1978 Boston Red Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 99-64
Finished 2nd in the AL's East Division
Attendance: 2,320,210, Avg. 30,133
Ballpark: Fenway Park II
Manager: Don Zimmer (99-64)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1978 Boston Red Sox Roster
1978 Boston Red Sox Results

The Boston Red Sox of the American League ended the 1978 season with a record of 99 wins and 64 losses, finishing second in the AL's East Division.

The Red Sox plated 796 runs and conceded 657 runs. Jim Rice walloped 46 home runs for Boston, while Carl Yastrzemski, Carlton Fisk, Butch Hobson, Fred Lynn and Dwight Evans each added 20 or more, too. Jim Rice recorded 139 runs batted in and topped all regular batters by hitting .315. Dennis Eckersley led the squad with 20 wins, and Bob Stanley and Mike Torrez contributed 15 or more victories also Bob Stanley recorded a 2.60 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Don Zimmer coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Dennis Eckersley208.7142.99353501630268.32589989307181627031121
Mike Torrez1613.5523.96363601520250.02721221101999101203271091
Bob Stanley152.8822.60523350010141.71425041534538100578
Luis Tiant138.6193.31323111250212.3185807826574114520863
Bill Lee1010.5003.4628243810177.019889682059244200768
Jim Wright84.6673.5724163530116.01225146824256700480
Bill Campbell75.5833.912902000450.7622522317347011226
Dick Drago44.5003.033712400777.3713026532542402333
Andy Hassler21.6673.00132400130.0381310013223001139
Tom Burgmeier21.6674.403511300461.3743330723124300276
Allen Ripley25.2865.551511310073.09249451022226302326
John LaRose0022.501000002.0355131000011
Reggie Cleveland01.0000.001000000.311000000003
Bobby Sprowl02.0006.3933000012.71210931001000059
Totals9964.6073.543411631065714261472.7153065757913746445706355166274

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Jim Rice1637466771212132515461397558126.315.370.600.970406155157
Carlton Fisk157658571941623952088727183.284.366.475.841271107366
Jerry Remy1486435838716224624430134055.278.321.350.6712041301460
Fred Lynn150627541751613332282367550.298.380.492.872266914611
Rick Burleson14568562675155325549884071.248.295.339.6332121641052
Carl Yastrzemski144611523701452121781457644.277.367.423.79022193188
Butch Hobson1475745126512826217801050122.250.312.408.720209150483
Dwight Evans1475724977512324224638565119.247.336.449.784223152622
George Scott12046641251961641254114486.233.305.379.684156190733
Jack Brohamer812772443457141125132513.234.300.311.6127660441
Frank Duffy641171041227500411611.260.306.308.6143211600
Garry Hancock3886801018300400112.225.232.263.4942110410
Bob Bailey431169412183049211919.191.328.351.6793321020
Bernie Carbo17544671230161188.261.370.391.7621830000
Fred Kendall2044413810040012.195.205.220.424900020
Bob Montgomery10322927110500212.241.290.345.6351010100
Sam Bowen6873100110012.143.250.571.821400000
Bobby Sprowl3000000000000000000
Luis Tiant32000000000000000000
Allen Ripley15000000000000000000
Mike Torrez36000000000000000000
Jim Wright24000000000000000000
Bob Stanley52000000000000000000
Tom Burgmeier35000000000000000000
Bill Lee28000000000000000000
John LaRose1000000000000000000
Bill Campbell29000000000000000000
Andy Hassler13000000000000000000
Dennis Eckersley35000000000000000000
Dick Drago37000000000000000000
Reggie Cleveland1000000000000000000
Totals1941631655877961493270461727387451582835.267.336.424.760237113524655843


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
George Scott1B113110990.71052551099.9911.0579.7960000
Carl Yastrzemski1B5047409.038741347.9939.4188.5600000
Fred Kendall1B13673.0858071.00011.4667.1540000
Jerry Remy2B1401391235.032744413114.9835.6195.5070000
Jack Brohamer2B2317166.73954313.9695.0224.0430000
Frank Duffy2B12771.01729051.0005.8313.8330000
Butch Hobson3B1331331159.31222614325.8992.9732.8800000
Jack Brohamer3B3026234.3254925.9742.8422.4670000
Frank Duffy3B22371.0101411.9603.0421.0910000
Bob Bailey3B118.002001.0002.2502.0000000
Carlton FiskC1541501355.7733901713.9805.4645.344701034932.2
Bob MontgomeryC10980.035510.9764.5004.000102360.0
Fred KendallC5437.022320.9266.0815.000009325.0
Fred LynnOF1491481336.34081172.9842.8222.8120000
Dwight EvansOF1421381237.03051462.9822.3212.2460000
Jim RiceOF1141141029.32451331.9892.2562.2630000
Carl YastrzemskiOF7170615.0136822.9862.1072.0280000
Garry HancockOF199100.3293011.0002.8701.6840000
Bernie CarboOF9768.0260001.0003.4412.8890000
Sam BowenOF4223.020001.000.783.5000000
Carlton FiskOF116.010001.0001.5001.0000000
Bob BaileyOF103.020001.0006.0002.0000000
Dennis EckersleyP3535268.31929011.0001.6101.3710000
Mike TorrezP3636250.0122923.9531.4761.1390000
Luis TiantP3231212.31420021.0001.4411.0630000
Bill LeeP2824177.093232.9322.0851.4640000
Bob StanleyP523141.7103412.9782.795.8460000
Jim WrightP2416116.041210.9411.241.6670000
Dick DragoP37177.321010.9231.397.3240000
Allen RipleyP151173.038001.0001.356.7330000
Tom BurgmeierP35161.351323.9002.641.5140000
Bill CampbellP29050.710610.9412.842.5520000
Andy HasslerP13230.004001.0001.200.3080000
Bobby SprowlP3312.701001.000.711.3330000
John LaRoseP102.001001.0004.5001.0000000
Reggie ClevelandP100.30000.000.0000000
Rick BurlesonSS1441441298.028548215100.9815.3185.3260000
Frank DuffySS2119172.73655713.9294.7434.3330000
Jerry RemySS102.012001.00013.5003.0000000
Totals1723146713254.044181842146463.9774.2513.633801145532.5




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