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1978 Boston Red Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979

99-64, Finished 2nd in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Don Zimmer (99-64)
Scored 796 runs, Allowed 657 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-67

Ballparks: Fenway Park · Attendance: 2,320,643 (2nd of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 112, Pitching - 110 · one-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 108

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1977 / 1979 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Bob Bailey 35 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 13, 1942 17 43 27 43 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 34 15 0 -0.3 $
Sam Bowen 25 R R 5' 9" 170 Sep 18, 1952 2 6 2 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 2 -0.1 $
Jack Brohamer 28 L R 5' 10" 165 Feb 26, 1950 7 81 65 81 51 0 0 0 22 30 0 0 0 0 0 25 11 1 -0.8 $
Tom Burgmeier 34 L L 5' 11" 185 Aug 2, 1943 11 35 1 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Rick Burleson 27 R R 5' 10" 165 Apr 29, 1951 5 145 144 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.5 $ All-Star
Bill Campbell 29 R R 6' 3" 185 Aug 9, 1948 6 29 0 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $200,000
Bernie Carbo 30 L R 5' 11" 173 Aug 5, 1947 10 17 14 17 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 9 8 1 0 0.4 $
Reggie Cleveland 30 R R 6' 1" 195 May 23, 1948 10 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Dick Drago 33 R R 6' 1" 190 Jun 25, 1945 10 37 1 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Frank Duffy 31 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 14, 1946 9 64 29 64 55 0 0 0 12 22 21 0 0 0 0 6 3 13 -0.7 $
Dennis Eckersley HOF 23 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 3, 1954 4 35 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 $152,333
Dwight Evans 26 R R 6' 2" 180 Nov 3, 1951 7 147 141 147 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 140 143 4 5 1 2.8 $ All-Star
Carlton Fisk HOF 30 R R 6' 3" 200 Dec 26, 1947 9 157 151 157 154 0 154 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 5.6 $ All-Star
Garry Hancock 24 L L 6' 0" 175 Jan 23, 1954 1st 38 18 38 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 10 19 14 8 5 -0.7 $
Andy Hassler 26 L L 6' 5" 220 Oct 18, 1951 7 13 2 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Butch Hobson 26 R R 6' 1" 193 Aug 17, 1951 4 147 147 147 133 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 -0.1 $
Fred Kendall 29 R R 6' 1" 185 Jan 31, 1949 10 20 10 20 18 0 5 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 -0.3 $
John LaRose 26 L L 6' 1" 185 Oct 25, 1951 1st 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Bill Lee 31 L L 6' 3" 205 Dec 28, 1946 10 28 24 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Fred Lynn 26 L L 6' 1" 185 Feb 3, 1952 5 150 148 150 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 149 0 1 0 4.1 $ All-Star
Bob Montgomery 34 R R 6' 1" 195 Apr 16, 1944 9 10 9 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jerry Remy 25 L R 5' 9" 165 Nov 8, 1952 4 148 141 148 141 0 0 0 141 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 1.6 $ All-Star
Jim Rice HOF 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Mar 8, 1953 5 163 163 163 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 101 1 15 117 49 0 0 7.4 $125,000 All-Star
Allen Ripley 25 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 18, 1952 1st 15 11 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
George Scott 34 R R 6' 2" 200 Mar 23, 1944 13 120 116 120 113 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 -0.5 $
Bobby Sprowl 22 L L 6' 2" 190 Apr 14, 1956 1st 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Bob Stanley 23 R R 6' 4" 210 Nov 10, 1954 2 52 3 0 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 $
Luis Tiant 37 R R 6' 0" 180 Nov 23, 1940 15 32 31 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.4 $
Mike Torrez 31 R R 6' 5" 220 Aug 28, 1946 12 36 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $540,000
Jim Wright 27 R R 6' 1" 165 Dec 21, 1950 1st 24 16 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Carl Yastrzemski HOF 38 L R 5' 11" 175 Aug 22, 1939 18 144 142 144 117 0 0 50 0 0 0 64 7 0 71 27 1 1 1.6 $ All-Star
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary

1977 / 1979 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers