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1979 Boston Red Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980

91-69, Finished 3rd in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Don Zimmer (91-69)
Scored 841 runs, Allowed 711 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-68

Ballparks: Fenway Park · Attendance: 2,353,114 (3rd of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 106, Pitching - 106 · one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 107

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1978 / 1980 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
Gary Allenson 24 R R 5' 11" 185 Feb 4, 1955 1st 108 83 108 107 0 104 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.3 $
Jack Brohamer 29 L R 5' 10" 165 Feb 26, 1950 8 64 46 64 56 0 0 0 35 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 -0.3 $100,000
Tom Burgmeier 35 L L 5' 11" 185 Aug 2, 1943 12 44 0 1 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $120,000
Rick Burleson 28 R R 5' 10" 165 Apr 29, 1951 6 153 151 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.3 $125,000 All-Star
Bill Campbell 30 R R 6' 3" 185 Aug 9, 1948 7 41 0 0 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $200,000
Dick Drago 34 R R 6' 1" 190 Jun 25, 1945 11 53 1 2 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $120,000
Frank Duffy 32 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 14, 1946 10 6 0 6 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -0.1 $80,000
Jim Dwyer 29 L L 5' 10" 165 Jun 3, 1950 7 76 20 76 44 0 0 25 0 0 0 6 1 12 19 6 26 12 -0.4 $
Dennis Eckersley HOF 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 3, 1954 5 33 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.8 $152,333
Dwight Evans 27 R R 6' 2" 180 Nov 3, 1951 8 152 141 152 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 148 149 0 5 1 3.2 $150,000
Joel Finch 22 R R 6' 2" 175 Aug 20, 1956 1st 15 7 1 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.3 $
Carlton Fisk HOF 31 R R 6' 3" 200 Dec 26, 1947 10 91 77 91 40 0 39 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 42 14 0 0.5 $195,000
Andy Hassler 27 L L 6' 5" 220 Oct 18, 1951 8 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $65,000
Butch Hobson 27 R R 6' 1" 193 Aug 17, 1951 5 146 141 146 142 0 0 0 1 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.5 $
Fred Lynn 27 L L 6' 1" 185 Feb 3, 1952 6 147 143 147 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 143 1 4 0 8.4 $175,000 All-Star
Bob Montgomery 35 R R 6' 1" 195 Apr 16, 1944 10 32 24 32 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 $80,000
Mike O'Berry 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Apr 20, 1954 1st 43 19 43 43 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2 $
Stan Papi 28 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 4, 1951 4 50 27 50 47 0 0 0 27 0 20 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 -0.5 $
Tom Poquette 27 L R 5' 10" 175 Oct 30, 1951 5 63 29 63 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 30 11 44 4 18 3 0.2 $
Chuck Rainey 24 R R 5' 11" 190 Jul 14, 1954 1st 20 16 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $
Win Remmerswaal 25 R R 6' 2" 160 Mar 8, 1954 1st 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Jerry Remy 26 L R 5' 9" 165 Nov 8, 1952 5 80 76 80 77 0 0 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.5 $100,000
Steve Renko 34 R R 6' 5" 230 Dec 10, 1944 11 27 27 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $120,000
Jim Rice HOF 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Mar 8, 1953 6 158 157 158 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 124 0 1 125 33 1 0 5.7 $639,227 All-Star
Allen Ripley 26 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 18, 1952 2 16 3 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
George Scott 35 R R 6' 2" 200 Mar 23, 1944 14 45 41 45 41 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.3 $200,000
Ted Sizemore 34 R R 5' 10" 165 Apr 15, 1945 11 26 23 26 26 0 2 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 $
Bob Stanley 24 R R 6' 4" 210 Nov 10, 1954 3 40 30 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $140,000 All-Star
Mike Torrez 32 R R 6' 5" 220 Aug 28, 1946 13 36 36 1 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $520,000
John Tudor 25 L L 6' 0" 185 Feb 2, 1954 1st 6 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Bob Watson 33 R R 6' 0" 201 Apr 10, 1946 14 84 83 84 58 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 1 0 2.4 $
Larry Wolfe 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Mar 2, 1953 3 47 17 47 40 0 1 1 27 9 2 0 0 0 0 1 14 0 0.3 $30,000
Jim Wright 28 R R 6' 1" 165 Dec 21, 1950 2 11 1 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $50,000
Carl Yastrzemski HOF 39 L R 5' 11" 175 Aug 22, 1939 19 147 142 147 87 0 0 51 0 0 0 34 2 0 36 56 5 0 2.0 $375,000 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

Jim Dwyer

Jerry Remy

Jack Brohamer

Butch Hobson

George Scott
Bob Watson

Rick Burleson

Carl Yastrzemski

Bob Montgomery

Ted Sizemore

Stan Papi

Jim Rice

George Scott

Tom Burgmeier

Frank Duffy
Tom Poquette

Fred Lynn

Larry Wolfe

Mike Torrez

Bill Campbell

Dwight Evans

Steve Renko

Carlton Fisk

Gary Allenson
Allen Ripley

John Tudor

Andy Hassler

Gary Allenson

Dick Drago

Chuck Rainey

Dennis Eckersley

Joel Finch

Jim Wright

Bob Stanley

Win Remmerswaal

Mike O'Berry

1978 / 1980 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers