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American League East · 2019

Boston Red Sox

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
Rafael Devers201Rafael Devers — 201 hits (13.0%)Xander Bogaerts190Xander Bogaerts — 190 hits (12.3%)Mookie Betts176Mookie Betts — 176 hits (11.4%)J.D. Martinez175J.D. Martinez — 175 hits (11.4%)Andrew Benintendi144Andrew Benintendi — 144 hits (9.3%)Christian Vázquez133Christian Vázquez — 133 hits (8.6%)Jackie Bradley Jr.111Jackie Bradley Jr. — 111 hits (7.2%)Michael Chavis88Michael Chavis — 88 hits (5.7%)Brock Holt77Brock Holt — 77 hits (5.0%)Mitch Moreland75Mitch Moreland — 75 hits (4.9%)Núñez38Eduardo Núñez — 38 hits (2.5%)Hernández37Marco Hernández — 37 hits (2.4%)Sandy León33Sandy León — 33 hits (2.1%)Sam Travis31Sam Travis — 31 hits (2.0%)16Steve Pearce — 16 hits (1.0%)7Gorkys Hernández — 7 hits (0.5%)Tzu-Wei Lin — 4 hits (0.3%)Juan Centeno — 2 hits (0.1%)Dustin Pedroia — 2 hits (0.1%)David Price — 1 hits (0.1%)
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.

Batting

27 players, ranked by dbWAR.

Xander BogaertsSS155698190331174.309.384.555.3931456.8
Rafael Devers3B156702201321158.311.361.555.3791365.4
Mookie BettsRF149706176298016.295.391.524.3841395.0
J.D. MartinezDH146657175361052.304.383.557.3891434.0
Christian VázquezC13552113323724.276.320.477.3341052.7
Andrew BenintendiLF136615144136810.266.343.431.3331051.8
Jackie Bradley Jr.CF14556711121628.225.317.421.317941.6
Brock Holt2B86295773311.297.369.402.3361071.2
Mitch Moreland1B913357519581.252.328.507.3501171.1
Michael Chavis1B953828818582.254.322.444.3261000.9
David PriceP121010.500.500.500.4361740.0
Matt BarnesP110000.000.000.000.000-117-0.0
Hector VelázquezP110000.000.000.000.000-117-0.0
Brian JohnsonP210000.000.000.000.000-117-0.0
Marcus WaldenP110000.000.000.000.000-117-0.0
Nathan EovaldiP120000.000.000.000.000-117-0.0
Juan CentenoC7182021.133.278.133.21727-0.1
Tzu-Wei Lin2B8224011.200.273.300.25453-0.1
Rick PorcelloP360000.000.000.000.000-117-0.1
Eduardo RodriguezP390000.000.000.000.000-117-0.2
Marco Hernández2B56155372111.250.279.338.26761-0.3
Sandy LeónC60191335190.192.251.297.24244-0.3
Dustin Pedroia2B6212010.100.143.100.117-39-0.3
Sam Travis1B57157316162.215.274.382.27667-0.3
Gorkys HernándezRF19577021.143.218.245.20721-0.4
Steve Pearce1B299916190.180.245.258.22634-0.7
Eduardo Núñez2B59174382205.228.243.305.23439-0.7

Pitching

26 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.

Eduardo Rodriguez3434203.119602133.813.861.339.43.2
Chris Sale2525147.161102184.403.391.0913.33.1
David Price2222107.17501284.283.621.3110.72.0
Brandon Workman73071.2101161041.882.461.0313.11.9
Rick Porcello3232174.1141201435.524.761.397.41.2
Matt Barnes70064.15441103.783.281.3815.41.1
Marcus Walden70078.0922763.813.691.198.81.0
Josh Taylor52147.1220623.043.111.1811.80.9
Andrew Cashner4223150.011811084.684.661.356.50.8
Darwinzon Hernández29130.1010574.452.751.7516.90.7
Ryan Weber18340.2240295.094.201.386.40.4
Travis Lakins16323.1010183.863.641.416.90.3
Ryan Brasier62055.2247614.854.421.299.90.3
Hector Velázquez34856.1140495.434.741.537.80.2
Colten Brewer58054.2120524.124.711.708.60.1
Heath Hembree45039.2102463.864.781.3110.40.1
Bobby Poyner13111.2010116.945.101.298.5-0.0
Tyler Thornburg16018.2000227.715.411.6610.6-0.1
Brian Johnson21740.1130316.025.321.886.9-0.1
Eduardo Núñez101.000009.0016.211.000.0-0.1
Trevor Kelley1008.103068.646.691.686.5-0.1
Erasmo Ramírez103.0000112.0013.211.673.0-0.3
Mike Shawaryn14020.1000299.746.211.9212.8-0.3
Steven Wright606.101058.5310.162.377.1-0.3
Nathan Eovaldi231267.2210705.995.901.589.3-0.5
Josh A. Smith18231.0031295.816.601.428.4-0.5
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.