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1988 Boston Red Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987 / 1989

89-73, Finished 1st in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: John McNamara (43-42) and Joe Morgan (46-31)
Scored 813 runs, Allowed 689 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-69

Ballparks: Fenway Park · Attendance: 2,464,851 (4th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 108

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1987 / 1989 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
Brady Anderson 24 L L 6' 1" 170 Jan 18, 1964 1st 41 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 25 42 0 0 0 0.2 $62,500
Marty Barrett 30 R R 5' 10" 175 Jun 23, 1958 7 150 148 150 150 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.6 $675,000
Todd Benzinger 25 B R 6' 1" 185 Feb 11, 1963 2 120 100 120 113 0 0 85 0 0 0 5 0 43 48 1 7 2 -0.2 $85,000
Mike Boddicker 30 R R 5' 11" 172 Aug 23, 1957 9 15 14 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $
Wade Boggs HOF 30 L R 6' 2" 190 Jun 15, 1958 7 155 154 155 151 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 8.2 $1,650,000 All-Star
Tom Bolton 26 L L 6' 2" 172 May 6, 1962 2 28 0 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $75,000
Oil Can Boyd 28 R R 6' 1" 155 Oct 6, 1959 7 23 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $550,000
Ellis Burks 23 R R 6' 2" 175 Sep 11, 1964 2 144 139 144 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 0 142 2 0 3 5.1 $125,000
Rick Cerone 34 R R 5' 11" 192 May 19, 1954 14 84 70 84 83 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.7 $
Roger Clemens 25 R R 6' 4" 205 Aug 4, 1962 5 35 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.8 $1,350,000 All-Star
Zach Crouch 22 L L 6' 3" 180 Oct 26, 1965 1st 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Steve Curry 22 R R 6' 6" 217 Sep 13, 1965 1st 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Pat Dodson 28 L L 6' 4" 210 Oct 11, 1959 3 17 12 17 17 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.3 $
Steve Ellsworth 27 R R 6' 8" 220 Jul 30, 1960 1st 8 7 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $62,500
Dwight Evans 36 R R 6' 2" 180 Nov 3, 1951 17 149 145 149 142 0 0 64 0 0 0 0 1 84 85 6 3 0 3.0 $1,600,000
Wes Gardner 27 R R 6' 4" 197 Apr 29, 1961 5 36 18 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $117,000
Rich Gedman 28 L R 6' 0" 210 Sep 26, 1959 9 95 86 95 92 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.9 $952,727
Mike Greenwell 24 L R 6' 0" 170 Jul 18, 1963 4 158 158 158 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 8 151 11 0 0 7.3 $205,000 All-Star
Sam Horn 24 L L 6' 5" 215 Nov 2, 1963 2 24 16 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 8 0 -0.4 $80,000
Bruce Hurst 30 L L 6' 4" 200 Mar 24, 1958 9 33 32 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $900,000
Randy Kutcher 28 R R 5' 11" 170 Apr 30, 1960 3 19 4 19 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 2 7 7 0 12 -0.2 $
Dennis Lamp 35 R R 6' 4" 200 Sep 23, 1952 12 46 0 0 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $235,000
John Marzano 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Feb 14, 1963 2 10 8 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $77,000
Spike Owen 27 B R 5' 9" 165 Apr 19, 1961 6 89 71 89 76 0 0 0 0 0 76 0 0 0 0 7 8 8 0.6 $525,000
Larry Parrish 34 R R 6' 3" 190 Nov 10, 1953 15 52 45 52 36 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 6 0 -0.3 $
Carlos Quintana 22 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 26, 1965 1st 5 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 1 0.1 $
Jody Reed 25 R R 5' 9" 170 Jul 26, 1962 2 109 96 109 107 0 0 0 11 4 94 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 3.3 $64,500
Jim Rice HOF 35 R R 6' 2" 200 Mar 8, 1953 15 135 128 135 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 19 112 6 0 0.3 $2,214,865
Mike Rochford 25 L L 6' 4" 205 Mar 14, 1963 1st 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Ed Romero 30 R R 5' 11" 160 Dec 9, 1957 10 31 19 31 28 0 0 1 5 15 8 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 -0.6 $415,000
Kevin Romine 27 R R 5' 11" 185 May 23, 1961 4 57 17 57 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 38 52 5 4 14 -1.1 $77,500
Jeff Sellers 24 R R 6' 1" 175 May 11, 1964 4 18 12 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $135,000
Lee Smith 30 R R 6' 5" 220 Dec 4, 1957 9 64 0 0 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $850,000
Mike Smithson 33 R R 6' 8" 215 Jan 21, 1955 7 31 18 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4 $395,000
Bob Stanley 33 R R 6' 4" 210 Nov 10, 1954 12 57 0 0 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $1,060,000
John Trautwein 25 R R 6' 3" 205 Aug 7, 1962 1st 9 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $62,500
Rob Woodward 25 R R 6' 3" 185 Sep 28, 1962 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $86,000
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.

1987 / 1989 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers