1984 Boston Red Sox season

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1984  Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox v. Toronto Blue Jays (June 1984) 01.jpg
The Red Sox playing the Toronto Blue Jays
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Fenway Park
City Boston, Massachusetts
Record86–76 (.531)
Divisional place4th place
Owners Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey
President Jean Yawkey
General managers Haywood Sullivan, Lou Gorman
Manager Ralph Houk
Television WSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)
NESN
(Kent Derdivanis, Mike Andrews)
Radio WPLM-FM 99.1
WPLM-AM 1390
(Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione)
Stats ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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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 Division with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses, 18 games behind the Detroit Tigers, who went on to win the 1984 World Series.

Contents

Off the field, two court decisions in June 1984 ended general partner Buddy LeRoux' year-old attempt to wrest control of the Red Sox from fellow general partners Jean R. Yawkey and Haywood Sullivan. Upon losing his attempted take-over, LeRoux is stripped of his title of executive vice president (administration), Sullivan is promoted from general manager to chief executive and chief operating officer, and Lou Gorman, who joined the Red Sox in February, succeeds Sullivan as general manager. By early 1987, Yawkey will acquire both LeRoux' limited partnership and general partnership shares, giving her majority control of the club, and LeRoux will depart the organization completely.

Offseason

Regular season

Record by month [2]
MonthRecordCumulative AL East Ref.
WonLostWonLostPosition GB
April9139136th10 [3]
May121321265th16+1⁄2 [4]
June151436404th19 [5]
July18954494th16+1⁄2 [6]
August171471635th15+1⁄2 [7]
September151386764th18 [8]

Highlights

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 10458.642—53‍–‍2951‍–‍29
Toronto Blue Jays 8973.5491549‍–‍3240‍–‍41
New York Yankees 8775.5371751‍–‍3036‍–‍45
Boston Red Sox 8676.5311841‍–‍4045‍–‍36
Baltimore Orioles 8577.5251944‍–‍3741‍–‍40
Cleveland Indians 7587.4632941‍–‍3934‍–‍48
Milwaukee Brewers 6794.41636½38‍–‍4329‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1984 American League record

Sources:

TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
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

  2 Jerry Remy 2B
24 Dwight Evans RF
26 Wade Boggs 3B
14 Jim Rice LF
  7 Mike Easler DH
20 Tony Armas CF
10 Rich Gedman C
11 Dave Stapleton 1B
18 Glenn Hoffman   SS
47 Bruce 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
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLG
Jim Rice 1596579818425728122444.280.467
Tony Armas 15763910717129543123132.268.531
Dwight Evans 16263012118637832104396.295.532
Wade Boggs 158625109203314655389.325.416
Mike Easler 156601871883152791158.313.516
Marty Barrett 13947556144233345542.303.383
Rich Gedman 133449541212642472029.269.506
Jackie Gutiérrez 151449551181232291215.263.316
Bill Buckner 114439511222121167224.278.410
Reid Nichols 74124142851114212.226.306
Rick Miller 95123173251012117.260.317
Jerry Remy 30104826110847.250.279
Gary Allenson 3583919202809.229.325
Glenn Hoffman 6474814400405.189.243
Ed Jurak 47666163117012.242.364
Jeff Newman 2463514201305.222.302
Dave Stapleton 133949200103.231.282
Marc Sullivan 2613000101.500.500
Chico Walker 3200000100.000.000
Team Totals162564881015982594518176738500.283.441

Source:

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSO
Bruce Hurst 12123.9233330218.02321069588136
Bob Ojeda 12123.9933320216.22111069696137
Oil Can Boyd 12124.3729260197.22071099653134
Al Nipper 1163.8929240182.218386795284
Roger Clemens 944.3221200133.1146676429126
Bob Stanley 9103.5457022106.211357422352
Mike Brown 186.851511067.010463511932
Mark Clear 834.03470867.04738307076
Dennis Eckersley 445.0199064.27138361333
John Henry Johnson 123.53303163.26426252757
Steve Crawford 503.34350162.06931232121
Rich Gale 235.56134043.25727271828
Charlie Mitchell 002.76100016.1147567
Jim Dorsey 0010.132002.263324
Team Totals86764.18162162321442.01524764669517927

Source:

Game log

Regular season

1984 regular season game log: 86–76 (Home: 41–40; Away: 45–36)
April: 9–13 (Home: 4–7; Away: 5–6)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
9 April 132:05 p.m. EST Tigers 9–13 Bair (1–0) Hurst (1–2)–3:1135,1793–6 L4
—April 15 Tigers Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: August 6)
—April 16 Tigers Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: August 7)
May: 12–13 (Home: 5–5; Away: 7–8)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
23 May 17:35 p.m. EDT @ Tigers 2–11 Wilcox (3–0) Hurst (3–3)–2:3117,4959–14 L2
24 May 27:35 p.m. EDT @ Tigers 5–4 Brown (1–2) Berenguer (1–1) Stanley (4)2:3323,08510–14 W1
25 May 31:30 p.m. EDT @ Tigers 1–0 Ojeda (2–2) Morris (5–1)–2:1822,61711–14 W2
June: 15–14 (Home: 8–9; Away: 7–5)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
July: 18–9 (Home: 8–3; Away: 10–6)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA
98 July 275:30 p.m. EDT @ Tigers 1–9 Petry (14–4) Hurst (10–6)–2:30N/A51–47 L1 [ permanent dead link ]
99 July 278:35 p.m. EDT @ Tigers 4–0 Ojeda (9–7) Abbott (3–3)–2:2249,60752–47 W1 [ permanent dead link ]
100 July 287:35 p.m. EDT @ Tigers 3–2 Stanley (7–6) Morris (13–7) Clear (3)2:5849,37253–47 W2
101 July 291:30 p.m. EDT @ Tigers 0–3 Wilcox (11–6) Boyd (5–8) Hernández (21)2:0942,01353–48 L1
August: 17–14 (Home: 11–8; Away: 6–6)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
108 August 65:35 p.m. EDT Tigers 7–9 López (8–0) Ojeda (9–9) Hernández (23)3:17N/A56–52 L1 [ permanent dead link ]
109 August 69:27 p.m. EDT Tigers 10–2 Clemens (6–4) Willis (0–2)–2:5531,05557–52 W1 [ permanent dead link ]
110 August 75:35 p.m. EDT Tigers 12–7 Hurst (11–6) Morris (14–8) Clear (5)N/A58–52 W2 [ permanent dead link ]
111 August 78:59 p.m. EDT Tigers 5–7 (11) López (9–0) Gale (1–3) Hernández (24)3:3332,12058–53 L1 [ permanent dead link ]
112 August 87:35 p.m. EDT Tigers 8–0 Boyd (7–8) Abbott (3–4)–2:2832,56359–53 W1
September: 15–13 (Home: 5–8; Away: 10–5)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Red Sox team member

Statistical leaders

Wade Boggs Wade Boggs 1988 (cropped).jpg
Wade Boggs
CategoryPlayerStatistic
Youngest player Roger Clemens 21
Oldest player Rick Miller 36
Wins Above Replacement Wade Boggs 6.3

Source: [19]

Batting

Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
G Games played Dwight Evans 162
PA Plate appearances Dwight Evans738
AB At bats Jim Rice 657
R Runs scoredDwight Evans121
H Hits Wade Boggs 203
2B Doubles Dwight Evans37
3B Triples Dwight Evans8
HR Home runs Tony Armas 43
RBI Runs batted in Tony Armas123
SB Stolen bases Jackie Gutiérrez 12
CS Caught stealing Jackie Gutiérrez5
BB Base on balls Dwight Evans96
SO Strikeouts Tony Armas156
BA Batting average Wade Boggs.325
OBP On-base percentage Wade Boggs.407
SLG Slugging percentage Dwight Evans.532
OPS On-base plus slugging Dwight Evans.920
OPS+ Adjusted OPS Dwight Evans147
TB Total bases Tony Armas339
GIDP Grounded into double play Jim Rice36
HBP Hit by pitch Bill Buckner 5
SH Sacrifice hits Jackie Gutiérrez12
SF Sacrifice flies Tony Armas7
Dwight Evans
IBB Intentional base on balls Tony Armas9

Source: [19]

Pitching

Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
W Wins Oil Can Boyd 12
Bruce Hurst
Bob Ojeda
L Losses Oil Can Boyd12
Bruce Hurst
Bob Ojeda
W-L % Winning percentage Mark Clear .727 (8-3)
ERA Earned run average Al Nipper 3.89
GGames pitched Bob Stanley 57
GSGames startedBruce Hurst33
GFGames finishedBob Stanley47
CG Complete games Oil Can Boyd10
SHO Shutouts Bob Ojeda5
SV Saves Bob Stanley22
IP Innings pitched Bruce Hurst218
SO Strikeouts Bob Ojeda137
WHIP Walks plus hits per inning pitched Al Nipper1.286

Source: [19]

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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] [21]

References

  1. ↑ Mike Easler - Baseball Reference.com
  2. ↑ "The 1984 Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet . Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Events of Monday, April 30, 1984".
  4. ↑ "Events of Thursday, May 31, 1984".
  5. ↑ "Events of Saturday, June 30, 1984".
  6. ↑ "Events of Tuesday, July 31, 1984".
  7. ↑ "Events of Friday, August 31, 1984".
  8. ↑ "Events of Sunday, September 30, 1984".
  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 - Baseballbiography.com" . 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. 1 2 3 "1984 Boston Red Sox Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  20. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  21. ↑ Boston Red Sox Media Guide. 1984. p. 87. Retrieved March 14, 2021– via Wayback Machine.
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