- Team WAR
- 52.2 31.6 bat / 20.6 pitch
- Win %
- .667 pyth .635
- Run diff
- +229 5.41 / 3.99 per g
- wRC+
- 117
- ERA
- 3.73 FIP 3.83
- Home runs
- 211
The Boston Red Sox went 108-54 in 2018, a .667 winning percentage — the best record in baseball. They scored 876 runs and allowed 647, a run differential of +229. The offence ranked the best in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.73 staff ERA was 5th of 30. Their 117 team wRC+ was 17% above league average — the best in MLB. Mookie Betts led the position players at 8.6 WAR, and Chris Sale the rotation at a 2.11 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
26 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Mookie Betts | RF | 136 | 614 | 180 | 32 | 80 | 30 | .346 | .438 | .640 | .455 | 190 | 8.6 |
| J.D. Martinez | DH | 150 | 649 | 188 | 43 | 130 | 6 | .330 | .402 | .629 | .432 | 175 | 6.6 |
| Xander Bogaerts | SS | 135 | 580 | 148 | 23 | 103 | 8 | .288 | .360 | .522 | .378 | 138 | 5.2 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 147 | 661 | 168 | 16 | 87 | 21 | .290 | .366 | .465 | .362 | 128 | 4.2 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | CF | 139 | 535 | 111 | 13 | 59 | 17 | .234 | .314 | .403 | .315 | 95 | 1.9 |
| Brock Holt | 2B | 106 | 367 | 89 | 7 | 46 | 7 | .277 | .362 | .411 | .342 | 114 | 1.8 |
| Steve Pearce | 1B | 75 | 251 | 61 | 11 | 42 | 0 | .284 | .378 | .512 | .386 | 144 | 1.7 |
| Rafael Devers | 3B | 120 | 490 | 108 | 21 | 66 | 5 | .240 | .298 | .433 | .313 | 94 | 1.3 |
| Mitch Moreland | 1B | 120 | 459 | 99 | 15 | 68 | 2 | .245 | .325 | .433 | .330 | 106 | 1.0 |
| Eduardo Núñez | 2B | 127 | 502 | 127 | 10 | 44 | 7 | .265 | .289 | .388 | .295 | 82 | 0.6 |
| Tzu-Wei Lin | SS | 34 | 73 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .246 | .329 | .415 | .330 | 106 | 0.3 |
| Rick Porcello | P | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .429 | .429 | .714 | .490 | 214 | 0.2 |
| Brian Johnson | P | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .220 | 31 | 0.0 |
| Tony Renda | PR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Blake Swihart | C | 75 | 207 | 44 | 3 | 18 | 6 | .229 | .285 | .328 | .274 | 68 | -0.0 |
| Heath Hembree | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Hector Velázquez | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Chris Sale | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Eduardo Rodriguez | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Sam Travis | DH | 17 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .222 | .263 | .389 | .284 | 75 | -0.1 |
| Dan Butler | C | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .143 | .167 | .126 | -33 | -0.1 |
| Brandon Phillips | 3B | 9 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .130 | .259 | .261 | .245 | 48 | -0.1 |
| Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .176 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Hanley Ramirez | 1B | 44 | 195 | 45 | 6 | 29 | 4 | .254 | .313 | .395 | .311 | 93 | -0.1 |
| Christian Vázquez | C | 77 | 269 | 52 | 3 | 16 | 4 | .207 | .257 | .283 | .242 | 46 | -0.4 |
| Sandy León | C | 86 | 288 | 47 | 5 | 22 | 1 | .177 | .232 | .279 | .229 | 38 | -0.9 |
Pitching
22 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Chris Sale | 27 | 27 | 158.0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 237 | 2.11 | 1.98 | 0.86 | 13.5 | 6.0 |
| Rick Porcello | 33 | 33 | 191.1 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 190 | 4.28 | 4.01 | 1.18 | 8.9 | 2.7 |
| David Price | 30 | 30 | 176.0 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 177 | 3.58 | 4.02 | 1.14 | 9.1 | 2.5 |
| Eduardo Rodriguez | 27 | 23 | 129.2 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 146 | 3.82 | 3.65 | 1.26 | 10.1 | 2.3 |
| Nathan Eovaldi | 22 | 21 | 111.0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 101 | 3.81 | 3.60 | 1.13 | 8.2 | 2.1 |
| Matt Barnes | 62 | 0 | 61.2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 96 | 3.65 | 2.71 | 1.26 | 14.0 | 1.4 |
| Craig Kimbrel | 63 | 0 | 62.1 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 96 | 2.74 | 3.13 | 0.99 | 13.9 | 1.1 |
| Joe Kelly | 73 | 0 | 65.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 68 | 4.39 | 3.57 | 1.36 | 9.3 | 0.9 |
| Ryan Brasier | 34 | 0 | 33.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1.60 | 2.83 | 0.77 | 7.8 | 0.7 |
| Hector Velázquez | 47 | 8 | 85.0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 3.18 | 4.15 | 1.45 | 5.6 | 0.6 |
| Marcus Walden | 8 | 0 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3.68 | 2.07 | 1.16 | 8.6 | 0.5 |
| Heath Hembree | 67 | 0 | 60.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 4.20 | 4.19 | 1.33 | 11.4 | 0.4 |
| Steven Wright | 20 | 4 | 53.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 2.68 | 4.37 | 1.25 | 7.0 | 0.3 |
| Brian Johnson | 38 | 13 | 99.1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 87 | 4.17 | 4.68 | 1.43 | 7.9 | 0.2 |
| Bobby Poyner | 20 | 0 | 22.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3.22 | 4.01 | 1.12 | 9.7 | 0.2 |
| Carson Smith | 18 | 0 | 14.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3.77 | 3.72 | 1.40 | 11.3 | 0.2 |
| Brandon Workman | 43 | 0 | 41.1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 3.27 | 4.42 | 1.21 | 8.1 | 0.1 |
| William Cuevas | 9 | 1 | 17.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7.41 | 5.75 | 1.82 | 10.6 | -0.2 |
| Justin Haley | 4 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.70 | 7.73 | 1.70 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| Robby Scott | 9 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.10 | 9.16 | 2.25 | 10.8 | -0.3 |
| Tyler Thornburg | 25 | 0 | 24.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5.63 | 6.04 | 1.58 | 7.9 | -0.4 |
| Drew Pomeranz | 26 | 11 | 74.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 66 | 6.08 | 5.43 | 1.77 | 8.0 | -0.4 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2018.
- Average
- 35,748 81 home dates
- Median
- 36,543
- Total
- 2,895,575
- Best
- 37,830 2018-08-05
- Quietest
- 31,314 2018-04-30
- On the road
- 29,993 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 35,748 | 36,543 | 31,314 | 37,830 |
| Night | 53 | 35,934 | 36,654 | 31,314 | 37,830 |
| Day | 28 | 35,396 | 36,325 | 31,821 | 37,396 |
| Weekend | 41 | 35,813 | 36,593 | 31,821 | 37,830 |
| Weekday | 40 | 35,681 | 36,384 | 31,314 | 37,816 |
| On the road | 81 | 29,993 | 30,347 | 10,194 | 47,351 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 13 | 33,256 |
| May | 15 | 34,981 |
| Jun | 12 | 36,526 |
| Jul | 13 | 37,071 |
| Aug | 13 | 37,099 |
| Sep | 15 | 35,734 |
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, 2018.
- Regulation
- 3:09 149 games
- All games
- 3:13
- Extra innings
- 3:53 13 of them
- Longest
- 4:39 2018-08-05, 10 inn
- Shortest
- 2:15 2018-08-03
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 3:13 | 3:11 | 2:15 | 4:39 |
| Regulation | 149 | 3:09 | 3:09 | 2:15 | 4:03 |
| Extra innings | 13 | 3:53 | 3:54 | 2:51 | 4:39 |
| Home | 81 | 3:11 | 3:08 | 2:15 | 4:39 |
| Road | 81 | 3:14 | 3:13 | 2:16 | 4:27 |
| Day | 46 | 3:09 | 3:08 | 2:29 | 3:55 |
| Night | 116 | 3:14 | 3:12 | 2:15 | 4:39 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 13 | 3:20 |
| May | 15 | 3:08 |
| Jun | 12 | 3:02 |
| Jul | 13 | 3:16 |
| Aug | 13 | 3:03 |
| Sep | 15 | 3:15 |
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 108-54, a .667 win rate, while their +229 run differential implies .635. That is about 5 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.