- Team WAR
- 39.4 15.0 bat / 24.4 pitch
- Win %
- .574 pyth .573
- Run diff
- +117 4.85 / 4.12 per g
- wRC+
- 96
- ERA
- 3.74 FIP 3.75
- Home runs
- 156
The Boston Red Sox went 93-69 in 2017, a .574 winning percentage — 6th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 785 runs and allowed 668, a run differential of +117. The offence ranked 10th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.74 staff ERA was 4th of 30. Their 96 team wRC+ was 4% below league average — 19th of 30 in MLB. Mookie Betts led the position players at 3.0 WAR, and Chris Sale the rotation at a 2.90 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
28 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Mookie Betts | RF | 153 | 712 | 166 | 24 | 102 | 26 | .264 | .344 | .459 | .343 | 112 | 3.0 |
| Xander Bogaerts | SS | 145 | 635 | 156 | 10 | 62 | 15 | .273 | .343 | .403 | .325 | 100 | 2.8 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 151 | 658 | 155 | 20 | 90 | 20 | .271 | .352 | .424 | .335 | 107 | 2.1 |
| Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 105 | 463 | 119 | 7 | 62 | 4 | .293 | .369 | .392 | .334 | 106 | 1.9 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | CF | 133 | 541 | 118 | 17 | 63 | 8 | .245 | .323 | .402 | .316 | 94 | 1.7 |
| Christian Vázquez | C | 92 | 345 | 94 | 5 | 32 | 7 | .290 | .330 | .404 | .321 | 97 | 1.3 |
| Rafael Devers | 3B | 58 | 240 | 63 | 10 | 30 | 3 | .284 | .338 | .482 | .348 | 115 | 1.3 |
| Mitch Moreland | 1B | 148 | 576 | 125 | 22 | 79 | 0 | .246 | .326 | .443 | .330 | 103 | 1.2 |
| Sandy León | C | 82 | 301 | 61 | 7 | 39 | 0 | .225 | .290 | .354 | .283 | 71 | 0.4 |
| Tzu-Wei Lin | SS | 22 | 66 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .268 | .369 | .339 | .323 | 98 | 0.3 |
| Chris Young | LF | 87 | 276 | 57 | 7 | 25 | 3 | .235 | .322 | .387 | .314 | 92 | 0.2 |
| Chris Sale | P | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | .423 | 166 | 0.1 |
| David Price | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .874 | 473 | 0.1 |
| Blake Swihart | C | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .429 | .200 | .328 | 102 | 0.0 |
| Hector Velázquez | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| Drew Pomeranz | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| Marco Hernández | 3B | 20 | 60 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .276 | .300 | .328 | .277 | 67 | -0.0 |
| Doug Fister | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| Kyle Kendrick | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| Brian Johnson | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| Rick Porcello | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| Hanley Ramirez | DH | 132 | 553 | 120 | 23 | 62 | 1 | .242 | .320 | .429 | .321 | 97 | -0.1 |
| Eduardo Rodriguez | P | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.1 |
| Sam Travis | 1B | 31 | 83 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .263 | .325 | .342 | .299 | 82 | -0.1 |
| Steve Selsky | DH | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .222 | .141 | -25 | -0.1 |
| Josh Rutledge | 3B | 34 | 118 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 1 | .224 | .297 | .262 | .257 | 54 | -0.2 |
| Deven Marrero | 3B | 62 | 188 | 36 | 4 | 27 | 5 | .211 | .259 | .333 | .260 | 55 | -0.4 |
| Brock Holt | 2B | 56 | 164 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 2 | .200 | .305 | .243 | .259 | 55 | -0.5 |
Pitching
25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Chris Sale | 32 | 32 | 214.1 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 308 | 2.90 | 2.45 | 0.97 | 12.9 | 7.2 |
| Drew Pomeranz | 32 | 32 | 173.2 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 174 | 3.32 | 3.84 | 1.35 | 9.0 | 3.1 |
| Craig Kimbrel | 67 | 0 | 69.0 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 126 | 1.43 | 1.42 | 0.68 | 16.4 | 2.7 |
| Eduardo Rodriguez | 25 | 24 | 137.1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 150 | 4.19 | 3.97 | 1.28 | 9.8 | 2.2 |
| Rick Porcello | 33 | 33 | 203.1 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 181 | 4.65 | 4.60 | 1.40 | 8.0 | 1.9 |
| Doug Fister | 18 | 15 | 90.1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 83 | 4.88 | 3.98 | 1.38 | 8.3 | 1.4 |
| David Price | 16 | 11 | 74.2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 76 | 3.38 | 3.64 | 1.19 | 9.2 | 1.4 |
| Matt Barnes | 70 | 0 | 69.2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 83 | 3.88 | 3.33 | 1.22 | 10.7 | 1.2 |
| Joe Kelly | 54 | 0 | 58.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 2.79 | 3.49 | 1.19 | 8.1 | 0.9 |
| Heath Hembree | 62 | 0 | 62.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 70 | 3.63 | 3.92 | 1.45 | 10.2 | 0.7 |
| Blaine Boyer | 32 | 0 | 41.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 4.35 | 3.59 | 1.55 | 7.2 | 0.6 |
| Fernando Abad | 48 | 0 | 43.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 3.30 | 3.68 | 1.24 | 7.6 | 0.6 |
| Austin Maddox | 13 | 0 | 17.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.52 | 2.64 | 0.87 | 7.3 | 0.4 |
| Carson Smith | 8 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1.35 | 1.96 | 1.35 | 9.4 | 0.2 |
| Brandon Workman | 33 | 0 | 39.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 3.18 | 4.49 | 1.21 | 8.4 | 0.2 |
| Brian Johnson | 5 | 5 | 27.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.33 | 4.90 | 1.48 | 7.0 | 0.2 |
| Hector Velázquez | 8 | 3 | 24.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2.92 | 4.58 | 1.14 | 6.9 | 0.1 |
| Robbie Ross Jr. | 8 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7.00 | 3.82 | 1.89 | 9.0 | 0.1 |
| Mitch Moreland | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.16 | 2.00 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Kyle Kendrick | 2 | 2 | 8.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12.96 | 5.08 | 2.52 | 3.2 | 0.0 |
| Ben Taylor | 14 | 0 | 17.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5.19 | 4.89 | 1.67 | 9.3 | 0.0 |
| Roenis Elías | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 6.16 | 3.00 | 27.0 | -0.0 |
| Kyle Martin | 2 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.86 | 10.44 | 1.71 | 3.9 | -0.1 |
| Robby Scott | 57 | 0 | 35.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 3.79 | 5.32 | 0.98 | 7.8 | -0.2 |
| Steven Wright | 5 | 5 | 24.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8.25 | 7.82 | 1.88 | 4.9 | -0.6 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2017.
- Average
- 36,021 81 home dates
- Median
- 36,625
- Total
- 2,917,678
- Best
- 37,570 2017-07-14
- Quietest
- 32,072 2017-04-26
- On the road
- 31,564 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 36,021 | 36,625 | 32,072 | 37,570 |
| Night | 58 | 35,925 | 36,671 | 32,072 | 37,570 |
| Day | 23 | 36,263 | 36,625 | 32,400 | 37,343 |
| Weekend | 40 | 36,550 | 36,755 | 34,517 | 37,570 |
| Weekday | 41 | 35,504 | 36,144 | 32,072 | 37,497 |
| On the road | 81 | 31,564 | 30,859 | 11,853 | 47,241 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 14 | 35,624 |
| May | 13 | 35,135 |
| Jun | 12 | 36,888 |
| Jul | 12 | 36,961 |
| Aug | 14 | 37,033 |
| Sep | 15 | 34,868 |
| Oct | 1 | 34,517 |
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 162 completed games, 2017.
- Regulation
- 3:12 144 games
- All games
- 3:20
- Extra innings
- 4:26 18 of them
- Longest
- 6:00 2017-09-05, 19 inn
- Shortest
- 2:21 2017-04-27
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 3:20 | 3:14 | 2:13 | 6:05 |
| Regulation | 144 | 3:12 | 3:11 | 2:13 | 4:32 |
| Extra innings | 18 | 4:26 | 4:22 | 3:07 | 6:05 |
| Home | 81 | 3:23 | 3:16 | 2:21 | 6:00 |
| Road | 81 | 3:17 | 3:11 | 2:13 | 6:05 |
| Day | 48 | 3:13 | 3:10 | 2:13 | 5:50 |
| Night | 114 | 3:23 | 3:19 | 2:21 | 6:05 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 14 | 3:18 |
| May | 13 | 3:13 |
| Jun | 12 | 3:32 |
| Jul | 12 | 3:37 |
| Aug | 14 | 3:20 |
| Sep | 15 | 3:21 |
| Oct | 1 | 3:09 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 192 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 +117 run differential implies .573. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.