1984 Boston Red Sox season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Boston Red Sox
season = 1984
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Fenway Park
y4 = 1912
city = Boston, Massachusetts
y5 = 1901
owners = JRY Trust, Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan
managers = Ralph Houk
television = WSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)
NESN
(Mike Andrews, Kent Derdivanis)
radio = WPLM-FM 99.1
(Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione)|

The by|1984 Boston Red Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Red Sox finishing 4th in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses.

Offseason

*December 3, 1983 - OF Mike Easler was obtained by the Boston Red Sox from the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for P John Tudor. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/e/easlemi01.shtml Mike Easler - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular season

Highlights
*Tony Armas led American League hitters with 43 home runs, 123 RBI, 77 extrabases and 339 total bases. Despite winning HRs and RBI titles, Armas finished 7th in the 1984 AL MVP baloots, joining Ted Williams as the second player to lead in those categories and not win the MVP honors (in 1942 and 1947). [ [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Tony_Armas_1953&page=chronology Tony Armas - Baseball-Library.com ] ]

*Dwight Evans ranked in the top ten of 11 different offensive categories, leading the league in OPS (.920), games (162), runs (121) and extrabases (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 eight in RBI (104). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL_1984_t.shtml Dwight Evans - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

*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). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boggswa01.shtml Wade Boggs - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*Jim Rice finished second in the league with 122 RBI, seventh in total bases (307), and ninth in hits (184). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL_1984_t.shtml Jim Rice - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

eason standings

Notable Transactions

*May 25, 1984 - The Boston Red Sox trade P Dennis Eckersley and minor league IF Mike Brumley to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for 1B Bill Buckner. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bucknbi01.shtml Bill Buckner - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

*June 4, 1984 - C John Marzano is selected by Boston in the first round (14th pick) of the June amateur draft, being signed on August 21. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/marzajo01.shtml John Marzano - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Opening Day Line Up

Other batters

Relief pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007]

* Class AAA: Pawtucket Red Sox (International League; Tony Torchia, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class AA: New Britain Red Sox (Eastern League; Rac Slider, manager)
* Class A: Winston-Salem Spirits (Carolina League; Bill Slack, manager)
* Class A: Winter Haven Red Sox (Florida State League; Dave Holt, manager)
* Class SS-A: Elmira Pioneers (New York-Penn League; Dick Berardino, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1984.shtml 1984 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1984&t=BOS 1984 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com]