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1979 Boston Red Sox

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 Gary Allenson 24 108 271 241 27 49 10 2 3 22 1 1 20 42 .203 .264 .299 .563 49 72 8 1 6 3 0
2 1B Bob Watson 33 84 347 312 48 105 19 4 13 53 3 2 29 33 .337 .401 .548 .949 148 171 10 5 0 1 7
3 2B Jerry Remy* 26 80 340 306 49 91 11 2 0 29 14 9 26 25 .297 .350 .346 .697 85 106 2 0 6 2 1
4 SS Rick Burleson 28 153 682 627 93 174 32 5 5 60 9 5 35 54 .278 .315 .368 .683 80 231 13 3 9 8 0
5 3B Butch Hobson 27 146 570 528 74 138 26 7 28 93 3 2 30 78 .261 .298 .496 .794 106 262 23 0 6 6 2
6 LF Jim Rice 26 158 688 619 117 201 39 6 39 130 9 4 57 97 .325 .381 .596 .977 154 369 16 4 0 8 4
7 CF Fred Lynn* 27 147 622 531 116 177 42 1 39 122 2 2 82 79 .333 .423 .637 1.059 176 338 9 4 0 5 4
8 RF Dwight Evans 27 152 563 489 69 134 24 1 21 58 6 9 69 76 .274 .364 .456 .820 115 223 14 1 3 1 7
9 DH Carl Yastrzemski* 39 147 590 518 69 140 28 1 21 87 3 3 62 46 .270 .346 .450 .796 108 233 12 2 0 8 8
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 Carlton Fisk 31 91 340 320 49 87 23 2 10 42 3 0 10 38 .272 .304 .450 .754 96 144 9 6 1 3 0
11 IF Jack Brohamer* 29 64 210 192 25 51 7 1 1 11 0 3 15 15 .266 .316 .328 .644 71 63 8 0 1 2 1
12 1B George Scott 35 45 175 156 18 35 9 1 4 23 0 0 17 22 .224 .299 .372 .671 76 58 12 0 1 1 1
13 CF Tom Poquette* 27 63 170 154 14 51 9 0 2 23 2 2 8 7 .331 .365 .429 .793 109 66 2 3 0 5 1
14 UT Jim Dwyer* 29 76 133 113 19 30 7 0 2 14 3 1 17 9 .265 .361 .381 .741 96 43 7 1 0 2 1
15 MI Stan Papi 28 50 126 117 9 22 8 0 1 6 0 0 5 20 .188 .221 .282 .503 32 33 0 0 4 0 0
16 IF Larry Wolfe 26 47 100 78 12 19 4 0 3 15 0 0 17 21 .244 .378 .410 .788 108 32 1 1 2 2 0
17 2B Ted Sizemore 34 26 93 88 12 23 7 0 1 6 1 0 4 5 .261 .301 .375 .676 78 33 6 1 0 0 0
18 C Bob Montgomery 35 32 92 86 13 30 4 1 0 7 1 0 4 24 .349 .374 .419 .792 109 36 3 0 1 1 1
19 C Mike O'Berry 25 43 68 59 8 10 1 0 1 4 0 0 5 16 .169 .242 .237 .480 27 14 3 1 2 1 0
20 IF Frank Duffy 32 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 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
21 P Joel Finch 22 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 P Dick Drago 34 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 P Chuck Rainey 24 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 P Dennis Eckersley 24 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P Jim Wright 28 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 P Andy Hassler* 27 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Allen Ripley 26 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Steve Renko 34 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Mike Torrez 32 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P John Tudor* 25 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Bob Stanley 24 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Win Remmerswaal 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Bill Campbell 30 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Tom Burgmeier* 35 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.1 160 6184 5538 841 1567 310 34 194 805 60 43 512 708 .283 .344 .456 .800 109 2527 158 33 42 59 38
Rank in 14 AL teams 6 3 2 1 8 1 14 14 9 8 1 3 1 1 1 6 4
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 Mike Torrez 32 16 13 .552 4.49 36 36 0 12 1 0 252.1 254 144 126 20 121 8 125 5 2 6 1109 100 1.486 9.1 0.7 4.3 4.5 1.03
2 SP Dennis Eckersley 24 17 10 .630 2.99 33 33 0 17 2 0 246.2 234 89 82 29 59 4 150 6 1 1 1018 150 1.188 8.5 1.1 2.2 5.5 2.54
3 SP Bob Stanley 24 16 12 .571 3.99 40 30 7 9 4 1 216.2 250 110 96 14 44 4 56 4 0 0 914 113 1.357 10.4 0.6 1.8 2.3 1.27
4 SP Steve Renko 34 11 9 .550 4.11 27 27 0 4 1 0 171.0 174 86 78 22 53 1 99 2 0 3 730 109 1.327 9.2 1.2 2.8 5.2 1.87
5 SP Chuck Rainey 24 8 5 .615 3.82 20 16 2 4 1 1 103.2 97 47 44 7 41 1 41 3 0 3 437 118 1.331 8.4 0.6 3.6 3.6 1.00
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
6 CL Dick Drago 34 10 6 .625 3.03 53 1 37 0 0 13 89.0 85 33 30 6 21 6 67 3 0 4 367 148 1.191 8.6 0.6 2.1 6.8 3.19
7 RP Tom Burgmeier* 35 3 2 .600 2.74 44 0 24 0 0 4 88.2 89 32 27 8 16 4 60 4 0 1 368 164 1.184 9.0 0.8 1.6 6.1 3.75
8 RP Allen Ripley 26 3 1 .750 5.15 16 3 4 0 0 1 64.2 77 42 37 9 25 5 34 3 0 3 292 88 1.577 10.7 1.3 3.5 4.7 1.36
9 RP Joel Finch 22 0 3 .000 4.87 15 7 5 0 0 0 57.1 65 31 31 5 25 3 25 1 0 2 253 93 1.570 10.2 0.8 3.9 3.9 1.00
10 RP Bill Campbell 30 3 4 .429 4.28 41 0 23 0 0 9 54.2 55 28 26 5 23 6 25 1 0 7 239 105 1.427 9.1 0.8 3.8 4.1 1.09
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
11 John Tudor* 25 1 2 .333 6.43 6 6 0 1 0 0 28.0 39 23 20 2 9 1 11 0 0 0 128 71 1.714 12.5 0.6 2.9 3.5 1.22
12 Jim Wright 28 1 0 1.000 5.09 11 1 3 0 0 0 23.0 19 13 13 5 7 1 15 3 0 0 96 89 1.130 7.4 2.0 2.7 5.9 2.14
13 Win Remmerswaal 25 1 0 1.000 7.08 8 0 4 0 0 0 20.1 26 16 16 1 12 1 16 1 0 0 97 64 1.869 11.5 0.4 5.3 7.1 1.33
14 Andy Hassler* 27 1 2 .333 8.80 8 0 4 0 0 0 15.1 23 17 15 0 7 0 7 1 0 1 72 52 1.957 13.5 0.0 4.1 4.1 1.00
Team Totals 28.3 91 69 .569 4.03 160 160 113 47 9 29 1431.1 1487 711 641 133 463 45 731 37 3 31 6120 112 1.362 9.4 0.8 2.9 4.6 1.58
Rank in 14 AL teams 3 12 4 3 3 9 10 8 4 4 5 4 7
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
Gary Allenson 24 107 83 52 723.0 461 410 42 9 4 .980 1 1 5.63 4.22 13 15 55 28 34% 2 C-3B
Jack Brohamer 29 56 46 33 432.2 219 74 140 5 27 .977 1 3 4.45 3.69 2B-3B
Tom Burgmeier 35 44 0 0 88.2 19 5 14 0 3 1.000 1.93 0.43 1 1 50% 0 P
Rick Burleson 28 153 151 138 1313.0 811 272 523 16 109 .980 19 18 5.45 5.20 SS
Bill Campbell 30 41 0 0 54.2 21 10 11 0 1 1.000 3.46 0.51 3 2 40% 0 P
Dick Drago 34 53 1 0 89.0 17 5 11 1 2 .941 1.62 0.30 3 2 40% 0 P
Frank Duffy 32 4 0 0 11.0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -33 4.09 1.25 2B-1B
Jim Dwyer 29 44 20 13 231.2 187 167 16 4 15 .979 -2 -12 7.11 4.07 1B-RF-LF-CF-DH
Dennis Eckersley 24 33 33 17 246.2 60 12 42 6 3 .900 1.97 1.64 31 4 11% 4 P
Dwight Evans 27 149 141 137 1262.1 323 304 15 4 5 .988 19 18 2.27 2.14 RF-CF
Joel Finch 22 15 7 0 57.1 21 10 10 1 1 .952 3.14 1.33 2 3 60% 1 P
Carlton Fisk 31 40 77 24 294.0 166 155 8 3 1 .982 -3 -13 4.99 1.99 3 7 24 5 17% 1 C-LF-DH
Andy Hassler 27 8 0 0 15.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.17 0.25 1 0 0% 0 P
Butch Hobson 27 142 141 127 1219.0 386 110 251 25 17 .935 -6 -6 2.67 2.52 3B-2B
Fred Lynn 27 143 143 128 1218.1 395 380 10 5 4 .987 9 9 2.88 2.71 CF-DH
Bob Montgomery 35 31 24 16 221.1 128 121 5 2 0 .984 -4 -22 5.12 4.06 2 8 24 3 11% 0 C
Mike O'Berry 25 43 19 12 201.2 115 103 7 5 1 .957 0 0 4.91 2.56 2 1 13 5 28% 1 C
Stan Papi 28 47 27 22 278.1 182 61 118 3 24 .984 3 14 5.79 3.73 2B-SS-DH
Tom Poquette 27 43 29 23 307.0 79 73 2 4 1 .949 -5 -21 2.20 1.63 CF-RF-LF-DH
Chuck Rainey 24 20 16 4 103.2 29 10 18 1 2 .966 2.43 1.40 3 3 50% 1 P
Win Remmerswaal 25 8 0 0 20.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.89 0.25 1 0 0% 0 P
Jerry Remy 26 77 76 61 641.1 363 147 205 11 43 .970 -4 -7 4.94 4.63 2B
Steve Renko 34 27 27 4 171.0 36 14 20 2 0 .944 1.79 1.26 17 6 26% 0 P
Jim Rice 26 125 157 123 1105.0 255 243 8 4 1 .984 1 1 2.04 1.60 LF-RF-DH
Allen Ripley 26 16 3 0 64.2 8 2 5 1 0 .875 0.97 0.44 5 1 17% 0 P
George Scott 35 41 41 39 370.0 431 400 25 6 40 .986 2 6 10.34 10.37 1B
Ted Sizemore 34 26 23 17 200.0 141 55 85 1 24 .993 1 7 6.30 5.00 0 0 0 0 0 2B-C
Bob Stanley 24 40 30 9 216.2 65 19 43 3 2 .954 2.58 1.55 14 7 33% 1 P
Mike Torrez 32 36 36 12 252.1 58 19 35 4 3 .931 1.93 1.50 29 12 29% 2 P
John Tudor 25 6 6 1 28.0 8 1 7 0 1 1.000 2.57 1.33 3 0 0% 0 P
Bob Watson 33 58 83 51 479.1 579 525 47 7 58 .988 -3 -7 10.74 6.81 1B-DH
Larry Wolfe 26 40 17 14 199.2 123 48 70 5 15 .959 -1 -4 5.32 2.95 0 0 0 0 0 2B-3B-1B-SS-C
Jim Wright 28 11 1 0 23.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.17 0.27 3 0 0% 0 P
Carl Yastrzemski 39 87 142 72 742.0 590 530 56 4 42 .993 10 16 7.11 4.13 1B-LF-CF-DH
Team Totals 28.6 160 1440 1149 12882.0 6289 4294 1853 142 449 .977 37 3 4.29 3.38 20 31 116 41 26% 13
Rank in 14 AL teams 5 7 10
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
Gary Allenson 24 271 -19 0 1 0 1 5 9 -3 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ Amateur Draft 2/5
Jack Brohamer* 29 210 -8 -1 -2 -1 1 1 7 -3 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $100,000 Free Agency 45
Rick Burleson 28 682 -18 4 -1 -1 19 10 21 34 3.3 15 1.5 1.8 $125,000 Amateur Draft *6
Frank Duffy 32 3 -1 0 0 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $80,000 Traded /43
Jim Dwyer* 29 133 0 -1 0 -2 -2 -2 4 -4 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $ Purchased 39/78D
Dwight Evans 27 563 9 -4 -3 -1 19 -7 19 32 3.2 13 1.3 1.9 $150,000 Amateur Draft *9/8
Joel Finch 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Draft 1
Carlton Fisk 31 340 -4 2 1 0 -3 -2 11 5 0.5 8 0.8 -0.3 $195,000 Amateur Draft D2/7
Butch Hobson 27 570 -2 0 3 -3 -6 4 19 15 1.5 21 2.1 -0.6 $ Amateur Draft *5/4
Fred Lynn* 27 622 56 2 -2 1 9 -2 20 84 8.4 75 7.5 0.9 $175,000 Amateur Draft *8/D
Bob Montgomery 35 92 1 1 -1 -1 -4 2 3 1 0.1 5 0.5 -0.4 $80,000 Amateur Free Agent 2
Mike O'Berry 25 68 -6 1 0 0 0 1 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Draft 2
Stan Papi 28 126 -12 -1 -1 1 3 1 4 -5 -0.5 -8 -0.8 0.3 $ Traded 46/D
Tom Poquette* 27 170 3 -1 -1 1 -5 -1 6 2 0.2 7 0.7 -0.5 $ Traded 89/7D
Jerry Remy* 26 340 -5 -1 0 2 -4 2 11 5 0.5 9 0.9 -0.4 $100,000 Traded 4
Jim Rice 26 688 43 3 1 -2 1 -10 21 56 5.7 56 5.6 0.1 $639,227 Amateur Draft *7D/9
George Scott 35 175 -6 0 0 -2 2 -3 6 -3 -0.3 -5 -0.5 0.2 $200,000 Traded 3
Ted Sizemore 34 93 -3 1 -1 -1 1 1 3 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ Traded 4/2
Bob Watson 33 347 20 1 1 -1 -3 -6 11 23 2.4 26 2.6 -0.2 $ Traded 3D
Larry Wolfe 26 100 2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 0.3 5 0.5 -0.2 $30,000 Traded 4/5632
Carl Yastrzemski* 39 590 4 -1 -2 0 10 -11 20 20 2.0 10 1.0 1.0 $375,000 Amateur Free Agent D37/8
Team Total 29.1 6184 54 5 -7 -10 37 -17 200 260 26.1 225 22.5 3.6 $2,249,227
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* 35 88.2 0 32 56 2 .5 24 1.3 $ Free Agency
Bill Campbell 30 54.2 0 28 35 1 1.4 7 0.3 $ Free Agency
Dick Drago 34 89.0 1 33 57 2 1.7 24 2.3 $ Free Agency
Dennis Eckersley 24 246.2 33 89 157 6 1.0 68 6.8 $ Traded
Joel Finch 22 57.1 7 31 36 1 .7 5 0.3 $ Amateur Draft
Andy Hassler* 27 15.1 0 17 11 0 .9 -6 -0.7 $ Purchased
Chuck Rainey 24 103.2 16 47 62 3 1.0 15 1.5 $ Amateur Draft
Win Remmerswaal 25 20.1 0 16 14 0 .1 -2 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Steve Renko 34 171.0 27 86 109 4 1.0 23 2.2 $ Free Agency
Allen Ripley 26 64.2 3 42 42 2 .7 0 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bob Stanley 24 216.2 30 110 135 6 1.2 25 2.6 $ Amateur Draft
Mike Torrez 32 252.1 36 144 160 6 1.1 16 1.6 $ Free Agency
John Tudor* 25 28.0 6 23 18 1 1.1 -5 -0.5 $ Amateur Draft
Jim Wright 28 23.0 1 13 16 1 .6 3 0.1 $ Amateur Draft
Team Total 28.3 1431.1 160 711 908 35 1.0 197 17.4 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1978 / 1980 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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