2017 Boston Red Sox | ||
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American League East Champions | ||
League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |
City | Boston | |
Record | 93–69 (.574) | |
Divisional place | 1st | |
Owners | John W. Henry (Fenway Sports Group) | |
President | Sam Kennedy | |
President of baseball operations | Dave Dombrowski | |
General manager | none (de facto by President of Baseball Operations) | |
Manager | John Farrell | |
Television | NESN (Dave O'Brien, Jerry Remy, Dennis Eckersley, Steve Lyons, Tom Caron) | |
Radio | WEEI-FM Boston Red Sox Radio Network (Joe Castiglione, Tim Neverett, Lou Merloni) | |
Stats | ESPN.com Baseball Reference | |
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The 2017 Boston Red Sox season was the 117th season in the team's history, and their 106th season at Fenway Park. They finished with 93 wins and 69 losses, the same record as their previous season, two games ahead of the second-place New York Yankees. It was also the team's first season in 15 years without David Ortiz, due to his retirement. The Red Sox won their second straight American League East championship, the first time the team won the division (which was established in 1969) in consecutive years; it was their ninth division title overall. In the postseason, they lost the American League Division Series in four games to the eventual 2017 World Series champions, the Houston Astros.
Reigning AL Cy Young winner Rick Porcello made his first opening day start of his career, going 6 1⁄3 innings, allowing three runs on six hits in the win. The Red Sox bats could only get one hit off of Pirates starter Gerrit Cole through 4 2⁄3 innings but then strung together six 2-out hits. Jackie Bradley Jr. started the rally with a triple of the right field wall, Pablo Sandoval legged out an infield single, Sandy León laid down a bunt down the third base line, Dustin Pedroia with a single down the middle, which plated Pablo Sandoval, Andrew Benintendi with a three-run shot in the Pirates bullpen and Mookie Betts reached second on another infield single and a throwing error by the shortstop Jordy Mercer. Hanley Ramírez made the third out and Cole's day was over. Pittsburgh got to Porcello in the seventh, where he gave up three hits and three runs, two of them inherited by Matt Barnes. Barnes eventually got out of the inning. Neither team would score in the remainder of the game and Craig Kimbrel closed out the game on one hit and one hit batsman.
15 | Dustin Pedroia | 2B |
16 | Andrew Benintendi | LF |
50 | Mookie Betts | RF |
13 | Hanley Ramírez | DH |
18 | Mitch Moreland | 1B |
2 | Xander Bogaerts | SS |
19 | Jackie Bradley Jr. | CF |
48 | Pablo Sandoval | 3B |
3 | Sandy León | C |
22 | Rick Porcello | P |
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MayMay 1–4, vs. Baltimore May 5–7, at Minneapolis May 9–11, at Milwaukee
May 12–14, vs. Tampa Bay May 16–17, at St. Louis May 18–20, at Oakland May 23–25, vs. Texas May 26–28, vs. Seattle May 29–31, at Chicago |
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August 3–August 6, vs. Chicago White Sox August 8–August 9, at Tampa Bay Rays On August 9, the Red Sox defeated the Rays, 8–2, to extend their winning streak to eight games. In the fifth inning, Rick Porcello struck out the side on nine pitches; it was the fourth immaculate inning in franchise history and second of the season, following one by Craig Kimbrel on May 11. [13] [14] August 11–August 13, at New York Yankees August 14, vs. Cleveland Indians August 15–August 16, vs. St. Louis Cardinals August 18–August 20, vs. New York Yankees August 21–August 24, at Cleveland Indians August 25–August 27, vs. Baltimore Orioles
The August 25 game, a 16–3 win by Baltimore, was notable for the Red Sox making an illegal player re-entry late in the game, which went undetected at the time. With the Orioles leading by 13 runs, position player Mitch Moreland pitched the ninth inning for Boston, with Hanley Ramírez entering the game to play first base, resulting in loss of the designated hitter. Ramírez should have taken Chris Young's position in the batting order (seventh). However, with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, Young batted in his (former) seventh position in the order, which is an illegal player re-entry. Young hit a single, and the game ended three batters later, with Young's hit having no bearing on the outcome of the game. The illegal player re-entry appears to be unique in MLB history. [17] |
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In September 2017, the Red Sox were fined for their role in stealing signs from the rival New York Yankees. [18] On February 4, 2020, MLB Network journalist Peter Gammons reported that former Red Sox player Chris Young, who left the Red Sox following the 2017 season, [19] told him that Young was the mastermind of the Red Sox' Apple Watch scheme, telling him "I started the whole Apple Watch thing. I got it from when I was with the Yankees." [20] [21] Young later denied to SportsNet New York (SNY) that he told this to Gammons, and Gammons retracted his comments via Twitter, stating that Young's "word is gold." [20] [21] In reporting Young's denial, SNY also revealed that Young had in fact been interviewed by MLB officials as part of the 2017 investigation against the Red Sox and that multiple sources told the sports news agency that Young was in fact a leader of the team's 2017 Apple Watch scheme. [20]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Boston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | x | 8 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Justin Verlander (1–0) LP: Chris Sale (0–1) Home runs: BOS: None HOU: Alex Bregman (1), Jose Altuve (3) Attendance: 43,102 [22] |
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Boston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Dallas Keuchel (1–0) LP: Drew Pomeranz (0–1) Home runs: BOS: None HOU: Carlos Correa (1), George Springer (1) Attendance: 43,410 [23] |
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Houston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Boston | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | X | 10 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Joe Kelly (1–0) LP: Francisco Liriano (0-1) Home runs: HOU: Carlos Correa (2) BOS: Rafael Devers (1), Jackie Bradley Jr. (1) Attendance: 38,010 [24] |
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Boston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Justin Verlander (2-0) LP: Chris Sale (0-2) Sv: Ken Giles (1) Home runs: HOU: Alex Bregman (2) BOS: Xander Bogaerts (1), Andrew Benintendi (1), Rafael Devers (2) Attendance: 37,305 [25] |
2017 ALDS (1–3): Boston lost to Houston
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Boston | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 39 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total attendance: 161,827 Average attendance: 40,457 |
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Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Red Sox | 93 | 69 | .574 | — | 48–33 | 45–36 |
New York Yankees | 91 | 71 | .562 | 2 | 51–30 | 40–41 |
Tampa Bay Rays | 80 | 82 | .494 | 13 | 42–39 | 38–43 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 76 | 86 | .469 | 17 | 42–39 | 34–47 |
Baltimore Orioles | 75 | 87 | .463 | 18 | 46–35 | 29–52 |
American League Wild Card
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Baltimore | — | 10–9 | 4–3 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 7–12 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 8–11 | 6–1 | 12–7 | 8–12 |
Boston | 9–10 | — | 6–1 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 5–1 | 13–6 | 16–4 |
Chicago | 3–4 | 1–6 | — | 6–13 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 3–4 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 6–14 |
Cleveland | 6–1 | 3–4 | 13–6 | — | 13–6 | 5–1 | 12–7 | 6–0 | 12–7 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 6–14 |
Detroit | 4–3 | 4–3 | 9–10 | 6–13 | — | 3–4 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 8–12 |
Houston | 5–1 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 4–3 | — | 3–4 | 12–7 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 14–5 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 4–3 | 15–5 |
Kansas City | 3–3 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 7–12 | 11–8 | 4–3 | — | 6–1 | 8–11 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 9–11 |
Los Angeles | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 0–6 | 4–3 | 7–12 | 1–6 | — | 2–5 | 4–2 | 12–7 | 12–7 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 4–3 | 11–9 |
Minnesota | 5–2 | 2–5 | 12–7 | 7–12 | 11–8 | 1–5 | 11–8 | 5–2 | — | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 13–7 |
New York | 12–7 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 4–2 | — | 2–5 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 15–5 |
Oakland | 3–4 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 5–2 | — | 7–12 | 2–5 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 7–13 |
Seattle | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 6–1 | 5–14 | 2–5 | 7–12 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 12–7 | — | 5–1 | 11–8 | 1–6 | 12–8 |
Tampa Bay | 11–8 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 7–12 | 5–2 | 1–5 | — | 2–4 | 9–10 | 11–9 |
Texas | 1–6 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 5–1 | 7–12 | 6–1 | 11–8 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 8–11 | 4–2 | — | 3–4 | 14–6 |
Toronto | 7–12 | 6–13 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 10–9 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 10–9 | 4–3 | — | 9–11 |
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Boston | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 |
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The Red Sox were the only American League team not to hit a grand slam during the 2017 season. [29]
No. | Date | Red Sox personnel | H/A | Opposing team |
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1 | April 21 | Brian Butterfield | Away | Baltimore Orioles |
2 | April 23 | Matt Barnes | Away | Baltimore Orioles |
3 | June 24 | John Farrell | Home | Anaheim Angels |
4 | July 22 | John Farrell | Away | Anaheim Angels |
5 | September 3 | Carl Willis | Away | New York Yankees |
6 | October 9† | John Farrell | Home | Houston Astros |
† postseason game
Source: [30]
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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; Ref. = Reference
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | Ref. |
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Andrew Benintendi | 151 | 573 | 84 | 155 | 26 | 1 | 20 | 90 | 20 | 70 | .271 | [31] |
Mookie Betts | 153 | 628 | 101 | 166 | 46 | 2 | 24 | 102 | 26 | 77 | .264 | [32] |
Xander Bogaerts | 148 | 571 | 94 | 156 | 32 | 6 | 10 | 62 | 15 | 56 | .273 | [33] |
Jackie Bradley Jr. | 133 | 482 | 58 | 118 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 64 | 8 | 48 | .245 | [34] |
Rafael Devers | 58 | 222 | 34 | 63 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 3 | 18 | .284 | [35] |
Tzu-Wei Lin | 25 | 56 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | .268 | [36] |
Mitch Moreland | 149 | 508 | 73 | 125 | 34 | 0 | 22 | 79 | 0 | 57 | .246 | [37] |
Eduardo Núñez | 38 | 165 | 23 | 53 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 6 | .321 | [38] |
Dustin Pedroia | 105 | 406 | 46 | 119 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 62 | 4 | 49 | .293 | [39] |
Christian Vázquez | 98 | 324 | 43 | 94 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 7 | 17 | .290 | [40] |
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Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | Ref. |
Chase d'Arnaud | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | [41] |
Rajai Davis | 17 | 36 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .250 | [42] |
Doug Fister | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | [43] |
Marco Hernández | 21 | 58 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .276 | [44] |
Brock Holt | 64 | 140 | 20 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 19 | .200 | [45] |
Brian Johnson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | [46] |
Kyle Kendrick | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | [47] |
Sandy León | 84 | 271 | 32 | 61 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 39 | 0 | 25 | .225 | [48] |
Deven Marrero | 71 | 171 | 32 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 5 | 12 | .211 | [49] |
Drew Pomeranz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | [50] |
Rick Porcello | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | [51] |
David Price | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | [52] |
Hanley Ramírez | 133 | 496 | 58 | 120 | 24 | 0 | 23 | 62 | 1 | 51 | .242 | [53] |
Eduardo Rodríguez | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | [54] |
Josh Rutledge | 37 | 107 | 10 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9 | .224 | [55] |
Chris Sale | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | [56] |
Pablo Sandoval | 32 | 99 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 8 | .212 | [57] |
Steve Selsky | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | [58] |
Blake Swihart | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | [59] |
Sam Travis | 33 | 76 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .263 | [60] |
Héctor Velázquez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | [61] |
Chris Young | 90 | 243 | 30 | 57 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 30 | .235 | [62] |
Team Totals | 162 | 5669 | 785 | 1461 | 302 | 19 | 168 | 735 | 106 | 571 | .258 |
Top 10 hitters determined by fWAR: [63]
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; WHIP = Walks plus hits per inning pitched; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Total runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts; HLD = Holds; Ref. = Reference
Player | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | WHIP | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HLD | Ref. |
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Matt Barnes | 70 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3.88 | 1.22 | 69.2 | 57 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 83 | 21 | [64] |
Doug Fister | 18 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 4.88 | 1.39 | 90.1 | 88 | 55 | 49 | 38 | 83 | 0 | [65] |
Heath Hembree | 62 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.63 | 1.45 | 62.0 | 72 | 29 | 25 | 18 | 70 | 14 | [66] |
Joe Kelly | 54 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.79 | 1.19 | 58.0 | 42 | 19 | 18 | 27 | 52 | 13 | [67] |
Craig Kimbrel | 67 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 1.43 | 0.68 | 69.0 | 33 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 126 | 1 | [68] |
Drew Pomeranz | 32 | 32 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3.32 | 1.36 | 173.2 | 167 | 69 | 64 | 69 | 174 | 0 | [69] |
Rick Porcello | 33 | 33 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 4.65 | 1.39 | 203.1 | 235 | 125 | 105 | 48 | 181 | 0 | [70] |
David Price | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3.38 | 1.19 | 74.2 | 65 | 30 | 28 | 24 | 76 | 1 | [71] |
Eduardo Rodríguez | 25 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4.19 | 1.28 | 137.1 | 126 | 66 | 64 | 50 | 150 | 0 | [72] |
Chris Sale | 32 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 2.90 | 0.97 | 214.1 | 165 | 73 | 69 | 43 | 308 | 0 | [73] |
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Player | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | WHIP | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HLD | Ref. |
Fernando Abad | 48 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.30 | 1.24 | 43.2 | 40 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 37 | 2 | [74] |
Blaine Boyer | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.35 | 1.55 | 41.1 | 50 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 33 | 2 | [75] |
Roenis Elías | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | [76] |
Brian Johnson | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.33 | 1.48 | 27.0 | 32 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 0 | [77] |
Kyle Kendrick | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12.96 | 2.52 | 8.1 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | [78] |
Austin Maddox | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.52 | 0.87 | 17.1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | [79] |
Kyle Martin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 1.71 | 2.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | [80] |
Mitch Moreland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | [81] |
Noe Ramirez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 0.86 | 4.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | [82] |
Addison Reed | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.33 | 0.93 | 27.0 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 11 | [83] |
Robbie Ross Jr. | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | 1.89 | 9.0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 1 | [84] |
Robby Scott | 57 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.79 | 0.98 | 35.2 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 31 | 12 | [85] |
Carson Smith | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.35 | 1.35 | 6.2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | [86] |
Ben Taylor | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.19 | 1.67 | 17.1 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 1 | [87] |
Héctor Velázquez | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.92 | 1.14 | 24.2 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 0 | [88] |
Brandon Workman | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.18 | 1.21 | 39.2 | 37 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 37 | 4 | [89] |
Steven Wright | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8.25 | 1.88 | 24.0 | 40 | 24 | 22 | 5 | 13 | 0 | [90] |
Team Totals | 162 | 162 | 93 | 69 | 39 | 3.70 | 1.25 | 1482.1 | 1384 | 668 | 610 | 465 | 1580 | 83 |
Top 10 pitchers determined by fWAR: [91]
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andrew Benintendi | 4 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .250 | [92] |
Mookie Betts | 4 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .313 | [93] |
Xander Bogaerts | 4 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .059 | [94] |
Jackie Bradley Jr. | 4 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .200 | [95] |
Rafael Devers | 4 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .364 | [96] |
Sandy León | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .500 | [97] |
Deven Marrero | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | [98] |
Mitch Moreland | 4 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .385 | [99] |
Eduardo Núñez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | [100] |
Dustin Pedroia | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 | [101] |
Hanley Ramírez | 4 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .571 | [102] |
Christian Vázquez | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | [103] |
Chris Young | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | [104] |
Player | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | WHIP | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doug Fister | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 3.75 | 1.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | [105] |
Joe Kelly | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 2.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | [106] |
Craig Kimbrel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2.50 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | [107] |
Austin Maddox | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2.50 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | [108] |
Drew Pomeranz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18.00 | 3.00 | 2.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | [109] |
Rick Porcello | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2.00 | 4.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | [110] |
David Price | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.05 | 6.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | [111] |
Addison Reed | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 1.71 | 2.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | [112] |
Eduardo Rodríguez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | INF | INF | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | [113] |
Chris Sale | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8.38 | 1.45 | 9.2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 12 | [114] |
Carson Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | [115] |
Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Mookie Betts | AL Player of the Week (May 8–14) | May 15, 2017 | [116] |
Craig Kimbrel | AL Reliever of the Month (May) | June 2, 2017 | [117] |
Mookie Betts | All-Star Reserve OF † | July 2, 2017 | [118] |
Craig Kimbrel | All-Star Reserve RP | ||
Chris Sale | All-Star Starter SP | ||
Mookie Betts | AL Player of the Week (June 26–July 2) | July 3, 2017 | [119] |
Andrew Benintendi | AL Rookie of the Month (August) | September 3, 2017 | [120] |
Craig Kimbrel | AL Reliever of the Year | October 28, 2017 | [121] |
Mookie Betts | AL Gold Glove RF | November 7, 2017 | [122] |
† Started game in CF due to injury of Mike Trout
Source: [123]
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