- Team WAR
- 34.6 21.9 bat / 12.7 pitch
- Win %
- .481 pyth .497
- Run diff
- -5 4.62 / 4.65 per g
- wRC+
- 102
- ERA
- 4.35 FIP 4.12
- Home runs
- 168
The Boston Red Sox went 78-84 in 2015, a .481 winning percentage — 19th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 748 runs and allowed 753, a run differential of -5. The offence ranked 4th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.35 staff ERA was 25th of 30. Their 102 team wRC+ was 2% above league average — 10th of 30 in MLB. Mookie Betts led the position players at 4.7 WAR, and Clay Buchholz the rotation at a 3.26 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
29 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Mookie Betts | CF | 143 | 654 | 174 | 18 | 77 | 21 | .291 | .341 | .479 | .355 | 121 | 4.7 |
| Xander Bogaerts | SS | 154 | 654 | 196 | 7 | 81 | 10 | .320 | .355 | .421 | .341 | 111 | 4.2 |
| David Ortiz | DH | 146 | 614 | 144 | 37 | 108 | 0 | .273 | .360 | .553 | .384 | 139 | 3.3 |
| Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 93 | 425 | 111 | 12 | 42 | 2 | .291 | .356 | .441 | .351 | 117 | 2.9 |
| Brock Holt | 2B | 124 | 509 | 127 | 2 | 45 | 8 | .280 | .349 | .379 | .325 | 101 | 2.2 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | RF | 68 | 255 | 55 | 10 | 43 | 3 | .249 | .335 | .498 | .361 | 124 | 1.5 |
| Travis Shaw | 1B | 63 | 248 | 61 | 13 | 36 | 0 | .270 | .327 | .487 | .352 | 118 | 1.2 |
| Blake Swihart | C | 82 | 309 | 79 | 5 | 31 | 4 | .274 | .319 | .392 | .315 | 93 | 1.2 |
| Alejandro De Aza | LF | 108 | 365 | 85 | 7 | 35 | 7 | .262 | .333 | .422 | .330 | 104 | 0.9 |
| Mike Napoli | 1B | 129 | 469 | 91 | 18 | 50 | 3 | .224 | .324 | .410 | .326 | 101 | 0.7 |
| Ryan Hanigan | C | 53 | 201 | 43 | 2 | 16 | 0 | .247 | .337 | .328 | .305 | 87 | 0.6 |
| Hanley Ramirez | LF | 104 | 430 | 100 | 19 | 53 | 6 | .249 | .291 | .426 | .311 | 91 | 0.4 |
| Pablo Sandoval | 3B | 126 | 505 | 115 | 10 | 47 | 0 | .245 | .292 | .366 | .291 | 77 | 0.2 |
| Josh Rutledge | 2B | 31 | 85 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 0 | .284 | .333 | .338 | .294 | 80 | 0.2 |
| Justin Masterson | P | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | .667 | .587 | 275 | 0.1 |
| Jemile Weeks | 2B | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .294 | 79 | 0.0 |
| Joe Kelly | P | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .176 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Steven Wright | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Rick Porcello | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Wade Miley | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Henry Owens | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Eduardo Rodriguez | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Jeff Bianchi | 3B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Clay Buchholz | P | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.1 |
| Garin Cecchini | 1B | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.1 |
| Deven Marrero | 3B | 22 | 56 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .226 | .268 | .283 | .248 | 49 | -0.1 |
| Rusney Castillo | RF | 78 | 289 | 69 | 5 | 29 | 4 | .253 | .288 | .359 | .286 | 74 | -0.4 |
| Allen Craig | RF | 34 | 88 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .152 | .239 | .203 | .212 | 25 | -0.6 |
| Sandy León | C | 39 | 128 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .184 | .238 | .202 | .201 | 17 | -0.9 |
Pitching
22 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Clay Buchholz | 18 | 18 | 113.1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 107 | 3.26 | 2.67 | 1.21 | 8.5 | 3.2 |
| Wade Miley | 32 | 32 | 193.2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 147 | 4.46 | 3.81 | 1.37 | 6.8 | 2.9 |
| Rick Porcello | 28 | 28 | 172.0 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 149 | 4.92 | 4.13 | 1.36 | 7.8 | 1.9 |
| Eduardo Rodriguez | 21 | 21 | 121.2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 98 | 3.85 | 3.92 | 1.29 | 7.2 | 1.6 |
| Joe Kelly | 25 | 25 | 134.1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 110 | 4.82 | 4.18 | 1.44 | 7.4 | 1.4 |
| Junichi Tazawa | 61 | 0 | 58.2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 56 | 4.14 | 3.05 | 1.33 | 8.6 | 1.1 |
| Koji Uehara | 43 | 0 | 40.1 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 47 | 2.23 | 2.44 | 0.92 | 10.5 | 1.0 |
| Rich Hill | 4 | 4 | 29.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 1.55 | 2.27 | 0.66 | 11.2 | 1.0 |
| Henry Owens | 11 | 11 | 63.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 4.57 | 4.28 | 1.37 | 7.1 | 0.6 |
| Robbie Ross Jr. | 54 | 0 | 60.2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 53 | 3.86 | 4.02 | 1.30 | 7.9 | 0.4 |
| Tommy Layne | 64 | 0 | 47.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 3.97 | 3.89 | 1.43 | 8.5 | 0.4 |
| Anthony Varvaro | 9 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4.09 | 3.32 | 1.82 | 6.5 | 0.2 |
| Brian Johnson | 1 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8.31 | 4.52 | 1.62 | 6.2 | 0.0 |
| Justin Masterson | 18 | 9 | 59.1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 5.61 | 4.89 | 1.60 | 7.4 | -0.1 |
| Jonathan Aro | 6 | 0 | 10.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6.97 | 5.26 | 1.84 | 7.0 | -0.1 |
| Steven Wright | 16 | 9 | 72.2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 4.09 | 5.01 | 1.29 | 6.4 | -0.2 |
| Noé Ramirez | 17 | 0 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4.15 | 6.21 | 1.54 | 9.0 | -0.3 |
| Heath Hembree | 22 | 0 | 25.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3.55 | 5.58 | 1.34 | 5.3 | -0.3 |
| Matt Barnes | 32 | 2 | 43.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 5.44 | 5.23 | 1.65 | 8.2 | -0.3 |
| Craig Breslow | 45 | 2 | 65.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 4.15 | 5.27 | 1.42 | 6.4 | -0.5 |
| Ryan Cook | 9 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 18.69 | 10.17 | 3.12 | 6.2 | -0.6 |
| Alexi Ogando | 64 | 0 | 65.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 3.99 | 5.32 | 1.33 | 7.3 | -0.6 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2015.
- Average
- 35,564 81 home dates
- Median
- 35,726
- Total
- 2,880,694
- Best
- 38,063 2015-07-28
- Quietest
- 31,704 2015-06-03
- On the road
- 32,263 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 35,564 | 35,726 | 31,704 | 38,063 |
| Night | 51 | 35,331 | 35,203 | 31,907 | 38,063 |
| Day | 30 | 35,960 | 36,399 | 31,704 | 37,761 |
| Weekend | 39 | 36,251 | 36,534 | 32,411 | 38,047 |
| Weekday | 42 | 34,926 | 34,828 | 31,704 | 38,063 |
| On the road | 81 | 32,263 | 31,951 | 12,733 | 48,608 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 10 | 35,542 |
| May | 12 | 35,618 |
| Jun | 15 | 35,525 |
| Jul | 16 | 37,137 |
| Aug | 13 | 35,214 |
| Sep | 15 | 34,201 |
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 161 completed games, 2015.
- Regulation
- 3:01 147 games
- All games
- 3:06
- Extra innings
- 4:02 14 of them
- Longest
- 4:24 2015-08-16, 12 inn
- Shortest
- 2:15 2015-06-03
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 161 | 3:06 | 3:02 | 2:15 | 6:49 |
| Regulation | 147 | 3:01 | 3:00 | 2:15 | 4:01 |
| Extra innings | 14 | 4:02 | 3:58 | 2:57 | 6:49 |
| Home | 80 | 3:08 | 3:10 | 2:15 | 4:24 |
| Road | 81 | 3:04 | 2:58 | 2:19 | 6:49 |
| Day | 52 | 3:04 | 3:04 | 2:19 | 4:24 |
| Night | 109 | 3:07 | 3:01 | 2:15 | 6:49 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 9 | 3:13 |
| May | 12 | 3:05 |
| Jun | 15 | 2:55 |
| Jul | 16 | 3:18 |
| Aug | 13 | 3:21 |
| Sep | 15 | 3:02 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 181 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Boston Red Sox are 78-84, a .481 win rate, while their -5 run differential implies .497. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.