1987 Boston Red Sox Roster

The 1987 Boston Red Sox team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1987 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1987 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1987 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 1987 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1987 Boston Red Sox primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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1987 Boston Red Sox



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Complete Roster  
 

50 Tom Bolton 6-03 175 Left Left 1962-05-06
23 Oil Can Boyd 6-01 155 Right Right 1959-10-06
21 Roger Clemens 6-04 220 Right Right 1962-08-04
28 Steve Crawford 6-05 225 Right Right 1958-04-29
44 Wes Gardner 6-04 197 Right Right 1961-04-29
47 Bruce Hurst 6-03 215 Left Left 1958-03-24
22 John Leister 6-02 200 Right Right 1961-01-03
49 Al Nipper 6-00 194 Right Right 1959-04-02
43 Joe Sambito 6-01 190 Left Left 1952-06-28
31 Calvin Schiraldi 6-04 200 Right Right 1962-06-16
19 Jeff Sellers 6-01 175 Right Right 1964-05-11
46 Bob Stanley 6-04 215 Right Right 1954-11-10
45 Rob Woodward 6-03 185 Right Right 1962-09-28
10 Rich Gedman 6-00 215 Right Left 1959-09-26
37 John Marzano 5-11 197 Right Right 1963-02-14
12 Dave Sax 6-00 185 Right Right 1958-09-22
29 Danny Sheaffer 6-00 202 Right Right 1961-08-02
15 Marc Sullivan 6-04 205 Right Right 1958-07-25
17 Marty Barrett 5-10 176 Right Right 1958-06-23
26 Wade Boggs 6-02 197 Right Left 1958-06-15
6 Bill Buckner 6-00 185 Left Left 1949-12-14
27 Pat Dodson 6-04 210 Left Left 1959-10-11
24 Dwight Evans 6-02 205 Right Right 1951-11-03
18 Glenn Hoffman 6-02 190 Right Right 1958-07-07
7 Spike Owen 5-10 170 Right Both 1961-04-19
52 Jody Reed 5-09 165 Right Right 1962-07-26
11 Ed Romero 5-11 175 Right Right 1957-12-09
38 Todd Benzinger 6-01 190 Right Both 1963-02-11
12 Ellis Burks 6-02 205 Right Right 1964-09-11
39 Mike Greenwell 6-00 200 Right Left 1963-07-18
42 Dave Henderson 6-02 220 Right Right 1958-07-21
14 Jim Rice 6-02 205 Right Right 1953-03-08
16 Kevin Romine 5-11 185 Right Right 1961-05-23
25 Don Baylor 6-01 195 Right Right 1949-06-28
30 Sam Horn 6-05 250 Left Left 1963-11-02
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The 1987 Boston Red Sox played 162 games during the regular season, won 78 games, lost 84 games, and finished in fifth position. They played their home games at Fenway Park (Park Factors: 103/102) where 2,231,551 fans witnessed their 1987 Red Sox finish the season with a .481 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1987 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1987 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 1987 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1987 Boston Red Sox primary starters list:

1987 Boston Red Sox
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1987 Boston Red Sox
Most Games by Position

C Marc Sullivan (60)
1B Dwight Evans (79)
2B Marty Barrett (137)
3B Wade Boggs (145)
SS Spike Owen (130)
LF Jim Rice (94)
CF Ellis Burks (132)
RF Dwight Evans (77)
DH Don Baylor (97)
  
SP Roger Clemens
SP Bruce Hurst
SP Al Nipper
SP Jeff Sellers
SP Bob Stanley
  
RP Tom Bolton
RP Steve Crawford
RP Joe Sambito
RP Calvin Schiraldi
CL Wes Gardner


1987 Boston Red Sox
Salaries

Jim Rice $2,110,000.00
Wade Boggs $1,675,000.00
Bob Stanley $1,075,000.00
Dwight Evans $1,070,000.00
Bruce Hurst $700,000.00
Roger Clemens $650,000.00
Marty Barrett $575,000.00
Oil Can Boyd $550,000.00
Dave Henderson $525,000.00
Bill Buckner $366,667.00
Joe Sambito $360,000.00
Glenn Hoffman $300,000.00
Todd Benzinger $62,500.00
Tom Bolton $62,500.00
Ellis Burks $62,500.00


1987 Boston Red Sox
Uniform Numbers

#6 Bill Buckner
#7 Spike Owen
#10 Rich Gedman
#11 Ed Romero
#12 Ellis Burks
#12 Dave Sax
#14 Jim Rice
#15 Marc Sullivan
#16 Kevin Romine
#17 Marty Barrett
#18 Glenn Hoffman
#19 Jeff Sellers
#21 Roger Clemens
#22 John Leister
#23 Oil Can Boyd
#24 Dwight Evans
#25 Don Baylor
#26 Wade Boggs
#27 Pat Dodson
#28 Steve Crawford
#29 Danny Sheaffer
#30 Sam Horn
#31 Calvin Schiraldi
#37 John Marzano
#38 Todd Benzinger
#39 Mike Greenwell
#42 Dave Henderson
#43 Joe Sambito
#44 Wes Gardner
#45 Rob Woodward
#46 Bob Stanley
#47 Bruce Hurst
#49 Al Nipper
#50 Tom Bolton
#52 Jody Reed

Did you know that a 1987 Boston Red Sox Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?