Franchise Encyclopedia: 1975 / 1977
83-79, Finished 3rd in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Darrell Johnson (41-45) and Don Zimmer (42-34)
Scored 716 runs, Allowed 660 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-75
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 1,895,846 (2nd of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 113, Pitching - 112 · one-year: Batting - 111, Pitching - 111
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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Carlton Fisk | 28 | 134 | 557 | 487 | 76 | 124 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 58 | 12 | 5 | 56 | 71 | .255 | .336 | .415 | .751 | 109 | 202 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | 1B | Carl Yastrzemski* | 36 | 155 | 636 | 546 | 71 | 146 | 23 | 2 | 21 | 102 | 5 | 6 | 80 | 67 | .267 | .357 | .432 | .790 | 120 | 236 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
| 3 | 2B | Denny Doyle* | 32 | 117 | 461 | 432 | 51 | 108 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 39 | .250 | .285 | .308 | .593 | 66 | 133 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | SS | Rick Burleson | 25 | 152 | 616 | 540 | 75 | 157 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 42 | 14 | 9 | 60 | 37 | .291 | .365 | .383 | .748 | 109 | 207 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | 3B | Butch Hobson | 24 | 76 | 292 | 269 | 34 | 63 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 62 | .234 | .272 | .387 | .658 | 82 | 104 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | LF | Jim Rice | 23 | 153 | 624 | 581 | 75 | 164 | 25 | 8 | 25 | 85 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 123 | .282 | .315 | .482 | .797 | 120 | 280 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| 7 | CF | Fred Lynn* | 24 | 132 | 566 | 507 | 76 | 159 | 32 | 8 | 10 | 65 | 14 | 9 | 48 | 67 | .314 | .367 | .467 | .835 | 132 | 237 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 8 | RF | Dwight Evans | 24 | 146 | 571 | 501 | 61 | 121 | 34 | 5 | 17 | 62 | 6 | 7 | 57 | 92 | .242 | .324 | .431 | .755 | 109 | 216 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | DH | Cecil Cooper* | 26 | 123 | 483 | 451 | 66 | 127 | 22 | 6 | 15 | 78 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 62 | .282 | .304 | .457 | .761 | 110 | 206 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 |
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 10 | OF | Rick Miller* | 28 | 105 | 313 | 269 | 40 | 76 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 47 | .283 | .359 | .361 | .720 | 102 | 97 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | 3B | Rico Petrocelli | 33 | 85 | 279 | 240 | 17 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 36 | .213 | .307 | .288 | .594 | 67 | 69 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | UT | Steve Dillard | 25 | 57 | 187 | 167 | 22 | 46 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 20 | .275 | .341 | .377 | .718 | 100 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 2B | Doug Griffin | 29 | 49 | 141 | 127 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | .189 | .248 | .205 | .453 | 28 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | UT | Bobby Darwin | 33 | 43 | 112 | 106 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 35 | .179 | .216 | .349 | .565 | 56 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | C | Bob Montgomery | 32 | 31 | 99 | 93 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20 | .247 | .283 | .398 | .681 | 89 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | DH | Bernie Carbo* | 28 | 17 | 63 | 55 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .236 | .333 | .418 | .752 | 109 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | IF | Bob Heise | 29 | 32 | 61 | 56 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .268 | .293 | .304 | .597 | 67 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | UT | Deron Johnson | 37 | 15 | 43 | 38 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .132 | .233 | .211 | .443 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | UT | Jack Baker | 26 | 12 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .130 | .160 | .261 | .421 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | C | Ernie Whitt* | 24 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .222 | .300 | .500 | .800 | 120 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | C | Andy Merchant* | 25 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 22 | P | Luis Tiant | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | P | Jim Willoughby | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | P | Dick Pole | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | P | Fergie Jenkins | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | P | Rick Kreuger | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | P | Tom House* | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 28 | P | Reggie Cleveland | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | P | Bill Lee* | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 30 | P | Tom Murphy | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | P | Rick Wise | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | P | Rick Jones* | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 27.6 | 162 | 6154 | 5511 | 716 | 1448 | 257 | 53 | 134 | 664 | 95 | 70 | 500 | 832 | .263 | .324 | .402 | .726 | 102 | 2213 | 127 | 29 | 55 | 59 | 35 | ||
| Rank in 12 AL teams | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Luis Tiant | 35 | 21 | 12 | .636 | 3.06 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 279.0 | 274 | 107 | 95 | 25 | 64 | 2 | 131 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1136 | 129 | 1.211 | 8.8 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 2.05 |
| 2 | SP | Rick Wise | 30 | 14 | 11 | .560 | 3.53 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 224.1 | 218 | 100 | 88 | 18 | 48 | 1 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 919 | 112 | 1.186 | 8.7 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 1.94 |
| 3 | SP | Fergie Jenkins | 33 | 12 | 11 | .522 | 3.27 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 209.0 | 201 | 85 | 76 | 20 | 43 | 6 | 142 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 857 | 121 | 1.167 | 8.7 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 6.1 | 3.30 |
| 4 | SP | Rick Jones* | 21 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.36 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 104.1 | 133 | 48 | 39 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 464 | 117 | 1.524 | 11.5 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 1.73 |
| 5 | SP | Bill Lee* | 29 | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.62 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 96.0 | 124 | 68 | 60 | 13 | 28 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 440 | 70 | 1.583 | 11.6 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.04 |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | CL | Jim Willoughby | 27 | 3 | 12 | .200 | 2.82 | 54 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 99.0 | 94 | 38 | 31 | 4 | 31 | 12 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 419 | 140 | 1.263 | 8.5 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 1.19 |
| 7 | RP | Reggie Cleveland | 28 | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.07 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 170.0 | 159 | 73 | 58 | 3 | 61 | 4 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 719 | 128 | 1.294 | 8.4 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 1.25 |
| 8 | RP | Dick Pole | 25 | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.33 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 120.2 | 131 | 62 | 58 | 8 | 48 | 3 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 528 | 91 | 1.483 | 9.8 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 1.02 |
| 9 | RP | Tom Murphy | 30 | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.44 | 37 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 81.0 | 91 | 43 | 31 | 5 | 25 | 11 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 351 | 115 | 1.432 | 10.1 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 1.28 |
| 10 | RP | Tom House* | 29 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.33 | 36 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 43.2 | 39 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 186 | 91 | 1.328 | 8.0 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 1.42 |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 11 | Rick Kreuger* | 27 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.06 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 31 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 97 | 1.516 | 9.0 | 0.9 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 0.75 | |
| Team Totals | 29.7 | 83 | 79 | .512 | 3.52 | 162 | 162 | 113 | 49 | 9 | 27 | 1458.0 | 1495 | 660 | 571 | 109 | 409 | 45 | 673 | 32 | 1 | 33 | 6153 | 112 | 1.306 | 9.2 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 1.65 | ||
| Rank in 12 AL teams | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 9144 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Baker | 26 | 9 | 5 | 49.0 | 52 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .981 | 0.8 | 19.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0 | 9.37 | 5.67 | 1B-DH | |||||||
| Rick Burleson | 25 | 152 | 145 | 1304.1 | 786 | 274 | 478 | 34 | 88 | .957 | -6.3 | -5.8 | -6.3 | -3.7 | -2.6 | 0 | 5.19 | 4.95 | SS | |||||||
| Bernie Carbo | 28 | 16 | 1 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.2 | 60.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.25 | 0.06 | LF-DH | |||||||
| Reggie Cleveland | 28 | 41 | 14 | 170.0 | 39 | 10 | 25 | 4 | 4 | .897 | 1.85 | 0.85 | P | |||||||||||||
| Cecil Cooper | 26 | 119 | 62 | 558.1 | 646 | 600 | 42 | 4 | 49 | .994 | 5.7 | 12.3 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 4.2 | 1 | 10.35 | 5.39 | 1B-DH | |||||||
| Bobby Darwin | 33 | 33 | 9 | 104.0 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.34 | 0.82 | RF-LF-DH | |||||||
| Steve Dillard | 25 | 54 | 41 | 361.1 | 171 | 58 | 102 | 11 | 21 | .936 | -2.6 | -8.6 | -2.6 | -2.4 | -0.2 | 0 | 3.99 | 2.96 | 2B-3B-SS-DH | |||||||
| Denny Doyle | 32 | 112 | 103 | 928.0 | 532 | 209 | 311 | 12 | 67 | .977 | -3.5 | -4.5 | -4.5 | -2.9 | -1.6 | 1 | 5.04 | 4.64 | 2B | |||||||
| Dwight Evans | 24 | 150 | 140 | 1258.1 | 344 | 327 | 15 | 2 | 4 | .994 | 13.1 | 12.5 | 5.1 | -1.5 | 6.7 | 8 | 2.45 | 2.28 | RF-CF-DH | |||||||
| Carlton Fisk | 28 | 134 | 130 | 1167.2 | 734 | 649 | 73 | 12 | 9 | .984 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6 | 5.56 | 5.39 | 7 | 19 | 90 | 50 | 36% | C-DH | |||||
| Doug Griffin | 29 | 46 | 37 | 336.1 | 177 | 77 | 98 | 2 | 15 | .989 | -1.8 | -6.4 | -0.8 | 0.6 | -1.4 | -1 | 4.68 | 3.80 | 2B-DH | |||||||
| Bob Heise | 29 | 32 | 14 | 161.2 | 75 | 27 | 43 | 5 | 7 | .933 | -2.1 | -15.6 | -2.1 | 0.4 | -2.5 | 0 | 3.90 | 2.19 | 3B-SS-2B | |||||||
| Butch Hobson | 24 | 76 | 76 | 675.0 | 220 | 60 | 146 | 14 | 11 | .936 | -3.4 | -6.0 | -3.4 | -2.8 | -0.6 | 0 | 2.75 | 2.71 | 3B | |||||||
| Tom House | 29 | 36 | 0 | 43.2 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 2.89 | 0.39 | P | |||||||||||||
| Fergie Jenkins | 33 | 30 | 29 | 209.0 | 36 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.55 | 1.20 | P | |||||||||||||
| Deron Johnson | 37 | 14 | 2 | 29.2 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 0.2 | 8.1 | 0.2 | -0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 9.40 | 2.21 | 1B-DH | |||||||
| Rick Jones | 21 | 24 | 14 | 104.1 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.81 | 0.88 | P | |||||||||||||
| Rick Kreuger | 27 | 8 | 4 | 31.0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.61 | 1.13 | P | |||||||||||||
| Bill Lee | 29 | 26 | 14 | 96.0 | 26 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 2.25 | 0.92 | P-DH | |||||||||||||
| Fred Lynn | 24 | 133 | 124 | 1110.1 | 385 | 366 | 13 | 6 | 4 | .984 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -2.3 | -5.5 | 3.2 | 2 | 3.07 | 2.85 | CF-RF-DH | |||||||
| Andy Merchant | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | C | ||||||
| Rick Miller | 28 | 90 | 64 | 612.0 | 224 | 218 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .991 | 14.5 | 28.4 | 13.5 | 4.7 | 8.8 | 1 | 3.26 | 2.47 | CF-RF-LF-DH | |||||||
| Bob Montgomery | 32 | 31 | 26 | 236.1 | 120 | 106 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .983 | -2.0 | -10.2 | -2 | 4.49 | 3.81 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 28% | C-DH | |||||
| Tom Murphy | 30 | 37 | 0 | 81.0 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 1.89 | 0.46 | P | |||||||||||||
| Rico Petrocelli | 33 | 84 | 70 | 610.1 | 210 | 70 | 134 | 6 | 15 | .971 | -1.3 | -2.6 | -1.3 | -3.5 | 2.2 | 0 | 3.01 | 2.43 | 3B-2B-1B-SS-DH | |||||||
| Dick Pole | 25 | 31 | 15 | 120.2 | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.42 | 0.61 | P | |||||||||||||
| Jim Rice | 23 | 152 | 97 | 856.0 | 214 | 199 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .967 | -1.0 | -1.4 | 0.0 | -1.0 | 1.0 | -1 | 2.18 | 1.36 | LF-DH | |||||||
| Luis Tiant | 35 | 38 | 38 | 279.0 | 50 | 12 | 34 | 4 | 4 | .920 | 1.48 | 1.21 | P | |||||||||||||
| Ernie Whitt | 24 | 8 | 6 | 53.0 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.08 | 3.00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 33% | C | |||||
| Jim Willoughby | 27 | 54 | 0 | 99.0 | 31 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 2.64 | 0.54 | P | |||||||||||||
| Rick Wise | 30 | 34 | 34 | 224.1 | 54 | 15 | 39 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 2.17 | 1.59 | P | |||||||||||||
| Carl Yastrzemski | 36 | 155 | 144 | 1247.1 | 983 | 924 | 55 | 4 | 78 | .996 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.4 | -0.3 | 4.7 | 1 | 0 | 7.06 | 6.32 | 1B-LF-DH | ||||||
| Team Totals | 27.9 | 162 | 1458 | 13122.0 | 6276 | 4374 | 1761 | 141 | 402 | .978 | 21.8 | 2.0 | 5.8 | -17.1 | 22.9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4.21 | 3.14 | 8 | 33 | 115 | 60 | 34% | |
| Rank in 12 AL teams | 7 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |