1986 Red Sox

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Buckner Schilardi etc etc.

A highlight we'll never need to see again.

World Series Chumps. (which made Skrub sad)

If not for 2004 Red Sox, this still would be haunting our nightmares

General Info

W-L Record: 95-66
1st in AL Eastern Division, won AL Pennant
Scored 794 runs, allowed 696 runs
Pythagorean Record: 90-71
Manager: John McNamara

November 13, 1985: Traded Tom McCarthy, Bob Ojeda, John Mitchell, and Chris Bayer to the New York Mets. Received Calvin Schiraldi, Wes Gardner, John Christensen, and La Schelle Tarver.

December 11, 1985: Traded Mark Clear to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Ed Romero.

December 12, 1985: Traded Charlie Mitchell to the Minnesota Twins. Received Mike Stenhouse.

December 17, 1985: Traded Jackie Gutierrez to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Sammy Stewart.

March 28, 1986: Traded Mike Easler to the New York Yankees. Received Don Baylor.

June 29, 1986: Traded Steve Lyons to the Chicago White Sox. Received Tom Seaver.

August 19, 1986: Spike Owen and Dave Henderson for players to be named later, Rey Quinones, and cash. The Boston Red Sox sent Mike Brown (August 22, 1986), Mike Trujillo (August 22, 1986), and John Christensen (September 25, 1986) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.

	REGULARS	BA	HR	RBI	Salary
1B	Bill Buckner	.267	18	102	$785,000
2B	Marty Barrett	.286	4	60	$435,000
SS	Spike Owen	.231	1	45	$255,000
3B	Wade Boggs	.357	8	71	$1,350,000
OF	Jim Rice	.324	20	110	$1,984,423
OF	Dwight Evans	.259	26	97	$1.017,757
OF	Tony Armas	.264	11	58	$1,000,000
C	Rich Gedman	.258	16	65	$650
DH	Don Baylor	.238	31	94	$660,696
	Other position players: Ed Romero (.210, 2, 23), Rey Quinones (.237, 2, 15), Steve Lyons (.250, 1, 14), Marc Sullivan (.193, 1, 14), Dave Henderson (.196, 1, 3), Dave Stapleton (.128, 0, 3), Mike Greenwell (.314, 0, 4), Kevin Romine (.257, 0, 2), La Schelle Tarver (.120, 0, 1), Glenn Hoffman (.217, 0, 1), Mike Stenhouse (.095, 0, 1), Pat Dodson (.417, 1, 3), Dave Sax (.455, 1, 1)
	STARTERS	W-L	ERA	SV
R	Roger Clemens	24-4	2.48		$340,000
R	Oil Can Boyd	16-10	3.78	0	$
R	Al Nipper	10-12	5.38	0	$265,000
L	Bruce Hurst	13-8	2.99	0	$495,000
R	Tom Seaver	5-7	3.80	0	$1,132,652
R	Jeff Sellers	3-7	4.94	0	$
	BULLPEN	W-L	ERA	SV
R	Bob Stanley	6-6	4.37	16	$1,060,000
L	Joe Sambito	2-0	4.84	12	$500,000
R	Steve Crawford	0-2	3.92	4	$330,000
L	Tim Lollar	2-0	6.91	0	$541,250
R	Sammy Stewart	4-1	4.38	0	$381,113
	Other pitchers: Calvin Schiraldi (4-2, 1.41), Bob Woodward (2-3, 5.30), Mike Trujillo (0-0, 9.53), Wes Gardner (0-0, 9.00), Mike Brown (4-4, 5.34)

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