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1998 Boston Red Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Scott Hatteberg* 28 112 410 359 46 99 23 1 12 43 0 0 43 58 .276 .359 .446 .804 107 160 11 5 0 3 3
2 1B Mo Vaughn* 30 154 681 609 107 205 31 2 40 115 0 0 61 144 .337 .402 .591 .993 153 360 13 8 0 3 13
3 2B Mike Benjamin 32 124 385 349 46 95 23 0 4 39 3 0 15 73 .272 .312 .372 .684 76 130 11 6 13 2 1
4 SS Nomar Garciaparra 24 143 652 604 111 195 37 8 35 122 12 6 33 62 .323 .362 .584 .946 140 353 20 8 0 7 1
5 3B John Valentin 31 153 681 588 113 145 44 1 23 73 4 5 77 82 .247 .340 .442 .782 101 260 9 9 2 5 3
6 LF Troy O'Leary* 28 156 657 611 95 165 36 8 23 83 2 2 36 108 .270 .314 .468 .782 99 286 17 5 0 5 2
7 CF Darren Lewis 30 155 670 585 95 157 25 3 8 63 29 12 70 94 .268 .352 .362 .714 86 212 12 8 2 5 0
8 RF Darren Bragg* 28 129 465 409 51 114 29 3 8 57 5 3 42 99 .279 .351 .423 .774 99 173 16 6 4 4 0
9 DH Reggie Jefferson* 29 62 219 196 24 60 16 1 8 31 0 0 21 40 .306 .374 .520 .895 128 102 7 1 0 1 2
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
10 C Jason Varitek# 26 86 247 221 31 56 13 0 7 33 2 2 17 45 .253 .309 .407 .716 83 90 8 2 4 3 1
11 UT Damon Buford 28 86 241 216 37 61 14 4 10 42 5 5 22 43 .282 .349 .523 .872 122 113 5 1 0 2 1
12 DH Mike Stanley 35 47 188 156 25 45 12 0 7 32 1 0 26 43 .288 .388 .500 .888 128 78 6 2 0 4 2
13 DH Jim Leyritz 34 52 156 129 17 37 6 0 8 24 0 0 21 34 .287 .385 .519 .904 131 67 4 2 0 4 1
14 DH Midre Cummings* 26 67 140 120 20 34 8 0 5 15 3 3 17 19 .283 .381 .475 .856 120 57 2 2 1 0 0
15 2B Donnie Sadler 23 58 139 124 21 28 4 4 3 15 4 0 6 28 .226 .276 .395 .671 71 49 1 3 5 1 0
16 2B Lou Merloni 27 39 106 96 10 27 6 0 1 15 1 0 7 20 .281 .343 .375 .718 86 36 1 2 1 0 1
17 2B Mark Lemke# 32 31 100 91 10 17 4 0 0 7 0 1 6 15 .187 .232 .231 .463 21 21 0 0 1 2 0
18 UT Keith Mitchell 28 23 40 33 4 9 2 0 0 6 1 0 7 5 .273 .400 .333 .733 93 11 0 0 0 0 1
19 UT Trot Nixon* 24 13 28 27 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .259 .286 .296 .582 51 8 0 0 0 0 0
20 UT Billy Ashley 27 13 26 24 3 7 3 0 3 7 0 0 2 11 .292 .346 .792 1.138 182 19 0 0 0 0 0
21 UT Mandy Romero# 30 12 16 13 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .231 .375 .308 .683 80 4 1 0 0 0 0
22 UT Chris Snopek 27 8 14 12 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .167 .286 .167 .452 22 2 0 0 0 0 0
23 UT Orlando Merced# 31 9 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 -51 0 0 0 0 1 0
24 UT Keith Johns 26 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
25 P Pedro Martinez 26 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 P Tim Wakefield 31 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 -3 0 0 0 2 0 0
27 P Bret Saberhagen 34 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Derek Lowe 25 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .200 .000 .200 -42 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Jim Corsi 36 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P John Wasdin 25 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Steve Avery* 28 6 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.8 162 6299 5601 876 1568 338 35 205 827 72 39 541 1049 .280 .348 .463 .810 107 2591 144 70 35 52 32
Rank in 14 AL teams 8 3 3 1 4 5 14 13 9 7 3 4 2 4 4
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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 Pedro Martinez 26 19 7 .731 2.89 33 33 0 3 2 0 233.2 188 82 75 26 67 3 251 8 0 9 951 163 1.091 7.2 1.0 2.6 9.7 3.75
2 SP Tim Wakefield 31 17 8 .680 4.58 36 33 1 2 0 0 216.0 211 123 110 30 79 1 146 14 1 6 939 103 1.343 8.8 1.3 3.3 6.1 1.85
3 SP Bret Saberhagen 34 15 8 .652 3.96 31 31 0 0 0 0 175.0 181 82 77 22 29 1 100 6 0 4 725 119 1.200 9.3 1.1 1.5 5.1 3.45
4 SP Steve Avery* 28 10 7 .588 5.02 34 23 4 0 0 0 123.2 128 74 69 14 64 0 57 4 0 7 546 94 1.553 9.3 1.0 4.7 4.1 0.89
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
5 CL Tom Gordon 30 7 4 .636 2.72 73 0 69 0 0 46 79.1 55 24 24 2 25 1 78 0 0 9 317 173 1.008 6.2 0.2 2.8 8.8 3.12
6 RP Derek Lowe 25 3 9 .250 4.02 63 10 8 0 0 4 123.0 126 65 55 5 42 5 77 4 0 8 527 117 1.366 9.2 0.4 3.1 5.6 1.83
7 RP John Wasdin 25 6 4 .600 5.25 47 8 13 0 0 0 96.0 111 57 56 14 27 8 59 2 0 1 424 90 1.438 10.4 1.3 2.5 5.5 2.19
8 RP Jim Corsi 36 3 2 .600 2.59 59 0 9 0 0 0 66.0 58 23 19 6 23 2 49 1 0 3 274 181 1.227 7.9 0.8 3.1 6.7 2.13
9 RP Dennis Eckersley 43 4 1 .800 4.76 50 0 13 0 0 1 39.2 46 21 21 6 8 3 22 2 0 0 171 99 1.361 10.4 1.4 1.8 5.0 2.75
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
10 Rich Garces 27 1 1 .500 3.33 30 0 11 0 0 1 46.0 36 19 17 6 27 3 34 2 1 1 201 141 1.370 7.0 1.2 5.3 6.7 1.26
11 Pete Schourek* 29 1 3 .250 4.30 10 8 0 0 0 0 44.0 45 21 21 7 14 1 36 1 0 2 183 109 1.341 9.2 1.4 2.9 7.4 2.57
12 Carlos Reyes 29 1 1 .500 3.52 24 0 10 0 0 0 38.1 35 15 15 2 14 2 23 1 0 3 158 134 1.278 8.2 0.5 3.3 5.4 1.64
13 Brian Rose 22 1 4 .200 6.93 8 8 0 0 0 0 37.2 43 32 29 9 14 0 18 2 0 0 168 68 1.513 10.3 2.2 3.3 4.3 1.29
14 Ron Mahay* 27 1 1 .500 3.46 29 0 6 0 0 1 26.0 26 16 10 2 15 1 14 2 0 3 120 136 1.577 9.0 0.7 5.2 4.8 0.93
15 Greg Swindell* 33 2 3 .400 3.38 29 0 3 0 0 0 24.0 25 13 9 3 13 1 18 0 0 0 104 139 1.583 9.4 1.1 4.9 6.8 1.38
16 Jin Ho Cho 22 0 3 .000 8.20 4 4 0 0 0 0 18.2 28 17 17 4 3 0 15 1 0 1 87 57 1.661 13.5 1.9 1.4 7.2 5.00
17 Brian Barkley* 22 0 0 9.82 6 0 1 0 0 0 11.0 16 13 12 2 9 1 2 1 0 1 59 48 2.273 13.1 1.6 7.4 1.6 0.22
18 Butch Henry* 29 0 0 4.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.0 8 4 4 2 3 0 6 1 0 0 38 118 1.222 8.0 2.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
19 Brian Shouse* 29 0 1 .000 5.62 7 0 4 0 0 0 8.0 9 5 5 2 4 0 5 0 0 0 36 84 1.625 10.1 2.3 4.5 5.6 1.25
20 Dario Veras 25 0 1 .000 10.12 7 0 4 0 0 0 8.0 12 9 9 0 7 0 2 1 0 2 43 46 2.375 13.5 0.0 7.9 2.3 0.29
21 Robinson Checo 26 0 2 .000 9.39 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.2 11 8 8 3 5 0 5 0 0 1 34 50 2.087 12.9 3.5 5.9 5.9 1.00
22 Carlos Valdez 26 1 0 1.000 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 1 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 16 1.800 2.7 0.0 13.5 10.8 0.80
23 David West* 33 0 0 27.00 6 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 7 6 6 1 7 0 4 0 0 1 20 17 7.000 31.5 4.5 31.5 18.0 0.57
Team Totals 29.1 92 70 .568 4.19 162 162 157 5 2 53 1436.0 1406 729 668 168 504 33 1025 53 2 62 6141 112 1.330 8.8 1.1 3.2 6.4 2.03
Rank in 14 AL teams 2 13 13 5 1 9 2 2 2 4 3 7
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 Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Billy Ashley 27 9 0 11.0 8 6 1 1 2 .875 -0.4 -43.6 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0 5.73 0.78 1B-LF-DH
Steve Avery 28 34 23 123.2 47 7 39 1 5 .979 0.0 0.0 3.35 1.35 P
Brian Barkley 22 6 0 11.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.82 0.17 P
Mike Benjamin 32 130 100 902.0 511 233 275 3 54 .994 16.9 22.5 15.9 7.1 8.8 1 5.07 3.91 2B-SS-3B-1B-DH
Darren Bragg 28 135 112 982.0 226 219 6 1 2 .996 15.4 18.8 15.4 6.0 9.4 0 2.06 1.67 RF-CF-LF-DH
Damon Buford 28 84 52 489.0 137 133 4 0 1 1.000 -3.5 -8.6 -4.5 -0.9 -3.6 1 2.52 1.63 CF-2B-3B-DH
Robinson Checo 26 2 2 7.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Jin Ho Cho 22 4 4 18.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.45 0.75 P
Jim Corsi 36 59 0 66.0 21 3 16 2 2 .905 0.0 0.0 2.59 0.32 P
Midre Cummings 26 46 8 84.1 17 16 0 1 0 .941 -1.1 -15.7 -1.1 -0.3 -0.8 0 1.71 0.35 RF-DH
Dennis Eckersley 43 50 0 39.2 7 2 4 1 0 .857 0.0 0.0 1.36 0.12 P
Rich Garces 27 30 0 46.0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.37 0.23 P
Nomar Garciaparra 24 143 143 1255.1 655 228 402 25 68 .962 10.6 10.1 11.6 7.8 3.8 -1 4.52 4.41 SS
Tom Gordon 30 73 0 79.1 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.91 0.11 P
Scott Hatteberg 28 108 105 904.0 730 664 61 5 7 .993 -2.0 -2.7 -2 7.22 6.71 17 42 81 39 33% C
Butch Henry 29 2 2 9.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 4.00 2.00 P
Reggie Jefferson 29 55 4 40.0 43 37 4 2 2 .953 -0.7 -21.0 -0.7 -1.3 0.6 0 9.22 0.75 1B-DH
Keith Johns 26 2 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 2B-DH
Mark Lemke 32 31 29 248.2 109 38 71 0 15 1.000 5.8 28.0 4.8 0.0 4.8 1 3.95 3.52 2B
Darren Lewis 30 169 151 1312.0 391 382 6 3 0 .992 3.7 3.4 5.7 7.4 -1.7 -2 2.66 2.30 CF-RF-LF-DH
Jim Leyritz 34 41 1 11.0 13 13 0 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -21.8 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 10.64 0.32 0 0 2 0 0% C-1B-DH
Derek Lowe 25 63 10 123.0 40 12 24 4 4 .900 0.0 0.0 2.63 0.57 P
Ron Mahay 27 29 0 26.0 4 1 2 1 0 .750 0.0 0.0 1.04 0.10 P
Pedro Martinez 26 33 33 233.2 33 11 18 4 3 .879 0.0 0.0 1.12 0.88 P
Orlando Merced 31 2 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 6.00 1.00 RF-DH
Lou Merloni 27 38 25 248.2 130 52 73 5 10 .962 0.4 1.9 1.4 0.2 1.2 -1 4.52 3.29 2B-3B-SS
Keith Mitchell 28 22 4 44.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -40.9 -1.5 0.0 -1.5 0 1.23 0.27 LF-RF-DH
Trot Nixon 24 9 5 47.2 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 2.5 1.1 0.6 0.5 -1 3.02 1.78 RF-LF-DH
Troy O'Leary 28 155 154 1342.0 314 302 9 3 1 .990 -1.4 -1.3 -0.4 0.5 -0.9 -1 2.09 2.01 LF
Carlos Reyes 29 24 0 38.1 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.88 0.33 P
Mandy Romero 30 7 0 8.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 12.38 1.57 0 0 0 0 C-DH
Brian Rose 22 8 8 37.2 8 4 4 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.91 1.00 P
Bret Saberhagen 34 31 31 175.0 34 13 20 1 1 .971 0.0 0.0 1.70 1.06 P
Donnie Sadler 23 58 39 350.0 187 81 101 5 18 .973 0.2 0.7 0.2 -0.6 0.8 0 4.68 3.14 2B-SS-DH
Pete Schourek 29 10 8 44.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.41 0.20 P
Brian Shouse 29 7 0 8.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.25 0.29 P
Chris Snopek 27 8 1 17.2 6 1 4 1 0 .833 0.2 13.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 2.55 0.63 3B-2B-DH
Mike Stanley 35 47 12 106.0 114 108 6 0 14 1.000 -1.5 -17.0 -1.5 -1.2 -0.3 0 9.68 2.43 1B-DH
Greg Swindell 33 29 0 24.0 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.25 0.21 P
Carlos Valdez 26 4 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
John Valentin 31 154 153 1325.1 428 121 292 15 28 .965 20.7 18.7 19.7 8.7 11.0 1 2.80 2.68 3B-2B
Jason Varitek 26 78 56 516.0 404 367 32 5 3 .988 -4.0 -9.3 -4 6.96 5.12 18 20 49 19 28% C-DH
Mo Vaughn 30 154 142 1238.1 1278 1176 90 12 91 .991 4.6 4.5 4.6 3.0 1.6 0 9.20 8.22 1B-DH
Dario Veras 25 7 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.12 0.14 P
Tim Wakefield 31 36 33 216.0 42 16 23 3 1 .929 0.0 0.0 1.62 1.08 P
John Wasdin 25 47 8 96.0 21 5 15 1 1 .952 0.0 0.0 1.88 0.43 P
David West 33 6 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Team Totals 29.1 162 1458 12924.0 6037 4307 1625 105 337 .983 62.3 5.8 70.3 36.7 33.6 -3 1 -6 4.13 2.60 35 62 132 58 31%
Rank in 14 AL teams 11 14 4
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1997 / 1999 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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