- Team WAR
- 34.8 25.2 bat / 9.6 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 4.8 WAR, and Clay Buchholz the rotation at a 3.26 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,522 team hits
Batting
29 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Mookie Betts | CF | 143 | 654 | 174 | 18 | 77 | 21 | .291 | .341 | .479 | .355 | 121 | 4.8 |
| Xander Bogaerts | SS | 154 | 654 | 196 | 7 | 81 | 10 | .320 | .355 | .421 | .341 | 111 | 4.6 |
| David Ortiz | DH | 146 | 614 | 144 | 37 | 108 | 0 | .273 | .360 | .553 | .384 | 139 | 3.7 |
| Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 93 | 425 | 111 | 12 | 42 | 2 | .291 | .356 | .441 | .351 | 117 | 2.8 |
| Brock Holt | 2B | 124 | 509 | 127 | 2 | 45 | 8 | .280 | .349 | .379 | .325 | 101 | 2.3 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | RF | 68 | 255 | 55 | 10 | 43 | 3 | .249 | .335 | .498 | .361 | 124 | 1.7 |
| Blake Swihart | C | 82 | 309 | 79 | 5 | 31 | 4 | .274 | .319 | .392 | .315 | 93 | 1.7 |
| Alejandro De Aza | LF | 108 | 365 | 85 | 7 | 35 | 7 | .262 | .333 | .422 | .330 | 104 | 1.1 |
| Travis Shaw | 1B | 63 | 248 | 61 | 13 | 36 | 0 | .270 | .327 | .487 | .352 | 118 | 1.1 |
| Ryan Hanigan | C | 53 | 201 | 43 | 2 | 16 | 0 | .247 | .337 | .328 | .305 | 87 | 0.9 |
| Mike Napoli | 1B | 129 | 469 | 91 | 18 | 50 | 3 | .224 | .324 | .410 | .326 | 101 | 0.9 |
| Pablo Sandoval | 3B | 126 | 505 | 115 | 10 | 47 | 0 | .245 | .292 | .366 | .291 | 77 | 0.9 |
| Hanley Ramirez | LF | 104 | 430 | 100 | 19 | 53 | 6 | .249 | .291 | .426 | .311 | 91 | 0.6 |
| 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 |
| Jeff Bianchi | 3B | 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 |
| Steven Wright | 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 |
| Rick Porcello | 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 | -0.1 |
| Deven Marrero | 3B | 22 | 56 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .226 | .268 | .283 | .248 | 49 | -0.1 |
| Garin Cecchini | 1B | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.1 |
| Clay Buchholz | P | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.1 |
| Rusney Castillo | RF | 78 | 289 | 69 | 5 | 29 | 4 | .253 | .288 | .359 | .286 | 74 | -0.2 |
| Sandy León | C | 39 | 128 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .184 | .238 | .202 | .201 | 17 | -0.6 |
| Allen Craig | RF | 34 | 88 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .152 | .239 | .203 | .212 | 25 | -0.6 |
Pitching
22 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Clay Buchholz | 18 | 18 | 113.1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 107 | 3.26 | 2.67 | 1.21 | 8.5 | 2.9 |
| Wade Miley | 32 | 32 | 193.2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 147 | 4.46 | 3.81 | 1.37 | 6.8 | 2.4 |
| Rick Porcello | 28 | 28 | 172.0 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 149 | 4.92 | 4.13 | 1.36 | 7.8 | 1.5 |
| Eduardo Rodriguez | 21 | 21 | 121.2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 98 | 3.85 | 3.92 | 1.29 | 7.2 | 1.3 |
| Joe Kelly | 25 | 25 | 134.1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 110 | 4.82 | 4.18 | 1.44 | 7.4 | 1.1 |
| Junichi Tazawa | 61 | 0 | 58.2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 56 | 4.14 | 3.05 | 1.33 | 8.6 | 0.9 |
| Koji Uehara | 43 | 0 | 40.1 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 47 | 2.23 | 2.44 | 0.92 | 10.5 | 0.9 |
| Rich Hill | 4 | 4 | 29.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 1.55 | 2.27 | 0.66 | 11.2 | 0.9 |
| Henry Owens | 11 | 11 | 63.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 4.57 | 4.28 | 1.37 | 7.1 | 0.4 |
| Tommy Layne | 64 | 0 | 47.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 3.97 | 3.89 | 1.43 | 8.5 | 0.3 |
| Robbie Ross Jr. | 54 | 0 | 60.2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 53 | 3.86 | 4.02 | 1.30 | 7.9 | 0.3 |
| Anthony Varvaro | 9 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4.09 | 3.32 | 1.82 | 6.5 | 0.1 |
| Brian Johnson | 1 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8.31 | 4.52 | 1.62 | 6.2 | 0.0 |
| Jonathan Aro | 6 | 0 | 10.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6.97 | 5.26 | 1.84 | 7.0 | -0.1 |
| Justin Masterson | 18 | 9 | 59.1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 5.61 | 4.89 | 1.60 | 7.4 | -0.2 |
| Noé Ramirez | 17 | 0 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4.15 | 6.21 | 1.54 | 9.0 | -0.3 |
| Steven Wright | 16 | 9 | 72.2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 4.09 | 5.01 | 1.29 | 6.4 | -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 | -0.4 |
| Ryan Cook | 9 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 18.69 | 10.17 | 3.12 | 6.2 | -0.6 |
| Craig Breslow | 45 | 2 | 65.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 4.15 | 5.27 | 1.42 | 6.4 | -0.6 |
| Alexi Ogando | 64 | 0 | 65.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 3.99 | 5.32 | 1.33 | 7.3 | -0.7 |
Record versus run differential
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.