1979 Boston Red Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 91-69
Finished 3rd in the AL's East Division
Attendance: 2,353,114, Avg. 29,786
Ballpark: Fenway Park II
Manager: Don Zimmer (91-69)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1979 Boston Red Sox Roster
1979 Boston Red Sox Results

The Boston Red Sox of the American League ended the 1979 season with a record of 91 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the AL's East Division.

The Red Sox scored 841 runs and allowed 711 runs. Fred Lynn and Jim Rice each. walloped 39 home runs for Boston, while Dwight Evans, Butch Hobson and Carl Yastrzemski each added 20 or more also. Jim Rice recorded 130 runs batted in. Fred Lynn topped all regular batters by hitting .333. Dennis Eckersley led the team with 17 wins, and Mike Torrez and Bob Stanley also contributed 15 or more victories also Dennis Eckersley registered a 2.99 earned run average, best 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 Eckersley1710.6302.99333301720246.72348982295941506111018
Bob Stanley1612.5713.9940307941216.7250110961444456400914
Mike Torrez1613.5524.49363601210252.32541441262012181255261109
Steve Renko119.5504.1127270410171.017486782253199203730
Dick Drago106.6253.0353137001389.0853330621667304367
Chuck Rainey85.6153.8220162411103.7974744741141303437
Allen Ripley31.7505.15163400164.7774237925534303292
Tom Burgmeier32.6002.744402400488.7893227816460401368
Bill Campbell34.4294.284102300954.7552826523625107239
Jim Wright101.0005.09111300023.01913135711530096
Win Remmerswaal101.0007.0880400020.326161611211610097
John Tudor12.3336.4366010028.039232029111000128
Andy Hassler12.3338.8080400015.3231715070710172
Joel Finch03.0004.87157500057.3653131525325102253
Totals9169.5694.03358160113479291431.3148771164113346345731373316120

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 Rice15868861911720139639130945797.325.381.596.977369164084
Fred Lynn14762253111617742139122228279.333.423.6371.05933894054
Rick Burleson15368262793174325560953554.278.315.368.683231133980
Carl Yastrzemski147590518691402812187336246.270.346.450.796233122088
Butch Hobson146570528741382672893323078.261.298.496.794262230662
Dwight Evans152563489691342412158696976.274.364.456.820223141317
Bob Watson84347312481051941353322933.337.401.548.949171105017
Jerry Remy8034030649911120291492625.297.350.346.69710620621
Carlton Fisk9134032049872321042301038.272.304.450.75414496130
Tom Poquette631701541451902232287.331.365.429.7936623051
Jack Brohamer64210192255171111031515.266.316.328.6446380121
Gary Allenson1082712412749102322112042.203.264.299.5637281630
George Scott45175156183591423001722.224.299.372.67158120111
Bob Montgomery3292861330410710424.349.374.419.7923630111
Jim Dwyer7613311319307021431179.265.361.381.7414371021
Ted Sizemore269388122370161045.261.301.375.6763361000
Stan Papi50126117922801600520.188.221.282.5033300400
Larry Wolfe4710078121940315001721.244.378.410.7883211220
Mike O'Berry436859810101400516.169.242.237.4801431210
Frank Duffy6330000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Joel Finch15110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Jim Wright11000000000000000000
Tom Burgmeier44000000000000000000
John Tudor6000000000000000000
Mike Torrez36000000000000000000
Bob Stanley40000000000000000000
Allen Ripley16000000000000000000
Bill Campbell41000000000000000000
Steve Renko27000000000000000000
Dick Drago53000000000000000000
Win Remmerswaal8000000000000000000
Chuck Rainey20000000000000000000
Dennis Eckersley33000000000000000000
Andy Hassler8000000000000000000
Totals2076618455388411567310341948056043512708.283.344.456.800252715833425938


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Bob Watson1B5857479.352547758.9881.7409.8620000
Carl Yastrzemski1B5151440.346655242.9961.6491.2160000
George Scott1B4141370.040025640.9861.3381.3660000
Jim Dwyer1B2510132.714115315.9811.5836.2400000
Larry Wolfe1B118.061001.0007.8757.0000000
Frank Duffy1B101.00000.000.0000000
Jerry Remy2B7676641.31472051143.9704.9404.6320000
Jack Brohamer2B3634283.36598321.9825.1784.5280000
Ted Sizemore2B2623198.05385124.9936.2735.3080000
Stan Papi2B2617167.03772216.9825.8744.1920000
Larry Wolfe2B2710130.72850311.9635.3722.8890000
Frank Duffy2B3010.032001.0004.5001.6670000
Butch Hobson2B101.00000.000.0000000
Butch Hobson3B1421411218.01102512517.9352.6672.5420000
Jack Brohamer3B2212149.394226.9623.0742.3180000
Larry Wolfe3B9653.0101823.9334.7553.1110000
Gary Allenson3B3111.032011.0004.0911.6670000
Gary AllensonC10482712.04074093.9805.6504.298130552833.7
Carlton FiskC3935293.3155831.9825.0014.1793024517.2
Bob MontgomeryC3124221.3121520.9845.1234.0652024311.1
Mike O'BerryC4319201.7103751.9574.9092.5582013527.8
Ted SizemoreC202.020001.0009.0001.0000000
Larry WolfeC101.020001.00018.0002.0000000
Dwight EvansOF1491411262.33071545.9882.2962.1610000
Fred LynnOF1431421218.33811054.9872.8882.7340000
Jim RiceOF1251251105.0241841.9842.0281.9920000
Tom PoquetteOF4327307.073241.9492.1991.7440000
Carl YastrzemskiOF3636301.763120.9701.9091.7780000
Jim DwyerOF19999.026110.9642.4551.4210000
Carlton FiskOF100.70000.000.0000000
Mike TorrezP3636252.3193543.9311.9261.5000000
Dennis EckersleyP3333246.7124263.9001.9701.6360000
Bob StanleyP4030216.7194332.9542.5751.5500000
Steve RenkoP2727171.0142020.9441.7891.2590000
Chuck RaineyP2016103.7101812.9662.4311.4000000
Dick DragoP53189.051112.9411.618.3020000
Tom BurgmeierP44088.7514031.0001.929.4320000
Allen RipleyP16364.72510.875.974.4380000
Joel FinchP15757.3101011.9523.1401.3330000
Bill CampbellP41054.71011011.0003.457.5120000
John TudorP6628.017011.0002.5711.3330000
Jim WrightP11123.021001.0001.174.2730000
Win RemmerswaalP8020.311001.000.885.2500000
Andy HasslerP8015.320001.0001.174.2500000
Rick BurlesonSS1531511313.027252316109.9805.4495.1960000
Stan PapiSS219111.3244618.9865.6593.3330000
Larry WolfeSS207.021011.0003.8571.5000000
Totals1818144012882.042941853142449.9774.2953.3812001164126.1




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