- Team WAR
- 48.5 34.1 bat / 14.4 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 5.5 WAR, and Rick Porcello the rotation at a 3.15 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,563 team hits
Batting
28 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Mookie Betts | RF | 158 | 730 | 214 | 31 | 113 | 26 | .318 | .363 | .534 | .384 | 134 | 5.5 |
| David Ortiz | DH | 151 | 626 | 169 | 38 | 127 | 2 | .315 | .401 | .620 | .425 | 161 | 5.5 |
| Xander Bogaerts | SS | 157 | 719 | 192 | 21 | 89 | 13 | .294 | .356 | .446 | .351 | 113 | 5.0 |
| Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 153 | 698 | 201 | 15 | 74 | 7 | .318 | .376 | .449 | .361 | 120 | 4.7 |
| 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 | 2.5 |
| 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 | 1.2 |
| 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 |
| Josh Rutledge | 3B | 22 | 56 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .265 | .345 | .388 | .326 | 97 | 0.3 |
| Marco Hernández | 3B | 28 | 56 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .294 | .357 | .373 | .326 | 97 | 0.2 |
| Blake Swihart | LF | 19 | 74 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .258 | .365 | .355 | .323 | 96 | 0.2 |
| Christian Vázquez | C | 54 | 184 | 39 | 1 | 12 | 0 | .227 | .277 | .308 | .259 | 54 | 0.1 |
| Bryce Brentz | LF | 23 | 64 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .279 | .313 | .377 | .303 | 82 | 0.0 |
| Clay Buchholz | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .232 | 38 | -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 |
| Rick Porcello | P | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .175 | 1 | -0.0 |
| Eduardo Rodriguez | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -111 | -0.0 |
| Yoán Moncada | 3B | 7 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .211 | .250 | .263 | .230 | 36 | -0.1 |
| Ryan LaMarre | LF | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .116 | -37 | -0.1 |
| Steven Wright | P | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -111 | -0.1 |
| Pablo Sandoval | 3B | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .100 | -47 | -0.1 |
| Deven Marrero | 3B | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .214 | .083 | .162 | -7 | -0.1 |
| David Price | P | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .063 | -70 | -0.2 |
| Ryan Hanigan | C | 34 | 113 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 0 | .171 | .230 | .238 | .214 | 26 | -0.4 |
Pitching
21 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Rick Porcello | 33 | 33 | 223.0 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 189 | 3.15 | 3.40 | 1.01 | 7.6 | 4.2 |
| David Price | 35 | 35 | 230.0 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 228 | 3.99 | 3.60 | 1.20 | 8.9 | 3.8 |
| Steven Wright | 24 | 24 | 156.2 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 127 | 3.33 | 3.77 | 1.24 | 7.3 | 2.3 |
| Craig Kimbrel | 57 | 0 | 53.0 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 83 | 3.40 | 2.92 | 1.09 | 14.1 | 1.0 |
| Robbie Ross Jr. | 54 | 0 | 55.1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 3.25 | 3.27 | 1.27 | 9.1 | 0.8 |
| Eduardo Rodriguez | 20 | 20 | 107.0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 100 | 4.71 | 4.43 | 1.30 | 8.4 | 0.8 |
| Matt Barnes | 62 | 0 | 66.2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 71 | 4.05 | 3.72 | 1.39 | 9.6 | 0.7 |
| Koji Uehara | 50 | 0 | 47.0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 63 | 3.45 | 3.51 | 0.96 | 12.1 | 0.6 |
| Heath Hembree | 38 | 0 | 51.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 2.65 | 3.83 | 1.33 | 8.3 | 0.5 |
| Tommy Layne | 63 | 0 | 44.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 3.63 | 3.93 | 1.30 | 7.7 | 0.4 |
| Junichi Tazawa | 53 | 0 | 49.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 4.17 | 4.23 | 1.23 | 9.8 | 0.2 |
| Joe Kelly | 20 | 6 | 40.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 5.17 | 4.32 | 1.70 | 10.8 | 0.2 |
| Robby Scott | 7 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00 | 2.48 | 1.33 | 7.5 | 0.1 |
| Carson Smith | 3 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 2.77 | 1.13 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Sean O'Sullivan | 5 | 4 | 21.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6.75 | 4.88 | 1.69 | 5.5 | 0.0 |
| 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 | -0.1 |
| Roenis Elías | 3 | 1 | 7.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12.91 | 7.71 | 2.61 | 3.5 | -0.3 |
| Clay Buchholz | 37 | 21 | 139.1 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 93 | 4.78 | 5.06 | 1.33 | 6.0 | -0.3 |
| 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 | -0.5 |
Record versus run differential
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.