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2008 Boston Red Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007 / 2009)
95-67, Finished 2nd in AL East
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Scored 845 runs, Allowed 694 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 95-67
Manager: Terry Francona (95-67)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 3,048,250 (4th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 106; one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 104

Postseason:

Lost AL Championship Series (4-3) to Tampa Bay Rays
Won AL Division Series (3-1) over Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

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2007 / 2009 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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	Jason Varitek#	36	131	483	423	37	93	20	0	13	43	0	1	52	122	.220	.313	.359	.672	73	152	13	6	0	2	3
2	1B	Kevin Youkilis	29	145	621	538	91	168	43	4	29	115	3	5	62	108	.312	.390	.569	.958	143	306	11	12	0	9	7
3	2B	Dustin Pedroia	24	157	726	653	118	213	54	2	17	83	20	1	50	52	.326	.376	.493	.869	122	322	17	7	7	9	1
4	SS	Julio Lugo	32	82	307	261	27	70	13	0	1	22	12	4	34	51	.268	.355	.330	.685	78	86	13	4	3	5	0
5	3B	Mike Lowell	34	113	468	419	58	115	27	0	17	73	2	2	38	61	.274	.338	.461	.798	103	193	14	5	0	6	2
6	LF	Manny Ramirez	36	100	425	365	66	109	22	1	20	68	1	0	52	86	.299	.398	.529	.926	136	193	12	8	0	0	8
7	CF	Coco Crisp#	28	118	409	361	55	102	18	3	7	41	20	7	35	59	.283	.344	.407	.751	93	147	6	1	8	4	0
8	RF	J.D. Drew*	32	109	456	368	79	103	23	4	19	64	4	1	79	80	.280	.408	.519	.927	137	191	11	4	0	5	5
9	DH	David Ortiz*	32	109	491	416	74	110	30	1	23	89	1	0	70	74	.264	.369	.507	.877	123	211	11	1	1	3	12
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	OF	Jacoby Ellsbury*	24	145	609	554	98	155	22	7	9	47	50	11	41	80	.280	.336	.394	.729	87	218	9	7	4	3	2
11	IF	Jed Lowrie#	24	81	306	260	34	67	25	3	2	46	1	0	35	68	.258	.339	.400	.739	90	104	8	1	2	8	0
12	1B	Sean Casey*	33	69	218	199	14	64	14	0	0	17	1	0	17	25	.322	.381	.392	.773	100	78	6	2	0	0	3
13	LF	Jason Bay	29	49	211	184	39	54	12	2	9	37	3	0	22	51	.293	.370	.527	.897	128	97	4	2	0	3	2
14	SS	Alex Cora*	32	75	179	152	14	41	8	2	0	9	1	1	16	13	.270	.371	.349	.719	87	53	3	9	1	1	1
15	C	Kevin Cash	30	61	162	142	11	32	7	0	3	15	0	0	18	50	.225	.309	.338	.647	67	48	6	0	0	2	1
16	RF	Mark Kotsay*	32	22	91	84	6	19	8	1	0	12	0	1	7	11	.226	.286	.345	.631	62	29	1	0	0	0	1
17	UT	Brandon Moss*	24	34	86	78	7	23	5	1	2	11	1	1	6	25	.295	.337	.462	.799	103	36	0	0	0	2	0
18	UT	Jeff Bailey	29	27	59	50	10	14	1	1	2	6	0	0	9	17	.280	.390	.460	.850	118	23	2	0	0	0	1
19	UT	Chris Carter*	25	9	20	18	5	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	5	.333	.400	.333	.733	92	6	0	0	0	0	0
20	OF	Jonathan Van Every*	28	11	18	17	0	4	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	6	.235	.278	.353	.631	61	6	0	0	0	0	0
21	C	Dave Ross	31	8	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	-35	1	0	0	1	0	0
22	LF	Joe Thurston*	28	4	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.111	.000	.111	-68	0	0	1	0	0	0
23	MI	Gil Velazquez	28	3	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-35	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	C	George Kottaras*	25	3	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.400	.600	50	2	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	Josh Beckett	28	2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
26	P	Jon Lester*	24	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Justin Masterson	23	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Tim Wakefield	41	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Bartolo Colon	35	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Daisuke Matsuzaka	27	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	David Aardsma	26	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Javier Lopez*	30	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Bryan Corey	34	0	0	0					0
34	P	Devern Hansack	30	0	0	0					0
35	P	David Pauley	25	0	0	0					0
36	P	Clay Buchholz*	23	0	0	0					0
37	P	Hideki Okajima*	32	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Paul Byrd	37	0	0	0					0
39	P	Michael Bowden	21	0	0	0					0
40	P	Julian Tavarez*	35	0	0	0					0
41	P	Chris Smith	27	0	0	0					0
42	P	Manny Delcarmen	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
43	P	Charlie Zink	28	0	0	0					0
44	P	Kyle Snyder#	30	0	0	0					0
45	P	Craig Hansen	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
46	P	Mike Timlin	42	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
47	P	Jonathan Papelbon	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.8	162	6402	5596	845	1565	353	33	173	807	120	35	646	1068	.280	.358	.447	.805	106	2503	147	70	28	62	49
		Rank in 14 AL teams				6	2	3	2	5	6		3	7	1	6	2	1	3	2		3		3		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

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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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	Jon Lester*	24	16	6	.727	3.21	33	33	0	2	2	0	210.1	202	78	75	14	66	1	152	10	1	3	874	144	1.274	8.6	0.6	2.8	6.5	2.30
2	SP	Tim Wakefield	41	10	11	.476	4.13	30	30	0	1	0	0	181.0	154	89	83	25	60	0	117	13	0	12	754	112	1.182	7.7	1.2	3.0	5.8	1.95
3	SP	Josh Beckett	28	12	10	.545	4.03	27	27	0	1	0	0	174.1	173	80	78	18	34	1	172	9	0	5	725	115	1.187	8.9	0.9	1.8	8.9	5.06
4	SP	Daisuke Matsuzaka	27	18	3	.857	2.90	29	29	0	0	0	0	167.2	128	58	54	12	94	1	154	7	0	5	716	159	1.324	6.9	0.6	5.0	8.3	1.64
5	SP	Clay Buchholz	23	2	9	.182	6.75	16	15	0	1	0	0	76.0	93	63	57	11	41	1	72	2	1	2	357	68	1.763	11.0	1.3	4.9	8.5	1.76
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
6	CL	Jonathan Papelbon	27	5	4	.556	2.34	67	0	62	0	0	41	69.1	58	24	18	4	8	0	77	0	0	2	273	198	0.952	7.5	0.5	1.0	10.0	9.63
7	RP	Manny Delcarmen	26	1	2	.333	3.27	73	0	16	0	0	2	74.1	55	28	27	5	28	1	72	3	0	0	307	141	1.117	6.7	0.6	3.4	8.7	2.57
8	RP	Hideki Okajima*	32	3	2	.600	2.61	64	0	11	0	0	1	62.0	49	18	18	6	23	1	60	1	0	2	258	177	1.161	7.1	0.9	3.3	8.7	2.61
9	RP	Javier Lopez*	30	2	0	1.000	2.43	70	0	10	0	0	0	59.1	53	18	16	4	27	0	38	2	0	1	247	190	1.348	8.0	0.6	4.1	5.8	1.41
10	RP	Mike Timlin	42	4	4	.500	5.66	47	0	26	0	0	1	49.1	60	32	31	9	20	4	32	1	0	1	227	82	1.622	10.9	1.6	3.6	5.8	1.60
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
11		Justin Masterson	23	6	5	.545	3.16	36	9	6	0	0	0	88.1	68	31	31	10	40	3	68	8	0	1	365	146	1.223	6.9	1.0	4.1	6.9	1.70
12		Paul Byrd	37	4	2	.667	4.78	8	8	0	0	0	0	49.0	58	26	26	8	10	0	26	2	0	0	208	97	1.388	10.7	1.5	1.8	4.8	2.60
13		David Aardsma	26	4	2	.667	5.55	47	0	7	0	0	0	48.2	49	32	30	4	35	2	49	5	0	3	228	83	1.726	9.1	0.7	6.5	9.1	1.40
14		Bartolo Colon	35	4	2	.667	3.92	7	7	0	0	0	0	39.0	44	23	17	5	10	0	27	2	0	0	173	118	1.385	10.2	1.2	2.3	6.2	2.70
15		Craig Hansen	24	1	3	.250	5.58	32	0	6	0	0	2	30.2	29	23	19	2	23	1	25	1	0	3	146	83	1.696	8.5	0.6	6.8	7.3	1.09
16		Chris Smith	27	1	0	1.000	7.85	12	0	3	0	0	0	18.1	18	16	16	6	7	0	13	0	0	0	78	59	1.364	8.8	2.9	3.4	6.4	1.86
17		Julian Tavarez	35	0	1	.000	6.39	9	0	2	0	0	0	12.2	18	12	9	0	9	0	6	1	0	1	64	72	2.132	12.8	0.0	6.4	4.3	0.67
18		David Pauley	25	0	1	.000	11.68	6	2	3	0	0	0	12.1	23	17	16	2	5	0	11	1	0	0	67	40	2.270	16.8	1.5	3.6	8.0	2.20
19		Devern Hansack	30	1	0	1.000	4.05	4	0	3	0	0	0	6.2	6	5	3	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	26	114	1.050	8.1	0.0	1.4	6.8	5.00
20		Bryan Corey	34	0	0		10.50	7	0	2	0	0	0	6.0	11	7	7	1	3	1	4	0	0	0	31	44	2.333	16.5	1.5	4.5	6.0	1.33
21		Michael Bowden	21	1	0	1.000	3.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	2	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	22	128	1.600	12.6	0.0	1.8	5.4	3.00
22		Charlie Zink	28	0	0		16.62	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	11	8	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	25	28	2.769	22.8	0.0	2.1	2.1	1.00
23		Kyle Snyder	30	0	0		21.60	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	9	21	2.400	10.8	5.4	10.8	5.4	0.50
		Team Totals	29.3	95	67	.586	4.01	162	162	157	5	2	47	1446.1	1369	694	645	147	548	17	1185	68	2	43	6180	115	1.325	8.5	0.9	3.4	7.4	2.16
		Rank in 14 AL teams		3	12		4				6	1	3	6	4	4	5	4	9		14926
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

* - 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
David Aardsma	26	47	0	48.2	9	3	6	0	0	1.000									1.66	0.19						P
Jeff Bailey	29	20	9	91.0	83	80	3	0	10	1.000	0.1	1.3	0.1	0.4	-0.3	0	0		8.21	4.15						1B-LF-RF-DH
Jason Bay	29	49	48	423.1	82	76	5	1	0	.988	-10.7	-30.3	-12.7	-5.2	-7.5	2			1.72	1.65						LF
Josh Beckett	28	27	27	174.1	35	15	18	2	2	.943									1.70	1.22						P
Michael Bowden	21	1	1	5.0	2	1	1	0	1	1.000									3.60	2.00						P
Clay Buchholz	23	16	15	76.0	9	3	6	0	0	1.000									1.07	0.56						P
Paul Byrd	37	8	8	49.0	12	2	9	1	1	.917									2.02	1.38						P
Chris Carter	25	4	1	17.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-0.3	-21.2	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0			1.59	0.75						LF-DH
Sean Casey	33	52	40	342.2	347	331	13	3	25	.991	-1.7	-6.0	-1.7	-2.6	0.9		0		9.04	6.62						1B-DH
Kevin Cash	30	61	42	387.0	312	281	27	4	5	.987	-3.2	-9.9	-0.2	0.0	-0.2		0	-3	7.16	5.05	14	20	38	16	30%	C-3B
Bartolo Colon	35	7	7	39.0	8	2	4	2	0	.750									1.38	0.86						P
Alex Cora	32	76	41	421.0	236	80	150	6	42	.975	-3.8	-10.8	-4.8	-5.8	1.0		1		4.92	3.03						SS-2B
Bryan Corey	34	7	0	6.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									1.50	0.14						P
Coco Crisp	28	114	98	886.0	240	234	4	2	1	.992	-7.0	-9.5	-5.0	4.6	-9.6	-2			2.42	2.09						CF
Manny Delcarmen	26	73	0	74.1	11	6	5	0	0	1.000									1.33	0.15						P
J.D. Drew	32	109	105	891.2	194	184	6	4	1	.979	-4.5	-6.1	1.5	-2.1	3.6	-6			1.92	1.74						RF-CF-DH
Jacoby Ellsbury	24	160	129	1174.0	336	332	4	0	2	1.000	21.8	22.3	22.8	15.4	7.4	-1			2.58	2.10						CF-LF-RF
Devern Hansack	30	4	0	6.2	1	0	0	1	0	.000									0.00	0.00						P
Craig Hansen	24	32	0	30.2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000									0.59	0.06						P
Mark Kotsay	32	25	22	190.2	71	67	3	1	7	.986	-2.9	-18.3	-0.9	0.2	-1.1	-2	0		3.30	2.80						RF-1B
George Kottaras	25	2	0	8.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	5.62	2.50	0	0	0	0		C
Jon Lester	24	33	33	210.1	42	19	21	2	3	.952									1.71	1.21						P
Javier Lopez	30	70	0	59.1	21	7	10	4	0	.810									2.58	0.24						P
Mike Lowell	34	112	108	935.2	307	80	217	10	20	.967	13.7	17.6	13.7	9.5	4.2		0		2.86	2.65						3B-DH
Jed Lowrie	24	97	69	645.2	238	64	172	2	29	.992	6.3	11.7	6.3	2.3	4.0		0		3.29	2.43						SS-3B-2B
Julio Lugo	32	82	79	672.1	292	100	176	16	34	.945	-7.0	-12.5	-5.0	-9.1	4.1		-2		3.69	3.37						SS-LF
Justin Masterson	23	36	9	88.1	14	3	10	1	2	.929									1.32	0.36						P
Daisuke Matsuzaka	27	29	29	167.2	36	16	19	1	2	.972									1.88	1.21						P
Brandon Moss	24	27	17	177.0	48	46	2	0	1	1.000	3.1	21.0	2.1	1.2	0.9	1	0		2.44	1.78						RF-LF-1B
Hideki Okajima	32	64	0	62.0	7	3	4	0	0	1.000									1.02	0.11						P
David Ortiz	32	108																		0.00						DH
Jonathan Papelbon	27	67	0	69.1	13	5	5	3	0	.769									1.30	0.15						P
David Pauley	25	6	2	12.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									0.73	0.17						P
Dustin Pedroia	24	157	155	1376.1	733	279	448	6	101	.992	3.3	2.9	4.3	3.0	1.3		-1		4.75	4.63						2B
Manny Ramirez	36	97	66	537.2	106	99	6	1	2	.991	4.1	9.2	1.1	-5.4	6.5	3			1.76	1.08						LF-DH
Dave Ross	31	8	0	25.0	23	23	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	8.28	2.88	0	0	2	0	0%	C
Chris Smith	27	12	0	18.1	5	3	2	0	0	1.000									2.45	0.42						P
Kyle Snyder	30	2	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Julian Tavarez	35	9	0	12.2	3	1	2	0	1	1.000									2.13	0.33						P
Joe Thurston	28	4	1	19.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-0.5	-31.6	-0.5	0.0	-0.5	0			2.37	1.25						LF
Mike Timlin	42	47	0	49.1	10	1	9	0	0	1.000									1.82	0.21						P
Jonathan Van Every	28	10	2	41.0	16	16	0	0	0	1.000	0.9	26.3	0.9	-0.1	1.0	0			3.51	1.60						RF-CF-LF
Jason Varitek	36	131	120	1041.1	949	903	42	4	7	.996	3.0	3.5						3	8.17	7.21	4	23	56	16	22%	C
Gil Velazquez	28	3	2	22.0	15	5	10	0	2	1.000	0.2	10.9	0.2	0.0	0.2		0		6.14	5.00						2B-SS
Tim Wakefield	41	30	30	181.0	23	7	15	1	1	.957									1.09	0.73						P
Kevin Youkilis	29	163	142	1245.1	1113	949	157	7	97	.994	11.9	11.5	11.9	5.6	6.3	0	0		7.99	6.79						1B-3B-RF
Charlie Zink	28	1	1	4.1	2	0	2	0	0	1.000									4.15	2.00						P
Team Totals	29.6	162	1458	13017.0	6021	4339	1597	85	399	.986	26.8	2.5	33.8	11.9	21.9	-5	-2	0	4.10	2.58	18	43	96	32	25%
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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

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