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1986 Boston Red Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1985 / 1987)
95-66, Finished 1st in AL East
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Scored 794 runs, Allowed 696 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-71
Manager: John McNamara (95-66)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,147,641 (5th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98
Won AL Pennant
Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-3) to New York Mets
Won AL Championship Series (4-3) over California Angels
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1985 / 1987 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Tony Armas 32 R R 6' 1" 200 Jul 2, 1953 11 121 116 121 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 108 19 117 0 4 0 $1,000,000.00
Marty Barrett 28 R R 5' 10" 176 Jun 23, 1958 5 158 158 158 158 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $435,000.00
Don Baylor 37 R R 6' 1" 195 Jun 28, 1949 17 160 159 160 16 0 0 13 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 143 1 0 $660,696.00
Wade Boggs HOF 28 L R 6' 2" 197 Jun 15, 1958 5 149 148 149 149 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $1,350,000.00 All-Star
Oil Can Boyd 26 R R 6' 1" 155 Oct 6, 1959 5 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $375,000.00
Mike Brown 27 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 4, 1959 5 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $80,000.00
Bill Buckner 36 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 14, 1949 18 153 153 153 138 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 $785,000.00
Roger Clemens 23 R R 6' 4" 220 Aug 4, 1962 3 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $340,000.00 All-Star
Steve Crawford 28 R R 6' 5" 225 Apr 29, 1958 6 40 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $330,000.00
Pat Dodson 26 L L 6' 4" 210 Oct 11, 1959 1st 9 2 9 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Dwight Evans 34 R R 6' 2" 205 Nov 3, 1951 15 152 150 152 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 149 1 2 0 $1,017,757.00
Wes Gardner 25 R R 6' 4" 197 Apr 29, 1961 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $70,000.00
Rich Gedman 26 L R 6' 0" 215 Sep 26, 1959 7 135 124 135 134 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 $650,000.00 All-Star
Mike Greenwell 22 L R 6' 0" 200 Jul 18, 1963 2 31 4 31 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 7 15 1 15 5 $60,000.00
Dave Henderson 27 R R 6' 2" 220 Jul 21, 1958 6 36 7 36 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 32 0 5 4 $412,000.00
Glenn Hoffman 27 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 7, 1958 7 12 6 12 12 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $350,000.00
Bruce Hurst 28 L L 6' 3" 215 Mar 24, 1958 7 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $495,000.00
Tim Lollar 30 L L 6' 3" 200 Mar 17, 1956 7 33 0 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $541,250.00
Steve Lyons 26 L R 6' 3" 195 Jun 3, 1960 2 59 31 59 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 0 55 0 5 8
Al Nipper 27 R R 6' 0" 194 Apr 2, 1959 4 26 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $265,000.00
Spike Owen 25 B R 5' 10" 170 Apr 19, 1961 4 42 41 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $255,000.00
Rey Quinones 22 R R 5' 11" 160 Nov 11, 1963 1st 62 60 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 $60,000.00
Jim Rice HOF 33 R R 6' 2" 205 Mar 8, 1953 13 157 157 157 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 156 1 0 0 $1,984,423.00 All-Star
Ed Romero 28 R R 5' 11" 175 Dec 9, 1957 8 100 67 100 94 0 0 0 4 18 75 0 1 0 1 0 0 16 $375,000.00
Kevin Romine 25 R R 5' 11" 185 May 23, 1961 2 35 10 35 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 5 33 0 1 7
Joe Sambito 34 L L 6' 1" 190 Jun 28, 1952 10 53 0 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $500,000.00
Dave Sax 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 22, 1958 4 4 3 4 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Calvin Schiraldi 24 R R 6' 4" 200 Jun 16, 1962 3 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $75,000.00
Tom Seaver HOF 41 R R 6' 1" 206 Nov 17, 1944 20 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Sellers 22 R R 6' 1" 175 May 11, 1964 2 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Stanley 31 R R 6' 4" 215 Nov 10, 1954 10 66 0 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,060,000.00
Dave Stapleton 32 R R 6' 1" 178 Jan 16, 1954 7 39 8 39 37 0 0 29 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 $300,000.00
Mike Stenhouse 28 L R 6' 1" 195 May 29, 1958 5 21 4 21 7 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 16 0
Sammy Stewart 31 R R 6' 3" 208 Oct 28, 1954 9 27 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $381,113.00
Marc Sullivan 27 R R 6' 4" 205 Jul 25, 1958 4 41 35 41 41 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $110,000.00
La Schelle Tarver 27 L L 5' 11" 165 Jan 30, 1959 1st 13 6 13 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 9 0 2 4
Mike Trujillo 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 12, 1960 2 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $85,000.00
Rob Woodward 23 R R 6' 3" 185 Sep 28, 1962 2 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1985 / 1987 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played