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1988 Boston Red Sox  (1987)  (1989) 100-62, 1st in AL Eastern Division Scored 869 runs, Allowed 654 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 103-59 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .695 Park Factor: Batting - 112 / Pitching - 111 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 95-67   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 89-73 Manager(s): Mike Tomeo Lost to Oakland A's in Championship Series, 3 games to 2.

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Mike Greenwell       24  161  576  101  181  25  10  27  123  13   1   89   50  .314  .411  .533  131   8.5  4(0)e7     -2  
 3B *Wade Boggs           30  160  642  114  224  36   5   2   84   0   2  103   40  .349  .438  .430  123   7.4  2e12      -97  
 OF  Dwight Evans         36  153  584  101  176  34   9  18  102   2   1   79  109  .301  .381  .483  106   6.6  1(-4)e4     3  
 OF  Ellis Burks          23  137  537  115  153  31   8  14   69  19   2   66   85  .285  .363  .451   92   6.2  1(0)e11   -34  
 2B  Marty Barrett        30  157  605   79  174  36   0   4   66   4   1   31   53  .288  .330  .367   76   4.1  2e8        30  
 1B  Don Baylor           39   72  250   41   74  18   0  13   56   0   0   43   32  .296  .428  .524   60   9.0  5e30      294  
 DH  Jim Rice             35  119  456   53  116  21   2  11   65   0   0   49   85  .254  .326  .382   53   3.9            -29  
 1B *Dave Bergman         35   82  266   36   89  19   0   6   37   0   0   23   28  .335  .388  .474   48   7.1  2e15       95  
 SS  Rafael Ramirez       30  107  414   50  115  22   8   3   42   1   0   11   42  .278  .300  .391   46   3.8  3e25       15  
 OF *Pat Sheridan         30  104  253   43   65  10   4   6   36  10   1   21   45  .257  .319  .399   33   4.4  2(-2)e7   -25  
 1B  Bob Horner           30   62  189   17   54  13   0   5   24   0   0   18   21  .286  .351  .434   27   5.2  4e15       82  
 C  *Rich Gedman          28   91  243   22   56  13   0   6   39   0   0   17   38  .230  .289  .358   25   3.3  3(-1)e1     1  
 SS  Jody Reed            25   56  155   24   42   7   0   1   13   0   0   31   15  .271  .396  .335   24   5.4  3e21      -25  
 C   Rick Dempsey         38   54  154   22   33  11   0   4   20   1   0   45   45  .214  .390  .364   23   5.0  3(0)e4    -40  
 UT #Todd Benzinger       25   23   89   16   24   6   0   6   23   1   0    3   16  .270  .293  .539   11   4.5            115  
 C  #Alan Ashby           37   46  133   16   25   8   0   1   16   0   0   16   25  .188  .273  .271    9   2.2  3(+3)e5  -150  
 SS #Al Newman            28   44   98   11   22   2   0   0    5   1   2    8    6  .224  .280  .245    6   2.1  3e10      -26  
 C   Orlando Mercado      26   13   23    3    3   0   0   3    5   0   0    3    7  .130  .231  .522    2   3.0  4(0)e16   280  
 1B *Pat Dodson           28    8    6    2    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .167  .333  .167    0   3.1  2e10     -130  
 C   John Marzano         25   11   17    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .176  .222  .235    0    .8  3(-3)e3   118  
 1B *Sam Horn             24    1    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000  .333  .000    0   1.8  5e30     -187  
 OF *Danny Heep           31    3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  4(0)e5   -596  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                           905                    3

     * - 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  Roger Clemens        25  21  10  .677  36  36   8   0   0   0   2  274.1  241   98   91  27   60  333  2.99  105   3.5   16  
  P  Mike Boddicker       30  20   6  .769  34  34   4   0   0   0   0  240.0  229  106   98  27   87  172  3.68  113   4.2   -2  
  P *Bruce Hurst          30  12  10  .545  31  31   3   0   0   0   0  217.0  208   90   84  27   68  166  3.48  105   4.4  -30  
  P  Mike Morgan          28  10   5  .667  20  19   2   0   0   0   1  116.2  112   60   53  14   30   43  4.09   50   3.9  -35  
  P  Bob Stanley          33  10   5  .667  57   0   0  30   8   5   0  106.0   98   35   35   7   18   79  2.97   38   3.2  -20  
  P  Oil Can Boyd         28   7   5  .583  20  20   1   0   0   0   0  133.2  140   69   66  18   38   78  4.44   76   5.2 -105  
  P  Mike Smithson        33   7   8  .467  27  18   0   4   1   0   0  134.2  139   78   72  21   37   77  4.81   71   4.8 -104  
  P  Kent Tekulve         41   4   2  .667  52   0   0  37  24   2   0   60.1   62   20   20   3    9   40  2.98   24   3.6  -78  
  P *Brad Havens          28   4   3  .571  46   0   0  20   2   1   0   51.0   67   29   22   4   13   26  3.88   35   6.2  -81  
  P  Al Nipper            29   2   1  .667   6   3   0   2   1   1   0   24.2   29    9    9   0    7    6  3.28   10   3.8  -42  
  P  Steve Bedrosian      30   2   2  .500  33   0   0  25  14   3   0   43.0   32   13   13   3   14   31  2.72   13   2.8 -134  
  P  Jeff Sellers         24   1   4  .200  40   1   0  24   6   3   0   69.2   75   38   34   7   30   63  4.39   39   5.2  -59  
  P *Tom Bolton           26   0   1  .000   6   0   0   2   0   0   0    6.1   14    9    8   0    3    4 11.37    6   9.9  148  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      691        -38

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Rich Gedman 632 63 91 496 39 1 1 .998 34 23 Rick Dempsey 431 49 53 371 28 4 2 .990 47 15 Alan Ashby 306 39 40 283 23 1 1 .997 34 19 Orlando Mercado 57 6 9 39 1 0 1 1.000 1 0 John Marzano 51 5 10 43 5 0 0 1.000 1 4 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dave Bergman 647 72 82 581 52 7 56 .989 8.80 Bob Horner 410 44 54 397 32 5 41 .988 9.41 Don Baylor 284 34 34 240 15 6 23 .977 8.09 Todd Benzinger 104 11 12 90 11 1 17 .990 8.74 Pat Dodson 27 1 8 25 1 1 0 .963 8.67 Dwight Evans 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 Jody Reed 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 22.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Marty Barrett 1400 155 157 401 384 7 91 .991 5.05 Al Newman 62 6 8 17 20 1 4 .974 5.37 Jody Reed 15 1 4 8 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Wade Boggs 1444 160 160 108 277 16 26 .960 2.40 Al Newman 33 2 7 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.65 Jody Reed 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rafael Ramirez 925 103 106 221 317 12 67 .978 5.24 Jody Reed 406 46 48 88 117 5 21 .976 4.54 Al Newman 147 13 30 34 47 0 7 1.000 4.97 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mike Greenwell 1299 157 157 220 9 9 1 .962 1.59 Pat Sheridan 156 4 56 24 1 0 0 1.000 1.44 Todd Benzinger 16 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.30 Danny Heep 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Dave Bergman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ellis Burks 1143 124 132 305 10 5 0 .984 2.48 Pat Sheridan 334 38 42 82 2 4 0 .955 2.26 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dwight Evans 1323 145 152 250 20 4 2 .985 1.84 Pat Sheridan 86 10 13 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.99 Todd Benzinger 68 7 7 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.19 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1988 Draft

Round 1 (#21):	Mike Boddicker
Round 2 (#43):	Mike Morgan
Round 3 (#65):	Rick Dempsey
Round 4 (#85):	Rafael Ramirez
Round 5 (#101):	Bob Horner
Round 6 (#115):	Brad Havens

Transactions

• 1988 preseason: released rookie Steve Ellsworth
• 1988-01: acquired Don Baylor as a free agent
• 1988-02: acquired Mike Smithson as a free agent
• 1988-17: traded Steve Bedrosian to SFN for Al Nipper, SFN#3
• 1988-17: acquired Orlando Mercado as a free agent
• 1988-18: traded Mike Morgan to LAN for LAN#2
• 1988 postseason: released Alan Ashby, John Marzano

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