1978 Boston Red Sox
99 - 64
1977 / 1979 (Organization)
2nd place in the AL East (1 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		59 - 23 (.720)
40 - 41 (.494)		 +12.0 wins
+5.4 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 796 / 740 ( +56 )
Allowed/Expected: 657 / 749 ( +92 )
Pyth Record: 96 - 67 (+3)
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Attendance: 2,320,643 Avg Att: 28,301 (1.56)
Att Rank: 2 / 14 Lg Avg: 18,152
       
Park Factor: 1.08    
HR Factor: 1.09 R/L HR: 1.17 / 0.99
Notes:

- Lost to New York Yankees in the Tiebreaker

Batting Leaderboards

Runs
Player R Rnk
56.3
1
30.0
6
28.0
12
Hits
Player H Rnk
30.6
3
Total Bases
Player TB Rnk
138.1
1
51.3
15
44.3
21
Sec Bases
Player SecB Rnk
95.0
2
51.7
15
51.4
16
50.4
18
Singles
Player 1B Rnk
20.3
11
Doubles
Player 2B Rnk
16.8
2
8.8
11
6.9
15
6.5
19
           
Triples
Player 3B Rnk
11.0
1
Homeruns
Player HR Rnk
29.4
1
11.1
19
Extra Bases
Player XB Rnk
107.5
1
36.8
15
36.4
17
36.2
18
Strikeouts
Player K Rnk
27.1
11
23.0
19
On Base
Player OnB Rnk
28.5
10
26.7
14
Walks
Player BB Rnk
22.9
13
20.5
17
           
Outs
Player Outs Rnk
33.3
10
31.4
11
29.9
15
26.0
18
Hit By Pitch
Player HBP Rnk
3.5
14
BB/K
Player BB/K Rnk
43.2
4
37.7
6
Stolen Bases
Player SB Rnk
18.8
14
Stolen Bases Att
Player SBA Rnk
25.2
12
SB/Att
Player SB% Rnk
2.8
21

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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