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2008 Boston Red Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007)
95-67, 2nd place in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 845 runs, Allowed 694 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 95-67
Managed by Terry Francona

Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 3,048,250 (4th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 108, Pitching - 106
  (one-year): Batting - 105, Pitching - 103
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Lost AL Championship Series (4-3) to Tampa Bay Rays
Won AL Division Series (3-1) over Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

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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  #Jason Varitek       36  131  423   37   93  20  0  13   43  52  122  .220  .313  .359   0   1  13   6   0   2   3   73
1B  Kevin Youkilis      29  145  538   91  168  43  4  29  115  62  108  .312  .390  .569   3   5  11  12   0   9   7  143
2B  Dustin Pedroia      24  157  653  118  213  54  2  17   83  50   52  .326  .376  .493  20   1  17   7   7   9   1  122
3B  Mike Lowell         34  113  419   58  115  27  0  17   73  38   61  .274  .338  .461   2   2  14   5   0   6   2  103
SS  Julio Lugo          32   82  261   27   70  13  0   1   22  34   51  .268  .355  .330  12   4  13   4   3   5   0   78
LF  Manny Ramirez       36  100  365   66  109  22  1  20   68  52   86  .299  .398  .529   1   0  12   8   0   0   8  136
CF #Coco Crisp          28  118  361   55  102  18  3   7   41  35   59  .283  .344  .407  20   7   6   1   8   4   0   93
RF *J.D. Drew           32  109  368   79  103  23  4  19   64  79   80  .280  .408  .519   4   1  11   4   0   5   5  137
DH *David Ortiz         32  109  416   74  110  30  1  23   89  70   74  .264  .369  .507   1   0  11   1   1   3  12  123
   *Jacoby Ellsbury     24  145  554   98  155  22  7   9   47  41   80  .280  .336  .394  50  11   9   7   4   3   2   87
   #Jed Lowrie          24   81  260   34   67  25  3   2   46  35   68  .258  .339  .400   1   0   8   1   2   8   0   90
   *Sean Casey          33   69  199   14   64  14  0   0   17  17   25  .322  .381  .392   1   0   6   2   0   0   3  100
    Jason Bay           29   49  184   39   54  12  2   9   37  22   51  .293  .370  .527   3   0   4   2   0   3   2  128
   *Alex Cora           32   75  152   14   41   8  2   0    9  16   13  .270  .371  .349   1   1   3   9   1   1   1   87
    Kevin Cash          30   61  142   11   32   7  0   3   15  18   50  .225  .309  .338   0   0   6   0   0   2   1   67
   *Mark Kotsay         32   22   84    6   19   8  1   0   12   7   11  .226  .286  .345   0   1   1   0   0   0   1   62
   *Brandon Moss        24   34   78    7   23   5  1   2   11   6   25  .295  .337  .462   1   1   0   0   0   2   0  103
    Jeff Bailey         29   27   50   10   14   1  1   2    6   9   17  .280  .390  .460   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  118
   *Chris Carter        25    9   18    5    6   0  0   0    3   2    5  .333  .400  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   92
   *Jonathan Van Every  28   11   17    0    4   0  1   0    5   1    6  .235  .278  .353   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   61
    Dave Ross           31    8    8    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    3  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -35
   *Joe Thurston        28    4    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .111  .000   0   0   0   1   0   0   0  -68
    Gil Velazquez       28    3    8    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    0  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -35
   *George Kottaras     25    3    5    1    1   1  0   0    0   0    2  .200  .200  .400   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   50

    Josh Beckett        28    2    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
   *Jon Lester          24    2    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Justin Masterson    23    2    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Tim Wakefield       41    1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Bartolo Colon       35    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Daisuke Matsuzaka   27    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    David Aardsma       26    5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Javier Lopez        30    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.8  162 5596  845 1565 353 33 173  797 646 1068  .280  .358  .447 120  35 137  60  18  52  39  107
    Rank among 14 AL teams         6    2    3   2  5   6        1    6     2     1     3   3   7       3            
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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 *Jon Lester          24  33   3.21  16   6  0  33   0   2   2  210.3  202   78   75  14   66  152  874   3  10  1   1 144
SP  Tim Wakefield       41  30   4.13  10  11  0  30   0   1   0  181.0  154   89   83  25   60  117  754  12  13  0   0 112
SP  Daisuke Matsuzaka   27  29   2.90  18   3  0  29   0   0   0  167.7  128   58   54  12   94  154  716   5   7  0   1 159
SP  Josh Beckett        28  27   4.03  12  10  0  27   0   1   0  174.3  173   80   78  18   34  172  725   5   9  0   1 115
SP  Clay Buchholz       23  16   6.75   2   9  0  15   0   1   0   76.0   93   63   57  11   41   72  357   2   2  1   1  68
SP  Paul Byrd           37   8   4.78   4   2  0   8   0   0   0   49.0   58   26   26   8   10   26  208   0   2  0   0  97
SP  Bartolo Colon       35   7   3.92   4   2  0   7   0   0   0   39.0   44   23   17   5   10   27  173   0   2  0   0 118

CL  Jonathan Papelbon   27  67   2.34   5   4 41   0  62   0   0   69.3   58   24   18   4    8   77  273   2   0  0   0 198
RP  Manny Delcarmen     26  73   3.27   1   2  2   0  16   0   0   74.3   55   28   27   5   28   72  307   0   3  0   1 141
RP *Javier Lopez        30  70   2.43   2   0  0   0  10   0   0   59.3   53   18   16   4   27   38  247   1   2  0   0 190
RP *Hideki Okajima      32  64   2.61   3   2  1   0  11   0   0   62.0   49   18   18   6   23   60  258   2   1  0   1 177
RP  David Aardsma       26  47   5.55   4   2  0   0   7   0   0   48.7   49   32   30   4   35   49  228   3   5  0   2  83

    Justin Masterson    23  36   3.16   6   5  0   9   6   0   0   88.3   68   31   31  10   40   68  365   1   8  0   3 146
    Mike Timlin         42  47   5.66   4   4  1   0  26   0   0   49.3   60   32   31   9   20   32  227   1   1  0   4  82
    Craig Hansen        24  32   5.58   1   3  2   0   6   0   0   30.7   29   23   19   2   23   25  146   3   1  0   1  83
    Chris Smith         27  12   7.85   1   0  0   0   3   0   0   18.3   18   16   16   6    7   13   78   0   0  0   0  59
    Julian Tavarez      35   9   6.39   0   1  0   0   2   0   0   12.7   18   12    9   0    9    6   64   1   1  0   0  72
    David Pauley        25   6  11.68   0   1  0   2   3   0   0   12.3   23   17   16   2    5   11   67   0   1  0   0  40
    Devern Hansack      30   4   4.05   1   0  0   0   3   0   0    6.7    6    5    3   0    1    5   26   0   0  0   0 114
    Bryan Corey         34   7  10.50   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    6.0   11    7    7   1    3    4   31   0   0  0   1  44
    Michael Bowden      21   1   3.60   1   0  0   1   0   0   0    5.0    7    2    2   0    1    3   22   0   0  0   0 128
    Charlie Zink        28   1  16.62   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    4.3   11    8    8   0    1    1   25   1   0  0   0  28
    Kyle Snyder         30   2  21.60   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.7    2    4    4   1    2    1    9   1   0  0   0  21
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.2 162   4.01  95  67 47 162 157   5   2 1446.3 1369  694  645 147  548 1185 6180  43  68  2  17 115
    Rank among 14 AL teams          4   3  12  3           6   4      6    4    4        4    9    1
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - 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 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JVaritek 1041 120 131 903 42 4 7 .996 4 56 16 KCash 372 42 57 280 26 4 5 .987 14 38 16 DRoss 25 0 8 23 0 0 0 1.000 0 2 0 GKottaras 8 0 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1446 162 162 1211 68 8 12 .994 18 0 96 32 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 *9.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KYoukilis 984 109 125 923 87 4 92 .996 9.23 SCasey 342 41 45 331 13 3 25 .991 9.03 JBailey 67 7 12 77 3 0 10 1.000 10.75 MKotsay 39 4 6 35 3 1 7 .974 8.77 BMoss 13 1 2 10 0 0 1 1.000 6.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 1376 106 8 135 .995 9.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 *5.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DPedroia 1376 155 157 279 448 6 101 .992 4.75 ACora 35 3 7 6 14 0 3 1.000 5.14 GVelazquez 19 2 2 5 9 0 2 1.000 6.63 JLowrie 16 2 3 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 292 475 6 106 .992 4.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 *2.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MLowell 935 108 110 80 217 10 20 .967 2.86 KYoukilis 252 32 36 23 70 3 5 .969 3.32 JLowrie 243 22 45 16 59 2 8 .974 2.77 KCash 15 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.20 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 120 347 15 33 .969 2.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 *4.39 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JLugo 671 79 81 100 176 16 34 .945 3.70 JLowrie 386 45 49 46 109 0 21 1.000 3.61 ACora 386 38 69 74 136 6 39 .972 4.90 GVelazquez 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 220 422 22 94 .967 4.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MRamirez 537 66 66 99 6 1 2 .991 1.76 JBay 423 48 49 76 5 1 0 .988 1.72 JEllsbury 346 36 58 89 1 0 1 1.000 2.34 BMoss 78 8 11 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.96 JBailey 23 2 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.17 JThurston 19 1 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37 CCarter 17 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 JLugo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JVan Every 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 292 12 2 3 .993 1.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 *2.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CCrisp 886 98 114 234 4 2 1 .992 2.42 JEllsbury 546 63 66 171 3 0 1 1.000 2.86 JVan Every 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 JDrew 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 406 7 2 2 .995 2.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JDrew 886 105 106 184 6 4 1 .979 1.93 JEllsbury 281 30 36 72 0 0 0 1.000 2.31 MKotsay 151 18 19 32 0 0 0 1.000 1.90 BMoss 86 8 14 19 2 0 0 1.000 2.20 JVan Every 32 1 8 15 0 0 0 1.000 4.22 KYoukilis 8 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.10 JBailey 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 325 8 4 1 .988 2.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *1.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JLester 210 33 33 19 21 2 3 .952 1.71 TWakefield 181 30 30 7 15 1 1 .957 1.09 JBeckett 174 27 27 15 18 2 2 .943 1.70 DMatsuzaka 167 29 29 16 19 1 2 .972 1.88 JMasterson 88 9 36 3 10 1 2 .929 1.33 CBuchholz 76 15 16 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.07 MDelcarmen 74 0 73 6 5 0 0 1.000 1.33 JPapelbon 69 0 67 5 5 3 0 .769 1.30 HOkajima 62 0 64 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.02 JLopez 59 0 70 7 10 4 0 .810 2.58 MTimlin 49 0 47 1 9 0 0 1.000 1.83 PByrd 49 8 8 2 9 1 1 .917 2.02 DAardsma 48 0 47 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.66 BColon 39 7 7 2 4 2 0 .750 1.38 CHansen 30 0 32 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.59 CSmith 18 0 12 3 2 0 0 1.000 2.46 JTavarez 12 0 9 1 2 0 1 1.000 2.13 DPauley 12 2 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.73 DHansack 6 0 4 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 BCorey 6 0 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 MBowden 5 1 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.60 CZink 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.19 KSnyder 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 97 152 18 13 .933 1.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- DOrtiz 108 MRamirez 31 SCasey 7 JBailey 2 JDrew 2 MLowell 2 CCarter 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 Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Pedroia .326

On-base % Youkilis .390

Slugging % Youkilis .569

OPS Youkilis .959

Games Pedroia 157

At Bats Pedroia 653

Plate Appearances (approx.) Pedroia 726

Runs Pedroia 118

Hits Pedroia 213

Total Bases Pedroia 322

Doubles Pedroia 54

Triples Ellsbury 7

Home Runs Youkilis 29

RBI Youkilis 115

Bases on Balls Drew 79

Strikeouts Varitek 122

Stolen Bases Ellsbury 50

Singles Pedroia 140

Adjusted OPS+ Youkilis 143

Runs Created Pedroia 123

Adjusted Batting Runs Youkilis 36

Batting Wins Youkilis 3.3

Extra-Base Hits Youkilis 76

Times on Base Pedroia 270

Offensive Win% Youkilis .712

Hit By Pitch Youkilis 12

Sac. Hits Crisp 8

Sac. Flies Pedroia and Youkilis 9

Intentional Walks Ortiz 12

Grounded into Double Plays Pedroia 17

Caught Stealing Ellsbury 11

Power/Speed Number Pedroia 18.4

At Bats per Strikeout Pedroia 12.6

At Bats per Home Run Youkilis 18.6

Outs Pedroia 474

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Matsuzaka 2.90

Wins Matsuzaka 18

Won-Loss % Matsuzaka .857

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Wakefield 1.182

Hits Allowed/9IP Matsuzaka 6.87

Bases on Balls/9IP Beckett 1.76

Strikeouts/9IP Beckett 8.88

Games Delcarmen 73

Saves Papelbon 41

Innings Lester 210.3

Strikeouts Beckett 172

Games Started Lester 33

Comp. Games Lester 2

Shutouts Lester 2

Home Runs Allow. Wakefield 25

Bases On Balls Allow. Matsuzaka 94

Hits Allowed Lester 202

SO to Walk Beckett 5.06

Losses Wakefield 11

Earned Runs Allow. Wakefield 83

Wild Pitches Wakefield 12

Hit Batsmen Wakefield 13

Batters Faced Lester 874

Games Finished Papelbon 62

Adjusted ERA+ Matsuzaka 159

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Manny Ramirez $ 18,929,923

J.D. Drew $ 14,000,000

David Ortiz $ 13,000,000

Mike Lowell $ 12,500,000

Jason Varitek $ 10,442,030

Josh Beckett $ 10,166,666

Julio Lugo $ 9,250,000

Daisuke Matsuzaka $ 8,333,333

Paul Byrd $ 7,500,000

Coco Crisp $ 5,083,333

Tim Wakefield $ 4,000,000

Julian Tavarez $ 3,850,000

Mike Timlin $ 3,000,000

Kevin Youkilis $ 3,000,000

Alex Cora $ 2,000,000

Hideki Okajima $ 1,275,000

Javier Lopez $ 840,000

Kyle Snyder $ 835,000

Sean Casey $ 800,000

Jonathan Papelbon $ 775,000

Dustin Pedroia $ 457,000

Jon Lester $ 421,500

Manny Delcarmen $ 421,000

Jacoby Ellsbury $ 406,000

Bryan Corey $ 405,000

David Aardsma $ 403,250

Kevin Cash $ 400,000

Clay Buchholz $ 396,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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