1971 Boston Red Sox

85-77 • 0.525 Win% • 3rd in AL E

📊 Season Record

85 Wins
77 Losses
0.525 Win %
3rd Rank
691 R 667 RA
Diff +24

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⚡ Quick Stats

691 Runs Scored
667 Runs Allowed
+24 Run Diff
1,682K Attendance

📈 vs. 1971 AL Average

Batting Avg .251 2% above the 1971 league average (.246)
OBP .321 2% above the 1971 league average (.315)
SLG .341 8% above the 1971 league average (.315)
Team ERA 3.80 10% worse than the 1971 league average (3.46)
Runs Scored 691 11% above the 1971 league average (623 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 1,682,829
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Avg per Game 21,035

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Phil Gagliano 0.324 2 Juan Beniquez 0.298 3 Reggie Smith 0.283 4 John Kennedy 0.276 5 Gary Peters 0.271

Home Runs

1 Reggie Smith 30 2 Rico Petrocelli 28 3 George Scott 24 4 Carl Yastrzemski 15 5 Joe Lahoud 14

RBI

1 Reggie Smith 96 2 Rico Petrocelli 89 3 George Scott 78 4 Carl Yastrzemski 70 5 Luis Aparicio 45
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Reggie Smith 159 618 85 175 0 0 30 96 63 82 11 0.283
Rico Petrocelli 158 553 82 139 0 0 28 89 91 108 2 0.251
George Scott 146 537 72 141 0 0 24 78 41 102 0 0.263
Carl Yastrzemski 148 508 75 129 0 0 15 70 106 60 8 0.254
Luis Aparicio 125 491 56 114 0 0 4 45 35 43 6 0.232
Doug Griffin 125 483 51 118 0 0 3 27 31 45 11 0.244
Billy Conigliaro 101 351 42 92 0 0 11 33 25 68 3 0.262
Duane Josephson 91 306 38 75 0 0 10 39 22 35 2 0.245
John Kennedy 74 272 41 75 0 0 5 22 14 42 1 0.276
Joe Lahoud 107 256 39 55 0 0 14 32 40 45 2 0.215
Bob Montgomery 67 205 19 49 0 0 2 24 16 43 1 0.239
Gary Peters 53 96 7 26 0 0 3 19 3 20 0 0.271
Sonny Siebert 32 79 10 21 0 0 6 15 1 20 0 0.266
Ray Culp 35 68 5 8 0 0 0 5 6 40 0 0.118
Phil Gagliano 47 68 11 22 0 0 0 13 11 5 0 0.324
Mike Fiore 51 62 9 11 0 0 1 6 12 14 0 0.177
Juan Beniquez 16 57 8 17 0 0 0 4 3 4 3 0.298
Jim Lonborg 27 53 2 9 0 0 0 3 4 19 0 0.170
Carlton Fisk 14 48 7 15 0 0 2 6 1 10 0 0.312
Cecil Cooper 14 42 9 13 0 0 0 3 5 4 1 0.310
Ben Oglivie 14 38 2 10 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 0.263
Rick Miller 15 33 9 11 0 0 1 7 8 8 0 0.333
Don Pavletich 14 27 5 7 0 0 1 3 5 5 0 0.259
Bill Lee 47 23 0 5 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 0.217
Roger Moret 13 23 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 7 0 0.087
Luis Tiant 21 19 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.158
George Thomas 9 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0.077
Bobby Bolin 52 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.250
Mike Nagy 12 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.083
Ken Brett 29 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.200
Ken Tatum 36 10 2 3 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 0.300
John Curtis 5 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.111
Buddy Hunter 8 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.222
Mike Garman 3 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.333
Sparky Lyle 50 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Cal Koonce 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Bill Lee 2.74 2 Sparky Lyle 2.75 3 Sonny Siebert 2.91 4 Roger Moret 2.92 5 Ray Culp 3.60

Wins

1 Sonny Siebert 16 2 Ray Culp 14 3 Gary Peters 14 4 Jim Lonborg 10 5 Bill Lee 9

Strikeouts

1 Ray Culp 151 2 Sonny Siebert 131 3 Jim Lonborg 100 4 Gary Peters 100 5 Bill Lee 74
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Ray Culp 14 16 3.60 35 35 0 242.1 67 151
Sonny Siebert 16 10 2.91 32 32 0 235.1 60 131
Gary Peters 14 11 4.37 34 32 1 214.0 70 100
Jim Lonborg 10 7 4.13 27 26 0 167.2 67 100
Bill Lee 9 2 2.74 47 3 2 102.0 46 74
Luis Tiant 1 7 4.85 21 10 0 72.1 32 59
Roger Moret 4 3 2.92 13 7 0 71.0 40 47
Bobby Bolin 5 3 4.26 52 0 6 69.2 24 51
Ken Brett 0 3 5.34 29 2 1 59.0 35 57
Ken Tatum 2 4 4.19 36 1 9 53.2 25 21
Sparky Lyle 6 4 2.75 50 0 16 52.1 23 37
Mike Nagy 1 3 6.63 12 7 0 38.0 20 9
John Curtis 2 2 3.12 5 3 0 26.0 6 19
Cal Koonce 0 1 5.57 13 1 0 21.0 11 9
Mike Garman 1 1 3.86 3 3 0 18.2 9 6

👥 Roster (36)

Luis Aparicio Juan Beniquez Bobby Bolin Ken Brett Billy Conigliaro Cecil Cooper Ray Culp John Curtis Mike Fiore Carlton Fisk Phil Gagliano Mike Garman +24 more

36 players

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