⭐ Division Winner

1988 Boston Red Sox

89-73 • 0.549 Win% • 1st in AL E

📊 Season Record

89 Wins
73 Losses
0.549 Win %
1st Rank
813 R 689 RA
Diff +124

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⚡ Quick Stats

813 Runs Scored
689 Runs Allowed
+124 Run Diff
2,463K Attendance

📈 vs. 1988 AL Average

Batting Avg .282 9% above the 1988 league average (.259)
OBP .355 10% above the 1988 league average (.322)
SLG .350 5% above the 1988 league average (.333)
Team ERA 3.97 equal to the 1988 league average (3.97)
Runs Scored 813 15% above the 1988 league average (704 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,463,339
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Avg per Game 30,411

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Wade Boggs 0.366 2 Mike Greenwell 0.325 3 Ellis Burks 0.294 4 Dwight Evans 0.293 5 Jody Reed 0.293

Home Runs

1 Mike Greenwell 22 2 Dwight Evans 21 3 Ellis Burks 18 4 Jim Rice 15 5 Todd Benzinger 13

RBI

1 Mike Greenwell 119 2 Dwight Evans 111 3 Ellis Burks 92 4 Jim Rice 72 5 Todd Benzinger 70
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Marty Barrett 150 612 83 173 0 0 1 65 40 35 7 0.283
Mike Greenwell 158 590 86 192 0 0 22 119 87 38 16 0.325
Wade Boggs 155 584 128 214 0 0 5 58 125 34 2 0.366
Dwight Evans 149 559 96 164 0 0 21 111 76 99 5 0.293
Ellis Burks 144 540 93 159 0 0 18 92 62 89 25 0.294
Jim Rice 135 485 57 128 0 0 15 72 48 89 1 0.264
Todd Benzinger 120 405 47 103 0 0 13 70 22 80 2 0.254
Jody Reed 109 338 60 99 0 0 1 28 45 21 1 0.293
Rich Gedman 95 299 33 69 0 0 9 39 18 49 0 0.231
Rick Cerone 84 264 31 71 0 0 3 27 20 32 0 0.269
Spike Owen 89 257 40 64 0 0 5 18 27 27 0 0.249
Larry Parrish 52 158 10 41 0 0 7 26 8 32 0 0.259
Brady Anderson 41 148 14 34 0 0 0 12 15 35 4 0.230
Kevin Romine 57 78 17 15 0 0 1 6 7 15 2 0.192
Ed Romero 31 75 3 18 0 0 0 5 3 8 0 0.240
Sam Horn 24 61 4 9 0 0 2 8 11 20 0 0.148
Pat Dodson 17 45 5 8 0 0 1 1 6 17 0 0.178
John Marzano 10 29 3 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.138
Randy Kutcher 19 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.167
Carlos Quintana 5 6 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0.333
Mike Boddicker 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Bolton 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Oil Can Boyd 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Roger Clemens 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Zach Crouch 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Curry 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Ellsworth 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Wes Gardner 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bruce Hurst 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dennis Lamp 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Rochford 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Sellers 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lee Smith 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Smithson 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Stanley 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Trautwein 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rob Woodward 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Mike Boddicker 2.63 2 Lee Smith 2.80 3 Roger Clemens 2.93 4 Bob Stanley 3.19 5 Dennis Lamp 3.48

Wins

1 Roger Clemens 18 2 Bruce Hurst 18 3 Oil Can Boyd 9 4 Mike Smithson 9 5 Wes Gardner 8

Strikeouts

1 Roger Clemens 291 2 Bruce Hurst 166 3 Wes Gardner 106 4 Lee Smith 96 5 Mike Smithson 73
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Roger Clemens 18 12 2.93 35 35 0 264.0 62 291
Bruce Hurst 18 6 3.66 33 32 0 216.2 65 166
Wes Gardner 8 6 3.50 36 18 2 149.0 64 106
Oil Can Boyd 9 7 5.34 23 23 0 129.2 41 71
Mike Smithson 9 6 5.97 31 18 0 126.2 37 73
Bob Stanley 6 4 3.19 57 0 5 101.2 29 57
Mike Boddicker 7 3 2.63 15 14 0 89.0 26 56
Jeff Sellers 1 7 4.83 18 12 0 85.2 56 70
Lee Smith 4 5 2.80 64 0 29 83.2 37 96
Dennis Lamp 7 6 3.48 46 0 0 82.2 19 49
Steve Ellsworth 1 6 6.75 8 7 0 36.0 16 16
Tom Bolton 1 3 4.75 28 0 1 30.1 14 21
John Trautwein 0 1 9.00 9 0 0 16.0 9 8
Steve Curry 0 1 8.18 3 3 0 11.0 14 4
Mike Rochford 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2.1 1 1
Zach Crouch 0 0 6.75 3 0 0 1.1 2 0
Rob Woodward 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0.2 1 0

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Championship
Lost to OAK 4-0

👥 Roster (37)

Brady Anderson Marty Barrett Todd Benzinger Mike Boddicker Wade Boggs Tom Bolton Oil Can Boyd Ellis Burks Rick Cerone Roger Clemens Zach Crouch Steve Curry +25 more

37 players

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