Boston Red Sox - The Reagan Years (1980-1989)
 
   
 
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        Yr P W L   Yr P W L   Yr P W L               1980  
        1980 4 83 77   1983 6 78 84   1987 5 78 84               Decade  
        1981 x 59 49   1984 4 86 76   1988 1 89 73               Click  
        1982 3 89 73   1985 5 81 81   1989 3 83 79               on Logo  
                  1986 1 95 66                            
                                                       
   
  Titles: Top Red Sox Players of the Eighties  
  1986 A.L. Champs (Lost to Mets)  
  1988 Division Champs (Lost to A's) Pitchers:  
    Roger Clemens (35.65) -    59  
  BallPark:  Bruce Hurst (19.65) -    51  
  Fenway Park Bob Stanley (15.31) -    50  
    Oil Can Boyd (12.64) -    31  
  Team Name:  Dennis Eckersley (7.36) -    30  
  Red Sox Al Nipper (5.23) -    23  
    Bob Ojeda (10.36) -    20  
  Owner: John Tudor (9.98) -    20  
  Tom Yawkey Trust  Mike Torrez (2.26) -    19  
    Lee Smith (2.32) -    14  
  General Managers: Mark Clear (2.22) -    12  
  Haywood Sullivan (1980-1983) Mike Boddicker (5.51) -    10  
  Lou Gorman (1984-1989) Tom Burgmeier (8.39) -   9  
    Luis Aponte (4.05) -   0  
  Managers:    
  Don Zimmer (1980) Catchers:  
  Johnny Pesky (1980) Rich Gedman (11.64) -    57  
  Ralph Houk (1981-1984) Carlton Fisk (3.85) -    11  
  John McNamara (1985-1988)    
  Joe Morgan (1988-1989) First Basemen:  
    Dave Stapleton (2.02) -    23  
  No Hitters: Bill Buckner (0.52) -    21  
  None    
    Second Basemen:  
  Hall of Famers: Marty Barrett (9.55) -    18  
  Roger Clemens (Pending)    
  Dennis Eckersley ShortStop:  
  Lee Smith Jody Reed (6.78) -    16  
  Carlton Fisk Glenn Hoffman (0.52) -    10  
  Wade Boggs    
  Jim Rice Third Base  
  Carl Yastrzemski Wade Boggs (60.16) -    102  
    Carney Lansford (6.03) -    16  
  Rookie of the Year: Nick Esasky (3.9) -    10  
  None    
    Outfield:  
  MVP:  Dwight Evans (42.21) -    91  
  Roger Clemens (1986) Jim Rice (23.22) -    65  
    Ellis Burks (11.74) -    36  
  Cy Young:  Mike Greenwell (15.38) -    25  
  Roger Clemens (1986-1987) Tony Armas  (2.48) -    24  
    Carl Yastrzemski (2.51) -    18  
  Notable Events: Fred Lynn (4.68) -    11  
    Rick Miller (0.7) -    10  
  1980 - The Red Sox ended the Seventies as a well above average team. Mike Easler (4.16) -    9  
  Boston has a solid core of position players in the prime of their careers in    
   Fisk, Burleson, Evans, Lynn and Rice. However, the pitching begins to go Notable Events:  
    south quickly in the Eighties, making Boston only a slightly  above .500  
   team for the first half of the decade despite the good hitters. 1986 - Roger Clemens emerges as a star, going 24-4, leading  
    Boston to the Division title. Clemens, however, has a poor ALCS,  
  1980 - Catcher Rich Gedman, 20, is a rookie. He was signed out of high  but the Red Sox overcome his foibles to win the pennant anyway.  
  school as an undrafted amateur free agent in '77    
    1986 - Clemens fails to close out the Mets in Game 6 of the World Series.  
  1980 - Rick Burleson is traded to the Angels for Carney Lansford The Sox overcome his failings to take the lead in the game only to have  
    Bill Buckner let a grounder go thru his legs and the Mets go on to win  
  1981 - Fred Lynn is traded to the Angels for Joe Rudi the Series. After all of their post season heartbreaks, Red Sox fans  
    are beginning to wonder whether they're better off not getting to the   
  1981 - Carlton Fisk signs with the White Sox as a Free Agent post season at all. Despite the one bad play, Buckner had a great year  
    and Boston would not have been near the World Series without him.  
  1982 - Wade Boggs, 24, bats .349 as a rookie. Boggs had been a  Buckner merited Boston fans's forgiveness.  
  monster in AAA for a couple of years but Lansford was blocking him.    
   Boggs ends up splitting his time between first and third base and,  1987 - Outfielders twenty two year old Elllis Burks, twenty    
   aside from his hitting, puts up impressive fielding numbers in both three year old Mike Greenwell and twenty four year old Todd  
   spots. Wade was a seventh round pick in the '76 draft. Benzinger move into the Boston starting lineup replacing   
    aging veterans who were key members of the 1986 champs -  
  1983 - Carl Yazstremski retires after twenty three seasons Don Baylor, Bill Buckner and Tony Armas.  1987 is a down year, but  
     the infusion of youth sets the Sox up for their 1988 division title run   
  1983 - Twenty five year old ace lefty Bruce Hurst emerges as a starter  
  Bruce was a first round pick in the '76 draft. 1988 - Boston picks up righty Mike Boddicker, 31, at the trade deadline  
    to help them in their push for the Division title. It works as Boddicker goes  
  1984 - Dennis Eckersley is traded to the Cubs for Bill Buckner 7-3 2.63 down the stretch. However, the deal costs them two young studs  
    righty Curt Schilling, 22, and OF Brady Anderson, 24.  
  1984 - Righty Roger Clemens, 21, goes 9-4 as a rookie. Roger was a first   Schilling was a second round pick in the '86 draft.  
  round pick in the '83 draft  
    1988 - Boston wins the Division title only to get swept by the  
    superior A's in the ALCS