1979 Boston Red Sox

91-69 • 0.569 Win% • 3rd in AL E

📊 Season Record

91 Wins
69 Losses
0.569 Win %
3rd Rank
841 R 711 RA
Diff +130

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841 Runs Scored
711 Runs Allowed
+130 Run Diff
2,353K Attendance

📈 vs. 1979 AL Average

Batting Avg .282 5% above the 1979 league average (.269)
OBP .343 3% above the 1979 league average (.333)
SLG .388 11% above the 1979 league average (.348)
Team ERA 4.03 4% better than the 1979 league average (4.22)
Runs Scored 841 12% above the 1979 league average (752 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 2,353,125
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Avg per Game 29,414

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Bob Montgomery 0.349 2 Bob Watson 0.337 3 Fred Lynn 0.333 4 Tom Poquette 0.331 5 Jim Rice 0.325

Home Runs

1 Fred Lynn 39 2 Jim Rice 39 3 Butch Hobson 28 4 Dwight Evans 21 5 Carl Yastrzemski 21

RBI

1 Jim Rice 130 2 Fred Lynn 122 3 Butch Hobson 93 4 Carl Yastrzemski 87 5 Rick Burleson 60
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Rick Burleson 153 627 93 174 0 0 5 60 35 54 9 0.278
Jim Rice 158 619 117 201 0 0 39 130 57 97 9 0.325
Fred Lynn 147 531 116 177 0 0 39 122 82 79 2 0.333
Butch Hobson 146 528 74 138 0 0 28 93 30 78 3 0.261
Carl Yastrzemski 147 518 69 140 0 0 21 87 62 46 3 0.270
Dwight Evans 152 489 69 134 0 0 21 58 69 76 6 0.274
Carlton Fisk 91 320 49 87 0 0 10 42 10 38 3 0.272
Bob Watson 84 312 48 105 0 0 13 53 29 33 3 0.337
Jerry Remy 80 306 49 91 0 0 0 29 26 25 14 0.297
Gary Allenson 108 241 27 49 0 0 3 22 20 42 1 0.203
Jack Brohamer 64 192 25 51 0 0 1 11 15 15 0 0.266
George Scott 45 156 18 35 0 0 4 23 17 22 0 0.224
Tom Poquette 63 154 14 51 0 0 2 23 8 7 2 0.331
Stan Papi 50 117 9 22 0 0 1 6 5 20 0 0.188
Jim Dwyer 76 113 19 30 0 0 2 14 17 9 3 0.265
Ted Sizemore 26 88 12 23 0 0 1 6 4 5 1 0.261
Bob Montgomery 32 86 13 30 0 0 0 7 4 24 1 0.349
Larry Wolfe 47 78 12 19 0 0 3 15 17 21 0 0.244
Mike O'Berry 43 59 8 10 0 0 1 4 5 16 0 0.169
Frank Duffy 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Joel Finch 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Burgmeier 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Campbell 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dick Drago 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dennis Eckersley 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Andy Hassler 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chuck Rainey 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Win Remmerswaal 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Renko 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Allen Ripley 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Stanley 40 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
John Tudor 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Wright 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Tom Burgmeier 2.74 2 Dennis Eckersley 2.99 3 Dick Drago 3.03 4 Chuck Rainey 3.82 5 Bob Stanley 3.99

Wins

1 Dennis Eckersley 17 2 Bob Stanley 16 3 Mike Torrez 16 4 Steve Renko 11 5 Dick Drago 10

Strikeouts

1 Dennis Eckersley 150 2 Mike Torrez 125 3 Steve Renko 99 4 Dick Drago 67 5 Tom Burgmeier 60
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Mike Torrez 16 13 4.49 36 36 0 252.1 121 125
Dennis Eckersley 17 10 2.99 33 33 0 246.2 59 150
Bob Stanley 16 12 3.99 40 30 1 216.2 44 56
Steve Renko 11 9 4.11 27 27 0 171.0 53 99
Chuck Rainey 8 5 3.82 20 16 1 103.2 41 41
Dick Drago 10 6 3.03 53 1 13 89.0 21 67
Tom Burgmeier 3 2 2.74 44 0 4 88.2 16 60
Allen Ripley 3 1 5.15 16 3 1 64.2 25 34
Joel Finch 0 3 4.87 15 7 0 57.1 25 25
Bill Campbell 3 4 4.28 41 0 9 54.2 23 25
John Tudor 1 2 6.43 6 6 0 28.0 9 11
Jim Wright 1 0 5.09 11 1 0 23.0 7 15
Win Remmerswaal 1 0 7.08 8 0 0 20.1 12 16
Andy Hassler 1 2 8.80 8 0 0 15.1 7 7

👥 Roster (34)

Gary Allenson Jack Brohamer Tom Burgmeier Rick Burleson Bill Campbell Dick Drago Frank Duffy Jim Dwyer Dennis Eckersley Dwight Evans Joel Finch Carlton Fisk +22 more

34 players

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