1989 Boston Red Sox season

The 1989 Boston Red Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Red Sox finishing 3rd in the American League East with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Starting pitchers
  - 3.2.1 Other pitchers
    - 3.2.1.1 Relief pitchers
4 Awards and honors
5 Farm system
6 References

Offseason

November 20, 1988: Dennis Lamp was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.^[1]
December 8, 1988: Spike Owen was traded by the Boston Red Sox with Dan Gakeler to the Montreal Expos for John Dopson and Luis Rivera.^[2]
February 6, 1989: Danny Heep signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.^[3]

Regular season

By the end of the 1980s, Wade Boggs was the only player in history to achieve four straight 200-hit, 100-walk seasons. By the end of the decade, he was also the only modern player to achieve 200 hits in a season for seven consecutive seasons.

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB
Toronto Blue Jays	89	73	.549	--
Baltimore Orioles	87	75	.537	2
Boston Red Sox	83	79	.512	6
Milwaukee Brewers	81	81	.500	8
New York Yankees	74	87	.460	14½
Cleveland Indians	73	89	.451	16
Detroit Tigers	59	103	.364	30

Opening Day Line Up

26	Wade Boggs	3B
17	Marty Barrett	2B
24	Dwight Evans	RF
39	Mike Greenwell	LF
12	Ellis Burks	CF
14	Jim Rice	DH
7	Nick Esasky	1B
10	Rich Gedman	C
3	Jody Reed	SS
21	Roger Clemens	P

Transactions

August 5, 1989: Ed Romero was released by the Boston Red Sox.^[4]
August 7, 1989: Greg A. Harris was selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Philadelphia Phillies.^[5]

Roster

1989 Boston Red Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

14 Jim Rice

Manager

35 Joe Morgan

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Rick Cerone	102	296	72	.243	4	48
1B	Nick Esasky	154	564	156	.277	30	108
2B	Marty Barrett	86	336	86	.256	1	27
3B	Wade Boggs	156	621	205	.330	3	54
SS	Luis Rivera	93	323	83	.257	5	29
LF	Mike Greenwell	145	578	178	.308	14	95
CF	Ellis Burks	97	399	121	.303	12	61
RF	Dwight Evans	146	520	148	.285	20	100
DH	Jim Rice	56	209	49	.234	3	28

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Roger Clemens	35	253.1	17	11	3.13	230

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Awards and honors

Wade Boggs, American League Leader, Runs (113)
Wade Boggs, American League Leader, Doubles (51)

All-Star Game

Wade Boggs, Third Base, Starter
Mike Greenwell, Outfield, Reserve

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Pawtucket Red Sox	International League	Ed Nottle
AA	New Britain Red Sox	Eastern League	Butch Hobson
A	Lynchburg Red Sox	Carolina League	Gary Allenson
A	Winter Haven Red Sox	Florida State League	Dave Holt
Short-Season A	Elmira Pioneers	New York-Penn League	Mike Verdi
Rookie	GCL Red Sox	Gulf Coast League	Felix Maldonado

^[6]

References

1989 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
1989 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com

v t e 1989 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1989 All-Star Game 1989 World Series

Boston Red Sox

Based in Boston, Massachusetts

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; McKechnie Field; Bader Field; Payne Park; Scottsdale Stadium; Chain of Lakes Park; City of Palms Park; JetBlue Park at Fenway South

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

New York Yankees

Retired numbers

Administration

Owners: Fenway Sports Group
- John W. Henry
- Tom Werner
President and CEO: Larry Lucchino
General Manager: Ben Cherington
Manager: John Farrell

World Series
Championships (8)

American League
Championships (13)

Minor league
affiliates

AAA
- Pawtucket Red Sox
AA
- Portland Sea Dogs
A
- Salem Red Sox
- Greenville Drive
- Lowell Spinners
Rookie
- Gulf Coast League Red Sox

See also

New Fenway Park

Seasons (114)

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