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, 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

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, games, runs and extra-base hits, while ending second in total bases ; third in slugging percentage and walks ; fourth in doubles ; sixth in on-base percentage; seventh in hits and home runs, and eighth in RBIs.
Wade Boggs led the league in singles and times on base, while ending second in hits and on-base percentage, and third in batting average and runs.
Jim Rice finished second in the league with 122 RBIs, seventh in total bases, and ninth in hits. He also set a major league record, which still stands, for the most times grounding into a double play during a season, 36.

Joe
Cronin
SS: 1935–45
M: 1935–47
GM: 1947–59
Retired 1984

Ted
Williams
OF: 1939–60

Retired 1984

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 of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft.

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.

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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Statistical leaders

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

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Batting

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Awards and honors

;All-Star Game

Tony Armas, reserve OF
Jim Rice, reserve OF

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Pawtucket
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