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1978 Boston Red Sox  (1977)  (1979)
108-54, 1st in AL Eastern Division
Scored 875 runs, Allowed 641 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 105-57
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .721
Park Factor: Batting - 118 / Pitching - 117 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 96-66   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 99-64
Manager(s): Mike Tomeo

Defeated Kansas City Royals in Championship Series, 3 games to 2.
Defeated Pittsburgh Pirates in World Series, 4 games to 0.

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos Batting Splits     Pitching Splits
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 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Jim Rice             25  160  628  118  200  22  11  47  121   2   0   71  121  .318  .388  .613  150   9.0  3(0)e4     31  
 DH  Don Baylor           29  156  634  126  175  28   1  45  120  20   2   50   72  .276  .346  .536  121   6.8             78  
 OF *Fred Lynn            26  156  588   99  178  35   8  32  108   0   3   63   49  .303  .369  .553  118   7.5  1(-2)e8    49  
 C   Carlton Fisk         30  156  584   96  157  40   3  27   99   1   1   71   77  .269  .353  .486   99   6.0  1(-2)e6    -1  
 UT *Carl Yastrzemski     38  150  560   90  154  21   2  16   78   1   3   68   51  .275  .353  .405   79   5.0            -32  
 OF  Dwight Evans         26  112  351   71   96  14   0  20   49   5   1   49   81  .274  .362  .484   65   6.5  1(-5)e7    62  
 2B *Jerry Remy           25  105  421   56  119  17   6   4   43  12   3   24   29  .283  .321  .380   53   4.4  2e16       30  
 SS  Rick Burleson        27  162  613   66  150  22   7   8   83   2   5   22   67  .245  .271  .343   53   2.7  1e17      -20  
 1B *Willie Montanez      30  121  347   46   92  24   0   6   33   5   0   34   32  .265  .330  .386   42   4.3  1e8         4  
 3B *Jack Brohamer        28  103  261   34   61   8   2   1   25   1   2   33   16  .234  .319  .291   25   3.2  3e13       -2  
 2B  Davey Johnson        35   48  140   20   36   8   1  10   21   0   0   12   18  .257  .320  .543   24   6.2  4e44      185  
 3B  Butch Hobson         26   56  148   20   42   7   0   4   22   0   1    6   33  .284  .308  .412   17   4.0  4e53       -1  
 2B #Billy Smith          24   51  114   12   24   7   0   3   11   2   0   18   24  .211  .316  .351   14   4.2  2e12      -51  
 3B  Frank Duffy          31   39  113   12   27   5   0   0    6   3   0    4   14  .239  .258  .283    9   2.6  3e20      -72  
 3B  Ted Cox              23   21   71    6   21   4   0   0    6   0   0    3    8  .296  .324  .352    8   4.5  3e25      113  
 DH  Charlie Spikes       27    9   25    2    5   1   0   0    6   1   0    2    3  .200  .333  .240    2   2.8            -56  
 C   Mike Sadek           32   12   35    1    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .171  .171  .229    1   1.3  3(+2)e16 -224  
 C   Bob Montgomery       34    3    8    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .250  .333  .250    0   3.0  4(+1)e7   -52  
 OF *Garry Hancock        24    4    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .143  .143  .143    0    .6           -208  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           889                   19

     * - 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  J.R. Richard         28  26   8  .765  37  37  16   0   0   0   4  295.2  206  104   92  22  135  300  2.80  100   3.0   -4  
  P  Luis Tiant           37  21   8  .724  33  33   6   0   0   0   1  223.2  216   98   91  29   53  120  3.66   99   4.0    9  
  P  Dennis Eckersley     23  21  11  .656  37  37   6   0   0   0   0  275.0  227  102   90  38   59  158  2.95   95   3.1  -74  
  P  Eric Rasmussen       26  11  13  .458  34  34   5   0   0   0   1  218.2  224  116  108  31   64   80  4.45  122   5.0  -11  
  P  Steve Renko          33   9   4  .692  21  16   3   4   1   0   0  117.2  109   48   47  15   47   69  3.59   56   4.3  -10  
  P *Paul Lindblad        36   7   1  .875  35   0   0  14   0   2   0   61.0   64   27   27   4   27   30  3.98   31   4.7  -56  
  P  Bob Stanley          23   5   2  .714  49   0   0  44  22   7   0   72.1   83   27   24   4   23   17  2.99   37   4.5   55  
  P  Jim Wright           27   4   3  .571  32   5   1  17   3   1   0   91.2  122   64   59   9   29   38  5.79   67   6.8  108  
  P *Tom Burgmeier        34   3   1  .750  36   0   0   9   2   2   0   33.2   40   18   17   6    6   20  4.54   20   5.4  -38  
  P  Dick Drago           33   1   3  .250  35   0   0  25  14   3   0   48.1   44   16   14   3   12   25  2.61   15   2.9  -80  
  P  Bill Campbell        29   0   0  .000   6   0   0   3   0   0   0    5.2    7    2    2   0    2    8  3.18    2   4.3  -31  
  P *Dave Hamilton        30   0   0  .000   3   0   0   0   0   0   0    5.2    9    5    5   3    4    3  7.94    8  14.5  394  
  P  Allen Ripley         25   0   0  .000  13   0   0   9   1   0   0   25.0   36   14   14   3   10    8  5.04   22   8.1   17  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      680         -8

     * - 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
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---
 Carlton Fisk         1404 156 156  959   75  19   4  .982  92  46
 Mike Sadek             68   6  12   36    3   0   0 1.000  13   3
 Bob Montgomery          2   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000   0   0
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Montanez 851 88 115 854 89 3 78 .997 9.97 Carl Yastrzemski 545 64 64 512 56 2 47 .996 9.39 Don Baylor 76 10 10 93 10 2 6 .981 12.20 Davey Johnson 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jerry Remy 899 99 102 290 280 11 60 .981 5.71 Billy Smith 287 25 49 99 85 0 22 1.000 5.77 Davey Johnson 284 38 38 85 87 5 18 .972 5.45 Jack Brohamer 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 Frank Duffy 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jack Brohamer 701 72 102 48 143 5 7 .974 2.45 Frank Duffy 311 37 39 18 61 2 4 .975 2.29 Butch Hobson 278 32 45 25 48 7 6 .912 2.36 Ted Cox 174 20 20 18 32 5 2 .909 2.59 Davey Johnson 10 1 4 0 1 1 0 .500 0.90 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rick Burleson 1470 162 162 308 468 17 102 .979 4.75 Billy Smith 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Carl Yastrzemski      805  84 104  124    9   3   1  .978  1.49
 Jim Rice              661  77  77  120   10   0   1 1.000  1.77
 Charlie Spikes          8   1   1    2    0   0   0 1.000  2.25
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Fred Lynn 1376 154 156 356 18 7 1 .982 2.45 Dwight Evans 98 8 15 22 2 0 0 1.000 2.21 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Rice 731 82 83 166 10 1 1 .994 2.17 Dwight Evans 719 78 93 168 4 2 0 .989 2.15 Garry Hancock 15 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Charlie Spikes 9 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1978 Draft


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