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1997 Boston Red Sox
Record: 94-68
Finish: 2nd in AL East Division Division
Runs Scored: 998
Runs Allowed: 815
Exp W-L: 96-66
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 2,768,140
Manager: Shawn Martin

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 83-55, 2nd in the American League
AA: 79-59, 2nd in the American League
A: 68-70, 7th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 3-4 to Minnesota Twins
Won Division Series 3-2 over Texas Rangers
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
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
2B #Mark Lemke 31 158 660 114 186 40 7 11 95 0 0 81 68 .282 .361 .414 .774 94.5 15.0 5.8
SS  Andujar Cedeno 27 159 649 114 176 16 6 44 140 1 0 67 186 .271 .341 .518 .859 112.5 18.8 3.5
1B  Jeff Bagwell 29 158 594 124 166 53 5 40 135 1 0 115 123 .279 .402 .588 .989 130.6 26.8 3.0
LF #Bip Roberts 33 156 631 121 207 47 13 6 97 2 6 56 21 .328 .380 .472 .852 99.9 18.4 0.0
SS #Carlos Baerga 28 154 582 105 174 48 1 21 109 0 0 45 44 .299 .359 .493 .852 93.9 16.8 6.2
CF *Brady Anderson 33 153 504 82 121 23 5 17 79 8 4 105 160 .240 .383 .407 .790 84.2 13.1 4.7
RF *Matt Lawton 25 127 473 82 135 28 4 19 82 0 1 46 100 .285 .373 .482 .855 83.4 14.8 3.8
RF *John Vander Wal 31 107 327 55 91 26 3 4 40 0 0 44 85 .278 .364 .413 .776 49.4 8.1 2.2
CF  Shane Mack 33 108 329 60 82 26 5 16 56 1 2 38 101 .249 .341 .505 .846 52.7 8.6 2.1
C *Rich Gedman 37 79 280 34 73 9 1 7 42 0 0 17 49 .261 .296 .375 .671 33.1 3.2 3.1
C  Dan Wilson 28 80 272 41 59 16 2 7 51 0 0 19 70 .217 .264 .368 .632 25.7 0.7 3.2
LF  Monty Fariss 29 29 86 13 19 6 1 3 15 0 0 12 28 .221 .316 .419 .735 11.6 1.6 0.8
C  Jeff Ransom 36 27 65 8 10 2 0 0 5 0 0 15 25 .154 .313 .185 .497 4.7 0.0 0.9
1B *Beau Allred 32 25 56 10 14 3 0 3 10 0 0 12 13 .250 .371 .464 .836 11.1 1.7 0.3
SS #Manuel Lee 32 14 36 7 15 4 0 0 8 0 0 4 5 .417 .475 .528 1.003 7.0 1.8 0.3
1B *Don Mattingly 36 20 34 10 12 4 0 0 4 0 0 3 8 .353 .395 .471 .865 6.3 1.2 0.2
RF *David Justice 31 13 28 5 5 3 0 1 5 0 0 7 8 .179 .351 .393 .744 5.1 0.7 0.2
CF *David Hulse 29 38 30 13 7 0 0 1 4 4 5 1 5 .233 .258 .333 .591 1.8 0.0 0.4
  Team Totals 31.1 1605 5636 998 1552 354 53 200 977 17 18 687 1099 .275 .359 .463 .822 907.5 151.2 40.8
  Rank among 14 AL teams 13 2 6 4 3 5 2 14 5 1 4 4 2 3 3 2  
* - 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
 Doug Drabek 34 18 9 .667 38 38 0 260.7 250 109 35 77 214 3.76 17.1
 Ron Darling 36 16 9 .640 36 36 0 228.3 235 113 34 76 206 4.45 12.5
*Allen Watson 26 14 6 .700 29 29 0 178.3 179 83 26 44 151 4.19 11.0
*Mike Mason 38 7 9 .438 24 23 0 134.3 161 79 22 32 101 5.29 4.9
 Stu Tate 35 9 9 .500 71 0 40 95.0 70 32 4 18 152 3.03 17.4
*Dan Plesac 35 3 5 .375 73 0 3 93.3 67 33 9 40 116 3.18 8.6
*Randy Myers 34 9 3 .750 55 0 1 89.0 83 40 16 38 96 4.04 6.3
 Chuck Ricci 28 5 3 .625 60 0 2 89.0 93 60 5 38 68 6.07 2.7
*Scott Radinsky 29 4 0 1.000 42 0 2 63.7 69 19 1 20 36 2.69 5.8
 Jose Paniagua 23 4 3 .571 11 11 0 57.3 61 37 13 26 50 5.81 1.5
 Bobby Munoz 29 0 1 .000 32 0 0 44.7 52 21 4 15 29 4.23 2.2
 Paul Miller 32 1 1 .500 5 5 0 24.0 33 21 1 14 7 7.88 0.0
 Cris Carpenter 32 2 3 .400 6 6 0 22.7 42 28 5 14 14 11.12 0.0
 Frank Seminara 30 1 3 .250 6 6 0 22.3 44 31 3 13 16 12.49 0.0
 Willie Adams 24 0 2 .000 3 3 0 12.7 24 17 3 6 7 12.09 0.0
*Pete Schourek 28 1 1 .500 3 3 0 11.7 13 10 4 5 10 7.72 0.0
 Dan Petry 38 0 1 .000 2 2 0 7.0 18 13 1 4 2 16.71 0.0
 Mark Small 29 0 0 .000 2 0 0 3.3 4 2 0 0 3 5.41 0.1
 Heathcliff Slocumb 31 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0.3 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0
Team Totals 31.1 94 68 .580 499 162 48 1437.6 1500 748 186 480 1278 4.68 90.0
Rank among 14 AL teams 3 3 5 2 13 5 12 5 2 9 6  
* - 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 .994 26.6
D.Wilson 655.7 75 78 594 16 2 0 .997 24.3
R.Gedman 626.0 70 76 582 20 5 0 .992 21.6
J.Ransom 154.0 17 19 140 5 0 0 1.000 33.3
M.Fariss 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1437.7 162 174 1319 41 7 0 .995 24.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 10.05
J.Bagwell 1361.7 155 156 1415 89 8 131 .995 9.94
D.Mattingly 47.0 4 12 50 1 0 4 1.000 9.77
J.Ransom 29.0 3 7 29 0 0 2 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1437.7 162 175 1494 90 8 137 .995 9.92
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.16
M.Lemke 1378.7 156 157 257 511 18 105 .977 5.01
M.Fariss 33.0 4 4 10 15 2 5 .926 6.82
M.Lee 21.0 2 4 3 5 0 3 1.000 3.43
B.Roberts 4.0 0 2 3 0 1 0 .750 6.75
C.Baerga 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1437.7 162 168 274 531 21 113 .975 5.04
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .943 2.49
C.Baerga 1353.0 153 153 76 324 21 30 .950 2.66
M.Fariss 38.0 4 4 0 9 2 2 .818 2.13
M.Lee 29.0 3 4 1 8 0 1 1.000 2.79
S.Mack 9.0 1 1 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.00
J.Bagwell 8.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1437.0 162 163 80 346 23 33 .949 2.67
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 4.67
A.Cedeno 1408.7 159 159 174 486 39 94 .944 4.22
M.Lee 29.0 3 4 1 13 0 2 1.000 4.34
Team Total 1437.7 162 163 175 499 39 96 .945 4.22
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.66
J.Vander Wal 774.7 87 97 142 4 1 1 .993 1.70
S.Mack 571.0 66 70 104 3 0 1 1.000 1.69
D.Justice 32.0 5 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.41
B.Allred 26.0 3 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
D.Mattingly 25.0 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
D.Hulse 6.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
M.Fariss 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1437.7 162 187 265 7 1 2 .996 1.70
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.20
B.Anderson 1267.7 147 151 305 3 5 0 .984 2.19
S.Mack 103.3 10 18 18 0 1 0 .947 1.57
D.Hulse 64.7 5 13 18 1 0 0 1.000 2.64
M.Lawton 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1437.7 162 183 341 4 6 0 .983 2.16
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 1.84
M.Lawton 1065.7 122 126 222 12 0 1 1.000 1.98
M.Fariss 140.3 16 17 34 0 1 0 .971 2.18
B.Allred 114.7 13 16 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.41
S.Mack 50.0 6 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.62
D.Justice 29.3 3 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.84
J.Vander Wal 18.3 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.47
D.Hulse 11.3 0 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.38
D.Mattingly 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1437.6 162 184 295 12 1 1 .997 1.92
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 1.79
D.Drabek 260.7 38 38 8 43 2 4 .962 1.76
R.Darling 228.3 36 36 13 30 2 3 .956 1.69
A.Watson 178.3 29 29 14 20 1 1 .971 1.72
M.Mason 134.3 23 24 8 15 0 1 1.000 1.54
S.Tate 95.0 0 71 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.14
D.Plesac 93.3 0 73 3 11 0 0 1.000 1.35
C.Ricci 89.0 0 60 2 19 0 1 1.000 2.12
R.Myers 89.0 0 55 4 15 0 1 1.000 1.92
S.Radinsky 63.7 0 42 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.41
J.Paniagua 57.3 11 11 1 9 0 1 1.000 1.57
B.Munoz 44.7 0 32 1 9 0 2 1.000 2.02
P.Miller 24.0 5 5 1 2 1 0 .750 1.13
C.Carpenter 22.7 6 6 1 9 0 0 1.000 3.97
F.Seminara 22.3 6 6 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.21
W.Adams 12.7 3 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.71
P.Schourek 11.7 3 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.32
D.Petry 7.0 2 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86
M.Small 3.3 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 5.41
H.Slocumb 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1437.6 162 499 67 205 6 15 .978 1.70
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Roberts .328
On-Base Pct Bagwell .402
Slugging Pct Bagwell .588
OPS Bagwell .989
XR Bagwell 130.6
Games Cedeno 159
At-Bats Lemke 660
Runs Bagwell 124
Hits Roberts 207
Total Bases Bagwell 349
Singles Roberts 141
Doubles Bagwell 53
Triples Roberts 13
Homeruns Cedeno 44
RBIs Cedeno 140
Stolen Bases Anderson 8
Caught Stealing Roberts 6
Walks Bagwell 115
Strikeouts Cedeno 186
ERA Drabek 3.76
Wins Drabek 18
Losses Mason, Drabek, Darling, Tate 9
Winning Pct Watson .700
Saves Tate 40
Games Pitched Plesac 73
Games Started Drabek 38
Complete Games Darling, Drabek 3
Shutouts Darling, Drabek 1
Innings Pitched Drabek 260.7
Hits Allowed Drabek 250
Homeruns Allowed Drabek 35
Strikeouts Drabek 214
Walks Allowed Drabek 77
Walks per 9IP Watson 2.2
Hits per 9IP Drabek 8.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Darling 8.1
WHiP Watson 1.25
OAVG Drabek .251
OOBP Drabek .306
OSLG Drabek .409
OOPS Drabek .715
Team All-Stars
Jeff Bagwell
Doug Drabek
Mark Lemke
Player Salaries
Jeff Bagwell $ 10,500,000
Bip Roberts $ 10,420,000
Rich Gedman $ 7,500,000
Mike Mason $ 6,750,000
Doug Drabek $ 4,100,000
Mark Lemke $ 3,750,000
Brady Anderson $ 3,735,714
Carlos Baerga $ 3,660,000
Dan Plesac $ 3,560,000
Stu Tate $ 3,100,000
John Vander Wal $ 1,971,429
Randy Myers $ 1,000,000
Dan Wilson $ 750,000
Steve Shields $ 657,143
Cris Carpenter $ 620,000
Manuel Lee $ 492,857
Scott Radinsky $ 457,143
Don Mattingly $ 420,000
Pete Schourek $ 350,000
David Justice $ 350,000
Shane Mack $ 350,000
Dave Rucker $ 342,000
Jeff Ransom $ 325,000
Monty Fariss $ 315,000
Todd Burns $ 310,000
Paul Miller $ 300,000
Beau Allred $ 300,000
Allen Watson $ 300,000
Mark Small $ 300,000
Heathcliff Slocumb $ 300,000
Frank Seminara $ 300,000
Ron Darling $ 300,000
Jose Paniagua $ 300,000
Bobby Munoz $ 300,000
David Hulse $ 300,000
Willie Adams $ 300,000
Matt Lawton $ 300,000
Chuck Ricci $ 300,000
Andujar Cedeno $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Signed     Monty Fariss
2/8 Signed     Don Mattingly
2/11 Signed     David Justice
2/12 Signed     Jeff Ransom
2/23 Signed     Cris Carpenter
2/23 Signed     Todd Burns
2/27 Signed     Dave Rucker
3/2 Traded Russ Johnson Chicago (A) Chuck Carr
3/2 Released Chuck Carr    
3/2 Traded Andy Stewart Philadelphia Chuck Carr
3/2 Released Chuck Carr    
7/1 Released David Howard    
8/16 Released Dan Petry    
9/17 Released Mark Langston    
 
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