2008 Boston Red Sox
Record: 54-108
Finish: 5th in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 681
Runs Allowed: 959
Exp W-L: 56-106
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 1,745,196
Manager: Greg Grasso

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-69, 7th in the American
AA: 90-48, 1st in the American
A: 77-61, 3rd in the American
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
DH *David Ortiz 32 162 615 86 136 32 0 39 108 0 1 68 183 .221 .297 .463 .761 87.5 11.0 0.0
LF #Todd Linden 28 149 574 79 161 28 1 27 90 13 4 55 155 .280 .343 .474 .817 89.5 15.0 2.3
SS  Nomar Garciaparra 34 149 558 69 153 41 4 16 72 17 4 37 53 .274 .325 .448 .773 78.6 11.9 4.7
3B  Jeff Baker 27 150 516 59 135 41 0 11 61 0 1 43 107 .262 .320 .405 .725 63.2 8.1 3.4
CF  Rontrez Johnson 31 139 524 61 148 15 0 5 30 41 18 22 100 .282 .311 .340 .650 54.7 5.0 2.0
SS  Juan Uribe 28 142 467 51 114 33 2 11 56 10 9 45 102 .244 .315 .394 .709 58.5 6.7 3.9
C  Toby Hall 32 147 477 41 114 30 0 6 42 0 0 29 42 .239 .295 .340 .635 43.0 1.9 5.1
CF #Milton Bradley 30 104 388 65 93 34 0 8 39 9 6 57 74 .240 .345 .389 .734 53.0 7.0 1.2
3B *Corey Koskie 35 114 313 37 59 10 0 2 23 10 2 54 107 .188 .313 .240 .552 29.0 0.5 1.1
RF *Karim Garcia 32 95 233 27 50 5 0 10 31 0 0 9 66 .215 .243 .365 .608 21.3 0.7 0.8
LF  Carlos Lee 32 49 173 27 45 10 0 7 25 4 3 19 33 .260 .335 .439 .774 24.4 3.3 0.5
3B  Damian Rolls 30 75 151 21 28 7 1 2 10 1 1 7 46 .185 .231 .285 .516 9.1 0.0 1.3
1B  Jeremy West 26 54 144 14 36 8 0 0 17 0 0 11 24 .250 .301 .306 .607 12.2 0.4 0.4
1B *Robert Fick 34 36 130 12 25 9 0 2 18 0 0 11 22 .192 .254 .308 .561 10.6 0.0 0.5
2B  Josh Wilson 27 55 126 12 31 5 0 2 17 2 0 9 36 .246 .301 .333 .635 11.6 0.5 1.2
C #Jason Varitek 36 21 62 5 15 3 0 1 7 0 0 5 15 .242 .309 .339 .648 5.7 0.3 0.6
3B  Conor Jackson 26 15 54 8 9 4 0 1 4 0 0 3 16 .167 .220 .296 .517 3.5 0.0 0.2
RF *Lon Sarabia 21 14 51 7 11 4 1 2 6 2 1 3 14 .216 .255 .451 .706 6.5 0.5 0.1
  Team Totals 30.1 1670 5556 681 1363 319 9 152 656 109 50 487 1195 .245 .309 .388 .697 662.0 72.9 29.1
  Rank among 14 AL teams 14 13 13 5 14 11 13 9 6 11 11 13 13 13 13 13  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Ben Sheets 29 10 17 .370 33 33 0 214.7 252 120 23 46 156 5.03 9.0
*Brandon Claussen 29 9 11 .450 33 33 0 190.7 205 102 17 71 183 4.81 10.1
 Chris Young 29 8 13 .381 29 29 0 158.0 187 91 13 71 91 5.18 6.0
*Phil Dumatrait 26 5 14 .263 22 22 0 127.0 140 71 13 39 75 5.03 4.5
*Mark Buehrle 29 2 14 .125 22 22 0 122.7 147 72 15 38 93 5.28 3.2
 Ryan Dempster 31 5 6 .455 29 11 1 108.7 120 64 18 51 52 5.30 4.4
 Jason Shiell 31 2 3 .400 72 0 1 104.7 92 52 10 54 84 4.47 6.3
*Mark Malaska 30 2 3 .400 54 0 2 66.7 49 31 13 29 50 4.19 4.9
*Brian Marshall 25 1 4 .200 56 0 2 59.0 64 38 8 22 29 5.80 1.9
 Rich Harden 26 2 4 .333 9 9 0 54.3 51 25 6 24 53 4.14 3.4
 Anastacio Martinez 29 4 4 .500 39 0 9 45.7 55 34 9 19 40 6.70 1.7
 David Coggin 30 1 4 .200 45 0 0 44.7 72 52 14 23 26 10.48 0.0
 Francisco Cordero 33 2 4 .333 42 0 13 44.7 53 26 6 21 47 5.24 3.7
 Carl Pavano 32 1 0 1.000 18 1 0 39.7 44 28 6 15 21 6.35 0.9
*Cornell Irving 26 0 2 .000 20 0 1 19.3 26 16 5 7 13 7.45 0.0
 Bret Prinz 31 0 1 .000 15 0 0 13.0 14 11 1 8 8 7.62 0.0
 Franklin Perez 30 0 3 .000 3 3 0 12.0 25 16 4 7 9 12.00 0.0
 Kieran Mattison 28 0 1 .000 4 0 0 6.7 13 12 2 4 2 16.22 0.0
Team Totals 29.1 54 108 .333 545 163 29 1431.9 1609 861 183 549 1032 5.41 59.9
Rank among 14 AL teams 14 14 14 14 13 11 10 14 11 10 14  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 29.6
T.Hall 1255.3 144 146 966 73 10 1 .990 31.1
J.Varitek 157.0 18 21 99 6 0 0 1.000 17.6
J.West 19.3 0 5 11 1 0 0 1.000 33.3
Team Total 1431.7 162 172 1076 80 10 1 .991 30.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 10.12
C.Koskie 668.3 76 81 662 51 20 64 .973 9.60
R.Fick 317.7 36 36 352 28 1 33 .997 10.77
J.West 309.7 35 43 302 30 3 33 .991 9.65
C.Jackson 136.0 15 15 137 9 1 14 .993 9.66
Team Total 1431.7 162 175 1453 118 25 144 .984 9.88
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.15
J.Uribe 1058.7 117 131 226 382 9 88 .985 5.17
D.Rolls 283.7 36 36 53 108 1 24 .994 5.11
J.Wilson 89.3 9 16 31 27 3 11 .951 5.84
Team Total 1431.7 162 183 310 517 13 123 .985 5.20
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.58
J.Baker 1215.0 137 145 96 271 13 33 .966 2.72
C.Koskie 191.7 23 26 15 32 3 1 .940 2.21
D.Rolls 25.0 2 5 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.08
Team Total 1431.7 162 176 113 304 16 34 .963 2.62
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 4.61
N.Garciaparra 1236.7 140 147 185 429 17 89 .973 4.47
J.Wilson 186.0 22 25 28 71 2 13 .980 4.79
D.Rolls 7.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86
J.Uribe 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1431.7 162 174 214 502 19 102 .974 4.50
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.82
M.Bradley 804.4 91 92 162 5 13 1 .928 1.87
C.Lee 392.0 47 48 75 3 2 1 .975 1.79
K.Garcia 125.3 15 16 25 1 0 1 1.000 1.87
L.Sarabia 124.0 14 14 26 0 4 0 .867 1.89
D.Rolls 9.0 0 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.00
J.Baker 3.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.4 167 176 295 9 19 3 .941 1.88
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.39
R.Johnson 1101.7 134 136 294 9 23 4 .929 2.48
K.Garcia 154.0 14 32 55 2 2 0 .966 3.33
M.Bradley 86.3 10 10 27 1 1 0 .966 2.92
D.Rolls 35.7 0 17 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.77
J.Uribe 9.3 0 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 5.79
T.Linden 6.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Wilson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1395.0 158 203 391 12 26 4 .939 2.60
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.03
T.Linden 1271.7 145 145 325 11 17 5 .952 2.38
K.Garcia 150.0 17 18 26 0 2 0 .929 1.56
D.Rolls 6.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.West 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Lee 2.7 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.33
Team Total 1434.4 162 167 355 11 19 5 .951 2.30
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 1.83
B.Sheets 214.7 33 33 21 28 1 2 .980 2.05
B.Claussen 190.7 33 33 11 26 0 2 1.000 1.75
C.Young 158.0 29 29 8 17 2 2 .926 1.42
P.Dumatrait 127.0 22 22 7 14 1 0 .955 1.49
M.Buehrle 122.7 22 22 7 14 0 1 1.000 1.54
R.Dempster 108.7 11 29 7 27 2 3 .944 2.82
J.Shiell 104.7 0 72 4 14 1 3 .947 1.55
M.Malaska 66.7 0 54 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.35
B.Marshall 59.0 0 56 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.83
R.Harden 54.3 9 9 4 5 1 1 .900 1.49
A.Martinez 45.7 0 39 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.38
D.Coggin 44.7 0 45 4 2 1 0 .857 1.21
F.Cordero 44.7 0 42 2 3 0 1 1.000 1.01
C.Pavano 39.7 1 18 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.81
C.Irving 19.3 0 20 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.40
B.Prinz 13.0 0 15 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.38
F.Perez 12.0 3 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 2.25
K.Mattison 6.7 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.35
Team Total 1431.9 163 545 88 183 9 16 .968 1.70
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Johnson .282
On-Base Pct Linden .343
Slugging Pct Linden .474
OPS Linden .817
XR Linden 89.5
Games Ortiz 162
At-Bats Ortiz 615
Runs Ortiz 86
Hits Linden 161
Total Bases Ortiz 285
Singles Johnson 128
Doubles Baker, Garciaparra 41
Triples Garciaparra 4
Homeruns Ortiz 39
RBIs Ortiz 108
Stolen Bases Johnson 41
Caught Stealing Johnson 18
Walks Ortiz 68
Strikeouts Ortiz 183
ERA Claussen 4.81
Wins Sheets 10
Losses Sheets 17
Winning Pct Claussen .450
Saves Cordero 13
Games Pitched Shiell 72
Games Started Claussen, Sheets 33
Complete Games Sheets 2
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Sheets 214.7
Hits Allowed Sheets 252
Homeruns Allowed Sheets 23
Strikeouts Claussen 183
Walks Allowed Young, Claussen 71
Walks per 9IP Sheets 1.9
Hits per 9IP Claussen 9.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Claussen 8.6
WHiP Sheets 1.39
OAVG Claussen .275
OOBP Sheets .330
OSLG Sheets .429
OOPS Sheets .759
Team All-Stars
Mark Malaska
Player Salaries
Ben Sheets $ 14,500,000
Mark Buehrle $ 10,000,000
Nomar Garciaparra $ 9,500,000
David Ortiz $ 6,500,000
Karim Garcia $ 5,000,000
Milton Bradley $ 4,500,000
Juan Uribe $ 4,300,000
Brandon Claussen $ 3,175,714
Mark Malaska $ 3,000,000
Francisco Cordero $ 2,800,000
Corey Koskie $ 950,000
Toby Hall $ 750,000
Damian Rolls $ 750,000
Jason Varitek $ 612,000
Chris Young $ 300,000
Franklin Perez $ 300,000
Jeff Baker $ 300,000
Rontrez Johnson $ 300,000
Conor Jackson $ 300,000
Anastacio Martinez $ 300,000
Brian Marshall $ 300,000
Todd Linden $ 300,000
Lon Sarabia $ 300,000
Phil Dumatrait $ 300,000
Jason Shiell $ 300,000
Jeremy West $ 300,000
Josh Wilson $ 300,000
Cornell Irving $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
1/30 Signed     Ben Sheets
2/1 Signed     Juan Uribe
2/1 Signed     Damian Rolls
2/3 Signed     Toby Hall
2/12 Signed     Corey Koskie
2/28 Released Lenny Dinardo    
2/28 Released Reynaldo Garcia    
2/28 Released Ryan Wing    
2/28 Traded Dmitri Young
Chad Spann
Texas Nomar Garciaparra
Conor Jackson
4/20 Signed     David Coggin
4/20 Signed     Bret Prinz
4/20 Signed     Robert Fick
4/20 Signed     Lyle Overbay
4/20 Released Kieran Mattison    
5/22 Traded Rich Harden
Carl Pavano
Texas Mark Buehrle
Francisco Cordero
5/30 Traded Carlos Lee
Cipri Olivar
$5,000,000
Cincinnati Milton Bradley
Phil Dumatrait
8/16 Released Ryan Dempster    
8/16 Released Bryan Hebson    
8/16 Released Jamie Brown    
8/16 Released David Coggin    
8/16 Released Tim Hamulack    
8/16 Released Bret Prinz    
8/16 Released Robert Fick    
8/16 Released Nick Bierbrodt    
8/16 Released Eddy Candelario    
8/16 Released Jeremy Owens    
8/16 Released Peter Bergeron