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1976 Boston Red Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1975/1977)
83-79, Finished 3rd in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 716 runs, Allowed 660 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-75
Managed by Darrell Johnson and Don Zimmer

Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,895,846 (2nd of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 113, Pitching - 112
  (one-year): Batting - 111, Pitching - 111
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976 Stats (1975/1977) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Carlton Fisk        28  134  487   76  124  17  5  17   58  56   71  .255  .336  .415  12   5  11   6   3   5   3  109
1B *Carl Yastrzemski    36  155  546   71  146  23  2  21  102  80   67  .267  .357  .432   5   6  12   1   1   8   6  120
2B *Denny Doyle         32  117  432   51  108  15  5   0   26  22   39  .250  .285  .308   8   5   9   0   5   2   0   66
3B  Butch Hobson        24   76  269   34   63   7  5   8   34  15   62  .234  .272  .387   0   1   8   0   5   3   1   82
SS  Rick Burleson       25  152  540   75  157  27  1   7   42  60   37  .291  .365  .383  14   9  15   5   8   3   2  109
LF  Jim Rice            23  153  581   75  164  25  8  25   85  28  123  .282  .315  .482   8   5  18   4   2   9   2  120
CF *Fred Lynn           24  132  507   76  159  32  8  10   65  48   67  .314  .367  .467  14   9   9   1   0  10   2  132
RF  Dwight Evans        24  146  501   61  121  34  5  17   62  57   92  .242  .324  .431   6   7  11   6   3   4   4  109
DH *Cecil Cooper        26  123  451   66  127  22  6  15   78  16   62  .282  .304  .457   7   1   3   1   9   6   6  110
   *Rick Miller         28  105  269   40   76  15  3   0   27  34   47  .283  .359  .361  11  10   4   0   7   3   2  102
    Rico Petrocelli     33   85  240   17   51   7  1   3   24  34   36  .213  .307  .288   0   5   9   0   2   3   3   67
    Steve Dillard       25   57  167   22   46  14  0   1   15  17   20  .275  .341  .377   6   4   7   0   2   1   1  100
    Doug Griffin        29   49  127   14   24   2  0   0    4   9   14  .189  .248  .205   2   1   4   1   4   0   0   28
    Bobby Darwin        33   43  106    9   19   5  2   3   13   2   35  .179  .216  .349   1   0   2   3   1   0   0   56
    Bob Montgomery      32   31   93   10   23   3  1   3   13   5   20  .247  .283  .398   0   1   1   0   0   1   1   89
    Bob Heise           29   32   56    5   15   2  0   0    5   1    2  .268  .293  .304   0   1   1   1   3   0   0   67
   *Bernie Carbo        28   17   55    5   13   4  0   2    6   8   17  .236  .333  .418   1   0   0   0   0   0   1  109
    Deron Johnson       37   15   38    3    5   1  1   0    0   5   11  .132  .233  .211   0   0   2   0   0   0   1   24
    Jack Baker          26   12   23    1    3   0  0   1    2   1    5  .130  .160  .261   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   16
   *Ernie Whitt         24    8   18    4    4   2  0   1    3   2    2  .222  .300  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  120
   *Andy Merchant       25    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Dick Pole           25    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Luis Tiant          35    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jim Willoughby      27    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Bill Lee            29    3    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.6  162 5511  716 1448 257 53 134  664 500  832  .263  .324  .402  95  70 127  29  55  59  35  102
    Rank among 12 AL teams         6    3    4   2  2   1        7    3     4     4     1   9   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Luis Tiant          35  38   3.06  21  12  0  38   0  19   3  279.0  274  107   95  25   64  131 1136   1   3  0   2 129
SP  Rick Wise           30  34   3.53  14  11  0  34   0  11   4  224.3  218  100   88  18   48   93  919   2   2  0   1 112
SP  Fergie Jenkins      33  30   3.27  12  11  0  29   1  12   2  209.0  201   85   76  20   43  142  857   3   5  1   6 121
SP *Rick Jones          21  24   3.36   5   3  0  14   5   1   0  104.3  133   48   39   6   26   45  464   2   1  0   1 117
SP *Bill Lee            29  24   5.63   5   7  3  14   7   1   0   96.0  124   68   60  13   28   29  440   2   3  0   1  70

CL  Jim Willoughby      27  54   2.82   3  12 10   0  40   0   0   99.0   94   38   31   4   31   37  419   3   8  0  12 140
RP  Tom Murphy          30  37   3.44   4   5  8   0  20   0   0   81.0   91   43   31   5   25   32  351   3   2  0  11 115
RP *Tom House           29  36   4.33   1   3  4   0  21   0   0   43.7   39   22   21   4   19   27  186   5   2  0   4  91
RP  Reggie Cleveland    28  41   3.07  10   9  2  14  10   3   0  170.0  159   73   58   3   61   76  719   6   4  0   4 128
RP  Dick Pole           25  31   4.33   6   5  0  15   6   1   0  120.7  131   62   58   8   48   49  528   6   2  0   3  91

   *Rick Kreuger        27   8   4.06   2   1  0   4   3   1   0   31.0   31   14   14   3   16   12  134   0   0  0   0  97
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.5 162   3.52  83  79 27 162 113  49  13 1458.0 1495  660  570 109  409  673 6153  33  32  1  45 112
    Rank among 12 AL teams          8   6   6  5           7   7      7   12    9       12    1   12

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB  WP  SB  CS
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
CFisk       1167 130 133  649   73  12   9  .984   7  19  90  50
BMontgomery  236  26  30  106   12   2   2  .983   1  12  23   9
EWhitt        53   6   8   24    0   0   0 1.000   0   1   2   1
AMerchant      1   0   1    1    0   0   0 1.000   0   1   0   0
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  1458 162 162  780   85  14  11  .984   8  33 115  60
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .992 *9.85
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
CYastrzemsk  818  93  94  829   52   2  78  .998  9.69
CCooper      558  62  66  600   42   4  49  .994 10.35
JBaker        49   5   8   48    3   1   6  .981  9.37
DJohnson      29   2   5   30    1   0   3 1.000  9.39
RPetrocelli    3   0   1    4    0   0   0 1.000 12.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1458 162 162 1511   98   7 136  .996  9.93
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .975 *5.40
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
DDoyle       928 103 112  209  311  12  67  .977  5.04
DGriffin     336  37  44   77   98   2  15  .989  4.68
SDillard     149  17  17   32   48   2  10  .976  4.81
RPetrocelli   43   5   5    9   13   0   4 1.000  4.60
BHeise         1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1458 162 162  327  470  16  96  .980  4.92
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .953 *2.94
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BHobson      675  76  76   60  146  14  11  .936  2.75
RPetrocelli  563  65  73   57  120   6  11  .967  2.83
SDillard     127  14  18   16   29   4   4  .918  3.19
BHeise        92   7  22   11   19   1   1  .968  2.91
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1458 162 162  144  314  25  27  .948  2.83
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .967 *4.99
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
RBurleson   1304 145 152  274  478  34  88  .957  5.19
SDillard      84  10  12   10   25   5   7  .875  3.72
BHeise        68   7   9   16   24   4   6  .909  5.29
RPetrocelli    1   0   1    0    1   0   0 1.000  9.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1458 162 162  300  528  43 101  .951  5.11
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .978 *2.23
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JRice        856  97  98  199    8   7   0  .967  2.18
CYastrzemsk  429  51  51   95    3   2   0  .980  2.05
RMiller      155  13  28   42    2   1   0  .978  2.54
BDarwin       13   0   3    2    0   1   0  .667  1.38
BCarbo         4   1   1    1    0   0   0 1.000  2.25
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1458 162 162  339   13  11   0  .970  2.17
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .984 *2.98
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
FLynn       1102 123 127  363   13   6   4  .984  3.07
RMiller      298  33  37  126    2   0   1 1.000  3.86
DEvans        57   6   8   26    0   0   0 1.000  4.11
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1458 162 162  515   15   6   5  .989  3.27
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .980 *2.21
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
DEvans      1201 134 141  301   15   2   4  .994  2.37
RMiller      157  18  21   50    0   1   0  .980  2.85
BDarwin       91   9  14   24    1   0   0 1.000  2.47
FLynn          8   1   1    3    0   0   0 1.000  3.38
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1458 162 162  378   16   3   4  .992  2.43
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .981 *2.47  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
DEvans      1258 140 145  324   15   2   4  .994  2.42
FLynn       1110 124 128  367   13   6   4  .984  3.08
JRice        856  97  98  199    8   7   0  .967  2.18
RMiller      612  64  82  220    4   2   1  .991  3.29
CYastrzemsk  429  51  51   93    3   2   0  .980  2.01
BDarwin      104   9  17   26    1   1   0  .964  2.34
BCarbo         4   1   1    1    0   0   0 1.000  2.25
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  1458 162 162 1230   44  20   9  .985  2.62 162 162 162
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .950 *1.87
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
LTiant       279  38  38   12   34   4   4  .920  1.48
RWise        224  34  34   15   39   0   5 1.000  2.17
FJenkins     209  29  30   13   23   0   3 1.000  1.55
RCleveland   170  14  41   10   25   4   4  .897  1.85
DPole        120  15  31    6   13   1   0  .950  1.42
RJones       104  14  24    8   13   0   2 1.000  1.81
JWilloughby   99   0  54    7   22   2   1  .935  2.64
BLee          96  14  24    2   22   2   1  .923  2.25
TMurphy       81   0  37    5   12   2   1  .895  1.89
THouse        43   0  36    3   11   1   0  .933  2.88
RKreuger      31   4   8    1    8   0   1 1.000  2.61
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1458 162 162   82  222  16  22  .950  1.88
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Des. Hitter   G
------------+---
JRice         54
CCooper       53
BDarwin       16
BCarbo        15
CYastrzemsk   10
DJohnson       9
SDillard       7
FLynn          5
RMiller        4
RPetrocelli    4
DGriffin       2
BLee           2
JBaker         1
DEvans         1
CFisk          1
BMontgomery    1
------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageLynn.314
On-base %Lynn.367
Slugging %Rice.482
OPSLynn.834
GamesYastrzemski155
At BatsRice581
Plate Appearances (approx.)Yastrzemski636
RunsFisk and Lynn76
HitsRice164
Total BasesRice280
DoublesEvans34
TriplesLynn and Rice8
Home RunsRice25
RBIYastrzemski102
Bases on BallsYastrzemski80
StrikeoutsRice123
Stolen BasesBurleson and Lynn14
SinglesBurleson122
Adjusted OPS+Lynn132
Runs CreatedLynn88
Adjusted Batting RunsLynn22
Batting WinsLynn2.3
Extra-Base HitsRice58
Times on BaseYastrzemski227
Offensive Win%Lynn.699
Hit By PitchEvans and Fisk6
Sac. HitsCooper9
Sac. FliesLynn10
Intentional WalksCooper and Yastrzemski6
Grounded into Double PlaysRice18
Caught StealingMiller10
Power/Speed NumberFisk14.1
At Bats per StrikeoutBurleson14.6
At Bats per Home RunRice23.2
OutsRice451

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERATiant3.06
WinsTiant21
Won-Loss %Tiant.636
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Jenkins1.167
Hits Allowed/9IPCleveland8.42
Bases on Balls/9IPJenkins1.85
Strikeouts/9IPJenkins6.11
GamesWilloughby54
SavesWilloughby10
InningsTiant279.0
StrikeoutsJenkins142
Games StartedTiant38
Comp. GamesTiant19
ShutoutsWise4
Home Runs Allow.Tiant25
Bases On Balls Allow.Tiant64
Hits AllowedTiant274
SO to WalkJenkins3.30
LossesTiant and Willoughby12
Earned Runs Allow.Tiant95
Wild PitchesCleveland and Pole6
Hit BatsmenWilloughby8
Batters FacedTiant1136
Games FinishedWilloughby40
Adjusted ERA+Tiant129

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Carlton Fisk
Fred Lynn (Starting CF)
Luis Tiant
Carl Yastrzemski

1975/1977

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