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Major League Baseball

Record: 91-69 .569.... 3rd in American League East
Stadium: Fenway Park
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 2,353,114

Top Draft Pick: Marc Sullivan (#52) MLB
Manager - Don Zimmer

Affiliates - AAA Pawtucket Red Sox AA Bristol Red Sox A+ Winter Haven Red Sox A+ Winston-Salem Red Sox A- Elmira Pioneers

Team Leaders

HR: Lynn, Rice [39]
RBI: Rice [130]
2B: Lynn [42]
SB: Remy [14]
W: Eckersley [17]
SV: Drago [13]
SO: Eckersley [150]

Oldest Player: Carl Yastrzemski [39]
Youngest Player: Joel Finch [22]
Longest Tenure: Carl Yastrzemski [19]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Gary Allenson (Apr 8) Mike O'Berry (Apr 8)
Pitchers: Joel Finch (Jun 12) Chuck Rainey (Apr 8) Win Remmerswaal (Aug 3) John Tudor (Aug 16)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
John Ackley	OF		Elmira	A-
Roscoe Alburtis	1B		Bristol	AA
Gary Allenson	C	24	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Marty Barrett	2B	21	Winter Haven	A+
Del Bender	OF		Winter Haven	A+
Eduardo Berroa			Elmira	A-
Lloyd Bessard	OF		Elmira	A-
Wade Boggs	3B	21	Bristol	AA
Sam Bowen	OF-CF	27	Pawtucket	AAA
Raymond Boyer			Pawtucket	AAA
			Bristol	AA
Jack Brohamer	2B	29	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Craig Brooks	OF		Winston-Salem	A+
Thomas Brummer			Elmira	A-
Erwin Bryant	SS		Winston-Salem	A+
Tom Burgmeier	P	36	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Rick Burleson	SS	28	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Barry Butera	SS-3B		Pawtucket	AAA
Bill Campbell	P	31	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Richard Colbert	C		Winter Haven	A+
Julio Collazo			Winter Haven	A+
Stephen Collins	P		Winter Haven	A+
Edward Connors	P		Winston-Salem	A+
Steve Crawford	P	21	Winston-Salem	A+
David Denton	2B		Pawtucket	AAA
Dick Drago	P	34	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Frank Duffy	SS	32	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Jim Dwyer	OF	29	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Dennis Eckersley	P	24	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Glenn Eddins	3B		Elmira	A-
Dwight Evans	RF-OF	27	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Ronald Evans	3B	26	Bristol	AA
James Fabiano	SS		Winter Haven	A+
Joel Finch	P	23	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Carlton Fisk	C	31	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Steven Fortune			Elmira	A-
Otis Foster	1B		Pawtucket	AAA
	1B		Bristol	AA
Rich Gedman	C	20	Bristol	AA
Gene Gentile	OF		Winston-Salem	A+
Frank Gill			Winter Haven	A+
Lee Graham	OF-CF	20	Winter Haven	A+
Jackie Gutierrez	SS	19	Elmira	A-
Garry Hancock	OF-1B	25	Pawtucket	AAA
Ron Harrington	C		Winston-Salem	A+
Andy Hassler	P	27	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Butch Hobson	3B	28	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Glenn Hoffman	SS-3B	21	Pawtucket	AAA
Dave Holt	C-1B	21	Elmira	A-
Danny Huffstickler			Elmira	A-
Ken Huizenga	OF		Pawtucket	AAA
Buddy Hunter	2B-3B	32	Pawtucket	AAA
Ed Jurak	SS-3B	21	Bristol	AA
Mark Kaeterle	SS		Winston-Salem	A+
David Koza	P-OF		Pawtucket	AAA
Roger LaFrancois	C	23	Pawtucket	AAA
Russell Laribee	OF		Bristol	AA
Eddie Lee	OF		Elmira	A-
Ronald Lee	SS		Winter Haven	A+
John Lickert	C	19	Winston-Salem	A+
Fred Lynn	OF-CF	27	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Keith Macwhorter	P	23	Bristol	AA
Gustavo Malespin			Elmira	A-
Steve McQueen	SS		Elmira	A-
Andy Merchant	C	29	Pawtucket	AAA
Jerry Miklosi	SS		Winter Haven	A+
Bob Montgomery	C	35	Boston Red Sox	MLB
John Morgan	3B		Winter Haven	A+
James Mugele	IF		Winston-Salem	A+
Reid Nichols	OF-CF	21	Winston-Salem	A+
Mike O'Berry	C	25	Boston Red Sox	MLB
	C		Pawtucket	AAA
Mike Ongarato	OF		Bristol	AA
Stan Papi	3B-2B	28	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Robert Parker	OF		Winter Haven	A+
Juan Pautt			Winter Haven	A+
Bruce Poole	P		Bristol	AA
Tom Poquette	OF	27	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Lee Pruitt	OF-C		Elmira	A-
Gary Purcell	OF		Bristol	AA
Russ Quetti	SS		Winter Haven	A+
Chuck Rainey	P	25	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Win Remmerswaal	P	25	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Jerry Remy	2B	26	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Steve Renko	P	34	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Jim Rice	LF-OF	26	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Allen Ripley	P	26	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Noel Roman			Winston-Salem	A+
Arturo Samaniego			Elmira	A-
Charles Sandberg	1B		Winter Haven	A+
Jack Sauer	P		Winston-Salem	A+
Andy Schardt	1B		Winter Haven	A+
Dave Schmidt	C	22	Bristol	AA
George Scott	1B	35	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Andres Serrano			Elmira	A-
Ted Sizemore	2B	34	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Stanley Smith	1B	20	Winston-Salem	A+
Mike Smithson	P	24	Bristol	AA
Bob Stanley	P	24	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Dave Stapleton	1B-2B	25	Pawtucket	AAA
Carlton Steele	OF		Bristol	AA
Marc Sullivan	C	21	Winter Haven	A+
Miguel Tavera			Winston-Salem	A+
Jeems Teller	OF		Elmira	A-
Leonard Thompson			Winston-Salem	A+
Mike Torrez	P	33	Boston Red Sox	MLB
John Tudor	P	25	Boston Red Sox	MLB
David Tyler	3B		Winston-Salem	A+
Julio Valdez	SS	23	Pawtucket	AAA
Francisco Vasques			Elmira	A-
Timothy Wadsworth	C-1B		Winter Haven	A+
Chico Walker	3B-LF	21	Bristol	AA
Jim Watkins	OF		Winter Haven	A+
Bob Watson	1B-OF	33	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Reggie Whittemore	OF		Winston-Salem	A+
Jim Wilson	3B		Bristol	AA
Larry Wolfe	3B-2B	26	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Jackie Wright			Winter Haven	A+
Jim Wright	P	28	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Carl Yastrzemski	OF-LF	40	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Ken Young	OF	22	Winter Haven	A+

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Roscoe Alburtis		Bristol	AA
Oscar Baldwin		Winter Haven	A+
Marty Barrett	21	Winter Haven	A+
Mark Baum	20	Bristol	AA
	20	Winston-Salem	A+
Bob Birrell		Bristol	AA
		Elmira	A-
Tom Burgmeier	36	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Michael Burns		Pawtucket	AAA
Dennis Burtt	21	Winter Haven	A+
Bill Campbell	31	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Paul Carlander		Winter Haven	A+
Stephen Collins		Winter Haven	A+
Edward Connors		Winston-Salem	A+
Richard Cooke		Winston-Salem	A+
Steve Crawford	21	Winston-Salem	A+
Charles Dale		Winter Haven	A+
Parker Davis		Elmira	A-
William Davis		Winter Haven	A+
Brian Denman	23	Bristol	AA
Thomas DeSanto	20	Elmira	A-
Dick Drago	34	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Dennis Eckersley	24	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Alvin Faust		Pawtucket	AAA
		Bristol	AA
Joel Finch	23	Boston Red Sox	MLB
	23	Pawtucket	AAA
Jay Fredlund		Elmira	A-
Scott Gering	19	Elmira	A-
Frank Gill		Winter Haven	A+
Gary Givens		Winter Haven	A+
Frank Harris		Bristol	AA
Andy Hassler	27	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Donald Hayford		Elmira	A-
Glenn Hoffman	21	Pawtucket	AAA
Mike Howard		Winston-Salem	A+
Alvin Hulbert	21	Winston-Salem	A+
Buddy Hunter	32	Pawtucket	AAA
Bruce Hurst	21	Bristol	AA
	21	Winter Haven	A+
Clinton Johnson		Winter Haven	A+
Kevin Kane	20	Winter Haven	A+
Jerome King		Bristol	AA
Pete Ladd	23	Bristol	AA
John LaRose	27	Pawtucket	AAA
Keith Macwhorter	23	Bristol	AA
Andrew Madden		Winston-Salem	A+
Tom McCarthy	18	Elmira	A-
Jerry Miklosi		Winter Haven	A+
Bill Moloney	23	Elmira	A-
Reid Nichols	21	Winston-Salem	A+
Bob Ojeda	21	Winter Haven	A+
Mike Ongarato		Bristol	AA
Danny Parks		Pawtucket	AAA
		Bristol	AA
Keith Pecka		Winston-Salem	A+
Bruce Poole		Bristol	AA
Chuck Rainey	25	Boston Red Sox	MLB
	25	Pawtucket	AAA
Win Remmerswaal	25	Boston Red Sox	MLB
	25	Pawtucket	AAA
Steve Renko	34	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Allen Ripley	26	Boston Red Sox	MLB
	26	Pawtucket	AAA
Martin Rivas		Winston-Salem	A+
Mark Saunders		Elmira	A-
Steve Schaefer	19	Elmira	A-
Steven Schneck		Pawtucket	AAA
William Schopp		Winston-Salem	A+
Steve Shields	20	Winston-Salem	A+
Mike Smithson	24	Bristol	AA
Bobby Sprowl	23	Pawtucket	AAA
	23	Winter Haven	A+
Bob Stanley	24	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Kevin Stephenson		Bristol	AA
Burke Suter		Pawtucket	AAA
Miguel Tavera		Winston-Salem	A+
Mike Torrez	33	Boston Red Sox	MLB
Wayne Tremblay		Elmira	A-
John Tudor	25	Boston Red Sox	MLB
	25	Pawtucket	AAA
David Tyler		Winston-Salem	A+
Dave Wallace	32	Pawtucket	AAA
Richard Waller		Pawtucket	AAA
Daniel Weppner		Winston-Salem	A+
Jim Wright	28	Boston Red Sox	MLB