1968 Boston Red Sox
86 - 76
1967 / 1969 (Organization)
4th place in the AL (17 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		46 - 35 (.568)
40 - 41 (.494)		 +4.6 wins
+0.4 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 614 / 585 ( +29 )
Allowed/Expected: 611 / 588 ( -23 )
Pyth Record: 81 - 81 (+5)
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Attendance: 1,940,788 Avg Att: 23,960 (1.72)
Att Rank: 2 / 10 Lg Avg: 13,938
       
Park Factor: 1.07    
HR Factor: 1.06 R/L HR: 1.10 / 1.00
Notes:


Top Prospects (as of March 1st)

Filters
Positions
# Pos
Age
 
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
   Acquired Via M D Y
1
C
20.5
68.3
364.2
149.8
 
-0.1
0.6
7.3
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
28
1967
2
RP
23.9
23.7
160.9
90.6
 
0.7
3.4
-0.3
2.2
3.7
 
Draft (First Year)
11
30
1964
3
SP
19.8
16.7
78.7
24.8
 
0.0
1.8
-0.8
-1.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
7
1966
4
SP
18.8
7.2
50.9
25.6
 
0.1
1.2
-0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1968
5
CF
20.9
4.6
31.7
7.4
 
0.3
2.4
0.9
1.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1965
6
RF
21.2
4.2
54.6
15.2
 
-0.7
-1.0
0.2
1.5
1.8
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1966
7
RP
18.8
2.5
32.3
11.2
 
0.2
0.4
-0.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
6
1967
8
C
24.2
2.2
27.4
-2.6
 
-0.4
-0.1
0.3
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
6
9
1962
9
SP
20.3
2.1
20.0
6.0
 
3.0
0.8
-1.0
-0.1
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
7
1966
10
C
21.9
1.6
27.5
-0.1
 
0.1
0.6
0.4
0.0
0.5
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
6
1
1964
11
RP
20.7
1.4
5.7
3.1
 
1.1
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
28
1967
12
LF
24.7
0.6
13.8
2.6
 
0.2
-0.2
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1965
13
RP
21.7
0.1
3.9
-0.1
 
0.4
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
29
1966
14
RF
23.1
0.1
1.2
0.2
 
0.1
 
Trade
6
24
1967
15
LF
23.9
0.0
1.2
0.7
 
0.0
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
8
1
1962
16
RP
20.1
-0.0
0.8
-1.2
 
-0.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
29
1966
17
RP
23.4
-0.1
0.0
-0.2
 
-0.1
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
7
1966
18
2B
24.9
-0.1
0.2
-0.1
 
-0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
8
23
1963
19
RP
23.8
-0.2
0.2
-1.0
 
-0.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
7
1966
20
SP
21.8
-0.3
7.9
-1.7
 
-0.6
0.4
-0.3
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1964
21
RP
25.7
-0.7
6.4
-0.9
 
0.6
-1.0
 
Draft (Rule 5)
11
28
1966
22
RP
22.3
-0.7
1.4
-0.9
 
0.3
0.0
-0.6
 
Draft (First Year)
11
30
1964
23
SP
22.2
-0.8
7.1
-2.2
 
-0.3
-0.5
0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1965
24
3B
24.8
-0.8
11.6
-1.6
 
-0.2
-0.3
0.8
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
2
4
1964
25
SP
22.1
-0.9
3.3
-1.2
 
-0.5
-0.5
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1965
26
1B
20.9
-1.1
20.1
-3.1
 
-0.1
0.1
0.2
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1967
27
3B
24.4
-1.5
14.3
-9.5
 
0.6
-0.7
-1.1
-0.2
 
Trade
5
12
1966
28
SP
23.0
-1.6
0.2
-1.9
 
-0.9
 
Draft (First Year)
12
2
1963
29
SS
19.5
-3.1
12.2
-16.3
 
-0.5
-0.1
0.2
-0.9
-0.7
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1967
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James