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1998 Boston Red Sox  (1997)  (1999) 84-78, 4th in AL Eastern Division Scored 822 runs, Allowed 746 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-73 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .704 Park Factor: Batting - 108 / Pitching - 108 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 92-70   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 92-70 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B *Mo Vaughn            30  151  604   97  205  27   2  39  122   0   0   62  150  .339  .407  .584  141   9.2  3e14       -2  
 SS  Nomar Garciaparra    24  140  574   94  194  38   6  31  121   9   3   37   64  .338  .383  .587  120   7.9  2e29       24  
 1B  Mike Stanley         35  129  473   78  139  18   2  32   87   1   0   71  113  .294  .392  .543  102   8.0  4e5        90  
 3B  John Valentin        31  157  590   78  143  53   0  17   64   1   1   63  102  .242  .322  .419   77   4.4  2e16      -42  
 OF  Darren Lewis         30  153  576   95  147  22   3   1   44  25   5   74   98  .255  .348  .309   71   4.1  1(-1)e3   -57  
 OF *Troy O'Leary         28  149  535   62  139  35   5  22   74   1   2   24  118  .260  .302  .467   70   4.6  4(+1)e3   -13  
 2B  Mike Lansing         30  124  495   65  141  31   2   8   66   7   2   28   80  .285  .328  .404   64   4.4  3e11       -3  
 OF *Darren Bragg         28  120  393   44   99  25   5   7   37   3   2   42   99  .252  .336  .394   49   4.2  3(+1)e1   -44  
 C  *Scott Hatteberg      28  100  315   42   85  31   0   5   38   0   0   29   60  .270  .342  .416   44   5.0  3(+1)e1   -47  
 OF  Juan Encarnacion     22   71  154   38   58  11   2  12   34   6   2    9   32  .377  .411  .708   42  11.3  2(-3)e4   204  
 DH *Reggie Jefferson     29   52  166   33   56  12   3   6   24   0   0   20   44  .337  .404  .554   37   8.5             64  
 2B  Mike Benjamin        32   79  288   26   76  20   0   3   22   0   0    7   70  .264  .285  .365   29   3.3  3e5       -35  
 OF  Damon Buford         28   67  197   25   45   9   3   9   27   4   3   21   45  .228  .305  .442   24   4.0  2(0)e3   -126  
 C   Tony Eusebio         31   69  159   24   40   0   3   1   13   0   1    8   26  .252  .286  .308   12   2.7  4(0)e4    -39  
 C  #Jason Varitek        26   51  154   14   33  15   0   0   16   1   0    4   33  .214  .245  .312   11   2.4  3(+1)e2  -159  
 OF  Butch Huskey         26   11   33    4   11   5   0   0    2   1   0    4    5  .333  .395  .485    7   8.4  4(0)e7    173  
 2B  Lou Merloni          27   10   29    2    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    7  .172  .200  .172    1   1.2  3e21     -345  
 SS  Rafael Bournigal     32    1    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500  .500  .500    0  13.5  3e12      444  
 2B  Donnie Sadler        23    2    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  2e22     -671  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           910                  -12

     * - 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  Tim Wakefield        31  14  12  .538  31  31   0   0   0   0   0  206.0  195  100   81  29   72  131  3.54  107   4.6  -67  
  P  Pedro Martinez       26  13  10  .565  29  29   7   0   0   0   1  220.2  177   95   87  37   55  233  3.55   86   3.5   -2  
  P  John Wasdin          25  10   8  .556  25  23   0   1   0   0   0  137.2  155   73   70  23   29   82  4.58   83   5.5  -61  
  P  Clint Sodowsky       25   8  10  .444  33  19   0   6   0   0   0  134.0  165   82   80  13   54   64  5.37   91   6.2   -7  
  P  Mike Jackson         33   7   3  .700  57   0   0  48  27   2   0   61.1   36   16   13   3   13   53  1.91   11   1.6  -72  
  P  Jim Corsi            36   5   1  .833  32   0   0  15   0   0   0   42.1   34   14    7   2    5   29  1.49   10   2.2 -146  
  P  Derek Lowe           25   5   3  .625  15   9   0   2   0   0   0   56.2   85   45   43   6   18   33  6.83   48   7.8  173  
  P  Steve Parris         30   5   4  .556  16  16   0   0   0   0   0   99.0  111   45   39   8   25   76  3.55   57   5.3   44  
  P  Julio Santana        25   4   4  .500  21  18   0   1   0   0   0  118.2  125   73   66  24   50   56  5.01   76   5.7   15  
  P  Roberto Hernandez    33   4   5  .444  49   0   0  22   0   2   0   62.0   67   31   29   9   33   34  4.21   42   6.2  146  
  P  Brian Rose           22   3   2  .600   8   7   0   1   0   0   0   39.2   26   15   14   6    8   13  3.18   12   2.8 -330  
  P *Chris Haney          29   2   0 1.000   7   3   0   1   0   0   0   26.0   30   14   14   5    9   12  4.85   17   5.8  -77  
  P  Tom Gordon           30   2   2  .500  48   0   0  25   9   3   0   69.0   50   19   16   4   22   61  2.09   21   2.8   36  
  P  Mike Busby           25   1   2  .333  20   2   0   7   0   4   0   38.1   50   28   25   8   12   28  5.87   34   8.3  173  
  P *Randy Myers          35   1   2  .333  24   0   0   9   1   0   0   40.0   41   20   18   7   20   34  4.05   27   6.1   12  
  P *Ron Mahay            27   0   0  .000   8   0   0   2   0   0   0   10.0   11    4    4   1    8    4  3.60    8   7.5   47  
  P  Rod Beck             29   0   2  .000  12   0   0   1   0   1   0   16.0   22   13   10   3    2   15  5.62   12   6.6   61  
  P  Pat Rapp             30   0   2  .000   5   5   0   0   0   0   0   29.0   33   17   17   2    9   24  5.28   16   4.9 -114  
  P *Paul Assenmacher     37   0   2  .000  14   0   0   4   0   0   0   20.2   28   19   19   4   13   20  8.27   21   9.2  163  
  P  Rich Garces          27   0   4  .000  28   0   0  10   0   1   0   42.1   31   23   18   5   31   19  3.83   20   4.2  -61  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      805         -7

     * - 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 774 89 91 600 44 1 1 .998 82 23 Tony Eusebio 361 36 51 285 21 6 3 .981 17 8 Jason Varitek 334 37 44 255 15 3 0 .989 35 12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mo Vaughn 1351 149 149 1275 117 11 119 .992 9.28 Mike Stanley 97 11 12 99 10 2 9 .982 10.15 Reggie Jefferson 17 2 3 25 0 0 2 1.000 13.24 Mike Benjamin 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mike Lansing 1054 118 119 240 369 8 77 .987 5.20 Mike Benjamin 357 39 43 86 131 1 26 .995 5.47 Lou Merloni 43 3 7 10 18 0 5 1.000 5.82 Donnie Sadler 12 2 2 1 8 0 2 1.000 6.94 Damon Buford 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- John Valentin 1416 157 157 92 206 12 19 .961 1.89 Mike Lansing 31 3 5 3 4 2 0 .778 2.03 Mike Benjamin 22 2 6 2 3 1 0 .833 2.05 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Nomar Garciaparra 1225 135 139 206 415 29 84 .955 4.56 Mike Benjamin 240 27 31 47 81 1 16 .992 4.81 Rafael Bournigal 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Donnie Sadler 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Troy O'Leary 1216 145 145 246 2 2 0 .992 1.84 Darren Bragg 137 13 28 36 1 0 0 1.000 2.43 Damon Buford 82 4 24 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.41 Juan Encarnacion 25 0 13 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.72 Darren Lewis 8 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Mike Stanley 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Darren Lewis 1307 144 146 392 19 2 2 .995 2.83 Damon Buford 151 17 21 47 3 0 0 1.000 2.99 Juan Encarnacion 11 1 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 5.73 Darren Bragg 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Darren Bragg 810 91 94 191 13 0 2 1.000 2.27 Juan Encarnacion 348 35 55 77 1 0 0 1.000 2.02 Damon Buford 225 26 30 45 1 0 0 1.000 1.84 Butch Huskey 77 9 9 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 Darren Lewis 9 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1998 Draft

Round 1 (#10):	Pedro Martinez
Round 2 (#34):	Roberto Hernandez
Round 3 (#60):	Steve Parris
Round 4 (#80):	Julio Santana
Round 5 (#103):	Mike Lansing

Transactions

• 1998-01: acquired Clint Sodowsky as a free agent
• 1998-02: acquired Randy Myers as a free agent
• 1998-03: acquired Mike Busby as a free agent
• 1998-14: released Chris Haney
• 1998-14: acquired Randy Myers as a free agent
• 1998-20: released Paul Assenmacher
• 1998-20: traded Jim Corsi to NYA for Butch Huskey
• 1998-20: traded Chris Haney, BOA#3 to CON for Rod Beck, Pat Rapp
• 1998 postseason: released Julio Santana

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