1987 Boston Red Sox season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Boston Red Sox
season = 1987
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Fenway Park
y4 = 1912
city = Boston, Massachusetts
y5 = 1901
owners = Jean Yawkey,
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 by|1987 Boston Red Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Red Sox finishing 5th in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses.

Regular season

* June 29, 1987 - Wade Boggs had a grand slam, a triple, and 7 RBI in a game against the Baltimore Orioles.

eason standings

Notable Transactions

*July 23, 1987: Bill Buckner was released by the Boston Red Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bucknbi01.shtml Bill Buckner Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*September 1, 1987: Don Baylor was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Minnesota Twins for a player to be named later. The Minnesota Twins sent Enrique Rios (minors) (December 18, 1987) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/baylodo01.shtml]

Opening Day Line Up

Other batters

Relief pitchers

Awards and Honors

* Wade Boggs, American League Batting Champion, .363
* Wade Boggs, Major League Baseball Leader, On-base percentage (.461)
* Roger Clemens, American League Cy Young Award Winner
* Roger Clemens, American League Leader, Complete Games (18)
* Roger Clemens, American League Leader, Shutouts (7)
* Roger Clemens, American League Leader, Wins (20)

All-Star Game
* Wade Boggs, Third Base, Starter
* Dwight Evans, Outfield, Reserve
* Bruce Hurst, Pitcher, Reserve

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 3rd 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; Dave Holt, manager)
* Class A: Winter Haven Red Sox (Florida State League; Doug Camilli, manager)
* Class A: Greensboro Hornets (South Atlantic League; Dick Berardino, manager)
* Class SS-A: Elmira Pioneers (New York-Penn League; Bill Limoncelli, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1987.shtml 1987 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1987&t=BOS 1987 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com]