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1997 Boston Red Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998)
78-84, Finished 4th in AL East
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Scored 851 runs, Allowed 857 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-82
Manager: Jimy Williams (78-84)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
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
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1996 / 1998 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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 Salary
Steve Avery 27 L L 6' 4" 190 Apr 14, 1970 8 24 0 2 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 $4,850,000.00
Mike Benjamin 31 R R 6' 0" 169 Nov 22, 1965 9 49 28 49 44 1 0 4 5 19 16 0 0 0 0 0 2 9
Toby Borland 28 R R 6' 6" 186 May 29, 1969 4 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darren Bragg 27 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 $240,000.00
Mark Brandenburg 26 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 $187,500.00
Robinson Checo 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 9, 1971 1st 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $925,000.00
Michael Coleman 21 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
Wil Cordero 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 3, 1971 6 140 138 140 137 0 0 0 1 0 0 137 0 0 137 1 2 0 $3,000,000.00
Jim Corsi 35 R R 6' 1" 220 Sep 9, 1961 8 52 0 2 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $470,000.00
Vaughn Eshelman 28 L L 6' 3" 205 May 22, 1969 3 21 1 1 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $182,000.00
Jeff Frye 30 R R 5' 9" 165 Aug 31, 1966 5 127 100 127 111 0 0 1 80 18 3 5 5 3 13 1 9 12 $900,000.00
Rich Garces 26 R R 6' 0" 250 May 18, 1971 5 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $172,000.00
Nomar Garciaparra 23 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 $150,000.00 All-Star
Tom Gordon 29 R R 5' 9" 180 Nov 18, 1967 10 42 0 2 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,900,000.00
Ken Grundt 27 L L 6' 4" 195 Aug 26, 1969 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Hammond 31 L L 6' 1" 195 Jan 21, 1966 8 29 0 1 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $700,000.00
Bill Haselman 31 R R 6' 3" 220 May 25, 1966 7 67 60 67 66 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $650,000.00
Scott Hatteberg 27 L R 6' 1" 185 Dec 14, 1969 3 114 94 114 106 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 0 $150,000.00
Butch Henry 28 L L 6' 1" 205 Oct 7, 1968 5 36 1 1 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $400,000.00
Joe Hudson 26 R R 6' 1" 175 Sep 29, 1970 3 26 0 5 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Reggie Jefferson 28 L L 6' 4" 215 Sep 25, 1968 7 136 123 136 12 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 12 0 $1,900,000.00
Kerry Lacy 24 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
Derek Lowe 24 R R 6' 6" 170 Jun 1, 1973 1st 8 0 1 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shane Mack 33 R R 6' 0" 190 Dec 7, 1963 8 60 37 60 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 43 0 45 0 12 9 $1,850,000.00
Ron Mahay 26 L L 6' 2" 185 Jun 28, 1971 2 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Pat Mahomes 26 R R 6' 4" 210 Aug 9, 1970 6 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $360,000.00
Jose Malave 26 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 $150,000.00
Walt McKeel 25 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
Tim Naehring 30 R R 6' 2" 205 Feb 1, 1967 8 70 68 70 68 0 0 0 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $2,700,000.00
Troy O'Leary 27 L L 6' 0" 196 Aug 4, 1969 5 146 128 146 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 119 142 0 13 2 $1,100,000.00
Rudy Pemberton 27 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 $152,000.00
Arquimedez Pozo 23 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
Curtis Pride 28 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
Brian Rose 21 R R 6' 3" 215 Feb 13, 1976 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bret Saberhagen 33 R R 6' 1" 195 Apr 11, 1964 13 6 1 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $500,000.00
Aaron Sele 27 R R 6' 5" 218 Jun 25, 1970 5 33 1 1 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,126,000.00
Heathcliff Slocumb 31 R R 6' 3" 220 Jun 7, 1966 7 49 0 4 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,300,000.00
Mike Stanley 34 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 25, 1963 12 97 61 97 42 0 15 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 30 0 $2,100,000.00
Jeff Suppan 22 R R 6' 1" 200 Jan 2, 1975 3 23 1 1 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jesus Tavarez 26 B R 6' 0" 170 Mar 26, 1971 4 42 18 42 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 29 4 35 0 1 10 $175,000.00
Ricky Trlicek 28 R R 6' 2" 200 Apr 26, 1969 5 18 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $184,250.00
John Valentin 30 R R 6' 0" 185 Feb 18, 1967 6 143 142 143 143 0 0 0 79 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $3,750,000.00
Jason Varitek 25 B R 6' 2" 210 Apr 11, 1972 1st 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mo Vaughn 29 L R 6' 1" 230 Dec 15, 1967 7 141 140 141 131 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 $6,350,000.00
Tim Wakefield 30 R R 6' 2" 204 Aug 2, 1966 5 35 1 1 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,500,000.00
John Wasdin 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 5, 1972 3 53 0 3 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $185,000.00
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1996 / 1998 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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