1987 Boston Red Sox

78-84 • 0.481 Win% • 5th in AL E

📊 Season Record

78 Wins
84 Losses
0.481 Win %
5th Rank
842 R 825 RA
Diff +17

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842 Runs Scored
825 Runs Allowed
+17 Run Diff
2,231K Attendance

📈 vs. 1987 AL Average

Batting Avg .278 5% above the 1987 league average (.264)
OBP .348 5% above the 1987 league average (.332)
SLG .371 1% above the 1987 league average (.366)
Team ERA 4.77 7% worse than the 1987 league average (4.46)
Runs Scored 842 6% above the 1987 league average (794 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 2,231,649
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Avg per Game 27,895

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Wade Boggs 0.363 2 Mike Greenwell 0.328 3 Dwight Evans 0.305 4 Marty Barrett 0.293 5 Sam Horn 0.278

Home Runs

1 Dwight Evans 34 2 Wade Boggs 24 3 Ellis Burks 20 4 Mike Greenwell 19 5 Don Baylor 16

RBI

1 Dwight Evans 123 2 Wade Boggs 89 3 Mike Greenwell 89 4 Jim Rice 62 5 Ellis Burks 59
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Marty Barrett 137 559 72 164 0 0 3 43 51 38 15 0.293
Ellis Burks 133 558 94 152 0 0 20 59 41 98 27 0.272
Wade Boggs 147 551 108 200 0 0 24 89 105 48 1 0.363
Dwight Evans 154 541 109 165 0 0 34 123 106 98 4 0.305
Spike Owen 132 437 50 113 0 0 2 48 53 43 11 0.259
Mike Greenwell 125 412 71 135 0 0 19 89 35 40 5 0.328
Jim Rice 108 404 66 112 0 0 13 62 45 77 1 0.277
Don Baylor 108 339 64 81 0 0 16 57 40 47 5 0.239
Bill Buckner 75 286 23 78 0 0 2 42 13 19 1 0.273
Ed Romero 88 235 23 64 0 0 0 14 18 22 0 0.272
Todd Benzinger 73 223 36 62 0 0 8 43 22 41 5 0.278
Dave Henderson 75 184 30 43 0 0 8 25 22 48 1 0.234
John Marzano 52 168 20 41 0 0 5 24 7 41 0 0.244
Marc Sullivan 60 160 11 27 0 0 2 10 4 43 0 0.169
Sam Horn 46 158 31 44 0 0 14 34 17 55 0 0.278
Rich Gedman 52 151 11 31 0 0 1 13 10 24 0 0.205
Danny Sheaffer 25 66 5 8 0 0 1 5 0 14 0 0.121
Glenn Hoffman 21 55 5 11 0 0 0 6 3 9 0 0.200
Pat Dodson 26 42 4 7 0 0 2 6 8 13 0 0.167
Jody Reed 9 30 4 9 0 0 0 8 4 0 1 0.300
Kevin Romine 9 24 5 7 0 0 0 2 2 6 0 0.292
Dave Sax 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Tom Bolton 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Oil Can Boyd 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Roger Clemens 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Crawford 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Wes Gardner 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bruce Hurst 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Leister 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Al Nipper 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Sambito 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Calvin Schiraldi 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Sellers 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Stanley 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rob Woodward 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Roger Clemens 2.97 2 Tom Bolton 4.38 3 Bruce Hurst 4.41 4 Calvin Schiraldi 4.41 5 Bob Stanley 5.01

Wins

1 Roger Clemens 20 2 Bruce Hurst 15 3 Al Nipper 11 4 Calvin Schiraldi 8 5 Jeff Sellers 7

Strikeouts

1 Roger Clemens 256 2 Bruce Hurst 190 3 Jeff Sellers 99 4 Calvin Schiraldi 93 5 Al Nipper 89
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Roger Clemens 20 9 2.97 36 36 0 281.2 83 256
Bruce Hurst 15 13 4.41 33 33 0 238.2 76 190
Al Nipper 11 12 5.43 30 30 0 174.0 62 89
Bob Stanley 4 15 5.01 34 20 0 152.2 42 67
Jeff Sellers 7 8 5.28 25 22 0 139.2 61 99
Wes Gardner 3 6 5.42 49 1 10 89.2 42 70
Calvin Schiraldi 8 5 4.41 62 1 6 83.2 40 93
Steve Crawford 5 4 5.33 29 0 0 72.2 32 43
Tom Bolton 1 0 4.38 29 0 0 61.2 27 49
Joe Sambito 2 6 6.93 47 0 0 37.2 16 35
Rob Woodward 1 1 7.05 9 6 0 37.0 15 15
Oil Can Boyd 1 3 5.89 7 7 0 36.2 9 12
John Leister 0 2 9.20 8 6 0 30.1 12 16

👥 Roster (35)

Marty Barrett Don Baylor Todd Benzinger Wade Boggs Tom Bolton Oil Can Boyd Bill Buckner Ellis Burks Roger Clemens Steve Crawford Pat Dodson Dwight Evans +23 more

35 players

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