1980 Boston (A) Red Sox
Record: 75-85
Finish: 3rd in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 623
Runs Allowed: 695
Exp W-L: 72-88
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 2,180,054
Manager: Brian Rodgers

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 8th in the American League
AA: 73-64, 3rd in the American League
A: 52-85, 12th 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
3B  Larry Parrish 26 155 601 89 169 34 3 28 101 1 0 43 86 .281 .329 .488 .817 88.9 16.1 2.7
LF  Richie Zisk 31 147 506 66 138 25 3 18 58 2 0 48 70 .273 .336 .441 .776 72.4 12.1 3.6
C  Gary Carter 26 142 489 55 78 25 2 21 51 1 0 54 115 .160 .244 .348 .591 42.3 1.2 6.7
CF *Bake McBride 31 143 512 66 147 25 8 6 46 13 13 19 65 .287 .320 .402 .722 57.9 8.3 5.0
RF #Ken Singleton 33 142 414 44 104 14 1 6 54 1 2 68 55 .251 .358 .333 .691 51.3 7.0 1.7
1B *Willie Aikens 25 123 435 39 112 36 1 12 56 0 1 44 109 .257 .329 .428 .756 58.0 9.3 2.9
SS  Junior Kennedy 29 145 437 49 118 17 1 2 33 6 1 40 68 .270 .334 .327 .661 48.9 7.0 4.8
LF *Thad Bosley 23 135 439 53 130 21 3 5 50 14 3 39 52 .296 .351 .392 .743 58.3 9.9 4.1
2B *Jim Mason 29 140 423 38 95 14 2 3 34 3 5 38 78 .225 .288 .288 .577 32.9 0.7 5.1
LF *Pete Lacock 28 122 375 34 91 20 1 6 44 1 0 28 26 .243 .299 .349 .648 36.2 3.8 1.9
3B *George Brett 27 50 198 20 35 9 3 3 18 4 3 5 11 .177 .193 .298 .491 11.1 0.0 1.1
CF  Gary Ward 26 77 174 25 41 8 1 8 20 6 1 6 34 .236 .264 .431 .695 20.8 2.7 1.9
C  Fred Kendall 31 56 164 12 19 6 1 0 2 0 0 6 24 .116 .146 .165 .311 -1.6 0.0 1.8
SS  Bucky Dent 28 65 141 15 39 6 3 0 13 0 1 13 4 .277 .346 .362 .708 17.3 2.6 1.3
3B #Steve Ontiveros 28 67 91 10 16 4 0 2 7 0 0 10 10 .176 .265 .286 .550 6.2 0.0 0.9
LF  Gary Matthews 29 16 46 1 8 1 0 1 5 1 0 1 10 .174 .191 .261 .452 1.9 0.0 0.5
LF *Royle Stillman 29 19 35 5 8 2 0 1 8 0 0 2 4 .229 .270 .371 .642 3.2 0.2 0.3
RF  Dennis Werth 27 12 26 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .154 .185 .192 .377 0.2 0.0 0.3
  Team Totals 28.1 1756 5506 623 1352 268 33 122 601 53 30 465 828 .246 .306 .373 .678 606.1 80.9 46.7
  Rank among 12 AL teams 8 9 10 3 11 4 9 8 4 7 11 10 10 8 8 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 23 18 7 .720 30 30 0 239.0 208 90 22 113 140 3.39 18.8
 Dick Ruthven 29 12 11 .522 30 30 0 235.7 246 100 6 64 93 3.82 15.3
*Gary Lavelle 31 9 15 .375 33 33 0 221.7 207 91 15 92 148 3.69 14.0
 Danny Frisella 34 10 16 .385 32 32 0 211.7 206 97 21 88 151 4.12 11.5
 Don Stanhouse 29 7 15 .318 31 31 0 203.0 193 85 11 119 111 3.77 11.8
 Bruce Sutter 27 7 8 .467 77 0 37 93.0 87 37 9 38 55 3.58 14.2
 Kent Tekulve 33 5 5 .500 61 0 3 82.0 85 42 3 27 20 4.61 4.3
 Bob Welch 23 3 2 .600 32 4 1 69.7 70 31 3 23 30 4.01 4.2
 Steve Renko 35 1 4 .200 32 0 1 45.3 55 29 11 13 14 5.76 0.3
 Nolan Ryan 33 3 2 .600 19 0 2 42.7 34 19 3 28 43 4.01 3.1
Team Totals 29.7 75 85 .469 377 160 44 1443.6 1391 621 104 605 805 3.87 97.4
Rank among 12 AL teams 6 6 2 6 5 2 3 5 12 4 5  
* - 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 .989 31.3
G.Carter 1174.3 132 137 672 55 10 2 .986 33.3
F.Kendall 269.3 28 35 176 9 2 0 .989 29.4
Team Total 1443.7 160 172 848 64 12 2 .987 32.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.71
W.Aikens 994.8 110 118 1173 88 8 103 .994 11.41
P.Lacock 342.3 40 43 409 26 2 34 .995 11.44
G.Brett 55.0 6 6 52 3 0 10 1.000 9.00
K.Singleton 35.0 4 6 42 5 0 2 1.000 12.09
F.Kendall 17.0 2 4 16 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
D.Werth 9.0 0 4 6 3 0 0 1.000 9.00
L.Parrish 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1455.1 162 182 1701 126 10 149 .995 11.30
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.80
J.Kennedy 1134.3 135 141 216 464 11 101 .984 5.40
S.Ontiveros 204.3 13 55 45 76 3 19 .976 5.33
J.Mason 105.0 12 14 34 35 1 14 .986 5.91
Team Total 1443.7 160 210 295 575 15 134 .983 5.42
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 2.92
L.Parrish 991.7 111 114 66 228 22 14 .930 2.67
G.Brett 335.0 37 38 20 71 4 8 .958 2.44
S.Ontiveros 61.0 7 10 5 10 1 1 .938 2.21
K.Singleton 44.0 5 7 3 13 0 1 1.000 3.27
F.Kendall 12.0 0 4 2 5 0 0 1.000 5.25
Team Total 1443.7 160 173 96 327 27 24 .940 2.64
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.28
J.Mason 1062.3 127 127 169 435 29 80 .954 5.12
B.Dent 342.0 30 61 38 123 4 26 .976 4.24
J.Kennedy 31.0 3 4 4 9 1 1 .929 3.77
R.Stillman 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
T.Bosley 3.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Ward 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.7 160 196 211 568 34 107 .958 4.86
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.00
R.Zisk 1143.7 125 140 240 12 9 8 .966 1.98
P.Lacock 136.0 16 16 33 1 1 1 .971 2.25
T.Bosley 52.0 6 9 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.90
K.Singleton 44.0 6 6 12 0 1 0 .923 2.45
R.Stillman 38.0 5 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.84
G.Ward 28.0 2 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
G.Matthews 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.7 160 183 315 13 11 9 .968 2.04
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 2.60
B.McBride 978.3 112 121 278 14 5 5 .983 2.69
G.Ward 354.7 42 43 108 2 0 1 1.000 2.79
K.Singleton 78.7 5 23 30 0 0 0 1.000 3.43
T.Bosley 26.0 1 10 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.42
R.Stillman 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Aikens 1.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.29
Team Total 1443.4 160 200 424 16 5 6 .989 2.74
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 2.11
T.Bosley 922.3 107 111 237 6 1 2 .996 2.37
K.Singleton 163.0 18 22 49 2 4 0 .927 2.82
P.Lacock 127.3 11 28 28 1 0 0 1.000 2.05
G.Matthews 103.0 13 13 28 2 1 0 .968 2.62
D.Werth 58.0 6 8 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.64
B.McBride 54.0 4 13 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.83
R.Stillman 13.0 1 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.46
R.Zisk 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Parrish 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.7 160 200 381 11 6 2 .985 2.44
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.00
M.Soto 239.0 30 30 15 39 0 4 1.000 2.03
D.Ruthven 235.7 30 30 16 37 0 3 1.000 2.02
G.Lavelle 221.7 33 33 9 24 3 2 .917 1.34
D.Frisella 211.7 32 32 18 27 1 1 .978 1.91
D.Stanhouse 203.0 31 31 9 35 1 3 .978 1.95
B.Sutter 93.0 0 77 2 19 0 2 1.000 2.03
K.Tekulve 82.0 0 61 6 15 1 1 .955 2.30
B.Welch 69.7 4 32 2 20 0 2 1.000 2.84
S.Renko 45.3 0 32 2 9 0 0 1.000 2.18
N.Ryan 42.7 0 19 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.27
Team Total 1443.6 160 377 80 230 6 18 .981 1.93
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average McBride .287
On-Base Pct Singleton .348
Slugging Pct Parrish .488
OPS Parrish .817
XR Parrish 88.9
Games Parrish 155
At-Bats Parrish 601
Runs Parrish 89
Hits Parrish 169
Total Bases Parrish 293
Singles McBride 108
Doubles Aikens 36
Triples McBride 8
Homeruns Parrish 28
RBIs Parrish 101
Stolen Bases Bosley 14
Caught Stealing McBride 13
Walks Singleton 68
Strikeouts Carter 115
ERA Soto 3.39
Wins Soto 18
Losses Frisella 16
Winning Pct Soto .720
Saves Sutter 37
Games Pitched Sutter 77
Games Started Lavelle 33
Complete Games Soto 9
Shutouts Ruthven 2
Innings Pitched Soto 239.0
Hits Allowed Ruthven 246
Homeruns Allowed Soto 22
Strikeouts Frisella 151
Walks Allowed Stanhouse 119
Walks per 9IP Ruthven 2.4
Hits per 9IP Soto 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Frisella 6.4
WHiP Ruthven 1.32
OAVG Soto .233
OOBP Ruthven .318
OSLG Stanhouse .352
OOPS Ruthven .686
Team All-Stars
Larry Parrish
Mario Soto
Player Salaries
Richie Zisk $ 14,150,000
Danny Frisella $ 12,815,000
Ken Singleton $ 8,015,000
Larry Parrish $ 5,250,000
Dick Ruthven $ 3,871,429
Gary Lavelle $ 3,592,857
Don Stanhouse $ 2,885,714
George Brett $ 2,835,714
Bake McBride $ 2,800,000
Gary Carter $ 1,492,857
Pete Lacock $ 1,042,857
Kent Tekulve $ 977,143
Bruce Sutter $ 920,000
Steve Renko $ 870,000
Gary Matthews $ 750,000
Nolan Ryan $ 680,000
Bucky Dent $ 550,000
Junior Kennedy $ 350,000
Fred Kendall $ 350,000
Thad Bosley $ 300,000
Dennis Werth $ 300,000
Bob Welch $ 300,000
Steve Ontiveros $ 300,000
Jim Mason $ 300,000
Mario Soto $ 300,000
Willie Aikens $ 300,000
Royle Stillman $ 300,000
Gary Ward $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
5/1 Traded Sandy Vance Baltimore Willie Aikens
$1,863,000