1997 Boston Red Sox roster: 78-84

Team stats and league rank

Counts are season totals; percentages and ratings as they stand. Ranked among the 28 clubs that season.

1997 Red Sox roster: batting

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1997 Boston Red Sox batting

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	AB↓iAB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.	R↓iR: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.	H↓iH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.	HR↓iHR: Home runs hit.	RBI↓iRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.	SB↓iSB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.	AVG↓iAVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.	OBP↓iOBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.	OPS↓iOPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
NGNomar Garciaparra	1B	153	684	122	209	30	98	22	.306	.342	.875
JVJohn Valentin	SS	143	575	95	176	18	77	7	.306	.372	.871
WCWil Cordero	1B	140	570	82	160	18	72	1	.281	.320	.752
MVMo Vaughn	1B	141	527	91	166	35	96	2	.315	.420	.980
DBDarren Bragg	LF	153	513	65	132	9	57	10	.257	.337	.723
TOTroy O'Leary	LF	146	499	65	154	15	80	0	.309	.358	.837
RJReggie Jefferson	DH	136	489	74	156	13	67	1	.319	.358	.828
JFJeff Frye	2B	127	404	56	126	3	51	19	.312	.352	.785
SHScott Hatteberg	1B	114	350	46	97	10	44	0	.277	.354	.788
TNTim Naehring	3B	70	259	38	74	9	40	1	.286	.375	.843
BHBill Haselman	C	67	212	22	50	6	26	0	.236	.290	.682
SMShane Mack	LF	60	130	13	41	3	17	2	.315	.368	.807
MBMike Benjamin	3B	49	116	12	27	0	7	2	.233	.262	.590
JTJesus Tavarez	CF	42	69	12	12	0	9	0	.174	.216	.463
RPRudy Pemberton	RF	27	63	8	15	2	10	0	.238	.314	.679
MCMichael Coleman	CF	8	24	2	4	0	2	1	.167	.167	.375
APArquimedez Pozo	3B	4	15	0	4	0	3	0	.267	.250	.583
JMJose Malave	LF	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
WMWalt McKeel	C	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Jason Varitek	C	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1997 Red Sox roster: pitching

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1997 Boston Red Sox pitching

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	GS↓iGS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.	WHIP↓iWHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Tim Wakefield	SP	35	29	12	15	4.25	201.1	151	1.39	0
TGTom Gordon	RP	42	25	6	10	3.74	182.2	159	1.28	11
ASAaron Sele	RP	33	33	13	12	5.38	177.1	122	1.56	0
JWJohn Wasdin	RP	53	7	4	6	4.40	124.2	84	1.28	0
Jeff Suppan	SP	23	22	7	3	5.69	112.1	67	1.57	0
SASteve Avery	RP	22	18	6	7	6.42	96.2	51	1.82	0
BHButch Henry	SP	36	5	7	3	3.52	84.1	51	1.28	6
CHChris Hammond	RP	29	8	3	4	5.92	65.1	48	1.65	1
JCJim Corsi	RP	52	0	5	3	3.43	57.2	40	1.34	2
KLKerry Lacy	RP	33	0	1	1	6.11	45.2	18	1.80	3
VEVaughn Eshelman	RP	21	6	3	3	6.33	42.2	18	1.76	0
MBMark Brandenburg	RP	31	0	0	2	5.49	41.0	34	1.59	0
BSBret Saberhagen	SP	6	6	0	1	6.58	26.0	14	1.54	0
Ron Mahay	RP	28	0	3	0	2.52	25.0	22	1.20	0
RGRich Garces	RP	12	0	0	1	4.61	13.2	12	1.68	0
RCRobinson Checo	RP	5	2	1	1	3.38	13.1	14	1.13	0
PMPat Mahomes	RP	10	0	1	0	8.10	10.0	5	2.50	0
BRBrian Rose	RP	1	1	0	0	12.00	3.0	3	2.33	0
KGKen Grundt	RP	2	0	0	0	9.00	3.0	0	1.67	0

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Results

1. Apr 2, 1997@ LAAW 6-5
2. Apr 3, 1997@ LAAL 0-2
3. Apr 4, 1997@ SEAW 10-5
4. Apr 5, 1997@ SEAW 8-6
5. Apr 5, 1997@ SEAW 8-6
6. Apr 6, 1997@ SEAL 7-8
7. Apr 6, 1997@ SEAL 7-8
8. Apr 7, 1997@ ATHL 2-6
9. Apr 8, 1997@ ATHW 13-7
10. Apr 9, 1997@ ATHL 3-4
11. Apr 9, 1997@ ATHL 3-4
12. Apr 11, 1997vs SEAL 3-5
13. Apr 12, 1997vs SEAL 1-5
14. Apr 13, 1997vs SEAW 7-1
15. Apr 14, 1997vs ATHW 10-1
16. Apr 15, 1997vs ATHW 7-2
17. Apr 16, 1997vs CLEW 11-6
18. Apr 17, 1997vs CLEL 3-4
19. Apr 20, 1997vs BALL 1-11
20. Apr 21, 1997vs BALW 4-2
21. Apr 22, 1997@ CLEW 8-2
22. Apr 23, 1997@ CLEL 7-11
23. Apr 24, 1997@ BALW 2-1
24. Apr 25, 1997@ BALL 0-2
25. Apr 26, 1997@ BALL 5-14
26. Apr 27, 1997@ BALW 13-7
27. Apr 29, 1997vs LAAL 4-5
28. Apr 30, 1997vs LAAW 11-2
29. May 2, 1997@ TEXW 5-4
30. May 3, 1997@ TEXL 6-7
31. May 4, 1997@ TEXL 6-7
32. May 5, 1997vs KCL 0-2
33. May 6, 1997vs KCL 2-7
34. May 7, 1997vs MINW 11-3
35. May 8, 1997vs MINL 7-10
36. May 9, 1997vs TEXL 1-5
37. May 10, 1997vs TEXL 5-11
38. May 11, 1997vs TEXL 6-8
39. May 13, 1997@ KCL 0-9
40. May 14, 1997@ KCL 2-6
41. May 16, 1997@ MINL 5-11
42. May 17, 1997@ MINW 4-0
43. May 18, 1997@ MINL 5-7
44. May 20, 1997@ CHWL 1-10
45. May 21, 1997@ CHWL 5-10
46. May 22, 1997@ NYYW 8-2
47. May 23, 1997@ NYYW 9-3
48. May 24, 1997@ NYYL 2-4
49. May 26, 1997vs MILW 3-2
50. May 27, 1997vs MILW 7-6
51. May 28, 1997vs CHWW 5-3
52. May 29, 1997vs CHWL 2-5
53. May 30, 1997vs NYYW 10-4
54. May 31, 1997vs NYYL 2-7
55. Jun 1, 1997vs NYYL 6-11
56. Jun 2, 1997vs NYYL 2-5
57. Jun 3, 1997@ MILL 4-6
58. Jun 4, 1997@ MILL 11-13
59. Jun 5, 1997@ MILW 2-1
60. Jun 6, 1997vs CLEL 3-7
61. Jun 7, 1997vs CLEL 5-9
62. Jun 8, 1997vs CLEW 12-6
63. Jun 10, 1997vs BALL 2-7
64. Jun 10, 1997vs BALL 2-4
65. Jun 11, 1997vs BALW 10-1
66. Jun 12, 1997vs BALW 9-5
67. Jun 13, 1997@ NYMW 8-4
68. Jun 14, 1997@ NYML 2-5
69. Jun 15, 1997@ NYMW 10-1
70. Jun 16, 1997vs PHIW 5-4
71. Jun 17, 1997vs PHIW 12-6
72. Jun 18, 1997vs PHIW 4-2
73. Jun 20, 1997@ DETL 6-12
74. Jun 21, 1997@ DETL 4-15
75. Jun 22, 1997@ DETW 2-1
76. Jun 23, 1997@ TORW 7-6
77. Jun 24, 1997@ TORW 9-6
78. Jun 25, 1997@ TORW 13-12
79. Jun 26, 1997vs DETL 6-10
80. Jun 27, 1997vs DETL 1-2
81. Jun 28, 1997vs DETL 2-9
82. Jun 29, 1997vs DETW 8-6
83. Jun 30, 1997vs MIAL 5-8
84. Jul 1, 1997vs MIAW 9-2
85. Jul 2, 1997vs MIAL 2-3
86. Jul 3, 1997@ CHWW 4-1
87. Jul 4, 1997@ CHWL 5-6
88. Jul 5, 1997@ CHWL 8-11
89. Jul 6, 1997@ CHWL 5-6
90. Jul 10, 1997vs TORW 8-7
91. Jul 11, 1997vs TORL 4-8
92. Jul 12, 1997vs TORL 1-3
93. Jul 13, 1997vs TORL 2-3
94. Jul 14, 1997vs DETW 18-4
95. Jul 15, 1997vs DETL 5-7
96. Jul 16, 1997@ BALW 4-1
97. Jul 17, 1997@ BALW 12-9
98. Jul 18, 1997@ CLEW 7-0
99. Jul 19, 1997@ CLEW 6-3
100. Jul 20, 1997@ CLEL 2-7
101. Jul 21, 1997@ CLEW 3-1
102. Jul 22, 1997vs ATHW 4-3
103. Jul 23, 1997vs ATHL 2-5
104. Jul 24, 1997vs ATHW 3-0
105. Jul 25, 1997vs LAAL 4-5
106. Jul 25, 1997vs LAAL 5-8
107. Jul 26, 1997vs LAAW 7-6
108. Jul 27, 1997vs LAAW 6-5
109. Jul 29, 1997vs SEAW 4-0
110. Jul 30, 1997vs SEAW 8-7
111. Jul 31, 1997@ KCL 2-3
112. Aug 1, 1997@ KCW 10-3
113. Aug 2, 1997@ KCL 3-10
114. Aug 3, 1997@ KCL 2-5
115. Aug 4, 1997@ TEXW 11-5
116. Aug 4, 1997@ TEXW 11-5
117. Aug 5, 1997@ TEXW 17-1
118. Aug 6, 1997@ MINW 5-2
119. Aug 7, 1997@ MINW 7-6
120. Aug 8, 1997vs KCW 8-2
121. Aug 9, 1997vs KCL 2-9
122. Aug 10, 1997vs KCW 6-4
123. Aug 11, 1997vs TEXL 3-8
124. Aug 12, 1997vs TEXL 2-12
125. Aug 13, 1997vs TEXL 6-7
126. Aug 14, 1997vs MINW 6-1
127. Aug 15, 1997vs MINW 5-4
128. Aug 16, 1997vs MINW 12-4
129. Aug 17, 1997vs MINW 10-5
130. Aug 20, 1997@ ATHW 7-5
131. Aug 20, 1997@ ATHW 5-4
132. Aug 21, 1997@ ATHL 6-13
133. Aug 22, 1997@ LAAL 5-8
134. Aug 23, 1997@ LAAL 1-6
135. Aug 24, 1997@ LAAW 3-2
136. Aug 25, 1997@ SEAW 9-8
137. Aug 26, 1997@ SEAL 2-8
138. Aug 27, 1997@ SEAW 9-5
139. Aug 29, 1997vs ATLL 1-9
140. Aug 30, 1997vs ATLL 2-15
141. Aug 31, 1997vs ATLL 3-7
142. Sep 1, 1997@ WSHL 2-4
143. Sep 2, 1997@ WSHL 5-6
144. Sep 3, 1997@ WSHL 0-1
145. Sep 5, 1997vs MILL 1-7
146. Sep 6, 1997vs MILW 10-2
147. Sep 7, 1997vs MILW 11-2
148. Sep 9, 1997vs NYYL 6-8
149. Sep 10, 1997vs NYYW 5-2
150. Sep 12, 1997@ MILW 4-2
151. Sep 13, 1997@ MILW 2-1
152. Sep 14, 1997@ MILW 2-1
153. Sep 15, 1997@ NYYL 6-7
154. Sep 16, 1997@ NYYL 0-2
155. Sep 16, 1997@ NYYL 3-4
156. Sep 17, 1997vs TORW 4-3
157. Sep 18, 1997vs TORW 3-2
158. Sep 19, 1997vs CHWL 4-5
159. Sep 20, 1997vs CHWL 4-6
160. Sep 21, 1997vs CHWW 5-2
161. Sep 23, 1997@ DETL 0-6
162. Sep 24, 1997@ DETW 9-2
163. Sep 25, 1997@ DETW 3-1
164. Sep 26, 1997@ TORL 0-3
165. Sep 27, 1997@ TORL 5-12
166. Sep 28, 1997@ TORL 2-3