2012 Boston Red Sox

69-93 • .426 Win% • 5th in AL E

The 2012 Boston Red Sox went 69-93 (.426) finishing 5th in the AL E division. The club scored 734 runs, allowed 806, and played home games at Fenway Park II. Team leaders included Jarrod Saltalamacchia (25 HR, 59 RBI) and Clay Buchholz (11-8, 4.56 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

69 Wins
93 Losses
.426 Win %
5th Rank
734 R 806 RA
Diff -72

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734 Runs Scored
806 Runs Allowed
-72 Run Diff
3,043K Attendance

📈 vs. 2012 AL Average

Batting Avg .260 2% above the 2012 league average (.255)
OBP .315 2% below the 2012 league average (.319)
SLG .414 1% above the 2012 league average (.410)
Team ERA 4.70 15% worse than the 2012 league average (4.08)
Runs Scored 734 2% above the 2012 league average (721 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 3,043,003
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Avg per Game 37,567

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2012

Batting Avg

1 David Ortiz 0.318 2 Scott Podsednik 0.302 3 Adrian Gonzalez 0.300 4 Pedro Ciriaco 0.293 5 Dustin Pedroia 0.290

Home Runs

1 Jarrod Saltalamacchia 25 2 David Ortiz 23 3 Cody Ross 22 4 Adrian Gonzalez 15 5 Will Middlebrooks 15

RBI

1 Adrian Gonzalez 86 2 Cody Ross 81 3 Dustin Pedroia 65 4 Mike Aviles 60 5 David Ortiz 60
2012 Boston Red Sox — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dustin Pedroia 141 563 81 163 39 3 15 65 48 60 20 0.290
Mike Aviles 136 512 57 128 28 0 13 60 23 77 14 0.250
Adrian Gonzalez 123 484 63 145 37 0 15 86 31 81 0 0.300
Cody Ross 130 476 70 127 34 1 22 81 42 129 2 0.267
Jarrod Saltalamacchia 121 405 55 90 17 1 25 59 38 139 0 0.222
David Ortiz 90 324 65 103 26 0 23 60 56 51 0 0.318
Jacoby Ellsbury 74 303 43 82 18 0 4 26 19 43 14 0.271
Will Middlebrooks 75 267 34 77 14 0 15 54 13 70 4 0.288
Daniel Nava 88 267 38 65 21 0 6 33 37 63 3 0.243
Pedro Ciriaco 76 259 33 76 15 2 2 19 8 47 16 0.293
Ryan Sweeney 63 204 22 53 19 2 0 16 12 43 0 0.260
Scott Podsednik 63 199 19 60 7 0 1 12 6 35 8 0.302
Ryan Lavarnway 46 153 11 24 8 0 2 12 11 41 0 0.157
Kevin Youkilis 42 146 25 34 7 1 4 14 14 39 0 0.233
Kelly Shoppach 48 140 16 35 12 2 5 17 11 62 1 0.250
Nick Punto 65 125 14 25 6 0 1 10 19 33 5 0.200
Carl Crawford 31 117 23 33 10 2 3 19 3 22 5 0.282
Mauro Gomez 37 102 14 28 5 2 2 17 8 26 0 0.275
Marlon Byrd 34 100 9 27 2 0 1 7 2 21 0 0.270
James Loney 30 100 5 23 2 0 2 8 5 12 0 0.230
Ryan Kalish 36 96 12 22 3 0 0 5 6 26 3 0.229
Darnell McDonald 38 84 17 18 7 0 2 9 12 17 1 0.214
Jose Iglesias 25 68 5 8 2 0 1 2 4 16 1 0.118
Danny Valencia 10 28 1 4 0 0 1 4 0 6 0 0.143
Brent Lillibridge 10 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.125
Che-Hsuan Lin 9 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.250
Jason Repko 5 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.091
Lars Anderson 6 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.125
Ivan De Jesus 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.000
Josh Beckett 21 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.200
Jon Lester 33 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Nate Spears 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Daniel Bard 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Clay Buchholz 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Daisuke Matsuzaka 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Franklin Morales 37 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Guillermo Quiroz 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Felix Doubront 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Clayton Mortensen 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Vicente Padilla 56 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Alfredo Aceves 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Albers 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Atchison 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Andrew Bailey 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pedro Beato 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Michael Bowden 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Craig Breslow 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris Carpenter 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Aaron Cook 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Justin Germano 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rich Hill 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Melancon 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Andrew Miller 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Zach Stewart 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Junichi Tazawa 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Justin Thomas 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2012

ERA

1 Junichi Tazawa 1.43 2 Scott Atchison 1.58 3 Matt Albers 2.29 4 Clayton Mortensen 3.21 5 Andrew Miller 3.35

Wins

1 Clay Buchholz 11 2 Felix Doubront 11 3 Jon Lester 9 4 Daniel Bard 5 5 Josh Beckett 5

Strikeouts

1 Felix Doubront 167 2 Jon Lester 166 3 Clay Buchholz 129 4 Josh Beckett 94 5 Franklin Morales 76
2012 Boston Red Sox — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jon Lester 9 14 4.82 33 33 0 205.1 216 110 68 166
Clay Buchholz 11 8 4.56 29 29 0 189.1 187 96 64 129
Felix Doubront 11 10 4.86 29 29 0 161.0 162 87 71 167
Josh Beckett 5 11 5.23 21 21 0 127.1 131 74 38 94
Aaron Cook 4 11 5.65 18 18 0 94.0 117 59 21 20
Alfredo Aceves 2 10 5.36 69 0 25 84.0 80 50 31 75
Franklin Morales 3 4 3.77 37 9 1 76.1 64 32 30 76
Daniel Bard 5 6 6.22 17 10 0 59.1 60 41 43 38
Scott Atchison 2 1 1.58 42 0 0 51.1 42 9 9 36
Vicente Padilla 4 1 4.50 56 0 1 50.0 59 25 15 51
Daisuke Matsuzaka 1 7 8.28 11 11 0 45.2 58 42 20 41
Mark Melancon 0 2 6.20 41 0 1 45.0 45 31 12 41
Junichi Tazawa 1 1 1.43 37 0 1 44.0 37 7 5 45
Clayton Mortensen 1 1 3.21 26 0 0 42.0 32 15 19 41
Andrew Miller 3 2 3.35 53 0 0 40.1 28 15 20 51
Matt Albers 2 0 2.29 40 0 0 39.1 30 10 15 25
Craig Breslow 1 0 2.70 23 0 0 20.0 14 6 9 19
Rich Hill 1 0 1.83 25 0 0 19.2 17 4 11 21
Andrew Bailey 1 1 7.04 19 0 6 15.1 21 12 8 14
Pedro Beato 1 0 4.70 4 0 0 7.2 6 4 3 7
Chris Carpenter 1 0 9.00 8 0 0 6.0 7 6 10 2
Justin Germano 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 5.2 5 0 2 7
Zach Stewart 0 2 22.24 2 2 0 5.2 17 14 0 3
Justin Thomas 0 0 7.71 7 0 0 4.2 10 4 2 4
Michael Bowden 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 3
Darnell McDonald 0 1 27.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 3 2 0

👥 Roster (56)

Alfredo Aceves Matt Albers Lars Anderson Scott Atchison Mike Aviles Andrew Bailey Daniel Bard Pedro Beato Josh Beckett Michael Bowden Craig Breslow Clay Buchholz +44 more

56 players

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The 2012 Boston Red Sox in brief

The 2012 Boston Red Sox finished 69-93, a .426 winning percentage, placing 5th in the AL East. The Boston Red Sox scored 734 runs and allowed 806, a run differential of -72. Against a league average of .255, the 2012 Boston Red Sox batted .260. The Boston Red Sox staff finished with a 4.70 ERA; the league as a whole was at 4.08. The home park, Fenway Park II, recorded 3,043,003 in attendance, about 37,567 a game.

Jarrod Saltalamacchia led the club in home runs with 25. Adrian Gonzalez drove in a team-high 86 runs. The pitching staff's wins leader was Clay Buchholz (11). Felix Doubront struck out 167, the most on the club. Alfredo Aceves closed out 25 saves.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2012 Boston Red Sox

What was the 2012 Boston Red Sox record?
The 2012 Boston Red Sox finished 69-93 (.426 win pct).
Who led the 2012 Boston Red Sox in home runs?
Jarrod Saltalamacchia led the 2012 Boston Red Sox with 25 home runs.
What was the 2012 Boston Red Sox team ERA?
The 2012 Boston Red Sox posted a team ERA of 4.70.
Did the 2012 Boston Red Sox win the World Series?
No. The 2012 Boston Red Sox did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2012 Boston Red Sox play?
The 2012 Boston Red Sox played home games at Fenway Park II.
Who led the 2012 Boston Red Sox in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Jarrod Saltalamacchia (25 HR, 59 RBI) and Clay Buchholz (11-8, 4.56 ERA).
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