2008 Red Sox

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General Information

W-L Record: 95-67
Finish: 2nd in the American League East (WC)
Pythagorean W-L: 95-67
Runs Scored: 845
Runs Allowed: 694
Manager: Terry Francona
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 3,048,250 (4th out of 14)

Season Summary

Update

Playoffs

2008 American League Division Series, Won 3-1
2008 American League Championship Series, Lost 4-3

Remarkable Moments

Red Sox Japan Trip
May 19, 2008: Jon Lester threw a no-hitter against the Kansas City Royals.

External Links

2008 Team Page - Courtesy of Baseball Reference
2008 Transactions - Courtesy of SoSH
2008 Schedule - Courtesy of SoSH

Roster

REGULARS		G	BA	AB	HR	RBI	BB	SB	OPS+
C	Jason Varitek	131	0.220	423	13	43	52	0	74
1B	Kevin Youkilis	145	0.312	538	29	115	62	3	145
2B	Dustin Pedroia	157	0.326	653	17	83	50	20	123
3B	Mike Lowell	113	0.274	419	17	73	38	2	105
SS	Julio Lugo	82	0.268	261	1	22	34	12	80
LF	Manny Ramirez	100	0.299	365	20	68	52	1	138
CF	Coco Crisp	118	0.283	361	7	41	35	20	94
RF	JD Drew	109	0.280	368	19	64	79	4	139
DH	David Ortiz	109	0.264	416	23	89	70	1	125

BENCH
BN	Jacoby Ellsbury	145	0.280	554	9	47	41	50	89
BN	Jed Lowrie	81	0.258	260	2	46	35	1	91
BN	Sean Casey	69	0.322	199	0	17	17	1	101
BN	Jason Bay	49	0.293	184	9	37	22	3	130
BN	Alex Cora	75	0.270	152	0	9	16	1	89
BN	Kevin Cash	61	0.225	142	3	15	18	0	68
BN	Mark Kotsay	22	0.226	84	0	12	7	0	63
BN	Brandon Moss	34	0.295	78	2	11	6	1	105
BN	Jeff Bailey	27	0.280	50	2	6	9	0	120
BN	Chris Carter	9	0.333	18	0	3	2	0	93
BN	Jonathan Van Every	11	0.235	17	0	5	1	0	62
BN	David Ross	8	0.125	8	0	0	0	0	-35
BN	Joe Thurston	4	0.000	8	0	0	0	0	-68
BN	Gil Velazquez	3	0.125	8	0	1	0	0	-35
BN	George Kottaras	3	0.200	5	0	0	0	0	51
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STARTERS		G	ERA	W	L	SV	GS	SO	ERA+
SP	Jon Lester	33	3.21	16	6	0	33	152	143
SP	Tim Wakefield	30	4.13	10	11	0	30	117	111
SP	Daisuke Matsuzaka	29	2.90	18	3	0	29	154	158
SP	Josh Beckett	27	4.03	12	10	0	27	172	114
SP	Clay Buchholz	16	6.75	2	9	0	15	72	68

BULLPEN
CL	Jonathan Papelbon	67	2.34	5	4	41	0	77	196
RP	Manny Delcarmen	73	3.27	1	2	2	0	72	140
RP	Javier Lopez	70	2.43	2	0	0	0	38	188
RP	Hideki Okajima	64	2.61	3	2	1	0	60	175
RP	Justin Masterson	36	3.16	6	5	0	9	68	145
RP	David Aardsma	47	5.55	4	2	0	0	49	82
RP	Mike Timlin	47	5.66	4	4	1	0	32	81
RP	Craig Hansen	32	5.58	1	3	2	0	25	82
RP	Chris Smith	12	7.85	1	0	0	0	13	58
RP	Julian Tavarez	9	6.39	0	1	0	0	6	72
SP	Paul Byrd	8	4.78	4	2	0	8	26	96
SP	Bartolo Colon	7	3.92	4	2	0	7	27	117
RP	David Pauley	6	11.68	0	1	0	2	11	39
RP	Devern Hansack	4	4.05	1	0	0	0	5	113
RP	Bryan Corey	7	10.50	0	0	0	0	4	44
SP	Michael Bowden	1	3.60	1	0	0	1	3	127
SP	Charlie Zink	1	16.62	0	0	0	1	1	28
RP	Kyle Snyder	2	21.60	0	0	0	0	1	21