# 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.

## Offseason

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

## Regular season

Record by month :
| Month | Record | Record | Cumulative | Cumulative | AL East | AL East | Ref. |
| Month | Won | Lost | Won | Lost | Position | GB | Ref. |
| April | 9 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 6th | 10 | |
| May | 12 | 13 | 21 | 26 | 5th | 16+1⁄2 | |
| June | 15 | 14 | 36 | 40 | 4th | 19 | |
| July | 18 | 9 | 54 | 49 | 4th | 16+1⁄2 | |
| August | 17 | 14 | 71 | 63 | 5th | 15+1⁄2 | |
| September | 15 | 13 | 86 | 76 | 4th | 18 | |

### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Tigers | 104 | 58 | .642 | — | 53‍–‍29 | 51‍–‍29 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 89 | 73 | .549 | 15 | 49‍–‍32 | 40‍–‍41 |
| New York Yankees | 87 | 75 | .537 | 17 | 51‍–‍30 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Boston Red Sox | 86 | 76 | .531 | 18 | 41‍–‍40 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 85 | 77 | .525 | 19 | 44‍–‍37 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Cleveland Indians | 75 | 87 | .463 | 29 | 41‍–‍39 | 34‍–‍48 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 67 | 94 | .416 | 36½ | 38‍–‍43 | 29‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1984 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 6–7 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 4–9 |
| Boston | 7–6 | — | 9–3 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 5–8 |
| California | 4–8 | 3–9 | — | 8–5 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 7–5 |
| Chicago | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | — | 8–4 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 4–8 |
| Cleveland | 6–7 | 3–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 4–9 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 2–11 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 6–7–1 |
| Detroit | 6–7 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 9–4 | — | 7–5 | 11–2 | 9–3 | 7–6 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 8–5 |
| Kansas City | 7–5 | 9–3 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 9–4 | 6–7 | 5–7 |
| Milwaukee | 6–7 | 4–9 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 4–9 | 2–11 | 6–6 | — | 5–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–6 | 10–3 |
| Minnesota | 7–5 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 7–5 | — | 8–4 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 1–11 |
| New York | 8–5 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 11–2 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–8 | — | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–5 |
| Oakland | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 4–8 | — | 8–5 | 8–5 | 4–8 |
| Seattle | 3–9 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | — | 10–3 | 5–7 |
| Texas | 3–9 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 3–9 | 2–10 | 7–6 | 6–5 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 3–10 | — | 6–6 |
| Toronto | 9–4 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 7–6–1 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 3–10 | 11–1 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | — |

### 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

| 2 | Jerry Remy | 2B |
| 24 | Dwight Evans | RF |
| 26 | Wade Boggs | 3B |
| 14 | Jim Rice | LF |
| 7 | Mike Easler | DH |
| 20 | Tony Armas | CF |
| 10 | Rich Gedman | C |
| 11 | Dave Stapleton | 1B |
| 18 | Glenn Hoffman | SS |
| 47 | Bruce Hurst | P |
Source:
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
| 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 |
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### 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 |
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## Game log
### Regular season

1984 regular season game log: 86–76 (Home: 41–40; Away: 45–36) :
April: 9–13 (Home: 4–7; Away: 5–6)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
9April 132:05 p.m. ESTTigers9–13Bair (1–0)Hurst (1–2)–3:1135,1793–6L4
—April 15TigersPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 6)
—April 16TigersPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 7) :
May: 12–13 (Home: 5–5; Away: 7–8)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
23May 17:35 p.m. EDT@ Tigers2–11Wilcox (3–0)Hurst (3–3)–2:3117,4959–14L2
24May 27:35 p.m. EDT@ Tigers5–4Brown (1–2)Berenguer (1–1)Stanley (4)2:3323,08510–14W1
25May 31:30 p.m. EDT@ Tigers1–0Ojeda (2–2)Morris (5–1)–2:1822,61711–14W2 :
June: 15–14 (Home: 8–9; Away: 7–5)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
July: 18–9 (Home: 8–3; Away: 10–6)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA
98July 275:30 p.m. EDT@ Tigers1–9Petry (14–4)Hurst (10–6)–2:30N/A51–47L1
99July 278:35 p.m. EDT@ Tigers4–0Ojeda (9–7)Abbott (3–3)–2:2249,60752–47W1
100July 287:35 p.m. EDT@ Tigers3–2Stanley (7–6)Morris (13–7)Clear (3)2:5849,37253–47W2
101July 291:30 p.m. EDT@ Tigers0–3Wilcox (11–6)Boyd (5–8)Hernández (21)2:0942,01353–48L1 :
August: 17–14 (Home: 11–8; Away: 6–6)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
108August 65:35 p.m. EDTTigers7–9López (8–0)Ojeda (9–9)Hernández (23)3:17N/A56–52L1
109August 69:27 p.m. EDTTigers10–2Clemens (6–4)Willis (0–2)–2:5531,05557–52W1
110August 75:35 p.m. EDTTigers12–7Hurst (11–6)Morris (14–8)Clear (5)N/A58–52W2
111August 78:59 p.m. EDTTigers5–7 (11)López (9–0)Gale (1–3)Hernández (24)3:3332,12058–53L1
112August 87:35 p.m. EDTTigers8–0Boyd (7–8)Abbott (3–4)–2:2832,56359–53W1 :
September: 15–13 (Home: 5–8; Away: 10–5)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
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 |
| SF | Sacrifice flies | Dwight Evans | 7 |
| IBB | Intentional base on balls | Tony Armas | 9 |
Source:

### Pitching

| Abbr. | Category | Player | Statistic |
| W | Wins | Oil Can Boyd | 12 |
| W | Wins | Bruce Hurst | 12 |
| W | Wins | Bob Ojeda | 12 |
| L | Losses | Oil Can Boyd | 12 |
| L | Losses | Bruce Hurst | 12 |
| L | Losses | Bob Ojeda | 12 |
| 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 |
Source:

## 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

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Pawtucket Red Sox | International League | Tony Torchia |
| AA | New Britain Red Sox | Eastern League | Rac Slider |
| A | Winston-Salem Spirits | Carolina League | Bill Slack |
| A | Winter Haven Red Sox | Florida State League | Dave Holt |
| A-Short Season | Elmira Pioneers | New York–Penn League | Dick Berardino |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Pawtucket
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