1978 Boston Red Sox season

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1978 Boston Red Sox
Major league affiliations
Location
1978 Information
Owner(s) Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey
Manager(s) Don Zimmer
Local television WSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Dick Stockton, Ken Harrelson)
Local radio WITS-AM 1510
(Ned Martin, Jim Woods)

The 1978 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 2nd in the American League East with a record of 99 wins and 64 losses.

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[edit] Offseason

  • March 30, 1978: Dennis Eckersley was traded by the Cleveland Indians with Fred Kendall to the Boston Red Sox for Rick Wise, Mike Paxton, Ted Cox, and Bo Diaz.

[edit] The Boston Massacre

Boston at one point in July held a 14 game lead over rival New York. However, after working their way back capped by a 4-game sweep at Fenway, the Yanks tied the division. Then, in a one-game playoff, the Yanks won 5-4 with the help of a home run by Bucky Dent. The Yanks won the World Series in 6 games over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Elim.#
New York Yankees 100 63 .613 -- --
Boston Red Sox 99 64 .607 1 --
Milwaukee Brewers 93 69 .574 6.5 --
Baltimore Orioles 90 71 .559 9 --
Detroit Tigers 86 76 .531 13.5 --
Cleveland Indians 69 90 .434 29 --
Toronto Blue Jays 59 102 .366 40 --


[edit] Notable Transactions

  • May 20, 1978: Bob Ojeda was signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent. [1]

[edit] Roster

1978 Boston Red Sox roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

For most of the regular season, Boston was in first place.

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Rick Burleson 145 626 155 .248 5 49
Fred Lynn 150 541 161 .298 22 82
Jim Rice 163 677 213 .315 46 139

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] Awards and Honors

  • Jim Rice, OF, American League Most Valuable Player
  • Jim Rice, OF, American League Leader Hits (213)
  • Jim Rice, OF, American League Leader Home Runs (46)
  • Jim Rice, OF, American League Leader RBIs (139)

All-Star Game

  • Rick Burleson
  • Dwight Evans
  • Carlton Fisk, Catcher, Starter
  • Fred Lynn, Centerfield, Starter
  • Jerry Remy
  • Jim Rice, Leftfield, Starter
  • Carl Yastrzemski

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bob Ojeda Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
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