1986 Boston Red Sox season

The 1986 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 1st in the American League East with a record of 95 wins and 66 losses.

Offseason

• November 13, 1985: Bob Ojeda, Tom McCarthy, John Mitchell and Chris Bayer (minors) were traded by the Red Sox to the New York Mets for Calvin Schiraldi, Wes Gardner, John Christensen, and La Schelle Tarver.^[1]
• December 11, 1985: Mark Clear was traded by the Red Sox to the Milwaukee Brewers for Ed Romero.^[2]
• January 14, 1986: Alan Mills was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign.^[3]
• January 14, 1986: Curt Schilling was drafted by the Red Sox in the 2nd round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed May 30, 1986.^[4]
• March 28, 1986: Mike Easler was traded by the Red Sox to the New York Yankees for Don Baylor.^[5]

Regular season

• April 29, 1986 – At Fenway Park, Roger Clemens struck out 20 Seattle Mariners to become the first pitcher in history to strike out 20 batters in a nine-inning major league game.
• Clemens' 24 wins in the regular season were the most by a Red Sox pitcher since 1949.

Season standings

1986 was the first time since 1904 that the Yankees finished second in the standings to the Red Sox.^[6]

Opening day line up

Transactions

• June 29, 1986: Steve Lyons was traded by the Red Sox to the Chicago White Sox for Tom Seaver.^[7]
• August 19, 1986: Rey Quiñones, players to be named later and cash were traded by the Red Sox to the Seattle Mariners for Spike Owen and Dave Henderson. The Red Sox completed the deal by sending Mike Brown and Mike Trujillo to the Mariners on August 22 and John Christensen to the Mariners on September 25.^[8]

Draft Picks

• June 2, 1986: 1986 Major League Baseball Draft
  • Scott Cooper was drafted by the Red Sox in the 3rd round. Player signed June 8, 1986.^[9]

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Postseason

ALCS

World Series

NL New York Mets (4) vs. AL Boston Red Sox (3)

Awards and honors

• Marty Barrett, Second Base, ALCS MVP
• Wade Boggs, American League Batting Champion, .357
• Wade Boggs, American League Leader, Walks (105)
• Wade Boggs, Major League Baseball Leader, On-base percentage (.453)
• Roger Clemens, American League Cy Young Award Winner
• Roger Clemens, American League Most Valuable Player
• Roger Clemens, American League Leader, ERA (2.48)
• Roger Clemens, American League Leader, Wins (24)

All-Star Game

• Wade Boggs, Third Base, Starter
• Roger Clemens, Pitcher, Starter
• Rich Gedman, Catcher, Reserve
• Jim Rice, Outfield, Reserve

Farm system

References

1. ^ Bob Ojeda page at Baseball Reference
2. ^ Ed Romero page at Baseball Reference
3. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/millsal01.shtml
4. ^ Curt Schilling page at Baseball Reference
5. ^ Don Baylor page at Baseball Reference
6. ^ Vaccaro, Mike (2005). Emperors and idiots: The hundred year rivalry between the Yankees and Red Sox, from the very beginning to the end of the curse. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-51354-2. 
7. ^ Steve Lyons page at Baseball Reference
8. ^ Spike Owen page at Baseball Reference
9. ^ Scott Cooper page at Baseball Reference
10. ^ "Statmaster: A baseball Team Statistics Tool". Baseball-almanac. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/statmaster.php?l=AL&team=&ALteam=BOS&NLteam=&AAteam=&FLteam=&PLteam=&UAteam=&y=2004&sopt=ALPHA&stats%5BGS%5D=1&stats%5BK%5D=1&stats%5BIP%5D=1&stats%5BERA%5D=1&stats%5BL%5D=1&stats%5BW%5D=1&a=Get+Stats. Retrieved 2007-07-27. 

• 1986 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1986 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.