1983 Boston (A) Red Sox
Record: 74-86
Finish: 3rd in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 640
Runs Allowed: 718
Exp W-L: 72-88
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 1,483,619
Manager: Brian Rodgers

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 93-44, 1st in the American League
AA: 74-63, 4th in the American League
A: 62-75, 9th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
CF #Jerry White 30 154 551 80 152 31 5 4 64 4 5 80 72 .276 .371 .372 .743 74.8 14.6 3.4
SS  Dickie Thon 25 153 588 75 138 33 6 20 78 10 1 41 80 .235 .282 .413 .696 69.6 9.8 5.3
2B #Bill Doran 25 147 528 72 122 23 1 9 38 10 4 66 60 .231 .317 .330 .647 58.2 7.3 4.1
LF *Thad Bosley 26 154 536 57 127 11 3 6 51 10 8 58 86 .237 .312 .302 .614 50.2 3.9 4.3
3B  Ron Cash 33 151 546 49 166 21 2 4 72 0 0 17 73 .304 .324 .372 .696 58.1 9.6 5.4
LF *Pete Lacock 31 141 478 54 126 30 4 7 69 2 1 53 42 .264 .335 .387 .722 59.1 10.1 0.2
CF #Willie McGee 24 141 518 59 149 25 8 4 31 9 8 13 57 .288 .306 .390 .696 54.5 8.5 4.0
C *Marv Foley 29 126 406 36 100 3 0 8 42 0 1 34 61 .246 .304 .313 .617 39.3 3.4 5.7
LF *Terry Francona 24 118 374 37 104 21 0 3 40 0 2 10 12 .278 .294 .358 .652 35.6 4.2 2.7
1B *Willie Aikens 28 112 228 21 49 12 0 6 33 0 0 38 67 .215 .328 .346 .675 28.7 4.2 1.3
1B  Andre Thornton 33 118 212 32 51 7 4 9 22 2 0 21 40 .241 .308 .439 .746 28.2 4.6 0.1
CF  Gary Ward 29 98 209 17 41 10 1 4 20 9 0 12 36 .196 .238 .311 .549 13.6 0.0 2.1
SS #Ron Oester 27 85 159 23 57 16 1 2 18 3 1 18 15 .358 .421 .509 .931 30.7 8.3 0.9
SS  Dave Concepcion 35 72 106 10 31 3 0 2 18 2 0 4 16 .292 .318 .377 .696 12.5 2.2 0.7
C  Steve Yeager 34 23 68 7 15 1 0 3 8 0 0 4 15 .221 .264 .368 .632 6.7 0.4 1.1
C  Don Slaught 24 26 61 3 15 2 1 0 8 1 0 3 7 .246 .292 .311 .604 4.3 0.2 0.7
C  Gary Carter 29 14 36 7 6 2 0 3 3 0 0 7 8 .167 .302 .472 .775 5.1 0.8 0.6
  Team Totals 28.6 1833 5604 639 1449 251 36 94 615 62 31 479 747 .259 .317 .367 .683 629.3 92.1 42.5
  Rank among 12 AL teams 3 9 7 8 6 10 9 6 5 7 7 8 8 10 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
 Mario Soto 26 16 14 .533 32 32 0 243.0 225 116 20 97 158 4.30 14.2
*Bob Ojeda 25 18 11 .621 32 32 0 238.0 234 99 12 79 125 3.74 16.9
*Ken Dayley 24 7 14 .333 32 32 0 227.3 222 98 16 60 132 3.88 12.8
 Dennis Eckersley 28 13 12 .520 32 32 0 219.7 253 102 15 45 114 4.18 12.3
 Greg Minton 31 6 8 .429 26 17 0 122.0 127 66 5 70 46 4.87 4.1
*Gary Lavelle 34 5 5 .500 52 2 3 94.0 85 38 10 52 50 3.64 7.2
 Walt Terrell 25 1 9 .100 11 11 0 84.0 86 40 8 33 36 4.29 2.8
 Bob Welch 26 3 2 .600 33 0 2 64.7 67 24 4 21 28 3.34 4.9
 Bruce Sutter 30 1 8 .111 59 0 36 62.0 60 21 6 27 39 3.05 9.3
 Tom Niedenfuer 23 4 2 .667 47 0 1 44.0 47 25 7 16 26 5.11 2.3
*Dave Dravecky 27 0 0 .000 14 0 0 28.7 40 22 5 6 15 6.91 0.0
 Orel Hershiser 24 0 1 .000 2 2 0 14.0 14 7 1 7 8 4.50 0.5
Team Totals 26.9 74 86 .463 372 160 42 1441.3 1460 658 109 513 777 4.11 87.3
Rank among 12 AL teams 10 10 7 10 4 8 2 10 9 4 10  
* - 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 37.2
M.Foley 1063.0 118 123 600 55 6 1 .991 34.3
S.Yeager 163.7 18 20 112 7 1 1 .992 25.0
D.Slaught 133.7 14 23 57 10 1 1 .985 50.0
G.Carter 81.0 10 10 46 6 0 0 1.000 42.9
Team Total 1441.3 160 176 815 78 8 3 .991 35.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.72
J.White 1295.3 147 147 1563 125 9 147 .995 11.73
W.Aikens 90.0 10 13 107 8 0 11 1.000 11.50
A.Thornton 33.0 1 12 52 2 1 3 .982 14.73
P.Lacock 15.0 1 3 20 0 1 0 .952 12.00
T.Francona 8.0 1 1 10 1 0 3 1.000 12.38
Team Total 1441.3 160 176 1752 136 11 164 .994 11.79
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 5.90
B.Doran 1212.3 145 147 264 525 15 114 .981 5.86
R.Oester 187.3 12 52 40 60 4 15 .962 4.80
D.Concepcion 40.7 3 13 12 13 0 6 1.000 5.53
D.Dravecky 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1441.3 160 213 317 599 19 136 .980 5.72
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.90
R.Cash 1249.0 149 150 92 366 14 29 .970 3.30
D.Concepcion 175.3 11 47 11 39 7 3 .877 2.57
D.Thon 13.0 0 3 1 3 1 0 .800 2.77
R.Oester 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Foley 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.3 160 202 104 408 23 32 .957 3.20
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.31
D.Thon 1273.0 143 148 193 557 26 107 .966 5.30
R.Oester 118.7 13 19 15 54 2 9 .972 5.23
D.Concepcion 46.7 4 11 7 17 1 4 .960 4.63
T.Francona 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.McGee 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1441.3 160 180 215 629 29 120 .967 5.27
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.96
T.Francona 899.3 114 115 182 9 0 4 1.000 1.91
W.Aikens 447.0 42 92 84 1 0 0 1.000 1.71
G.Ward 42.0 2 15 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
P.Lacock 39.3 2 11 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.06
T.Bosley 8.7 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
J.White 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1441.3 160 239 290 10 0 4 1.000 1.87
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 2.62
W.McGee 971.7 118 121 266 9 4 1 .986 2.55
G.Ward 447.7 42 73 134 3 0 1 1.000 2.75
T.Francona 9.0 0 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
T.Bosley 7.0 0 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 6.43
J.White 6.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1441.3 160 203 409 13 4 3 .991 2.64
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.04
T.Bosley 1332.0 151 151 289 13 0 2 1.000 2.04
W.McGee 69.0 7 12 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.70
G.Carter 19.0 2 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
P.Lacock 11.7 0 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.09
T.Francona 4.7 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Ward 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.White 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.3 160 179 311 13 0 2 1.000 2.02
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.03
M.Soto 243.0 32 32 15 27 1 4 .977 1.56
B.Ojeda 238.0 32 32 19 35 1 2 .982 2.04
K.Dayley 227.3 32 32 14 38 2 1 .963 2.06
D.Eckersley 219.7 32 32 26 45 1 4 .986 2.91
G.Minton 122.0 17 26 10 18 1 1 .966 2.07
G.Lavelle 94.0 2 52 2 18 1 0 .952 1.91
W.Terrell 84.0 11 11 4 8 0 1 1.000 1.29
B.Welch 64.7 0 33 5 13 0 3 1.000 2.51
B.Sutter 62.0 0 59 6 9 1 2 .938 2.18
T.Niedenfuer 44.0 0 47 3 9 0 0 1.000 2.45
D.Dravecky 28.7 0 14 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.20
O.Hershiser 14.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.3 160 372 107 224 8 18 .976 2.07
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Cash .304
On-Base Pct White .371
Slugging Pct Thon .413
OPS White .743
XR White 74.8
Games Bosley, White 154
At-Bats Thon 588
Runs White 80
Hits Cash 166
Total Bases Thon 243
Singles Cash 139
Doubles Thon 33
Triples McGee 8
Homeruns Thon 20
RBIs Thon 78
Stolen Bases Bosley, Doran, Thon 10
Caught Stealing Bosley, McGee 8
Walks White 80
Strikeouts Bosley 86
ERA Ojeda 3.74
Wins Ojeda 18
Losses Dayley, Soto 14
Winning Pct Ojeda .621
Saves Sutter 36
Games Pitched Sutter 59
Games Started Dayley, Eckersley, Ojeda, Soto 32
Complete Games Soto 9
Shutouts Soto 3
Innings Pitched Soto 243.0
Hits Allowed Eckersley 253
Homeruns Allowed Soto 20
Strikeouts Soto 158
Walks Allowed Soto 97
Walks per 9IP Eckersley 1.8
Hits per 9IP Soto 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Soto 5.9
WHiP Dayley 1.24
OAVG Soto .249
OOBP Dayley .302
OSLG Ojeda .380
OOPS Ojeda .694
Team All-Stars
Bruce Sutter
Dickie Thon
Jerry White
Player Salaries
Dennis Eckersley $ 6,500,000
Jerry White $ 5,015,000
Greg Minton $ 4,500,000
Gary Lavelle $ 4,000,000
Pete Lacock $ 4,000,000
Dave Concepcion $ 3,000,000
Mario Soto $ 2,539,286
Ron Cash $ 2,000,000
Bruce Sutter $ 1,500,000
Gary Ward $ 1,297,143
Thad Bosley $ 1,278,571
Willie Aikens $ 1,278,571
Toby Harrah $ 1,212,121
Vida Blue $ 736,000
Rawly Eastwick $ 700,000
Larry Herndon $ 684,000
Gary Carter $ 510,000
Bob Welch $ 364,286
Royle Stillman $ 350,000
Eric Rasmussen $ 350,000
Fred Kendall $ 350,000
Don Slaught $ 300,000
Bob Ojeda $ 300,000
Ken Dayley $ 300,000
Bill Doran $ 300,000
Orel Hershiser $ 300,000
Ron Oester $ 300,000
Dickie Thon $ 300,000
Marv Foley $ 300,000
Terry Francona $ 300,000
Tom Niedenfuer $ 300,000
Walt Terrell $ 300,000
Willie McGee $ 300,000
Gary Matthews $ 300,000
Dave Dravecky $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/7 Signed     Jerry White
2/10 Signed     Andre Thornton
2/11 Signed     Greg Minton
2/13 Signed     Ron Cash
4/3 Signed     Larry Herndon
4/3 Signed     Len Randle
4/3 Signed     Vida Blue
10/28 Released Andre Thornton    
10/28 Released Steve Yeager