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2008 Boston Red Sox  (2007)  (2009) 104-58, 1st in AL Eastern Division Scored 820 runs, Allowed 622 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 103-59 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .713 Park Factor: Batting - 114 / Pitching - 113 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 95-67   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 95-67 Manager(s): Mike Tomeo Lost to Kansas City Royals in Divisional 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 2B  Dustin Pedroia       24  149  640   97  202  62   0  18   96   9   1   34   54  .316  .350  .497  113   6.7  1e6       -21  
 OF  Jason Bay            29  152  552   90  142  28   5  29   82   1   1   96  142  .257  .372  .484  103   6.6  3(+1)e4   -39  
 1B  Kevin Youkilis       29  142  532  101  157  42   2  27   96   1   2   56  118  .295  .370  .534  103   7.0  1e6       -55  
 DH *David Ortiz          32  117  417   62  130  28   2  28   87   1   0   52   77  .312  .384  .590   96   8.6             97  
 OF *J.D. Drew            32  109  342   70  100  25   7  19   58   3   0   77   93  .292  .427  .573   85   9.0  2(-1)e6    73  
 OF *Jacoby Ellsbury      24  128  480   69  141  23   8   5   48  33   3   35   63  .294  .345  .406   73   5.6  2(+1)e0    23  
 3B  Marco Scutaro        32  140  495   53  123  29   3   9   53   1   0   61   74  .248  .336  .374   66   4.5  3e8        12  
 SS  Yuniesky Betancourt  26  138  545   67  147  34   2   7   61   0   1   11   46  .270  .281  .378   53   3.2  3e23      -32  
 C  #Jason Varitek        36  124  415   51   84  12   0   9   53   0   0   53  130  .202  .298  .296   38   3.0  1(0)e1    -78  
 3B #Jed Lowrie           24   69  198   29   58  20   4   2   29   0   0   33   38  .293  .392  .465   37   6.7  3e12      118  
 OF #Coco Crisp           28   77  248   39   68  14   1   4   31  11   2   24   48  .274  .338  .387   34   4.8  2(+2)e3   -26  
 C   Rod Barajas          32   51  158   23   46  18   0   4   27   0   0   10   34  .291  .329  .481   23   5.1  3(0)e1    106  
 OF  Emil Brown           33   38  136   17   35   4   0   5   19   0   0    4   19  .257  .289  .397   12   3.0  4(+1)e7     3  
 OF *Michael Bourn        25   56  162   15   31   3   1   2   15  11   4   10   36  .191  .237  .259   10   1.9  2(-2)e7   -92  
 1B  Wes Helms            32   48  151   14   30   6   0   0    9   0   0   19   34  .199  .291  .238   10   2.2  3e14     -116  
 2B *Alex Cora            32   16   61   11   15   3   2   0    2   0   0    4    7  .246  .319  .361    7   4.2  2e5       -40  
 1B  Jeff Bailey          29   10   31    4    8   0   0   0    4   0   0    5    9  .258  .361  .258    3   3.9  4e18     -231  
 1B #Victor Martinez      29    8   24    5    6   2   0   0    5   0   0    3    3  .250  .333  .333    2   3.7  3e18      -35  
 C   J.R. Towles          24    7   19    2    3   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    9  .158  .238  .368    1   3.0  3(0)e3    103  
 C   Jeff Mathis          25    4    6    1    2   0   0   1    4   0   0    0    0  .333  .333  .833    0   3.5  2(0)e3    574  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           878                   -5

     * - 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  Daisuke Matsuzaka    27  16   5  .762  26  26   0   0   0   0   0  162.1  143   90   80  14  111  148  4.44   89   5.0   48  
  P *Jon Lester           24  16   6  .727  31  31   0   0   0   0   0  203.1  199   80   72  15   68  139  3.19   95   4.2  -16  
  P  Josh Beckett         28  14   8  .636  26  26   0   0   0   0   0  170.1  166   79   67  18   32  163  3.54   77   4.1  -37  
  P  Tim Wakefield        41  13   7  .650  27  27   0   0   0   0   0  170.2  167   80   75  20   51  109  3.96   84   4.4  -36  
  P  Paul Byrd            37  11  13  .458  25  25   0   0   0   0   0  169.2  198   90   87  36   43   74  4.61  108   5.7   -3  
  P  Manny Delcarmen      26   7   0 1.000  43   0   0  17   6   0   0   60.0   44   11   11   3   18   46  1.65   17   2.7  -74  
  P  Justin Masterson     23   6   0 1.000  12   9   0   0   0   0   0   67.2   50   19   17   5   19   40  2.26   19   2.6 -108  
  P *Kason Gabbard        26   6   7  .462  19  16   0   1   1   1   0   96.2  115   64   60  11   61   64  5.59   69   6.5   -7  
  P  Jason Frasor         30   3   2  .600  35   0   0   9   0   0   0   43.0   37   16   16   4   24   37  3.35   21   4.5   -2  
  P *Mike Gonzalez        30   2   0 1.000  19   0   0   6   3   0   0   24.2   24   16   16   4    6   26  5.84   12   4.6   30  
  P *Hideki Okajima       32   2   1  .667  43   0   0  14   1   2   0   59.1   41   13   13   6   24   45  1.97   19   3.0  -51  
  P  Jonathan Papelbon    27   2   1  .667  61   0   0  56  38   2   0   63.2   47   13   11   7    6   78  1.55   17   2.4  -29  
  P  Frank Francisco      28   2   2  .500  29   0   0  15   2   0   0   39.0   20    8    8   4   21   41  1.85    9   2.3 -147  
  P *Matt Thornton        31   2   3  .400  45   0   0  16   5   2   0   51.2   37   12   12   2   10   50  2.09   13   2.4  -27  
  P  Clay Buchholz        23   1   0 1.000   2   2   0   0   0   0   0    7.0    7    3    3   1    0    6  3.86    2   3.1 -218  
  P  Jesus Colome         30   1   3  .250  30   0   0  16   0   0   0   46.2   36   24   23   3   33   33  4.44   22   4.4  -66  
  P  Taylor Buchholz      26   0   0  .000  15   0   0  10   3   1   0   22.1    5    2    2   1    9   16  0.81    2   1.1 -222  
  P  Ramon Ramirez        26   0   0  .000   9   0   0   2   1   0   0    8.2    4    2    2   1    3   12  2.08    1   1.5 -117  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      685        -27

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Jason Varitek 1047 118 120 884 30 0 6 1.000 60 11 Rod Barajas 360 38 47 266 15 3 1 .989 21 9 J.R. Towles 47 5 7 41 6 0 0 1.000 0 4 Jeff Mathis 13 1 3 11 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Kevin Youkilis 1222 135 141 1262 115 9 154 .994 10.14 Wes Helms 124 14 17 139 14 2 17 .987 11.08 Victor Martinez 50 6 7 54 2 1 3 .982 10.08 Jeff Bailey 30 3 3 26 1 0 3 1.000 8.10 Rod Barajas 28 3 4 31 2 0 2 1.000 10.61 David Ortiz 12 1 2 14 0 1 2 .933 10.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dustin Pedroia 1306 145 148 274 511 5 127 .994 5.41 Alex Cora 117 13 14 24 39 0 10 1.000 4.85 Marco Scutaro 44 4 11 8 17 0 2 1.000 5.11 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Marco Scutaro 925 103 105 59 161 4 18 .982 2.14 Jed Lowrie 479 53 58 25 73 3 3 .970 1.84 Wes Helms 63 6 10 6 4 0 0 1.000 1.43 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Yuniesky Betancourt 1189 132 134 162 481 25 123 .963 4.87 Marco Scutaro 262 29 31 39 115 3 26 .981 5.28 Alex Cora 12 1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.25 Jed Lowrie 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jason Bay 1185 132 133 269 10 1 1 .996 2.12 Jacoby Ellsbury 125 13 15 25 1 0 0 1.000 1.87 Emil Brown 84 9 9 11 0 1 0 .917 1.18 Michael Bourn 54 6 6 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 Coco Crisp 9 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 J.D. Drew 9 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Coco Crisp 586 66 69 142 2 0 0 1.000 2.21 Jacoby Ellsbury 514 56 62 144 8 0 2 1.000 2.66 Michael Bourn 366 40 50 120 4 2 1 .984 3.05 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- J.D. Drew 872 94 104 158 9 3 2 .982 1.72 Jacoby Ellsbury 425 48 49 69 3 0 1 1.000 1.52 Emil Brown 139 17 17 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.36 Coco Crisp 31 3 3 8 0 1 0 .889 2.32 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

2008 Draft

Round 1 (#23):	Marco Scutaro
Round 2 (#29):	Michael Bourn
Round 2 (#47):	Rod Barajas
Round 4 (#90):	Mike Gonzalez

Transactions

• 2008-01: acquired Wes Helms as a free agent
• 2008-02: acquired Emil Brown as a free agent
• 2008-20: traded Jesus Colome, BOA#3 to DEA for Victor Martinez, Ramon Ramirez
• 2008-26: traded BOA#2 to TOA for John Lackey
• 2008 postseason: released Paul Byrd, J.R. Towles

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