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1968 Boston Red Sox  (1967)  (1969)
93-69, 2nd in American League
Scored 659 runs, Allowed 593 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-72
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .719
Park Factor: Batting - 100 / Pitching - 99 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 87-75   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 86-76
Manager(s): Mike Tomeo

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos
 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Carl Yastrzemski     28  161  610   97  179  41   3  24   88  13   1   92  119  .293  .387  .489  121   7.3  1(-3)e3   -46  
 OF #Reggie Smith         23  162  602   90  162  38   4  19   96  16  10   73   86  .269  .346  .440   89   5.0  2(-4)e7    14  
 2B  Mike Andrews         24  160  622   95  165  23   1  13   42   1   6   78   80  .265  .351  .368   85   4.9  2e22       -4  
 OF  Ken Harrelson        26  154  544   83  136  18   5  30   91   0   1   67   99  .250  .333  .467   83   5.2  4(-1)e0   -74  
 SS  Rico Petrocelli      25  145  467   60  129  23   3  21   84   0   0   33   77  .276  .326  .473   72   5.5  3e19      133  
 3B  Denis Menke          27  160  583   52  121  25   3   4   45   2   1   49  100  .208  .276  .281   49   2.7  3e13     -123  
 1B *Dalton Jones         24  119  373   35  104  11   1   8   54   1   0   12   36  .279  .299  .378   40   3.8  4e7        93  
 3B  Joe Foy              25   89  229   43   55   9   1   5   12   8   4   36   33  .240  .351  .354   30   4.4  4e34       42  
 C   Elston Howard        39   78  235   22   53  10   0   8   26   0   0   17   56  .226  .283  .370   23   3.3  3(+2)e3     1  
 C   Russ Gibson          29   76  229   16   64   8   1   2   23   1   3    8   39  .279  .301  .349   22   3.5  4(+2)e11   83  
 1B  Rick Joseph          28   71  166    9   34   6   0   3   20   0   0   17   43  .205  .283  .295   13   2.6  3e13      -26  
 OF *Tony Gonzalez        31   81  104    9   28   2   0   0    8   0   2    8   13  .269  .327  .288    9   3.4  4(0)e9    -55  
 OF *Jose Tartabull       29  104   73   15   20   5   0   0   10   0   0    2    2  .274  .286  .342    7   3.7  2(0)e7     -2  
 1B  George Scott         24  104  103   10   17   4   0   0    4   1   0    6   31  .165  .218  .204    4   1.4  1e19      -51  
 C   Dave Adlesh          24   38  108    6   20   1   0   0    5   0   0    2   30  .185  .204  .194    4   1.3  3(+2)e6   -41  
 2B  Jerry Adair          31   33   54    2   10   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    6  .185  .200  .185    2   1.2  3e20     -117  
 C  *Russ Nixon           33    4    5    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .400  .571  .400    1  13.0  4(+2)e2   578  
 PH *Floyd Robinson       32    6    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .250  .400  .250    0   4.5             85  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                           661                   -6

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

Team Pitching   Glossary

     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  Sonny Siebert        31  16   9  .640  31  30   8   0   0   0   2  233.1  160   69   61  20   67  175  2.35   67   2.6  -46  
  P  Ray Culp             26  14   6  .700  33  33   2   0   0   0   1  246.0  194   82   76  23   79  218  2.78   87   3.2  -24  
  P  Dave Giusti          28  14   9  .609  33  33   7   0   0   0   2  237.1  239  120  105  20   69  151  3.98  121   4.6   91  
  P  Jose Santiago        27  11   5  .688  27  15   4   9   5   0   1  126.0  111   39   38  11   44   84  2.71   51   3.7   24  
  P  Lee Stange           31  11   6  .647  64   0   0  39  18   9   0   82.0   69   29   23  11   13   43  2.52   28   3.1  -29  
  P  Gary Bell            31  10  10  .500  34  27   1   5   1   0   0  188.2  198   83   74   9   53   94  3.53   89   4.3   33  
  P *Sparky Lyle          23   5   4  .556  49   0   0  31  14   3   0   55.1   50   22   21  11   11   45  3.42   24   3.8    9  
  P  Jim Lonborg          26   4   4  .500  38   5   0  18   2   1   0   86.2   79   39   36   5   34   58  3.74   39   4.2  -29  
  P *Bill Landis          25   2   0 1.000  19   0   0   4   2   0   0   19.2   16    6    6   3    5   16  2.75    6   2.9    9  
  P  Gary Waslewski       26   2   0 1.000  10   0   0   3   0   1   0   11.0    8    1    1   1    0    6  0.82    1   1.6 -227  
  P *Juan Pizarro         31   2   6  .250  45   0   0  23   4   1   0   60.1   59   30   29   8   20   52  4.33   31   4.8   -8  
  P *Dick Ellsworth       28   2  10  .167  27  19   2   6   0   0   0  127.0  146   73   67  17   21   59  4.75   74   5.3   52  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      623         10

     * - 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
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---
 Elston Howard         589  65  71  450   25   6   3  .988  62  14
 Russ Gibson           570  62  71  424   39   7   3  .985  55  35
 Dave Adlesh           297  33  38  236   20   0   5 1.000  33  16
 Russ Nixon             18   2   4    8    0   0   0 1.000   1   0
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dalton Jones 824 106 109 801 77 2 51 .998 9.59 Rick Joseph 362 42 51 340 24 1 19 .997 9.05 George Scott 283 14 94 235 27 5 16 .981 8.32 Rico Petrocelli 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Denis Menke 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Carl Yastrzemski 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Russ Gibson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mike Andrews 1390 156 160 391 398 27 64 .967 5.11 Jerry Adair 84 6 25 21 25 1 3 .979 4.95 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Denis Menke 988 108 124 102 176 9 6 .969 2.53 Joe Foy 470 54 61 42 71 11 4 .911 2.16 George Scott 8 0 5 0 1 1 0 .500 1.12 Rick Joseph 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Dalton Jones 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 Jerry Adair 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 Rico Petrocelli 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rico Petrocelli 1116 121 137 195 392 9 54 .985 4.74 Denis Menke 358 41 49 65 121 2 15 .989 4.68 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Carl Yastrzemski     1456 161 161  285    8   3   1  .990  1.81
 Joe Foy                13   1   4    2    0   0   0 1.000  1.38
 Tony Gonzalez           3   0   2    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
 Jose Tartabull          1   0   1    1    0   0   0 1.000  9.00
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Reggie Smith 1470 162 162 434 23 5 6 .989 2.80 Jose Tartabull 3 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 10.80 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ken Harrelson 1232 152 152 234 10 0 2 1.000 1.78 Jose Tartabull 151 0 77 38 1 1 1 .975 2.32 Tony Gonzalez 86 10 12 20 0 1 0 .952 2.08 Reggie Smith 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1968 Draft


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