1978 Boston Red Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 99-64
Finished 2nd in the AL's East Division
Attendance: 2,320,643, Avg. 30,133
Ballpark: Fenway Park II
Manager: Don Zimmer (99-64)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1978 Boston Red Sox Roster
1978 Boston Red Sox Results

The Boston Red Sox of the American League ended the 1978 season with a record of 99 wins and 64 losses, finishing second in the AL's East Division.

The Red Sox plated 796 runs and conceded 657 runs. Jim Rice walloped 46 home runs for Boston, while Carl Yastrzemski, Carlton Fisk, Butch Hobson, Fred Lynn and Dwight Evans each added 20 or more, too. Jim Rice recorded 139 runs batted in and topped all regular batters by hitting .315. Dennis Eckersley led the squad with 20 wins, and Bob Stanley and Mike Torrez also contributed 15 or more victories also Bob Stanley recorded a 2.60 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Don Zimmer coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Dennis Eckersley	20	8	.714	2.99	35	35	0	16	3	0	268.3	258	99	89	30	71	8	162	7	0	3	1121
Mike Torrez	16	13	.552	3.96	36	36	0	15	2	0	250.0	272	122	110	19	99	10	120	3	2	7	1091
Bob Stanley	15	2	.882	2.60	52	3	35	0	0	10	141.7	142	50	41	5	34	5	38	1	0	0	578
Luis Tiant	13	8	.619	3.31	32	31	1	12	5	0	212.3	185	80	78	26	57	4	114	5	2	0	863
Bill Lee	10	10	.500	3.46	28	24	3	8	1	0	177.0	198	89	68	20	59	2	44	2	0	0	768
Jim Wright	8	4	.667	3.57	24	16	3	5	3	0	116.0	122	51	46	8	24	2	56	7	0	0	480
Bill Campbell	7	5	.583	3.91	29	0	20	0	0	4	50.7	62	25	22	3	17	3	47	0	1	1	226
Dick Drago	4	4	.500	3.03	37	1	24	0	0	7	77.3	71	30	26	5	32	5	42	4	0	2	333
Andy Hassler	2	1	.667	3.00	13	2	4	0	0	1	30.0	38	13	10	0	13	2	23	0	0	1	139
Tom Burgmeier	2	1	.667	4.40	35	1	13	0	0	4	61.3	74	33	30	7	23	1	24	3	0	0	276
Allen Ripley	2	5	.286	5.55	15	11	3	1	0	0	73.0	92	49	45	10	22	2	26	3	0	2	326
John LaRose	0	0		22.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	11
Reggie Cleveland	0	1	.000	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Bobby Sprowl	0	2	.000	6.39	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.7	12	10	9	3	10	0	10	0	0	0	59
Totals	99	64	.607	3.54	341	163	106	57	14	26	1472.7	1530	657	579	137	464	45	706	35	5	16	6274

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Jim Rice	163	746	677	121	213	25	15	46	139	7	5	58	126	.315	.370	.600	.970	406	15	5	1	5	7
Carlton Fisk	157	658	571	94	162	39	5	20	88	7	2	71	83	.284	.366	.475	.841	271	10	7	3	6	6
Jerry Remy	148	643	583	87	162	24	6	2	44	30	13	40	55	.278	.321	.350	.671	204	13	0	14	6	0
Fred Lynn	150	627	541	75	161	33	3	22	82	3	6	75	50	.298	.380	.492	.872	266	9	1	4	6	11
Rick Burleson	145	685	626	75	155	32	5	5	49	8	8	40	71	.248	.295	.339	.633	212	16	4	10	5	2
Carl Yastrzemski	144	611	523	70	145	21	2	17	81	4	5	76	44	.277	.367	.423	.790	221	9	3	1	8	8
Butch Hobson	147	574	512	65	128	26	2	17	80	1	0	50	122	.250	.312	.408	.720	209	15	0	4	8	3
Dwight Evans	147	572	497	75	123	24	2	24	63	8	5	65	119	.247	.336	.449	.784	223	15	2	6	2	2
George Scott	120	466	412	51	96	16	4	12	54	1	1	44	86	.233	.305	.379	.684	156	19	0	7	3	3
Jack Brohamer	81	277	244	34	57	14	1	1	25	1	3	25	13	.234	.300	.311	.612	76	6	0	4	4	1
Frank Duffy	64	117	104	12	27	5	0	0	4	1	1	6	11	.260	.306	.308	.614	32	1	1	6	0	0
Garry Hancock	38	86	80	10	18	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	12	.225	.232	.263	.494	21	1	0	4	1	0
Bob Bailey	43	116	94	12	18	3	0	4	9	2	1	19	19	.191	.328	.351	.679	33	2	1	0	2	0
Bernie Carbo	17	54	46	7	12	3	0	1	6	1	1	8	8	.261	.370	.391	.762	18	3	0	0	0	0
Fred Kendall	20	44	41	3	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	2	.195	.205	.220	.424	9	0	0	0	2	0
Bob Montgomery	10	32	29	2	7	1	1	0	5	0	0	2	12	.241	.290	.345	.635	10	1	0	1	0	0
Sam Bowen	6	8	7	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	.143	.250	.571	.821	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Sprowl	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Tiant	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Allen Ripley	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Torrez	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Wright	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Stanley	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Burgmeier	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Lee	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
John LaRose	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Campbell	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Hassler	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Eckersley	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Drago	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Cleveland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1941	6316	5587	796	1493	270	46	172	738	74	51	582	835	.267	.336	.424	.760	2371	135	24	65	58	43

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
George Scott	1B	113	110	990.7	1052	55	10	99	.991	1.057	9.796	0	0	0
Carl Yastrzemski	1B	50	47	409.0	387	41	3	47	.993	9.418	8.560	0	0	0
Fred Kendall	1B	13	6	73.0	85	8	0	7	1.000	11.466	7.154	0	0	0
Jerry Remy	2B	140	139	1235.0	327	444	13	114	.983	5.619	5.507	0	0	0
Jack Brohamer	2B	23	17	166.7	39	54	3	13	.969	5.022	4.043	0	0	0
Frank Duffy	2B	12	7	71.0	17	29	0	5	1.000	5.831	3.833	0	0	0
Butch Hobson	3B	133	133	1159.3	122	261	43	25	.899	2.973	2.880	0	0	0
Jack Brohamer	3B	30	26	234.3	25	49	2	5	.974	2.842	2.467	0	0	0
Frank Duffy	3B	22	3	71.0	10	14	1	1	.960	3.042	1.091	0	0	0
Bob Bailey	3B	1	1	8.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.250	2.000	0	0	0
Carlton Fisk	C	154	150	1355.7	733	90	17	13	.980	5.464	5.344	7	103	49	32.2
Bob Montgomery	C	10	9	80.0	35	5	1	0	.976	4.500	4.000	1	2	3	60.0
Fred Kendall	C	5	4	37.0	22	3	2	0	.926	6.081	5.000	0	9	3	25.0
Fred Lynn	OF	149	148	1336.3	408	11	7	2	.984	2.822	2.812	0	0	0
Dwight Evans	OF	142	138	1237.0	305	14	6	2	.982	2.321	2.246	0	0	0
Jim Rice	OF	114	114	1029.3	245	13	3	1	.989	2.256	2.263	0	0	0
Carl Yastrzemski	OF	71	70	615.0	136	8	2	2	.986	2.107	2.028	0	0	0
Garry Hancock	OF	19	9	100.3	29	3	0	1	1.000	2.870	1.684	0	0	0
Bernie Carbo	OF	9	7	68.0	26	0	0	0	1.000	3.441	2.889	0	0	0
Sam Bowen	OF	4	2	23.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	.783	.500	0	0	0
Carlton Fisk	OF	1	1	6.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	1.000	0	0	0
Bob Bailey	OF	1	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	6.000	2.000	0	0	0
Dennis Eckersley	P	35	35	268.3	19	29	0	1	1.000	1.610	1.371	0	0	0
Mike Torrez	P	36	36	250.0	12	29	2	3	.953	1.476	1.139	0	0	0
Luis Tiant	P	32	31	212.3	14	20	0	2	1.000	1.441	1.063	0	0	0
Bill Lee	P	28	24	177.0	9	32	3	2	.932	2.085	1.464	0	0	0
Bob Stanley	P	52	3	141.7	10	34	1	2	.978	2.795	.846	0	0	0
Jim Wright	P	24	16	116.0	4	12	1	0	.941	1.241	.667	0	0	0
Dick Drago	P	37	1	77.3	2	10	1	0	.923	1.397	.324	0	0	0
Allen Ripley	P	15	11	73.0	3	8	0	0	1.000	1.356	.733	0	0	0
Tom Burgmeier	P	35	1	61.3	5	13	2	3	.900	2.641	.514	0	0	0
Bill Campbell	P	29	0	50.7	10	6	1	0	.941	2.842	.552	0	0	0
Andy Hassler	P	13	2	30.0	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.200	.308	0	0	0
Bobby Sprowl	P	3	3	12.7	0	1	0	0	1.000	.711	.333	0	0	0
John LaRose	P	1	0	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000	0	0	0
Reggie Cleveland	P	1	0	0.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Rick Burleson	SS	144	144	1298.0	285	482	15	100	.981	5.318	5.326	0	0	0
Frank Duffy	SS	21	19	172.7	36	55	7	13	.929	4.743	4.333	0	0	0
Jerry Remy	SS	1	0	2.0	1	2	0	0	1.000	13.500	3.000	0	0	0
Totals		1723	1467	13254.0	4418	1842	146	463	.977	4.251	3.633	8	114	55	32.5

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