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AL · 91–69 (.569) · Rank 3 · Attendance 2353114

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Rick Burleson	153	627	174	5	60	9	.278	.683
Jim Rice	158	619	201	39	130	9	.325	.977
Fred Lynn	147	531	177	39	122	2	.333	1.060
Butch Hobson	146	528	138	28	93	3	.261	.794
Carl Yastrzemski	147	518	140	21	87	3	.270	.796
Dwight Evans	152	489	134	21	58	6	.274	.820
Carlton Fisk	91	320	87	10	42	3	.272	.754
Bob Watson	84	312	105	13	53	3	.337	.949
Jerry Remy	80	306	91	0	29	14	.297	.696
Gary Allenson	108	241	49	3	22	1	.203	.563
Jack Brohamer	64	192	51	1	11	0	.266	.644
George Scott	45	156	35	4	23	0	.224	.671
Tom Poquette	63	154	51	2	23	2	.331	.794
Stan Papi	50	117	22	1	6	0	.188	.503
Jim Dwyer	76	113	30	2	14	3	.265	.742
Ted Sizemore	26	88	23	1	6	1	.261	.676
Bob Montgomery	32	86	30	0	7	1	.349	.793
Larry Wolfe	47	78	19	3	15	0	.244	.788
Mike O'Berry	43	59	10	1	4	0	.169	.479
Frank Duffy	6	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Joel Finch	15	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Tom Burgmeier	44	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Campbell	41	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Drago	53	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Eckersley	33	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Hassler	8	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Rainey	20	0	0	0	0	0
Win Remmerswaal	8	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Renko	27	0	0	0	0	0
Allen Ripley	16	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Stanley	40	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Torrez	36	0	0	0	0	0
John Tudor	6	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Wright	11	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Mike Torrez	16	13	4.49	36	0	125	1.486
Dennis Eckersley	17	10	2.99	33	0	150	1.188
Bob Stanley	16	12	3.99	40	1	56	1.357
Steve Renko	11	9	4.11	27	0	99	1.327
Chuck Rainey	8	5	3.82	20	1	41	1.331
Dick Drago	10	6	3.03	53	13	67	1.191
Tom Burgmeier	3	2	2.74	44	4	60	1.184
Allen Ripley	3	1	5.15	16	1	34	1.577
Joel Finch	0	3	4.87	15	0	25	1.570
Bill Campbell	3	4	4.28	41	9	25	1.427
John Tudor	1	2	6.43	6	0	11	1.714
Jim Wright	1	0	5.09	11	0	15	1.130
Win Remmerswaal	1	0	7.08	8	0	16	1.869
Andy Hassler	1	2	8.80	8	0	7	1.957

Schedule (160 games)

Date	Opponent	Result
1979-04-05	vs CLE	W 7–1
1979-04-07	@ CLE	L 0–3
1979-04-08	@ CLE	W 7–6
1979-04-10	@ ML4	L 0–3
1979-04-12	@ ML4	W 12–10
1979-04-15	vs CLE	W 14–4
1979-04-16	vs CLE	L 3–4
1979-04-17	vs ML4	W 6–5
1979-04-18	vs ML4	L 1–4
1979-04-19	vs ML4	W 5–3
1979-04-20	vs KCA	W 9–2
1979-04-21	vs KCA	W 10–4
1979-04-22	vs KCA	W 6–0
1979-04-24	@ SEA	W 4–3
1979-04-25	@ SEA	W 4–1
1979-04-26	@ SEA	W 2–0
1979-04-27	@ CAL	L 6–8
1979-04-28	@ CAL	L 0–5
1979-04-29	@ CAL	W 2–0
1979-04-30	@ OAK	L 4–5
1979-05-01	@ OAK	L 5–7
1979-05-02	@ OAK	W 2–1
1979-05-04	vs SEA	W 5–3
1979-05-05	vs SEA	W 11–4
1979-05-06	vs SEA	L 2–3
1979-05-07	vs CAL	W 9–4
1979-05-08	vs CAL	L 2–10
1979-05-09	vs CAL	W 9–8
1979-05-10	vs CAL	L 3–5
1979-05-11	vs OAK	W 11–2
1979-05-12	vs OAK	W 8–2
1979-05-13	vs OAK	W 8–2
1979-05-15	vs BAL	W 3–2
1979-05-16	vs BAL	L 6–10
1979-05-17	vs BAL	W 6–2
1979-05-18	vs NYA	L 0–10
1979-05-19	vs NYA	W 4–3
1979-05-20	vs NYA	L 0–2
1979-05-22	@ BAL	W 7–5
1979-05-23	@ BAL	L 2–5
1979-05-24	@ BAL	L 3–5
1979-05-26	@ TOR	L 6–7
1979-05-27	@ TOR	W 1–0
1979-05-28	@ TEX	L 2–5
1979-05-30	@ TEX	L 2–3
1979-05-31	@ TEX	W 3–2
1979-06-01	@ MIN	W 5–2
1979-06-02	@ MIN	L 2–8
1979-06-03	@ MIN	W 8–2
1979-06-04	vs TEX	W 13–5
1979-06-05	vs TEX	W 9–3
1979-06-06	vs CHA	L 5–8
1979-06-07	vs CHA	W 9–2
1979-06-08	vs MIN	W 2–1
1979-06-09	vs MIN	W 12–6
1979-06-10	vs MIN	W 5–0
1979-06-11	@ KCA	W 4–0
1979-06-12	@ KCA	L 6–7
1979-06-13	@ KCA	W 11–3
1979-06-15	@ CHA	L 5–8
1979-06-16	@ CHA	W 11–5
1979-06-17	@ CHA	L 1–6
1979-06-18	vs DET	W 9–8
1979-06-19	vs DET	L 4–10
1979-06-20	vs DET	W 13–3
1979-06-21	vs DET	W 3–2
1979-06-22	vs TOR	W 12–1
1979-06-23	vs TOR	W 4–3
1979-06-24	vs TOR	W 8–4
1979-06-26	@ DET	L 4–6
1979-06-27	@ DET	W 3–1
1979-06-28	@ DET	L 3–6
1979-06-29	@ NYA	W 3–2
1979-06-30	@ NYA	W 3–2
1979-07-01	@ NYA	L 5–6
1979-07-02	@ NYA	L 2–7
1979-07-03	vs KCA	W 10–0
1979-07-04	vs KCA	W 6–4
1979-07-05	vs KCA	W 5–4
1979-07-06	@ SEA	L 3–5
1979-07-07	@ SEA	W 10–8
1979-07-08	@ SEA	W 8–2
1979-07-09	@ CAL	L 0–6
1979-07-10	@ CAL	L 3–4
1979-07-11	@ CAL	W 9–3
1979-07-13	@ OAK	W 2–0
1979-07-14	@ OAK	W 8–7
1979-07-15	@ OAK	W 3–2
1979-07-19	vs SEA	W 7–1
1979-07-20	vs SEA	L 0–8
1979-07-21	vs SEA	L 5–13
1979-07-22	vs CAL	W 6–5
1979-07-23	vs CAL	L 2–9
1979-07-24	vs OAK	W 7–3
1979-07-25	vs OAK	W 16–4
1979-07-26	vs OAK	L 6–8
1979-07-27	@ TEX	L 2–11
1979-07-28	@ TEX	W 1–0
1979-07-29	@ TEX	W 3–2
1979-07-30	@ CLE	L 5–6
1979-07-31	@ CLE	L 10–11
1979-07-31	@ CLE	L 0–3
1979-08-01	@ CLE	W 7–4
1979-08-02	@ ML4	W 10–1
1979-08-03	@ ML4	L 3–5
1979-08-04	@ ML4	W 8–6
1979-08-05	@ ML4	W 7–2
1979-08-05	@ ML4	W 19–5
1979-08-07	vs CLE	W 12–3
1979-08-08	vs CLE	L 4–6
1979-08-08	vs CLE	L 2–8
1979-08-09	vs CLE	W 3–2
1979-08-10	vs ML4	W 5–4
1979-08-11	vs ML4	L 6–9
1979-08-13	vs MIN	W 6–5
1979-08-14	vs MIN	W 12–1
1979-08-15	vs MIN	W 9–5
1979-08-16	vs CHA	W 7–5
1979-08-17	vs CHA	L 1–4
1979-08-18	vs CHA	W 8–2
1979-08-19	vs CHA	L 2–3
1979-08-20	@ MIN	L 5–10
1979-08-21	@ MIN	L 2–7
1979-08-22	@ MIN	W 9–4
1979-08-24	@ KCA	L 2–4
1979-08-25	@ KCA	L 0–1
1979-08-26	@ KCA	L 3–6
1979-08-27	@ CHA	W 4–3
1979-08-28	@ CHA	L 3–7
1979-08-30	vs TEX	L 0–6
1979-08-31	vs TEX	W 9–6
1979-09-01	vs TEX	L 4–5
1979-09-02	vs TEX	L 6–7
1979-09-03	@ NYA	L 6–10
1979-09-04	@ NYA	L 2–3
1979-09-05	@ NYA	W 5–0
1979-09-07	vs BAL	L 1–2
1979-09-08	vs BAL	L 2–3
1979-09-09	vs BAL	L 4–16
1979-09-10	vs BAL	W 3–2
1979-09-11	vs NYA	L 3–8
1979-09-12	vs NYA	W 9–2
1979-09-13	vs NYA	L 3–10
1979-09-14	@ BAL	L 3–5
1979-09-15	@ BAL	W 10–2
1979-09-16	@ BAL	L 3–13
1979-09-17	@ TOR	L 4–5
1979-09-17	@ TOR	W 5–3
1979-09-18	@ TOR	W 8–3
1979-09-19	@ TOR	W 8–0
1979-09-20	@ TOR	L 2–6
1979-09-21	vs DET	W 4–1
1979-09-23	vs DET	W 2–1
1979-09-23	vs DET	L 2–3
1979-09-25	vs TOR	L 3–5
1979-09-26	vs TOR	W 6–4
1979-09-27	vs TOR	W 6–5
1979-09-28	@ DET	W 7–4
1979-09-29	@ DET	W 8–5
1979-09-30	@ DET	L 1–5

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1979 Boston Red SoxWWikipedia↗

Batting

Pitching

Schedule (160 games)