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1997 Boston Red Sox  (1996)  (1998) 79-83, 3rd in AL Eastern Division Scored 807 runs, Allowed 729 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-73 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .688 Park Factor: Batting - 109 / Pitching - 108 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 85-77   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 78-84 Manager(s): Mike Tomeo

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 SS  Nomar Garciaparra    23  162  654  115  196  37  11  37  108  10   0   33  107  .300  .335  .560  118   6.7  2e23       20  
 1B *Mo Vaughn            29  148  551  105  156  24   0  36  105   3   0   82  180  .283  .383  .523  118   7.7  4e18      -74  
 3B  John Valentin        30  143  544   74  163  43   5  14   65   5   1   52   61  .300  .367  .474   91   6.0  3e29      -29  
 DH *Reggie Jefferson     28  119  457   64  145  34   0  18   64   1   2   17   84  .317  .348  .510   77   6.4             30  
 OF *Troy O'Leary         27  134  494   58  148  33   1  16   85   0   0   26   76  .300  .331  .468   71   5.2  4(0)e8    -38  
 OF *Luis Gonzalez        29  105  424   60  114  22   4   8   53   5   1   52   34  .269  .353  .396   63   5.4  3(+2)e6    28  
 OF  Marquis Grissom      30   87  336   59   86  13   5  12   40  16   4   39   62  .256  .338  .432   50   5.2  1(0)e3     57  
 OF *Darren Bragg         27  114  430   61   96  22   1   6   36   9   1   44   91  .223  .298  .321   42   3.3  4(0)e6   -105  
 2B  Jeff Frye            30  111  422   42  107  28   3   2   48   5   3   22   51  .254  .291  .348   39   3.2  3e8      -146  
 3B  Tim Naehring         30   87  216   33   58  14   3   8   29   0   0   31   31  .269  .360  .472   36   5.9  2e8       -10  
 C  *Scott Hatteberg      27   87  255   29   66  15   3   7   32   0   0   24   61  .259  .321  .424   34   4.8  4(+2)e4   -43  
 2B  Rafael Bournigal     31   66  232   30   66  11   0   2   25   8   1   21   18  .284  .351  .358   31   4.6  2e6        37  
 C   Tony Eusebio         30   59  181   15   59   6   0   2   23   0   0   17   24  .326  .396  .392   28   6.1  4(+2)e8   120  
 1B  Mike Stanley         34   30  105   14   31  13   0   5   19   0   0   18   24  .295  .403  .562   24   8.7  4e5        65  
 OF  James Mouton         28   70  144   17   22   1   1   1   10   7   1   19   33  .153  .252  .194    7   1.7  2(0)e9   -163  
 C   Alberto Castillo     27   47   96   10   19   2   0   0   16   0   0   14   32  .198  .300  .219    7   2.5  3(-1)e2    -6  
 OF  Damon Buford         27   28  107   11   17   4   0   1    9   6   0    2   30  .159  .182  .224    4   1.3  2(0)e5   -219  
 OF  Darren Lewis         29   15    7    2    3   0   0   2    7   0   0    1    0  .429  .500 1.286    4  30.4  1(0)e8   1122  
 C   Bill Haselman        31   32   75    6   12   3   0   2    5   0   0    4   16  .160  .203  .280    3   1.3  3(+2)e6  -199  
 OF  Juan Encarnacion     21   11   16    1    5   1   0   0    1   1   0    1    3  .312  .389  .375    2   6.7  3(-2)e8    54  
 1B *Joe Orsulak          35    9   23    1    3   1   1   0    5   0   0    4    5  .130  .250  .261    1   2.4  4e13     -139  
 UT  Mike Benjamin        31    4    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -590  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           862                  -27

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Tom Gordon           29  13   6  .684  30  26   0   2   0   0   0  190.2  167   81   76  14   71  172  3.59   86   4.1    0  
  P  Aaron Sele           27  11   5  .688  19  19   1   0   0   0   0  122.2  120   68   63  14   66   83  4.62   69   5.1 -131  
  P  John Wasdin          24  10  11  .476  63   1   0  27   0   6   0  115.2   94   46   42  16   36   68  3.27   48   3.8 -110  
  P  Tim Wakefield        30   8  13  .381  31  31   0   0   0   0   0  207.0  204  119  104  28   82  177  4.52  114   4.9  -42  
  P *Vaughn Eshelman      28   7   1  .875  50   8   0  22   1   0   0   98.0  113   50   47   6   21   57  4.32   50   4.7 -165  
  P *Steve Cooke          27   7  11  .389  27  27   1   0   0   0   0  167.2  199  108   95  18   74  106  5.10  113   6.0   -9  
  P  Omar Olivares        30   6  13  .316  27  27   1   0   0   0   0  166.2  183  106  102  20   79   93  5.51  105   5.7  -31  
  P  Jim Corsi            35   4   2  .667  43   0   0  18   2   2   0   58.1   47   14   12   1   25   43  1.85   19   3.0 -115  
  P  Mark Brandenburg     26   4   4  .500  37   0   0  15   0   1   0   57.0   65   22   21   8   13   49  3.32   32   5.2  -63  
  P  Jeff Suppan          22   4   4  .500  13  12   0   0   0   0   0   77.1   95   42   38  11   14   35  4.42   47   5.5  -47  
  P  Derek Lowe           24   1   0 1.000   7   1   0   3   0   0   0   11.1   13    5    5   1    3    9  3.97    5   4.5  -72  
  P  Willie Banks         28   1   1  .500   4   1   1   2   0   0   0   11.2    9    3    3   0    2    4  2.31    3   2.6   12  
  P *Paul Assenmacher     36   1   2  .333  38   0   0  20  11   2   0   45.1   33    8    8   2    6   45  1.59   10   2.1 -165  
  P  Matt Whiteside       29   1   3  .250   7   6   0   0   0   0   0   40.0   51   33   31   4   19   20  6.98   29   6.7   40  
  P  Mike Jackson         32   1   4  .200  48   0   0  43  30   3   0   56.1   39   11   10   1   14   51  1.60   14   2.3 -123  
  P  Joe Hudson           26   0   0  .000   7   0   0   1   0   0   0    7.2    8    3    3   0    4    4  3.52    4   5.1   -6  
  P *Greg Cadaret         35   0   0  .000   3   0   0   1   0   0   0    3.2    0    0    0   0    2    3  0.00    0    .1 -555  
  P *Ron Mahay            26   0   1  .000   8   0   0   4   0   0   0    8.0    6    1    1   0    2    6  1.12    2   2.8  -67  
  P *Chris Haney          28   0   2  .000   3   3   0   0   0   0   0   20.0   26    9    7   0    7   10  3.15   12   5.8   24  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      771        -60

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Scott Hatteberg 627 73 81 494 35 10 4 .981 68 21 Tony Eusebio 416 48 50 316 23 4 1 .988 53 19 Alberto Castillo 281 25 47 225 13 3 0 .988 22 5 Bill Haselman 140 16 21 100 9 3 1 .973 18 6 Joe Orsulak 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mo Vaughn 1141 126 129 1077 89 14 118 .988 9.20 Mike Stanley 243 28 28 258 23 1 19 .996 10.41 Joe Orsulak 60 7 7 53 4 1 1 .983 8.60 Luis Gonzalez 10 0 5 8 0 0 1 1.000 7.20 Reggie Jefferson 9 1 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 Mike Benjamin 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jeff Frye 927 105 106 223 293 3 66 .994 5.01 Rafael Bournigal 527 57 65 139 169 0 38 1.000 5.26 John Valentin 9 0 3 2 4 1 0 .857 6.00 Mike Benjamin 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- John Valentin 1029 115 115 62 162 14 14 .941 1.96 Tim Naehring 436 47 59 25 80 6 5 .946 2.17 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Nomar Garciaparra 1461 162 162 250 545 21 112 .974 4.90 Rafael Bournigal 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 6.00 Mike Benjamin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Luis Gonzalez 925 104 104 214 9 7 0 .970 2.17 Troy O'Leary 463 56 58 89 1 1 0 .989 1.75 James Mouton 49 2 21 10 2 0 0 1.000 2.22 Darren Lewis 16 0 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Juan Encarnacion 10 0 4 4 0 1 0 .800 3.60 Darren Bragg 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Jeff Frye 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Marquis Grissom 762 83 86 196 10 1 1 .995 2.43 Darren Bragg 281 32 34 70 2 0 1 1.000 2.30 Damon Buford 242 28 28 84 1 1 0 .988 3.16 James Mouton 161 18 21 38 2 1 0 .976 2.23 Darren Lewis 14 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.98 Jeff Frye 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Juan Encarnacion 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Troy O'Leary 651 73 73 158 2 5 0 .970 2.21 Darren Bragg 637 72 78 121 6 1 1 .992 1.80 James Mouton 146 15 25 28 1 2 0 .935 1.79 Juan Encarnacion 24 2 4 10 1 0 0 1.000 4.12 Jeff Frye 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Darren Lewis 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Joe Orsulak 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1997 Draft

Round 1 (#15):	Mike Jackson
Round 2 (#29):	Luis Gonzalez
Round 2 (#39):	Marquis Grissom
Round 3 (#61):	Steve Cooke

Transactions

• 1997 preseason: released rookie Kerry Lacy
• 1997-01: acquired Omar Olivares as a free agent
• 1997-02: acquired Alberto Castillo as a free agent
• 1997-08: acquired Willie Banks as a free agent
• 1997-13: released Chris Haney
• 1997-13: acquired Joe Orsulak as a free agent
• 1997-16: acquired Greg Cadaret as a free agent
• 1997-16: released Willie Banks
• 1997-19: released Joe Orsulak
• 1997-19: traded Marquis Grissom to MLA for Darren Lewis
• 1997-19: traded BOA#3 to TOA for Mike Stanley
• 1997-20: released Greg Cadaret
• 1997-20: traded Luis Gonzalez to DEA for Juan Encarnacion, DEA#3
• 1997-20: traded Aaron Sele to TEA for Damon Buford, Matt Whiteside
• 1997 postseason: released Alberto Castillo, Jeff Frye

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