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1998 Boston Red Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997 / 1999

92-70, Finished 2nd in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jimy Williams (92-70)
Scored 876 runs, Allowed 729 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-68

Ballparks: Fenway Park · Attendance: 2,314,704 (9th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102

Postseason:  Lost AL Division Series (3-1) to Cleveland Indians

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1997 / 1999 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
Billy Ashley 27 R R 6' 7" 220 Jul 11, 1970 7 13 4 13 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 6 1 0.2 $
Steve Avery 28 L L 6' 4" 180 Apr 14, 1970 9 39 23 6 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -0.2 $3,900,000
Brian Barkley 22 L L 6' 2" 180 Dec 8, 1975 1st 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Mike Benjamin 32 R R 6' 3" 195 Nov 22, 1965 10 124 100 124 119 0 0 10 87 11 20 0 0 0 0 2 4 7 2.2 $242,500
Darren Bragg 28 L R 5' 9" 180 Sep 7, 1969 5 129 113 129 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12 112 131 4 8 3 2.5 $367,500
Damon Buford 28 R R 5' 10" 170 Jun 12, 1970 6 86 52 86 68 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 67 0 67 14 18 11 1.2 $460,000
Robinson Checo 26 R R 6' 1" 165 Sep 9, 1971 2 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Jin Ho Cho 22 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 16, 1975 1st 4 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Jim Corsi 36 R R 6' 1" 210 Sep 9, 1961 9 59 0 5 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $600,000
Midre Cummings 26 L R 6' 1" 190 Oct 14, 1971 6 67 28 67 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 17 31 32 4 0.4 $250,000
Dennis Eckersley HOF 43 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 3, 1954 24 50 0 0 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $1,500,000
Rich Garces 27 R R 6' 0" 250 May 18, 1971 6 30 0 3 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $190,000
Nomar Garciaparra 24 R R 6' 0" 165 Jul 23, 1973 3 143 143 143 143 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.3 $1,075,000
Tom Gordon 30 R R 5' 9" 160 Nov 18, 1967 11 73 0 6 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $3,300,000 All-Star
Scott Hatteberg 28 L R 6' 1" 192 Dec 14, 1969 4 112 105 112 108 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2.0 $240,000
Butch Henry 29 L L 6' 1" 195 Oct 7, 1968 6 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $1,367,500
Reggie Jefferson 29 B L 6' 4" 210 Sep 25, 1968 8 62 51 62 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 8 0 0.9 $3,200,000
Keith Johns 26 R R 6' 1" 175 Jul 19, 1971 1st 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 $
Mark Lemke 32 B R 5' 10" 167 Aug 13, 1965 11 31 29 31 31 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Darren Lewis 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 28, 1967 9 155 151 155 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 109 55 168 1 1 3 1.8 $500,000
Jim Leyritz 34 R R 6' 0" 190 Dec 27, 1963 9 52 30 52 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 21 0 0.7 $2,000,000
Derek Lowe 25 R R 6' 6" 230 Jun 1, 1973 2 63 10 2 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $172,000
Ron Mahay 27 L L 6' 2" 190 Jun 28, 1971 3 29 0 6 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Pedro Martinez 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Oct 25, 1971 7 33 33 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.5 $7,575,000 All-Star
Orlando Merced 31 B R 6' 0" 180 Nov 2, 1966 9 9 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 7 0 -0.2 $
Lou Merloni 27 R R 5' 10" 188 Apr 6, 1971 1st 39 25 39 37 0 0 0 32 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.2 $170,000
Keith Mitchell 28 R R 5' 10" 180 Aug 6, 1969 4 23 7 23 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 10 10 9 3 -0.2 $170,000
Trot Nixon 24 L L 6' 1" 195 Apr 11, 1974 2 13 5 13 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 7 4 7 0 0.0 $170,000
Troy O'Leary 28 L L 6' 0" 175 Aug 4, 1969 6 156 154 156 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 155 0 2 0 0.8 $2,400,000
Carlos Reyes 29 R R 6' 1" 190 Apr 4, 1969 5 24 0 1 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $370,000
Mandy Romero 30 B R 5' 11" 190 Oct 29, 1967 2 12 2 12 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 0.2 $
Brian Rose 22 R R 6' 3" 215 Feb 13, 1976 2 8 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $170,000
Bret Saberhagen 34 R R 6' 1" 160 Apr 11, 1964 14 31 31 2 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $3,800,000
Donnie Sadler 23 R R 5' 6" 165 Jun 17, 1975 1st 58 39 58 51 0 0 0 50 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 13 0.2 $170,000
Pete Schourek 29 L L 6' 5" 195 May 10, 1969 8 10 8 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $1,600,000
Brian Shouse 29 L L 5' 11" 180 Sep 26, 1968 2 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Chris Snopek 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Sep 20, 1970 4 8 2 8 6 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 -0.1 $
Mike Stanley 35 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 25, 1963 13 47 46 47 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 1 0 1.0 $
Greg Swindell 33 R L 6' 2" 225 Jan 2, 1965 13 29 0 1 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Carlos Valdez 26 R R 5' 11" 165 Dec 26, 1971 2 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
John Valentin 31 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 18, 1967 7 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 1 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 $5,350,000
Jason Varitek 26 B R 6' 2" 230 Apr 11, 1972 2 86 56 86 75 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 24 0 0.0 $170,000
Mo Vaughn 30 L R 6' 1" 225 Dec 15, 1967 8 154 154 154 142 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 5.7 $6,650,000 All-Star
Dario Veras 25 R R 6' 2" 165 Mar 13, 1973 3 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Tim Wakefield 31 R R 6' 2" 210 Aug 2, 1966 6 37 33 2 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.3 $3,500,000
John Wasdin 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 5, 1972 4 47 8 3 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $227,500
David West 33 L L 6' 6" 205 Sep 1, 1964 10 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
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
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Damon Buford
Nomar Garciaparra
Trot Nixon
Scott Hatteberg
John Valentin
Mark Lemke
Bret Saberhagen
Reggie Jefferson

Brian Rose
Darren Lewis
Billy Ashley
Mike Stanley
Troy O'Leary
Orlando Merced
Chris Snopek
Butch Henry
Mike Benjamin

Midre Cummings
Keith Mitchell
Jim Leyritz
Dario Veras
Derek Lowe
Steve Avery
Rich Garces
Tom Gordon
Greg Swindell

David West
Robinson Checo
Jim Corsi
Mo Vaughn
Dennis Eckersley
Pedro Martinez
John Wasdin
Jason Varitek

Tim Wakefield
Lou Merloni
Keith Johns
Pete Schourek
Donnie Sadler
Mandy Romero
Carlos Reyes
Brian Shouse
Darren Bragg
Ron Mahay

Brian Barkley
Jin Ho Cho
Donnie Sadler
Carlos Valdez

1997 / 1999 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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