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1968 Boston Red Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1967/1969)
86-76, Finished 4th in American League
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Scored 614 runs, Allowed 611 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-81
Managed by Dick Williams

Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,940,788 (2nd of 10)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 108, Pitching - 107
  (one-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 102
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Russ Gibson         29   76  231   15   52  11  1   3   20   8   38  .225  .247  .320   1   2   5   0   3   4   1   66
1B  George Scott        24  124  350   23   60  14  0   3   25  26   88  .171  .236  .237   3   5  13   5   1   5   3   39
2B  Mike Andrews        24  147  536   77  145  22  1   7   45  81   57  .271  .368  .354   3   8   6   3  12   2   1  113
3B  Joe Foy             25  150  515   65  116  18  2  10   60  84   91  .225  .336  .326  26   8   9   4   7   4   5   96
SS  Rico Petrocelli     25  123  406   41   95  17  2  12   46  31   73  .234  .292  .374   0   1   7   4   6   4   2   95
LF *Carl Yastrzemski    28  157  539   90  162  32  2  23   74 119   90  .301  .426  .495  13   6  12   2   0   4  13  170
CF #Reggie Smith        23  155  558   78  148  37  5  15   69  64   77  .265  .342  .430  22  18  10   4   1   5  13  126
RF  Ken Harrelson       26  150  535   79  147  17  4  35  109  69   90  .275  .356  .518   2   6  18   2   0   6   9  154
   *Dalton Jones        24  111  354   38   83  13  0   5   29  17   53  .234  .271  .314   1   1  11   1   2   1   0   71
    Jerry Adair         31   74  208   18   45   1  0   2   12   9   28  .216  .252  .250   0   0  10   1   6   0   2   48
    Elston Howard       39   71  203   22   49   4  0   5   18  22   45  .241  .317  .335   1   1   5   1   2   1   7   92
   *Jose Tartabull      29   72  139   24   39   6  0   0    6   6    5  .281  .306  .324   2   3   0   0   1   2   0   85
   *Russ Nixon          33   29   85    1   13   2  0   0    6   7   13  .153  .217  .176   0   0   2   0   0   0   1   17
   *Joe Lahoud          21   29   78    5   15   1  0   1    6  16   16  .192  .330  .244   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   71
    Luis Alvarado       19   11   46    3    6   2  0   0    1   1   11  .130  .167  .174   0   0   1   1   1   0   0    0
    Gene Oliver         33   16   35    2    5   0  0   0    1   4   12  .143  .250  .143   0   0   0   1   0   0   1   18
   *Norm Siebern        34   27   30    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    5  .067  .067  .067   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -61
   *Floyd Robinson      32   23   24    1    3   0  0   0    2   3    4  .125  .250  .125   1   0   1   1   0   0   0   13
    Jerry Moses         21    6   18    2    6   0  0   2    4   1    4  .333  .368  .667   0   1   1   0   0   0   0  199
    George Thomas       30   12   10    3    2   0  0   1    1   1    3  .200  .273  .500   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  123

   *Dick Ellsworth      28   31   72    2    4   0  0   0    2   1   45  .056  .081  .056   0   0   2   1   5   0   0  -59
    Ray Culp            26   35   70    4    8   1  0   0    3   3   38  .114  .162  .129   0   0   0   1   7   0   0  -14
    Gary Bell           31   35   59    5   13   3  0   0    6   0   16  .220  .213  .271   0   0   3   0   5   2   0   42
    Jose Santiago       27   23   43    4    7   2  0   0    3   2   12  .163  .200  .209   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   21
    Jim Lonborg         26   23   39    4   11   2  0   1    2   0   14  .282  .282  .410   0   0   0   0   5   0   0  102
   *Juan Pizarro        31   20   31    5    5   2  0   0    3   3    8  .161  .229  .226   0   0   1   0   4   1   0   34
    Gary Waslewski      26   39   26    1    1   0  0   0    0   1   12  .038  .074  .038   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -66
   *Jerry Stephenson    24   23   17    0    6   0  0   0    2   1    4  .353  .389  .353   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  120
    Dave Morehead       25   11   16    1    2   0  0   0    1   0   10  .125  .176  .125   0   0   0   1   1   0   0  -10
    Lee Stange          31   50   15    1    2   0  0   0    2   2    6  .133  .235  .133   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   11
   *Sparky Lyle         23   49    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -26
   *Bill Landis         25   38    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Bucky Brandon       27    8    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.5  162 5303  614 1253 207 17 125  558 582  974  .236  .312  .352  76  62 121  33  77  41  58  103
    Rank among 10 AL teams         9    2    5   3 10   3        1    4     3     1     2   7   1                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Ray Culp            26  35   2.91  16   6  0  30   2  11   6  216.3  166   79   70  18   82  190  888   9   9  0   8 109
SP *Dick Ellsworth      28  31   3.03  16   7  0  28   1  10   1  196.0  196   74   66  16   37  106  808   5   7  1   3 105
SP  Gary Bell           31  35   3.12  11  11  1  27   4   9   3  199.3  177   82   69   7   68  103  827   9   5  0   6 102
SP  Jose Santiago       27  18   2.25   9   4  0  18   0   7   2  124.0   96   34   31   9   42   86  497   6   3  1   0 142
SP  Jim Lonborg         26  23   4.29   6  10  0  17   0   4   1  113.3   89   57   54  11   59   73  490   7  11  0   3  74
SP *Juan Pizarro        31  19   3.59   6   8  2  12   5   6   0  107.7   97   46   43  15   44   84  454   4   0  0   4  89
SP  Dave Morehead       25  11   2.45   1   4  0   9   0   3   1   55.0   52   17   15   3   20   28  233   1   2  0   0 130

CL  Lee Stange          31  50   3.93   5   5 12   2  30   1   0  103.0   89   54   45  10   25   53  418   3   1  0   5  81
RP *Sparky Lyle         23  49   2.74   6   1 11   0  29   0   0   65.7   67   25   20   6   14   52  274   5   0  1   2 116
RP *Bill Landis         25  38   3.15   3   3  3   1  11   0   0   60.0   48   22   21   4   30   59  253   6   2  0   2 101
RP  Gary Waslewski      26  34   3.67   4   7  2  11   5   2   0  105.3  108   50   43   9   40   59  456   9   6  0   9  87
RP  Jerry Stephenson    24  23   5.64   2   8  0   7   8   2   0   68.7   81   51   43   4   42   51  328   7   2  1   3  57

    Bucky Brandon       27   8   6.39   0   0  0   0   6   0   0   12.7   19   11    9   1    9   10   67   0   1  0   0  50
    John Wyatt          33   8   4.22   1   2  0   0   4   0   0   10.7    9    7    5   2    6   11   47   2   1  0   0  76
   *Garry Roggenburk    28   4   2.16   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    8.3    9    2    2   0    3    4   38   0   0  0   0 148
    Fred Wenz           26   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    2    3    5   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.4 162   3.33  86  76 31 162 107  55  17 1447.0 1303  611  535 115  523  972 6083  73  50  4  45  96
    Rank among 10 AL teams          8   3   7  3           2   4      7    8    8        6    9    6

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- RGibson 586 65 74 428 36 8 7 .983 13 28 40 19 EHoward 536 62 68 377 30 2 3 .995 3 30 41 14 RNixon 208 23 27 147 6 1 1 .994 2 6 14 7 GOliver 72 7 10 58 3 1 0 .984 0 8 8 2 JMoses 44 5 6 26 0 1 0 .963 1 1 1 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1447 162 162 1036 75 13 11 .988 19 73 104 42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 *9.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GScott 820 85 112 807 55 11 68 .987 9.46 DJones 446 54 56 449 27 2 47 .996 9.61 KHarrelson 137 17 19 135 9 3 9 .980 9.46 CYastrzemsk 20 3 3 14 1 0 1 1.000 6.75 NSiebern 10 1 2 8 1 0 1 1.000 8.10 RPetrocelli 8 1 1 9 1 0 2 1.000 11.25 JAdair 4 1 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 13.50 RGibson 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1447 162 162 1430 95 16 128 .990 9.49 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *5.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MAndrews 1204 138 139 330 375 17 93 .976 5.27 DJones 167 16 26 32 38 1 8 .986 3.76 JAdair 75 8 12 19 25 1 6 .978 5.28 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1447 162 162 381 438 19 107 .977 5.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *3.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JFoy 1286 144 147 116 313 30 36 .935 3.00 DJones 70 8 8 10 15 4 0 .862 3.21 JAdair 50 5 7 4 9 3 1 .812 2.31 GScott 40 5 6 3 10 0 1 1.000 2.92 MAndrews 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1447 162 162 133 350 37 38 .929 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 *4.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RPetrocelli 974 115 117 169 360 12 66 .978 4.88 JAdair 332 33 46 62 104 4 15 .976 4.50 LAlvarado 102 11 11 14 26 1 6 .976 3.52 MAndrews 37 3 4 9 5 1 1 .933 3.34 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1447 162 162 254 495 18 88 .977 4.66 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *1.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CYastrzemsk 1320 152 154 302 12 2 3 .994 2.14 JTartabull 53 5 13 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.72 FRobinson 26 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73 JFoy 18 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 JLahoud 10 0 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 RSmith 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GThomas 8 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 NSiebern 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1447 162 162 327 13 3 3 .991 2.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 *2.53 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSmith 1341 154 154 384 8 6 1 .985 2.63 JTartabull 75 5 11 22 0 1 0 .957 2.62 GThomas 18 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 CYastrzemsk 9 1 1 3 0 1 0 .750 3.00 JLahoud 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1447 162 162 416 8 8 1 .981 2.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *1.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KHarrelson 1138 127 132 238 8 0 1 1.000 1.95 JLahoud 177 22 22 21 2 1 0 .958 1.17 JTartabull 117 12 20 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 FRobinson 9 1 5 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 GThomas 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 GOliver 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 NSiebern 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1447 162 162 282 10 2 1 .993 1.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.08 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RSmith 1350 155 155 390 8 6 1 .985 2.65 CYastrzemsk 1329 153 155 301 12 3 3 .991 2.12 KHarrelson 1138 127 132 241 8 0 1 1.000 1.97 JTartabull 245 22 43 59 1 1 0 .984 2.20 JLahoud 190 22 25 23 2 2 0 .926 1.18 FRobinson 35 3 10 5 0 1 0 .833 1.29 GThomas 29 2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.79 JFoy 18 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 NSiebern 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GOliver 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1447 162 162 1030 31 13 5 .988 2.20 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 *1.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RCulp 216 30 35 15 23 0 1 1.000 1.58 GBell 199 27 35 16 29 2 4 .957 2.03 DEllsworth 196 28 31 10 30 1 2 .976 1.84 JSantiago 124 18 18 7 16 1 2 .958 1.67 JLonborg 113 17 23 8 6 0 0 1.000 1.11 JPizarro 107 12 19 6 23 0 3 1.000 2.42 GWaslewski 105 11 34 9 23 0 2 1.000 2.74 LStange 103 2 50 3 12 2 0 .882 1.31 JStephenson 68 7 23 2 15 1 0 .944 2.23 SLyle 65 0 49 5 6 3 0 .786 1.51 BLandis 60 1 38 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.75 DMorehead 55 9 11 2 3 1 1 .833 0.82 BBrandon 12 0 8 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.42 JWyatt 10 0 8 1 3 1 1 .800 3.36 GRoggenburk 8 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.08 FWenz 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1447 162 162 87 194 12 16 .959 1.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting Average Yastrzemski .301

On-base % Yastrzemski .426

Slugging % Harrelson .518

OPS Yastrzemski .921

Games Yastrzemski 157

At Bats Smith 558

Plate Appearances (approx.) Yastrzemski 664

Runs Yastrzemski 90

Hits Yastrzemski 162

Total Bases Harrelson 277

Doubles Smith 37

Triples Smith 5

Home Runs Harrelson 35

RBI Harrelson 109

Bases on Balls Yastrzemski 119

Strikeouts Foy 91

Stolen Bases Foy 26

Singles Andrews 115

Adjusted OPS+ Yastrzemski 170

Runs Created Yastrzemski 121

Adjusted Batting Runs Yastrzemski 55

Batting Wins Yastrzemski 6.1

Extra-Base Hits Smith and Yastrzemski 57

Times on Base Yastrzemski 283

Offensive Win% Yastrzemski .824

Hit By Pitch Scott 5

Sac. Hits Andrews 12

Sac. Flies Harrelson 6

Intentional Walks Smith and Yastrzemski 13

Grounded into Double Plays Harrelson 18

Caught Stealing Smith 18

Power/Speed Number Smith 17.8

At Bats per Strikeout Andrews 9.4

At Bats per Home Run Harrelson 15.3

Outs Smith 444

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Culp 2.91

Wins Culp and Ellsworth 16

Won-Loss % Culp .727

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Culp 1.146

Hits Allowed/9IP Culp 6.91

Bases on Balls/9IP Ellsworth 1.70

Strikeouts/9IP Culp 7.90

Games Stange 50

Saves Stange 12

Innings Culp 216.3

Strikeouts Culp 190

Games Started Culp 30

Comp. Games Culp 11

Shutouts Culp 6

Home Runs Allow. Culp 18

Bases On Balls Allow. Culp 82

Hits Allowed Ellsworth 196

SO to Walk Ellsworth 2.86

Losses Bell 11

Earned Runs Allow. Culp 70

Wild Pitches Bell, Culp, and Waslewski 9

Hit Batsmen Lonborg 11

Batters Faced Culp 888

Games Finished Stange 30

Adjusted ERA+ Culp 109

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