- Team WAR
- 36.0 15.0 bat / 21.0 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. Xander Bogaerts led the position players at 3.1 WAR, and Chris Sale the rotation at a 2.90 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,377 team hits
Batting
28 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Xander Bogaerts | SS | 145 | 635 | 156 | 10 | 62 | 15 | .273 | .343 | .403 | .325 | 100 | 3.1 |
| Mookie Betts | RF | 153 | 712 | 166 | 24 | 102 | 26 | .264 | .344 | .459 | .343 | 112 | 2.9 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 151 | 658 | 155 | 20 | 90 | 20 | .271 | .352 | .424 | .335 | 107 | 2.3 |
| Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 105 | 463 | 119 | 7 | 62 | 4 | .293 | .369 | .392 | .334 | 106 | 1.9 |
| Christian Vázquez | C | 92 | 345 | 94 | 5 | 32 | 7 | .290 | .330 | .404 | .321 | 97 | 1.7 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | CF | 133 | 541 | 118 | 17 | 63 | 8 | .245 | .323 | .402 | .316 | 94 | 1.6 |
| 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 | 0.9 |
| Sandy León | C | 82 | 301 | 61 | 7 | 39 | 0 | .225 | .290 | .354 | .283 | 71 | 0.5 |
| Tzu-Wei Lin | SS | 22 | 66 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .268 | .369 | .339 | .323 | 98 | 0.2 |
| Chris Young | LF | 87 | 276 | 57 | 7 | 25 | 3 | .235 | .322 | .387 | .314 | 92 | 0.1 |
| David Price | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .874 | 473 | 0.0 |
| Chris Sale | P | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | .423 | 166 | 0.0 |
| Blake Swihart | C | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .429 | .200 | .328 | 102 | 0.0 |
| Hanley Ramirez | DH | 132 | 553 | 120 | 23 | 62 | 1 | .242 | .320 | .429 | .321 | 97 | 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 |
| Brian Johnson | 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 |
| Doug Fister | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| Sam Travis | 1B | 31 | 83 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .263 | .325 | .342 | .299 | 82 | -0.1 |
| Rick Porcello | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.1 |
| Steve Selsky | DH | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .222 | .141 | -25 | -0.1 |
| Eduardo Rodriguez | P | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.2 |
| Deven Marrero | 3B | 62 | 188 | 36 | 4 | 27 | 5 | .211 | .259 | .333 | .260 | 55 | -0.2 |
| Josh Rutledge | 3B | 34 | 118 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 1 | .224 | .297 | .262 | .257 | 54 | -0.2 |
| Brock Holt | 2B | 56 | 164 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 2 | .200 | .305 | .243 | .259 | 55 | -0.4 |
Pitching
25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Chris Sale | 32 | 32 | 214.1 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 308 | 2.90 | 2.45 | 0.97 | 12.9 | 6.5 |
| Drew Pomeranz | 32 | 32 | 173.2 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 174 | 3.32 | 3.84 | 1.35 | 9.0 | 2.7 |
| Craig Kimbrel | 67 | 0 | 69.0 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 126 | 1.43 | 1.42 | 0.68 | 16.4 | 2.5 |
| Eduardo Rodriguez | 25 | 24 | 137.1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 150 | 4.19 | 3.97 | 1.28 | 9.8 | 1.9 |
| Rick Porcello | 33 | 33 | 203.1 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 181 | 4.65 | 4.60 | 1.40 | 8.0 | 1.4 |
| David Price | 16 | 11 | 74.2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 76 | 3.38 | 3.64 | 1.19 | 9.2 | 1.2 |
| Doug Fister | 18 | 15 | 90.1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 83 | 4.88 | 3.98 | 1.38 | 8.3 | 1.2 |
| Matt Barnes | 70 | 0 | 69.2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 83 | 3.88 | 3.33 | 1.22 | 10.7 | 1.1 |
| Joe Kelly | 54 | 0 | 58.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 2.79 | 3.49 | 1.19 | 8.1 | 0.8 |
| Heath Hembree | 62 | 0 | 62.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 70 | 3.63 | 3.92 | 1.45 | 10.2 | 0.6 |
| Blaine Boyer | 32 | 0 | 41.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 4.35 | 3.59 | 1.55 | 7.2 | 0.5 |
| Fernando Abad | 48 | 0 | 43.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 3.30 | 3.68 | 1.24 | 7.6 | 0.5 |
| 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 | 0.1 |
| Hector Velázquez | 8 | 3 | 24.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2.92 | 4.58 | 1.14 | 6.9 | 0.1 |
| Brian Johnson | 5 | 5 | 27.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.33 | 4.90 | 1.48 | 7.0 | 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 |
| Roenis Elías | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 6.16 | 3.00 | 27.0 | -0.0 |
| Ben Taylor | 14 | 0 | 17.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5.19 | 4.89 | 1.67 | 9.3 | -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 | -0.7 |
Record versus run differential
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.