2008 Boston Red Sox
Record: 87-74
Finish: 2nd in AL Eastern Division Division
Runs Scored: 810
Runs Allowed: 738
Exp W-L: 87-74
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 2,201,459
Manager: Grady Little

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 57-81, 13th in the AL
AA: 52-86, 13th in the AL
A: 81-57, 2nd in the AL
 
 
 
 
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
2B  Luis Rivas 28 150 621 80 182 24 6 9 89 71 33 41 81 .293 .350 .395 .745 86.6 12.8 8.6
CF  Preston Wilson 33 153 579 92 185 27 5 22 108 51 29 61 124 .320 .391 .497 .888 104.9 20.4 2.5
3B  Andy Phillips 31 154 573 92 161 38 4 26 108 12 5 54 103 .281 .355 .497 .853 99.2 18.9 3.6
RF *Ichiro Suzuki 34 150 566 78 156 22 7 2 75 47 33 33 70 .276 .314 .350 .663 58.5 3.9 2.7
RF *Luke Allen 29 153 550 110 175 37 8 11 65 44 23 48 89 .318 .371 .475 .846 89.7 16.7 2.9
LF *Manuel Pardo 25 150 529 74 116 31 8 20 88 35 4 43 138 .219 .288 .422 .710 66.5 7.5 3.5
1B *Brad Hawpe 29 150 508 74 121 26 0 13 60 1 0 60 120 .238 .330 .366 .696 64.8 8.3 1.9
C #J.D. Closser 28 142 492 71 107 31 2 24 83 3 2 67 128 .217 .312 .435 .747 71.2 9.8 7.4
3B #Cesar Crespo 29 124 372 67 95 18 4 8 52 22 30 85 83 .255 .393 .390 .783 55.9 7.7 2.3
2B #Brian Burgamy 27 78 257 36 86 10 2 3 30 24 18 13 27 .335 .369 .424 .793 37.2 6.3 2.8
C  Kelly Shoppach 28 46 143 18 29 9 1 1 16 1 1 13 40 .203 .266 .301 .567 11.7 0.0 1.8
2B  Aaron Boone 35 53 136 15 30 7 2 2 12 8 4 12 30 .221 .299 .346 .644 15.7 1.5 1.2
LF *Eric Bennett 26 38 115 15 27 7 0 1 11 0 1 10 33 .235 .302 .322 .623 10.1 0.6 0.7
SS #Angel Santos 28 26 53 3 8 1 1 0 2 1 3 10 12 .151 .286 .208 .493 1.8 0.0 0.1
P *Dontrelle Willis 26 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Dicky Gonzalez 28 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Russ Ortiz 34 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Mark Redman 34 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bartolo Colon 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Eric Milton 32 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.0 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 30.0 1576 5509 825 1482 288 50 142 800 320 186 552 1083 .269 .341 .417 .758 775.8 114.5 42.1
  Rank among 14 AL teams 9 8 8 6 3 11 8 1 14 7 13 8 8 8 7 8  
* - 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
 Dicky Gonzalez 28 15 7 .682 36 36 0 220.3 221 81 14 81 137 3.31 17.9
 Bartolo Colon 35 8 13 .381 32 32 0 210.7 236 106 27 49 151 4.53 10.0
*Dontrelle Willis 26 18 7 .720 35 35 0 207.0 185 76 12 63 142 3.30 18.1
*Mark Redman 34 11 9 .550 30 30 0 190.7 188 78 20 49 131 3.68 12.3
*Casey Fossum 30 7 1 .875 65 0 5 124.3 103 59 7 71 96 4.27 9.1
 Russ Ortiz 34 5 6 .455 27 13 0 109.3 116 57 9 54 46 4.69 4.8
 Ryan Cameron 30 7 6 .538 59 0 3 103.3 97 45 12 35 75 3.92 7.7
*Eric Milton 32 7 6 .538 25 15 1 101.3 109 49 9 27 82 4.35 6.0
 J.J. Trujillo 32 3 9 .250 66 0 29 72.7 82 38 8 19 49 4.71 7.9
 Chad Bradford 33 5 7 .417 58 0 3 67.7 63 34 4 27 42 4.52 4.9
*Valerio De Los Santos 35 1 3 .250 59 0 5 49.7 49 14 4 20 26 2.54 5.7
 Kelvim Escobar 32 0 0 .000 10 0 0 4.7 11 12 2 8 5 23.18 0.0
Team Totals 31.8 87 74 .540 502 161 46 1461.6 1460 649 128 503 982 4.00 104.4
Rank among 14 AL teams 6 6 2 5 3 6 2 4 4 8 1  
* - 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 .989 34.5
J.Closser 1173.7 127 136 813 88 8 2 .991 39.3
K.Shoppach 288.0 34 36 204 24 4 0 .983 34.0
Team Total 1461.7 161 172 1017 112 12 2 .989 38.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 10.43
M.Pardo 779.3 86 86 860 62 7 84 .992 10.65
B.Hawpe 680.3 75 76 780 46 4 53 .995 10.93
C.Crespo 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.7 161 163 1640 108 11 137 .994 10.76
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.37
L.Rivas 1313.7 143 150 311 491 11 103 .986 5.49
A.Boone 82.0 11 11 25 36 1 5 .984 6.70
B.Burgamy 44.0 5 6 7 18 1 4 .962 5.11
C.Crespo 10.0 1 2 2 1 0 1 1.000 2.70
A.Santos 9.0 1 2 4 5 0 1 1.000 9.00
A.Phillips 3.0 0 2 2 3 0 0 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1461.7 161 173 351 554 13 114 .986 5.57
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.69
A.Phillips 842.0 92 97 50 203 9 9 .966 2.70
B.Burgamy 516.3 58 59 27 141 6 11 .966 2.93
A.Boone 89.0 10 13 5 27 2 1 .941 3.24
C.Crespo 14.3 1 4 1 4 0 2 1.000 3.14
Team Total 1461.7 161 173 83 375 17 23 .964 2.82
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.75
A.Phillips 472.0 53 54 72 176 17 38 .936 4.73
C.Crespo 147.0 17 17 20 55 3 12 .962 4.59
A.Santos 132.7 14 18 23 61 1 17 .988 5.70
A.Boone 98.7 9 20 9 32 2 2 .953 3.74
L.Allen 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 852.3 93 110 124 325 23 69 .951 4.74
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 1.91
C.Crespo 777.3 86 92 159 8 1 1 .994 1.93
I.Suzuki 607.3 67 71 122 6 17 2 .883 1.90
M.Pardo 405.0 47 53 115 6 4 0 .968 2.69
E.Bennett 75.0 8 10 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.56
B.Hawpe 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1866.7 208 227 409 21 22 3 .951 2.07
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.54
P.Wilson 744.7 80 89 206 9 4 3 .982 2.60
E.Bennett 76.0 9 10 22 1 0 0 1.000 2.72
C.Crespo 47.0 6 6 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.68
I.Suzuki 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Closser 3.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
B.Burgamy 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 882.3 96 108 246 10 4 3 .985 2.61
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.09
L.Allen 1121.7 125 147 273 8 13 1 .956 2.25
I.Suzuki 656.3 72 74 141 5 2 0 .986 2.00
E.Bennett 115.0 12 16 28 0 1 0 .966 2.19
C.Crespo 54.0 7 7 13 0 1 0 .929 2.17
B.Hawpe 8.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Burgamy 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1958.0 216 247 457 13 17 1 .965 2.16
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 1.91
D.Gonzalez 220.3 36 36 20 42 0 2 1.000 2.53
B.Colon 210.7 32 32 17 47 7 4 .901 2.73
D.Willis 207.0 35 35 11 24 2 2 .946 1.52
M.Redman 190.7 30 30 14 29 1 3 .977 2.03
C.Fossum 124.3 0 65 8 27 0 1 1.000 2.53
R.Ortiz 109.3 13 27 7 18 1 1 .962 2.06
R.Cameron 103.3 0 59 3 13 2 1 .889 1.39
E.Milton 101.3 15 25 3 11 0 1 1.000 1.24
J.Trujillo 72.7 0 66 0 4 0 1 1.000 0.50
C.Bradford 67.7 0 58 3 12 0 0 1.000 2.00
V.De Los Santos 49.7 0 59 1 10 2 1 .846 1.99
K.Escobar 4.7 0 10 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
Team Total 1461.6 161 502 87 238 15 17 .956 2.00
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Wilson .320
On-Base Pct Wilson .391
Slugging Pct Wilson .497
OPS Wilson .888
XR Wilson 104.9
Games Phillips 154
At-Bats Rivas 621
Runs Allen 110
Hits Wilson 185
Total Bases Wilson 288
Singles Rivas 143
Doubles Phillips 38
Triples Allen, Pardo 8
Homeruns Phillips 26
RBIs Phillips, Wilson 108
Stolen Bases Rivas 71
Caught Stealing Rivas, Suzuki 33
Walks Crespo 85
Strikeouts Pardo 138
ERA Willis 3.30
Wins Willis 18
Losses Colon 13
Winning Pct Willis .720
Saves Trujillo 29
Games Pitched Trujillo 66
Games Started Gonzalez 36
Complete Games Redman 3
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Gonzalez 220.3
Hits Allowed Colon 236
Homeruns Allowed Colon 27
Strikeouts Colon 151
Walks Allowed Gonzalez 81
Walks per 9IP Colon 2.1
Hits per 9IP Willis 8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Colon 6.5
WHiP Willis 1.20
OAVG Willis .240
OOBP Willis .302
OSLG Willis .351
OOPS Willis .653
Team All-Stars
Andy Phillips
Player Salaries
Preston Wilson $ 13,000,000
Kelvim Escobar $ 6,500,000
Bartolo Colon $ 6,000,000
Valerio De Los Santos $ 6,000,000
Mark Redman $ 6,000,000
Casey Fossum $ 6,000,000
Dicky Gonzalez $ 5,800,000
Luis Rivas $ 4,500,000
Luke Allen $ 4,500,000
J.D. Closser $ 4,400,000
Chad Bradford $ 4,000,000
Ichiro Suzuki $ 4,000,000
Rodrigo Lopez $ 3,500,000
J.J. Trujillo $ 3,500,000
Dontrelle Willis $ 3,500,000
Brad Hawpe $ 2,500,000
Andy Phillips $ 2,242,857
Russ Ortiz $ 2,000,000
Cesar Crespo $ 1,500,000
Ryan Cameron $ 1,220,000
Aaron Boone $ 1,000,000
Eric Milton $ 900,000
Matt Morris $ 890,000
Angel Santos $ 350,000
Kelly Shoppach $ 350,000
Manuel Pardo $ 300,000
Brian Burgamy $ 300,000
Eric Bennett $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Signed     Russ Ortiz
2/1 Signed     Aaron Boone
2/2 Signed     Eric Milton
2/3 Traded Henry Perez San Francisco Jack Stolte
2/3 Traded John Hattig
Alfonso Soriano
Juan Perez
Philadelphia Luis Rivas
J.D. Closser
Rodrigo Lopez
Andy Phillips
2/3 Released Manny Ramirez    
2/14 Signed     Mark Redman
2/28 Signed     Bartolo Colon
3/2 Released Bronson Arroyo    
3/2 Released Chris Elmore    
3/2 Released Jerome Gamble    
3/2 Released Monte Mansfield    
3/2 Released Jason Shiell    
3/2 Released Steven Jackson    
3/2 Released Chris Smith    
3/2 Released Jorge De La Rosa    
3/2 Released Matt Thompson    
3/2 Released Edgar Martinez    
3/2 Released Hunter Beachum    
3/2 Released Justin Sherrod    
3/2 Released Dustin Brown    
3/2 Released Dale Chamber    
3/2 Released Josh Ellison    
3/2 Released Junior Frias    
3/2 Released Joseph Halfacre    
3/2 Released Erasmo Mullins    
3/2 Released Lavern Johnson    
6/28 Traded Josh Wilson
Mike Cameron
Olivio Astacio
$1,000,000
Houston Luke Allen
Manuel Pardo