2005 Boston Red Sox
95 - 67
2004 / 2006 (Organization)
2nd place in the AL East (0 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record:
54 - 27 (.667)
41 - 40 (.506)
+10.5 wins
+3.5 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 910 / 781 ( +129 )
Allowed/Expected: 805 / 789 ( -16 )
Pyth Record: 91 - 71 (+4)
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Attendance: 2,847,888 Avg Att: 35,159 (1.20)
Att Rank: 3 / 14 Lg Avg: 29,339
       
Park Factor: 1.03    
HR Factor: 0.94 R/L HR: 0.99 / 0.90
Notes:
- American League Wild Card Winner
- Lost to Chicago White Sox in the ALDS

2005 Boston Red Sox
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Left Field
33.1
4.4
5.9
-2.1

Center Field
31.7
4.0
4.8
-0.5
23.2
0.2
0.0
0.2


Right Field
31.2
3.4
2.1
0.9
32.6
0.6
0.4
0.1
29.8
0.6
0.1
0.3
33.6
0.2
0.0
0.2
25.4
-0.2
-0.2
0.0
31.2
-0.2
-0.0
-0.2
Shortstop
29.9
1.4
2.7
-0.5
28.9
-1.0
-0.4
-0.5
21.5
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
Second Base
30.9
0.5
0.7
0.0
33.1
1.3
1.5
-0.1
29.7
0.6
0.3
0.5
Third Base
34.3
3.2
2.6
0.9
26.3
0.2
0.6
-0.4
First Base
33.8
1.1
1.0
-0.7
36.9
0.7
0.3
0.2
34.1
-0.1
-0.0
-0.2
35.6
0.2
0.1
0.1
Manager
W-L
46.2
95-67
.586
3.8
Catcher
33.2
3.9
4.7
0.0
34.7
0.7
0.5
0.4
25.2
-0.4
-0.4
0.0
32.9
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
Designated Hitter
29.6
5.3
5.4
-1.6
Starting Pitcher
IP
38.9
225.3
4.5
4.5
0.1
28.4
205.3
2.5
2.5
0.0
30.9
191.0
3.1
3.1
0.0
42.1
184.0
3.3
3.2
0.1
38.6
93.3
0.4
0.4
0.0
28.8
91.0
1.0
0.9
0.1
Swingman
IP
30.5
56.0
-0.3
-0.3
0.0
24.6
34.0
1.0
1.0
0.0
25.8
14.7
0.3
0.3
0.0
Relief Pitcher
IP
39.3
80.3
3.0
2.9
0.0
32.7
45.7
-0.2
-0.2
0.0
33.4
43.7
-0.3
-0.3
0.0
35.4
37.7
-0.9
-0.9
0.0
36.0
37.3
1.1
1.0
0.0
32.0
26.3
-0.3
-0.3
0.0
30.8
23.3
0.5
0.4
0.0
23.4
9.0
0.2
0.2
0.0
27.2
8.0
-0.2
-0.2
0.0
28.8
7.0
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
39.3
6.7
-0.6
-0.6
0.0
21.6
3.0
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
22.1
2.3
-0.4
-0.4
0.0
22.7
2.3
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
38.1
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
29.7
0.7
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
30.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James