1979 Boston Red Sox Roster (40-man)

1978 Season 1980 Season

Record: 91-69-0, Finished 3rd in AL_East (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Don Zimmer (91-69)

Scouting Director: Eddie Kasko

Ballpark: Fenway Park

Attendance: 2,353,114 (3rd of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 105
One-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 107

Pythagorean W-L: 92-68, 841 Runs, 711 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Gary Allenson	24	us US	R	R	5' 11"	185	Feb 4, 1955	1st	108	83	108	107	0	104	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-0.2
Jack Brohamer	29	us US	L	R	5' 10"	165	Feb 26, 1950	8	64	46	64	56	0	0	0	35	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	-0.2	$100,000
Tom Burgmeier	35	us US	L	L	5' 11"	185	Aug 2, 1943	12	44	0	1	44	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.9	$120,000
Rick Burleson	28	us US	R	R	5' 10"	165	Apr 29, 1951	6	153	151	153	153	0	0	0	0	0	153	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.8	$125,000	All-Star
Bill Campbell	30	us US	R	R	6' 3"	185	Aug 9, 1948	7	41	0	0	41	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$200,000
Dick Drago	34	us US	R	R	6' 1"	190	Jun 25, 1945	11	53	1	2	53	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.3	$120,000
Frank Duffy	32	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Oct 14, 1946	10	6	0	6	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	-0.1	$80,000
Jim Dwyer	29	us US	L	L	5' 10"	165	Jan 3, 1950	7	76	20	76	44	0	0	25	0	0	0	6	1	12	19	6	26	12	-0.3
Dennis Eckersley HOF	24	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Oct 3, 1954	5	33	33	0	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.2	$152,333
Dwight Evans	27	us US	R	R	6' 2"	180	Nov 3, 1951	8	152	141	152	149	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	148	149	0	5	1	3.7	$150,000
Joel Finch	22	us US	R	R	6' 2"	175	Aug 20, 1956	1st	15	7	1	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.3
Carlton Fisk HOF	31	us US	R	R	6' 3"	200	Dec 26, 1947	10	91	77	91	40	0	39	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	42	14	0	0.8	$195,000
Andy Hassler	27	us US	L	L	6' 5"	220	Oct 18, 1951	8	8	0	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7	$65,000
Butch Hobson	27	us US	R	R	6' 1"	193	Aug 17, 1951	5	146	141	146	142	0	0	0	1	142	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1.7
Fred Lynn	27	us US	L	L	6' 1"	185	Feb 3, 1952	6	147	143	147	143	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	143	0	143	1	4	0	8.9	$175,000	All-Star
Bob Montgomery	35	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Apr 16, 1944	10	32	24	32	31	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.2	$80,000
Mike O'Berry	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Apr 20, 1954	1st	43	19	43	43	0	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-0.2
Stan Papi	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	170	Feb 4, 1951	4	50	27	50	47	0	0	0	27	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	-0.3
Tom Poquette	27	us US	L	R	5' 10"	175	Oct 30, 1951	5	63	29	63	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	30	11	43	4	18	3	0.1
Chuck Rainey	24	us US	R	R	5' 11"	190	Jul 14, 1954	1st	20	16	0	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.7
Win Remmerswaal	25	nl NL	R	R	6' 2"	160	Mar 8, 1954	1st	8	0	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Jerry Remy	26	us US	L	R	5' 9"	165	Nov 8, 1952	5	80	76	80	76	0	0	0	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0.7	$100,000
Steve Renko	34	us US	R	R	6' 5"	230	Dec 10, 1944	11	27	27	0	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	$120,000
Jim Rice HOF	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Mar 8, 1953	6	158	157	158	125	0	0	0	0	0	0	124	0	1	125	33	1	0	6.4	$639,227	All-Star
Allen Ripley	26	us US	R	R	6' 3"	190	Oct 18, 1952	2	16	3	0	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
George Scott	35	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Mar 23, 1944	14	45	41	45	41	0	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	-0.2	$200,000
Ted Sizemore	34	us US	R	R	5' 10"	165	Apr 15, 1945	11	26	23	26	26	0	2	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.2
Bob Stanley	24	us US	R	R	6' 4"	210	Nov 10, 1954	3	40	30	0	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	$140,000	All-Star
Mike Torrez	32	us US	R	R	6' 5"	220	Aug 28, 1946	13	36	36	1	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	$520,000
John Tudor	25	us US	L	L	6' 0"	185	Feb 2, 1954	1st	6	6	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Bob Watson	33	us US	R	R	6' 0"	201	Apr 10, 1946	14	84	83	84	58	0	0	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	1	0	2.6
Larry Wolfe	26	us US	R	R	5' 11"	170	Mar 2, 1953	3	47	17	47	40	0	1	1	27	9	2	0	0	0	0	1	14	0	0.5	$30,000
Jim Wright	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	165	Dec 21, 1950	2	11	1	0	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$50,000
Carl Yastrzemski HOF	39	us US	L	R	5' 11"	175	Aug 22, 1939	19	147	142	147	87	0	0	51	0	0	0	34	2	0	36	56	5	0	2.3	$375,000	All-Star
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Don Zimmer	48	us US	Jan 17, 1931	Manager	Apr 5	Sep 30
Walt Hriniak	36	us US	May 22, 1943	Hitting	Apr 5	Sep 30
Al Jackson	43	us US	Dec 26, 1935	Pitching	Apr 5	Sep 30
Johnny Pesky	60	us US	Feb 27, 1919	First base	Apr 5	Sep 30
Eddie Yost	52	us US	Oct 13, 1926	Third base	Apr 5	Sep 30
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date