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

Top Prospects (as of March 1st)

Filters
Positions
# Pos
Age
 
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
   Acquired Via M D Y
1
3B
20.0
91.0
396.4
198.0
 
3.9
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1976
2
SP
20.3
34.8
145.0
70.8
 
-1.3
0.2
-1.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1976
3
SP
24.4
34.6
133.9
78.0
 
-0.4
2.4
-0.0
3.8
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
7
1976
4
C
25.3
11.5
93.1
9.6
 
0.1
-0.4
-1.0
2.1
3.6
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
12
25
1970
5
C
18.8
9.6
89.3
9.8
 
-0.4
0.8
-0.6
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
8
5
1977
6
SP
23.4
6.4
61.8
19.3
 
0.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1976
7
RP
25.0
4.5
18.7
6.3
 
0.2
1.1
1.9
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
12
1973
8
SP
24.0
2.0
29.7
7.6
 
1.8
0.7
0.0
0.6
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
9
1974
9
2B
24.5
1.9
45.3
4.7
 
3.0
1.3
0.6
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
3
1975
10
RP
22.0
1.9
22.4
6.5
 
0.1
0.1
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
7
1977
11
CF
19.9
1.7
32.9
8.1
 
-0.2
-0.3
1.1
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1976
12
RP
20.4
1.4
41.1
7.4
 
-0.0
-0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
8
29
1974
13
C
23.4
1.3
19.7
-9.5
 
-0.2
0.9
0.3
0.8
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1976
14
C
24.2
0.7
6.4
-4.6
 
-0.2
0.0
0.3
0.4
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
3
1975
15
SP
25.7
0.7
14.8
-1.1
 
-0.5
-0.3
0.6
0.2
0.6
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
8
17
1972
16
SS
20.7
0.7
8.2
1.2
 
-0.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
3
1975
17
SS
20.0
0.4
42.4
-11.5
 
1.1
-0.6
-1.3
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1976
18
C
21.5
0.3
1.2
0.1
 
0.3
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
3
1975
19
SP
21.9
0.3
2.2
0.1
 
0.3
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
5
1974
20
C
21.2
0.1
0.9
0.3
 
 
Free Agency
11
22
1976
21
C
21.9
0.1
0.6
0.3
 
0.1
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
7
1977
22
RP
24.3
0.1
1.8
-1.2
 
-0.2
0.3
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
11
22
1974
23
CF
18.8
0.0
0.1
0.0
 
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
7
1977
24
CF
25.8
0.0
0.6
0.1
 
-0.0
0.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
5
1974
25
SP
22.4
-0.1
1.7
0.3
 
-0.1
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
10
1978
26
2B
26.4
-0.1
5.2
0.1
 
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
11
7
1969
27
SW
22.5
-0.2
0.6
-1.4
 
-0.2
 
Free Agency
9
12
1977
28
SS
22.1
-0.3
2.3
-0.0
 
0.4
-0.0
-0.2
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
12
12
1975
29
SP
20.6
-0.3
2.3
1.1
 
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
7
1976
30
RP
22.2
-1.0
0.9
-1.1
 
-0.3
0.2
0.0
-1.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
7
1977
31
3B
23.4
-1.5
9.6
-6.1
 
-1.5
-0.4
-0.4
0.3
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
5
1973
32
RF
24.4
-1.8
9.8
-0.5
 
-0.7
0.0
-0.3
-0.5
 
Trade
12
9
1977
33
RP
19.6
-2.1
5.1
-6.2
 
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
7
1977
34
3B
20.6
-2.2
24.2
-1.7
 
-0.3
-0.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1976
35
SS
18.0
-5.5
5.0
-18.9
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
14
1978
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James