1997 Boston Red Sox Roster (40-man)

1996 Season 1998 Season

Record: 78-84-0, Finished 4th in AL_East (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Jimy Williams (78-84)

General Manager: Dan Duquette

Farm Director: Edward P. Kenney

Scouting Director: Wayne Britton

Ballpark: Fenway Park

Attendance: 2,226,136 (7th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102
One-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 97

Pythagorean W-L: 80-82, 851 Runs, 857 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	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
Steve Avery	27	us US	L	L	6' 4"	180	Apr 14, 1970	8	24	18	2	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-0.9	$4,850,000
Mike Benjamin	31	us US	R	R	6' 3"	195	Nov 22, 1965	9	49	28	49	44	1	0	4	5	19	16	0	0	0	0	1	2	9	0.2
Toby Borland	28	us US	R	R	6' 6"	186	May 29, 1969	4	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Darren Bragg	27	us US	L	R	5' 9"	180	Sep 7, 1969	4	153	134	153	150	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	118	41	150	0	11	1	3.5	$240,000
Mark Brandenburg	26	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Jul 14, 1970	3	31	0	2	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$187,500
Robinson Checo	25	do DO	R	R	6' 1"	165	Sep 9, 1971	1st	5	2	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	$925,000
Michael Coleman	21	us US	R	R	5' 11"	180	Aug 16, 1975	1st	8	7	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	7	0	0	1	-0.1
Wil Cordero	25	pr PR	R	R	6' 2"	185	Oct 3, 1971	6	140	138	140	137	0	0	0	1	0	0	137	0	0	137	2	2	0	2.3	$3,000,000
Jim Corsi	35	us US	R	R	6' 1"	210	Sep 9, 1961	8	52	0	2	52	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	$470,000
Vaughn Eshelman	28	us US	L	L	6' 3"	205	May 22, 1969	3	21	6	1	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5	$182,000
Jeff Frye	30	us US	R	R	5' 9"	180	Aug 31, 1966	5	127	100	127	111	0	0	1	80	18	3	5	5	3	13	11	9	12	1.9	$900,000
Rich Garcés	26	ve VE	R	R	6' 0"	250	May 18, 1971	5	12	0	0	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$172,000
Nomar Garciaparra	23	us US	R	R	6' 0"	165	Jul 23, 1973	2	153	152	153	153	0	0	0	0	0	153	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6.6	$150,000	All-Star
Tom Gordon	29	us US	R	R	5' 9"	160	Nov 18, 1967	10	42	25	2	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.7	$2,900,000
Ken Grundt	27	us US	L	L	6' 4"	195	Aug 26, 1969	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Chris Hammond	31	us US	L	L	6' 1"	190	Jan 21, 1966	8	29	8	1	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4	$700,000
Bill Haselman	31	us US	R	R	6' 3"	205	May 25, 1966	7	67	60	67	66	0	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.3	$650,000
Scott Hatteberg	27	us US	L	R	6' 1"	192	Dec 14, 1969	3	114	94	114	106	0	106	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	0	1.0	$150,000
Butch Henry	28	us US	L	L	6' 1"	195	Oct 7, 1968	5	36	5	1	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	$400,000
Joe Hudson	26	us US	R	R	6' 1"	173	Sep 29, 1970	3	26	0	5	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	$150,000
Reggie Jefferson	28	us US	L	L	6' 4"	210	Sep 25, 1968	7	136	123	136	12	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	119	12	0	1.1	$1,900,000
Kerry Lacy	24	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Aug 7, 1972	2	33	0	2	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7
Derek Lowe	24	us US	R	R	6' 6"	230	Jun 1, 1973	1st	8	0	1	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
Shane Mack	33	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Dec 7, 1963	8	60	37	60	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	43	0	45	5	12	9	0.8	$1,850,000
Ron Mahay	26	us US	L	L	6' 2"	200	Jun 28, 1971	2	28	0	0	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	$150,000
Pat Mahomes	26	us US	R	R	6' 1"	175	Aug 9, 1970	6	10	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$360,000
José Malavé	26	ve VE	R	R	6' 2"	212	May 31, 1971	2	4	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	-0.1	$150,000
Walt McKeel	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Jan 17, 1972	2	5	0	5	5	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.1
Tim Naehring	30	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Feb 1, 1967	8	70	68	70	68	0	0	0	0	68	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2.3	$2,700,000
Troy O'Leary	27	us US	L	L	6' 0"	175	Aug 4, 1969	5	146	128	146	142	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	0	119	142	1	13	2	2.2	$1,100,000
Rudy Pemberton	27	do DO	R	R	6' 1"	185	Dec 17, 1969	3	27	18	27	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	23	0	7	2	-0.1	$152,000
Arquimedez Pozo	23	do DO	R	R	5' 10"	160	Aug 24, 1973	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Curtis Pride	28	us US	L	R	6' 0"	205	Dec 17, 1968	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0
Brian Rose	21	us US	R	R	6' 3"	215	Feb 13, 1976	1st	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Bret Saberhagen	33	us US	R	R	6' 1"	160	Apr 11, 1964	13	6	6	1	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$500,000
Aaron Sele	27	us US	R	R	6' 5"	205	Jun 25, 1970	5	33	33	1	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	$1,126,000
Heathcliff Slocumb	31	us US	R	R	6' 3"	180	Jun 7, 1966	7	49	0	4	49	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6	$2,300,000
Mike Stanley	34	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Jun 25, 1963	12	97	61	97	42	0	15	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	53	30	0	1.4	$2,100,000
Jeff Suppan	22	us US	R	R	6' 2"	225	Jan 2, 1975	3	23	22	1	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Jesús Tavárez	26	do DO	B	R	6' 0"	170	Mar 26, 1971	4	42	18	42	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	29	4	35	2	1	10	-0.3	$175,000
Ricky Trlicek	28	us US	R	R	6' 3"	200	Apr 26, 1969	5	18	0	0	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$184,250
John Valentin	30	us US	R	R	6' 0"	170	Feb 18, 1967	6	143	142	143	143	0	0	0	79	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.7	$3,750,000
Jason Varitek	25	us US	B	R	6' 2"	230	Apr 11, 1972	1st	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.1
Mo Vaughn	29	us US	L	R	6' 1"	225	Dec 15, 1967	7	141	140	141	131	0	0	131	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	3.9	$6,350,000
Tim Wakefield	30	us US	R	R	6' 2"	210	Aug 2, 1966	5	35	29	1	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.9	$2,500,000
John Wasdin	24	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Aug 5, 1972	3	53	7	3	53	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	$185,000
Name	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

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Jimy Williams	53	us US	Oct 4, 1943	Manager	Apr 2	Sep 28
Grady Little	47	us US	Mar 3, 1950	Bench	Apr 2	Sep 28
Jim Rice	44	us US	Mar 8, 1953	Hitting	Apr 2	Sep 28
Joe Kerrigan	43	us US	Jan 30, 1954	Pitching	Apr 2	Sep 28
Herm Starrette	60	us US	Nov 20, 1936	Bullpen	Apr 2	Sep 28
Dave Jauss	40	us US	Jan 16, 1957	First base	Apr 2	Sep 28
Wendell Kim	47	us US	Mar 9, 1950	Third base	Apr 2	Sep 28
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date