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

Pitching Leaderboards

Actual Wins
Player W Rnk
20
5
16
13
15
16
13
25
Adjusted Wins
Player aW Rnk
20
4
15
15
15
17
Runs
Player R Rnk
42.6
3
31.9
7
25.1
9
10.7
28
Baserunners
Player BsRn Rnk
58.4
6
49.8
9
26.6
18
Batters Faced
Player BF Rnk
54.8
5
38.6
13
34.2
14
21.3
25
Hits
Player H Rnk
21.9
7
10.6
26
           
Walks
Player BB Rnk
27.4
8
18.7
12
18.1
13
16.7
16
Strikeouts
Player K Rnk
31.7
10
20.7
19
13.5
25
K/BB
Player K/BB Rnk
68.0
5
38.3
12
24.4
17
24.1
18
Homeruns
Player HR Rnk
7.8
4
5.1
14
HBP
Player HBP Rnk
2.8
10
2.1
22
2.1
23
Complete Games
Player CG Rnk
6.1
8
4.8
13
3.2
19
1.2
28
           
Shutouts
Player SHO Rnk
3.3
4
2.1
9
1.0
16
Power
Player Pow Rnk
18.2
28
Finesse
Player Fin Rnk
-55.6
6
-55.5
7

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James