6 1 .993 38.5
R.Gedman 277.0 32 39 180 15 1 0 .995 29.4
Team Total 1457.0 160 179 961 80 7 1 .993 36.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.54
J.Barfield 830.3 103 105 1054 69 7 93 .994 12.17
C.Lemon 504.7 51 83 638 37 4 55 .994 12.04
S.Barnes 81.0 4 19 82 7 0 10 1.000 9.89
W.Gross 41.0 2 11 53 1 0 4 1.000 11.85
Team Total 1457.0 160 218 1827 114 11 162 .994 11.99
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.75
B.Wills 872.7 92 115 198 394 12 87 .980 6.11
B.Doran 404.0 49 51 79 200 7 36 .976 6.22
C.Lemon 161.3 18 24 41 53 3 12 .969 5.24
R.Oester 19.0 1 6 5 10 0 1 1.000 7.11
Team Total 1457.0 160 196 323 657 22 136 .978 6.05
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 2.74
W.Gross 959.0 106 114 56 261 17 23 .949 2.97
S.Barnes 470.7 54 61 31 116 11 8 .930 2.81
D.Thon 21.3 0 6 0 5 0 1 1.000 2.11
R.Oester 6.0 0 4 0 1 1 0 .500 1.50
Team Total 1457.0 160 185 87 383 29 32 .942 2.90
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.28
D.Thon 1322.7 147 148 205 573 27 104 .966 5.29
R.Oester 128.3 13 17 8 59 3 10 .957 4.70
B.Wills 6.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1457.0 160 166 213 633 30 114 .966 5.23
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.87
J.Rice 1279.3 142 144 243 6 4 1 .984 1.75
C.Lemon 117.0 13 15 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.85
J.Barfield 36.7 4 5 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.47
S.Barnes 14.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
B.Wills 7.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23
R.Gedman 1.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
O.Velez 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1457.0 160 171 277 7 4 1 .986 1.75
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 2.50
A.Van Slyke 982.0 106 123 232 6 3 1 .988 2.18
W.McGee 436.0 52 55 110 5 3 1 .975 2.37
C.Lemon 14.7 1 4 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.68
J.Barfield 13.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
J.Rice 11.3 0 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.18
Team Total 1457.0 160 193 353 12 6 2 .984 2.25
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.02
D.Tartabull 1201.0 137 141 201 8 3 4 .986 1.57
W.McGee 73.0 7 18 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.97
O.Velez 64.0 7 8 8 1 0 1 1.000 1.27
A.Van Slyke 54.7 5 10 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.48
C.Lemon 41.0 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.32
S.Barnes 13.7 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.32
J.Barfield 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Doran 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Gedman 2.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1457.0 160 189 241 11 3 5 .988 1.56
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 1.94
K.Dayley 250.0 35 35 13 38 1 1 .981 1.84
O.Hershiser 237.7 32 32 14 53 4 4 .944 2.54
B.Ojeda 216.3 30 30 17 31 1 0 .980 2.00
D.Eckersley 215.0 30 30 12 34 1 2 .979 1.93
B.Caudill 211.7 32 32 13 35 1 1 .980 2.04
M.Soto 89.0 1 40 2 13 1 2 .938 1.52
B.McClure 75.7 0 57 2 14 0 1 1.000 1.90
T.Niedenfuer 66.7 0 64 4 20 0 1 1.000 3.24
W.Terrell 45.0 0 41 3 9 0 1 1.000 2.40
R.Dotson 19.0 0 16 3 6 0 1 1.000 4.26
R.Niemann 16.3 0 6 0 3 1 0 .750 1.65
J.Robinson 14.7 0 10 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.61
Team Total 1457.0 160 393 83 257 10 14 .971 2.10
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Slaught .306
On-Base Pct Slaught .357
Slugging Pct Thon .454
OPS Slaught .788
XR Thon 82.1
Games Rice, Thon 154
At-Bats Thon 584
Runs Thon 82
Hits Slaught 161
Total Bases Thon 265
Singles Slaught 112
Doubles Thon 45
Triples Wills 8
Homeruns Thon 24
RBIs Thon 79
Stolen Bases Van Slyke 35
Caught Stealing McGee 15
Walks Velez 81
Strikeouts Tartabull, Velez 114
ERA Dayley 2.20
Wins Ojeda 17
Losses Caudill 13
Winning Pct Dayley .667
Saves Niedenfuer 35
Games Pitched Niedenfuer 64
Games Started Dayley 35
Complete Games Ojeda 8
Shutouts Dayley 3
Innings Pitched Dayley 250.0
Hits Allowed Hershiser 249
Homeruns Allowed Caudill 29
Strikeouts Dayley 219
Walks Allowed Hershiser 88
Walks per 9IP Eckersley 1.0
Hits per 9IP Dayley 6.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Dayley 7.9
WHiP Dayley 0.99
OAVG Dayley .196
OOBP Dayley .253
OSLG Dayley .289
OOPS Dayley .543
Team All-Stars
Tom Niedenfuer
Player Salaries
Dennis Eckersley $ 8,500,000
Chet Lemon $ 6,400,000
Ken Dayley $ 5,392,857
Dickie Thon $ 5,007,143
Jim Rice $ 4,400,000
Bill Caudill $ 4,250,000
Bump Wills $ 4,200,000
Otto Velez $ 4,004,004
Wayne Gross $ 3,500,000
Bob Ojeda $ 3,207,143
Mario Soto $ 3,010,000
Bob McClure $ 2,990,000
Ron Oester $ 1,514,286
Tom Niedenfuer $ 1,280,000
Willie McGee $ 1,152,857
Bill Doran $ 964,286
Randy Niemann $ 808,000
Gary Gray $ 610,000
Ernie Camacho $ 592,000
Rich Gedman $ 300,000
Skeeter Barnes $ 300,000
Bruce Berenyi $ 300,000
Andy Van Slyke $ 300,000
Walt Terrell $ 300,000
Danny Tartabull $ 300,000
Don Slaught $ 300,000
Orel Hershiser $ 300,000
Jesse Barfield $ 300,000
Jeff Robinson $ 300,000
Richard Dotson $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     Jim Rice
2/6 Signed     Gary Gray
2/7 Traded Marv Foley Detroit Kevin Bell
2/11 Signed     Ernie Camacho
2/12 Signed     Bob Mcclure
2/14 Traded Bip Roberts Baltimore Jesse Barfield
4/3 Signed     Randy Niemann
4/3 Signed     Bruce Berenyi
4/3 Signed     Robin Yount
4/3 Traded Pete Lacock Baltimore Otto Velez
Bump Wills
Bill Caudill
 
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