- Team WAR
- 50.6 32.3 bat / 18.3 pitch
- Win %
- .574 pyth .606
- Run diff
- +184 5.42 / 4.28 per g
- wRC+
- 115
- ERA
- 3.96 FIP 3.97
- Home runs
- 206
The Boston Red Sox went 93-69 in 2016, a .574 winning percentage — 5th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 878 runs and allowed 694, a run differential of +184. The offence ranked the best in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.96 staff ERA was 9th of 30. Their 115 team wRC+ was 15% above league average — the best in MLB. Mookie Betts led the position players at 5.6 WAR, and Rick Porcello the rotation at a 3.15 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
28 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Mookie Betts | RF | 158 | 730 | 214 | 31 | 113 | 26 | .318 | .363 | .534 | .384 | 134 | 5.6 |
| David Ortiz | DH | 151 | 626 | 169 | 38 | 127 | 2 | .315 | .401 | .620 | .425 | 161 | 5.1 |
| Xander Bogaerts | SS | 157 | 719 | 192 | 21 | 89 | 13 | .294 | .356 | .446 | .351 | 113 | 4.8 |
| Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 153 | 698 | 201 | 15 | 74 | 7 | .318 | .376 | .449 | .361 | 120 | 4.3 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | CF | 156 | 636 | 149 | 26 | 87 | 9 | .267 | .349 | .486 | .359 | 118 | 4.3 |
| Hanley Ramirez | 1B | 147 | 620 | 157 | 30 | 111 | 9 | .286 | .361 | .505 | .372 | 127 | 3.2 |
| Sandy León | C | 78 | 283 | 78 | 7 | 35 | 0 | .310 | .369 | .476 | .366 | 123 | 2.2 |
| Chris Young | LF | 74 | 227 | 56 | 9 | 24 | 4 | .276 | .352 | .498 | .369 | 125 | 1.3 |
| Travis Shaw | 3B | 142 | 530 | 116 | 16 | 71 | 5 | .242 | .306 | .421 | .314 | 89 | 0.9 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 34 | 118 | 31 | 2 | 14 | 1 | .295 | .359 | .476 | .361 | 120 | 0.7 |
| Brock Holt | LF | 91 | 324 | 74 | 7 | 34 | 4 | .255 | .322 | .383 | .311 | 88 | 0.5 |
| Marco Hernández | 3B | 28 | 56 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .294 | .357 | .373 | .326 | 97 | 0.3 |
| Blake Swihart | LF | 19 | 74 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .258 | .365 | .355 | .323 | 96 | 0.2 |
| Josh Rutledge | 3B | 22 | 56 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .265 | .345 | .388 | .326 | 97 | 0.2 |
| Clay Buchholz | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .232 | 38 | 0.0 |
| Christian Vázquez | C | 54 | 184 | 39 | 1 | 12 | 0 | .227 | .277 | .308 | .259 | 54 | 0.0 |
| Bryce Brentz | LF | 23 | 64 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .279 | .313 | .377 | .303 | 82 | 0.0 |
| Rick Porcello | P | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .175 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Rusney Castillo | CF | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .375 | .268 | 60 | -0.0 |
| Mike Miller | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -111 | -0.0 |
| Eduardo Rodriguez | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -111 | -0.0 |
| Steven Wright | P | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -111 | -0.1 |
| David Price | P | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .063 | -70 | -0.1 |
| Yoán Moncada | 3B | 7 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .211 | .250 | .263 | .230 | 36 | -0.1 |
| Pablo Sandoval | 3B | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .100 | -47 | -0.1 |
| Ryan LaMarre | LF | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .116 | -37 | -0.1 |
| Deven Marrero | 3B | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .214 | .083 | .162 | -7 | -0.1 |
| Ryan Hanigan | C | 34 | 113 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 0 | .171 | .230 | .238 | .214 | 26 | -0.7 |
Pitching
21 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Rick Porcello | 33 | 33 | 223.0 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 189 | 3.15 | 3.40 | 1.01 | 7.6 | 5.0 |
| David Price | 35 | 35 | 230.0 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 228 | 3.99 | 3.60 | 1.20 | 8.9 | 4.6 |
| Steven Wright | 24 | 24 | 156.2 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 127 | 3.33 | 3.77 | 1.24 | 7.3 | 2.8 |
| Craig Kimbrel | 57 | 0 | 53.0 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 83 | 3.40 | 2.92 | 1.09 | 14.1 | 1.2 |
| Eduardo Rodriguez | 20 | 20 | 107.0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 100 | 4.71 | 4.43 | 1.30 | 8.4 | 1.1 |
| Robbie Ross Jr. | 54 | 0 | 55.1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 3.25 | 3.27 | 1.27 | 9.1 | 1.0 |
| Matt Barnes | 62 | 0 | 66.2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 71 | 4.05 | 3.72 | 1.39 | 9.6 | 0.9 |
| Koji Uehara | 50 | 0 | 47.0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 63 | 3.45 | 3.51 | 0.96 | 12.1 | 0.7 |
| Heath Hembree | 38 | 0 | 51.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 2.65 | 3.83 | 1.33 | 8.3 | 0.6 |
| Tommy Layne | 63 | 0 | 44.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 3.63 | 3.93 | 1.30 | 7.7 | 0.5 |
| Junichi Tazawa | 53 | 0 | 49.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 4.17 | 4.23 | 1.23 | 9.8 | 0.3 |
| Joe Kelly | 20 | 6 | 40.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 5.17 | 4.32 | 1.70 | 10.8 | 0.3 |
| Robby Scott | 7 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00 | 2.48 | 1.33 | 7.5 | 0.2 |
| Sean O'Sullivan | 5 | 4 | 21.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6.75 | 4.88 | 1.69 | 5.5 | 0.1 |
| Clay Buchholz | 37 | 21 | 139.1 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 93 | 4.78 | 5.06 | 1.33 | 6.0 | 0.1 |
| Carson Smith | 3 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 2.77 | 1.13 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Ryan LaMarre | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.15 | 2.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| William Cuevas | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.60 | 5.55 | 2.20 | 5.4 | -0.0 |
| Roenis Elías | 3 | 1 | 7.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12.91 | 7.71 | 2.61 | 3.5 | -0.2 |
| Noé Ramirez | 14 | 0 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.23 | 7.15 | 1.85 | 10.4 | -0.4 |
| Henry Owens | 5 | 5 | 22.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6.95 | 7.06 | 1.95 | 8.6 | -0.4 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2016.
- Average
- 36,487 81 home dates
- Median
- 37,129
- Total
- 2,955,434
- Best
- 38,378 2016-07-26
- Quietest
- 31,011 2016-04-13
- On the road
- 32,290 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 36,487 | 37,129 | 31,011 | 38,378 |
| Night | 57 | 36,289 | 37,129 | 31,011 | 38,378 |
| Day | 24 | 36,956 | 37,030 | 35,736 | 37,954 |
| Weekend | 39 | 36,798 | 37,195 | 31,415 | 38,134 |
| Weekday | 42 | 36,198 | 37,016 | 31,011 | 38,378 |
| On the road | 81 | 32,290 | 31,662 | 10,298 | 52,728 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 14 | 34,549 |
| May | 14 | 35,400 |
| Jun | 13 | 36,927 |
| Jul | 18 | 37,229 |
| Aug | 12 | 37,525 |
| Sep | 8 | 37,687 |
| Oct | 2 | 37,092 |
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, 2016.
- Regulation
- 3:09 150 games
- All games
- 3:12
- Extra innings
- 3:53 11 of them
- Longest
- 4:25 2016-06-23, 10 inn
- Shortest
- 2:31 2016-07-10
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 161 | 3:12 | 3:09 | 2:16 | 5:03 |
| Regulation | 150 | 3:09 | 3:09 | 2:16 | 4:16 |
| Extra innings | 11 | 3:53 | 3:47 | 3:04 | 5:03 |
| Home | 81 | 3:16 | 3:13 | 2:31 | 4:25 |
| Road | 80 | 3:09 | 3:05 | 2:16 | 5:03 |
| Day | 50 | 3:14 | 3:10 | 2:23 | 4:25 |
| Night | 111 | 3:12 | 3:09 | 2:16 | 5:03 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 14 | 3:15 |
| May | 14 | 3:21 |
| Jun | 13 | 3:09 |
| Jul | 18 | 3:19 |
| Aug | 12 | 3:13 |
| Sep | 8 | 3:18 |
| Oct | 2 | 3:22 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 189 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 93-69, a .574 win rate, while their +184 run differential implies .606. That is about 5 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.