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1998 Boston Red Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997 / 1999)
92-70, Finished 2nd in AL East
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Scored 876 runs, Allowed 729 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-68
Manager: Jimy Williams (92-70)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
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 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
Billy Ashley 27 R R 6' 7" 227 Jul 11, 1970 7 13 4 13 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 6 1
Steve Avery 28 L L 6' 4" 190 Apr 14, 1970 9 39 1 6 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 $3,900,000.00
Brian Barkley 22 L L Dec 8, 1975 1st 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Benjamin 32 R R 6' 0" 169 Nov 22, 1965 10 124 100 124 119 0 0 10 87 11 20 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 $242,500.00
Darren Bragg 28 L R 5' 9" 180 Sep 7, 1969 5 129 113 129 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12 112 124 1 8 3 $367,500.00
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 0 18 11 $460,000.00
Robinson Checo 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 9, 1971 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jin Ho Cho 22 R R 6' 3" 220 Aug 16, 1975 1st 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Corsi 36 R R 6' 1" 220 Sep 9, 1961 9 59 0 5 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $600,000.00
Midre Cummings 26 L R 6' 0" 196 Oct 14, 1971 6 67 28 67 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 17 20 32 4 $250,000.00
Dennis Eckersley HOF 43 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 3, 1954 24 50 0 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,500,000.00
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 $190,000.00
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 $1,075,000.00
Tom Gordon 30 R R 5' 9" 180 Nov 18, 1967 11 73 0 6 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,300,000.00 All-Star
Scott Hatteberg 28 L R 6' 1" 185 Dec 14, 1969 4 112 105 112 108 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 $240,000.00
Butch Henry 29 L L 6' 1" 205 Oct 7, 1968 6 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,367,500.00
Reggie Jefferson 29 L L 6' 4" 215 Sep 25, 1968 8 62 51 62 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 8 0 $3,200,000.00
Keith Johns 26 R R Jul 19, 1971 1st 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mark Lemke 32 B R 5' 9" 167 Aug 13, 1965 11 31 29 31 31 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darren Lewis 30 R R 6' 0" 189 Aug 28, 1967 9 155 151 155 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 109 55 152 0 1 3 $500,000.00
Jim Leyritz 34 R R 6' 0" 195 Dec 27, 1963 9 52 30 52 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 21 0 $2,000,000.00
Derek Lowe 25 R R 6' 6" 170 Jun 1, 1973 2 63 2 2 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $172,000.00
Ron Mahay 27 L L 6' 2" 185 Jun 28, 1971 3 29 0 6 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pedro Martinez 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Oct 25, 1971 7 33 2 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $7,575,000.00 All-Star
Orlando Merced 31 B R 5' 11" 170 Nov 2, 1966 9 9 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 7 0
Lou Merloni 27 R R 5' 10" 194 Apr 6, 1971 1st 39 25 39 37 0 0 0 32 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $170,000.00
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 3 9 3 $170,000.00
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 0 7 0
Troy O'Leary 28 L L 6' 0" 196 Aug 4, 1969 6 156 154 156 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 155 0 2 0 $2,400,000.00
Carlos Reyes 29 B 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 $370,000.00
Mandy Romero 30 B R 5' 11" 200 Oct 29, 1967 2 12 2 12 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0
Brian Rose 22 R R 6' 3" 215 Feb 13, 1976 2 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
Bret Saberhagen 34 R R 6' 1" 195 Apr 11, 1964 14 31 2 2 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,800,000.00
Donnie Sadler 23 R R 5' 6" 175 Jun 17, 1975 1st 58 39 58 51 0 0 0 50 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 $170,000.00
Pete Schourek 29 L L 6' 5" 205 May 10, 1969 8 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,600,000.00
Brian Shouse 29 L L 5' 11" 180 Sep 26, 1968 2 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Snopek 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 20, 1970 4 8 2 8 6 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
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
Greg Swindell 33 R L 6' 3" 225 Jan 2, 1965 13 29 0 1 29 29 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 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Valentin 31 R R 6' 0" 185 Feb 18, 1967 7 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 1 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $5,350,000.00
Jason Varitek 26 B R 6' 2" 210 Apr 11, 1972 2 86 56 86 75 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 $170,000.00
Mo Vaughn 30 L R 6' 1" 230 Dec 15, 1967 8 154 154 154 142 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 $6,650,000.00 All-Star
Dario Veras 25 R R 6' 2" 165 Mar 13, 1973 3 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Wakefield 31 R R 6' 2" 204 Aug 2, 1966 6 37 1 2 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $3,500,000.00
John Wasdin 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 5, 1972 4 47 0 3 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $227,500.00
David West 33 L L 6' 6" 230 Sep 1, 1964 10 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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.

1997 / 1999 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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