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1998 Boston Red Sox (Franchise Index: 1997/1999)
92-70, Finished 2nd in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 876 runs, Allowed 729 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-68
Managed by Jimy Williams

Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,314,704 (9th out of 14)
Park Factor: Batting - 100/Pitching - 99 (over 100 favors batters)

Postseason: Lost AL Division Series (3-1) to Cleveland Indians

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Scott Hatteberg     28  112  359   46   99  23  1  12   43  43   58  .276  .359  .446   0   0  11   5   0   3   3  108
1B *Mo Vaughn           30  154  609  107  205  31  2  40  115  61  144  .337  .402  .591   0   0  13   8   0   3  13  155
2B  Mike Benjamin       32  124  349   46   95  23  0   4   39  15   73  .272  .312  .372   3   0  11   6  13   2   1   78
3B  John Valentin       31  153  588  113  145  44  1  23   73  77   82  .247  .340  .442   4   5   9   9   2   5   3  102
SS  Nomar Garciaparra   24  143  604  111  195  37  8  35  122  33   62  .323  .362  .584  12   6  20   8   0   7   1  142
LF *Troy O'Leary        28  156  611   95  165  36  8  23   83  36  108  .270  .314  .468   2   2  17   5   0   5   2  100
CF  Darren Lewis        30  155  585   95  157  25  3   8   63  70   94  .268  .352  .362  29  12  12   8   2   5   0   87
RF *Darren Bragg        28  129  409   51  114  29  3   8   57  42   99  .279  .351  .423   5   3  16   6   4   4   0  101
DH *Reggie Jefferson    29   62  196   24   60  16  1   8   31  21   40  .306  .374  .520   0   0   7   1   0   1   2  130
   #Jason Varitek       26   86  221   31   56  13  0   7   33  17   45  .253  .309  .407   2   2   8   2   4   3   1   85
    Damon Buford        28   86  216   37   61  14  4  10   42  22   43  .282  .349  .523   5   5   5   1   0   2   1  123
    Mike Stanley        35   47  156   25   45  12  0   7   32  26   43  .288  .388  .500   1   0   6   2   0   4   2  130
    Jim Leyritz         34   52  129   17   37   6  0   8   24  21   34  .287  .385  .519   0   0   4   2   0   4   1  133
    Donnie Sadler       23   58  124   21   28   4  4   3   15   6   28  .226  .276  .395   4   0   1   3   5   1   0   73
   *Midre Cummings      26   67  120   20   34   8  0   5   15  17   19  .283  .381  .475   3   3   2   2   1   0   0  122
    Lou Merloni         27   39   96   10   27   6  0   1   15   7   20  .281  .343  .375   1   0   1   2   1   0   1   87
   #Mark Lemke          32   31   91   10   17   4  0   0    7   6   15  .187  .232  .231   0   1   0   0   1   2   0   22
    Keith Mitchell      28   23   33    4    9   2  0   0    6   7    5  .273  .400  .333   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   95
   *Trot Nixon          24   13   27    3    7   1  0   0    0   1    3  .259  .286  .296   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   52
    Billy Ashley        27   13   24    3    7   3  0   3    7   2   11  .292  .346  .792   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  185
   #Mandy Romero        30   12   13    2    3   1  0   0    1   3    3  .231  .375  .308   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   81
    Chris Snopek        27    8   12    2    2   0  0   0    2   2    5  .167  .286  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   23
   #Orlando Merced      31    9    9    0    0   0  0   0    2   2    3  .000  .167  .000   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  -51
    Keith Johns         26    2    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0       1.000         0   0   0   0   0   0   0     

    Pedro Martinez      26    2    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    5  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Bret Saberhagen     34    2    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Derek Lowe          25    2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    3  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -41
    Tim Wakefield       31    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   -2
   *Steve Avery         28    6    1    2    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jim Corsi           36    5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    John Wasdin         25    3    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    0       1.000         0   0   0   0   0   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.8  162 5601  876 1568 338 35 205  827 541 1049  .280  .343  .463  72  39 144  70  35  52  32  110
    Rank among 14 AL teams         8    3    3   1  4   5        9    7     3     4     2  14  13                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Pedro Martinez      26  33   2.89  19   7  0  33   0   3   2  233.7  188   82   75  26   67  251  951   9   8  0   3 160
SP  Tim Wakefield       31  36   4.58  17   8  0  33   1   2   0  216.0  211  123  110  30   79  146  939   6  14  1   1 101
SP  Bret Saberhagen     34  31   3.96  15   8  0  31   0   0   0  175.0  181   82   77  22   29  100  725   4   6  0   1 116
SP *Steve Avery         28  34   5.02  10   7  0  23   4   0   0  123.7  128   74   69  14   64   57  546   7   4  0   0  92

CL  Tom Gordon          30  73   2.72   7   4 46   0  69   0   0   79.3   55   24   24   2   25   78  317   9   0  0   1 169
RP  Jim Corsi           36  59   2.59   3   2  0   0   9   0   0   66.0   58   23   19   6   23   49  274   3   1  0   2 178
RP  Derek Lowe          25  63   4.02   3   9  4  10   8   0   0  123.0  126   65   55   5   42   77  527   8   4  0   5 115
RP  Dennis Eckersley    43  50   4.76   4   1  1   0  13   0   0   39.7   46   21   21   6    8   22  171   0   2  0   3  97
RP  John Wasdin         25  47   5.25   6   4  0   8  13   0   0   96.0  111   57   56  14   27   59  424   1   2  0   8  88

    Rich Garces         27  30   3.33   1   1  1   0  11   0   0   46.0   36   19   17   6   27   34  201   1   2  1   3 139
   *Pete Schourek       29  10   4.30   1   3  0   8   0   0   0   44.0   45   21   21   7   14   36  183   2   1  0   1 107
    Carlos Reyes        29  24   3.52   1   1  0   0  10   0   0   38.3   35   15   15   2   14   23  158   3   1  0   2 131
    Brian Rose          22   8   6.93   1   4  0   8   0   0   0   37.7   43   32   29   9   14   18  168   0   2  0   0  67
   *Ron Mahay           27  29   3.46   1   1  1   0   6   0   0   26.0   26   16   10   2   15   14  120   3   2  0   1 133
   *Greg Swindell       33  29   3.38   2   3  0   0   3   0   0   24.0   25   13    9   3   13   18  104   0   0  0   1 137
    Jin Ho Cho          22   4   8.20   0   3  0   4   0   0   0   18.7   28   17   17   4    3   15   87   1   1  0   0  56
   *Brian Barkley       22   6   9.82   0   0  0   0   1   0   0   11.0   16   13   12   2    9    2   59   1   1  0   1  47
   *Butch Henry         29   2   4.00   0   0  0   2   0   0   0    9.0    8    4    4   2    3    6   38   0   1  0   0 115
   *Brian Shouse        29   7   5.62   0   1  0   0   4   0   0    8.0    9    5    5   2    4    5   36   0   0  0   0  82
    Dario Veras         25   7  10.12   0   1  0   0   4   0   0    8.0   12    9    9   0    7    2   43   2   1  0   0  46
    Robinson Checo      26   2   9.39   0   2  0   2   0   0   0    7.7   11    8    8   3    5    5   34   1   0  0   0  49
    Carlos Valdez       26   4   0.00   1   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.3    1    0    0   0    5    4   16   0   0  0   0    
   *David West          33   6  27.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    7    6    6   1    7    4   20   1   0  0   0  17
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.5 162   4.19  92  70 53 162 157   5   8 1436.0 1406  729  669 168  504 1025 6141  62  53  2  33 110
    Rank among 14 AL teams          2   2  13  1          13   5      9    2    2        4    3    7
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- SHatteberg 108 664 61 5 7 .993 17 JVaritek 75 367 32 5 3 .988 18 MRomero 4 11 0 0 0 1.000 0 JLeyritz 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- Team Total 162 1052 93 10 10 .991 35 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- First Base G PO A E DP .992 8.30 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MVaughn 142 1176 90 12 91 .991 8.92 MStanley 13 108 6 0 14 1.000 8.77 MBenjamin 10 41 9 0 3 1.000 5.00 RJefferson 7 37 4 2 2 .953 5.86 BAshley 2 6 0 1 2 .857 3.00 JLeyritz 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 1371 109 15 113 .990 9.28 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .978 4.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MBenjamin 87 160 189 2 40 .994 4.01 DSadler 50 76 95 5 16 .972 3.42 LMerloni 32 47 66 3 10 .974 3.53 MLemke 31 38 71 0 15 1.000 3.52 CSnopek 3 1 2 1 0 .750 1.00 DBuford 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 KJohns 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 JValentin 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 323 424 11 82 .985 4.68 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .948 2.23 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JValentin 153 121 292 15 28 .965 2.70 MBenjamin 11 6 19 0 0 1.000 2.27 LMerloni 5 5 7 2 0 .857 2.40 CSnopek 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.67 DBuford 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 132 320 17 28 .964 2.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .972 4.26 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NGarciaparr 143 228 402 25 68 .962 4.41 MBenjamin 20 26 58 1 11 .988 4.20 DSadler 4 5 6 0 2 1.000 2.75 LMerloni 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 259 466 26 81 .965 4.54 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field G PO A E DP .985 1.74 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TO'Leary 155 302 9 3 1 .990 2.01 DBragg 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.43 DLewis 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.25 KMitchell 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 BAshley 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 TNixon 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 323 10 3 1 .991 2.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField G PO A E DP .987 2.36 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DLewis 109 288 5 0 0 1.000 2.69 DBuford 67 133 4 0 1 1.000 2.04 DBragg 12 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 442 10 0 1 1.000 2.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field G PO A E DP .983 1.81 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DBragg 112 188 5 1 2 .995 1.72 DLewis 55 89 1 3 0 .968 1.64 MCummings 17 16 0 1 0 .941 0.94 KMitchell 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 TNixon 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 OMerced 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 311 6 5 2 .984 1.99 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pitchers G PO A E DP .958 1.78 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PMartinez 33 11 18 4 3 .879 1.12 TWakefield 36 16 23 3 1 .929 1.62 BSaberhagen 31 13 20 1 1 .971 1.70 SAvery 34 7 39 1 5 .979 3.35 DLowe 63 12 24 4 4 .900 2.63 JWasdin 47 5 15 1 1 .952 1.88 TGordon 73 7 1 0 0 1.000 0.91 JCorsi 59 3 16 2 2 .905 2.59 RGarces 30 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.37 PSchourek 10 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.41 DEckersley 50 2 4 1 0 .857 1.36 CReyes 24 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.88 BRose 8 4 4 0 1 1.000 1.91 RMahay 29 1 2 1 0 .750 1.04 GSwindell 29 2 4 0 1 1.000 2.25 JCho 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.44 BBarkley 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 BHenry 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 BShouse 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 DVeras 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 RCheco 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CValdez 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DWest 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 94 187 18 19 .940 1.76 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- RJefferson 48 JLeyritz 39 MStanley 34 MCummings 29 DBuford 15 KMitchell 12 MVaughn 12 BAshley 5 DBragg 4 DSadler 4 MRomero 3 JVaritek 3 MBenjamin 2 TNixon 2 CSnopek 2 KJohns 1 DLewis 1 OMerced 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Vaughn .337

On-base % Vaughn .402

Slugging % Vaughn .591

OPS Vaughn .993

Games O'Leary 156

At Bats O'Leary 611

Runs Valentin 113

Hits Vaughn 205

Total Bases Vaughn 360

Doubles Valentin 44

Triples Garciaparra and O'Leary 8

Home Runs Vaughn 40

RBI Garciaparra 122

Bases on Balls Valentin 77

Strikeouts Vaughn 144

Stolen Bases Lewis 29

Singles Vaughn 132

Adjusted OPS+ Vaughn 155

Runs Created Vaughn 143

Extra-Base Hits Garciaparra 80

Times on Base Vaughn 274

Hit By Pitch Valentin 9

Sac. Hits Benjamin 13

Sac. Flies Garciaparra 7

Intentional Walks Vaughn 13

Grounded into Double Plays Garciaparra 20

Power/Speed Number Garciaparra 17.9

At Bats per Strikeout Garciaparra 9.7

At Bats per Home Run Vaughn 15.2

Outs O'Leary 470

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Martinez 2.89

Wins Martinez 19

Won-Loss % Martinez .731

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Martinez 1.091

Hits Allowed/9IP Martinez 7.24

Bases on Balls/9IP Saberhagen 1.49

Strikeouts/9IP Martinez 9.67

Games Gordon 73

Saves Gordon 46

Innings Martinez 233.7

Strikeouts Martinez 251

Games Started Martinez and Wakefield 33

Comp. Games Martinez 3

Shutouts Martinez 2

Home Runs Allow. Wakefield 30

Bases On Balls Allow. Wakefield 79

Hits Allowed Wakefield 211

SO to Walk Martinez 3.75

Losses Lowe 9

Earned Runs Allow. Wakefield 110

Wild Pitches Gordon and Martinez 9

Hit Batsmen Wakefield 14

Batters Faced Martinez 951

Games Finished Gordon 69

Adjusted ERA+ Martinez 160

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Pedro Martinez $ 7,575,000

Mo Vaughn $ 6,650,000

John Valentin $ 5,350,000

Steve Avery $ 3,900,000

Bret Saberhagen $ 3,800,000

Tim Wakefield $ 3,500,000

Tom Gordon $ 3,300,000

Reggie Jefferson $ 3,200,000

Troy O'Leary $ 2,400,000

Jim Leyritz $ 2,000,000

Mike Stanley $ 1,800,000

Pete Schourek $ 1,600,000

Dennis Eckersley $ 1,500,000

Butch Henry $ 1,367,500

Greg Swindell $ 1,300,000

Nomar Garciaparra $ 1,075,000

Orlando Merced $ 800,000

Jim Corsi $ 600,000

Darren Lewis $ 500,000

Damon Buford $ 460,000

Carlos Reyes $ 370,000

Darren Bragg $ 367,500

Midre Cummings $ 250,000

Mike Benjamin $ 242,500

Scott Hatteberg $ 240,000

John Wasdin $ 227,500

Rich Garces $ 190,000

Chris Snopek $ 190,000

Derek Lowe $ 172,000

Lou Merloni $ 170,000

Keith Mitchell $ 170,000

Brian Rose $ 170,000

Donnie Sadler $ 170,000

Jason Varitek $ 170,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
All Stars
Tom Gordon
Pedro Martinez
Mo Vaughn

1997/1999

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