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1978 Boston Red Sox

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Carlton Fisk 30 157 658 571 94 162 39 5 20 88 7 2 71 83 .284 .366 .475 .841 125 271 10 7 3 6 6
2 1B George Scott 34 120 466 412 51 96 16 4 12 54 1 1 44 86 .233 .305 .379 .684 83 156 19 0 7 3 3
3 2B Jerry Remy* 25 148 643 583 87 162 24 6 2 44 30 13 40 55 .278 .321 .350 .671 81 204 13 0 14 6 0
4 SS Rick Burleson 27 145 685 626 75 155 32 5 5 49 8 8 40 71 .248 .295 .339 .633 70 212 16 4 10 5 2
5 3B Butch Hobson 26 147 574 512 65 128 26 2 17 80 1 0 50 122 .250 .312 .408 .720 92 209 15 0 4 8 3
6 LF Jim Rice 25 163 746 677 121 213 25 15 46 139 7 5 58 126 .315 .370 .600 .970 157 406 15 5 1 5 7
7 CF Fred Lynn* 26 150 627 541 75 161 33 3 22 82 3 6 75 50 .298 .380 .492 .872 133 266 9 1 4 6 11
8 RF Dwight Evans 26 147 572 497 75 123 24 2 24 63 8 5 65 119 .247 .336 .449 .784 109 223 15 2 6 2 2
9 DH Bob Bailey 35 43 116 94 12 18 3 0 4 9 2 1 19 19 .191 .328 .351 .679 83 33 2 1 0 2 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
10 UT Carl Yastrzemski* 38 144 611 523 70 145 21 2 17 81 4 5 76 44 .277 .367 .423 .790 112 221 9 3 1 8 8
11 UT Jack Brohamer* 28 81 277 244 34 57 14 1 1 25 1 3 25 13 .234 .300 .311 .612 65 76 6 0 4 4 1
12 SS Frank Duffy 31 64 117 104 12 27 5 0 0 4 1 1 6 11 .260 .306 .308 .614 66 32 1 1 6 0 0
13 UT Garry Hancock* 24 38 86 80 10 18 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 12 .225 .232 .263 .494 33 21 1 0 4 1 0
14 UT Bernie Carbo* 30 17 54 46 7 12 3 0 1 6 1 1 8 8 .261 .370 .391 .762 105 18 3 0 0 0 0
15 UT Fred Kendall 29 20 44 41 3 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 .195 .205 .220 .424 14 9 0 0 0 2 0
16 C Bob Montgomery 34 10 32 29 2 7 1 1 0 5 0 0 2 12 .241 .290 .345 .635 70 10 1 0 1 0 0
17 OF Sam Bowen 25 6 8 7 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .571 .821 115 4 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
18 P Luis Tiant 37 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 P Dick Drago 33 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 P John LaRose* 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 P Dennis Eckersley 23 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 P Jim Wright 27 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 P Andy Hassler* 26 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 P Allen Ripley 25 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P Reggie Cleveland 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 P Bill Lee* 31 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Mike Torrez 31 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Bobby Sprowl* 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Bob Stanley 23 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Bill Campbell 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Tom Burgmeier* 34 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.5 163 6316 5587 796 1493 270 46 172 738 74 51 582 835 .267 .336 .424 .760 103 2371 135 24 65 58 43
Rank in 14 AL teams 2 2 3 2 3 2 12 11 3 2 4 4 2 2 2 11 2
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Dennis Eckersley 23 20 8 .714 2.99 35 35 0 16 3 0 268.1 258 99 89 30 71 8 162 7 0 3 1121 139 1.226 8.7 1.0 2.4 5.4 2.28
2 SP Mike Torrez 31 16 13 .552 3.96 36 36 0 15 2 0 250.0 272 122 110 19 99 10 120 3 2 7 1091 105 1.484 9.8 0.7 3.6 4.3 1.21
3 SP Luis Tiant 37 13 8 .619 3.31 32 31 1 12 5 0 212.1 185 80 78 26 57 4 114 5 2 0 863 126 1.140 7.8 1.1 2.4 4.8 2.00
4 SP Bill Lee* 31 10 10 .500 3.46 28 24 3 8 1 0 177.0 198 89 68 20 59 2 44 2 0 0 768 120 1.452 10.1 1.0 3.0 2.2 0.75
5 SP Jim Wright 27 8 4 .667 3.57 24 16 3 5 3 0 116.0 122 51 46 8 24 2 56 7 0 0 480 117 1.259 9.5 0.6 1.9 4.3 2.33
6 SP Allen Ripley 25 2 5 .286 5.55 15 11 3 1 0 0 73.0 92 49 45 10 22 2 26 3 0 2 326 75 1.562 11.3 1.2 2.7 3.2 1.18
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 CL Bob Stanley 23 15 2 .882 2.60 52 3 35 0 0 10 141.2 142 50 41 5 34 5 38 1 0 0 578 160 1.242 9.0 0.3 2.2 2.4 1.12
8 RP Dick Drago 33 4 4 .500 3.03 37 1 24 0 0 7 77.1 71 30 26 5 32 5 42 4 0 2 333 138 1.332 8.3 0.6 3.7 4.9 1.31
9 RP Tom Burgmeier* 34 2 1 .667 4.40 35 1 13 0 0 4 61.1 74 33 30 7 23 1 24 3 0 0 276 95 1.582 10.9 1.0 3.4 3.5 1.04
10 RP Bill Campbell 29 7 5 .583 3.91 29 0 20 0 0 4 50.2 62 25 22 3 17 3 47 0 1 1 226 107 1.559 11.0 0.5 3.0 8.3 2.76
11 RP Andy Hassler* 26 2 1 .667 3.00 13 2 4 0 0 1 30.0 38 13 10 0 13 2 23 0 0 1 139 140 1.700 11.4 0.0 3.9 6.9 1.77
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
12 Bobby Sprowl* 22 0 2 .000 6.39 3 3 0 0 0 0 12.2 12 10 9 3 10 0 10 0 0 0 59 67 1.737 8.5 2.1 7.1 7.1 1.00
13 John LaRose* 26 0 0 22.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 5 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 11 22 3.000 13.5 4.5 13.5 0.0 0.00
14 Reggie Cleveland 30 0 1 .000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 29.0 99 64 .607 3.54 163 163 106 57 14 26 1472.2 1530 657 579 137 464 45 706 35 5 16 6274 118 1.354 9.4 0.8 2.8 4.3 1.52
Rank in 14 AL teams 2 13 4 4 4 8 1 13 7 6 12 3 9
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Bob Bailey 35 2 27 0 11.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -76 3.27 0.14 3B-LF-DH
Sam Bowen 25 4 2 2 23.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -47 0.78 0.50 CF-LF
Jack Brohamer 28 51 65 35 401.0 172 64 103 5 18 .971 -1 -3 3.75 2.23 3B-2B-DH
Tom Burgmeier 34 35 1 0 61.1 20 5 13 2 3 .900 2.64 0.51 0 3 100% 0 P
Rick Burleson 27 145 144 142 1298.0 782 285 482 15 100 .981 10 9 5.32 5.33 SS
Bill Campbell 29 29 0 0 50.2 17 10 6 1 0 .941 2.84 0.55 6 1 14% 0 P
Bernie Carbo 30 9 14 5 68.0 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 4 64 3.44 1.63 RF-LF-DH
Reggie Cleveland 30 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 P
Dick Drago 33 37 1 0 77.1 13 2 10 1 0 .923 1.40 0.32 3 1 25% 0 P
Frank Duffy 31 55 29 27 314.2 169 63 98 8 19 .953 -5 -20 4.60 2.93 SS-3B-2B
Dennis Eckersley 23 35 35 16 268.1 48 19 29 0 1 1.000 1.61 1.37 26 5 16% 0 P
Dwight Evans 26 142 141 131 1237.0 327 307 14 6 2 .982 4 4 2.34 2.20 RF-CF-DH
Carlton Fisk 30 154 151 148 1361.2 841 734 90 17 13 .980 1 1 5.45 5.32 7 13 103 49 32% 1 C-LF
Garry Hancock 24 19 18 8 100.1 32 29 3 0 1 1.000 -0 -5 2.87 1.14 RF-CF-LF-DH
Andy Hassler 26 13 2 0 30.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.20 0.31 2 1 33% 1 P
Butch Hobson 26 133 147 116 1159.1 426 122 261 43 25 .899 -12 -12 2.97 2.61 3B-DH
Fred Kendall 29 18 10 8 110.0 120 107 11 2 7 .983 2 17 9.65 6.56 0 2 9 3 25% 0 1B-C
John LaRose 26 1 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 1.00 0 0 0 P
Bill Lee 31 28 24 8 177.0 44 9 32 3 2 .932 2.08 1.46 7 7 50% 6 P
Fred Lynn 26 149 148 145 1336.1 422 404 11 7 2 .983 -3 -3 2.79 2.79 CF
Bob Montgomery 34 10 9 7 80.0 41 35 5 1 0 .976 1 15 4.50 4.00 1 1 2 3 60% 1 C
Jerry Remy 25 141 141 131 1237.0 787 328 446 13 114 .983 1 1 5.63 5.41 2B-SS-DH
Jim Rice 25 114 163 111 1029.1 261 245 13 3 1 .989 8 10 2.26 1.55 LF-RF-CF-DH
Allen Ripley 25 15 11 1 73.0 11 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.36 0.73 7 4 36% 0 P
George Scott 34 113 116 105 990.2 1117 1052 55 10 99 .991 0 0 10.06 9.30 1B-DH
Bobby Sprowl 22 3 3 0 12.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.71 0.33 2 1 33% 1 P
Bob Stanley 23 52 3 0 141.2 45 10 34 1 2 .978 2.80 0.85 10 10 50% 0 P
Luis Tiant 37 32 31 12 212.1 34 14 20 0 2 1.000 1.44 1.06 14 6 30% 2 P
Mike Torrez 31 36 36 15 250.0 43 12 29 2 3 .953 1.48 1.14 30 9 23% 2 P
Jim Wright 27 24 16 5 116.0 17 4 12 1 0 .941 1.24 0.67 7 7 50% 1 P
Carl Yastrzemski 38 117 142 102 1024.0 577 523 49 5 49 .991 2 3 5.03 3.92 LF-1B-CF-DH
Team Totals 28.6 163 1467 1280 13254.0 6406 4418 1842 146 463 .977 10 1 4.25 3.63 8 16 114 55 33% 15
Rank in 14 AL teams 5 3 8
Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Bob Bailey 35 116 -1 0 0 -1 -1 -3 4 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded D/57
Sam Bowen 25 8 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Amateur Draft /87
Jack Brohamer* 28 277 -10 0 -1 0 -1 -1 9 -4 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $ Free Agency 54D
Rick Burleson 27 685 -22 -1 0 -1 10 10 19 15 1.3 5 0.5 0.8 $ Amateur Draft *6
Bernie Carbo* 30 54 1 0 0 -1 4 -1 2 5 0.5 1 0.1 0.4 $ Traded /9D7
Frank Duffy 31 117 -4 -1 -1 0 -5 1 4 -6 -0.7 -1 -0.1 -0.6 $ Traded 564
Dwight Evans 26 572 7 2 4 0 4 -8 19 28 2.9 24 2.5 0.4 $ Amateur Draft *9/8D
Carlton Fisk 30 658 21 5 0 0 1 10 21 58 6.1 57 5.9 0.2 $ Amateur Draft *2/7
Garry Hancock* 24 86 -7 -1 0 0 -0 -2 3 -7 -0.8 -7 -0.7 -0.1 $ Traded 9/D87
Butch Hobson 26 574 -4 -1 3 -3 -12 2 19 4 0.3 16 1.7 -1.4 $ Amateur Draft *5D
Fred Kendall 29 44 -4 0 0 0 2 0 1 -1 -0.1 -3 -0.3 0.2 $ Traded 3/2
Fred Lynn* 26 627 25 -1 -2 2 -3 -2 20 39 4.1 42 4.4 -0.3 $ Amateur Draft *8
Bob Montgomery 34 32 -1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 2
Jerry Remy* 25 643 -11 1 3 1 1 3 20 18 1.7 17 1.8 -0.1 $ Traded *4/D6
Jim Rice 25 746 48 0 1 -2 8 -11 22 66 7.0 58 6.0 1.0 $125,000 Amateur Draft *7D9/8
George Scott 34 466 -9 1 1 -3 0 -8 15 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Traded *3/D
Carl Yastrzemski* 38 611 12 -1 -4 2 2 -9 19 21 2.2 19 2.0 0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 73D/8
Team Total 28.5 6316 41 3 4 -6 10 -18 198 233 23.6 222 23.2 0.4 $125,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Tom Burgmeier* 34 61.1 1 33 38 1 .9 5 0.1 $ Free Agency
Bill Campbell 29 50.2 0 25 31 0 2.0 6 0.3 $ Free Agency
Reggie Cleveland 30 0.1 0 1 0 0 2.3 -1 -0.1 $ Traded
Dick Drago 33 77.1 1 30 47 1 1.5 17 1.5 $ Free Agency
Dennis Eckersley 23 268.1 35 99 163 2 1.0 64 6.4 $ Traded
Andy Hassler* 26 30.0 2 13 19 0 1.1 6 0.5 $ Purchased
John LaRose* 26 2.0 0 5 1 0 .4 -4 -0.3 $ Amateur Draft
Bill Lee* 31 177.0 24 89 110 2 1.0 21 2.1 $ Amateur Draft
Allen Ripley 25 73.0 11 49 44 1 1.0 -5 -0.6 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bobby Sprowl* 22 12.2 3 10 8 0 1.2 -2 -0.2 $ Amateur Draft
Bob Stanley 23 141.2 3 50 85 1 1.1 35 3.0 $ Amateur Draft
Luis Tiant 37 212.1 31 80 128 2 1.1 48 5.2 $ Free Agency
Mike Torrez 31 250.0 36 122 151 2 1.2 29 3.2 $ Free Agency
Jim Wright 27 116.0 16 51 71 1 .9 20 1.9 $ Amateur Draft
Team Total 29.0 1472.2 163 657 896 13 1.1 239 23.0 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1977 / 1979 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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