- Team WAR
- 42.0 27.0 bat / 15.0 pitch
- Win %
- .519 pyth .539
- Run diff
- +73 5.56 / 5.11 per g
- wRC+
- 111
- ERA
- 4.62 FIP 4.25
- Home runs
- 243
The Boston Red Sox went 84-78 in 2019, a .519 winning percentage — 14th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 901 runs and allowed 828, a run differential of +73. The offence ranked 4th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.62 staff ERA was 19th of 30. Their 111 team wRC+ was 11% above league average — 5th of 30 in MLB. Xander Bogaerts led the position players at 6.8 WAR, and Eduardo Rodriguez the rotation at a 3.81 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,541 team hits
Batting
27 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Xander Bogaerts | SS | 155 | 698 | 190 | 33 | 117 | 4 | .309 | .384 | .555 | .393 | 145 | 6.8 |
| Rafael Devers | 3B | 156 | 702 | 201 | 32 | 115 | 8 | .311 | .361 | .555 | .379 | 136 | 5.4 |
| Mookie Betts | RF | 149 | 706 | 176 | 29 | 80 | 16 | .295 | .391 | .524 | .384 | 139 | 5.0 |
| J.D. Martinez | DH | 146 | 657 | 175 | 36 | 105 | 2 | .304 | .383 | .557 | .389 | 143 | 4.0 |
| Christian Vázquez | C | 135 | 521 | 133 | 23 | 72 | 4 | .276 | .320 | .477 | .334 | 105 | 2.7 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 136 | 615 | 144 | 13 | 68 | 10 | .266 | .343 | .431 | .333 | 105 | 1.8 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | CF | 145 | 567 | 111 | 21 | 62 | 8 | .225 | .317 | .421 | .317 | 94 | 1.6 |
| Brock Holt | 2B | 86 | 295 | 77 | 3 | 31 | 1 | .297 | .369 | .402 | .336 | 107 | 1.2 |
| Mitch Moreland | 1B | 91 | 335 | 75 | 19 | 58 | 1 | .252 | .328 | .507 | .350 | 117 | 1.1 |
| Michael Chavis | 1B | 95 | 382 | 88 | 18 | 58 | 2 | .254 | .322 | .444 | .326 | 100 | 0.9 |
| David Price | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .436 | 174 | 0.0 |
| Matt Barnes | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Hector Velázquez | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Brian Johnson | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Marcus Walden | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Nathan Eovaldi | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Juan Centeno | C | 7 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .133 | .278 | .133 | .217 | 27 | -0.1 |
| Tzu-Wei Lin | 2B | 8 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .273 | .300 | .254 | 53 | -0.1 |
| Rick Porcello | P | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.1 |
| Eduardo Rodriguez | P | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.2 |
| Marco Hernández | 2B | 56 | 155 | 37 | 2 | 11 | 1 | .250 | .279 | .338 | .267 | 61 | -0.3 |
| Sandy León | C | 60 | 191 | 33 | 5 | 19 | 0 | .192 | .251 | .297 | .242 | 44 | -0.3 |
| Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 6 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .100 | .143 | .100 | .117 | -39 | -0.3 |
| Sam Travis | 1B | 57 | 157 | 31 | 6 | 16 | 2 | .215 | .274 | .382 | .276 | 67 | -0.3 |
| Gorkys Hernández | RF | 19 | 57 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .143 | .218 | .245 | .207 | 21 | -0.4 |
| Steve Pearce | 1B | 29 | 99 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .180 | .245 | .258 | .226 | 34 | -0.7 |
| Eduardo Núñez | 2B | 59 | 174 | 38 | 2 | 20 | 5 | .228 | .243 | .305 | .234 | 39 | -0.7 |
Pitching
26 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Eduardo Rodriguez | 34 | 34 | 203.1 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 213 | 3.81 | 3.86 | 1.33 | 9.4 | 3.2 |
| Chris Sale | 25 | 25 | 147.1 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 218 | 4.40 | 3.39 | 1.09 | 13.3 | 3.1 |
| David Price | 22 | 22 | 107.1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 128 | 4.28 | 3.62 | 1.31 | 10.7 | 2.0 |
| Brandon Workman | 73 | 0 | 71.2 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 104 | 1.88 | 2.46 | 1.03 | 13.1 | 1.9 |
| Rick Porcello | 32 | 32 | 174.1 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 143 | 5.52 | 4.76 | 1.39 | 7.4 | 1.2 |
| Matt Barnes | 70 | 0 | 64.1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 110 | 3.78 | 3.28 | 1.38 | 15.4 | 1.1 |
| Marcus Walden | 70 | 0 | 78.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 76 | 3.81 | 3.69 | 1.19 | 8.8 | 1.0 |
| Josh Taylor | 52 | 1 | 47.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 3.04 | 3.11 | 1.18 | 11.8 | 0.9 |
| Andrew Cashner | 42 | 23 | 150.0 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 108 | 4.68 | 4.66 | 1.35 | 6.5 | 0.8 |
| Darwinzon Hernández | 29 | 1 | 30.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 4.45 | 2.75 | 1.75 | 16.9 | 0.7 |
| Ryan Weber | 18 | 3 | 40.2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 5.09 | 4.20 | 1.38 | 6.4 | 0.4 |
| Travis Lakins | 16 | 3 | 23.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3.86 | 3.64 | 1.41 | 6.9 | 0.3 |
| Ryan Brasier | 62 | 0 | 55.2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 61 | 4.85 | 4.42 | 1.29 | 9.9 | 0.3 |
| Hector Velázquez | 34 | 8 | 56.1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 5.43 | 4.74 | 1.53 | 7.8 | 0.2 |
| Colten Brewer | 58 | 0 | 54.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 4.12 | 4.71 | 1.70 | 8.6 | 0.1 |
| Heath Hembree | 45 | 0 | 39.2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 3.86 | 4.78 | 1.31 | 10.4 | 0.1 |
| Bobby Poyner | 13 | 1 | 11.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6.94 | 5.10 | 1.29 | 8.5 | -0.0 |
| Tyler Thornburg | 16 | 0 | 18.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7.71 | 5.41 | 1.66 | 10.6 | -0.1 |
| Brian Johnson | 21 | 7 | 40.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 6.02 | 5.32 | 1.88 | 6.9 | -0.1 |
| Eduardo Núñez | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 16.21 | 1.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Trevor Kelley | 10 | 0 | 8.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8.64 | 6.69 | 1.68 | 6.5 | -0.1 |
| Erasmo Ramírez | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.00 | 13.21 | 1.67 | 3.0 | -0.3 |
| Mike Shawaryn | 14 | 0 | 20.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 9.74 | 6.21 | 1.92 | 12.8 | -0.3 |
| Steven Wright | 6 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8.53 | 10.16 | 2.37 | 7.1 | -0.3 |
| Nathan Eovaldi | 23 | 12 | 67.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 5.99 | 5.90 | 1.58 | 9.3 | -0.5 |
| Josh A. Smith | 18 | 2 | 31.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 5.81 | 6.60 | 1.42 | 8.4 | -0.5 |
Record versus run differential
Boston Red Sox are 84-78, a .519 win rate, while their +73 run differential implies .539. That is about 3 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.