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1998 Boston Red Sox | Baseball Statistics

Major League Baseball (MLB)

Record: 92-70 .57.... 2nd in AL East Division
Manager(s): Jimy Williams
Stadium: Fenway Park
Playoffs: Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
Attendance: 2,314,704
Payroll: $51,647,000 Top Draft Pick: Adam Everett (#12)

Major League Debuts:

Batters: Keith Johns (May 23) Lou Merloni (May 10) Donnie Sadler (Apr 1)
Pitchers: Brian Barkley (May 28) Jin Ho Cho (Jul 4)

Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
C	Scott Hatteberg	28	112	359	46	99	23	1	12	43	0	0	43	58	5	3	0	3	11	.276	.359	.446	805	42%
1B	Mo Vaughn	30	154	609	107	205	31	2	40	115	0	0	61	144	8	13	0	3	13	.337	.402	.591	993	36%
2B	Mike Benjamin	32	124	349	46	95	23	0	4	39	3	0	15	73	6	1	13	2	11	.272	.312	.372	684	44%
2B	Donnie Sadler	23	58	124	21	28	4	4	3	15	4	0	6	28	3	0	5	1	1	.226	.276	.395	671	43%
3B	John Valentin	31	153	588	113	145	44	1	23	73	4	5	77	82	9	3	2	5	9	.247	.340	.442	782	38%
SS	Nomar Garciaparra	24	143	604	111	195	37	8	35	122	12	6	33	62	8	1	0	7	20	.323	.362	.584	946	43%
OF	Troy O'Leary	28	156	611	95	165	36	8	23	83	2	2	36	108	5	2	0	5	17	.270	.314	.468	782	41%
OF	Darren Bragg	28	129	409	51	114	29	3	8	57	5	3	42	99	6	0	4	4	16	.279	.351	.423	774	43%
OF	Darren Lewis	30	155	585	95	157	25	3	8	63	29	12	70	94	8	0	2	5	12	.268	.352	.362	714	55%
DH	Reggie Jefferson	29	62	196	24	60	16	1	8	31	0	0	21	40	1	2	0	1	7	.306	.374	.520	894	44%

C	Jason Varitek	26	86	221	31	56	13	0	7	33	2	2	17	45	2	1	4	3	8	.253	.309	.407	716	44%
CF-DH	Damon Buford	28	86	216	37	61	14	4	10	42	5	5	22	43	1	1	0	2	5	.282	.349	.523	872	37%
DH-1B	Mike Stanley	35	47	156	25	45	12	0	7	32	1	0	26	43	2	2	0	4	6	.288	.388	.500	888	29%
DH	Jim Leyritz	34	52	129	17	37	6	0	8	24	0	0	21	34	2	1	0	4	4	.287	.385	.519	904	48%
DH-RF	Midre Cummings	26	67	120	20	34	8	0	5	15	3	3	17	19	2	0	1	0	2	.283	.381	.475	856	39%
2B	Lou Merloni	27	39	96	10	27	6	0	1	15	1	0	7	20	2	1	1	0	1	.281	.343	.375	718	38%
2B	Mark Lemke	32	31	91	10	17	4	0	0	7	0	1	6	15	0	0	1	2	0	.187	.232	.231	463	52%
DH-RF	Keith Mitchell	28	23	33	4	9	2	0	0	6	1	0	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	.273	.400	.333	733	14%
RF-DH	Trot Nixon	24	13	27	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.286	.296	582	36%
DH-LF	Billy Ashley	27	13	24	3	7	3	0	3	7	0	0	2	11	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.346	.792	1138	17%
C-DH	Mandy Romero	30	12	13	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	.231	.375	.308	683	33%
3B-2B	Chris Snopek	27	8	12	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	453	22%
RF-DH	Orlando Merced	31	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.167	.000	167	27%
P	Pedro Martinez	26	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	71%
P	Bret Saberhagen	34	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
P	Derek Lowe	25	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	200	60%
P	Tim Wakefield	31	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.333	.000	333	67%
P	Steve Avery	28	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
P	Jim Corsi	36	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
DH-2B	Keith Johns	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	1.000	---	---	--
P	John Wasdin	25	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	1.000	---	---	0%

Pitching Statistics

	Player Name		Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
ST	Tim Wakefield	log	31	17	8	4.58	36	33	2	0	1	0	216.0	211	123	110	30	79	146	6	1	8.79	1.25	3.29	6.08	1.34	40%
ST	Pedro Martinez	log	26	19	7	2.89	33	33	3	2	0	0	233.2	188	82	75	26	67	251	9	0	7.24	1.00	2.58	9.67	1.09	44%
ST	Bret Saberhagen	log	34	15	8	3.96	31	31	0	0	0	0	175.0	181	82	77	22	29	100	4	0	9.31	1.13	1.49	5.14	1.20	40%
ST	Steve Avery	log	28	10	7	5.02	34	23	0	0	4	0	123.2	128	74	69	14	64	57	7	0	9.32	1.02	4.66	4.15	1.55	--
ST	Derek Lowe	log	25	3	9	4.02	63	10	0	0	8	4	123.0	126	65	55	5	42	77	8	0	9.22	0.37	3.07	5.63	1.37	69%

CL	Tom Gordon	log	30	7	4	2.72	73	0	0	0	69	46	79.1	55	24	24	2	25	78	9	0	6.24	0.23	2.84	8.85	1.01	47%
RP	Jim Corsi	log	36	3	2	2.59	59	0	0	0	9	0	66.0	58	23	19	6	23	49	3	0	7.91	0.82	3.14	6.68	1.23	53%
RP	Dennis Eckersley	log	43	4	1	4.76	50	0	0	0	13	1	39.2	46	21	21	6	8	22	0	0	10.44	1.36	1.82	4.99	1.36	36%
RP	John Wasdin	log	25	6	4	5.25	47	8	0	0	13	0	96.0	111	57	56	14	27	59	1	0	10.41	1.31	2.53	5.53	1.44	44%
RP	Rich Garces	log	27	1	1	3.33	30	0	0	0	11	1	46.0	36	19	17	6	27	34	1	1	7.04	1.17	5.28	6.65	1.37	39%
RP	Greg Swindell	log	33	2	3	3.38	29	0	0	0	3	0	24.0	25	13	9	3	13	18	0	0	9.38	1.13	4.88	6.75	1.58	50%
RP	Ron Mahay	log	27	1	1	3.46	29	0	0	0	6	1	26.0	26	16	10	2	15	14	3	0	9.00	0.69	5.19	4.85	1.58	36%

	Carlos Reyes	log	29	1	1	3.52	24	0	0	0	10	0	38.1	35	15	15	2	14	23	3	0	8.22	0.47	3.29	5.40	1.28	36%
	Pete Schourek	log	29	1	3	4.30	10	8	0	0	0	0	44.0	45	21	21	7	14	36	2	0	9.20	1.43	2.86	7.36	1.34	48%
	Brian Rose	log	22	1	4	6.93	8	8	0	0	0	0	37.2	43	32	29	9	14	18	0	0	10.27	2.15	3.35	4.30	1.51	32%
	Dario Veras	log	25	0	1	10.13	7	0	0	0	4	0	8.0	12	9	9	0	7	2	2	0	13.50	0.00	7.88	2.25	2.38	29%
	Brian Shouse	log	29	0	1	5.63	7	0	0	0	4	0	8.0	9	5	5	2	4	5	0	0	10.13	2.25	4.50	5.63	1.63	34%
	David West	log	33	0	0	27.00	6	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	7	6	6	1	7	4	1	0	31.50	4.50	31.50	18.00	7.00	8%
	Brian Barkley	log	22	0	0	9.82	6	0	0	0	1	0	11.0	16	13	12	2	9	2	1	0	13.09	1.64	7.36	1.64	2.27	39%
	Carlos Valdez	log	26	1	0	0.00	4	0	0	0	1	0	3.1	1	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	2.70	0.00	13.50	10.80	1.80	50%
	Jin Ho Cho	log	22	0	3	8.20	4	4	0	0	0	0	18.2	28	17	17	4	3	15	1	0	13.50	1.93	1.45	7.23	1.66	33%
	Butch Henry	log	29	0	0	4.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	8	4	4	2	3	6	0	0	8.00	2.00	3.00	6.00	1.22	50%
	Robinson Checo	log	26	0	2	9.39	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.2	11	8	8	3	5	5	1	0	12.91	3.52	5.87	5.87	2.09	41%

Fielding Statistics

Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
Tom Gordon	30	P	73		79.1	7	1	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	.91
Derek Lowe	25	P	63		123	12	24	4	40	4	-	-	-	.900	2.63
Jim Corsi	36	P	59		66	3	16	2	21	2	-	-	-	.905	2.59
Dennis Eckersley	43	P	50		39.2	2	4	1	7	0	-	-	-	.857	1.36
John Wasdin	25	P	47		96	5	15	1	21	1	-	-	-	.952	1.88
Tim Wakefield	31	P	36		216	16	23	3	42	1	-	-	-	.929	1.63
Steve Avery	28	P	34		123.2	7	39	1	47	5	-	-	-	.979	3.35
Pedro Martinez	26	P	33		233.2	11	18	4	33	3	-	-	-	.879	1.12
Bret Saberhagen	34	P	31		175	13	20	1	34	1	-	-	-	.971	1.70
Rich Garces	27	P	30		46	2	5	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.37
Ron Mahay	27	P	29		26	1	2	1	4	0	-	-	-	.750	1.04
Greg Swindell	33	P	29		24	2	4	0	6	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.25
Carlos Reyes	29	P	24		38.1	3	5	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.88
Pete Schourek	29	P	10		44	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	.41
Brian Rose	22	P	8		37.2	4	4	0	8	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.91
Brian Shouse	29	P	7		8	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.25
Dario Veras	25	P	7		8	1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.13
Brian Barkley	22	P	6		11	1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	.82
David West	33	P	6		2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
Carlos Valdez	26	P	4		3.1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
Jin Ho Cho	22	P	4		18.2	3	0	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.45
Robinson Checo	26	P	2		7.2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
Butch Henry	29	P	2		9	1	3	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	4.00

Scott Hatteberg	28	C	108			664	61	5	730	7	17	81	39	.993	--
Jason Varitek	26	C	75			367	32	5	404	3	18	49	19	.988	--
Mandy Romero	30	C	4			11	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	1.000	--
Jim Leyritz	34	C	1			10	0	0	10	0	0	2	0	1.000	--

Mo Vaughn	30	1B	142			1176	90	12	1278	91	-	-	-	.991	--
Mike Stanley	35	1B	13			108	6	0	114	14	-	-	-	1.000	--
Mike Benjamin	32	1B	10			41	9	0	50	3	-	-	-	1.000	--
Reggie Jefferson	29	1B	7			37	4	2	43	2	-	-	-	.953	--
Billy Ashley	27	1B	2			6	0	1	7	2	-	-	-	.857	--
Jim Leyritz	34	1B	1			3	0	0	3	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

Mike Benjamin	32	2B	87			160	189	2	351	40	-	-	-	.994	--
Donnie Sadler	23	2B	50			76	95	5	176	16	-	-	-	.972	--
Lou Merloni	27	2B	32			47	66	3	116	10	-	-	-	.974	--
Mark Lemke	32	2B	31			38	71	0	109	15	-	-	-	1.000	--
Chris Snopek	27	2B	3			1	2	1	4	0	-	-	-	.750	--
John Valentin	31	2B	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
Damon Buford	28	2B	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
Keith Johns	26	2B	1			1	1	0	2	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

John Valentin	31	3B	153			121	292	15	428	28	-	-	-	.965	--
Mike Benjamin	32	3B	11			6	19	0	25	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Lou Merloni	27	3B	5			5	7	2	14	0	-	-	-	.857	--
Chris Snopek	27	3B	3			0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Damon Buford	28	3B	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

Nomar Garciaparra	24	SS	143			228	402	25	655	68	-	-	-	.962	--
Mike Benjamin	32	SS	20			26	58	1	85	11	-	-	-	.988	--
Donnie Sadler	23	SS	4			5	6	0	11	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
Lou Merloni	27	SS	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

Troy O'Leary	28	LF	155			302	9	3	314	1	-	-	-	.990	--
Darren Bragg	28	LF	7			10	0	0	10	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Keith Mitchell	28	LF	4			2	0	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Darren Lewis	30	LF	4			5	0	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Billy Ashley	27	LF	2			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Trot Nixon	24	LF	1			4	0	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Darren Lewis	30	CF	109			288	5	0	293	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Damon Buford	28	CF	67			133	4	0	137	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
Darren Bragg	28	CF	12			21	1	0	22	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Darren Bragg	28	RF	112			188	5	1	194	2	-	-	-	.995	--
Darren Lewis	30	RF	55			89	1	3	93	0	-	-	-	.968	--
Midre Cummings	26	RF	17			16	0	1	17	0	-	-	-	.941	--
Trot Nixon	24	RF	6			12	0	0	12	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Keith Mitchell	28	RF	6			4	0	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Orlando Merced	31	RF	1			2	0	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Reggie Jefferson	29	DH	48								-	-	-	---	--
Jim Leyritz	34	DH	39								-	-	-	---	--
Mike Stanley	35	DH	34								-	-	-	---	--
Midre Cummings	26	DH	29								-	-	-	---	--
Damon Buford	28	DH	15								-	-	-	---	--
Keith Mitchell	28	DH	12								-	-	-	---	--
Mo Vaughn	30	DH	12								-	-	-	---	--
Billy Ashley	27	DH	5								-	-	-	---	--
Darren Bragg	28	DH	4								-	-	-	---	--
Donnie Sadler	23	DH	4								-	-	-	---	--
Jason Varitek	26	DH	3