1978 Boston Red Sox Statistics and Roster

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1978 Boston Red Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977/1979)
99-64, Finished 2nd in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 796 runs, Allowed 657 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-67
Managed by Don Zimmer

Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,320,643 (2nd of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 112, Pitching - 110
  (one-year): Batting - 109, Pitching - 108
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Carlton Fisk        30  157  571   94  162  39  5  20   88  71   83  .284  .366  .475   7   2  10   7   3   6   6  125
1B  George Scott        34  120  412   51   96  16  4  12   54  44   86  .233  .305  .379   1   1  19   0   7   3   3   83
2B *Jerry Remy          25  148  583   87  162  24  6   2   44  40   55  .278  .321  .350  30  13  13   0  14   6   0   81
3B  Butch Hobson        26  147  512   65  128  26  2  17   80  50  122  .250  .312  .408   1   0  15   0   4   8   3   92
SS  Rick Burleson       27  145  626   75  155  32  5   5   49  40   71  .248  .295  .339   8   8  16   4  10   5   2   70
LF  Jim Rice            25  163  677  121  213  25 15  46  139  58  126  .315  .370  .600   7   5  15   5   1   5   7  157
CF *Fred Lynn           26  150  541   75  161  33  3  22   82  75   50  .298  .380  .492   3   6   9   1   4   6  11  133
RF  Dwight Evans        26  147  497   75  123  24  2  24   63  65  119  .247  .336  .449   8   5  15   2   6   2   2  109
DH  Bob Bailey          35   43   94   12   18   3  0   4    9  19   19  .191  .328  .351   2   1   2   1   0   2   0   83
   *Carl Yastrzemski    38  144  523   70  145  21  2  17   81  76   44  .277  .367  .423   4   5   9   3   1   8   8  112
   *Jack Brohamer       28   81  244   34   57  14  1   1   25  25   13  .234  .300  .311   1   3   6   0   4   4   1   65
    Frank Duffy         31   64  104   12   27   5  0   0    4   6   11  .260  .306  .308   1   1   1   1   6   0   0   66
   *Garry Hancock       24   38   80   10   18   3  0   0    4   1   12  .225  .232  .263   0   0   1   0   4   1   0   33
   *Bernie Carbo        30   17   46    7   12   3  0   1    6   8    8  .261  .370  .391   1   1   3   0   0   0   0  105
    Fred Kendall        29   20   41    3    8   1  0   0    4   1    2  .195  .205  .220   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   14
    Bob Montgomery      34   10   29    2    7   1  1   0    5   2   12  .241  .290  .345   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   70
    Sam Bowen           25    6    7    3    1   0  0   1    1   1    2  .143  .250  .571   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  115
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.4  163 5587  796 1493 270 46 172  738 582  835  .267  .336  .424  74  51 135  24  65  58  43  103
    Rank among 14 AL teams         2    2    3   2  3   2        3    2     4     4     2  12  11                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Mike Torrez         31  36   3.96  16  13  0  36   0  15   2  250.0  272  122  110  19   99  120 1091   7   3  2  10 105
SP  Dennis Eckersley    23  35   2.99  20   8  0  35   0  16   3  268.3  258   99   89  30   71  162 1121   3   7  0   8 139
SP  Luis Tiant          37  32   3.31  13   8  0  31   1  12   5  212.3  185   80   78  26   57  114  863   0   5  2   4 126
SP *Bill Lee            31  28   3.46  10  10  0  24   3   8   1  177.0  198   89   68  20   59   44  768   0   2  0   2 120
SP  Jim Wright          27  24   3.57   8   4  0  16   3   5   3  116.0  122   51   46   8   24   56  480   0   7  0   2 116
SP  Allen Ripley        25  15   5.55   2   5  0  11   3   1   0   73.0   92   49   45  10   22   26  326   2   3  0   2  75

CL  Bob Stanley         23  52   2.60  15   2 10   3  35   0   0  141.7  142   50   41   5   34   38  578   0   1  0   5 160
RP  Dick Drago          33  37   3.03   4   4  7   1  24   0   0   77.3   71   30   26   5   32   42  333   2   4  0   5 137
RP *Tom Burgmeier       34  35   4.40   2   1  4   1  13   0   0   61.3   74   33   30   7   23   24  276   0   3  0   1  94
RP  Bill Campbell       29  29   3.91   7   5  4   0  20   0   0   50.7   62   25   22   3   17   47  226   1   0  1   3 106
RP *Andy Hassler        26  13   3.00   2   1  1   2   4   0   0   30.0   38   13   10   0   13   23  139   1   0  0   2 139

   *Bobby Sprowl        22   3   6.39   0   2  0   3   0   0   0   12.7   12   10    9   3   10   10   59   0   0  0   0  65
   *John LaRose         26   1  22.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    3    5    5   1    3    0   11   0   0  0   1  18
    Reggie Cleveland    30   1   0.00   0   1  0   0   0   0   0    0.3    1    1    0   0    0    0    3   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.2 163   3.54  99  64 26 163 106  57  15 1472.0 1530  657  579 137  464  706 6274  16  35  5  45 117
    Rank among 14 AL teams          4   2  13  8           4   4      1   13    7       12    3    9

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- CFisk 1355 150 154 733 90 17 13 .980 7 13 103 49 BMontgomery 80 9 10 35 5 1 0 .976 1 1 2 3 FKendall 37 4 5 22 3 2 0 .926 0 2 9 3 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1472 163 163 790 98 20 13 .978 8 16 114 55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *10.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GScott 990 110 113 1052 55 10 99 .991 10.06 CYastrzemsk 409 47 50 387 41 3 47 .993 9.42 FKendall 73 6 13 85 8 0 7 1.000 11.47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1472 163 163 1524 104 13 153 .992 9.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *5.47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JRemy 1235 139 140 327 444 13 114 .983 5.62 JBrohamer 166 17 23 39 54 3 13 .969 5.02 FDuffy 71 7 12 17 29 0 5 1.000 5.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1472 163 163 383 527 16 132 .983 5.56 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BHobson 1159 133 133 122 261 43 25 .899 2.97 JBrohamer 234 26 30 25 49 2 5 .974 2.84 FDuffy 71 3 22 10 14 1 1 .960 3.04 BBailey 8 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1472 163 163 157 326 46 31 .913 2.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 *4.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RBurleson 1298 144 144 285 482 15 100 .981 5.32 FDuffy 172 19 21 36 55 7 13 .929 4.74 JRemy 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 13.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1472 163 163 322 539 22 113 .975 5.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JRice 893 99 101 212 13 3 1 .987 2.27 CYastrzemsk 552 63 64 122 7 2 2 .985 2.10 GHancock 12 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 CFisk 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 BBailey 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 SBowen 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BCarbo 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1472 163 163 344 20 5 3 .986 2.23 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FLynn 1336 148 149 404 11 7 2 .983 2.80 CYastrzemsk 63 7 7 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.14 GHancock 33 4 5 11 1 0 0 1.000 3.20 SBowen 20 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 DEvans 13 1 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.60 JRice 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1472 163 163 439 13 7 2 .985 2.76 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DEvans 1223 137 140 300 14 6 2 .981 2.31 JRice 129 14 15 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.22 BCarbo 65 7 8 23 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 GHancock 54 5 10 14 2 0 1 1.000 2.63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1472 163 163 369 16 6 3 .985 2.35 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.47 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- FLynn 1336 148 149 408 11 7 2 .984 2.82 DEvans 1237 138 142 305 14 6 2 .982 2.32 JRice 1029 114 114 245 13 3 1 .989 2.26 CYastrzemsk 615 70 71 136 8 2 2 .986 2.11 GHancock 100 9 19 29 3 0 1 1.000 2.87 BCarbo 68 7 9 26 0 0 0 1.000 3.44 SBowen 23 2 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.78 CFisk 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 BBailey 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1472 163 163 1154 49 18 8 .985 2.45 163 163 163 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *1.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DEckersley 268 35 35 19 29 0 1 1.000 1.61 MTorrez 250 36 36 12 29 2 3 .953 1.48 LTiant 212 31 32 14 20 0 2 1.000 1.44 BLee 177 24 28 9 32 3 2 .932 2.08 BStanley 141 3 52 10 34 1 2 .978 2.79 JWright 116 16 24 4 12 1 0 .941 1.24 DDrago 77 1 37 2 10 1 0 .923 1.40 ARipley 73 11 15 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.36 TBurgmeier 61 1 35 5 13 2 3 .900 2.64 BCampbell 50 0 29 10 6 1 0 .941 2.84 AHassler 30 2 13 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.20 BSprowl 12 3 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.71 JLaRose 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 RCleveland 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1472 163 163 88 199 11 13 .963 1.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- JRice 49 BBailey 34 CYastrzemsk 27 JBrohamer 25 BHobson 14 GHancock 13 BCarbo 8 GScott 7 FDuffy 6 DEvans 4 JRemy 4 CFisk 1 FKendall 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Rice .315

On-base % Lynn .380

Slugging % Rice .600

OPS Rice .970

Games Rice 163

At Bats Rice 677

Plate Appearances (approx.) Rice 746

Runs Rice 121

Hits Rice 213

Total Bases Rice 406

Doubles Fisk 39

Triples Rice 15

Home Runs Rice 46

RBI Rice 139

Bases on Balls Yastrzemski 76

Strikeouts Rice 126

Stolen Bases Remy 30

Singles Remy 130

Adjusted OPS+ Rice 157

Runs Created Rice 147

Adjusted Batting Runs Rice 48

Batting Wins Rice 4.8

Extra-Base Hits Rice 86

Times on Base Rice 276

Offensive Win% Rice .756

Hit By Pitch Fisk 7

Sac. Hits Remy 14

Sac. Flies Hobson and Yastrzemski 8

Intentional Walks Lynn 11

Grounded into Double Plays Scott 19

Caught Stealing Remy 13

Power/Speed Number Rice 12.2

At Bats per Strikeout Yastrzemski 11.9

At Bats per Home Run Rice 14.7

Outs Burleson 510

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ERA Eckersley 2.99

Wins Eckersley 20

Won-Loss % Stanley .882

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Tiant 1.140

Hits Allowed/9IP Tiant 7.84

Bases on Balls/9IP Eckersley 2.38

Strikeouts/9IP Eckersley 5.43

Games Stanley 52

Saves Stanley 10

Innings Eckersley 268.3

Strikeouts Eckersley 162

Games Started Torrez 36

Comp. Games Eckersley 16

Shutouts Tiant 5

Home Runs Allow. Eckersley 30

Bases On Balls Allow. Torrez 99

Hits Allowed Torrez 272

SO to Walk Eckersley 2.28

Losses Torrez 13

Earned Runs Allow. Torrez 110

Wild Pitches Torrez 7

Hit Batsmen Eckersley and Wright 7

Batters Faced Eckersley 1121

Games Finished Stanley 35

Adjusted ERA+ Eckersley 139

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Rick Burleson
Dwight Evans
Carlton Fisk (Starting C)
Fred Lynn (Starting CF)
Jerry Remy
Jim Rice (Starting LF)
Carl Yastrzemski

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Just a reminder the Red Sox won a few WS in the early part of last century also. Can another 86-year drought be far off ?? (btw – how lame is that C on Varitek’s jersey)