2008 Boston Red Sox Index Page

2008 Boston Red Sox

Record: 107-55
Finish: 1st in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 1006
Runs Allowed: 724
Exp W-L: 105-57

Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 3,594,906
Manager: Scott Weitze

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-61, 4th in the American
AA: 47-91, 12th in the American
A: 59-79, 10th in the American

Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-3 over San Francisco Giants
Won AL League Series 4-3 over Minnesota Twins
Won Divisional Series 3-0 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
LF	*Ichiro Suzuki	34	155	673	114	218	47	5	12	94	85	40	56	49	.324	.380	.462	.842	110.1	16.2	5.6
1B	*Todd Helton	34	157	595	109	180	21	1	19	117	2	0	94	91	.303	.395	.437	.832	105.4	15.6	3.3
SS	B.J. Upton	23	150	602	114	210	40	13	16	104	78	28	59	113	.349	.407	.538	.945	123.5	22.3	9.6
CF	*Nic Jackson	28	150	571	96	172	20	4	26	108	24	2	72	160	.301	.378	.487	.865	106.2	16.4	5.0
SS	John McCurdy	27	150	575	106	193	23	1	9	80	49	21	50	69	.336	.397	.426	.823	92.8	14.1	7.1
C	*Chao-Kuan Wu	23	132	454	75	119	23	2	17	74	9	4	60	91	.262	.352	.434	.786	70.8	8.6	2.9
3B	*Hank Blalock	27	116	395	75	149	41	2	20	93	1	1	64	66	.377	.469	.643	1.112	100.2	21.8	3.2
CF	Andruw Jones	31	96	353	53	83	24	1	13	55	4	1	37	108	.235	.309	.419	.728	43.4	3.2	4.8
LF	*Jai Miller	22	82	323	50	98	13	3	9	58	8	4	31	47	.303	.363	.446	.809	51.6	6.9	2.2
1B	*Brad Fullmer	33	72	240	38	67	13	1	7	32	5	2	15	41	.279	.323	.429	.752	33.8	4.1	0.0
DH	Manny Ramirez	36	54	201	31	57	12	2	12	44	1	0	27	42	.284	.374	.542	.917	40.2	6.6	1.2
C	Kenji Jojima	31	48	158	25	31	6	0	5	25	0	1	15	32	.196	.266	.329	.595	13.9	0.0	0.9
SS	#Kazuo Matsui	32	41	123	23	41	10	3	5	22	12	3	13	13	.333	.401	.585	.987	26.3	5.1	2.4
1B	*Carlos Pena	30	37	101	18	27	2	1	6	18	0	1	19	25	.267	.385	.485	.870	19.8	2.9	0.5
2B	Mark Loretta	36	39	115	12	30	1	0	3	16	0	3	5	14	.261	.295	.348	.643	9.9	0.0	1.3
3B	Scott Rolen	33	28	74	17	21	4	1	0	3	0	0	9	18	.284	.372	.365	.737	10.8	1.4	0.8
3B	Chris Stynes	35	23	59	11	14	1	1	2	8	0	0	5	14	.237	.297	.390	.687	6.8	0.6	0.6
CF	#Gary Matthews	33	26	60	14	20	3	2	4	9	0	0	2	10	.333	.355	.650	1.005	12.1	2.4	0.6
LF	Juan Encarnacion	32	22	38	13	11	0	0	1	3	3	1	3	6	.289	.341	.368	.710	4.8	0.5	0.3
RF	Tim Olson	29	13	35	6	9	5	0	1	1	0	0	3	8	.257	.316	.486	.802	5.2	0.6	0.2
3B	#Willie Funke	25	8	22	4	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	6	.273	.360	.409	.769	3.3	0.4	0.3
C	David Ross	31	4	13	2	3	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	3	.231	.333	.538	.872	2.5	0.2	0.1
	Team Totals	30.2	1603	5780	1006	1759	311	44	188	969	281	112	644	1026	.304	.376	.471	.847	993.6	149.9	52.8
	Rank among 12 AL teams			4	1	1	3	5	2	1	2	11	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
* - 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
Mark Prior	27	19	8	.704	33	33	0	230.3	214	82	7	39	237	3.20	19.4
Edwin Jackson	24	20	3	.870	33	33	0	211.7	182	99	28	90	198	4.21	15.3
*Jeremy Affeldt	29	13	10	.565	31	31	0	197.0	170	74	20	58	197	3.38	15.3
Rett Johnson	28	14	7	.667	33	33	0	194.7	183	93	25	69	189	4.30	12.6
John Maine	27	7	3	.700	20	18	0	96.0	105	54	9	29	76	5.06	4.3
Eric Gagne	32	4	4	.500	71	0	32	83.7	81	30	4	20	90	3.23	14.4
*Franklyn Gracesqui	28	5	4	.556	62	1	2	82.0	71	34	5	48	63	3.73	7.5
Jesse Crain	26	3	2	.600	76	0	9	73.3	56	28	6	43	73	3.44	9.5
*Scott Eyre	36	4	4	.500	53	0	7	59.7	63	34	4	23	42	5.13	4.7
Bartolome Fortunato	33	2	0	1.000	39	0	1	54.0	52	18	2	23	46	3.00	5.1
*Javier Lopez	30	6	3	.667	54	0	0	52.0	57	29	9	12	38	5.02	3.1
Kevin Huang	26	5	0	1.000	35	0	1	36.0	24	12	2	25	38	3.00	4.3
Todd Ritchie	36	2	3	.400	6	6	0	34.3	39	22	4	12	22	5.77	1.1
Cha Seung Baek	28	2	0	1.000	4	4	0	20.3	17	11	2	7	18	4.87	1.3
*Erik Bedard	29	0	4	.000	7	4	0	18.7	28	19	3	7	9	9.16	0.0
*Cliff Bartosh	28	1	0	1.000	3	1	0	8.0	11	9	2	6	3	10.13	0.0
Chris Schroder	29	0	0	.000	2	0	0	3.7	3	2	0	0	2	4.92	0.2
Team Totals	29.2	107	55	.660	562	164	52	1455.3	1356	650	132	511	1341	4.02	118.2
Rank among 12 AL teams				1	1	2	1	6	1	3	1	4	1	1
* - 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	.988	29.1
C.Wu	1106.3	124	129	1044	34	6	1	.994	13.3
K.Jojima	313.0	34	39	287	15	1	0	.997	26.2
D.Ross	36.0	4	4	44	1	0	0	1.000	14.3
Team Total	1455.3	162	172	1375	50	7	1	.995	16.4
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.993	9.87
T.Helton	1347.3	150	156	1400	97	13	128	.991	10.00
C.Pena	184.6	24	25	180	18	1	14	.995	9.65
M.Loretta	31.0	4	4	35	1	0	3	1.000	10.45
K.Matsui	1.7	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	5.29
B.Fullmer	1.0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	18.00
Team Total	1565.6	178	186	1618	116	14	145	.992	9.97
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.976	5.11
J.McCurdy	1287.3	146	149	233	471	18	105	.975	4.92
M.Loretta	115.0	12	21	26	45	2	11	.973	5.56
H.Blalock	15.0	0	5	1	4	0	1	1.000	3.00
W.Funke	9.0	1	1	1	8	0	2	1.000	9.00
K.Matsui	6.2	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	4.35
C.Stynes	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
T.Olson	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1436.5	160	179	262	530	20	119	.975	4.96
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.948	2.52
H.Blalock	866.3	97	105	45	197	15	24	.942	2.51
S.Rolen	187.8	25	28	12	44	3	3	.949	2.68
C.Stynes	154.0	17	22	15	29	1	2	.978	2.57
T.Olson	86.7	10	12	3	12	1	1	.938	1.56
K.Matsui	29.9	4	4	2	7	1	1	.900	2.71
W.Funke	25.7	3	4	3	5	0	0	1.000	2.81
M.Loretta	2.0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	9.00
Team Total	1352.4	156	176	82	294	21	31	.947	2.50
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.969	4.36
B.Upton	1315.0	149	150	173	464	28	78	.958	4.36
K.Matsui	222.8	29	31	35	84	2	14	.983	4.81
M.Loretta	63.0	7	7	8	14	0	3	1.000	3.14
W.Funke	17.3	1	3	1	6	2	0	.778	3.64
J.McCurdy	4.0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1.000	6.75
T.Olson	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.50
Team Total	1624.1	186	194	219	570	32	95	.961	4.37
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.977	1.82
I.Suzuki	820.7	92	93	125	7	0	3	1.000	1.45
J.Miller	353.4	37	38	58	3	4	1	.938	1.55
M.Ramirez	291.7	34	36	58	2	1	0	.984	1.85
J.Encarnacion	31.8	6	6	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.13
G.Matthews	21.0	2	4	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.71
K.Matsui	8.7	1	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.07
N.Jackson	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1529.3	172	179	249	14	5	4	.981	1.55

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.984	2.46
A.Jones	811.4	93	95	212	7	2	1	.991	2.43
I.Suzuki	523.7	58	59	127	6	2	1	.985	2.29
G.Matthews	38.0	3	7	15	0	0	0	1.000	3.55
J.Miller	30.8	3	4	8	0	0	0	1.000	2.34
J.Encarnacion	16.5	3	3	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.73
K.Matsui	6.7	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.34
Team Total	1427.1	161	169	368	13	4	2	.990	2.40
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.976	1.92
N.Jackson	1312.3	148	148	237	9	0	2	1.000	1.69
J.Miller	247.9	25	29	44	2	0	0	1.000	1.67
G.Matthews	36.0	4	6	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.25
J.Encarnacion	26.9	4	6	5	1	1	0	.857	2.01
I.Suzuki	8.0	0	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.38
K.Matsui	6.7	1	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.69
A.Jones	3.1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1640.9	182	192	296	12	1	2	.997	1.69
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.966	1.78
M.Prior	230.3	33	33	11	32	3	1	.935	1.68
E.Jackson	211.7	33	33	12	32	2	5	.957	1.87
J.Affeldt	197.0	31	31	8	29	3	2	.925	1.69
R.Johnson	194.7	33	33	13	25	1	3	.974	1.76
J.Maine	96.0	18	20	7	12	1	1	.950	1.78
E.Gagne	83.7	0	71	3	19	0	3	1.000	2.37
F.Gracesqui	82.0	1	62	1	9	1	1	.909	1.10
J.Crain	73.3	0	76	3	9	0	1	1.000	1.47
S.Eyre	59.7	0	53	2	14	0	0	1.000	2.41
B.Fortunato	54.0	0	39	4	5	0	2	1.000	1.50
J.Lopez	52.0	0	54	2	7	0	0	1.000	1.56
K.Huang	36.0	0	35	1	5	0	0	1.000	1.50
T.Ritchie	34.3	6	6	1	5	0	0	1.000	1.57
C.Baek	20.3	4	4	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.77
E.Bedard	18.7	4	7	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.45
C.Bartosh	8.0	1	3	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.25
C.Schroder	3.7	0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	4.92
Team Total	1455.3	164	562	71	211	11	19	.962	1.74

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	Upton	.349
On-Base Pct	Blalock	.432
Slugging Pct	Blalock	.585
OPS	Blalock	1.018
XR	Upton	123.5
Games	Helton	157
At-Bats	Suzuki	673
Runs	Suzuki, Upton	114
Hits	Suzuki	218
Total Bases	Upton	324
Singles	McCurdy	160
Doubles	Suzuki	47
Triples	Upton	13
Homeruns	Jackson	26
RBIs	Helton	117
Stolen Bases	Suzuki	85
Caught Stealing	Suzuki	40
Walks	Helton	94
Strikeouts	Jackson	160

ERA	Prior	3.20
Wins	Jackson	20
Losses	Affeldt	10
Winning Pct	Jackson	.870
Saves	Gagne	32
Games Pitched	Crain	76
Games Started	Jackson, Johnson, Prior	33
Complete Games	Prior	8
Shutouts	Prior	3
Innings Pitched	Prior	230.3
Hits Allowed	Prior	214
Homeruns Allowed	Jackson	28
Strikeouts	Prior	237
Walks Allowed	Jackson	90
Walks per 9IP	Prior	1.5
Hits per 9IP	Jackson	7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP	Prior	9.3
WHiP	Prior	1.10
OAVG	Affeldt	.229
OOBP	Prior	.285
OSLG	Prior	.361
OOPS	Prior	.646

Team All-Stars

Player Salaries
Manny Ramirez	$ 12,000,000
Mark Prior	$ 12,000,000
Hank Blalock	$ 9,250,000
Todd Helton	$ 9,000,000
Carlos Pena	$ 8,250,000
Andruw Jones	$ 7,000,000
Eric Gagne	$ 7,000,000
Scott Rolen	$ 7,000,000
Kenji Jojima	$ 6,000,000
Ichiro Suzuki	$ 6,000,000
Kazuo Matsui	$ 5,390,000
Jeremy Affeldt	$ 4,500,000
Rett Johnson	$ 3,640,000
Nic Jackson	$ 3,021,429
Edwin Jackson	$ 2,785,714
Brad Fullmer	$ 2,000,000
Jesse Crain	$ 1,954,286
Gary Matthews	$ 1,000,000
David Ross	$ 800,000
Javier Lopez	$ 610,000
Chris Woodward	$ 400,000
Bartolome Fortunato	$ 150,000
Cha Seung Baek	$ 100,000
Cliff Bartosh	$ 100,000
Michael Bourn	$ 100,000
Franklyn Gracesqui	$ 100,000
B.J. Upton	$ 100,000
Chao-Kuan Wu	$ 100,000
John McCurdy	$ 100,000
Tim Olson	$ 100,000
John Maine	$ 100,000
Willie Funke	$ 100,000

Player Transactions
Date	Action	Losing	To	Getting
2/5	Traded	Jaime Pussyfoot	Toronto	Jesse Hoorelbeke
2/6	Signed			Chris Woodward
2/7	Signed			Chris Stynes
2/8	Signed			Gary Matthews
2/12	Signed			Brad Fullmer
2/13	Signed			Mark Loretta
2/14	Signed			Juan Encarnacion
2/26	Traded	Roy Halladay Jose Vidro Milton Bradley $5,000,000	St. Louis	Rett Johnson John Mccurdy
2/26	Traded	Rob Bowen Julius Colligan James Parr	St. Louis	Jai Miller Kenji Jojima
3/3	Signed			Todd Ritchie
3/3	Signed			Cliff Bartosh
3/3	Signed			Aaron Guiel
3/3	Signed			Todd Linden
3/3	Signed			Jorge Sosa
3/3	Signed			Josh Paul
3/3	Signed			Wes Helms
3/3	Signed			Jeremi Gonzalez
3/3	Signed			Alex Graman
3/3	Signed			Wes Obermueller
3/3	Signed			Matt Roney
3/3	Signed			Ryan Anderson
3/3	Signed			Francisco Liriano
4/14	Released	Nicholas Glasgow
4/14	Released	Josh Hill
4/14	Released	Bernie Nu�ez
4/14	Released	Oscar Cobos
4/14	Released	Victor Suarez
4/14	Released	Hernan Puleo
4/14	Released	Emmanuel Malkin
4/14	Released	Bryan Kight
4/14	Released	Hector Ceja
4/14	Released	Roy Owens
4/14	Released	Martin Starks
4/14	Released	Ishigorou Kiyoshi
4/14	Released	Harry Frankel
4/14	Released	Oscar Lopes
4/14	Released	Max Fiske
4/14	Released	Marlin Isley
4/14	Released	Tony Cifuentes
4/14	Released	Wes Obermueller
4/14	Released	Robert Nurse
4/14	Released	Richard Naylor
5/11	Signed			Tim Redding
5/11	Signed			David Lee
5/11	Signed			Scott Eyre
5/11	Signed			Erik Bedard
5/21	Released	Todd Ritchie
6/11	Traded	Joseph Bauserman Jon Papelbon Justin Orenduff Juan Encarnacion	Oakland	Cha Seung Baek John Maine Carlos Pena Andruw Jones
6/11	Released	Chris Stynes
7/30	Traded	Jacob Merrifield Frank Stlouis Billy Mcelveen David Losey	St. Louis	Scott Rolen $3,200,000
7/30	Traded	Jai Miller Kevin Huang	St. Louis	Milton Bradley Kazuo Matsui
7/30	Traded	Milton Bradley	Chicago (A)	Manny Ramirez $7,000,000
7/30	Released	Mark Loretta
10/24	Released	Scott Eyre
10/24	Released	Erik Bedard
10/31	Released	Chris Schroder