1989 Boston Red Sox season

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1989  Boston Red Sox
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Fenway Park
City Boston, Massachusetts
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Jean Yawkey,
Haywood Sullivan
President John Harrington
General manager Lou Gorman
Manager Joe Morgan
Television WSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Sean McDonough, Bob Montgomery)
NESN
(Ned Martin, Jerry Remy)
Radio WPLM-FM 99.1
WPLM-AM 1390
(Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione)
WRCA
(Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)
Stats ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 1989 Boston Red Sox season was the 89th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League East with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses, six games behind the Toronto Blue Jays.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Record by month [4]
MonthRecordCumulative AL East Ref.
WonLostWonLostPosition GB
April101210123rd (tie)1 [5]
May141224242nd2 [6]
June121536393rd6+1⁄2 [7]
July141250513rd3 [8]
August181568663rd4 [9]
September141382793rd7 [10]
October1083793rd6 [11]

Highlights

Wade Boggs had 205 hits and 107 walks, [12] becoming the first player in MLB history to have at least 200 hits and 100 walks in four consecutive seasons. [13] He also became the first player in the modern era (after 1900) to have at least 200 hits in seven consecutive seasons. [13]

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 8973.549—46‍–‍3543‍–‍38
Baltimore Orioles 8775.537247‍–‍3440‍–‍41
Boston Red Sox 8379.512646‍–‍3537‍–‍44
Milwaukee Brewers 8181.500845‍–‍3636‍–‍45
New York Yankees 7487.46014½41‍–‍4033‍–‍47
Cleveland Indians 7389.4511641‍–‍4032‍–‍49
Detroit Tigers 59103.3643038‍–‍4321‍–‍60

Record vs. opponents

1989 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —6–76–66–67–610–36–67–64–88–55–76–69–37–6
Boston 7–6—4–87–58–511–24–86–76–67–67–55–76–65–8
California 6–68–4—8–55–711–14–97–511–26–65–87–66–77–5
Chicago 6–65–75–8—7–54–86–710–25–85–65–87–63–101–11
Cleveland 6–75–87–55–7—5–88–43–105–79–42–106–67–55–8
Detroit 3–102–111–118–48–5—6–66–75–76–74–84–84–82–11
Kansas City 6–68–49–47–64–86–6—8–47–66–67–69–48–57–5
Milwaukee 6–77–65–72–1010–37–64–8—9–38–55–77–55–76–7
Minnesota 8–46–62–118–57–57–56–73–9—6–66–77–65–89–3
New York 5–86–76–66–54–97–66–65–86–6—3–98–45–77–6
Oakland 7–55–78–58–510–28–46–77–57–69–3—9–48–57–5
Seattle 6–67–56–76–76–68–44–95–76–74–84–9—6–75–7
Texas 3–96–67–610–35–78–45–87–58–57–55–87–6—5–7
Toronto 6–78–55–711–18–511–25–77–63–96–75–77–57–5—

Notable transactions

Other Transactions

Opening Day lineup

26 Wade Boggs 3B
17 Marty Barrett 2B
24 Dwight Evans RF
39 Mike Greenwell   LF
12 Ellis Burks CF
14 Jim Rice DH
  7 Nick Esasky 1B
10 Rich Gedman C
  3 Jody Reed SS
21 Roger Clemens P

Source: [17]

The Red Sox lost their Opening Day game, 5–4 in 11 innings, to the Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by President George H. W. Bush. [18]

Alumni game

The team held an old-timers game on May 6, before a scheduled home game against the Texas Rangers. Festivities included an appearance by Carl Yastrzemski, shortly after his election to the Hall of Fame. [19] Red Sox alumni lost to a team of former MLB players from other clubs, by a 9–0 score in three innings of play. [19]

Roster

1989 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
Wade Boggs 1566211132055173542107.330.449
Mike Greenwell 1455788717836014951356.308.443
Nick Esasky 1545647915626530108166.277.500
Jody Reed 14652476151422340473.288.393
Dwight Evans 1465208214827320100399.285.463
Ellis Burks 973997312119612612136.303.471
Marty Barrett 863363186180127432.256.318
Luis Rivera 933233583171529220.257.362
Danny Heep 1133203696170549029.300.400
Rick Cerone 1022962872161448034.243.345
Kevin Romine 922743075130123121.274.332
Rich Gedman 93260245590416023.212.292
Jim Rice 562092249102328113.234.344
Randy Kutcher 771602836103218311.225.363
Ed Romero 461131424400607.212.248
Carlos Quintana 3477616500607.208.273
Sam Horn 335418200408.148.185
John Marzano 71858301300.444.778
Jeff Stone 181533000111.200.200
Dana Williams 8511100000.200.400
Team Totals162566677415713263010871656643.277.403

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
Roger Clemens 17113.1335350253.12151018893230
Mike Boddicker 15114.0034340211.22171019471145
John Dopson 1283.9929280169.116684756995
Mike Smithson 7144.9540192143.217084793561
Dennis Lamp 422.324202112.19637292761
Rob Murphy 572.747409105.097383241107
Wes Gardner 375.972216086.09764574781
Bob Stanley 524.88430479.110254432632
Lee Smith 613.576402570.25330283396
Joe Price 254.35315070.17135343052
Oil Can Boyd 324.421010059.05731291926
Eric Hetzel 236.261211050.16139352833
Greg A. Harris 222.57150028.0211281525
Tom Bolton 048.3144017.1211816109
Mike Rochford 006.754004.047341
Team Totals83794.01162162421460.114487356505481054

Source:

Statistical leaders

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Wade Boggs
CategoryPlayerStatistic
Youngest player Carlos Quintana 23
Oldest player Dwight Evans 37
Wins Above Replacement Wade Boggs 8.4

Source: [20]

Batting

Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
G Games played Wade Boggs 156
PA Plate appearances Wade Boggs742
AB At bats Wade Boggs621
R Runs scoredWade Boggs113
H Hits Wade Boggs205
2B Doubles Wade Boggs51
3B Triples Wade Boggs7
HR Home runs Nick Esasky 30
RBI Runs batted in Nick Esasky108
SB Stolen bases Ellis Burks 21
CS Caught stealing Wade Boggs6
BB Base on balls Wade Boggs107
SO Strikeouts Nick Esasky117
BA Batting average Wade Boggs.330
OBP On-base percentage Wade Boggs.430
SLG Slugging percentage Nick Esasky.500
OPS On-base plus slugging Wade Boggs.879
OPS+ Adjusted OPS Wade Boggs142
TB Total bases Nick Esasky282
GIDP Grounded into double play Mike Greenwell 21
HBP Hit by pitch Wade Boggs7
SH Sacrifice hits Marty Barrett 15
SF Sacrifice flies Wade Boggs7
Dwight Evans
IBB Intentional base on balls Wade Boggs19

Source: [20]

Pitching

Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
W Wins Roger Clemens 17
L Losses Mike Smithson 14
W-L % Winning percentage Roger Clemens.607 (17-11)
ERA Earned run average Roger Clemens3.13
GGames pitched Rob Murphy 74
GSGames startedRoger Clemens35
GFGames finishedLee Smith50
CG Complete games Roger Clemens8
SHO Shutouts Roger Clemens3
SV Saves Lee Smith25
IP Innings pitched Roger Clemens253+1⁄3
SO Strikeouts Roger Clemens230
WHIP Walks plus hits per inning pitched Roger Clemens1.216

Source: [20]

Awards and honors

Awards
Accomplishments

All-Star Game

Farm system

The Gulf Coast League Red Sox replaced the Arizona League Red Sox/Mariners (a cooperative team) as the domestic Rookie League affiliate.

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Ed Nottle
AA New Britain Red Sox Eastern League Butch Hobson
A Lynchburg Red Sox Carolina League Gary Allenson
A Winter Haven Red Sox Florida State League Dave Holt
A-Short Season Elmira Pioneers New York–Penn League Mike Verdi
Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League Felix Maldonado
Rookie DSL cooperative Dominican Summer League  

The Red Sox shared a DSL team with the Baltimore Orioles and Milwaukee Brewers.
Source: [21] [22]

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  8. ↑ "Events of Monday, July 31, 1989".
  9. ↑ "Events of Thursday, August 31, 1989".
  10. ↑ "Events of Saturday, September 30, 1989".
  11. ↑ "Events of Sunday, October 1, 1989".
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