Английская Википедия:1979 Boston Red Sox season

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox baseball team season The 1979 Boston Red Sox season was the 79th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League East with a record of 91 wins and 69 losses, Шаблон:Frac games behind the Baltimore Orioles, who went on to win the AL championship.

Offseason

On December 7, 1978, pitcher Bill Lee was traded to the Montreal Expos for infielder Stan Papi.

Regular season

Record by month

Month	Record		Cumulative		AL East		Ref.
	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Position	GB
April	13	7	13	7	1st	+Шаблон:Frac
May	14	12	27	19	2nd	2
June	20	8	47	27	2nd	Шаблон:Frac
July	15	13	62	40	2nd	Шаблон:Frac
August	16	13	78	53	3rd	Шаблон:Frac
September	13	16	91	69	3rd	Шаблон:Frac

The Red Sox only played 160 games, as a home game scheduled against the Milwaukee Brewers on August 12, and an away game scheduled against the Chicago White Sox on August 29, were rained out and not rescheduled.

Highlights

Fred Lynn had a league-leading .333 batting average and had 39 home runs and 122 RBIs, while Jim Rice batted .325 with 39 homers and 130 RBIs. On the pitching staff, Dennis Eckersley was 17–10, down from 20–8 the prior season, and Mike Torrez was 16–13, matching his record of the previous year.

The season also featured Carl Yastrzemski's 3,000th hit and his 400th home run. His 400th home run came off of Mike Morgan of the Athletics on July 24. Yaz became the seventh AL player and 18th MLB player to collect 400 home runs. He joined the 3,000 hit club with a single off of Jim Beattie of the Yankees on September 12. Yaz was the 15th player to collect 3,000 major league hits, and the first AL player to have both 3,000 hits and 400 home runs.

Notable transactions

• June 13, 1979: Pete Ladd, a player to be named later, and cash were traded by the Red Sox to the Houston Astros for Bob Watson. The Red Sox completed the deal by sending Bobby Sprowl to the Astros on June 19.
• August 17, 1979: The Red Sox traded a player to be named later and cash to the Chicago Cubs for Ted Sizemore. The Red Sox completed the deal by sending Mike O'Berry to the Cubs on October 23.

Opening Day lineup

2	Jerry Remy	2B
7	Rick Burleson	SS
19	Fred Lynn	CF
14	Jim Rice	DH
8	Carl Yastrzemski	LF
15	George Scott	1B
3	Jack Brohamer	3B
24	Dwight Evans	RF
10	Bob Montgomery	C
43	Dennis Eckersley	P

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Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Шаблон:Sortname	108	241	49	.203	3	22
1B	Шаблон:Sortname	84	312	105	.337	13	53
2B	Шаблон:Sortname	80	306	91	.297	0	29
SS	Шаблон:Sortname	153	627	174	.278	5	60
3B	Шаблон:Sortname	146	528	138	.261	28	93
LF	Шаблон:Sortname	158	619	201	.325	39	130
CF	Шаблон:Sortname	147	531	177	.333	39	122
RF	Шаблон:Sortname	152	489	134	.274	21	58
DH	Шаблон:Sortname	147	518	140	.270	21	87

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Шаблон:Sortname	91	320	87	.272	10	42
Шаблон:Sortname	64	192	51	.266	1	11
Шаблон:Sortname	45	156	35	.224	4	23
Шаблон:Sortname	63	154	51	.331	2	23
Шаблон:Sortname	50	117	22	.188	1	6
Шаблон:Sortname	76	113	30	.265	2	14
Шаблон:Sortname	26	88	23	.261	1	6
Шаблон:Sortname	32	86	30	.349	0	7
Шаблон:Sortname	47	78	19	.244	3	15
Шаблон:Sortname	43	59	10	.169	1	4
Шаблон:Sortname	6	3	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Шаблон:Sortname	36	252.1	16	13	4.49	125
Шаблон:Sortname	33	246.2	17	10	2.99	150
Шаблон:Sortname	40	216.2	16	12	3.99	56
Шаблон:Sortname	27	171.0	11	9	4.11	99
Шаблон:Sortname	20	103.2	8	5	3.82	41
Шаблон:Sortname	6	28.0	1	2	6.43	11

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Шаблон:Sortname	16	64.2	3	1	5.15	34
Шаблон:Sortname	15	57.1	0	3	4.87	25

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Шаблон:Sortname	56	10	3	13	3.03	67
Шаблон:Sortname	44	3	2	4	2.74	60
Шаблон:Sortname	41	3	4	9	4.28	25
Шаблон:Sortname	11	1	0	0	5.09	15
Шаблон:Sortname	8	1	0	0	7.08	16
Шаблон:Sortname	8	1	2	0	8.80	7

Awards and honors

• Rick Burleson – Gold Glove Award (SS)
• Dwight Evans – Gold Glove Award (OF)
• Fred Lynn – Gold Glove Award (OF), AL Player of the Month (August)

All-Star Game

• Rick Burleson, reserve SS
• Fred Lynn, starting CF
• Jim Rice, starting RF
• Bob Stanley, reserve P
• Carl Yastrzemski, starting 1B

Farm system

Шаблон:MLB Farm System LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Winston-Salem, Winter Haven
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External links

• 1979 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1979 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com