1998 Boston Red Sox Roster (40-man)

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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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
Billy Ashley	27	us US	R	R	6' 7"	220	Jul 11, 1970	7	13	4	13	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	6	1	0.2
Steve Avery	28	us US	L	L	6' 4"	180	Apr 14, 1970	9	39	23	6	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.2	$3,900,000
Brian Barkley	22	us US	L	L	6' 2"	180	Dec 8, 1975	1st	6	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Mike Benjamin	32	us US	R	R	6' 3"	195	Nov 22, 1965	10	124	100	124	119	0	0	10	87	11	20	0	0	0	0	2	4	7	2.0	$242,500
Darren Bragg	28	us US	L	R	5' 9"	180	Sep 7, 1969	5	129	113	129	124	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	12	112	124	4	8	3	2.5	$367,500
Damon Buford	28	us US	R	R	5' 10"	170	Jun 12, 1970	6	86	52	86	68	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	67	0	67	14	18	11	1.2	$460,000
Robinson Checo	26	do DO	R	R	6' 1"	165	Sep 9, 1971	2	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Jin Ho Cho	22	kr KR	R	R	6' 0"	175	Aug 16, 1975	1st	4	4	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Jim Corsi	36	us US	R	R	6' 1"	210	Sep 9, 1961	9	59	0	5	59	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	$600,000
Midre Cummings	26	vi VI	L	R	6' 1"	190	Oct 14, 1971	6	67	28	67	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	17	31	32	4	0.5	$250,000
Dennis Eckersley HOF	43	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Oct 3, 1954	24	50	0	0	50	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$1,500,000
Rich Garcés	27	ve VE	R	R	6' 0"	250	May 18, 1971	6	30	0	3	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	$190,000
Nomar Garciaparra	24	us US	R	R	6' 0"	165	Jul 23, 1973	3	143	143	143	143	0	0	0	0	0	143	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.1	$1,075,000
Tom Gordon	30	us US	R	R	5' 9"	160	Nov 18, 1967	11	73	0	6	73	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.6	$3,300,000	All-Star
Scott Hatteberg	28	us US	L	R	6' 1"	192	Dec 14, 1969	4	112	105	112	108	0	108	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1.9	$240,000
Butch Henry	29	us US	L	L	6' 1"	195	Oct 7, 1968	6	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$1,367,500
Reggie Jefferson	29	us US	L	L	6' 4"	210	Sep 25, 1968	8	62	51	62	7	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	8	0	1.0	$3,200,000
Keith Johns	26	us US	R	R	6' 1"	175	Jul 19, 1971	1st	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0
Mark Lemke	32	us US	B	R	5' 10"	167	Aug 13, 1965	11	31	29	31	31	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Darren Lewis	30	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Aug 28, 1967	9	155	151	155	152	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	109	55	152	1	1	3	2.2	$500,000
Jim Leyritz	34	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Dec 27, 1963	9	52	30	52	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	21	0	0.7	$2,000,000
Derek Lowe	25	us US	R	R	6' 6"	230	Jun 1, 1973	2	63	10	2	63	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	$172,000
Ron Mahay	27	us US	L	L	6' 2"	200	Jun 28, 1971	3	29	0	6	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Pedro Martinez HOF	26	do DO	R	R	5' 11"	170	Oct 25, 1971	7	33	33	2	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.1	$7,575,000	All-Star
Orlando Merced	31	pr PR	B	R	6' 0"	180	Nov 2, 1966	9	9	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	7	0	-0.2
Lou Merloni	27	us US	R	R	5' 10"	188	Apr 6, 1971	1st	39	25	39	37	0	0	0	32	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.3	$170,000
Keith Mitchell	28	us US	R	R	5' 10"	180	Aug 6, 1969	4	23	7	23	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	6	10	10	9	3	-0.2	$170,000
Trot Nixon	24	us US	L	L	6' 1"	195	Apr 11, 1974	2	13	5	13	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	7	4	7	0	-0.2	$170,000
Troy O'Leary	28	us US	L	L	6' 0"	175	Aug 4, 1969	6	156	154	156	155	0	0	0	0	0	0	155	0	0	155	0	2	0	1.1	$2,400,000
Carlos Reyes	29	us US	R	R	6' 1"	190	Apr 4, 1969	5	24	0	1	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	$370,000
Mandy Romero	30	us US	B	R	5' 11"	190	Oct 29, 1967	2	12	2	12	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	0	0.1
Brian Rose	22	us US	R	R	6' 3"	215	Feb 13, 1976	2	8	8	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6	$170,000
Bret Saberhagen	34	us US	R	R	6' 1"	160	Apr 11, 1964	14	31	31	2	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.8	$3,800,000
Donnie Sadler	23	us US	R	R	5' 6"	165	Jun 17, 1975	1st	58	39	58	51	0	0	0	50	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	1	13	0.2	$170,000
Pete Schourek	29	us US	L	L	6' 5"	195	May 10, 1969	8	10	8	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	$1,600,000
Brian Shouse	29	us US	L	L	5' 11"	180	Sep 26, 1968	2	7	0	0	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Chris Snopek	27	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Sep 20, 1970	4	8	2	8	6	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	-0.1
Mike Stanley	35	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Jun 25, 1963	13	47	46	47	13	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	1	0	0.8
Greg Swindell	33	us US	R	L	6' 2"	225	Jan 2, 1965	13	29	0	1	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Carlos Valdez	26	do DO	R	R	5' 11"	165	Dec 26, 1971	2	4	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
John Valentin	31	us US	R	R	6' 0"	170	Feb 18, 1967	7	153	153	153	153	0	0	0	1	153	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.8	$5,350,000
Jason Varitek	26	us US	B	R	6' 2"	230	Apr 11, 1972	2	86	56	86	75	0	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	24	0	0.0	$170,000
Mo Vaughn	30	us US	L	R	6' 1"	225	Dec 15, 1967	8	154	154	154	142	0	0	142	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	5.6	$6,650,000	All-Star
Darío Veras	25	do DO	R	R	6' 2"	165	Mar 13, 1973	3	7	0	0	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Tim Wakefield	31	us US	R	R	6' 2"	210	Aug 2, 1966	6	37	33	2	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.5	$3,500,000
John Wasdin	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Aug 5, 1972	4	47	8	3	47	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$227,500
David West	33	us US	L	L	6' 6"	205	Sep 1, 1964	10	6	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
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
Jimy Williams	54	us US	Oct 4, 1943	Manager	Apr 1	Sep 27
Grady Little	48	us US	Mar 3, 1950	Bench	Apr 1	Sep 27
Jim Rice	45	us US	Mar 8, 1953	Hitting	Apr 1	Sep 27
Joe Kerrigan	44	us US	Jan 30, 1954	Pitching	Apr 1	Sep 27
Dick Pole	47	us US	Oct 13, 1950	Bullpen	Apr 1	Sep 27
Dave Jauss	41	us US	Jan 16, 1957	First base	Apr 1	Sep 27
Wendell Kim	48	us US	Mar 9, 1950	Third base	Apr 1	Sep 27
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date