1997 Boston Red Sox

78-84 • 0.481 Win% • 4th in AL E

📊 Season Record

78 Wins
84 Losses
0.481 Win %
4th Rank
851 R 857 RA
Diff -6

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851 Runs Scored
857 Runs Allowed
-6 Run Diff
2,223K Attendance

📈 vs. 1997 AL Average

Batting Avg .291 8% above the 1997 league average (.270)
OBP .349 3% above the 1997 league average (.337)
SLG .387 6% above the 1997 league average (.365)
Team ERA 4.85 6% worse than the 1997 league average (4.57)
Runs Scored 851 7% above the 1997 league average (797 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,223,602
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Avg per Game 27,451

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Reggie Jefferson 0.319 2 Shane Mack 0.315 3 Mo Vaughn 0.315 4 Jeff Frye 0.312 5 Troy O'Leary 0.309

Home Runs

1 Mo Vaughn 35 2 Nomar Garciaparra 30 3 Wil Cordero 18 4 John Valentin 18 5 Troy O'Leary 15

RBI

1 Nomar Garciaparra 98 2 Mo Vaughn 96 3 Troy O'Leary 80 4 John Valentin 77 5 Wil Cordero 72
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Nomar Garciaparra 153 684 122 209 0 0 30 98 35 92 22 0.306
John Valentin 143 575 95 176 0 0 18 77 58 66 7 0.306
Wil Cordero 140 570 82 160 0 0 18 72 31 122 1 0.281
Mo Vaughn 141 527 91 166 0 0 35 96 86 154 2 0.315
Darren Bragg 153 513 65 132 0 0 9 57 61 102 10 0.257
Troy O'Leary 146 499 65 154 0 0 15 80 39 70 0 0.309
Reggie Jefferson 136 489 74 156 0 0 13 67 24 93 1 0.319
Jeff Frye 127 404 56 126 0 0 3 51 27 44 19 0.312
Scott Hatteberg 114 350 46 97 0 0 10 44 40 70 0 0.277
Mike Stanley 97 260 45 78 0 0 13 53 39 50 0 0.300
Tim Naehring 70 259 38 74 0 0 9 40 38 40 1 0.286
Bill Haselman 67 212 22 50 0 0 6 26 15 44 0 0.236
Shane Mack 60 130 13 41 0 0 3 17 9 24 2 0.315
Mike Benjamin 49 116 12 27 0 0 0 7 4 27 2 0.233
Jesus Tavarez 42 69 12 12 0 0 0 9 4 9 0 0.174
Rudy Pemberton 27 63 8 15 0 0 2 10 4 13 0 0.238
Michael Coleman 8 24 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 11 1 0.167
Arquimedez Pozo 4 15 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0.267
Vaughn Eshelman 21 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Jose Malave 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Walt McKeel 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Curtis Pride 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0.500
Aaron Sele 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jeff Suppan 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Steve Avery 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Derek Lowe 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bret Saberhagen 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Varitek 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Tim Wakefield 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Toby Borland 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Brandenburg 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Robinson Checo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Corsi 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rich Garces 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Gordon 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ken Grundt 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris Hammond 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Butch Henry 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Hudson 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kerry Lacy 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ron Mahay 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pat Mahomes 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Rose 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Heathcliff Slocumb 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ricky Trlicek 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Wasdin 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Jim Corsi 3.43 2 Butch Henry 3.52 3 Joe Hudson 3.53 4 Tom Gordon 3.74 5 Tim Wakefield 4.25

Wins

1 Aaron Sele 13 2 Tim Wakefield 12 3 Butch Henry 7 4 Jeff Suppan 7 5 Steve Avery 6

Strikeouts

1 Tom Gordon 159 2 Tim Wakefield 151 3 Aaron Sele 122 4 John Wasdin 84 5 Jeff Suppan 67
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Tim Wakefield 12 15 4.25 35 29 0 201.1 87 151
Tom Gordon 6 10 3.74 42 25 11 182.2 78 159
Aaron Sele 13 12 5.38 33 33 0 177.1 80 122
John Wasdin 4 6 4.40 53 7 0 124.2 38 84
Jeff Suppan 7 3 5.69 23 22 0 112.1 36 67
Steve Avery 6 7 6.42 22 18 0 96.2 49 51
Butch Henry 7 3 3.52 36 5 6 84.1 19 51
Chris Hammond 3 4 5.92 29 8 1 65.1 27 48
Jim Corsi 5 3 3.43 52 0 2 57.2 21 40
Heathcliff Slocumb 0 5 5.79 49 0 17 46.2 34 36
Kerry Lacy 1 1 6.11 33 0 3 45.2 22 18
Vaughn Eshelman 3 3 6.33 21 6 0 42.2 17 18
Mark Brandenburg 0 2 5.49 31 0 0 41.0 16 34
Joe Hudson 3 1 3.53 26 0 0 35.2 14 14
Bret Saberhagen 0 1 6.58 6 6 0 26.0 10 14
Ron Mahay 3 0 2.52 28 0 0 25.0 11 22
Ricky Trlicek 3 4 4.63 18 0 0 23.1 18 10
Derek Lowe 0 2 3.38 8 0 0 16.0 3 13
Rich Garces 0 1 4.61 12 0 0 13.2 9 12
Robinson Checo 1 1 3.38 5 2 0 13.1 3 14
Pat Mahomes 1 0 8.10 10 0 0 10.0 10 5
Toby Borland 0 0 13.50 3 0 0 3.1 7 1
Ken Grundt 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 3.0 0 0
Brian Rose 0 0 12.00 1 1 0 3.0 2 3
Mike Benjamin 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0

👥 Roster (46)

Steve Avery Mike Benjamin Toby Borland Darren Bragg Mark Brandenburg Robinson Checo Michael Coleman Wil Cordero Jim Corsi Vaughn Eshelman Jeff Frye Rich Garces +34 more

46 players

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