1971 Boston Red Sox
85 - 77
1970 / 1972 (Organization)
3rd place in the AL East (18 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		47 - 33 (.588)
38 - 44 (.463)		 +5.5 wins
-1.4 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 691 / 664 ( +27 )
Allowed/Expected: 667 / 665 ( -2 )
Pyth Record: 84 - 78 (+1)
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Attendance: 1,678,732 Avg Att: 20,984 (1.71)
Att Rank: 1 / 12 Lg Avg: 12,286
       
Park Factor: 1.07    
HR Factor: 1.08 R/L HR: 1.17 / 0.96
Notes:


1971 Boston Red Sox
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Left Field
31.9
4.0
2.5
0.7
29.5
0.3
0.4
-0.2
22.4
0.1
-0.1
0.1
33.6
-0.3
-0.3
-0.1

Center Field
26.2
5.6
4.9
0.3
23.9
0.9
1.3
-0.5


Right Field
24.2
1.5
1.2
-0.0
23.2
0.4
0.3
0.1
Shortstop
37.2
-0.5
0.5
-0.1
21.1
-0.5
0.3
-0.7
Second Base
24.1
0.9
0.1
1.2
30.1
0.2
1.5
-0.9
23.9
0.1
0.0
0.1
Third Base
28.0
5.0
4.7
0.7
First Base
27.3
2.9
1.4
0.6
26.7
-0.1
-0.3
0.1
21.5
0.4
0.6
-0.2
Manager
W-L
39.0
85-77
.525
1.8
Catcher
29.1
0.3
0.8
0.1
27.2
-0.1
0.2
0.2
23.5
0.6
0.4
0.3
33.0
0.2
0.3
-0.1
Starting Pitcher
IP
29.9
242.3
2.0
2.4
-0.4
34.5
235.3
6.7
5.5
1.2
34.2
214.0
1.5
0.5
1.0
29.2
167.7
0.4
0.3
0.1
30.6
72.3
-0.5
-0.4
-0.1
21.8
71.0
1.2
1.3
-0.1
23.3
38.0
-1.0
-0.9
-0.1
23.3
26.0
0.5
0.6
-0.0
21.8
18.7
0.4
0.3
0.1
Relief Pitcher
IP
24.5
102.0
2.2
2.2
0.0
32.4
69.7
0.1
0.1
0.1
22.8
59.0
-0.8
-0.8
-0.0
27.2
53.7
0.2
0.0
0.2
26.9
52.3
2.2
1.9
0.3
30.6
21.0
-0.4
-0.4
0.0
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James