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1978 Boston Red Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979)
99-64, Finished 2nd in AL East
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Scored 796 runs, Allowed 657 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-67
Manager: Don Zimmer (99-64)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
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

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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 0 0 0 0
19 P Dick Drago 33 0 0 0 0
20 P John LaRose* 26 0 0 0 0
21 P Dennis Eckersley 23 0 0 0 0
22 P Jim Wright 27 0 0 0 0
23 P Andy Hassler* 26 0 0 0 0
24 P Allen Ripley 25 0 0 0 0
25 P Reggie Cleveland 30 0 0 0 0
26 P Bill Lee* 31 0 0 0 0
27 P Mike Torrez 31 0 0 0 0
28 P Bobby Sprowl* 22 0 0 0 0
29 P Bob Stanley 23 0 0 0 0
30 P Bill Campbell 29 0 0 0 0
31 P Tom Burgmeier* 34 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
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
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* - 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 0 480 116 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 2 333 137 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 94 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 1 226 106 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 1 139 139 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 65 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 18 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 117 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 10154
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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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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
Bob Bailey 35 36 1 11.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -76.4 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 0 0 3.27 0.11 3B-LF-DH
Sam Bowen 25 4 2 23.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -47.0 -0.9 -0.9 0.0 0 0.78 0.50 CF-LF
Jack Brohamer 28 78 43 401.0 172 64 103 5 18 .971 -1.0 -3.0 -1.0 2.5 -3.5 0 3.75 2.14 3B-2B-DH
Tom Burgmeier 34 35 1 61.1 20 5 13 2 3 .900 2.64 0.51 P
Rick Burleson 27 144 144 1298.0 782 285 482 15 100 .981 10.2 9.4 9.2 5.7 3.5 1 5.32 5.33 SS
Bill Campbell 29 29 0 50.2 17 10 6 1 0 .941 2.84 0.55 P
Bernie Carbo 30 17 7 68.0 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 3.6 63.5 3.6 0.6 3.0 0 3.44 1.53 RF-LF-DH
Reggie Cleveland 30 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Dick Drago 33 37 1 77.1 13 2 10 1 0 .923 1.40 0.32 P
Frank Duffy 31 61 29 314.2 169 63 98 8 19 .953 -5.2 -19.8 -5.2 -4.3 -1.0 0 4.60 2.64 SS-3B-2B-DH
Dennis Eckersley 23 35 35 268.1 48 19 29 0 1 1.000 1.61 1.37 P
Dwight Evans 26 147 138 1237.0 327 307 14 6 2 .982 4.3 4.2 0.3 -5.6 5.9 4 2.34 2.18 RF-CF-DH
Carlton Fisk 30 156 151 1361.2 841 734 90 17 13 .980 0.6 0.5 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1 5.45 5.28 7 13 103 49 32% C-LF-DH
Garry Hancock 24 32 9 100.1 32 29 3 0 1 1.000 -0.4 -4.8 -0.4 -0.1 -0.4 0 2.87 1.00 RF-CF-LF-DH
Andy Hassler 26 13 2 30.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.20 0.31 P
Butch Hobson 26 147 133 1159.1 426 122 261 43 25 .899 -12.0 -12.4 -12.0 -9.0 -3.1 0 2.97 2.61 3B-DH
Fred Kendall 29 19 10 110.0 120 107 11 2 7 .983 1.6 17.5 2.6 2.0 0.7 0 -1 9.65 6.21 0 2 9 3 25% 1B-C-DH
John LaRose 26 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 1.00 P
Bill Lee 31 28 24 177.0 44 9 32 3 2 .932 2.08 1.46 P
Fred Lynn 26 149 148 1336.1 422 404 11 7 2 .983 -3.3 -3.0 -3.3 -8.2 4.8 0 2.79 2.79 CF
Bob Montgomery 34 10 9 80.0 41 35 5 1 0 .976 1.0 15.0 1 4.50 4.00 1 1 2 3 60% C
Jerry Remy 25 145 139 1237.0 787 328 446 13 114 .983 1.0 1.0 -1.0 -4.5 3.5 2 5.63 5.34 2B-SS-DH
Jim Rice 25 166 114 1029.1 261 245 13 3 1 .989 8.3 9.7 4.3 0.7 3.6 4 2.26 1.55 LF-RF-CF-DH
Allen Ripley 25 15 11 73.0 11 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.36 0.73 P
George Scott 34 120 110 990.2 1117 1052 55 10 99 .991 0.3 0.4 1.3 -4.0 5.3 -1 10.06 9.23 1B-DH
Bobby Sprowl 22 3 3 12.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.71 0.33 P
Bob Stanley 23 52 3 141.2 45 10 34 1 2 .978 2.80 0.85 P
Luis Tiant 37 32 31 212.1 34 14 20 0 2 1.000 1.44 1.06 P
Mike Torrez 31 36 36 250.0 43 12 29 2 3 .953 1.48 1.14 P
Jim Wright 27 24 16 116.0 17 4 12 1 0 .941 1.24 0.67 P
Carl Yastrzemski 38 148 117 1024.0 577 523 49 5 49 .991 2.2 2.6 2.2 -7.6 9.8 0 0 5.03 3.86 LF-1B-CF-DH
Team Totals 28.7 163 1467 13254.0 6406 4418 1842 146 463 .977 9.6 0.9 -1.4 -33.4 31.7 8 2 1 4.25 3.27 8 16 114 55 33%
Rank in 14 AL teams 5 3 8
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

1977 / 1979 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics