- Team WAR
- 30.3 22.2 bat / 8.1 pitch
- Win %
- .481 pyth .469
- Run diff
- -52 4.54 / 4.86 per g
- wRC+
- 102
- ERA
- 4.56 FIP 4.17
- Home runs
- 148
The Boston Red Sox went 78-84 in 2022, a .481 winning percentage — 17th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 735 runs and allowed 787, a run differential of -52. The offence ranked 9th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.56 staff ERA was 25th of 30. Their 102 team wRC+ was 2% above league average — 13th of 30 in MLB. Xander Bogaerts led the position players at 5.9 WAR, and John Schreiber the rotation at a 2.22 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,372 team hits
Batting
21 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Xander Bogaerts | SS | 150 | 631 | 171 | 15 | 73 | 8 | .307 | .377 | .456 | .365 | 134 | 5.9 |
| Rafael Devers | 3B | 141 | 614 | 164 | 27 | 88 | 3 | .295 | .358 | .521 | .375 | 140 | 5.6 |
| Christian Vázquez | C | 116 | 426 | 109 | 9 | 52 | 1 | .274 | .315 | .399 | .314 | 98 | 2.1 |
| Trevor Story | 2B | 94 | 396 | 85 | 16 | 66 | 13 | .238 | .303 | .434 | .318 | 101 | 2.0 |
| J.D. Martinez | DH | 139 | 596 | 146 | 16 | 62 | 0 | .274 | .341 | .448 | .345 | 120 | 1.9 |
| Alex Verdugo | LF | 151 | 644 | 166 | 11 | 74 | 1 | .280 | .328 | .405 | .321 | 103 | 1.7 |
| Rob Refsnyder | RF | 55 | 177 | 47 | 6 | 21 | 1 | .307 | .384 | .497 | .384 | 146 | 1.5 |
| Christian Arroyo | 2B | 84 | 300 | 80 | 6 | 36 | 5 | .286 | .322 | .414 | .320 | 102 | 1.3 |
| Enrique Hernández | CF | 93 | 402 | 80 | 6 | 45 | 0 | .222 | .291 | .338 | .282 | 77 | 0.5 |
| Triston Casas | 1B | 27 | 95 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 1 | .197 | .358 | .408 | .347 | 121 | 0.4 |
| Jarren Duran | CF | 57 | 223 | 45 | 3 | 17 | 7 | .221 | .283 | .363 | .286 | 79 | 0.4 |
| Franchy Cordero | 1B | 82 | 275 | 53 | 8 | 29 | 4 | .219 | .300 | .397 | .307 | 94 | 0.4 |
| Kevin Plawecki | C | 60 | 186 | 37 | 1 | 13 | 0 | .220 | .286 | .286 | .261 | 63 | 0.2 |
| Jaylin Davis | RF | 10 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .407 | .375 | .355 | 126 | 0.2 |
| Abraham Almonte | CF | 15 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .257 | .297 | .400 | .307 | 94 | 0.1 |
| Connor Wong | C | 22 | 56 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .188 | .273 | .313 | .265 | 65 | 0.1 |
| Bobby Dalbec | 1B | 108 | 353 | 68 | 12 | 39 | 3 | .215 | .283 | .369 | .288 | 81 | -0.0 |
| Jeter Downs | 3B | 13 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .154 | .171 | .256 | .185 | 10 | -0.3 |
| Yolmer Sánchez | 2B | 13 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .108 | .214 | .108 | .168 | -1 | -0.4 |
| Travis Shaw | 1B | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.5 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | RF | 116 | 370 | 70 | 4 | 38 | 2 | .203 | .255 | .311 | .253 | 57 | -0.9 |
Pitching
31 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| John Schreiber | 64 | 0 | 65.0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 74 | 2.22 | 2.50 | 0.98 | 10.2 | 1.5 |
| Rich Hill | 26 | 26 | 124.1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 109 | 4.27 | 3.92 | 1.30 | 7.9 | 1.4 |
| Brayan Bello | 13 | 11 | 57.1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 55 | 4.71 | 2.94 | 1.78 | 8.6 | 1.2 |
| Garrett Whitlock | 31 | 9 | 78.1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 82 | 3.45 | 3.29 | 1.02 | 9.4 | 1.2 |
| Michael Wacha | 23 | 23 | 127.1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 104 | 3.32 | 4.14 | 1.12 | 7.4 | 1.1 |
| Nick Pivetta | 33 | 33 | 179.2 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 175 | 4.56 | 4.42 | 1.38 | 8.8 | 0.9 |
| Tanner Houck | 32 | 4 | 60.0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 56 | 3.15 | 3.30 | 1.18 | 8.4 | 0.8 |
| Nathan Eovaldi | 20 | 20 | 109.1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 103 | 3.87 | 4.30 | 1.23 | 8.5 | 0.7 |
| Ryan Brasier | 68 | 0 | 62.1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 64 | 5.78 | 3.61 | 1.30 | 9.2 | 0.6 |
| Matt Strahm | 50 | 0 | 44.2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 3.83 | 3.72 | 1.23 | 10.5 | 0.4 |
| Kutter Crawford | 21 | 12 | 77.1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 77 | 5.47 | 4.34 | 1.42 | 9.0 | 0.3 |
| Austin Davis | 52 | 3 | 56.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 5.79 | 4.02 | 1.61 | 10.3 | 0.3 |
| Matt Barnes | 44 | 0 | 39.2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 4.31 | 3.87 | 1.44 | 7.7 | 0.3 |
| Chris Sale | 2 | 2 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3.18 | 2.41 | 1.06 | 7.9 | 0.2 |
| Hirokazu Sawamura | 49 | 0 | 50.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 3.73 | 4.16 | 1.42 | 7.1 | 0.2 |
| Phillips Valdez | 13 | 0 | 16.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4.41 | 3.91 | 1.16 | 7.2 | 0.1 |
| Zack Kelly | 13 | 0 | 13.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3.95 | 4.28 | 1.32 | 7.2 | 0.0 |
| Yolmer Sánchez | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3.11 | 3.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Reese McGuire | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.11 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Plawecki | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.11 | 1.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 10.11 | 4.00 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Michael Feliz | 1 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.70 | 6.41 | 0.90 | 10.8 | -0.1 |
| Josh Winckowski | 15 | 14 | 70.1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 44 | 5.89 | 4.95 | 1.59 | 5.6 | -0.1 |
| Kaleb Ort | 25 | 0 | 28.1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 6.35 | 4.84 | 1.76 | 8.6 | -0.1 |
| Tyler Danish | 32 | 0 | 40.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 5.13 | 4.97 | 1.29 | 7.1 | -0.3 |
| Frank German | 5 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18.00 | 10.61 | 2.75 | 9.0 | -0.3 |
| Eduard Bazardo | 12 | 0 | 16.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2.76 | 6.05 | 0.98 | 6.1 | -0.3 |
| Connor Seabold | 5 | 5 | 18.1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 11.29 | 6.39 | 2.35 | 9.3 | -0.3 |
| Hansel Robles | 26 | 0 | 24.2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 5.84 | 5.75 | 1.58 | 7.7 | -0.4 |
| Jake Diekman | 70 | 0 | 57.2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 79 | 4.99 | 5.00 | 1.63 | 12.3 | -0.4 |
| Darwinzon Hernández | 7 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 21.60 | 12.71 | 3.30 | 12.1 | -0.6 |
Record versus run differential
Boston Red Sox are 78-84, a .481 win rate, while their -52 run differential implies .469. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.