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1987 Boston Red Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1986 / 1988

78-84, Finished 5th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: John McNamara (78-84)
Scored 842 runs, Allowed 825 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-79

Ballparks: 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

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1986 / 1988 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

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 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 1.5 $575,000
Don Baylor 38 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 0.3 $
Todd Benzinger 24 B R 6' 1" 185 Feb 11, 1963 1st 73 56 73 63 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 5 47 66 0 10 2 1.1 $62,500
Wade Boggs HOF 29 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 8.2 $1,675,000 All-Star
Tom Bolton 25 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 0.3 $62,500
Oil Can Boyd 27 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 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 -1.6 $366,667
Ellis Burks 22 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 2.7 $62,500
Roger Clemens 24 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 9.1 $650,000
Steve Crawford 29 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 -0.3 $396,000
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 1 5 2 -0.4 $
Dwight Evans 35 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 4.5 $1,070,000 All-Star
Wes Gardner 26 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 -0.1 $85,000
Rich Gedman 27 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 -0.6 $772,504
Mike Greenwell 23 L R 6' 0" 170 Jul 18, 1963 3 125 103 125 92 0 1 0 0 0 0 64 0 28 92 15 20 1 3.4 $80,000
Dave Henderson 28 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 0.1 $525,000
Glenn Hoffman 28 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 0.1 $300,000
Sam Horn 23 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 0.8 $62,500
Bruce Hurst 29 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 3.5 $700,000 All-Star
John Leister 26 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 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 0.3 $62,500
Al Nipper 28 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 0.2 $325,000
Spike Owen 26 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 0.3 $350,000
Jody Reed 24 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 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 0.0 $2,110,000
Ed Romero 29 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 -1.2 $415,000
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 8 2 1 2 -0.3 $
Joe Sambito 35 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 -0.8 $360,000
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 -0.1 $
Calvin Schiraldi 25 R R 6' 5" 215 Jun 16, 1962 4 62 1 1 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $150,000
Jeff Sellers 23 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 0.7 $77,500
Danny Sheaffer 25 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 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 0.2 $1,075,000
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 -1.0 $150,000
Rob Woodward 24 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 $
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
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1986 / 1988 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers