1989 Boston Red Sox

83-79 • 0.512 Win% • 3rd in AL E

📊 Season Record

83 Wins
79 Losses
0.512 Win %
3rd Rank
774 R 735 RA
Diff +39

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⚡ Quick Stats

774 Runs Scored
735 Runs Allowed
+39 Run Diff
2,512K Attendance

📈 vs. 1989 AL Average

Batting Avg .277 6% above the 1989 league average (.260)
OBP .350 8% above the 1989 league average (.324)
SLG .334 2% above the 1989 league average (.327)
Team ERA 4.01 3% worse than the 1989 league average (3.89)
Runs Scored 774 11% above the 1989 league average (695 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,512,069
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Avg per Game 31,013

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Wade Boggs 0.330 2 Mike Greenwell 0.308 3 Ellis Burks 0.303 4 Danny Heep 0.300 5 Jody Reed 0.288

Home Runs

1 Nick Esasky 30 2 Dwight Evans 20 3 Mike Greenwell 14 4 Ellis Burks 12 5 Danny Heep 5

RBI

1 Nick Esasky 108 2 Dwight Evans 100 3 Mike Greenwell 95 4 Ellis Burks 61 5 Wade Boggs 54
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Wade Boggs 156 621 113 205 0 0 3 54 107 51 2 0.330
Mike Greenwell 145 578 87 178 0 0 14 95 56 44 13 0.308
Nick Esasky 154 564 79 156 0 0 30 108 66 117 1 0.277
Jody Reed 146 524 76 151 0 0 3 40 73 44 4 0.288
Dwight Evans 146 520 82 148 0 0 20 100 99 84 3 0.285
Ellis Burks 97 399 73 121 0 0 12 61 36 52 21 0.303
Marty Barrett 86 336 31 86 0 0 1 27 32 12 4 0.256
Luis Rivera 93 323 35 83 0 0 5 29 20 60 2 0.257
Danny Heep 113 320 36 96 0 0 5 49 29 26 0 0.300
Rick Cerone 102 296 28 72 0 0 4 48 34 40 0 0.243
Kevin Romine 92 274 30 75 0 0 1 23 21 53 1 0.274
Rich Gedman 93 260 24 55 0 0 4 16 23 47 0 0.212
Jim Rice 56 209 22 49 0 0 3 28 13 39 1 0.234
Randy Kutcher 77 160 28 36 0 0 2 18 11 46 3 0.225
Ed Romero 46 113 14 24 0 0 0 6 7 7 0 0.212
Carlos Quintana 34 77 6 16 0 0 0 6 7 12 0 0.208
Sam Horn 33 54 1 8 0 0 0 4 8 16 0 0.148
John Marzano 7 18 5 8 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0.444
Jeff Stone 18 15 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0.200
Dana Williams 8 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.200
Mike Boddicker 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Bolton 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Oil Can Boyd 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Roger Clemens 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Dopson 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Wes Gardner 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Greg Harris 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Eric Hetzel 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dennis Lamp 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rob Murphy 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Price 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Rochford 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lee Smith 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Smithson 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Stanley 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Dennis Lamp 2.32 2 Rob Murphy 2.74 3 Roger Clemens 3.13 4 Lee Smith 3.57 5 John Dopson 3.99

Wins

1 Roger Clemens 17 2 Mike Boddicker 15 3 John Dopson 12 4 Mike Smithson 7 5 Lee Smith 6

Strikeouts

1 Roger Clemens 230 2 Mike Boddicker 145 3 Rob Murphy 107 4 Lee Smith 96 5 John Dopson 95
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Roger Clemens 17 11 3.13 35 35 0 253.1 93 230
Mike Boddicker 15 11 4.00 34 34 0 211.2 71 145
John Dopson 12 8 3.99 29 28 0 169.1 69 95
Mike Smithson 7 14 4.95 40 19 2 143.2 35 61
Dennis Lamp 4 2 2.32 42 0 2 112.1 27 61
Rob Murphy 5 7 2.74 74 0 9 105.0 41 107
Wes Gardner 3 7 5.97 22 16 0 86.0 47 81
Bob Stanley 5 2 4.88 43 0 4 79.1 26 32
Lee Smith 6 1 3.57 64 0 25 70.2 33 96
Joe Price 2 5 4.35 31 5 0 70.1 30 52
Oil Can Boyd 3 2 4.42 10 10 0 59.0 19 26
Eric Hetzel 2 3 6.26 12 11 0 50.1 28 33
Greg Harris 2 2 2.57 15 0 0 28.0 15 25
Tom Bolton 0 4 8.31 4 4 0 17.1 10 9
Mike Rochford 0 0 6.75 4 0 0 4.0 4 1

👥 Roster (35)

Marty Barrett Mike Boddicker Wade Boggs Tom Bolton Oil Can Boyd Ellis Burks Rick Cerone Roger Clemens John Dopson Nick Esasky Dwight Evans Wes Gardner +23 more

35 players

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