1986 Boston Red Sox season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Boston Red Sox
season = 1986
misc = 1986 AL Champions

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Fenway Park
y4 = 1912
city = Boston, Massachusetts
y5 = 1901
owners = JRY Trust, Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan
genmanagers = Lou Gorman
managers = John McNamara
television = WSBK-TV, Ch. 38
NESN
(Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)
radio = WPLM-FM 99.1
(Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione)|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. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ojedabo01.shtml Bob Ojeda page at Baseball Reference] ]
*December 11, 1985: Mark Clear was traded by the Red Sox to the Milwaukee Brewers for Ed Romero. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/romered01.shtml Ed Romero page at Baseball Reference] ]
* 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. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schilcu01.shtml Curt Schilling page at Baseball Reference] ]
* March 28, 1986: Mike Easler was traded by the Red Sox to the New York Yankees for Don Baylor. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/baylodo01.shtml Don Baylor page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

* April 29, by|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.

eason standings

Opening day line up

Other batters

Relief pitchers

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 [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007]

* Class AAA: Pawtucket Red Sox (International League; Ed Nottle, manager)
* Class AA: New Britain Red Sox (Eastern League; Tony Torchia, manager)
* Class A: Winter Haven Red Sox (Florida State League; Dave Holt, manager)
* Class A: Greensboro Hornets (South Atlantic League; Doug Camilli, manager)
* Class SS-A: Elmira Pioneers (New York-Penn League; Bill Limoncelli, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1986.shtml 1986 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1986&t=BOS 1986 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com] succession box
title = AL East Championship Season
years = 1986
before =Toronto Blue Jays
1985
after = Detroit Tigers
1987succession box
title = American League Championship
years = 1986
before =Kansas City Royals
1985
after = Minnesota Twins
1987