1998 Boston Red Sox

92-70 • 0.568 Win% • 2nd in AL E

📊 Season Record

92 Wins
70 Losses
0.568 Win %
2nd Rank
876 R 729 RA
Diff +147

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⚡ Quick Stats

876 Runs Scored
729 Runs Allowed
+147 Run Diff
2,343K Attendance

📈 vs. 1998 AL Average

Batting Avg .279 3% above the 1998 league average (.271)
OBP .343 2% above the 1998 league average (.336)
SLG .389 6% above the 1998 league average (.366)
Team ERA 4.18 10% better than the 1998 league average (4.65)
Runs Scored 876 8% above the 1998 league average (812 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,343,930
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Avg per Game 28,937

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Mo Vaughn 0.337 2 Nomar Garciaparra 0.323 3 Reggie Jefferson 0.306 4 Mike Stanley 0.288 5 Jim Leyritz 0.287

Home Runs

1 Mo Vaughn 40 2 Nomar Garciaparra 35 3 Troy O'Leary 23 4 John Valentin 23 5 Scott Hatteberg 12

RBI

1 Nomar Garciaparra 122 2 Mo Vaughn 115 3 Troy O'Leary 83 4 John Valentin 73 5 Darren Lewis 63
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Troy O'Leary 156 611 95 165 0 0 23 83 36 108 2 0.270
Mo Vaughn 154 609 107 205 0 0 40 115 61 144 0 0.337
Nomar Garciaparra 143 604 111 195 0 0 35 122 33 62 12 0.323
John Valentin 153 588 113 145 0 0 23 73 77 82 4 0.247
Darren Lewis 155 585 95 157 0 0 8 63 70 94 29 0.268
Darren Bragg 129 409 51 114 0 0 8 57 42 99 5 0.279
Scott Hatteberg 112 359 46 99 0 0 12 43 43 58 0 0.276
Mike Benjamin 124 349 46 95 0 0 4 39 15 73 3 0.272
Jason Varitek 86 221 31 56 0 0 7 33 17 45 2 0.253
Damon Buford 86 216 37 61 0 0 10 42 22 43 5 0.282
Reggie Jefferson 62 196 24 60 0 0 8 31 21 40 0 0.306
Mike Stanley 47 156 25 45 0 0 7 32 26 43 1 0.288
Jim Leyritz 52 129 17 37 0 0 8 24 21 34 0 0.287
Donnie Sadler 58 124 21 28 0 0 3 15 6 28 4 0.226
Midre Cummings 67 120 20 34 0 0 5 15 17 19 3 0.283
Lou Merloni 39 96 10 27 0 0 1 15 7 20 1 0.281
Mark Lemke 31 91 10 17 0 0 0 7 6 15 0 0.187
Keith Mitchell 23 33 4 9 0 0 0 6 7 5 1 0.273
Trot Nixon 13 27 3 7 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.259
Billy Ashley 13 24 3 7 0 0 3 7 2 11 0 0.292
Mandy Romero 12 13 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0.231
Chris Snopek 8 12 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 0.167
Orlando Merced 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0.000
Pedro Martinez 33 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Bret Saberhagen 31 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Derek Lowe 63 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.000
Tim Wakefield 37 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Steve Avery 39 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Corsi 59 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Barkley 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Robinson Checo 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jin Ho Cho 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dennis Eckersley 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rich Garces 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Gordon 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Butch Henry 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Keith Johns 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Ron Mahay 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Carlos Reyes 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Rose 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pete Schourek 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Shouse 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Greg Swindell 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Carlos Valdez 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dario Veras 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Wasdin 47 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
David West 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Jim Corsi 2.59 2 Tom Gordon 2.72 3 Pedro Martinez 2.89 4 Rich Garces 3.33 5 Carlos Reyes 3.52

Wins

1 Pedro Martinez 19 2 Tim Wakefield 17 3 Bret Saberhagen 15 4 Steve Avery 10 5 Tom Gordon 7

Strikeouts

1 Pedro Martinez 251 2 Tim Wakefield 146 3 Bret Saberhagen 100 4 Tom Gordon 78 5 Derek Lowe 77
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Pedro Martinez 19 7 2.89 33 33 0 233.2 67 251
Tim Wakefield 17 8 4.58 36 33 0 216.0 79 146
Bret Saberhagen 15 8 3.96 31 31 0 175.0 29 100
Steve Avery 10 7 5.02 34 23 0 123.2 64 57
Derek Lowe 3 9 4.02 63 10 4 123.0 42 77
John Wasdin 6 4 5.25 47 8 0 96.0 27 59
Tom Gordon 7 4 2.72 73 0 46 79.1 25 78
Jim Corsi 3 2 2.59 59 0 0 66.0 23 49
Rich Garces 1 1 3.33 30 0 1 46.0 27 34
Pete Schourek 1 3 4.30 10 8 0 44.0 14 36
Dennis Eckersley 4 1 4.76 50 0 1 39.2 8 22
Carlos Reyes 1 1 3.52 24 0 0 38.1 14 23
Brian Rose 1 4 6.93 8 8 0 37.2 14 18
Ron Mahay 1 1 3.46 29 0 1 26.0 15 14
Greg Swindell 2 3 3.38 29 0 0 24.0 13 18
Jin Ho Cho 0 3 8.20 4 4 0 18.2 3 15
Brian Barkley 0 0 9.82 6 0 0 11.0 9 2
Butch Henry 0 0 4.00 2 2 0 9.0 3 6
Brian Shouse 0 1 5.63 7 0 0 8.0 4 5
Dario Veras 0 1 10.13 7 0 0 8.0 7 2
Robinson Checo 0 2 9.39 2 2 0 7.2 5 5
Carlos Valdez 1 0 0.00 4 0 0 3.1 5 4
David West 0 0 27.00 6 0 0 2.0 7 4

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Division Series
Lost to CLE 3-1

👥 Roster (47)

Billy Ashley Steve Avery Brian Barkley Mike Benjamin Darren Bragg Damon Buford Robinson Checo Jin Ho Cho Jim Corsi Midre Cummings Dennis Eckersley Rich Garces +35 more

47 players

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