2008 Boston Red Sox
95 - 67
2007 / 2009 (Organization)
2nd place in the AL East (2 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		56 - 25 (.691)
39 - 42 (.481)		 +10.9 wins
+3.1 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 845 / 798 ( +47 )
Allowed/Expected: 694 / 805 ( +111 )
Pyth Record: 96 - 66 (-1)
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Attendance: 3,048,250 Avg Att: 37,633 (1.24)
Att Rank: 4 / 14 Lg Avg: 30,459
       
Park Factor: 1.04    
HR Factor: 0.93 R/L HR: 0.94 / 0.92
Notes:
- American League Wild Card Winner
- Defeated Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the ALDS
- Lost to Tampa Bay Rays in the ALCS

2008 Boston Red Sox
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Left Field
36.1
2.5
2.8
-0.9
29.8
1.9
1.7
0.0
25.8
0.0
0.0
-0.0
28.8
-0.1
-0.2
0.1

Center Field
24.8
3.0
1.7
1.0
28.7
1.2
1.7
-0.2


Right Field
32.6
2.6
3.4
-1.2
32.6
-0.5
-0.3
-0.4
24.8
0.2
0.2
-0.2
28.6
0.1
-0.1
0.1
Shortstop
32.6
0.1
0.6
-0.2
24.2
1.5
0.9
1.0
32.7
0.8
0.7
0.4
Second Base
24.9
6.9
5.5
1.8
28.7
-0.3
-0.1
-0.2
Third Base
34.4
2.4
1.7
0.9
First Base
29.3
6.3
5.1
0.5
34.0
-0.0
0.3
-0.6
29.6
-0.1
0.1
-0.3
Manager
W-L
49.2
95-67
.586
3.8
Catcher
36.2
0.5
0.3
1.1
30.6
-0.1
-0.1
0.3
31.3
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
25.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
Designated Hitter
32.6
1.7
1.6
-1.0
Starting Pitcher
IP
24.5
210.3
6.0
6.1
-0.1
41.9
181.0
2.7
2.7
-0.0
28.1
174.3
3.2
3.3
-0.1
27.8
167.7
5.3
5.3
-0.0
23.3
88.3
2.3
2.4
-0.1
23.9
76.0
-1.2
-1.2
0.0
37.6
49.0
0.6
0.6
0.0
35.1
39.0
0.1
0.1
-0.0
25.0
12.3
-0.6
-0.6
0.0
21.8
5.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
28.8
4.3
-0.3
-0.3
0.0
Relief Pitcher
IP
26.4
74.3
1.7
1.6
0.0
27.6
69.3
1.9
1.9
0.0
32.5
62.0
2.1
2.1
0.0
31.0
59.3
1.8
1.8
0.0
42.3
49.3
-0.2
-0.2
0.0
26.5
48.7
-0.3
-0.3
0.0
24.6
30.7
-0.6
-0.6
0.0
27.2
18.3
-0.3
-0.3
0.0
35.1
12.7
-0.3
-0.3
0.0
30.4
6.7
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
34.7
6.0
-0.3
-0.3
0.0
30.8
1.7
-0.3
-0.3
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.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James