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1984 Boston Red Sox season

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

Regular season

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.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

Opening Day lineup

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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

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

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

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) <small>(Makeup date: August 6)</small> |-style=background:#bbb | — || April 16 || || Tigers || colspan=8 | Postponed (Rain) <small>(Makeup date: August 7)</small> |-

|-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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|-style=background:#bbbfff |colspan="12"|55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA |-style=background:#fbb | 98 || July 27 || 5:30p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 1–9 || Petry (14–4) || Hurst (10–6) || – || 2:30 || N/A || 51–47 || L1 |-style=background:#cfc | 99 || July 27 || 8:35p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 4–0 || Ojeda (9–7) || Abbott (3–3) || – || 2:22 || 49,607 || 52–47 || W1 |-style=background:#cfc | 100 || July 28 || 7:35p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 3–2 || Stanley (7–6) || Morris (13–7) || Clear (3) || 2:58 || 49,372 || 53–47 || W2 |-style=background:#fbb | 101 || July 29 || 1:30p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 0–3 || Wilcox (11–6) || Boyd (5–8) || Hernández (21) || 2:09 || 42,013 || 53–48 || L1 |-

|-style=background:#fbb | 108 || August 6 || 5:35p.m. EDT || Tigers || 7–9 || López (8–0) || Ojeda (9–9) || Hernández (23) || 3:17 || N/A || 56–52 || L1 |-style=background:#cfc | 109 || August 6 || 9:27p.m. EDT || Tigers || 10–2 || Clemens (6–4) || Willis (0–2) || – || 2:55 || 31,055 || 57–52 || W1 |-style=background:#cfc | 110 || August 7 || 5:35p.m. EDT || Tigers || 12–7 || Hurst (11–6) || Morris (14–8) || Clear (5) || || N/A || 58–52 || W2 |-style=background:#fbb | 111 || August 7 || 8:59p.m. EDT || Tigers || 5–7 || López (9–0) || Gale (1–3) || Hernández (24) || 3:33 || 32,120 || 58–53 || L1 |-style=background:#cfc | 112 || August 8 || 7:35p.m. EDT || Tigers || 8–0 || Boyd (7–8) || Abbott (3–4) || – || 2:28 || 32,563 || 59–53 || W1 |-

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|- style="text-align:center;" | Legend:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = Win&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = Loss&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = Postponement<br>Bold = Red Sox team member

Statistical leaders

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Batting

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Pitching

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Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

<small>LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Pawtucket</small> <br> Source:

References

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