1978 Boston Red Sox

99-64 • 0.607 Win% • 2nd in AL E

📊 Season Record

99 Wins
64 Losses
0.607 Win %
2nd Rank
796 R 657 RA
Diff +139

📁 Franchise Info

Boston Red Sox Active
→

⚡ Quick Stats

796 Runs Scored
657 Runs Allowed
+139 Run Diff
2,320K Attendance

📈 vs. 1978 AL Average

Batting Avg .267 2% above the 1978 league average (.261)
OBP .336 3% above the 1978 league average (.325)
SLG .359 10% above the 1978 league average (.327)
Team ERA 3.54 6% better than the 1978 league average (3.76)
Runs Scored 796 17% above the 1978 league average (679 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

🏟️
StadiumFenway Park II
📅
Home Games 82
👥
Total Attendance 2,320,210
📊
Avg per Game 28,295

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Jim Rice 0.315 2 Fred Lynn 0.298 3 Carlton Fisk 0.284 4 Jerry Remy 0.278 5 Carl Yastrzemski 0.277

Home Runs

1 Jim Rice 46 2 Dwight Evans 24 3 Fred Lynn 22 4 Carlton Fisk 20 5 Butch Hobson 17

RBI

1 Jim Rice 139 2 Carlton Fisk 88 3 Fred Lynn 82 4 Carl Yastrzemski 81 5 Butch Hobson 80
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Jim Rice 163 677 121 213 0 0 46 139 58 126 7 0.315
Rick Burleson 145 626 75 155 0 0 5 49 40 71 8 0.248
Jerry Remy 148 583 87 162 0 0 2 44 40 55 30 0.278
Carlton Fisk 157 571 94 162 0 0 20 88 71 83 7 0.284
Fred Lynn 150 541 75 161 0 0 22 82 75 50 3 0.298
Carl Yastrzemski 144 523 70 145 0 0 17 81 76 44 4 0.277
Butch Hobson 147 512 65 128 0 0 17 80 50 122 1 0.250
Dwight Evans 147 497 75 123 0 0 24 63 65 119 8 0.247
George Scott 120 412 51 96 0 0 12 54 44 86 1 0.233
Jack Brohamer 81 244 34 57 0 0 1 25 25 13 1 0.234
Frank Duffy 64 104 12 27 0 0 0 4 6 11 1 0.260
Bob Bailey 43 94 12 18 0 0 4 9 19 19 2 0.191
Garry Hancock 38 80 10 18 0 0 0 4 1 12 0 0.225
Bernie Carbo 17 46 7 12 0 0 1 6 8 8 1 0.261
Fred Kendall 20 41 3 8 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 0.195
Bob Montgomery 10 29 2 7 0 0 0 5 2 12 0 0.241
Sam Bowen 6 7 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0.143
Tom Burgmeier 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Campbell 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Reggie Cleveland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dick Drago 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dennis Eckersley 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Andy Hassler 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John LaRose 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Lee 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Allen Ripley 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bobby Sprowl 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Stanley 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Luis Tiant 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Torrez 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Wright 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Bob Stanley 2.60 2 Dennis Eckersley 2.99 3 Andy Hassler 3.00 4 Dick Drago 3.03 5 Luis Tiant 3.31

Wins

1 Dennis Eckersley 20 2 Mike Torrez 16 3 Bob Stanley 15 4 Luis Tiant 13 5 Bill Lee 10

Strikeouts

1 Dennis Eckersley 162 2 Mike Torrez 120 3 Luis Tiant 114 4 Jim Wright 56 5 Bill Campbell 47
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Dennis Eckersley 20 8 2.99 35 35 0 268.1 71 162
Mike Torrez 16 13 3.96 36 36 0 250.0 99 120
Luis Tiant 13 8 3.31 32 31 0 212.1 57 114
Bill Lee 10 10 3.46 28 24 0 177.0 59 44
Bob Stanley 15 2 2.60 52 3 10 141.2 34 38
Jim Wright 8 4 3.57 24 16 0 116.0 24 56
Dick Drago 4 4 3.03 37 1 7 77.1 32 42
Allen Ripley 2 5 5.55 15 11 0 73.0 22 26
Tom Burgmeier 2 1 4.40 35 1 4 61.1 23 24
Bill Campbell 7 5 3.91 29 0 4 50.2 17 47
Andy Hassler 2 1 3.00 13 2 1 30.0 13 23
Bobby Sprowl 0 2 6.39 3 3 0 12.2 10 10
John LaRose 0 0 22.50 1 0 0 2.0 3 0
Reggie Cleveland 0 1 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 0 0

👥 Roster (31)

Bob Bailey Sam Bowen Jack Brohamer Tom Burgmeier Rick Burleson Bill Campbell Bernie Carbo Reggie Cleveland Dick Drago Frank Duffy Dennis Eckersley Dwight Evans +19 more

31 players

📂 Quick Links

📋 Game Log 📅 1978 Season 🏠 Franchise Home

⏳ Browse Seasons

All Seasons