- Team WAR
- 30.7 20.6 bat / 10.0 pitch
- Win %
- .481 pyth .498
- Run diff
- -4 4.77 / 4.79 per g
- wRC+
- 99
- ERA
- 4.46 FIP 4.35
- Home runs
- 190
The Boston Red Sox went 78-84 in 2023, a .481 winning percentage — 19th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 772 runs and allowed 776, a run differential of -4. The offence ranked 11th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.46 staff ERA was 20th of 30. Their 99 team wRC+ was 1% below league average — 17th of 30 in MLB. Rafael Devers led the position players at 4.5 WAR, and Kutter Crawford the rotation at a 4.04 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,499 team hits
Batting
24 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Rafael Devers | 3B | 153 | 656 | 157 | 33 | 100 | 5 | .271 | .351 | .500 | .360 | 123 | 4.5 |
| Jarren Duran | CF | 100 | 362 | 98 | 8 | 40 | 24 | .295 | .346 | .482 | .356 | 120 | 2.6 |
| Triston Casas | 1B | 131 | 502 | 113 | 24 | 65 | 0 | .263 | .367 | .490 | .369 | 129 | 2.5 |
| Adam Duvall | CF | 91 | 353 | 79 | 21 | 58 | 4 | .247 | .303 | .531 | .349 | 115 | 1.9 |
| Justin Turner | DH | 146 | 626 | 154 | 23 | 96 | 4 | .276 | .345 | .455 | .347 | 114 | 1.9 |
| Masataka Yoshida | LF | 140 | 580 | 155 | 15 | 72 | 8 | .289 | .338 | .445 | .340 | 110 | 1.8 |
| Alex Verdugo | RF | 139 | 602 | 144 | 13 | 54 | 5 | .264 | .324 | .421 | .324 | 99 | 1.3 |
| Connor Wong | C | 116 | 403 | 87 | 9 | 36 | 8 | .235 | .287 | .385 | .294 | 79 | 1.3 |
| Enmanuel Valdez | 2B | 46 | 149 | 37 | 6 | 19 | 5 | .266 | .311 | .453 | .329 | 102 | 0.7 |
| Pablo Reyes | SS | 55 | 185 | 48 | 2 | 20 | 7 | .287 | .339 | .377 | .317 | 94 | 0.7 |
| Wilyer Abreu | LF | 26 | 85 | 24 | 2 | 14 | 3 | .316 | .388 | .474 | .377 | 134 | 0.6 |
| Reese McGuire | C | 68 | 206 | 50 | 1 | 16 | 2 | .267 | .310 | .358 | .295 | 80 | 0.6 |
| Rob Refsnyder | LF | 84 | 243 | 50 | 1 | 28 | 7 | .248 | .365 | .317 | .317 | 94 | 0.5 |
| Enrique Hernández | SS | 137 | 508 | 110 | 11 | 61 | 4 | .237 | .289 | .357 | .283 | 72 | 0.3 |
| Luis Urías | 2B | 49 | 177 | 28 | 3 | 18 | 0 | .194 | .337 | .299 | .300 | 83 | 0.3 |
| Ceddanne Rafaela | CF | 26 | 89 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 3 | .241 | .281 | .386 | .289 | 76 | 0.1 |
| Raimel Tapia | RF | 61 | 169 | 35 | 3 | 13 | 10 | .236 | .317 | .338 | .295 | 80 | 0.1 |
| Kutter Crawford | PR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Caleb Hamilton | C | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .118 | -38 | -0.1 |
| Christian Arroyo | 2B | 60 | 206 | 47 | 3 | 24 | 1 | .241 | .268 | .369 | .276 | 67 | -0.1 |
| David Hamilton | SS | 13 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .121 | .256 | .182 | .219 | 29 | -0.2 |
| Bobby Dalbec | 1B | 19 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .204 | .264 | .306 | .255 | 53 | -0.2 |
| Yu Chang | SS | 36 | 112 | 17 | 6 | 18 | 4 | .162 | .200 | .352 | .236 | 41 | -0.2 |
| Trevor Story | SS | 42 | 168 | 32 | 3 | 14 | 10 | .203 | .250 | .316 | .251 | 50 | -0.2 |
Pitching
29 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Kutter Crawford | 31 | 23 | 129.1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 135 | 4.04 | 3.83 | 1.11 | 9.4 | 1.8 |
| Chris Sale | 20 | 20 | 102.2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 125 | 4.30 | 3.80 | 1.13 | 11.0 | 1.6 |
| Nick Pivetta | 38 | 16 | 142.2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 183 | 4.04 | 3.96 | 1.12 | 11.5 | 1.6 |
| Chris Martin | 55 | 0 | 51.1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 1.05 | 2.44 | 1.03 | 8.1 | 1.3 |
| Brayan Bello | 28 | 28 | 157.0 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 132 | 4.24 | 4.54 | 1.34 | 7.6 | 1.2 |
| Tanner Houck | 21 | 21 | 106.0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 99 | 5.01 | 4.43 | 1.37 | 8.4 | 0.9 |
| Josh Winckowski | 60 | 1 | 84.1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 82 | 2.88 | 3.91 | 1.42 | 8.8 | 0.8 |
| Brennan Bernardino | 55 | 6 | 50.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 3.20 | 3.41 | 1.30 | 10.3 | 0.8 |
| James Paxton | 19 | 19 | 96.0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 101 | 4.50 | 4.68 | 1.31 | 9.5 | 0.6 |
| Chris Murphy | 20 | 0 | 47.2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 4.91 | 3.70 | 1.41 | 9.3 | 0.6 |
| Garrett Whitlock | 22 | 10 | 71.2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 72 | 5.15 | 4.27 | 1.33 | 9.0 | 0.6 |
| Kenley Jansen | 51 | 0 | 44.2 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 52 | 3.63 | 3.66 | 1.28 | 10.5 | 0.5 |
| Nick Robertson | 18 | 1 | 22.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 6.04 | 3.88 | 1.75 | 10.5 | 0.2 |
| Mauricio Llovera | 30 | 0 | 35.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 4.89 | 4.34 | 1.46 | 7.5 | 0.2 |
| John Schreiber | 46 | 2 | 46.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 3.86 | 4.52 | 1.41 | 10.2 | 0.1 |
| Ryan Sherriff | 5 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.70 | 3.11 | 1.20 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Joe Jacques | 23 | 1 | 26.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5.06 | 4.53 | 1.57 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Brandon Walter | 9 | 0 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6.26 | 4.60 | 1.70 | 6.3 | 0.0 |
| Joely Rodríguez | 11 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6.55 | 4.71 | 1.73 | 11.5 | 0.0 |
| Jake Faria | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22.50 | 6.26 | 4.00 | 13.5 | -0.0 |
| Zack Kelly | 8 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.86 | 5.18 | 1.61 | 5.8 | -0.0 |
| Pablo Reyes | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 9.26 | 3.50 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Richard Bleier | 27 | 0 | 30.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5.28 | 5.11 | 1.37 | 4.7 | -0.1 |
| Justin Garza | 17 | 1 | 18.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7.36 | 5.66 | 1.85 | 8.3 | -0.2 |
| Zack Weiss | 12 | 0 | 14.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3.21 | 6.33 | 1.07 | 9.6 | -0.2 |
| Matt Dermody | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 10.76 | 1.25 | 2.3 | -0.2 |
| Kaleb Ort | 21 | 2 | 23.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 6.26 | 5.86 | 1.57 | 9.4 | -0.3 |
| Kyle Barraclough | 3 | 0 | 7.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12.91 | 11.21 | 2.61 | 4.7 | -0.5 |
| Corey Kluber | 15 | 9 | 55.0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 42 | 7.04 | 7.11 | 1.64 | 6.9 | -1.2 |
Record versus run differential
Boston Red Sox are 78-84, a .481 win rate, while their -4 run differential implies .498. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.