1986 Boston Red Sox season

The Red Sox held spring training at Chain of Lakes Park in Winter Haven, Florida, for the 21st season.

[53] Besides Ted Williams, Luis Tiant, and Rico Petrocelli, the day featured appearances by all three DiMaggio brothers: Joe, Vince, and Dom.

[54] General Manager Haywood Sullivan, a supporter of the all-white and anti-Black Elks Club of Winter Haven, Florida (where the team then held spring training), would welcome the organization into the Red Sox' Chain of Lakes Park clubhouse to invite the white players and white front-office personnel only to the Elks' segregated facilities.

On July 1, 1986, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission vindicated Harper and cited the Red Sox for illegal actions.

= Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Marty Barrett, ALCS MVP Don Baylor, Silver Slugger Award (DH) Wade Boggs, Silver Slugger Award (3B), AL Player of the Month (May) Roger Clemens: Bruce Hurst, AL Pitcher of the Month (September) Wade Boggs: Roger Clemens: Source:[103][104]