1998 Boston Red Sox
Record: 95-67
Finish: 2nd in AL East Division Division
Runs Scored: 1004
Runs Allowed: 876
Exp W-L: 91-71
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 2,769,533
Manager: Shawn Martin

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-66, 6th in the American League
AA: 79-59, 3rd in the American League
A: 55-83, 14th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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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
LF #Bip Roberts 34 158 693 115 208 34 7 7 85 0 9 52 43 .300 .348 .400 .747 89.1 10.6 3.6
RF *Matt Lawton 26 153 584 132 198 47 2 29 109 0 1 69 108 .339 .429 .575 1.004 130.4 25.7 5.1
SS  Andujar Cedeno 28 157 597 114 171 24 2 43 131 0 1 70 163 .286 .362 .549 .911 109.3 17.6 6.4
3B #Scott Spiezio 25 157 575 116 174 52 3 28 119 0 1 81 90 .303 .386 .550 .936 112.2 19.4 2.5
CF *Scott Lusader 33 152 568 84 178 31 3 14 99 0 0 39 105 .313 .355 .452 .808 85.9 12.9 0.3
1B  Jeff Bagwell 30 125 463 106 135 36 7 32 107 1 1 104 134 .292 .428 .607 1.034 111.8 21.5 1.8
2B #Mark Lemke 32 116 451 79 141 29 8 12 65 2 1 45 57 .313 .374 .492 .866 75.5 12.2 3.4
CF *Brady Anderson 34 135 379 80 92 22 5 19 59 4 2 66 138 .243 .361 .478 .839 65.6 9.4 3.3
CF *Tony Longmire 29 103 334 44 80 26 1 3 51 1 0 29 86 .240 .299 .350 .650 32.7 1.5 4.2
C  Dan Wilson 29 88 286 32 64 13 2 10 48 0 0 20 60 .224 .272 .388 .660 30.4 1.3 5.1
C  Benito Santiago 33 44 162 20 52 12 0 5 23 1 0 8 33 .321 .351 .488 .839 25.6 4.1 2.4
RF *Larry Sheets 38 51 139 32 48 6 0 6 27 0 0 21 24 .345 .429 .518 .947 29.0 5.7 1.2
1B *Robert Fick 24 32 110 6 20 6 0 0 11 0 0 6 28 .182 .222 .236 .459 5.1 0.0 1.5
2B  Felix Fermin 34 43 105 13 31 5 0 0 10 0 0 8 3 .295 .339 .343 .682 12.0 1.0 0.7
SS #Manuel Lee 33 31 84 9 20 6 0 2 16 0 0 4 17 .238 .270 .381 .651 7.6 0.1 0.5
LF  Monty Fariss 30 23 52 5 8 2 0 0 5 0 0 8 15 .154 .267 .192 .459 2.7 0.0 0.3
1B *Beau Allred 33 14 52 4 9 0 0 1 4 0 0 7 19 .173 .271 .231 .502 3.4 0.0 0.2
C *Matt Merullo 32 21 50 6 8 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 20 .160 .176 .200 .376 0.9 0.0 1.0
CF #Randy Winn 24 16 37 4 6 1 0 0 3 0 1 6 6 .162 .273 .189 .462 1.4 0.0 0.2
SS #Spike Owen 37 8 29 3 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 .172 .265 .276 .541 2.7 0.0 0.3
  Team Totals 30.9 1627 5750 1004 1648 357 40 211 978 9 17 648 1153 .287 .361 .473 .834 933.3 143.1 44.0
  Rank among 14 AL teams 6 2 6 5 7 6 2 12 6 3 4 5 1 4 4 3  
* - 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
 Brad Cornett 29 15 10 .600 36 36 0 218.0 220 116 18 78 166 4.79 14.3
 Doug Drabek 35 13 11 .542 39 34 3 206.0 254 121 35 62 173 5.29 11.1
 Steve Karsay 26 14 8 .636 34 34 0 197.0 212 125 27 58 145 5.71 8.9
 Charlie Kerfeld 34 10 3 .769 32 17 1 127.0 112 58 23 85 118 4.11 10.6
 Chuck Ricci 29 11 2 .846 71 0 2 122.0 108 48 10 51 86 3.54 13.0
*Dan Plesac 36 6 4 .600 84 0 4 104.0 104 58 16 41 106 5.02 7.9
*Valerio De Los Santos 25 9 1 .900 43 0 0 86.7 90 41 11 16 68 4.26 7.7
 Jeff Suppan 23 3 8 .273 15 15 0 82.0 93 57 14 24 54 6.26 1.9
*Allen Watson 27 2 7 .222 15 15 0 72.0 92 57 16 39 65 7.13 0.1
 Bobby Munoz 30 2 1 .667 43 0 1 71.7 86 38 9 26 62 4.77 4.3
 Stu Tate 36 7 5 .583 61 0 38 67.0 57 21 8 14 113 2.82 14.5
*Eric Gunderson 32 1 1 .500 8 6 1 18.0 23 9 4 2 15 4.50 1.3
 Paul Byrd 27 0 2 .000 8 2 1 17.3 29 16 4 3 12 8.31 0.0
 Mark Small 30 1 0 1.000 8 0 0 17.0 21 13 4 11 9 6.88 0.4
*Pete Schourek 29 1 0 1.000 7 0 0 16.3 11 5 0 7 12 2.76 1.8
 Ron Darling 37 0 2 .000 2 2 0 12.3 14 9 5 6 7 6.57 0.2
 Rick Aguilera 36 0 2 .000 2 2 0 3.7 10 10 0 6 2 24.59 0.0
Team Totals 30.6 95 67 .586 508 163 51 1438.0 1536 802 204 529 1213 5.02 97.8
Rank among 14 AL teams 5 5 3 5 7 6 8 7 4 8 7  
* - 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 .995 27.7
D.Wilson 719.0 81 87 613 27 1 0 .998 40.6
B.Santiago 350.3 39 42 289 17 3 1 .990 42.1
R.Fick 235.0 28 28 181 5 0 0 1.000 11.1
M.Merullo 128.0 14 19 125 4 0 0 1.000 25.0
Team Total 1432.3 162 176 1208 53 4 1 .997 35.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 10.13
J.Bagwell 1099.7 124 124 1141 70 11 111 .991 9.91
B.Allred 123.3 14 14 127 14 1 12 .993 10.29
B.Anderson 87.0 10 10 85 5 1 2 .989 9.31
F.Fermin 29.0 3 4 35 1 2 3 .947 11.17
S.Spiezio 28.0 3 3 33 2 0 1 1.000 11.25
S.Lusader 27.0 3 3 30 0 0 1 1.000 10.00
R.Fick 17.0 2 2 21 2 1 3 .958 12.18
B.Roberts 9.0 1 1 8 0 0 0 1.000 8.00
M.Lemke 9.0 1 1 8 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
A.Cedeno 9.0 1 1 10 1 0 2 1.000 11.00
Team Total 1438.0 162 163 1498 96 16 135 .990 9.98
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.13
M.Lemke 967.0 108 112 188 361 14 72 .975 5.11
B.Roberts 307.0 35 36 65 112 7 23 .962 5.19
F.Fermin 84.7 10 12 19 31 0 5 1.000 5.32
S.Owen 62.0 7 8 17 29 4 8 .920 6.68
M.Lee 15.3 2 3 1 5 0 1 1.000 3.52
S.Spiezio 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1438.0 162 172 291 538 25 109 .971 5.19
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.52
S.Spiezio 1287.0 146 152 80 252 22 26 .938 2.32
M.Lee 151.0 16 23 9 34 1 1 .977 2.56
Team Total 1438.0 162 175 89 286 23 27 .942 2.35
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 4.67
A.Cedeno 1309.0 148 155 173 502 29 84 .959 4.64
L.Sheets 89.0 9 13 4 35 2 5 .951 3.94
F.Fermin 31.0 4 6 5 13 0 2 1.000 5.23
M.Lee 9.0 1 2 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.00
Team Total 1438.0 162 176 183 553 31 92 .960 4.61
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.70
B.Roberts 946.3 106 107 164 5 8 0 .955 1.61
T.Longmire 139.7 17 17 33 0 0 0 1.000 2.13
M.Fariss 131.0 14 22 16 1 0 0 1.000 1.17
L.Sheets 78.0 9 9 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.42
R.Winn 73.0 9 10 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.48
S.Lusader 68.0 7 10 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.85
R.Fick 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.0 162 176 260 6 8 0 .971 1.66
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.23
B.Anderson 739.0 79 105 167 8 3 3 .983 2.13
T.Longmire 678.0 83 84 193 2 4 2 .980 2.59
S.Lusader 9.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
M.Lawton 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Winn 4.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
L.Sheets 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Lee 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.0 162 198 363 10 7 5 .982 2.33
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.76
M.Lawton 1279.0 147 150 276 7 0 2 1.000 1.99
L.Sheets 116.0 12 16 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.78
F.Fermin 17.0 1 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65
T.Longmire 14.0 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
R.Winn 10.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
M.Fariss 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.0 162 180 309 7 0 2 1.000 1.98
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 1.75
B.Cornett 218.0 36 36 13 25 0 1 1.000 1.57
D.Drabek 206.0 34 39 9 35 1 2 .978 1.92
S.Karsay 197.0 34 34 14 29 1 3 .977 1.96
C.Kerfeld 127.0 17 32 8 15 1 1 .958 1.63
C.Ricci 122.0 0 71 4 15 0 1 1.000 1.40
D.Plesac 104.0 0 84 2 13 0 1 1.000 1.30
V.De Los Santos 86.7 0 43 5 12 0 0 1.000 1.77
J.Suppan 82.0 15 15 4 23 0 1 1.000 2.96
A.Watson 72.0 15 15 3 13 0 0 1.000 2.00
B.Munoz 71.7 0 43 4 2 0 0 1.000 0.75
S.Tate 67.0 0 61 2 8 2 0 .833 1.34
E.Gunderson 18.0 6 8 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.00
P.Byrd 17.3 2 8 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.04
M.Small 17.0 0 8 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.59
P.Schourek 16.3 0 7 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.65
R.Darling 12.3 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Aguilera 3.7 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.0 163 508 72 198 5 10 .982 1.69
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Lawton .339
On-Base Pct Lawton .429
Slugging Pct Bagwell .607
OPS Bagwell 1.034
XR Lawton 130.4
Games Roberts 158
At-Bats Roberts 693
Runs Lawton 132
Hits Roberts 208
Total Bases Lawton 336
Singles Roberts 160
Doubles Spiezio 52
Triples Lemke 8
Homeruns Cedeno 43
RBIs Cedeno 131
Stolen Bases Anderson 4
Caught Stealing Roberts 9
Walks Bagwell 104
Strikeouts Cedeno 163
ERA Cornett 4.79
Wins Cornett 15
Losses Drabek 11
Winning Pct Karsay .636
Saves Tate 38
Games Pitched Plesac 84
Games Started Cornett 36
Complete Games Suppan 3
Shutouts Cornett, Suppan, Watson 1
Innings Pitched Cornett 218.0
Hits Allowed Drabek 254
Homeruns Allowed Drabek 35
Strikeouts Drabek 173
Walks Allowed Kerfeld 85
Walks per 9IP Karsay 2.6
Hits per 9IP Cornett 9.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Drabek 7.6
WHiP Cornett 1.37
OAVG Cornett .259
OOBP Karsay .323
OSLG Cornett .392
OOPS Cornett .727
Team All-Stars
Andujar Cedeno
Brad Cornett
Scott Spiezio
Stu Tate
Player Salaries
Jeff Bagwell $ 10,500,000
Bip Roberts $ 10,420,000
Benito Santiago $ 7,500,000
Brady Anderson $ 5,000,000
Andujar Cedeno $ 4,642,857
Doug Drabek $ 4,100,000
Mark Lemke $ 3,750,000
Dan Plesac $ 3,560,000
Scott Lusader $ 3,420,000
Brad Cornett $ 3,228,572
Stu Tate $ 3,100,000
Eric Gunderson $ 2,500,000
Allen Watson $ 1,907,143
Charlie Kerfeld $ 855,550
Dan Wilson $ 750,000
Cris Carpenter $ 620,000
Manuel Lee $ 492,857
Valerio De Los Santos $ 436,000
Paul Byrd $ 428,571
Julio Santana $ 420,000
Spike Owen $ 420,000
Larry Sheets $ 420,000
Steve Karsay $ 350,000
David Justice $ 350,000
Pete Schourek $ 350,000
Jeff Suppan $ 300,000
Scott Spiezio $ 300,000
Mark Small $ 300,000
Tony Longmire $ 300,000
Felix Fermin $ 300,000
Randy Winn $ 300,000
Robert Fick $ 300,000
Chuck Ricci $ 300,000
Matt Lawton $ 300,000
Beau Allred $ 300,000
Bobby Munoz $ 300,000
Monty Fariss $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
1/31 Released Rich Gedman    
1/31 Traded Randy Myers Philadelphia Steve Woodard
1/31 Traded John Vander Wal Oakland Jeff Suppan
2/7 Traded Shane Mack Pittsburgh Brad Cornett
2/7 Traded Carlos Baerga San Diego Todd Hollandsworth
Steve Karsay
2/9 Signed     Rick Aguilera
2/10 Signed     Scott Lusader
2/12 Signed     Charlie Kerfeld
2/14 Signed     Spike Owen
2/22 Signed     Larry Sheets
2/24 Signed     Julio Santana
3/2 Traded David Nied Oakland Randy Winn
4/16 Signed     Valerio De Los Santos
7/16 Traded Gene Nelson Texas Paul Byrd
7/31 Traded Bill Mooneyham Minnesota Benito Santiago
Eric Gunderson
8/16 Released Rick Aguilera    
8/16 Released Ron Darling    
8/16 Released Matt Merullo