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1979 Boston Red Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980)
91-69, Finished 3rd in AL East
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Scored 841 runs, Allowed 711 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-68
Manager: Don Zimmer (91-69)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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
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
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
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 All-Star
Bill Campbell 30 R R 6' 3" 190 Aug 9, 1948 7 41 0 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Drago 34 R R 6' 1" 190 Jun 25, 1945 11 53 0 2 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Jim Dwyer 29 L L 5' 10" 175 Jan 3, 1950 7 76 20 76 44 0 0 25 0 0 0 6 1 12 19 1 26 12
Dennis Eckersley HOF 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 3, 1954 5 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dwight Evans 27 R R 6' 2" 205 Nov 3, 1951 8 152 141 152 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 148 149 0 5 1
Joel Finch 22 R R 6' 2" 175 Aug 20, 1956 1st 15 0 1 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Carlton Fisk HOF 31 R R 6' 2" 220 Dec 26, 1947 10 91 77 91 40 0 39 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 42 14 0
Andy Hassler 27 L L 6' 5" 220 Oct 18, 1951 8 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Fred Lynn 27 L L 6' 1" 190 Feb 3, 1952 6 147 143 147 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 143 1 4 0 All-Star
Bob Montgomery 35 R R 6' 1" 203 Apr 16, 1944 10 32 24 32 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mike O'Berry 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 20, 1954 1st 43 19 43 43 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Stan Papi 28 R R 6' 0" 178 Feb 4, 1951 4 50 27 50 47 0 0 0 27 0 20 0 0 0 0 1 3 1
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 43 2 18 3
Chuck Rainey 24 R R 5' 11" 190 Jul 14, 1954 1st 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Win Remmerswaal 25 R R 6' 2" 160 Mar 8, 1954 1st 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Steve Renko 34 R R 6' 5" 230 Dec 10, 1944 11 27 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Rice HOF 26 R R 6' 2" 205 Mar 8, 1953 6 158 157 158 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 124 0 1 125 32 1 0 All-Star
Allen Ripley 26 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 18, 1952 2 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Scott 35 R R 6' 2" 215 Mar 23, 1944 14 45 41 45 41 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
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
Bob Stanley 24 R R 6' 4" 215 Nov 10, 1954 3 40 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Mike Torrez 32 R R 6' 5" 220 Aug 28, 1946 13 36 0 1 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Tudor 25 L L 6' 0" 185 Feb 2, 1954 1st 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Watson 33 R R 6' 2" 205 Apr 10, 1946 14 84 83 84 58 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 1 0
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 0 14 0
Jim Wright 28 R R 6' 1" 165 Dec 21, 1950 2 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carl Yastrzemski HOF 39 L R 5' 11" 182 Aug 22, 1939 19 147 142 147 87 0 0 51 0 0 0 34 2 0 36 55 5 0 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

1978 / 1980 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played