1978 Boston Red Sox Statistics

1977 Season 1979 Season

Record: 99-64-0, Finished 2nd in AL_East (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Don Zimmer (99-64)

General Manager: Haywood Sullivan (Appointed 10/24/1977)

Scouting Director: Eddie Kasko

Ballpark: Fenway Park

Attendance: 2,320,643 (2nd of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 112, Pitching - 110
One-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 108

Pythagorean W-L: 96-67, 796 Runs, 657 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	Carlton Fisk	30	157	658	571	94	162	39	5	20	88	7	2	71	83	.284	.366	.475	.841	125	271	10	7	3	6	6
2	1B	George Scott	34	120	466	412	51	96	16	4	12	54	1	1	44	86	.233	.305	.379	.684	83	156	19	0	7	3	3
3	2B	Jerry Remy*	25	148	643	583	87	162	24	6	2	44	30	13	40	55	.278	.321	.350	.671	81	204	13	0	14	6	0
4	SS	Rick Burleson	27	145	685	626	75	155	32	5	5	49	8	8	40	71	.248	.295	.339	.633	70	212	16	4	10	5	2
5	3B	Butch Hobson	26	147	574	512	65	128	26	2	17	80	1	0	50	122	.250	.312	.408	.720	92	209	15	0	4	8	3
6	LF	Jim Rice	25	163	746	677	121	213	25	15	46	139	7	5	58	126	.315	.370	.600	.970	157	406	15	5	1	5	7
7	CF	Fred Lynn*	26	150	627	541	75	161	33	3	22	82	3	6	75	50	.298	.380	.492	.872	133	266	9	1	4	6	11
8	RF	Dwight Evans	26	147	572	497	75	123	24	2	24	63	8	5	65	119	.247	.336	.449	.784	109	223	15	2	6	2	2
9	DH	Bob Bailey	35	43	116	94	12	18	3	0	4	9	2	1	19	19	.191	.328	.351	.679	83	33	2	1	0	2	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
10	UT	Carl Yastrzemski*	38	144	611	523	70	145	21	2	17	81	4	5	76	44	.277	.367	.423	.790	112	221	9	3	1	8	8
11	IF	Jack Brohamer*	28	81	277	244	34	57	14	1	1	25	1	3	25	13	.234	.300	.311	.612	65	76	6	0	4	4	1
12	SS	Frank Duffy	31	64	117	104	12	27	5	0	0	4	1	1	6	11	.260	.306	.308	.614	66	32	1	1	6	0	0
13	DH	Garry Hancock*	24	38	86	80	10	18	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	12	.225	.232	.263	.494	33	21	1	0	4	1	0
14	DH	Bernie Carbo*	30	17	54	46	7	12	3	0	1	6	1	1	8	8	.261	.370	.391	.762	105	18	3	0	0	0	0
15	UT	Fred Kendall	29	20	44	41	3	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	2	.195	.205	.220	.424	14	9	0	0	0	2	0
16	C	Bob Montgomery	34	10	32	29	2	7	1	1	0	5	0	0	2	12	.241	.290	.345	.635	70	10	1	0	1	0	0
17	OF	Sam Bowen	25	6	8	7	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	.143	.250	.571	.821	115	4	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
18	P	Jim Wright	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
19	P	Andy Hassler*	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
20	P	Allen Ripley	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
21	P	Reggie Cleveland	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
22	P	Bill Lee*	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
23	P	Luis Tiant	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
24	P	Dick Drago	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
25	P	Mike Torrez	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Bobby Sprowl*	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Bob Stanley	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	John LaRose*	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Dennis Eckersley	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Bill Campbell	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Tom Burgmeier*	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.6	163	6316	5587	796	1493	270	46	172	738	74	51	582	835	.267	.336	.424	.760	103	2371	135	24	65	58	43
		Rank in 14 AL teams				2	2	3	2	3	2		12	4	3	13	4	4	2	2		2		11		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

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	Dennis Eckersley	23	20	8	.714	2.99	35	35	0	16	3	0	268.1	258	99	89	30	71	8	162	7	0	3	1121	139	3.70	1.226	8.7	1.0	2.4	5.4	2.28
2	SP	Mike Torrez	31	16	13	.552	3.96	36	36	0	15	2	0	250.0	272	122	110	19	99	10	120	3	2	7	1091	105	3.84	1.484	9.8	0.7	3.6	4.3	1.21
3	SP	Luis Tiant	37	13	8	.619	3.31	32	31	1	12	5	0	212.1	185	80	78	26	57	4	114	5	2	0	863	126	3.98	1.140	7.8	1.1	2.4	4.8	2.00
4	SP	Bill Lee*	31	10	10	.500	3.46	28	24	3	8	1	0	177.0	198	89	68	20	59	2	44	2	0	0	768	120	4.59	1.452	10.1	1.0	3.0	2.2	0.75
5	SP	Jim Wright	27	8	4	.667	3.57	24	16	3	5	3	0	116.0	122	51	46	8	24	2	56	7	0	0	480	117	3.32	1.259	9.5	0.6	1.9	4.3	2.33
6	SP	Allen Ripley	25	2	5	.286	5.55	15	11	3	1	0	0	73.0	92	49	45	10	22	2	26	3	0	2	326	75	4.68	1.562	11.3	1.2	2.7	3.2	1.18
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
7	CL	Bob Stanley	23	15	2	.882	2.60	52	3	35	0	0	10	141.2	142	50	41	5	34	5	38	1	0	0	578	160	3.25	1.242	9.0	0.3	2.2	2.4	1.12
8	RP	Dick Drago	33	4	4	.500	3.03	37	1	24	0	0	7	77.1	71	30	26	5	32	5	42	4	0	2	333	138	3.74	1.332	8.3	0.6	3.7	4.9	1.31
9	RP	Tom Burgmeier*	34	2	1	.667	4.40	35	1	13	0	0	4	61.1	74	33	30	7	23	1	24	3	0	0	276	95	4.56	1.582	10.9	1.0	3.4	3.5	1.04
10	RP	Bill Campbell	29	7	5	.583	3.91	29	0	20	0	0	4	50.2	62	25	22	3	17	3	47	0	1	1	226	107	2.51	1.559	11.0	0.5	3.0	8.3	2.76
11	RP	Andy Hassler*	26	2	1	.667	3.00	13	2	4	0	0	1	30.0	38	13	10	0	13	2	23	0	0	1	139	140	2.35	1.700	11.4	0.0	3.9	6.9	1.77
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
12		Bobby Sprowl*	22	0	2	.000	6.39	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.2	12	10	9	3	10	0	10	0	0	0	59	67	6.45	1.737	8.5	2.1	7.1	7.1	1.00
13		John LaRose*	26	0	0		22.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	11	22	13.59	3.000	13.5	4.5	13.5	0.0	0.00
14		Reggie Cleveland	30	0	1	.000	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		2.59	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	29.0	99	64	.607	3.54	163	163	106	57	14	26	1472.2	1530	657	579	137	464	45	706	35	5	16	6274	118	3.85	1.354	9.4	0.8	2.8	4.3	1.52
		Rank in 14 AL teams		2	13		4				4	4	8	1	13	7	6	12	3		9
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