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1987 Boston Red Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1986 / 1988)
78-84, Finished 5th in AL East
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Scored 842 runs, Allowed 825 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-79
Manager: John McNamara (78-84)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,231,551 (5th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
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1986 / 1988 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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
Marty Barrett 29 R R 5' 10" 176 Jun 23, 1958 6 137 136 137 137 0 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $575,000.00
Don Baylor 38 R R 6' 1" 195 Jun 28, 1949 18 108 90 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 17 1
Todd Benzinger 24 B R 6' 1" 190 Feb 11, 1963 1st 73 56 73 63 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 5 47 61 0 10 2 $62,500.00
Wade Boggs HOF 29 L R 6' 2" 197 Jun 15, 1958 6 147 146 147 145 0 0 1 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 $1,675,000.00 All-Star
Tom Bolton 25 L L 6' 3" 175 May 6, 1962 1st 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $62,500.00
Oil Can Boyd 27 R R 6' 1" 155 Oct 6, 1959 6 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $550,000.00
Bill Buckner 37 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 14, 1949 19 75 73 75 74 0 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $366,667.00
Ellis Burks 22 R R 6' 2" 205 Sep 11, 1964 1st 133 128 133 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 132 0 0 1 $62,500.00
Roger Clemens 24 R R 6' 4" 220 Aug 4, 1962 4 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $650,000.00
Steve Crawford 29 R R 6' 5" 225 Apr 29, 1958 7 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Dodson 27 L L 6' 4" 210 Oct 11, 1959 2 26 10 26 21 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
Dwight Evans 35 R R 6' 2" 205 Nov 3, 1951 16 154 152 154 148 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 77 77 4 2 0 $1,070,000.00 All-Star
Wes Gardner 26 R R 6' 4" 197 Apr 29, 1961 4 49 0 1 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rich Gedman 27 L R 6' 0" 215 Sep 26, 1959 8 52 41 52 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Mike Greenwell 23 L R 6' 0" 200 Jul 18, 1963 3 125 103 125 92 0 1 0 0 0 0 64 0 28 91 15 20 1
Dave Henderson 28 R R 6' 2" 220 Jul 21, 1958 7 75 45 75 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 29 30 64 0 11 7 $525,000.00
Glenn Hoffman 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 7, 1958 8 21 14 21 20 0 0 0 2 3 16 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $300,000.00
Sam Horn 23 L L 6' 5" 250 Nov 2, 1963 1st 46 40 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 6 0
Bruce Hurst 29 L L 6' 3" 215 Mar 24, 1958 8 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $700,000.00 All-Star
John Leister 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Jan 3, 1961 1st 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Marzano 24 R R 5' 11" 197 Feb 14, 1963 1st 52 48 52 52 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Al Nipper 28 R R 6' 0" 194 Apr 2, 1959 5 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spike Owen 26 B R 5' 10" 170 Apr 19, 1961 5 132 127 132 130 0 0 0 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Jody Reed 24 R R 5' 9" 165 Jul 26, 1962 1st 9 8 9 8 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Rice HOF 34 R R 6' 2" 205 Mar 8, 1953 14 108 106 108 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 0 0 94 12 2 0 $2,110,000.00
Ed Romero 29 R R 5' 11" 175 Dec 9, 1957 9 88 57 88 83 0 0 8 28 24 25 0 0 0 0 0 8 7
Kevin Romine 26 R R 5' 11" 185 May 23, 1961 3 9 5 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 7 0 1 2
Joe Sambito 35 L L 6' 1" 190 Jun 28, 1952 11 47 0 1 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $360,000.00
Dave Sax 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 22, 1958 5 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Calvin Schiraldi 25 R R 6' 4" 200 Jun 16, 1962 4 62 0 1 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Sellers 23 R R 6' 1" 175 May 11, 1964 3 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Sheaffer 25 R R 6' 0" 202 Aug 2, 1961 1st 25 20 25 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bob Stanley 32 R R 6' 4" 215 Nov 10, 1954 11 34 0 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,075,000.00
Marc Sullivan 28 R R 6' 4" 205 Jul 25, 1958 5 60 53 60 60 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rob Woodward 24 R R 6' 3" 185 Sep 28, 1962 3 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.

1986 / 1988 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played