2008 Boston Red Sox

95-67 • 0.586 Win% • 2nd in AL E

📊 Season Record

95 Wins
67 Losses
0.586 Win %
2nd Rank
845 R 694 RA
Diff +151

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845 Runs Scored
694 Runs Allowed
+151 Run Diff
3,048K Attendance

📈 vs. 2008 AL Average

Batting Avg .279 5% above the 2008 league average (.267)
OBP .354 7% above the 2008 league average (.331)
SLG .372 5% above the 2008 league average (.354)
Team ERA 4.01 8% better than the 2008 league average (4.35)
Runs Scored 845 9% above the 2008 league average (775 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 3,048,250
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Avg per Game 37,632

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Dustin Pedroia 0.326 2 Sean Casey 0.322 3 Kevin Youkilis 0.312 4 Manny Ramirez 0.299 5 Brandon Moss 0.295

Home Runs

1 Kevin Youkilis 29 2 David Ortiz 23 3 Manny Ramirez 20 4 J. D. Drew 19 5 Mike Lowell 17

RBI

1 Kevin Youkilis 115 2 David Ortiz 89 3 Dustin Pedroia 83 4 Mike Lowell 73 5 Manny Ramirez 68
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dustin Pedroia 157 653 118 213 0 0 17 83 50 52 20 0.326
Jacoby Ellsbury 145 554 98 155 0 0 9 47 41 80 50 0.280
Kevin Youkilis 145 538 91 168 0 0 29 115 62 108 3 0.312
Jason Varitek 131 423 37 93 0 0 13 43 52 122 0 0.220
Mike Lowell 113 419 58 115 0 0 17 73 38 61 2 0.274
David Ortiz 109 416 74 110 0 0 23 89 70 74 1 0.264
J. D. Drew 109 368 79 103 0 0 19 64 79 80 4 0.280
Manny Ramirez 100 365 66 109 0 0 20 68 52 86 1 0.299
Coco Crisp 118 361 55 102 0 0 7 41 35 59 20 0.283
Julio Lugo 82 261 27 70 0 0 1 22 34 51 12 0.268
Jed Lowrie 81 260 34 67 0 0 2 46 35 68 1 0.258
Sean Casey 69 199 14 64 0 0 0 17 17 25 1 0.322
Jason Bay 49 184 39 54 0 0 9 37 22 51 3 0.293
Alex Cora 75 152 14 41 0 0 0 9 16 13 1 0.270
Kevin Cash 61 142 11 32 0 0 3 15 18 50 0 0.225
Mark Kotsay 22 84 6 19 0 0 0 12 7 11 0 0.226
Brandon Moss 34 78 7 23 0 0 2 11 6 25 1 0.295
Jeff Bailey 27 50 10 14 0 0 2 6 9 17 0 0.280
Chris Carter 9 18 5 6 0 0 0 3 2 5 0 0.333
Jonathan Van Every 11 17 0 4 0 0 0 5 1 6 0 0.235
David Ross 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.125
Joe Thurston 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Gil Velazquez 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.125
Josh Beckett 27 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
George Kottaras 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.200
Jon Lester 33 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Justin Masterson 36 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Tim Wakefield 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Bartolo Colon 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Daisuke Matsuzaka 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
David Aardsma 47 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Javier Lopez 70 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Michael Bowden 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Clay Buchholz 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Byrd 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bryan Corey 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Manny Delcarmen 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Devern Hansack 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Craig Hansen 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hideki Okajima 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jonathan Papelbon 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
David Pauley 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris Smith 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kyle Snyder 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Julian Tavarez 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Timlin 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Charlie Zink 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Jonathan Papelbon 2.34 2 Javier Lopez 2.43 3 Hideki Okajima 2.61 4 Daisuke Matsuzaka 2.90 5 Justin Masterson 3.16

Wins

1 Daisuke Matsuzaka 18 2 Jon Lester 16 3 Josh Beckett 12 4 Tim Wakefield 10 5 Justin Masterson 6

Strikeouts

1 Josh Beckett 172 2 Daisuke Matsuzaka 154 3 Jon Lester 152 4 Tim Wakefield 117 5 Jonathan Papelbon 77
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jon Lester 16 6 3.21 33 33 0 210.1 66 152
Tim Wakefield 10 11 4.13 30 30 0 181.0 60 117
Josh Beckett 12 10 4.03 27 27 0 174.1 34 172
Daisuke Matsuzaka 18 3 2.90 29 29 0 167.2 94 154
Justin Masterson 6 5 3.16 36 9 0 88.1 40 68
Clay Buchholz 2 9 6.75 16 15 0 76.0 41 72
Manny Delcarmen 1 2 3.27 73 0 2 74.1 28 72
Jonathan Papelbon 5 4 2.34 67 0 41 69.1 8 77
Hideki Okajima 3 2 2.61 64 0 1 62.0 23 60
Javier Lopez 2 0 2.43 70 0 0 59.1 27 38
Mike Timlin 4 4 5.66 47 0 1 49.1 20 32
Paul Byrd 4 2 4.78 8 8 0 49.0 10 26
David Aardsma 4 2 5.55 47 0 0 48.2 35 49
Bartolo Colon 4 2 3.92 7 7 0 39.0 10 27
Craig Hansen 1 3 5.58 32 0 2 30.2 23 25
Chris Smith 1 0 7.85 12 0 0 18.1 7 13
Julian Tavarez 0 1 6.39 9 0 0 12.2 9 6
David Pauley 0 1 11.68 6 2 0 12.1 5 11
Devern Hansack 1 0 4.05 4 0 0 6.2 1 5
Bryan Corey 0 0 10.50 7 0 0 6.0 3 4
Michael Bowden 1 0 3.60 1 1 0 5.0 1 3
Charlie Zink 0 0 16.62 1 1 0 4.1 1 1
Kyle Snyder 0 0 21.60 2 0 0 1.2 2 1

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Championship
Lost to TBA 4-3
AL Division Series
BOS def. LAA 3-1

👥 Roster (47)

David Aardsma Jeff Bailey Jason Bay Josh Beckett Michael Bowden Clay Buchholz Paul Byrd Chris Carter Sean Casey Kevin Cash Bartolo Colon Alex Cora +35 more

47 players

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