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1978 Boston (A) Red Sox
Record: 79-81
Finish: 1st in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 704
Runs Allowed: 679
Exp W-L: 83-77
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 1,917,433
Manager: Brian Rodgers

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-70, 7th in the American League
AA: 56-81, 12th in the American League
A: 64-73, 9th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-4 to Seattle Mariners
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
3B *George Brett 25 151 599 90 168 56 14 5 74 11 4 44 29 .280 .332 .446 .778 84.0 16.3 3.1
RF #Ken Singleton 31 153 578 68 147 20 3 14 76 1 0 66 97 .254 .328 .372 .700 73.4 11.2 2.2
3B  Larry Parrish 24 155 579 64 153 32 1 13 82 2 1 57 115 .264 .328 .390 .719 75.4 12.0 1.0
LF  Richie Zisk 29 155 583 79 181 36 7 15 92 1 0 60 93 .310 .374 .473 .847 91.6 19.2 3.8
LF *Pete Lacock 26 140 499 84 158 25 6 9 61 6 1 39 34 .317 .363 .445 .808 76.8 16.0 1.5
C  Gary Carter 24 135 466 56 86 22 3 10 51 0 1 57 97 .185 .278 .309 .587 36.3 0.0 7.5
3B  Art Howe 31 131 456 63 134 32 3 8 57 2 0 46 33 .294 .356 .430 .786 65.9 12.9 4.2
CF *Bake McBride 29 135 482 51 140 22 6 2 57 15 9 16 24 .290 .315 .373 .689 51.4 7.7 3.9
SS  Bucky Dent 26 149 436 38 103 19 1 2 27 2 4 27 20 .236 .281 .298 .579 33.1 1.7 5.9
CF  Paul Blair 34 100 277 25 57 19 1 2 29 4 0 25 23 .206 .273 .303 .576 21.8 0.8 2.3
SS  Junior Kennedy 27 105 215 31 64 8 1 3 17 2 3 24 32 .298 .368 .386 .754 29.1 5.3 3.5
LF  Gary Matthews 27 96 179 13 34 8 0 1 25 2 0 25 28 .190 .281 .251 .532 14.4 0.0 1.2
C  Fred Kendall 29 63 162 14 28 6 3 1 12 0 1 9 15 .173 .221 .265 .486 8.1 0.0 2.2
3B #Larry Milbourne 27 55 68 7 9 0 0 0 2 4 2 3 3 .132 .167 .132 .299 -0.1 0.0 0.8
LF *Royle Stillman 27 39 63 6 16 2 0 1 10 0 0 6 5 .254 .319 .333 .652 6.8 0.9 0.3
2B  Dan Monzon 32 58 29 15 7 1 0 0 3 5 1 6 1 .241 .371 .276 .647 3.6 0.6 0.2
  Team Totals 28.0 1820 5671 704 1485 308 49 86 675 57 27 510 649 .262 .322 .379 .701 671.4 104.4 43.6
  Rank among 12 AL teams 1 9 8 2 2 11 9 10 2 6 4 8 8 9 9 9  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Dick Ruthven 27 10 15 .400 33 33 0 266.7 264 105 5 61 108 3.54 17.1
 Danny Frisella 32 11 7 .611 32 32 0 227.3 193 92 23 77 160 3.64 14.9
 Don Stanhouse 27 9 15 .375 32 32 0 215.7 198 104 14 130 115 4.34 9.0
 Nolan Ryan 31 12 7 .632 29 29 0 202.3 160 89 23 134 154 3.96 12.3
*Gary Lavelle 29 6 9 .400 19 19 0 124.3 123 62 8 49 69 4.49 4.6
 Bruce Sutter 25 7 12 .368 75 0 22 112.7 114 43 12 45 58 3.44 11.5
 Mario Soto 21 8 4 .667 12 12 0 95.3 82 45 12 50 54 4.25 5.1
 Steve Renko 33 7 3 .700 34 2 1 94.0 109 43 8 37 24 4.12 5.1
 Kent Tekulve 31 8 9 .471 55 0 5 87.7 104 41 4 40 24 4.21 5.3
 Ken Forsch 31 1 0 1.000 17 1 0 36.7 36 8 3 5 6 1.96 3.9
Team Totals 28.7 79 81 .494 338 160 28 1462.6 1383 632 112 628 772 3.89 88.9
Rank among 12 AL teams 7 7 3 7 2 3 5 4 11 6 3  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 32.1
G.Carter 1177.7 129 132 627 82 10 1 .986 36.6
F.Kendall 285.0 31 37 188 19 3 0 .986 40.7
Team Total 1462.7 160 169 815 101 13 1 .986 37.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.57
P.Lacock 921.3 105 108 1084 62 8 100 .993 11.19
G.Brett 390.7 43 49 455 34 4 44 .992 11.27
F.Kendall 112.7 10 21 130 12 2 12 .986 11.34
A.Howe 21.0 2 4 31 2 0 1 1.000 14.14
L.Parrish 17.0 0 5 20 2 0 1 1.000 11.65
Team Total 1462.7 160 187 1720 112 14 158 .992 11.27
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.89
A.Howe 953.7 104 119 202 386 5 84 .992 5.55
J.Kennedy 408.0 48 53 106 177 2 43 .993 6.24
P.Blair 63.0 6 14 13 16 0 7 1.000 4.14
D.Monzon 22.0 1 7 5 5 0 1 1.000 4.09
L.Milbourne 14.0 1 7 2 10 0 2 1.000 7.71
G.Matthews 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.3 160 201 328 594 7 137 .992 5.67
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.95
G.Brett 881.7 97 102 71 231 18 25 .944 3.08
L.Parrish 386.7 44 45 33 94 8 8 .941 2.96
L.Milbourne 92.7 10 15 9 24 3 3 .917 3.21
D.Monzon 60.7 5 15 1 10 1 2 .917 1.63
A.Howe 34.0 4 4 0 5 1 0 .833 1.32
F.Kendall 6.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
K.Singleton 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.6 160 183 116 364 31 38 .939 2.95
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.24
B.Dent 1199.3 145 149 172 497 22 84 .968 5.02
J.Kennedy 188.3 11 56 48 79 2 14 .984 6.07
L.Milbourne 73.0 4 23 13 32 1 8 .978 5.55
D.Monzon 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1462.7 160 229 234 609 25 107 .971 5.19
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.04
R.Zisk 1293.0 144 149 296 11 3 2 .990 2.14
P.Lacock 55.0 6 8 8 1 0 1 1.000 1.47
R.Stillman 46.0 4 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.35
P.Blair 45.3 5 8 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.38
G.Matthews 20.3 1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.10
K.Singleton 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.7 160 182 335 12 3 3 .991 2.14
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.64
B.McBride 1011.0 108 122 288 11 5 1 .984 2.66
P.Blair 437.3 52 57 128 0 1 0 .992 2.63
K.Singleton 10.3 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.48
R.Stillman 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Matthews 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1462.7 160 185 421 11 6 1 .986 2.66
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.13
K.Singleton 866.3 95 98 171 10 4 1 .978 1.88
G.Matthews 377.3 45 52 91 0 1 0 .989 2.17
P.Blair 90.0 11 14 27 1 1 1 .966 2.80
P.Lacock 53.3 2 18 12 1 0 0 1.000 2.19
R.Stillman 46.7 5 8 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
B.McBride 21.0 2 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71
R.Zisk 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Carter 2.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
L.Parrish 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1462.7 160 201 323 12 6 2 .982 2.06
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.00
D.Ruthven 266.7 33 33 9 27 1 2 .973 1.22
D.Frisella 227.3 32 32 19 38 3 4 .950 2.26
D.Stanhouse 215.7 32 32 11 31 0 7 1.000 1.75
N.Ryan 202.3 29 29 14 28 0 2 1.000 1.87
G.Lavelle 124.3 19 19 11 18 0 0 1.000 2.10
B.Sutter 112.7 0 75 8 14 1 3 .957 1.76
M.Soto 95.3 12 12 7 14 0 1 1.000 1.98
S.Renko 94.0 2 34 2 12 0 0 1.000 1.34
K.Tekulve 87.7 0 55 8 21 0 1 1.000 2.98
K.Forsch 36.7 1 17 2 7 0 1 1.000 2.21
Team Total 1462.6 160 338 91 210 5 21 .984 1.85
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Lacock .317
On-Base Pct Zisk .374
Slugging Pct Zisk .473
OPS Zisk .847
XR Zisk 91.6
Games Zisk, Parrish 155
At-Bats Brett 599
Runs Brett 90
Hits Zisk 181
Total Bases Zisk 276
Singles Zisk 123
Doubles Brett 56
Triples Brett 14
Homeruns Zisk 15
RBIs Zisk 92
Stolen Bases McBride 15
Caught Stealing McBride 9
Walks Singleton 66
Strikeouts Parrish 115
ERA Ruthven 3.54
Wins Ryan 12
Losses Ruthven, Stanhouse 15
Winning Pct Ryan .632
Saves Sutter 22
Games Pitched Sutter 75
Games Started Ruthven 33
Complete Games Ruthven 11
Shutouts Ruthven 1
Innings Pitched Ruthven 266.7
Hits Allowed Ruthven 264
Homeruns Allowed Frisella, Ryan 23
Strikeouts Frisella 160
Walks Allowed Ryan 134
Walks per 9IP Ruthven 2.1
Hits per 9IP Ryan 7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Ryan 6.9
WHiP Frisella 1.19
OAVG Ryan .222
OOBP Frisella .293
OSLG Ruthven .345
OOPS Ruthven .645
Team All-Stars
Bruce Sutter
Player Salaries
Richie Zisk $ 14,150,000
Danny Frisella $ 12,815,000
Ken Singleton $ 8,015,000
Ken Forsch $ 3,450,000
Dick Ruthven $ 2,807,143
George Brett $ 2,785,714
Don Stanhouse $ 2,539,286
Bake McBride $ 2,435,714
Art Howe $ 2,417,143
Gary Lavelle $ 1,892,857
Gary Matthews $ 1,278,571
Steve Renko $ 870,000
Nolan Ryan $ 680,000
Dan Monzon $ 350,000
Kent Tekulve $ 350,000
Larry Parrish $ 300,000
Paul Blair $ 300,000
Pete Lacock $ 300,000
Junior Kennedy $ 300,000
Fred Kendall $ 300,000
Mario Soto $ 300,000
Royle Stillman $ 300,000
Bruce Sutter $ 300,000
Bucky Dent $ 300,000
Gary Carter $ 300,000
Larry Milbourne $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Signed     Richie Zisk
2/9 Signed     Ken Singleton
2/11 Signed     Danny Frisella
2/13 Signed     Steve Renko
 
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