1984 Boston Red Sox season

1984 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Fenway Park (since 1912)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	JRY Trust, Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan
General manager(s)	Haywood Sullivan, Lou Gorman
Manager(s)	Ralph Houk
Local television	WSBK-TV, Ch. 38 (Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery) NESN (Kent Derdivanis, Mike Andrews)
Local radio	WPLM-FM 99.1 WPLM-AM 1390 (Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione)
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The 1984 Boston Red Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Red Sox finishing 4th in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses.

Offseason

• December 3, 1983: John Tudor was traded by the Red Sox to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Mike Easler.^[1]

Regular season

• Tony Armas led American League hitters with 43 home runs, 123 RBI, 77 extrabases and 339 total bases. Despite winning HRs and RBI titles, Armas finished 7th in the 1984 AL MVP ballots, joining Ted Williams as the second player to lead in those categories and not win the MVP honors (in 1942 and 1947).^[2]
• Dwight Evans ranked in the top ten of 11 different offensive categories, leading the league in OPS (.920), games (162), runs (121) and extrabases (77, tied with Armas), while ending second in total bases (335); third in slugging percentage (.532) and walks (96); fourth in doubles (37); sixth in on-base percentage (.388); seventh in hits (186) and home runs (32), and eight in RBI (104).^[3]
• Wade Boggs led the league in singles (162) and times on base (292), while ending second in hits (203) and on-base percentage (.407), and third in batting average (.325) and runs (109).^[4]
• Jim Rice finished second in the league with 122 RBI, seventh in total bases (307), and ninth in hits (184).^[5]

Retired numbers

Joe Cronin SS: 1935-45 M: 1935-47 GM: 1947-59 Retired 1984	Ted Williams OF: 1939-60 Retired 1984

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	104	58	0.642	—	53–29	51–29
Toronto Blue Jays	89	73	0.549	15	49–32	40–41
New York Yankees	87	75	0.537	17	51–30	36–45
Boston Red Sox	86	76	0.531	18	41–40	45–36
Baltimore Orioles	85	77	0.525	19	44–37	41–40
Cleveland Indians	75	87	0.463	29	41–39	34–48
Milwaukee Brewers	67	94	0.416	36½	38–43	29–51

Record vs. opponents

1984 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–7	8–4	7–5	7–6	7–6	5–7	7–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	9–3	9–3	4–9
Boston	7–6	—	9–3	7–5	10–3	7–6	3–9	9–4	6–6	7–6	7–5	4–8	5–7	5–8
California	4–8	3–9	—	8–5	8–4	4–8	6–7	8–4	4–9	8–4	7–6	9–4	5–8	7–5
Chicago	5–7	5–7	5–8	—	8–4	4–8	5–8	7–5	8–5	7–5	6–7	5–8	5–8	4–8
Cleveland	6–7	3–10	4–8	4–8	—	4–9	6–6	9–4	7–5	2–11	7–5	8–4	9–3	6–7–1
Detroit	6–7	6–7	8–4	8–4	9–4	—	7–5	11–2	9–3	7–6	9–3	6–6	10–2	8–5
Kansas City	7–5	9–3	7–6	8–5	6–6	5–7	—	6–6	6–7	5–7	5–8	9–4	6–7	5–7
Milwaukee	6–7	4–9	4–8	5–7	4–9	2–11	6–6	—	5–7	6–7	4–8	6–6	5–6	10–3
Minnesota	7–5	6–6	9–4	5–8	5–7	3–9	7–6	7–5	—	8–4	8–5	7–6	8–5	1–11
New York	8–5	6–7	4–8	5–7	11–2	6–7	7–5	7–6	4–8	—	8–4	7–5	6–6	8–5
Oakland	6–6	5–7	6–7	7–6	5–7	3–9	8–5	8–4	5–8	4–8	—	8–5	8–5	4–8
Seattle	3–9	8–4	4–9	8–5	4–8	6–6	4–9	6–6	6–7	5–7	5–8	—	10–3	5–7
Texas	3–9	7–5	8–5	8–5	3–9	2–10	7–6	6–5	5–8	6–6	5–8	3–10	—	6–6
Toronto	9–4	8–5	5–7	8–4	7–6–1	5–8	7–5	3–10	11–1	5–8	8–4	7–5	6–6	—

Notable transactions

• May 25, 1984: Dennis Eckersley and Mike Brumley were traded by the Red Sox to the Chicago Cubs for Bill Buckner.^[6]
• June 4, 1984: John Marzano was selected by Boston in the first round (14th pick) of the 1984 Major League Baseball Draft.^[7]

Opening Day lineup

2	Jerry Remy	2B
24	Dwight Evans	RF
26	Wade Boggs	3B
14	Jim Rice	LF
7	Mike Easler	DH
20	Tony Armas	CF
10	Rich Gedman	C
11	Dave Stapleton	1B
18	Glenn Hoffman	SS
47	Bruce Hurst	P

Roster

1984 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers 23 Oil Can Boyd 27 Mike Brown 25 Mark Clear 21 Roger Clemens 28 Steve Crawford 44 Jim Dorsey 43 Dennis Eckersley 30 Rich Gale 47 Bruce Hurst 48 John Henry Johnson 38 Charlie Mitchell 49 Al Nipper 19 Bob Ojeda 46 Bob Stanley		Catchers 39 Gary Allenson 10 Rich Gedman  5 Jeff Newman 15 Marc Sullivan Infielders 17 Marty Barrett 26 Wade Boggs 16 Bill Buckner 41 Jackie Gutiérrez 18 Glenn Hoffman 22 Ed Jurak  2 Jerry Remy 11 Dave Stapleton  1 Chico Walker		Outfielders 20 Tony Armas 24 Dwight Evans  3 Rick Miller 51 Reid Nichols 14 Jim Rice Other batters  7 Mike Easler		Manager 35 Ralph Houk Coaches 32 Tommy Harper 33 Walt Hriniak  6 Johnny Pesky 34 Lee Stange 36 Eddie Yost

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
LF	Rice, JimJim Rice	159	657	184	.280	28	122
DH	Easler, MikeMike Easler	156	601	188	.313	27	91

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Stapleton, DaveDave Stapleton	13	39	9	.231	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Boyd, Oil CanOil Can Boyd	29	197.2	11	6	3.89	94
Clemens, RogerRoger Clemens	21	133.1	9	4	4.32	126

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Pawtucket Red Sox	International League	Tony Torchia
AA	New Britain Red Sox	Eastern League	Rac Slider
A	Winston-Salem Spirits	Carolina League	Bill Slack
A	Winter Haven Red Sox	Florida State League	Dave Holt
A-Short Season	Elmira Pioneers	New York–Penn League	Dick Berardino

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Pawtucket

Notes

1. Mike Easler page at Baseball Reference
2. Tony Armas - Baseball-Library.com
3. Dwight Evans - Baseball-Reference.com
4. Wade Boggs - Baseball-Reference.com
5. Jim Rice - Baseball-Reference.com
6. Bill Buckner page at Baseball Reference
7. John Marzano page at Baseball Reference

References

• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
• 1984 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1984 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com