The Baseball Scholar

This is a list of the Boston Red Sox best single seasons. I decided to select two players for each infield position, six outfielders (regardless of specific position), and one designated hitter for each AL team. Hitters had to play at least 51% of games at their position. For pitching, we selected seven starting pitchers, three non-closers, and two closers. Starting pitchers had to start at least 20 games during the selected season. Relief pitchers were deemed non-closers if they saved less than 10 games. Closers are pitchers that save more than 10 games.

• Catcher – Carlton Fisk, 1972



Carlton Fisk

wRC+	wOBA	WAR	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
165	.407	7.3	131	514	74	134	28	9	22	61	5	52	83	.293	.370	.538	.909

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• First Base – Jimmie Foxx, 1938



Jimmie Foxx

wRC+	wOBA	WAR	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
173	.508	7.6	149	685	139	197	33	9	50	175	5	119	76	.349	.462	.704	1.166

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• Second Base – Bobby Doerr, 1944



Bobby Doerr

wRC+	wOBA	WAR	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
159	.429	5.9	125	536	95	152	30	10	15	81	5	58	31	.325	.399	.528	.927

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• Third Base – Wade Boggs, 1987



Wade Boggs

wRC+	wOBA	WAR	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
171	.443	8.3	147	667	108	200	40	6	24	89	1	105	48	.363	.461	.588	.1.049

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• Shortstop – Rico Petrocelli, 1969



Rico Petrocelli

wRC+	wOBA	WAR	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
163	.433	10.0	154	643	92	159	32	2	40	97	3	98	68	.297	.403	.589	.992

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• Outfield – Ted Williams, 1941



Ted Williams

wRC+	wOBA	WAR	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
221	.568	10.6	143	606	135	185	33	3	37	120	2	147	27	.406	.553	.735	1.287

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• Outfield – Babe Ruth, 1919



Babe Ruth

wRC+	wOBA	WAR	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
203	.509	9.4	130	543	103	139	34	12	29	113	7	101	58	.322	.456	.657	1.114

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• Outfield – Tris Speaker, 1912



Tris Speaker

wRC+	wOBA	WAR	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
190	.483	10.1	153	675	136	222	53	12	10	90	52	82	36	.383	.464	.567	1.031

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• Designated Hitter – David Ortiz, 2007



David Ortiz

wRC+	wOBA	WAR	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
175	.449	6.4	149	667	116	182	52	1	35	117	3	111	103	.332	.445	.621	1.066

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• Starting Pitcher – Pedro Martinez, 2000



Pedro Martinez

ERA-	WAR	G	GS	W	L	ERA	IP	CG	SHO	SV	R	ER	BB	SO	SO/9	WHIP
35	9.7	29	29	18	6	1.74	217	7	4	0	44	42	32	284	11.8	0.737

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• Starting Pitcher – Cy Young, 1901



Cy Young

ERA-	WAR	G	GS	W	L	ERA	IP	CG	SHO	SV	R	ER	BB	SO	SO/9	WHIP
44	12.6	43	41	33	10	1.62	371.1	38	5	0	112	67	37	158	3.8	0.972

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• Starting Pitcher – Dutch Leonard, 1914



Dutch Leonard

ERA-	WAR	G	GS	W	L	ERA	IP	CG	SHO	SV	R	ER	BB	SO	SO/9	WHIP
36	9.3	36	25	19	5	0.96	224.2	17	7	3	34	24	60	176	7.1	0.886

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• Starting Pitcher – Roger Clemens, 1986



Roger Clemens

ERA-	WAR	G	GS	W	L	ERA	IP	CG	SHO	SV	R	ER	BB	SO	SO/9	WHIP
57	8.9	33	33	24	4	2.48	254	10	1	0	77	70	67	238	8.4	0.969

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• Starting Pitcher – Derek Lowe, 2002



Derek Lowe

ERA-	WAR	G	GS	W	L	ERA	IP	CG	SHO	SV	R	ER	BB	SO	SO/9	WHIP
57	7.3	32	32	21	8	2.58	219.2	1	1	0	65	63	48	127	5.2	0.974

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• Relief Pitcher – Calvin Schiraldi, 1986



Calvin Schiraldi

ERA-	WAR	G	GS	W	L	ERA	IP	CG	SHO	SV	R	ER	BB	SO	SO/9	WHIP
33	2.9	25	0	4	2	1.41	51	0	0	9	8	8	15	55	9.7	1.000

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• Relief Pitcher – Daniel Bard, 2010



Daniel Bard

ERA-	WAR	G	GS	W	L	ERA	IP	CG	SHO	SV	R	ER	BB	SO	SO/9	WHIP
44	3.1	73	0	1	2	1.93	74.2	0	0	3	18	16	30	76	9.2	1.004

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• Closer – Jonathan Papelbon, 2006



Jonathan Papelbon

ERA-	WAR	G	GS	W	L	ERA	IP	CG	SHO	SV	R	ER	BB	SO	SO/9	WHIP
20	5.0	59	0	4	2	0.92	68.1	0	0	35	8	7	13	75	9.9	0.776

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Bench

• Catcher – Wally Schang, 1920
• First Base – Carl Yastrzemski, 1970
• Second Base – Pete Runnels, 1958
• Third Base – Bill Mueller, 2003
• Shortstop – Nomar Garciaparra, 2000
• Outfield – Fred Lynn, 1979
• Outfield – Jim Rice, 1978
• Outfield – Bob Johnson, 1944
• Starting Pitcher –Lefty Grove, 1936
• Starting Pitcher – Babe Ruth, 1916
• Relief Pitcher – Hideki Okajima, 2007
• Closer – Koji Uehara, 2013