1998 Boston Red Sox Statistics

1997 Season 1999 Season

Record: 92-70-0, Finished 2nd in AL_East (Schedule and Results)

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

Manager: Jimy Williams (92-70)

General Manager: Dan Duquette

Farm Director: Edward P. Kenney

Scouting Director: Wayne Britton

Ballpark: 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

Pythagorean W-L: 94-68, 876 Runs, 729 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	672	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	Name	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	CF	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	141	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	OF	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	OF	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	DH	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	IF	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	DH	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	DH	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	Name	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
32	P	Butch Henry*	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Brian Rose	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Ron Mahay*	27	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Greg Swindell	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Rich Garcés	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Brian Shouse*	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Dennis Eckersley	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Carlos Reyes	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Robinson Checo	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	David West*	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Pete Schourek*	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
43	P	Brian Barkley*	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
44	P	Carlos Valdez	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
45	P	Jin Ho Cho	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
46	P	Darío Veras	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
47	P	Tom Gordon	30	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.9	162	6302	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	1	9	8	3	3	2	4		4		2		6
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.9	162	6277	5581	873	1568	338	35	205	827	72	39	538	1037	.281	.349	.464	.813	108	2591	144	70	33	52	32
		Pitcher Totals	26.5	162	25	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	.000	.130	.000	.130	-62	0	0	0	2	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	3.40	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	4.88	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	4.23	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	5.34	1.553	9.3	1.0	4.7	4.1	0.89
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	2.45	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	3.54	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	4.71	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	182	3.93	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	4.75	1.361	10.4	1.4	1.8	5.0	2.75
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Rich Garcés	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	142	5.25	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	110	4.59	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	135	3.79	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	6.56	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	138	5.02	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	141	4.89	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	58	4.96	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	49	7.87	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	122	6.03	1.222	8.0	2.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
19		Brian Shouse*	29	0	1	.000	5.63	7	0	4	0	0	0	8.0	9	5	5	2	4	0	5	0	0	0	36	87	6.64	1.625	10.1	2.3	4.5	5.6	1.25
20		Darío Veras	25	0	1	.000	10.13	7	0	4	0	0	0	8.0	12	9	9	0	7	0	2	1	0	2	43	48	5.64	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	52	8.88	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		5.24	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	20	16.14	7.000	31.5	4.5	31.5	18.0	0.57
		Team Totals	29.1	92	70	.568	4.18	162	162	157	5	2	53	1436.0	1406	729	667	168	504	33	1025	53	2	62	6141	113	4.40	1.330	8.8	1.1	3.2	6.4	2.03
		Rank in 14 AL teams		2	13		2				13	4	1	10	2	2	2	4	3		7
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W