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1979 Boston (A) Red Sox
Record: 91-69
Finish: 1st in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 738
Runs Allowed: 662
Exp W-L: 88-72
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 2,310,609
Manager: Brian Rodgers

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 82-55, 1st in the American League
AA: 71-66, 7th in the American League
A: 76-61, 4th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 3-4 to Kansas City Royals
 
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
LF  Richie Zisk 30 154 570 85 154 15 1 18 78 1 0 75 86 .270 .350 .395 .744 80.5 15.6 3.7
3B  Larry Parrish 25 154 591 104 187 37 3 36 111 2 1 43 86 .316 .364 .572 .936 109.2 28.5 1.4
RF #Ken Singleton 32 153 567 78 151 20 5 12 81 1 1 62 96 .266 .335 .383 .718 73.3 13.5 3.1
3B *George Brett 26 150 574 85 154 34 10 18 85 14 2 45 30 .268 .324 .456 .780 80.9 17.1 4.4
LF *Pete Lacock 27 146 495 65 138 26 1 5 43 0 1 50 34 .279 .342 .366 .708 63.5 12.5 1.8
C  Gary Carter 25 135 450 59 85 27 2 19 73 1 1 60 86 .189 .286 .384 .671 52.2 7.2 8.5
SS  Bucky Dent 27 146 445 44 114 19 0 3 35 2 3 16 19 .256 .279 .319 .598 40.2 5.0 7.4
CF *Bake McBride 30 113 410 43 116 15 4 4 53 13 8 17 19 .283 .313 .368 .682 45.4 7.6 3.5
SS  Junior Kennedy 28 128 373 38 88 7 1 2 45 5 2 28 53 .236 .289 .276 .565 30.2 2.5 4.6
3B  Art Howe 32 124 368 47 106 23 4 3 41 0 0 28 28 .288 .339 .397 .736 42.4 8.1 2.1
LF  Gary Matthews 28 107 234 26 49 8 2 8 35 2 0 21 40 .209 .272 .363 .636 22.4 2.1 1.6
CF  Gary Ward 25 68 170 23 40 3 1 4 15 5 1 8 18 .235 .271 .335 .606 15.7 1.4 1.6
C  Fred Kendall 30 45 122 16 28 10 2 0 12 0 0 9 14 .230 .278 .344 .622 11.5 1.2 2.2
LF *Thad Bosley 22 23 82 10 18 0 0 0 4 1 1 8 6 .220 .289 .220 .508 5.1 0.0 0.6
3B #Larry Milbourne 28 55 70 6 11 0 2 1 4 1 1 0 3 .157 .157 .257 .414 1.8 0.0 1.3
2B  Dan Monzon 33 39 30 9 5 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 2 .167 .194 .167 .360 0.1 0.0 0.2
  Team Totals 28.0 1740 5551 738 1444 244 38 133 715 55 24 471 620 .260 .317 .390 .707 674.3 122.3 48.1
  Rank among 12 AL teams 4 4 6 4 7 3 4 10 4 6 3 6 9 4 6 5  
* - 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
 Mario Soto 22 17 19 .472 36 36 0 271.0 253 126 21 116 153 4.18 13.6
*Gary Lavelle 30 21 4 .840 33 33 0 228.3 208 87 12 87 148 3.43 18.6
 Dick Ruthven 28 14 9 .609 29 29 0 223.0 231 92 11 51 82 3.71 15.4
 Don Stanhouse 28 13 9 .591 30 30 0 206.0 186 84 13 93 112 3.67 14.2
 Danny Frisella 33 10 5 .667 18 18 0 127.3 116 46 17 40 76 3.25 10.3
 Kent Tekulve 32 5 3 .625 69 0 2 90.7 91 36 2 38 29 3.57 7.6
 Bruce Sutter 26 2 7 .222 70 0 39 74.7 70 31 5 34 43 3.74 10.0
 Ken Forsch 32 1 6 .143 24 6 2 66.3 73 39 5 29 19 5.29 0.9
 Bob Welch 22 3 4 .429 8 8 0 61.3 57 35 6 25 31 5.14 1.7
 Nolan Ryan 32 3 2 .600 21 0 1 51.7 31 13 4 31 51 2.26 5.7
 Steve Renko 34 2 1 .667 29 0 2 43.0 43 11 3 11 15 2.30 4.7
Team Totals 29.0 91 69 .569 367 160 46 1443.3 1359 600 99 555 759 3.74 102.6
Rank among 12 AL teams 2 2 1 2 6 2 2 3 8 4 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 .986 32.3
G.Carter 1146.7 130 131 640 60 5 0 .993 35.1
F.Kendall 296.7 30 38 162 13 0 0 1.000 25.0
Team Total 1443.3 160 169 802 73 5 0 .994 33.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.79
P.Lacock 955.7 110 113 1117 84 13 112 .989 11.31
G.Brett 378.0 42 45 432 41 5 46 .990 11.26
A.Howe 92.0 8 14 131 11 3 19 .979 13.89
F.Kendall 9.0 0 3 12 1 0 0 1.000 13.00
L.Parrish 8.7 0 4 11 0 0 1 1.000 11.43
Team Total 1443.3 160 179 1703 137 21 178 .989 11.47
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 6.02
J.Kennedy 875.7 106 108 193 364 9 88 .984 5.72
A.Howe 518.7 51 84 108 180 8 49 .973 5.00
L.Milbourne 30.0 2 10 8 11 1 5 .950 5.70
D.Monzon 19.0 1 10 7 5 0 1 1.000 5.68
Team Total 1443.3 160 212 316 560 18 143 .980 5.46
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.91
G.Brett 913.0 101 104 67 233 14 14 .955 2.96
L.Parrish 379.3 43 44 37 83 5 9 .960 2.85
A.Howe 87.0 10 11 6 21 2 2 .931 2.79
D.Monzon 41.0 4 7 1 9 0 1 1.000 2.20
L.Milbourne 17.0 2 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.12
K.Singleton 5.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60
F.Kendall 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.3 160 172 112 351 21 26 .957 2.89
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.37
B.Dent 1187.0 144 145 171 495 27 100 .961 5.05
L.Milbourne 148.7 10 39 35 59 4 15 .959 5.69
J.Kennedy 102.7 6 27 27 53 3 18 .964 7.01
D.Monzon 3.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
G.Ward 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Matthews 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.3 160 214 233 609 34 133 .961 5.25
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.98
R.Zisk 1306.3 146 150 277 8 5 1 .983 1.96
G.Matthews 91.7 10 14 16 1 0 0 1.000 1.67
P.Lacock 37.0 4 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.73
G.Ward 8.3 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.08
Team Total 1443.3 160 172 296 10 5 1 .984 1.91
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.66
B.McBride 869.3 95 105 251 6 6 3 .977 2.66
G.Ward 394.3 45 55 108 2 0 1 1.000 2.51
T.Bosley 170.7 20 23 42 1 0 0 1.000 2.27
K.Singleton 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
G.Matthews 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
A.Howe 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1443.3 160 188 404 9 6 4 .986 2.58
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.19
K.Singleton 940.0 106 108 235 6 8 1 .968 2.31
G.Matthews 417.0 51 53 101 2 0 1 1.000 2.22
P.Lacock 66.0 3 22 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.18
B.McBride 8.0 0 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
R.Zisk 6.7 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.05
G.Carter 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Ward 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
L.Milbourne 1.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42
Team Total 1443.3 160 197 358 8 8 2 .979 2.28
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.03
M.Soto 271.0 36 36 14 36 3 3 .943 1.66
G.Lavelle 228.3 33 33 13 37 1 4 .980 1.97
D.Ruthven 223.0 29 29 14 43 1 5 .983 2.30
D.Stanhouse 206.0 30 30 21 34 2 4 .965 2.40
D.Frisella 127.3 18 18 6 23 0 2 1.000 2.05
K.Tekulve 90.7 0 69 9 25 1 3 .971 3.38
B.Sutter 74.7 0 70 6 14 0 1 1.000 2.41
K.Forsch 66.3 6 24 7 14 3 0 .875 2.85
B.Welch 61.3 8 8 6 11 3 1 .850 2.49
N.Ryan 51.7 0 21 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.39
S.Renko 43.0 0 29 2 7 1 0 .900 1.88
Team Total 1443.3 160 367 100 250 15 23 .959 2.18
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Parrish .316
On-Base Pct Parrish .364
Slugging Pct Parrish .572
OPS Parrish .936
XR Parrish 109.2
Games Zisk, Parrish 154
At-Bats Parrish 591
Runs Parrish 104
Hits Parrish 187
Total Bases Parrish 338
Singles Zisk 120
Doubles Parrish 37
Triples Brett 10
Homeruns Parrish 36
RBIs Parrish 111
Stolen Bases Brett 14
Caught Stealing McBride 8
Walks Zisk 75
Strikeouts Singleton 96
ERA Lavelle 3.43
Wins Lavelle 21
Losses Soto 19
Winning Pct Lavelle .840
Saves Sutter 39
Games Pitched Sutter 70
Games Started Soto 36
Complete Games Soto 16
Shutouts Ruthven, Soto 4
Innings Pitched Soto 271.0
Hits Allowed Soto 253
Homeruns Allowed Soto 21
Strikeouts Soto 153
Walks Allowed Soto 116
Walks per 9IP Ruthven 2.1
Hits per 9IP Stanhouse 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Lavelle 5.8
WHiP Ruthven 1.26
OAVG Stanhouse .241
OOBP Ruthven .309
OSLG Lavelle .343
OOPS Lavelle .653
Team All-Stars
Gary Lavelle
Larry Parrish
Mario Soto
Bruce Sutter
Player Salaries
Richie Zisk $ 14,150,000
Danny Frisella $ 12,815,000
Ken Singleton $ 8,015,000
Dick Ruthven $ 3,728,571
Ken Forsch $ 3,450,000
George Brett $ 2,785,714
Larry Parrish $ 2,642,857
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
Bruce Sutter $ 920,000
Steve Renko $ 870,000
Nolan Ryan $ 680,000
Kent Tekulve $ 514,286
Gary Carter $ 350,000
Bucky Dent $ 350,000
Dan Monzon $ 350,000
Bob Welch $ 300,000
Gary Ward $ 300,000
Larry Milbourne $ 300,000
Junior Kennedy $ 300,000
Pete Lacock $ 300,000
Mario Soto $ 300,000
Jim Mason $ 300,000
Thad Bosley $ 300,000
Fred Kendall $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
7/1 Traded Harry Parker Cleveland (N) Eric Raich
 
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