1978 BOSTON RED SOX

| Level: MLB

Location: Boston,MA
Team Record: 99-64 .607
Result: 2nd in American League - East Division
Manager(s): Don Zimmer
General Manager: Haywood Sullivan
Stadium: Fenway Park
Attendance: 2,320,643
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Boston Red Sox affiliate history

Oldest Player: Carl Yastrzemski (38)
Youngest Player: Bobby Sprowl (22)
Longest Tenure: Carl Yastrzemski (18)
Top Hitter: Jim Rice (1)
Top Pitcher: Dennis Eckersley (5)
Top Draft Pick: Edward Connors (#102)

Roster Continuity: 68.24%

American League Standings

East	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	100	63	.613	--
Boston	99	64	.607	1.0
Milwaukee	93	69	.574	6.5
Baltimore	90	71	.559	9.0
Detroit	86	76	.531	13.5
Cleveland	69	90	.434	29.0
Toronto	59	102	.366	40.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
14	Jim Rice	lf-of	1	25	1971-1-15	MLB	163	677	121	213	25	15	46	139	7	5	58	126	5	7	1	5	15	.315	.370	.600	970	406	746	490	154	8.5	.327
7	Rick Burleson	ss	48	27	1970-1-5	MLB	145	626	75	155	32	5	5	49	8	8	40	71	4	2	10	5	16	.248	.295	.339	633	212	685	510	66	3.5	.270
2	Jerry Remy	2b	38	25	1971-8-129	MLB	148	583	87	162	24	6	2	44	30	13	40	55	0	0	14	6	13	.278	.321	.350	671	204	643	467	72	4.2	.301
27	Carlton Fisk	c	12	30	1967-1-4	MLB	157	571	94	162	39	5	20	88	7	2	71	83	7	6	3	6	10	.284	.366	.475	841	271	658	430	112	7.0	.300
19	Fred Lynn	of-cf	11	26	1973-2-41	MLB	150	541	75	161	33	3	22	82	3	6	75	50	1	11	4	6	9	.298	.380	.492	872	266	627	405	113	7.6	.293
8	Carl Yastrzemski	of-lf	32	38	UDFA: 1958	MLB	144	523	70	145	21	2	17	81	4	5	76	44	3	8	1	8	9	.277	.367	.423	790	221	611	401	93	6.3	.272
4	Butch Hobson	3b	51	26	1973-8-185	MLB	147	512	65	128	26	2	17	80	1	0	50	122	0	3	4	8	15	.250	.312	.408	720	209	574	411	65	4.3	.291
24	Dwight Evans	rf-of	61	26	1969-5-107	MLB	147	497	75	123	24	2	24	63	8	5	65	119	2	2	6	2	15	.247	.336	.449	784	223	572	402	75	5.1	.278
15	George Scott	1b	91	34	UDFA: 1962	MLB	120	412	51	96	16	4	12	54	1	1	44	86	0	3	7	3	19	.233	.305	.379	684	156	466	346	45	3.5	.265
3	Jack Brohamer	2b	-	28	1967-34-637	MLB	81	244	34	57	14	1	1	25	1	3	25	13	0	1	4	4	6	.234	.300	.311	612	76	277	204	26	3.5	.239
17	Frank Duffy	ss	-	31	1967-1-6	MLB	64	104	12	27	5	0	0	4	1	1	6	11	1	0	6	0	1	.260	.306	.308	614	32	117	85	11	3.4	.290
30	Bob Bailey	3b-of	-	35	UDFA: 1961	MLB	43	94	12	18	3	0	4	9	2	1	19	19	1	0	0	2	2	.191	.328	.351	679	33	116	81	12	4.1	.192
38	Garry Hancock	of-1b	-	24	1976-1-17	MLB	38	80	10	18	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	12	0	0	4	1	1	.225	.232	.262	494	21	86	68	4	1.6	.261
1	Bernie Carbo	of-rf	-	30	1965-1-16	MLB	17	46	7	12	3	0	1	6	1	1	8	8	0	0	0	0	3	.261	.370	.391	762	18	54	38	6	4.6	.297
18	Fred Kendall	c	-	29	1967-4-68	MLB	20	41	3	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	.195	.205	.220	424	9	44	35	2	1.4	.195
10	Bob Montgomery	c	-	34	UDFA: 1962	MLB	10	29	2	7	1	1	0	5	0	0	2	12	0	0	1	0	1	.241	.290	.345	635	10	32	24	2	2.3	.412
29	Sam Bowen	of-cf	-	25	1974-7-164	MLB	6	7	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.571	821	4	8	6	1	5.2	.000
Totals: (17 players)							163	5587	796	1493	270	46	172	738	74	51	582	835	24	43	65	58	135	.267	.336	.424	760	2371	6316	4403	860	5.3	.285

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
43	Dennis Eckersley	5	23	1972-3-50	MLB	20	8	2.99	35	35	16	3	0	0	268.1	258	99	89	30	71	162	3	0	1.23	8.65	1.01	2.38	5.43	0.44	.273	0.72
21	Mike Torrez	33	31	UDFA: 1964	MLB	16	13	3.96	36	36	15	2	0	0	250.0	272	122	110	19	99	120	7	2	1.48	9.79	0.68	3.56	4.32	0.83	.305	1.16
23	Luis Tiant	12	37	UDFA: 1962	MLB	13	8	3.31	32	31	12	5	1	0	212.1	185	80	78	26	57	114	0	2	1.14	7.84	1.10	2.42	4.83	0.50	.245	0.72
37	Bill Lee	-	31	1968-22-507	MLB	10	10	3.46	28	24	8	1	3	0	177.0	198	89	68	20	59	44	0	0	1.45	10.07	1.02	3.00	2.24	1.34	.283	1.33
46	Bob Stanley	50	23	1974-1-7	MLB	15	2	2.60	52	3	0	0	35	10	141.2	142	50	41	5	34	38	0	0	1.24	9.02	0.32	2.16	2.41	0.89	.280	1.66
45	Jim Wright	71	27	1969-4-83	MLB	8	4	3.57	24	16	5	3	3	0	116.0	122	51	46	8	24	56	0	0	1.26	9.47	0.62	1.86	4.34	0.43	.302	1.19
41	Dick Drago	74	33	UDFA: 1965	MLB	4	4	3.03	37	1	0	0	24	7	77.1	71	30	26	5	32	42	2	0	1.33	8.26	0.58	3.72	4.89	0.76	.273	1.24
28	Allen Ripley	-	25	UDFA: 1973	MLB	2	5	5.55	15	11	1	0	3	0	73.0	92	49	45	10	22	26	2	0	1.56	11.34	1.23	2.71	3.21	0.85	.315	1.03
16	Tom Burgmeier	-	34	UDFA: 1963	MLB	2	1	4.40	35	1	0	0	13	4	61.1	74	33	30	7	23	24	0	0	1.58	10.86	1.03	3.38	3.52	0.96	.313	1.10
22	Bill Campbell	-	29	1968-6-94	MLB	7	5	3.91	29	0	0	0	20	4	50.2	62	25	22	3	17	47	1	1	1.56	11.01	0.53	3.02	8.35	0.36	.391	1.12
31	Andy Hassler	-	26	1969-25-579	MLB	2	1	3.00	13	2	0	0	4	1	30.0	38	13	10	0	13	23	1	0	1.70	11.40	0.00	3.90	6.90	0.57	.369	1.87
47	Bobby Sprowl	-	22	1977-2-39	MLB	0	2	6.39	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.2	12	10	9	3	10	10	0	0	1.74	8.53	2.13	7.11	7.11	1.00	.250	1.25
26	John LaRose	-	26	1970-1-10	MLB	0	0	22.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	3.00	13.50	4.50	13.50	0.00	--	.286	--
26	Reggie Cleveland	47	30	UDFA: 1966	MLB	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	27.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	--	--	1.00
Totals: (17 players)						99	64	3.54	163	163	57	14	106	26	1,473	1530	657	579	172	464	706	16	5	1.41	9.35	0.84	2.84	4.31	0.66	.284

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Carlton Fisk	C	154		733	90	17	13	.980	0.00
Bob Montgomery	C	10		35	5	1	0	.976	0.00
Fred Kendall	C	5		22	3	2	0	.926	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
George Scott	1B	113		1052	55	10	99	.991	0.00
Carl Yastrzemski	1B	50		387	41	3	47	.993	0.00
Fred Kendall	1B	13		85	8	0	7	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jerry Remy	2B	140		327	444	13	114	.983	0.00
Jack Brohamer	2B	23		39	54	3	13	.969	0.00
Frank Duffy	2B	12		17	29	0	5	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Butch Hobson	3B	133		122	261	43	25	.899	0.00
Jack Brohamer	3B	30		25	49	2	5	.974	0.00
Frank Duffy	3B	22		10	14	1	1	.960	0.00
Bob Bailey	3B	1		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rick Burleson	SS	144		285	482	15	100	.981	0.00
Frank Duffy	SS	21		36	55	7	13	.929	0.00
Jerry Remy	SS	1		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Fred Lynn	OF	149		408	11	7	2	.984	0.00
Dwight Evans	OF	142		305	14	6	2	.982	0.00
Jim Rice	OF	114		245	13	3	1	.989	0.00
Carl Yastrzemski	OF	71		136	8	2	2	.986	0.00
Garry Hancock	OF	19		29	3	0	1	1.000	0.00
Bernie Carbo	OF	9		26	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Sam Bowen	OF	4		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bob Bailey	OF	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Carlton Fisk	OF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Stanley	P	52	141	10	34	1	2	.978	2.80
Dick Drago	P	37	77	2	10	1	0	.923	1.40
Mike Torrez	P	36	250	12	29	2	3	.953	1.48
Tom Burgmeier	P	35	61	5	13	2	3	.900	2.65
Dennis Eckersley	P	35	268	19	29	0	1	1.000	1.61
Luis Tiant	P	32	212	14	20	0	2	1.000	1.44
Bill Campbell	P	29	50	10	6	1	0	.941	2.87
Bill Lee	P	28	177	9	32	3	2	.932	2.08
Jim Wright	P	24	116	4	12	1	0	.941	1.24
Allen Ripley	P	15	73	3	8	0	0	1.000	1.36
Andy Hassler	P	13	30	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.20
Bobby Sprowl	P	3	12	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.74
Reggie Cleveland	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
John LaRose	P	1	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.50
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Rice	DH	49						.000	0.00
Bob Bailey	DH	34						.000	0.00
Carl Yastrzemski	DH	27						.000	0.00
Jack Brohamer	DH	25						.000	0.00
Butch Hobson	DH	14						.000	0.00
Garry Hancock	DH	13						.000	0.00
Bernie Carbo	DH	8						.000	0.00
George Scott	DH	7						.000	0.00
Frank Duffy	DH	6						.000	0.00
Dwight Evans	DH	4						.000	0.00
Jerry Remy	DH	4						.000	0.00
Carlton Fisk	DH	1						.000	0.00
Fred Kendall	DH	1						.000	0.00

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