1997 Boston Red Sox

78-84 • .481 Win% • 4th in AL E

The 1997 Boston Red Sox went 78-84 (.481) finishing 4th in the AL E division. The club scored 851 runs, allowed 857, and played home games at Fenway Park II. Team leaders included Mo Vaughn (35 HR, 96 RBI) and Aaron Sele (13-12, 5.38 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

78 Wins
84 Losses
.481 Win %
4th Rank
851 R 857 RA
Diff -6

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851 Runs Scored
857 Runs Allowed
-6 Run Diff
2,223K Attendance

📈 vs. 1997 AL Average

Batting Avg .291 8% above the 1997 league average (.270)
OBP .352 4% above the 1997 league average (.340)
SLG .462 8% above the 1997 league average (.428)
Team ERA 4.85 6% worse than the 1997 league average (4.57)
Runs Scored 851 7% above the 1997 league average (797 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,223,602
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Avg per Game 27,451

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1997

Batting Avg

1 Reggie Jefferson 0.319 2 Shane Mack 0.315 3 Mo Vaughn 0.315 4 Jeff Frye 0.312 5 Troy O'Leary 0.309

Home Runs

1 Mo Vaughn 35 2 Nomar Garciaparra 30 3 Wil Cordero 18 4 John Valentin 18 5 Troy O'Leary 15

RBI

1 Nomar Garciaparra 98 2 Mo Vaughn 96 3 Troy O'Leary 80 4 John Valentin 77 5 Wil Cordero 72
1997 Boston Red Sox — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Nomar Garciaparra 153 684 122 209 44 11 30 98 35 92 22 0.306
John Valentin 143 575 95 176 47 5 18 77 58 66 7 0.306
Wil Cordero 140 570 82 160 26 3 18 72 31 122 1 0.281
Mo Vaughn 141 527 91 166 24 0 35 96 86 154 2 0.315
Darren Bragg 153 513 65 132 35 2 9 57 61 102 10 0.257
Troy O'Leary 146 499 65 154 32 4 15 80 39 70 0 0.309
Reggie Jefferson 136 489 74 156 33 1 13 67 24 93 1 0.319
Jeff Frye 127 404 56 126 36 2 3 51 27 44 19 0.312
Scott Hatteberg 114 350 46 97 23 1 10 44 40 70 0 0.277
Mike Stanley 97 260 45 78 17 0 13 53 39 50 0 0.300
Tim Naehring 70 259 38 74 18 1 9 40 38 40 1 0.286
Bill Haselman 67 212 22 50 15 0 6 26 15 44 0 0.236
Shane Mack 60 130 13 41 7 0 3 17 9 24 2 0.315
Mike Benjamin 49 116 12 27 9 1 0 7 4 27 2 0.233
Jesus Tavarez 42 69 12 12 3 1 0 9 4 9 0 0.174
Rudy Pemberton 27 63 8 15 2 0 2 10 4 13 0 0.238
Michael Coleman 8 24 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 11 1 0.167
Arquimedez Pozo 4 15 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 5 0 0.267
Vaughn Eshelman 21 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Jose Malave 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Walt McKeel 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Curtis Pride 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0.500
Aaron Sele 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jeff Suppan 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Steve Avery 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Derek Lowe 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bret Saberhagen 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Varitek 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Tim Wakefield 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Toby Borland 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Brandenburg 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Robinson Checo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Corsi 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rich Garces 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Gordon 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ken Grundt 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris Hammond 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Butch Henry 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Hudson 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kerry Lacy 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ron Mahay 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pat Mahomes 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Rose 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Heathcliff Slocumb 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ricky Trlicek 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Wasdin 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1997

ERA

1 Jim Corsi 3.43 2 Butch Henry 3.52 3 Joe Hudson 3.53 4 Tom Gordon 3.74 5 Tim Wakefield 4.25

Wins

1 Aaron Sele 13 2 Tim Wakefield 12 3 Butch Henry 7 4 Jeff Suppan 7 5 Steve Avery 6

Strikeouts

1 Tom Gordon 159 2 Tim Wakefield 151 3 Aaron Sele 122 4 John Wasdin 84 5 Jeff Suppan 67
1997 Boston Red Sox — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Tim Wakefield 12 15 4.25 35 29 0 201.1 193 95 87 151
Tom Gordon 6 10 3.74 42 25 11 182.2 155 76 78 159
Aaron Sele 13 12 5.38 33 33 0 177.1 196 106 80 122
John Wasdin 4 6 4.40 53 7 0 124.2 121 61 38 84
Jeff Suppan 7 3 5.69 23 22 0 112.1 140 71 36 67
Steve Avery 6 7 6.42 22 18 0 96.2 127 69 49 51
Butch Henry 7 3 3.52 36 5 6 84.1 89 33 19 51
Chris Hammond 3 4 5.92 29 8 1 65.1 81 43 27 48
Jim Corsi 5 3 3.43 52 0 2 57.2 56 22 21 40
Heathcliff Slocumb 0 5 5.79 49 0 17 46.2 58 30 34 36
Kerry Lacy 1 1 6.11 33 0 3 45.2 60 31 22 18
Vaughn Eshelman 3 3 6.33 21 6 0 42.2 58 30 17 18
Mark Brandenburg 0 2 5.49 31 0 0 41.0 49 25 16 34
Joe Hudson 3 1 3.53 26 0 0 35.2 39 14 14 14
Bret Saberhagen 0 1 6.58 6 6 0 26.0 30 19 10 14
Ron Mahay 3 0 2.52 28 0 0 25.0 19 7 11 22
Ricky Trlicek 3 4 4.63 18 0 0 23.1 26 12 18 10
Derek Lowe 0 2 3.38 8 0 0 16.0 15 6 3 13
Rich Garces 0 1 4.61 12 0 0 13.2 14 7 9 12
Robinson Checo 1 1 3.38 5 2 0 13.1 12 5 3 14
Pat Mahomes 1 0 8.10 10 0 0 10.0 15 9 10 5
Toby Borland 0 0 13.50 3 0 0 3.1 6 5 7 1
Ken Grundt 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 3.0 5 3 0 0
Brian Rose 0 0 12.00 1 1 0 3.0 5 4 2 3
Mike Benjamin 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0

👥 Roster (46)

Steve Avery Mike Benjamin Toby Borland Darren Bragg Mark Brandenburg Robinson Checo Michael Coleman Wil Cordero Jim Corsi Vaughn Eshelman Jeff Frye Rich Garces +34 more

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The 1997 Boston Red Sox in brief

The 1997 Boston Red Sox finished 78-84, a .481 winning percentage, placing 4th in the AL East. The Boston Red Sox scored 851 runs and allowed 857, a run differential of -6. The team batting average of .291 was 8% above the 1997 league mark of .270. Pitchers allowed 4.85 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 4.57. League clubs averaged 797 runs that year, so the Boston Red Sox scored 7% more.

Attendance at Fenway Park II totaled 2,223,602 for the year. The home run leader was Mo Vaughn, who hit 35. The RBI leader was Nomar Garciaparra, with 98. Aaron Sele led the pitchers with 13 wins. Tom Gordon struck out 159, the most on the club. Heathcliff Slocumb saved 17 games.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1997 Boston Red Sox

What was the 1997 Boston Red Sox record?
The 1997 Boston Red Sox finished 78-84 (.481 win pct).
Who led the 1997 Boston Red Sox in home runs?
Mo Vaughn led the 1997 Boston Red Sox with 35 home runs.
What was the 1997 Boston Red Sox team ERA?
The 1997 Boston Red Sox posted a team ERA of 4.85.
Did the 1997 Boston Red Sox win the World Series?
No. The 1997 Boston Red Sox did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1997 Boston Red Sox play?
The 1997 Boston Red Sox played home games at Fenway Park II.
Who led the 1997 Boston Red Sox in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Mo Vaughn (35 HR, 96 RBI) and Aaron Sele (13-12, 5.38 ERA).
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