Boston Red Sox

Don Zimmer	Manager	4th season	156-224	.487
Johnny Pesky	Bench Coach
Walt Hriniak	Hitting Coach
Al Jackson	Pitching Coach

Fenway Park (39,000 / Grass)

	LFL	LF	LC	CF	RC	RF	RFL
Distances	308	320	358	390	382	377	302
Walls	37	37	37	18	5	5	5

1976 All-Stars:

C Carlton Fisk / LF Carl Yastrzemski / CF Fred Lynn / SP Luis Tiant

Key Offseason Transactions:

Lost Ernie Whitt to TOR in expansion draft. Lost Dick Pole, Rick Jones, Steve Burke and Roy Thomas to SEA in expansion draft. Signed Bill Campbell as a free agent. Sold Bob Heise to KC. Traded Cecil Cooper to MIL for George Scott and Bernie Carbo. Released Rico Petrocelli.

Starting Pitching: B

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

SP SP SP SP SP

Luis Tiant Fergie Jenkins Reggie Cleveland Rick Wise Tom House

36 34 28 31 29

13 12 8 12 6

B+ B+ B+ B C-

21 12 10 14 1

12 11 9 11 3

0 0 2 0 4

279.0 209.0 170.0 224.1 43.2

64 43 61 48 19

131 142 76 93 27

3.06 3.27 3.07 3.53 4.33

.257 .250 .245 .251 .242

Bullpen: B-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

MR MR MR MR MR

Bob Stanley Mike Paxton Tom Murphy Jim Willoughby Jim Burton

22 23 31 28 27

0 0 9 6 1

C+ B- C A B+

0 0 4 3 0

0 0 6 12 0

0 0 9 10 0

0.0 0.0 99.1 99.0 0.0

0 0 34 31 0

0 0 39 37 0

0.00 0.00 4.17 2.82 0.00

.000 .000 .295 .255 .000

Closer: B-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

CL

Bill Campbell

28

4

B-

17

5

20

167.2

62

115

3.01

.232

Infield: C

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B 3B SS

Carlton Fisk George Scott Denny Doyle Butch Hobson Rick Burleson

29 33 33 25 25

7 11 7 2 3

B+ D+ F C- C+

487 606 432 269 540

124 166 108 63 157

76 73 51 34 75

17 18 0 8 7

58 77 26 34 42

.255 .274 .250 .234 .291

12 0 8 0 14

.336 .334 .285 .272 .365

Outfield: B

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

LF CF RF

Carl Yastrzemski Fred Lynn Jim Rice

37 25 24

16 3 3

C+ A B

546 507 581

146 159 164

71 76 75

21 10 25

102 65 85

.267 .314 .282

5 14 8

.357 .367 .315

Designated Hitter: B

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

DH

Bernie Carbo

29

8

B

238

56

25

5

21

.235

2

.348

Bench: F

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B 2B RF

Bob Montgomery Jack Baker Steve Dillard Doug Griffin Dwight Evans

32 26 26 29 25

7 1 2 7 5

F F D- F D+

93 23 167 127 501

23 3 46 24 121

10 1 22 14 61

3 1 1 0 17

13 2 15 4 62

.247 .130 .275 .189 .242

0 0 6 2 6

.283 .160 .341 .248 .324

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