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1980 Boston Red Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1979 / 1981

83-77, Finished 5th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Don Zimmer (82-73) and Johnny Pesky (1-4)
Scored 757 runs, Allowed 767 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-81

Ballparks: Fenway Park · Attendance: 1,956,092 (4th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 106, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102

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1979 / 1981 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 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Feb 4, 1955 2 36 24 36 28 0 24 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 0.8 $
Luis Aponte 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Jun 14, 1953 1st 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Jack Billingham 37 R R 6' 4" 195 Feb 21, 1943 13 7 4 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.6 $
Sam Bowen 27 R R 5' 9" 170 Sep 18, 1952 3 7 4 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 6 0 0 2 0.0 $
Jack Brohamer 30 L R 5' 10" 165 Feb 26, 1950 9 21 12 21 17 0 0 0 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 0.4 $
Tom Burgmeier 36 L L 5' 11" 185 Aug 2, 1943 13 62 0 3 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 $ All-Star
Rick Burleson 29 R R 5' 10" 165 Apr 29, 1951 7 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Bill Campbell 31 R R 6' 3" 185 Aug 9, 1948 8 23 0 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $200,000
Steve Crawford 22 R R 6' 5" 225 Apr 29, 1958 1st 6 4 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Dick Drago 35 R R 6' 1" 190 Jun 25, 1945 12 43 7 3 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Jim Dwyer 30 L L 5' 10" 165 Jun 3, 1950 8 93 68 93 71 0 0 9 0 0 0 11 29 27 67 12 14 5 0.4 $
Dennis Eckersley HOF 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 3, 1954 6 30 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Dwight Evans 28 R R 6' 2" 180 Nov 3, 1951 9 148 133 148 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 144 145 2 7 2 2.2 $
Carlton Fisk HOF 32 R R 6' 3" 200 Dec 26, 1947 11 131 124 131 122 0 115 3 0 3 0 5 0 0 5 5 7 0 3.3 $ All-Star
Rich Gedman 20 L R 6' 0" 210 Sep 26, 1959 1st 9 4 9 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 -0.3 $
Garry Hancock 26 L L 6' 0" 175 Jan 23, 1954 2 46 25 46 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 20 1 27 12 12 5 0.1 $
Butch Hobson 28 R R 6' 1" 193 Aug 17, 1951 6 93 90 93 57 0 0 0 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 36 3 0 -1.3 $
Glenn Hoffman 21 R R 6' 1" 175 Jul 7, 1958 1st 114 92 114 113 0 0 0 3 109 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.7 $
Bruce Hurst 22 L L 6' 4" 200 Mar 24, 1958 1st 12 7 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4 $
Skip Lockwood 33 R R 6' 1" 175 Aug 17, 1946 13 24 1 1 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $325,000
Fred Lynn 28 L L 6' 1" 185 Feb 3, 1952 7 110 108 110 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 0 110 0 0 0 4.2 $ All-Star
Keith MacWhorter 24 R R 6' 4" 190 Dec 30, 1955 1st 14 2 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Reid Nichols 21 R R 5' 11" 165 Aug 5, 1958 1st 12 9 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9 1 0 3 -0.2 $
Bob Ojeda 22 L L 6' 1" 185 Dec 17, 1957 1st 7 7 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Stan Papi 29 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 4, 1951 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $
Tony Perez HOF 38 R R 6' 2" 175 May 14, 1942 17 151 149 151 138 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 0 -0.1 $391,666
Dave Rader 31 L R 5' 11" 165 Dec 26, 1948 10 50 36 50 34 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 10 0 1.0 $
Chuck Rainey 25 R R 5' 11" 190 Jul 14, 1954 2 16 13 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Win Remmerswaal 26 R R 6' 2" 160 Mar 8, 1954 2 14 0 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Jerry Remy 27 L R 5' 9" 165 Nov 8, 1952 6 63 54 63 60 0 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 1 0.5 $
Steve Renko 35 R R 6' 5" 230 Dec 10, 1944 12 32 23 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Jim Rice HOF 27 R R 6' 2" 200 Mar 8, 1953 7 124 124 124 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 0 1 109 15 0 0 1.2 $639,227 All-Star
Ted Sizemore 35 R R 5' 10" 165 Apr 15, 1945 12 9 8 9 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2 $
Bob Stanley 25 R R 6' 4" 210 Nov 10, 1954 4 52 17 1 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $
Dave Stapleton 26 R R 6' 1" 178 Jan 16, 1954 1st 106 101 106 103 0 0 8 93 3 0 4 0 2 6 3 4 1 2.5 $
Mike Torrez 33 R R 6' 5" 220 Aug 28, 1946 14 36 32 1 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $240,000
John Tudor 26 L L 6' 0" 185 Feb 2, 1954 2 16 13 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $
Julio Valdez 24 B R 6' 2" 160 Jun 3, 1956 1st 8 5 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Chico Walker 21 B R 5' 9" 170 Nov 25, 1958 1st 19 14 19 11 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 2 -0.4 $
Larry Wolfe 27 R R 5' 11" 170 Mar 2, 1953 4 18 5 18 14 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 -0.3 $
Carl Yastrzemski HOF 40 L R 5' 11" 175 Aug 22, 1939 20 105 96 105 54 0 0 15 0 0 0 34 1 4 39 50 8 0 0.3 $
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
Chico Walker

Butch Hobson

Tony Perez

Rick Burleson

Carl Yastrzemski

Ted Sizemore
Dave Stapleton

Stan Papi
Julio Valdez

Jim Rice

Dave Rader
Julio Valdez

Tom Burgmeier

Glenn Hoffman

Fred Lynn

Larry Wolfe

Mike Torrez

Bill Campbell

Dwight Evans

Steve Renko

Dave Stapleton

Carlton Fisk

Jack Billingham
Steve Crawford
Bob Ojeda

Sam Bowen

John Tudor

Keith MacWhorter

Garry Hancock

Skip Lockwood

Gary Allenson

Dick Drago

Chuck Rainey

Dennis Eckersley

Luis Aponte

Bob Stanley

Bruce Hurst

Win Remmerswaal

Rich Gedman

Reid Nichols

1979 / 1981 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers