1988 Boston (A) Red Sox
Record: 93-67
Finish: 3rd in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 836
Runs Allowed: 723
Exp W-L: 91-69
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 2,277,839
Manager: Brian Rodgers

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-74, 8th in the American League
AA: 65-72, 5th in the American League
A: 55-82, 10th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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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
SS  Dickie Thon 30 155 598 95 158 48 5 25 108 18 8 60 75 .264 .328 .487 .815 89.9 18.2 4.9
2B  Paul Molitor 31 153 587 98 189 49 3 23 105 11 4 47 37 .322 .368 .533 .901 104.0 25.2 1.8
CF  Jim Rice 35 153 581 77 165 37 3 23 100 2 4 39 122 .284 .332 .477 .809 85.4 18.4 2.3
C  Don Slaught 29 150 561 81 194 45 0 5 67 0 0 44 74 .346 .397 .453 .849 91.4 23.6 7.4
RF  Danny Tartabull 25 152 528 68 140 39 3 17 81 0 0 52 129 .265 .333 .447 .780 74.9 14.6 2.1
1B  Randy Milligan 26 145 465 74 105 23 1 17 58 2 1 76 108 .226 .336 .389 .726 63.5 11.1 1.9
RF *Andy Van Slyke 27 143 463 72 131 36 7 13 72 37 5 36 88 .283 .330 .475 .805 71.7 14.6 2.5
1B  Jesse Barfield 28 117 385 52 82 35 1 14 59 2 0 39 96 .213 .288 .418 .706 44.0 6.2 0.1
2B #Bill Doran 30 119 348 58 95 17 3 4 38 12 10 39 58 .273 .344 .374 .717 45.1 7.9 3.2
1B  Dave Stapleton 34 110 325 43 85 38 2 3 40 0 1 6 18 .262 .271 .418 .689 33.7 5.0 4.1
CF #Willie McGee 29 94 230 42 72 20 5 1 26 15 7 13 29 .313 .348 .457 .805 34.9 8.1 1.0
LF  Chet Lemon 33 94 179 24 50 23 0 2 24 0 0 14 41 .279 .342 .441 .783 24.5 5.3 0.7
C *Rich Gedman 28 82 178 29 47 12 0 3 23 0 0 17 35 .264 .327 .382 .709 22.0 3.9 1.7
CF  Randy Kutcher 28 59 85 16 20 8 1 2 10 2 0 4 23 .235 .270 .424 .693 9.9 1.9 0.6
3B  Skeeter Barnes 31 39 45 5 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 10 .222 .239 .244 .484 2.0 0.0 0.1
CF #Gary Pettis 30 8 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.6 1773 5562 836 1543 431 34 152 815 101 41 487 944 .277 .335 .449 .785 796.1 163.9 34.3
  Rank among 12 AL teams 5 1 5 1 7 4 1 6 6 9 7 3 5 1 1 1  
* - 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
 Dennis Eckersley 33 10 10 .500 32 32 0 211.3 217 88 19 26 149 3.75 11.2
 Lary Sorensen 32 15 7 .682 31 30 0 197.7 227 97 18 46 72 4.42 8.7
*Ken Dayley 29 15 7 .682 33 33 0 196.3 157 62 4 60 183 2.84 15.2
*Bob Ojeda 30 14 8 .636 31 31 0 195.7 178 90 16 72 106 4.14 10.2
 Orel Hershiser 29 9 11 .450 31 29 0 177.3 213 125 20 74 70 6.34 0.0
 Mario Soto 31 6 9 .400 54 3 4 130.0 109 54 11 63 90 3.74 7.6
 Pat Zachry 36 4 4 .500 62 0 7 98.0 78 35 9 44 89 3.21 8.4
 Mark Littell 35 10 4 .714 54 0 27 60.7 47 27 2 46 57 4.01 8.5
 Mike Trujillo 28 3 1 .750 23 0 2 51.7 53 22 9 18 19 3.83 3.3
 Ron Darling 27 1 1 .500 12 2 1 46.7 49 12 4 13 27 2.31 3.6
 Jeff Gray 25 4 2 .667 25 0 6 45.3 46 19 9 7 30 3.77 3.9
 Jeff Robinson 27 2 3 .400 23 0 0 17.3 26 14 1 9 8 7.27 0.0
Team Totals 30.2 93 67 .581 411 160 47 1428.0 1400 645 122 478 900 4.07 80.7
Rank among 12 AL teams 4 4 7 4 9 5 4 7 5 8 7  
* - 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 .990 30.3
D.Slaught 1162.0 129 140 775 66 11 1 .987 41.6
R.Gedman 266.0 31 35 155 15 0 0 1.000 37.5
Team Total 1428.0 160 175 930 81 11 1 .989 40.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.36
R.Milligan 1202.3 145 145 1483 117 15 122 .991 11.98
C.Lemon 145.7 12 41 162 10 1 17 .994 10.63
S.Barnes 42.7 2 17 44 3 3 4 .940 9.92
D.Stapleton 31.3 1 15 41 2 1 2 .977 12.35
J.Barfield 6.0 0 3 6 2 0 0 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1428.0 160 221 1736 134 20 145 .989 11.79
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.66
B.Doran 986.3 118 119 234 442 19 92 .973 6.17
P.Molitor 246.0 27 29 55 96 4 21 .974 5.52
C.Lemon 116.3 10 25 25 47 3 7 .960 5.57
D.Stapleton 63.0 5 17 13 29 0 6 1.000 6.00
S.Barnes 10.0 0 4 2 1 1 0 .750 2.70
A.Van Slyke 6.0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1427.7 160 195 331 615 27 127 .972 5.96
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.73
P.Molitor 757.3 87 87 42 164 10 17 .954 2.45
D.Thon 516.7 58 60 33 117 7 4 .955 2.61
R.Kutcher 117.0 12 22 7 38 0 4 1.000 3.46
S.Barnes 37.0 3 11 3 11 1 0 .933 3.41
Team Total 1428.0 160 180 85 330 18 25 .958 2.62
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.07
D.Thon 799.0 90 95 140 353 13 52 .974 5.55
D.Stapleton 625.7 70 72 105 320 13 52 .970 6.11
P.Molitor 1.3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77
D.Tartabull 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Barnes 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1428.0 160 170 245 674 26 104 .972 5.79
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.85
J.Rice 1288.0 145 149 232 10 3 2 .988 1.69
R.Kutcher 69.0 8 11 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.09
C.Lemon 59.0 7 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.22
J.Barfield 6.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
S.Barnes 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Gedman 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1428.0 160 172 260 10 3 2 .989 1.70
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.45
A.Van Slyke 961.7 107 124 236 8 2 3 .992 2.28
W.McGee 384.3 47 52 89 5 4 2 .959 2.20
C.Lemon 37.0 4 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.95
R.Kutcher 18.0 1 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50
P.Molitor 8.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
J.Rice 7.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14
G.Pettis 7.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
J.Barfield 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Doran 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1428.0 160 199 346 13 6 5 .984 2.26
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.96
D.Tartabull 1264.0 147 149 237 6 10 2 .960 1.73
W.McGee 60.7 5 12 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.34
A.Van Slyke 40.3 3 11 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.89
C.Lemon 27.0 3 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.33
R.Kutcher 18.0 1 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
S.Barnes 12.0 1 3 2 0 1 0 .667 1.50
G.Pettis 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Rice 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Barfield 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1428.0 160 188 262 7 11 2 .961 1.70
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.96
D.Eckersley 211.3 32 32 14 37 4 2 .927 2.17
L.Sorensen 197.7 30 31 14 29 3 2 .935 1.96
K.Dayley 196.3 33 33 10 31 1 0 .976 1.88
B.Ojeda 195.7 31 31 7 34 2 1 .953 1.89
O.Hershiser 177.3 29 31 9 32 2 4 .953 2.08
M.Soto 130.0 3 54 8 18 0 2 1.000 1.80
P.Zachry 98.0 0 62 7 11 0 1 1.000 1.65
M.Littell 60.7 0 54 2 8 1 0 .909 1.48
M.Trujillo 51.7 0 23 1 11 0 0 1.000 2.09
R.Darling 46.7 2 12 4 6 1 0 .909 1.93
J.Gray 45.3 0 25 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.39
J.Robinson 17.3 0 23 3 7 0 0 1.000 5.19
Team Total 1428.0 160 411 81 229 14 12 .957 1.95
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Slaught .346
On-Base Pct Slaught .397
Slugging Pct Molitor .533
OPS Molitor .901
XR Molitor 104.0
Games Thon 155
At-Bats Thon 598
Runs Molitor 98
Hits Slaught 194
Total Bases Molitor 313
Singles Slaught 144
Doubles Molitor 49
Triples Van Slyke 7
Homeruns Thon 25
RBIs Thon 108
Stolen Bases Van Slyke 37
Caught Stealing Doran 10
Walks Milligan 76
Strikeouts Tartabull 129
ERA Dayley 2.84
Wins Dayley, Sorensen 15
Losses Hershiser 11
Winning Pct Dayley, Sorensen .682
Saves Littell 27
Games Pitched Zachry 62
Games Started Dayley 33
Complete Games Hershiser 5
Shutouts Ojeda 3
Innings Pitched Eckersley 211.3
Hits Allowed Sorensen 227
Homeruns Allowed Hershiser 20
Strikeouts Dayley 183
Walks Allowed Hershiser 74
Walks per 9IP Eckersley 1.1
Hits per 9IP Dayley 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Dayley 8.4
WHiP Dayley 1.11
OAVG Dayley .212
OOBP Dayley .270
OSLG Dayley .319
OOPS Dayley .590
Team All-Stars
Ken Dayley
Paul Molitor
Jim Rice
Don Slaught
Dickie Thon
Player Salaries
Paul Molitor $ 9,170,000
Dennis Eckersley $ 8,500,000
Ken Dayley $ 8,120,000
Dickie Thon $ 6,690,000
Dave Stapleton $ 5,000,000
Mark Littell $ 4,750,000
Jim Rice $ 4,400,000
Don Slaught $ 4,107,143
Mario Soto $ 3,500,000
Andy Van Slyke $ 3,328,571
Chet Lemon $ 2,830,000
Orel Hershiser $ 2,135,714
Willie McGee $ 1,937,143
Danny Tartabull $ 1,764,286
Lary Sorensen $ 1,500,000
Bob Ojeda $ 1,110,000
Bill Doran $ 1,100,000
Pat Zachry $ 710,000
Skeeter Barnes $ 497,143
Walt Terrell $ 450,000
Jesse Barfield $ 300,000
Gary Pettis $ 300,000
Randy Kutcher $ 300,000
Jeff Robinson $ 300,000
Jeff Gray $ 300,000
Rich Gedman $ 300,000
Mike Trujillo $ 300,000
Ron Darling $ 300,000
Randy Milligan $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Signed     Mark Littell
2/8 Traded T.R. Bryden Cleveland (A) Pat Zachry
3/4 Traded Ron Shepherd Indianapolis Dave Stapleton
Lary Sorensen
Paul Molitor