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2008 Boston Red Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007)
84-58, 2nd place in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 757 runs, Allowed 602 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-56
Managed by Terry Francona

Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,522,322 (4th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 105
  (one-year): Batting - 111, Pitching - 109
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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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  #Jason Varitek       36  116  384   35   88  19  0  12   38  47  112  .229  .319  .372   0   1  11   4   0   1   2   79
1B  Kevin Youkilis      29  127  481   83  151  37  4  25   97  48   95  .314  .385  .563   3   4  10  11   0   6   6  142
2B  Dustin Pedroia      24  139  585  111  193  45  2  17   77  44   47  .330  .378  .501  17   1  14   5   6   7   1  126
3B  Mike Lowell         34  103  390   54  108  27  0  15   71  36   56  .277  .339  .462   2   2  13   4   0   6   2  106
SS  Julio Lugo          32   82  261   27   70  13  0   1   22  34   51  .268  .355  .330  12   4  13   4   3   5   0   80
LF  Manny Ramirez       36  100  365   66  109  22  1  20   68  52   86  .299  .398  .529   1   0  12   8   0   0   8  138
CF #Coco Crisp          28  104  320   49   91  15  3   7   39  30   58  .284  .344  .416  19   6   5   1   7   4   0   96
RF *J.D. Drew           32  107  364   78  102  23  4  19   64  78   79  .280  .408  .522   4   1  10   4   0   5   5  140
DH *David Ortiz         32   92  352   63   95  23  0  18   72  64   63  .270  .381  .489   1   0  11   1   0   3  11  124
   *Jacoby Ellsbury     24  128  482   80  127  15  6   7   43  40   75  .263  .327  .363  44   8   4   7   4   3   2   79
   #Jed Lowrie          24   62  197   25   55  19  3   2   40  26   45  .279  .357  .437   0   0   8   1   2   6   0  105
   *Sean Casey          33   61  171   14   59  13  0   0   13  16   22  .345  .404  .421   1   0   5   1   0   0   2  115
    Jason Bay           29   32  131   28   40   9  2   5   30  11   33  .305  .361  .519   3   0   3   2   0   3   1  125
   *Alex Cora           32   62  129   12   38   8  1   0    9  13   12  .295  .387  .372   1   0   3   7   1   1   1   99
    Kevin Cash          30   51  126   10   29   7  0   2   11  12   42  .230  .295  .333   0   0   5   0   0   1   1   63
   *Brandon Moss        24   34   78    7   23   5  1   2   11   6   25  .295  .337  .462   1   1   0   0   0   2   0  105
   *Mark Kotsay         32    8   34    3    9   5  1   0    9   2    4  .265  .306  .471   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   98
    Jeff Bailey         29   17   33    9   10   1  0   2    6   7   10  .303  .425  .515   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  143
   *Joe Thurston        28    4    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .111  .000   0   0   0   1   0   0   0  -68
   *Jonathan Van Every  28    3    6    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    3  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   74
   *Chris Carter        25    1    3    2    2   0  0   0    0   0    0  .667  .667  .667   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  248
    Dave Ross           31    2    2    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  161

    Josh Beckett        28    2    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
   *Jon Lester          24    2    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Justin Masterson    23    2    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Tim Wakefield       41    1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Bartolo Colon       35    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Daisuke Matsuzaka   27    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    David Aardsma       26    5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Javier Lopez        30    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.9  142 4927  757 1402 306 28 154  721 566  938  .285  .362  .452 109  28 129  61  24  53  43  111
    Rank among 14 AL teams         6    2    2   2  5   6        1    5     1     1     3   3   7       3            
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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 *Jon Lester          24  29   3.37  13   5  0  29   0   2   2  181.7  182   71   68  13   57  129  760   2   7  0   0 134
SP  Tim Wakefield       41  26   4.11   8  10  0  26   0   1   0  159.7  137   79   73  22   59  102  669  12  10  0   0 110
SP  Daisuke Matsuzaka   27  25   2.88  16   2  0  25   0   0   0  146.7  111   51   47  10   84  131  624   5   5  0   1 157
SP  Josh Beckett        28  24   4.20  12   9  0  24   0   1   0  154.3  157   74   72  17   30  152  642   4   5  0   1 108
SP  Clay Buchholz       23  16   6.75   2   9  0  15   0   1   0   76.0   93   63   57  11   41   72  357   2   2  1   1  67
SP  Bartolo Colon       35   6   4.09   4   2  0   6   0   0   0   33.0   37   18   15   5    9   26  148   0   2  0   0 111
SP  Paul Byrd           37   5   3.82   4   1  0   5   0   0   0   33.0   31   14   14   7    8   17  135   0   2  0   0 118

CL  Jonathan Papelbon   27  58   1.66   5   3 35   0  53   0   0   59.7   45   17   11   3    7   68  231   2   0  0   0 273
RP  Manny Delcarmen     26  65   3.86   0   2  1   0  14   0   0   63.0   51   28   27   5   24   64  266   0   3  0   1 117
RP *Javier Lopez        30  62   2.72   2   0  0   0  10   0   0   53.0   48   18   16   4   20   32  216   0   2  0   0 166
RP *Hideki Okajima      32  55   2.95   3   2  1   0  10   0   0   55.0   48   18   18   6   22   51  235   2   1  0   1 154
RP  David Aardsma       26  42   4.19   3   2  0   0   7   0   0   43.0   38   22   20   3   31   46  196   3   3  0   2 108

    Justin Masterson    23  28   3.20   5   4  0   9   4   0   0   78.7   61   28   28   9   36   60  327   1   7  0   2 141
    Mike Timlin         42  42   5.56   4   3  1   0  25   0   0   43.7   52   28   27   7   16   26  199   0   1  0   4  81
    Craig Hansen        24  32   5.58   1   3  2   0   6   0   0   30.7   29   23   19   2   23   25  146   3   1  0   1  81
    Chris Smith         27   9   5.79   1   0  0   0   2   0   0   14.0   11    9    9   4    5   10   56   0   0  0   0  78
    Julian Tavarez      35   9   6.39   0   1  0   0   2   0   0   12.7   18   12    9   0    9    6   64   1   1  0   0  71
    David Pauley        25   3   8.64   0   0  0   1   2   0   0    8.3   14    8    8   1    3    7   42   0   0  0   0  52
    Bryan Corey         34   7  10.50   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    6.0   11    7    7   1    3    4   31   0   0  0   1  43
    Michael Bowden      21   1   3.60   1   0  0   1   0   0   0    5.0    7    2    2   0    1    3   22   0   0  0   0 126
    Charlie Zink        28   1  16.62   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    4.3   11    8    8   0    1    1   25   1   0  0   0  27
    Kyle Snyder         30   2  21.60   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.7    2    4    4   1    2    1    9   1   0  0   0  21
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.1 142   3.98  84  58 40 142 137   5  13 1263.0 1194  602  559 131  491 1033 5400  39  52  1  15 114
    Rank among 14 AL teams          6   3  12  3           5   1     12    4    4        5    9    2
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - 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 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JVaritek 928 106 116 804 40 4 7 .995 4 20 53 16 KCash 330 36 49 251 24 3 5 .989 13 19 34 15 DRoss 5 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1263 142 142 1059 64 7 12 .994 17 39 87 31 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 *9.28 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KYoukilis 888 99 111 822 79 4 83 .996 9.13 SCasey 286 34 38 276 12 2 21 .993 9.04 JBailey 57 6 10 62 2 0 8 1.000 10.11 MKotsay 18 2 2 13 1 0 2 1.000 7.00 BMoss 13 1 2 10 0 0 1 1.000 6.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1263 142 142 1183 94 6 115 .995 9.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 *5.02 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DPedroia 1217 137 139 251 386 6 87 .991 4.71 ACora 30 3 5 6 10 0 2 1.000 4.80 JLowrie 16 2 3 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1263 142 142 259 400 6 89 .991 4.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 *2.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MLowell 871 100 102 73 201 10 19 .965 2.83 JLowrie 200 18 33 15 44 1 5 .983 2.65 KYoukilis 191 24 27 19 59 2 4 .975 3.68 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1263 142 142 107 304 13 28 .969 2.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 *4.39 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JLugo 671 79 81 100 176 16 34 .945 3.70 ACora 323 32 56 62 115 5 33 .973 4.92 JLowrie 268 31 34 39 78 0 15 1.000 3.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1263 142 142 201 369 21 82 .964 4.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MRamirez 537 66 66 99 6 1 2 .991 1.76 JEllsbury 326 34 55 86 1 0 1 1.000 2.40 JBay 283 32 32 46 3 1 0 .980 1.56 BMoss 78 8 11 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.96 JThurston 19 1 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37 JBailey 11 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 CCarter 7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 JLugo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1263 142 142 257 10 2 3 .993 1.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 *2.72 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CCrisp 784 87 101 206 3 2 1 .991 2.40 JEllsbury 464 54 57 151 3 0 1 1.000 2.98 JVan Every 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 JDrew 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1263 142 142 358 6 2 2 .995 2.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JDrew 876 103 104 181 6 3 1 .984 1.92 JEllsbury 239 25 29 62 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 BMoss 86 8 14 19 2 0 0 1.000 2.20 MKotsay 49 6 6 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.74 KYoukilis 8 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.10 JVan Every 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 JBailey 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1263 142 142 281 8 3 1 .990 2.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 *1.62 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JLester 181 29 29 15 19 2 2 .944 1.68 TWakefield 159 26 26 7 14 1 1 .955 1.18 JBeckett 154 24 24 14 15 2 1 .935 1.69 DMatsuzaka 146 25 25 13 17 1 2 .968 1.84 JMasterson 78 9 28 3 9 1 1 .923 1.37 CBuchholz 76 15 16 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.07 MDelcarmen 63 0 65 5 4 0 0 1.000 1.29 JPapelbon 59 0 58 4 5 2 0 .818 1.36 HOkajima 55 0 55 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.98 JLopez 53 0 62 6 9 3 0 .833 2.55 MTimlin 43 0 42 1 9 0 0 1.000 2.06 DAardsma 43 0 42 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.67 BColon 33 6 6 2 3 2 0 .714 1.36 PByrd 33 5 5 2 9 1 1 .917 3.00 CHansen 30 0 32 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.59 CSmith 14 0 9 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.57 JTavarez 12 0 9 1 2 0 1 1.000 2.13 DPauley 8 1 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.08 BCorey 6 0 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 MBowden 5 1 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.60 CZink 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.19 KSnyder 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1263 142 142 84 139 15 10 .937 1.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- DOrtiz 92 MRamirez 31 SCasey 7 JDrew 2 MLowell 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 Average Pedroia .330

On-base % Drew .408

Slugging % Youkilis .563

OPS Youkilis .948

Games Pedroia 139

At Bats Pedroia 585

Plate Appearances (approx.) Pedroia 647

Runs Pedroia 111

Hits Pedroia 193

Total Bases Pedroia 293

Doubles Pedroia 45

Triples Ellsbury 6

Home Runs Youkilis 25

RBI Youkilis 97

Bases on Balls Drew 78

Strikeouts Varitek 112

Stolen Bases Ellsbury 44

Singles Pedroia 129

Adjusted OPS+ Youkilis 142

Runs Created Pedroia 113

Adjusted Batting Runs Youkilis 30

Batting Wins Youkilis 2.8

Extra-Base Hits Youkilis 66

Times on Base Pedroia 242

Offensive Win% Youkilis .703

Hit By Pitch Youkilis 11

Sac. Hits Crisp 7

Sac. Flies Pedroia 7

Intentional Walks Ortiz 11

Grounded into Double Plays Pedroia 14

Caught Stealing Ellsbury 8

Power/Speed Number Pedroia 17.0

At Bats per Strikeout Pedroia 12.4

At Bats per Home Run Drew and Youkilis 19.2

Outs Pedroia 420

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Matsuzaka 2.88

Wins Matsuzaka 16

Won-Loss % Matsuzaka .889

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Beckett 1.212

Hits Allowed/9IP Matsuzaka 6.81

Bases on Balls/9IP Beckett 1.75

Strikeouts/9IP Beckett 8.86

Games Delcarmen 65

Saves Papelbon 35

Innings Lester 181.7

Strikeouts Beckett 152

Games Started Lester 29

Comp. Games Lester 2

Shutouts Lester 2

Home Runs Allow. Wakefield 22

Bases On Balls Allow. Matsuzaka 84

Hits Allowed Lester 182

SO to Walk Beckett 5.07

Losses Wakefield 10

Earned Runs Allow. Wakefield 73

Wild Pitches Wakefield 12

Hit Batsmen Wakefield 10

Batters Faced Lester 760

Games Finished Papelbon 53

Adjusted ERA+ Matsuzaka 157

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

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