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1984 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Boston Red Sox
season	1984
image	File:Boston Red Sox v. Toronto Blue Jays (June 1984) 01.jpg
caption	The Red Sox playing the [Toronto Blue Jays](1984-toronto-blue-jays-season)
league	American League
division	East
ballpark	Fenway Park
city	Boston, Massachusetts
record	86–76 (.531)
divisional_place	4th place
owners	Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey
president	Jean Yawkey
general_managers	Haywood Sullivan, Lou Gorman
manager	Ralph Houk
television	WSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)
NESN
(Kent Derdivanis, Mike Andrews)
radio	WPLM-FM 99.1
WPLM-AM 1390
(Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione)
espntn	bos
brtn	BOS

(Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery) NESN (Kent Derdivanis, Mike Andrews) WPLM-AM 1390 (Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione) The 1984 Boston Red Sox season was the 84th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League East Division with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses, 18 games behind the Detroit Tigers, who went on to win the 1984 World Series.

Off the field, two court decisions in June 1984 ended general partner Buddy LeRoux' year-old attempt to wrest control of the Red Sox from fellow general partners Jean R. Yawkey and Haywood Sullivan. Upon losing his attempted take-over, LeRoux is stripped of his title of executive vice president (administration), Sullivan is promoted from general manager to chief executive and chief operating officer, and Lou Gorman, who joined the Red Sox in February, succeeds Sullivan as general manager. By early 1987, Yawkey will acquire both LeRoux' limited partnership and general partnership shares, giving her majority control of the club, and LeRoux will depart the organization completely.

Offseason

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

Regular season

Month	Record	Cumulative	AL East	Ref.	Won	Lost
April	9	13	9	13	6th	10
May	12	13	21	26	5th
June	15	14	36	40	4th	19
July	18	9	54	49	4th
August	17	14	71	63	5th
September	15	13	86	76	4th	18

Highlights

In a ceremony at Fenway Park on May 29, the Red Sox honored Joe Cronin and Ted Williams with the franchise's first retired numbers, 4 and 9, respectively.
Tony Armas led American League hitters with 43 home runs, 123 RBIs, 77 extra-base hits and 339 total bases. Despite winning the home run and RBI titles, Armas finished 7th in the 1984 AL MVP voting; Ted Williams had been the most recent player to lead the league in home runs and RBIs without winning MVP honors.
Dwight Evans ranked in the top ten of 11 different offensive categories, leading the league in OPS (.920), games (162), runs (121) and extra-base hits (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 eighth in RBIs (104).
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).
Jim Rice finished second in the league with 122 RBIs, seventh in total bases (307), and ninth in hits (184). He also set a major league record, which still stands, for the most times grounding into a double play during a season, 36.

[[File:Red sox retired 4.png	95px]]
**Joe
Cronin**
SS: 1935–45
M: 1935–47
GM: 1947–59
Retired 1984	[[Image:RedSox_9.png	95px]]
**Ted
Williams**
OF: 1939–60
Retired 1984

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

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

Opening Day lineup

47	Bruce Hurst	P

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The Red Sox were defeated on Opening Day by the California Angels, 2–1, with both Angel runs scoring with two outs in the ninth on an error by Boston shortstop Jackie Gutiérrez.

Roster

1984 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Jim Rice	159	657	98	184	25	7	28	122	4	44	.280	.467
Tony Armas	157	639	107	171	29	5	43	123	1	32	.268	.531
Dwight Evans	162	630	121	186	37	8	32	104	3	96	.295	.532
Wade Boggs	158	625	109	203	31	4	6	55	3	89	.325	.416
Mike Easler	156	601	87	188	31	5	27	91	1	58	.313	.516
Marty Barrett	139	475	56	144	23	3	3	45	5	42	.303	.383
Rich Gedman	133	449	54	121	26	4	24	72	0	29	.269	.506
Jackie Gutiérrez	151	449	55	118	12	3	2	29	12	15	.263	.316
Bill Buckner	114	439	51	122	21	2	11	67	2	24	.278	.410
Reid Nichols	74	124	14	28	5	1	1	14	2	12	.226	.306
Rick Miller	95	123	17	32	5	1	0	12	1	17	.260	.317
Jerry Remy	30	104	8	26	1	1	0	8	4	7	.250	.279
Gary Allenson	35	83	9	19	2	0	2	8	0	9	.229	.325
Glenn Hoffman	64	74	8	14	4	0	0	4	0	5	.189	.243
Ed Jurak	47	66	6	16	3	1	1	7	0	12	.242	.364
Jeff Newman	24	63	5	14	2	0	1	3	0	5	.222	.302
Dave Stapleton	13	39	4	9	2	0	0	1	0	3	.231	.282
Marc Sullivan	2	6	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500
Chico Walker	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000
Team Totals	162	5648	810	1598	259	45	181	767	38	500	.283	.441

Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1984-batting.shtml

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Bruce Hurst	12	12	3.92	33	33	0	218.0	232	106	95	88	136
Bob Ojeda	12	12	3.99	33	32	0	216.2	211	106	96	96	137
Oil Can Boyd	12	12	4.37	29	26	0	197.2	207	109	96	53	134
Al Nipper	11	6	3.89	29	24	0	182.2	183	86	79	52	84
Roger Clemens	9	4	4.32	21	20	0	133.1	146	67	64	29	126
Bob Stanley	9	10	3.54	57	0	22	106.2	113	57	42	23	52
Mike Brown	1	8	6.85	15	11	0	67.0	104	63	51	19	32
Mark Clear	8	3	4.03	47	0	8	67.0	47	38	30	70	76
Dennis Eckersley	4	4	5.01	9	9	0	64.2	71	38	36	13	33
John Henry Johnson	1	2	3.53	30	3	1	63.2	64	26	25	27	57
Steve Crawford	5	0	3.34	35	0	1	62.0	69	31	23	21	21
Rich Gale	2	3	5.56	13	4	0	43.2	57	27	27	18	28
Charlie Mitchell	0	0	2.76	10	0	0	16.1	14	7	5	6	7
Jim Dorsey	0	0	10.13	2	0	0	2.2	6	3	3	2	4
Team Totals	86	76	4.18	162	162	32	1442.0	1524	764	669	517	927

Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1984-pitching.shtml

Game log

Regular season

|-style=background:#fbb | 9 || April 13 || 2:05p.m. EST || Tigers || 9–13 || Bair (1–0) || Hurst (1–2) || – || 3:11 || 35,179 || 3–6 || L4 |-style=background:#bbb | — || April 15 || || Tigers || colspan=8 | Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 6) |-style=background:#bbb | — || April 16 || || Tigers || colspan=8 | Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 7) |- |-style=background:#fbb | 23 || May 1 || 7:35p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 2–11 || Wilcox (3–0) || Hurst (3–3) || – || 2:31 || 17,495 || 9–14 || L2 |-style=background:#cfc | 24 || May 2 || 7:35p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 5–4 || Brown (1–2) || Berenguer (1–1) || Stanley (4) || 2:33 || 23,085 || 10–14 || W1 |-style=background:#cfc | 25 || May 3 || 1:30p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 1–0 || Ojeda (2–2) || Morris (5–1) || – || 2:18 || 22,617 || 11–14 || W2

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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Red Sox team member

Statistical leaders

Category	Player	Statistic
Youngest player	Roger Clemens	21
Oldest player	Rick Miller	36
Wins Above Replacement	Wade Boggs	6.3

Source:

Batting

Abbr.	Category	Player	Statistic
G	Games played	Dwight Evans	162
PA	Plate appearances	Dwight Evans	738
AB	At bats	Jim Rice	657
R	Runs scored	Dwight Evans	121
H	Hits	Wade Boggs	203
2B	Doubles	Dwight Evans	37
3B	Triples	Dwight Evans	8
HR	Home runs	Tony Armas	43
RBI	Runs batted in	Tony Armas	123
SB	Stolen bases	Jackie Gutiérrez	12
CS	Caught stealing	Jackie Gutiérrez	5
BB	Base on balls	Dwight Evans	96
SO	Strikeouts	Tony Armas	156
BA	Batting average	Wade Boggs	.325
OBP	On-base percentage	Wade Boggs	.407
SLG	Slugging percentage	Dwight Evans	.532
OPS	On-base plus slugging	Dwight Evans	.920
OPS+	Adjusted OPS	Dwight Evans	147
TB	Total bases	Tony Armas	339
GIDP	Grounded into double play	Jim Rice	36
HBP	Hit by pitch	Bill Buckner	5
SH	Sacrifice hits	Jackie Gutiérrez	12
SF	Sacrifice flies	Tony Armas	7
Dwight Evans
IBB	Intentional base on balls	Tony Armas	9

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Pitching

Abbr.	Category	Player	Statistic
W	Wins	Oil Can Boyd	12
Bruce Hurst
Bob Ojeda
L	Losses	Oil Can Boyd	12
Bruce Hurst
Bob Ojeda
W-L %	Winning percentage	Mark Clear	.727 (8–3)
ERA	Earned run average	Al Nipper	3.89
G	Games pitched	Bob Stanley	57
GS	Games started	Bruce Hurst	33
GF	Games finished	Bob Stanley	47
CG	Complete games	Oil Can Boyd	10
SHO	Shutouts	Bob Ojeda	5
SV	Saves	Bob Stanley	22
IP	Innings pitched	Bruce Hurst	218
SO	Strikeouts	Bob Ojeda	137
WHIP	Walks plus hits per inning pitched	Al Nipper	1.286

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Awards and honors

Tony Armas – Silver Slugger Award (OF), AL Player of the Month (June)
Roger Clemens – AL Pitcher of the Month (August)
Dwight Evans – Gold Glove Award (OF)
Jim Rice – Silver Slugger Award (OF)

;All-Star Game

Tony Armas, reserve OF
Jim Rice, reserve OF

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Pawtucket Source:

References

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(May 31, 1984). "Ted Williams Salutes Fans As His Number 9 Is Retired". [[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]].
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[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/evansdw01.shtml Dwight Evans - Baseball-Reference.com]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/boggswa01.shtml Wade Boggs - Baseball-Reference.com]
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[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marzajo01.shtml John Marzano - Baseball Reference.com]
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