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1983 Boston Red Sox Pitching Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1982 / 1984)
78-84, Finished 6th in AL East
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Scored 724 runs, Allowed 775 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-86
Manager: Ralph Houk (78-84)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,782,285 (9th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 107, Pitching - 107;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102
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1982 / 1984 Pitching Statistics

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 John Tudor* 29 13 12 .520 4.09 34 34 0 7 2 0 242.0 236 122 110 32 81 3 136 4 2 8 1022 107 1.310 8.8 1.2 3.0 5.1 1.68
2 SP Bruce Hurst* 25 12 12 .500 4.09 33 32 0 6 2 0 211.1 241 102 96 22 62 5 115 3 2 1 903 107 1.434 10.3 0.9 2.6 4.9 1.85
3 SP Dennis Eckersley 28 9 13 .409 5.61 28 28 0 2 0 0 176.1 223 119 110 27 39 4 77 6 0 1 787 78 1.486 11.4 1.4 2.0 3.9 1.97
4 SP Bob Ojeda* 25 12 7 .632 4.04 29 28 0 5 0 0 173.2 173 85 78 15 73 2 94 3 0 2 746 108 1.417 9.0 0.8 3.8 4.9 1.29
5 SP Mike Brown 24 6 6 .500 4.67 19 18 0 3 1 0 104.0 110 62 54 12 43 1 35 2 4 4 454 93 1.471 9.5 1.0 3.7 3.0 0.81
6 SP Oil Can Boyd 23 4 8 .333 3.28 15 13 2 5 0 0 98.2 103 46 36 9 23 0 43 1 1 3 413 133 1.277 9.4 0.8 2.1 3.9 1.87
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 28 8 10 .444 2.85 64 0 53 0 0 33 145.1 145 56 46 7 38 12 65 3 0 4 602 153 1.259 9.0 0.4 2.4 4.0 1.71
8 RP Mark Clear 27 4 5 .444 6.28 48 0 33 0 0 4 96.0 101 71 67 10 68 5 81 3 0 2 448 69 1.760 9.5 0.9 6.4 7.6 1.19
9 RP Doug Bird 33 1 4 .200 6.65 22 6 7 0 0 1 67.2 91 52 50 14 16 4 33 2 0 1 303 66 1.581 12.1 1.9 2.1 4.4 2.06
10 RP Luis Aponte 30 5 4 .556 3.63 34 0 18 0 0 3 62.0 74 28 25 7 23 3 32 2 0 1 276 120 1.565 10.7 1.0 3.3 4.6 1.39
11 RP John Henry Johnson* 26 3 2 .600 3.71 34 1 19 0 0 1 53.1 58 28 22 3 20 4 51 1 0 1 234 117 1.463 9.8 0.5 3.4 8.6 2.55
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 Al Nipper 24 1 1 .500 2.25 3 2 1 1 0 0 16.0 17 4 4 0 7 0 5 1 0 0 67 194 1.500 9.6 0.0 3.9 2.8 0.71
Team Totals 26.9 78 84 .481 4.34 162 162 133 29 5 42 1446.1 1572 775 698 158 493 43 767 31 9 28 6255 100 1.428 9.8 1.0 3.1 4.8 1.56
Rank in 14 AL teams 8 7 11 10 12 4 8 13 10 10 12 7 10968
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 Pitching Ratios*

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Age IP Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB Opp DP %
Luis Aponte 30 62.0 41% 2.5% 11.6% 8.3% 6.5% 24% 2.02 75% 57 9 16%
Doug Bird 33 67.2 40% 4.6% 10.9% 5.3% 11.6% 39% 1.04 79% 52 9 17%
Oil Can Boyd 23 98.2 48% 2.2% 10.4% 5.6% 7.5% 30% 1.02 81% 57 8 14%
Mike Brown 24 104.0 48% 2.6% 7.7% 9.5% 8.8% 36% 0.92 79% 79 11 14%
Mark Clear 27 96.0 44% 2.2% 18.1% 15.2% 7.8% 35% 0.88 64% 96 9 9%
Dennis Eckersley 28 176.1 50% 3.4% 9.8% 5.0% 10.4% 37% 0.65 81% 141 5 4%
*Bruce Hurst 25 211.1 80% 2.4% 12.7% 6.9% 7.6% 29% 1.33 77% 181 29 16%
*John Henry Johnson 26 53.1 71% 1.3% 21.8% 8.6% 6.8% 28% 0.68 67% 49 2 4%
Al Nipper 24 16.0 45% 0.0% 7.5% 10.5% 0.0% 0% 0.90 81% 15 3 20%
*Bob Ojeda 25 173.2 84% 2.0% 12.6% 9.8% 6.8% 30% 0.86 74% 169 13 8%
Bob Stanley 28 145.1 48% 1.2% 10.8% 6.3% 5.0% 21% 2.00 79% 136 21 15%
*John Tudor 29 242.0 85% 3.1% 13.3% 7.9% 7.1% 31% 0.55 75% 164 19 12%
League Average 59% 2.2% 12.6% 8.2% 7.1% 30% 1.04 76% 12%
Team Total 63% 2.5% 12.3% 7.9% 7.7% 31% 0.95 76% 1196 138 12%
Age IP Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB Opp DP %

Team Batting Against*

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Age IP G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Luis Aponte 30 62.0 34 276 246 28 74 10 1 7 5 3 23 32 .301 .364 .435 .799 .322 107 9 2 4 1 3
Doug Bird 33 67.2 22 303 281 52 91 18 3 14 8 1 16 33 .324 .360 .559 .918 .324 157 9 2 0 4 4
Oil Can Boyd 23 98.2 15 413 383 46 103 22 0 9 9 4 23 43 .269 .308 .397 .705 .280 152 8 1 1 5 0
Mike Brown 24 104.0 19 454 398 62 110 25 3 12 15 3 43 35 .276 .345 .445 .790 .275 177 11 2 5 6 1
Mark Clear 27 96.0 48 448 370 71 101 24 1 10 33 1 68 81 .273 .385 .424 .809 .319 157 9 3 1 6 5
Dennis Eckersley 28 176.1 28 787 736 119 223 48 7 27 18 8 39 77 .303 .341 .497 .838 .308 366 5 6 1 5 4
*Bruce Hurst 25 211.1 33 903 831 102 241 42 5 22 17 8 62 115 .290 .340 .432 .772 .314 359 29 3 3 4 5
*John Henry Johnson 26 53.1 34 234 205 28 58 8 5 3 2 2 20 51 .283 .342 .415 .757 .353 85 2 1 3 5 4
Al Nipper 24 16.0 3 67 58 4 17 0 0 0 3 3 7 5 .293 .373 .293 .666 .315 17 3 1 0 1 0
*Bob Ojeda 25 173.2 29 746 653 85 173 32 4 15 11 12 73 94 .265 .336 .395 .732 .285 258 13 3 6 11 2
Bob Stanley 28 145.1 64 601 545 56 145 23 0 7 7 1 38 65 .266 .315 .347 .662 .289 189 21 3 11 4 12
*John Tudor 29 242.0 34 1022 927 122 236 37 3 32 27 7 81 136 .255 .316 .405 .720 .267 375 19 4 5 5 3
League Average .266 .328 .402 .730 .286
Team Total 363 6254 5633 775 1572 289 32 158 155 53 493 767 .279 .337 .426 .763 .297 2399 138 31 40 57 43
Age IP G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

Team Starting Pitching*

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Age IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
Doug Bird 33 67.2 22 6 1 3 2 0 0 2 4 .333 1 0 0 0 2 33% 38 58 -5 4 3 0 5 3.4 4.5 5.0
Oil Can Boyd 23 98.2 15 13 4 8 1 1 5 4 9 .308 0 0 5 0 9 69% 52 68 27 6 2 0 7 3.9 4.0 7.2
Mike Brown 24 104.0 19 18 6 6 6 3 3 10 8 .556 1 3 3 1 7 39% 46 76 19 17 6 0 7 6.5 6.4 5.6
Dennis Eckersley 28 176.1 28 28 9 13 6 1 2 12 16 .429 2 2 2 0 13 46% 42 72 16 20 9 0 15 3.9 4.1 6.3
*Bruce Hurst 25 211.1 33 32 12 12 8 3 4 17 15 .531 5 1 6 2 16 50% 49 85 15 34 9 1 12 4.6 4.9 6.5
*John Henry Johnson 26 53.1 34 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29 29 29 10 4 1 0 1.0 2.3 3.3
Al Nipper 24 16.0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 2 100% 54 63 45 0 0 0 2 2.1 2.1 7.5
*Bob Ojeda 25 173.2 29 28 12 7 9 2 2 16 12 .571 3 3 5 0 15 54% 49 72 25 34 12 2 10 5.1 5.6 6.1
*John Tudor 29 242.0 34 34 13 12 9 4 2 16 18 .471 1 3 7 2 14 41% 52 91 24 23 9 0 10 4.0 4.2 7.1
League Average .495 49% 50 93 -5 4.5 4.5 6.3
Team Total 363 162 58 63 41 14 19 78 84 .481 13 12 29 5 78 48% 48 91 -5 185 66 4 68 4.5 4.7 6.4
Age IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max

Team Relief Pitching*

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Age IP G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
Luis Aponte 30 62.0 34 34 18 5 4 4 3 1 75% 5 1 44 19 43% 8 0.956 15 7 11 7 9 18 23 11 21 9 21 3 5.5
Doug Bird 33 67.2 22 16 7 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 6 3 50% 4 0.681 1 5 10 1 1 14 4 12 12 1 12 1 7.1
Oil Can Boyd 23 98.2 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 0.912 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 8.5
Mike Brown 24 104.0 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.967 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 10.0
Mark Clear 27 96.0 48 48 33 4 5 5 4 1 80% 6 0 46 13 28% 8 0.896 13 12 23 10 6 32 28 20 30 9 33 2 6.0
*Bruce Hurst 25 211.1 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 1.039 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 12.0
*John Henry Johnson 26 53.1 34 33 19 3 1 2 1 1 50% 3 0 26 11 42% 8 0.962 10 4 17 6 5 22 16 17 17 7 17 4 4.5
Al Nipper 24 16.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.186 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
*Bob Ojeda 25 173.2 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 6 1.042 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 10.0
Bob Stanley 28 145.1 64 64 53 8 10 47 33 14 70% 47 0 62 17 27% 7 1.774 50 7 7 53 7 4 34 30 46 7 47 7 6.8
League Average 68% 37% 1.042 5.4
Team Total 363 201 133 20 21 59 42 17 71% 62 1 191 69 36% 1.043 90 36 70 77 28 96 108 93 130 33 134 18 6.1
Age IP G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR

Team Baserunning/Situational*

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Age IP PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
Luis Aponte 30 62.0 276 74 7 1 23 6 1 3 4 27 13 5 48% 7 1 0 109 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Doug Bird 33 67.2 303 91 14 0 4 11 3 6 8 17 14 0 82% 4 1 0 117 8 1 89% 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
Oil Can Boyd 23 98.2 413 103 9 0 2 4 5 2 7 19 15 1 79% 7 3 1 155 9 4 69% 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Mike Brown 24 104.0 454 110 12 0 10 4 8 1 11 32 20 3 63% 7 4 1 159 15 3 83% 13 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 19 0
Mark Clear 27 96.0 448 101 10 0 19 4 6 3 7 44 27 6 61% 4 2 1 202 33 1 97% 31 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
Dennis Eckersley 28 176.1 787 223 27 0 14 12 15 18 9 57 30 11 53% 6 1 0 277 18 8 69% 16 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
*Bruce Hurst 25 211.1 903 241 22 0 17 19 3 9 13 44 26 4 59% 11 1 1 329 17 8 68% 13 6 4 1 0 1 11 4 10 0
*John Henry Johnson 26 53.1 234 58 3 1 7 3 0 3 0 29 16 3 55% 4 1 0 92 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 0
Al Nipper 24 16.0 67 17 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 50% 0 0 0 27 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
*Bob Ojeda 25 173.2 746 173 15 0 11 14 1 8 7 39 23 4 59% 8 2 0 311 11 12 48% 10 11 1 1 0 0 2 0 15 0
Bob Stanley 28 145.1 602 145 7 0 26 4 3 3 4 48 24 2 50% 7 4 2 251 7 1 88% 6 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 0
*John Tudor 29 242.0 1022 236 32 0 11 30 2 20 12 40 16 8 40% 11 8 2 357 27 7 79% 20 7 7 0 0 0 2 1 20 0
League Average 55% 67%
Team Total 6255 1572 158 2 146 111 47 76 82 400 226 47 57% 76 28 8 2386 155 53 75% 134 47 21 5 0 1 23 5 130 0
Age IP PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu

Team Neutralized Pitching

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Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact Gact
Luis Aponte 30 3 3 .500 3.66 59.0 73 27 24 7 23 30 2 1.627 11.1 3.5 4.6 1.30 1.1 34 34
Doug Bird 33 2 5 .286 6.78 65.0 91 54 49 14 16 32 2 1.646 12.6 2.2 4.4 2.00 1.9 22 22
Oil Can Boyd 23 6 4 .600 3.41 95.0 103 40 36 9 23 41 1 1.326 9.8 2.2 3.9 1.78 0.9 15 15
Mike Brown 24 5 6 .455 4.77 100.0 109 59 53 12 43 34 2 1.520 9.8 3.9 3.1 0.79 1.1 19 19
Mark Clear 27 3 7 .300 6.39 93.0 100 73 66 10 67 78 3 1.796 9.7 6.5 7.5 1.16 1.0 48 48
Dennis Eckersley 28 6 13 .316 5.62 173.0 224 120 108 27 39 76 6 1.520 11.7 2.0 4.0 1.95 1.4 28 28
*Bruce Hurst 25 10 12 .455 4.21 201.0 237 104 94 22 61 109 3 1.483 10.6 2.7 4.9 1.79 1.0 33 33
*John Henry Johnson 26 3 2 .600 3.81 52.0 58 24 22 3 20 50 1 1.500 10.0 3.5 8.7 2.50 0.5 34 34
Al Nipper 24 1 0 1.000 2.57 14.0 16 4 4 0 7 4 1 1.643 10.3 4.5 2.6 0.57 0.0 3 3
*Bob Ojeda 25 9 9 .500 4.15 167.0 171 86 77 15 72 90 3 1.455 9.2 3.9 4.9 1.25 0.8 29 29
Bob Stanley 28 10 5 .667 2.96 140.0 143 51 46 7 37 63 3 1.286 9.2 2.4 4.1 1.70 0.5 64 64
*John Tudor 29 12 13 .480 4.15 234.0 236 120 108 32 81 132 4 1.355 9.1 3.1 5.1 1.63 1.2 34 34
Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Pitching

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Age Yrs 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 ERA+
Luis Aponte 30 4 8 6 .571 3.02 85 0 52 0 0 7 169.2 169 61 57 12 53 7 88 2 2 2 710 142 1.308 9.0 0.6 2.8 4.7 1.66 142
Doug Bird 33 11 73 60 .549 3.99 432 100 199 8 3 60 1213.2 1273 590 538 122 296 56 680 22 4 23 5104 96 1.293 9.4 0.9 2.2 5.0 2.30 96
Oil Can Boyd 23 2 4 9 .308 3.45 18 14 2 5 0 0 107.0 114 51 41 11 25 0 45 1 1 4 450 126 1.299 9.6 0.9 2.1 3.8 1.80 126
Mike Brown 24 2 7 6 .538 4.42 22 18 3 3 1 0 110.0 117 62 54 12 44 1 39 2 4 4 478 99 1.464 9.6 1.0 3.6 3.2 0.89 99
Mark Clear 27 5 48 33 .593 4.02 247 0 175 0 0 50 493.0 431 245 220 40 313 27 475 20 2 22 2203 103 1.509 7.9 0.7 5.7 8.7 1.52 103
Dennis Eckersley 28 9 120 98 .550 3.64 285 269 8 89 18 3 1900.2 1807 834 768 211 513 49 1259 45 4 19 7940 112 1.221 8.6 1.0 2.4 6.0 2.45 112
*Bruce Hurst 25 4 19 21 .475 5.02 78 63 5 6 2 0 382.0 464 233 213 43 130 9 195 9 4 12 1689 86 1.555 10.9 1.0 3.1 4.6 1.50 86
*John Henry Johnson 26 5 23 29 .442 3.74 155 56 53 9 2 7 468.2 436 223 195 50 195 18 290 5 1 13 2000 104 1.346 8.4 1.0 3.7 5.6 1.49 104
Al Nipper 24 1 1 1 .500 2.25 3 2 1 1 0 0 16.0 17 4 4 0 7 0 5 1 0 0 67 194 1.500 9.6 0.0 3.9 2.8 0.71 194
*Bob Ojeda 25 4 23 16 .590 4.44 68 59 6 7 0 0 344.1 357 183 170 36 141 5 186 6 0 8 1487 96 1.446 9.3 0.9 3.7 4.9 1.32 96
Bob Stanley 28 7 79 54 .594 3.41 332 64 180 17 6 75 1096.2 1170 471 416 61 299 44 385 28 1 10 4606 127 1.340 9.6 0.5 2.5 3.2 1.29 127
*John Tudor 29 5 39 32 .549 3.96 106 94 4 21 3 1 636.2 645 314 280 69 208 9 382 18 5 10 2710 108 1.340 9.1 1.0 2.9 5.4 1.84 108
Age Yrs 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 ERA+

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.


1982 / 1984 Pitching Statistics