1989 Boston Red Sox season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Boston Red Sox

| season = 1989

| misc =

| league = American League

| division = East

| ballpark = Fenway Park

| city = Boston, Massachusetts

| record = 83–79 (.512)

| divisional_place = 3rd

| owners = Jean Yawkey,
Haywood Sullivan

| president = John Harrington

| general_manager = Lou Gorman

| manager = Joe Morgan

| television = WSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Sean McDonough, Bob Montgomery)
NESN
(Ned Martin, Jerry Remy)

| radio = WPLM-FM 99.1
WPLM-AM 1390
(Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione)
WRCA
(Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)

| espntn = bos

| brtn = BOS

}}

The 1989 Boston Red Sox season was the 89th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League East with a record of 83–79, six games behind the Toronto Blue Jays.

Offseason

November 20, 1988: Dennis Lamp was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lampde01.shtml Dennis Lamp Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com]
December 8, 1988: Spike Owen was traded with Dan Gakeler to the Montreal Expos for John Dopson and Luis Rivera.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/owensp01.shtml Spike Owen Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com]
February 6, 1989: Danny Heep signed as a free agent with the Red Sox.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/heepda01.shtml Danny Heep Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]

Regular season

rowspan=2\|Month	colspan=2\|Record	colspan=2\|Cumulative	colspan=2\|AL East	rowspan=2\|Ref.
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" \|+Record by month{{cite web \|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1989/TBOS01989.htm \|title=The 1989 Boston Red Sox \|website=Retrosheet \|access-date=October 11, 2020}}
Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Position	GB
April	10	12	10	12	3rd (tie)	1	{{Cite web\|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1989/04301989.htm\|title = Events of Sunday, April 30, 1989}}
May	14	12	24	24	2nd	2	{{Cite web\|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1989/05311989.htm\|title = Events of Wednesday, May 31, 1989}}
June	12	15	36	39	3rd	{{frac\|6\|1\|2}}	{{Cite web\|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1989/06301989.htm\|title = Events of Friday, June 30, 1989}}
July	14	12	50	51	3rd	3	{{Cite web\|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1989/07311989.htm\|title = Events of Monday, July 31, 1989}}
August	18	15	68	66	3rd	4	{{Cite web\|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1989/08311989.htm\|title = Events of Thursday, August 31, 1989}}
September	14	13	82	79	3rd	7	{{Cite web\|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1989/09301989.htm\|title = Events of Saturday, September 30, 1989}}
October	1	0	83	79	3rd	6	{{Cite web\|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1989/10011989.htm\|title = Events of Sunday, October 1, 1989}}

=Highlights=

Wade Boggs had 205 hits and 107 walks,[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/boggswa01.shtml Wade Boggs Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com] becoming the first player in MLB history to have at least 200 hits and 100 walks in four consecutive seasons. He also became the first player in the modern era (after 1900) to have at least 200 hits in seven consecutive seasons.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60962148/boggs-hit-parade-never-seems-to-end/ |title=Boggs' hit parade never seems to end |first=Dave |last=O'Hara |newspaper=Daily Record |location=Morristown, New Jersey |page=23 |date=September 27, 1989 |access-date=October 12, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}

=Season standings=

= Record vs. opponents =

=Notable transactions=

August 5, 1989: Ed Romero was released by the Red Sox.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/romered01.shtml Ed Romero Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com]
August 7, 1989: Greg A. Harris was selected off waivers by the Red Sox from the Philadelphia Phillies.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/harrigr01.shtml Greg Harris Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com]

= Other Transactions =

September 25: Pitcher Bob Stanley announces his retirement; the Red Sox inform Jim Rice that he will not be invited back to the team next year.{{Cite news |last=Fainaru |first=Steve |date=September 26, 1989 |title=Red Sox Win One and Lose Two: Stanley and Rice Check Out |pages=65 & 69 |work=The Boston Globe}}

=Opening Day lineup=

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

Source:{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1989/B04030BAL1989.htm |title=Baltimore Orioles 5, Boston Red Sox 4 |date=April 3, 1989 |website=Retrosheet |access-date=October 12, 2020}}

The Red Sox lost their Opening Day game, 5–4 in 11 innings, to the Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by President George H. W. Bush.{{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/april-3-1989-new-look-orioles-begin-season-on-winning-note/ |title=April 3, 1989: New-look Orioles begin season on winning note |first=Jody |last=Madron |website=SABR |access-date=October 12, 2020}}

=Alumni game=

The team held an old-timers game on May 6, before a scheduled home game against the Texas Rangers. Festivities included an appearance by Carl Yastrzemski, shortly after his election to the Hall of Fame. Red Sox alumni lost to a team of former MLB players from other clubs, by a 9–0 score in three innings of play.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20321850/yaz_makes_return_to_fenway_park/ |title=Yaz makes return to Fenway Park |newspaper=Democrat and Chronicle |location=Rochester, New York |page=4E |date=May 7, 1989 |access-date=May 24, 2018 |via=newspapers.com}}

=Roster=

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colspan="10" style="background-color:#0d2b56; color: white; text-align: center;" \| Roster
valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|52\|Mike Boddicker}} {{MLBplayer\|50\|Tom Bolton}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Oil Can Boyd}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Roger Clemens}} {{MLBplayer\|40\|John Dopson}} {{MLBplayer\|44\|Wes Gardner}} {{MLBplayer\|27,42\|Greg Harris}} {{MLBplayer\|31\|Eric Hetzel}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|Dennis Lamp}} {{MLBplayer\|47\|Rob Murphy}} {{MLBplayer\|49\|Joe Price}} {{MLBplayer\|54\|Mike Rochford}} {{MLBplayer\|48\|Lee Smith}} {{MLBplayer\|41\|Mike Smithson}} {{MLBplayer\|46\|Bob Stanley}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Rick Cerone}} {{MLBplayer\|10\|Rich Gedman}} {{MLBplayer\|20\|John Marzano}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\|17\|Marty Barrett}} {{MLBplayer\|26\|Wade Boggs}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Nick Esasky}} {{MLBplayer\|30\|Sam Horn}} {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Jody Reed}} {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Luis Rivera}} {{MLBplayer\|11\|Ed Romero}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\|12\|Ellis Burks}} {{MLBplayer\|24\|Dwight Evans}} {{MLBplayer\|39\|Mike Greenwell}} {{MLBplayer\|29\|Danny Heep}} {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Randy Kutcher}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Carlos Quintana}} {{MLBplayer\|16\|Kevin Romine}} {{MLBplayer\|19\|Jeff Stone}} {{MLBplayer\|19,20\|Dana Williams}} Other batters {{MLBplayer\|14\|Jim Rice}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\|35\|Joe Morgan}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\|33\|Dick Berardino}} (Bullpen) {{MLBplayer\|37\|Al Bumbry}} (First base) {{MLBplayer\|34\|Bill Fischer}} (Pitching) {{MLBplayer\|32\|Richie Hebner}} (Hitting) {{MLBplayer\|36\|Rac Slider}} (Third base)

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colspan="10" style="background-color:#0d2b56; color: white; text-align: center;" | Roster

valign="top" | Pitchers

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Outfielders

Other batters

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" |

Manager

Coaches

{{MLBplayer|33|Dick Berardino}} (Bullpen)

{{MLBplayer|37|Al Bumbry}} (First base)

{{MLBplayer|34|Bill Fischer}} (Pitching)

{{MLBplayer|32|Richie Hebner}} (Hitting)

{{MLBplayer|36|Rac Slider}} (Third base)

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

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"\|Player !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|G !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|AB !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|R !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|H !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|2B !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|3B !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|HR !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|RBI !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|SB !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|BB !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|AVG !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|SLG
class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
Wade Boggs	156	621	113	205	51	7	3	54	2	107	.330	.449
Mike Greenwell	145	578	87	178	36	0	14	95	13	56	.308	.443
Nick Esasky	154	564	79	156	26	5	30	108	1	66	.277	.500
Jody Reed	146	524	76	151	42	2	3	40	4	73	.288	.393
Dwight Evans	146	520	82	148	27	3	20	100	3	99	.285	.463
Ellis Burks	97	399	73	121	19	6	12	61	21	36	.303	.471
Marty Barrett	86	336	31	86	18	0	1	27	4	32	.256	.318
Luis Rivera	93	323	35	83	17	1	5	29	2	20	.257	.362
Danny Heep	113	320	36	96	17	0	5	49	0	29	.300	.400
Rick Cerone	102	296	28	72	16	1	4	48	0	34	.243	.345
Kevin Romine	92	274	30	75	13	0	1	23	1	21	.274	.332
Rich Gedman	93	260	24	55	9	0	4	16	0	23	.212	.292
Jim Rice	56	209	22	49	10	2	3	28	1	13	.234	.344
Randy Kutcher	77	160	28	36	10	3	2	18	3	11	.225	.363
Ed Romero	46	113	14	24	4	0	0	6	0	7	.212	.248
Carlos Quintana	34	77	6	16	5	0	0	6	0	7	.208	.273
Sam Horn	33	54	1	8	2	0	0	4	0	8	.148	.185
John Marzano	7	18	5	8	3	0	1	3	0	0	.444	.778
Jeff Stone	18	15	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	.200	.200
Dana Williams	8	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.400
Team Totals	162	5666	774	1571	326	30	108	716	56	643	.277	.403

Source:[https://baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1989-batting.shtml]

=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

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"\|Player !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|W !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|L !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|ERA !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|G !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|GS !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|SV !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|IP !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|H !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|R !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|ER !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|BB !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|SO
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Roger Clemens	17	11	3.13	35	35	0	253.1	215	101	88	93	230
Mike Boddicker	15	11	4.00	34	34	0	211.2	217	101	94	71	145
John Dopson	12	8	3.99	29	28	0	169.1	166	84	75	69	95
Mike Smithson	7	14	4.95	40	19	2	143.2	170	84	79	35	61
Dennis Lamp	4	2	2.32	42	0	2	112.1	96	37	29	27	61
Rob Murphy	5	7	2.74	74	0	9	105.0	97	38	32	41	107
Wes Gardner	3	7	5.97	22	16	0	86.0	97	64	57	47	81
Bob Stanley	5	2	4.88	43	0	4	79.1	102	54	43	26	32
Lee Smith	6	1	3.57	64	0	25	70.2	53	30	28	33	96
Joe Price	2	5	4.35	31	5	0	70.1	71	35	34	30	52
Oil Can Boyd	3	2	4.42	10	10	0	59.0	57	31	29	19	26
Eric Hetzel	2	3	6.26	12	11	0	50.1	61	39	35	28	33
Greg A. Harris	2	2	2.57	15	0	0	28.0	21	12	8	15	25
Tom Bolton	0	4	8.31	4	4	0	17.1	21	18	16	10	9
Mike Rochford	0	0	6.75	4	0	0	4.0	4	7	3	4	1
Team Totals	83	79	4.01	162	162	42	1460.1	1448	735	650	548	1054

Source:[https://baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1989-pitching.shtml]

Statistical leaders

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Category	Player	Statistic
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Youngest player	Carlos Quintana	23
Oldest player	Dwight Evans	37
Wins Above Replacement	Wade Boggs	8.4

Source:{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1989.shtml |title=1989 Boston Red Sox Statistics |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=October 16, 2020}}

= Batting =

Abbr.	Category	Player	Statistic
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
G	Games played	Wade Boggs	156
PA	Plate appearances	Wade Boggs	742
AB	At bats	Wade Boggs	621
R	Runs scored	Wade Boggs	113
H	Hits	Wade Boggs	205
2B	Doubles	Wade Boggs	51
3B	Triples	Wade Boggs	7
HR	Home runs	Nick Esasky	30
RBI	Runs batted in	Nick Esasky	108
SB	Stolen bases	Ellis Burks	21
CS	Caught stealing	Wade Boggs	6
BB	Base on balls	Wade Boggs	107
SO	Strikeouts	Nick Esasky	117
BA	Batting average	Wade Boggs	.330
OBP	On-base percentage	Wade Boggs	.430
SLG	Slugging percentage	Nick Esasky	.500
OPS	On-base plus slugging	Wade Boggs	.879
OPS+	Adjusted OPS	Wade Boggs	142
TB	Total bases	Nick Esasky	282
GIDP	Grounded into double play	Mike Greenwell	21
HBP	Hit by pitch	Wade Boggs	7
SH	Sacrifice hits	Marty Barrett	15
rowspan=2\|SF	rowspan=2\|Sacrifice flies	Wade Boggs	rowspan=2\|7
Dwight Evans
IBB	Intentional base on balls	Wade Boggs	19

Source:

= Pitching =

Abbr.	Category	Player	Statistic
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
W	Wins	Roger Clemens	17
L	Losses	Mike Smithson	14
W-L %	Winning percentage	Roger Clemens	.607 (17-11)
ERA	Earned run average	Roger Clemens	3.13
G	Games pitched	Rob Murphy	74
GS	Games started	Roger Clemens	35
GF	Games finished	Lee Smith	50
CG	Complete games	Roger Clemens	8
SHO	Shutouts	Roger Clemens	3
SV	Saves	Lee Smith	25
IP	Innings pitched	Roger Clemens	{{frac\|253\|1\|3}}
SO	Strikeouts	Roger Clemens	230
WHIP	Walks plus hits per inning pitched	Roger Clemens	1.216

Source:

Awards and honors

;Awards

Wade Boggs, Silver Slugger Award (3B)
Nick Esasky, AL Player of the Month (August)

;Accomplishments

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

The Gulf Coast League Red Sox replaced the Arizona League Red Sox/Mariners (a cooperative team) as the domestic Rookie League affiliate.

{{MLB Farm System|level10=AAA|team10=Pawtucket Red Sox|league10=International League|manager10=Ed Nottle

|level11=AA |team11=New Britain Red Sox|league11=Eastern League|manager11=Butch Hobson

|level12=A |team12=Lynchburg Red Sox|league12=Carolina League|manager12=Gary Allenson

|level13=A |team13=Winter Haven Red Sox|league13=Florida State League|manager13=[https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=holt--001dav Dave Holt]

|level14=A-Short Season|team14=Elmira Pioneers|league14=New York–Penn League|manager14=Mike Verdi

|level15=Rookie|team15=GCL Red Sox|league15=Gulf Coast League|manager15=Felix Maldonado

|level16=Rookie|team16=DSL cooperative|league16=Dominican Summer League|manager16={{nbsp}}

}}

The Red Sox shared a DSL team with the Baltimore Orioles and Milwaukee Brewers.

Source:Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bostonredsoxmedi1989bost/page/138/mode/2up |title=Boston Red Sox Media Guide |date=1989 |page=138 |accessdate=March 14, 2021 |via=Wayback Machine}}

References

External links

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1989.shtml 1989 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference]
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1989&t=BOS 1989 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com]

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