1987 Boston Red Sox Roster (40-man)

1986 Season 1988 Season

Record: 78-84-0, Finished 5th in AL_East (Schedule and Results)

Manager: John McNamara (78-84)

General Manager: Lou Gorman

Scouting Director: Eddie Kasko

Ballpark: Fenway Park

Attendance: 2,231,551 (5th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102
One-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99

Pythagorean W-L: 83-79, 842 Runs, 825 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Marty Barrett	29	us US	R	R	5' 10"	175	Jun 23, 1958	6	137	136	137	137	0	0	0	137	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.6	$575,000
Don Baylor	38	us US	R	R	6' 1"	190	Jun 28, 1949	18	108	90	108	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	97	17	1	0.4
Todd Benzinger	24	us US	B	R	6' 1"	185	Feb 11, 1963	1st	73	56	73	63	0	0	2	0	0	0	14	5	47	61	0	10	2	1.2	$62,500
Wade Boggs HOF	29	us US	L	R	6' 2"	190	Jun 15, 1958	6	147	146	147	145	0	0	1	0	145	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	8.3	$1,675,000	All-Star
Tom Bolton	25	us US	L	L	6' 2"	172	May 6, 1962	1st	29	0	0	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	$62,500
Oil Can Boyd	27	us US	R	R	6' 1"	155	Oct 6, 1959	6	7	7	0	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5	$550,000
Bill Buckner	37	us US	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	-1.4	$366,667
Ellis Burks	22	us US	R	R	6' 2"	175	Sep 11, 1964	1st	133	128	133	132	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	132	0	132	1	0	1	2.9	$62,500
Roger Clemens	24	us US	R	R	6' 4"	205	Aug 4, 1962	4	36	36	0	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.4	$650,000
Steve Crawford	29	us US	R	R	6' 5"	225	Apr 29, 1958	7	29	0	0	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$396,000
Pat Dodson	27	us US	L	L	6' 4"	210	Oct 11, 1959	2	26	10	26	21	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	-0.5
Dwight Evans	35	us US	R	R	6' 2"	180	Nov 3, 1951	16	154	152	154	148	0	0	79	0	0	0	0	0	77	77	4	2	0	4.8	$1,070,000	All-Star
Wes Gardner	26	us US	R	R	6' 4"	197	Apr 29, 1961	4	49	1	1	49	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$85,000
Rich Gedman	27	us US	L	R	6' 0"	210	Sep 26, 1959	8	52	41	52	51	0	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	-0.5	$772,504
Mike Greenwell	23	us US	L	R	6' 0"	170	Jul 18, 1963	3	125	103	125	92	0	1	0	0	0	0	64	0	28	91	15	20	1	3.6	$80,000
Dave Henderson	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	210	Jul 21, 1958	7	75	45	75	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	29	30	64	1	11	7	0.2	$525,000
Glenn Hoffman	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	175	Jul 7, 1958	8	21	14	21	20	0	0	0	2	3	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.2	$300,000
Sam Horn	23	us US	L	L	6' 5"	215	Nov 2, 1963	1st	46	40	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	6	0	0.9	$62,500
Bruce Hurst	29	us US	L	L	6' 4"	200	Mar 24, 1958	8	33	33	0	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.8	$700,000	All-Star
John Leister	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Jan 3, 1961	1st	8	6	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.8
John Marzano	24	us US	R	R	5' 11"	185	Feb 14, 1963	1st	52	48	52	52	0	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.4	$62,500
Al Nipper	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	188	Apr 2, 1959	5	30	30	0	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	$325,000
Spike Owen	26	us US	B	R	5' 9"	165	Apr 19, 1961	5	132	127	132	130	0	0	0	0	0	130	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.5	$350,000
Jody Reed	24	us US	R	R	5' 9"	170	Jul 26, 1962	1st	9	8	9	8	0	0	0	2	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1
Jim Rice HOF	34	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Mar 8, 1953	14	108	106	108	94	0	0	0	0	0	0	94	0	0	94	12	2	0	0.2	$2,110,000
Ed Romero	29	pr PR	R	R	5' 11"	160	Dec 9, 1957	9	88	57	88	83	0	0	8	28	24	25	0	0	0	0	0	8	7	-1.1	$415,000
Kevin Romine	26	us US	R	R	5' 11"	185	May 23, 1961	3	9	5	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	7	2	1	2	-0.3
Joe Sambito	35	us US	L	L	6' 1"	185	Jun 28, 1952	11	47	0	1	47	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7	$360,000
Dave Sax	28	us US	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	-0.1
Calvin Schiraldi	25	us US	R	R	6' 5"	215	Jun 16, 1962	4	62	1	1	61	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	$150,000
Jeff Sellers	23	us US	R	R	6' 1"	175	May 11, 1964	3	25	22	0	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	$77,500
Danny Sheaffer	25	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Aug 2, 1961	1st	25	20	25	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.9
Bob Stanley	32	us US	R	R	6' 4"	210	Nov 10, 1954	11	34	20	1	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	$1,075,000
Marc Sullivan	28	us US	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	-1.0	$150,000
Rob Woodward	24	us US	R	R	6' 3"	185	Sep 28, 1962	3	9	6	0	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
John McNamara	55	us US	Jun 4, 1932	Manager	Apr 6	Oct 4
Walt Hriniak	44	us US	May 22, 1943	Hitting	Apr 6	Oct 4
Bill Fischer	56	us US	Oct 11, 1930	Pitching	Apr 6	Oct 4
Rac Slider	53	us US	Dec 23, 1933	Bullpen	Apr 6	Oct 4
Walt Hriniak	44	us US	May 22, 1943	First base	Apr 6	Oct 4
Joe Morgan	56	us US	Nov 19, 1930	Third base	Apr 6	Oct 4
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date