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1988 Boston Red Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987 / 1989)
89-73, Finished 1st in AL East
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Scored 813 runs, Allowed 689 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-69
Manager: John McNamara (43-42) and Joe Morgan (46-31)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,464,851 (4th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 105, Pitching - 104;   one-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 108
Postseason:  Lost AL Championship Series (4-0) to Oakland Athletics
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1987 / 1989 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
Brady Anderson 24 L L 6' 1" 185 Jan 18, 1964 1st 41 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 25 41 0 0 0 $62,500.00
Marty Barrett 30 R R 5' 10" 176 Jun 23, 1958 7 150 148 150 150 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $675,000.00
Todd Benzinger 25 B R 6' 1" 190 Feb 11, 1963 2 120 100 120 113 0 0 85 0 0 0 5 0 43 48 1 7 2 $85,000.00
Mike Boddicker 30 R R 5' 11" 172 Aug 23, 1957 9 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wade Boggs HOF 30 L R 6' 2" 197 Jun 15, 1958 7 155 154 155 151 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 $1,650,000.00 All-Star
Tom Bolton 26 L L 6' 3" 175 May 6, 1962 2 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oil Can Boyd 28 R R 6' 1" 155 Oct 6, 1959 7 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $550,000.00
Ellis Burks 23 R R 6' 2" 205 Sep 11, 1964 2 144 139 144 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 0 142 0 0 3 $125,000.00
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
Roger Clemens 25 R R 6' 4" 220 Aug 4, 1962 5 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,350,000.00 All-Star
Zach Crouch 22 L L 6' 3" 180 Oct 26, 1965 1st 3 0 3 3 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 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Steve Ellsworth 27 R R 6' 8" 220 Jul 30, 1960 1st 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $62,500.00
Dwight Evans 36 R R 6' 2" 205 Nov 3, 1951 17 149 145 149 142 0 0 64 0 0 0 0 1 84 85 6 3 0 $1,600,000.00
Wes Gardner 27 R R 6' 4" 197 Apr 29, 1961 5 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $117,000.00
Rich Gedman 28 L R 6' 0" 215 Sep 26, 1959 9 95 86 95 92 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 $952,727.00
Mike Greenwell 24 L R 6' 0" 200 Jul 18, 1963 4 158 158 158 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 8 147 11 0 0 $205,000.00 All-Star
Sam Horn 24 L L 6' 5" 250 Nov 2, 1963 2 24 16 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 8 0 $80,000.00
Bruce Hurst 30 L L 6' 3" 215 Mar 24, 1958 9 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $900,000.00
Randy Kutcher 28 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 20, 1960 3 19 4 19 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 2 7 0 0 12
Dennis Lamp 35 R R 6' 3" 210 Sep 23, 1952 12 46 0 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Marzano 25 R R 5' 11" 197 Feb 14, 1963 2 10 8 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $77,000.00
Spike Owen 27 B R 5' 10" 170 Apr 19, 1961 6 89 71 89 76 0 0 0 0 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 $525,000.00
Larry Parrish 34 R R 6' 3" 215 Nov 10, 1953 15 52 45 52 36 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 6 0
Carlos Quintana 22 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 26, 1965 1st 5 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 1
Jody Reed 25 R R 5' 9" 165 Jul 26, 1962 2 109 96 109 107 0 0 0 11 4 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 $64,500.00
Jim Rice HOF 35 R R 6' 2" 205 Mar 8, 1953 15 135 128 135 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 19 110 6 0 $2,214,865.00
Mike Rochford 25 L L 6' 4" 205 Mar 14, 1963 1st 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Romero 30 R R 5' 11" 175 Dec 9, 1957 10 31 19 31 28 0 0 1 5 15 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 $415,000.00
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 45 0 4 14 $77,500.00
Jeff Sellers 24 R R 6' 1" 175 May 11, 1964 4 18 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $135,000.00
Lee Smith 30 R R 6' 6" 225 Dec 4, 1957 9 64 0 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $850,000.00
Mike Smithson 33 L R 6' 8" 215 Jan 21, 1955 7 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Stanley 33 R R 6' 4" 215 Nov 10, 1954 12 57 0 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,060,000.00
John Trautwein 25 R R 6' 3" 205 Aug 7, 1962 1st 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $62,500.00
Rob Woodward 25 R R 6' 3" 185 Sep 28, 1962 4 1 0 1 1 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.

1987 / 1989 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played