2008 Boston Red Sox

95-67 • .586 Win% • 2nd in AL E

The 2008 Boston Red Sox went 95-67 (.586) finishing 2nd in the AL E division. The club scored 845 runs, allowed 694, and played home games at Fenway Park II. Team leaders included Kevin Youkilis (29 HR, 115 RBI) and Daisuke Matsuzaka (18-3, 2.90 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

95 Wins
67 Losses
.586 Win %
2nd Rank
845 R 694 RA
Diff +151

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⚡ Quick Stats

845 Runs Scored
694 Runs Allowed
+151 Run Diff
3,048K Attendance

📈 vs. 2008 AL Average

Batting Avg .279 5% above the 2008 league average (.267)
OBP .357 7% above the 2008 league average (.335)
SLG .447 6% above the 2008 league average (.420)
Team ERA 4.01 8% better than the 2008 league average (4.35)
Runs Scored 845 9% above the 2008 league average (775 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 3,048,250
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Avg per Game 37,632

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2008

Batting Avg

1 Dustin Pedroia 0.326 2 Sean Casey 0.322 3 Kevin Youkilis 0.312 4 Manny Ramirez 0.299 5 Brandon Moss 0.295

Home Runs

1 Kevin Youkilis 29 2 David Ortiz 23 3 Manny Ramirez 20 4 J. D. Drew 19 5 Mike Lowell 17

RBI

1 Kevin Youkilis 115 2 David Ortiz 89 3 Dustin Pedroia 83 4 Mike Lowell 73 5 Manny Ramirez 68
2008 Boston Red Sox — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dustin Pedroia 157 653 118 213 54 2 17 83 50 52 20 0.326
Jacoby Ellsbury 145 554 98 155 22 7 9 47 41 80 50 0.280
Kevin Youkilis 145 538 91 168 43 4 29 115 62 108 3 0.312
Jason Varitek 131 423 37 93 20 0 13 43 52 122 0 0.220
Mike Lowell 113 419 58 115 27 0 17 73 38 61 2 0.274
David Ortiz 109 416 74 110 30 1 23 89 70 74 1 0.264
J. D. Drew 109 368 79 103 23 4 19 64 79 80 4 0.280
Manny Ramirez 100 365 66 109 22 1 20 68 52 86 1 0.299
Coco Crisp 118 361 55 102 18 3 7 41 35 59 20 0.283
Julio Lugo 82 261 27 70 13 0 1 22 34 51 12 0.268
Jed Lowrie 81 260 34 67 25 3 2 46 35 68 1 0.258
Sean Casey 69 199 14 64 14 0 0 17 17 25 1 0.322
Jason Bay 49 184 39 54 12 2 9 37 22 51 3 0.293
Alex Cora 75 152 14 41 8 2 0 9 16 13 1 0.270
Kevin Cash 61 142 11 32 7 0 3 15 18 50 0 0.225
Mark Kotsay 22 84 6 19 8 1 0 12 7 11 0 0.226
Brandon Moss 34 78 7 23 5 1 2 11 6 25 1 0.295
Jeff Bailey 27 50 10 14 1 1 2 6 9 17 0 0.280
Chris Carter 9 18 5 6 0 0 0 3 2 5 0 0.333
Jonathan Van Every 11 17 0 4 0 1 0 5 1 6 0 0.235
David Ross 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.125
Joe Thurston 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Gil Velazquez 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.125
Josh Beckett 27 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
George Kottaras 3 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.200
Jon Lester 33 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Justin Masterson 36 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Tim Wakefield 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Bartolo Colon 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Daisuke Matsuzaka 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
David Aardsma 47 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Javier Lopez 70 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Michael Bowden 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Clay Buchholz 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Byrd 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bryan Corey 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Manny Delcarmen 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Devern Hansack 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Craig Hansen 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hideki Okajima 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jonathan Papelbon 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
David Pauley 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris Smith 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kyle Snyder 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Julian Tavarez 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Timlin 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Charlie Zink 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2008

ERA

1 Jonathan Papelbon 2.34 2 Javier Lopez 2.43 3 Hideki Okajima 2.61 4 Daisuke Matsuzaka 2.90 5 Justin Masterson 3.16

Wins

1 Daisuke Matsuzaka 18 2 Jon Lester 16 3 Josh Beckett 12 4 Tim Wakefield 10 5 Justin Masterson 6

Strikeouts

1 Josh Beckett 172 2 Daisuke Matsuzaka 154 3 Jon Lester 152 4 Tim Wakefield 117 5 Jonathan Papelbon 77
2008 Boston Red Sox — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jon Lester 16 6 3.21 33 33 0 210.1 202 75 66 152
Tim Wakefield 10 11 4.13 30 30 0 181.0 154 83 60 117
Josh Beckett 12 10 4.03 27 27 0 174.1 173 78 34 172
Daisuke Matsuzaka 18 3 2.90 29 29 0 167.2 128 54 94 154
Justin Masterson 6 5 3.16 36 9 0 88.1 68 31 40 68
Clay Buchholz 2 9 6.75 16 15 0 76.0 93 57 41 72
Manny Delcarmen 1 2 3.27 73 0 2 74.1 55 27 28 72
Jonathan Papelbon 5 4 2.34 67 0 41 69.1 58 18 8 77
Hideki Okajima 3 2 2.61 64 0 1 62.0 49 18 23 60
Javier Lopez 2 0 2.43 70 0 0 59.1 53 16 27 38
Mike Timlin 4 4 5.66 47 0 1 49.1 60 31 20 32
Paul Byrd 4 2 4.78 8 8 0 49.0 58 26 10 26
David Aardsma 4 2 5.55 47 0 0 48.2 49 30 35 49
Bartolo Colon 4 2 3.92 7 7 0 39.0 44 17 10 27
Craig Hansen 1 3 5.58 32 0 2 30.2 29 19 23 25
Chris Smith 1 0 7.85 12 0 0 18.1 18 16 7 13
Julian Tavarez 0 1 6.39 9 0 0 12.2 18 9 9 6
David Pauley 0 1 11.68 6 2 0 12.1 23 16 5 11
Devern Hansack 1 0 4.05 4 0 0 6.2 6 3 1 5
Bryan Corey 0 0 10.50 7 0 0 6.0 11 7 3 4
Michael Bowden 1 0 3.60 1 1 0 5.0 7 2 1 3
Charlie Zink 0 0 16.62 1 1 0 4.1 11 8 1 1
Kyle Snyder 0 0 21.60 2 0 0 1.2 2 4 2 1

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Championship
Lost to TBA 4-3
AL Division Series
BOS def. LAA 3-1

👥 Roster (47)

David Aardsma Jeff Bailey Jason Bay Josh Beckett Michael Bowden Clay Buchholz Paul Byrd Chris Carter Sean Casey Kevin Cash Bartolo Colon Alex Cora +35 more

47 players

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The 2008 Boston Red Sox in brief

The record for the 2008 Boston Red Sox reads 95 wins and 67 losses, good for 2nd in the AL East. In 2008 the franchise earned a wild-card berth. Runs came in at 845 scored against 694 allowed (+151). At the plate the Boston Red Sox hit .279, 5% better than the league's .267. The staff ERA of 4.01 was 8% better than the league average of 4.35.

Fenway Park II was home in 2008, drawing a total attendance of 3,048,250. Kevin Youkilis led the club in home runs with 29. Daisuke Matsuzaka led the pitchers with 18 wins. The strikeout leader was Josh Beckett with 172. In the AL Championship Series, the Boston Red Sox lost to TBA 4-3. The AL Division Series ended in a win against LAA 3-1.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2008 Boston Red Sox

What was the 2008 Boston Red Sox record?
The 2008 Boston Red Sox finished 95-67 (.586 win pct).
Who led the 2008 Boston Red Sox in home runs?
Kevin Youkilis led the 2008 Boston Red Sox with 29 home runs.
What was the 2008 Boston Red Sox team ERA?
The 2008 Boston Red Sox posted a team ERA of 4.01.
Did the 2008 Boston Red Sox win the World Series?
No. The 2008 Boston Red Sox did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2008 Boston Red Sox play?
The 2008 Boston Red Sox played home games at Fenway Park II.
Who led the 2008 Boston Red Sox in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Kevin Youkilis (29 HR, 115 RBI) and Daisuke Matsuzaka (18-3, 2.90 ERA).
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