2001 Season Review -- 2001 Boston Red Sox
February 19, 2002
This article takes a look at how the 2001 Boston Red Sox performed relative
to pre-season expectations. For links to the reviews for the other teams,
more information on our projection system, the projections for 2001, definitions
of key terms and statistics, and how the new strike zone affected the
stats in 2001, visit the following pages:
2001 Team Reviews
Diamond Mind projection system
Projecting the 2001 Season (March
22, 2001)
Key terms and statisitics
Effect of the new strike zone
Capsule Summary
Projected Actual
Runs for 883 772
Runs allowed 684 745
Run Margin 199 27
Wins 98 82
Pythagorean wins 100 83
Placement 1st 2nd
Position Players
Scott Hatteberg, c , bats left, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bos 366 97 23 0 11 39 51 2 60 4 60 0 0 .265 .368 .418 .786 58
Prorated Bos 267 71 17 0 8 28 37 1 44 3 44 0 0 42
Actual Bos 278 68 19 0 3 34 25 4 33 0 26 1 1 .245 .332 .345 .678 33
Jason Varitek, c , bats switch, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bos 435 111 32 1 14 57 64 4 51 2 80 1 1 .255 .335 .430 .765 62
Prorated Bos 173 44 13 0 6 23 25 2 20 1 32 0 0 25
Actual Bos 174 51 11 1 7 19 25 1 21 3 35 0 0 .293 .371 .489 .859 31
Doug Mirabelli, c , bats right, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 64 14 3 0 1 8 8 0 10 1 13 0 0 .219 .320 .313 .632 7
Prorated Tex 50 11 2 0 1 6 6 0 8 1 10 0 0 6
Actual Tex 49 5 2 0 2 4 3 0 10 0 21 0 0 .102 .254 .265 .520 4
Prorated Bos 141 31 7 0 2 18 18 0 22 2 29 0 0 16
Actual Bos 141 38 8 0 9 16 26 4 17 2 36 0 0 .270 .360 .518 .877 27
Prorated Tot 191 42 9 0 3 24 24 0 30 3 39 0 0 21
Actual Tot 190 43 10 0 11 20 29 4 27 2 57 0 0 .226 .332 .453 .784 30
Joe Oliver, c , bats right, age 35
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYA 96 23 6 0 3 10 14 0 5 0 19 1 0 .240 .275 .396 .670 10
Prorated NYA 37 9 2 0 1 4 5 0 2 0 7 0 0 4
Actual NYA 36 9 1 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 12 0 0 .250 .263 .361 .624 4
Prorated Bos 12 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1
Actual Bos 12 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 .250 .308 .333 .641 1
Prorated Tot 49 12 3 0 2 5 7 0 3 0 10 1 0 6
Actual Tot 48 12 2 0 1 4 3 0 2 0 15 0 0 .250 .275 .354 .629 5
Marcus Jensen, c , bats switch, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected FA 65 13 4 0 1 8 8 1 9 0 17 0 0 .200 .307 .308 .614 7
Prorated Bos 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Actual Bos 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0
Prorated Tex 22 4 1 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 6 0 0 2
Actual Tex 25 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 0 0 .160 .160 .200 .360 1
Prorated Tot 25 5 2 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 7 0 0 2
Actual Tot 29 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 .172 .172 .207 .379 1
Brian Daubach, 1b/rf/lf, bats left, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bos 422 111 32 2 19 55 72 5 43 2 105 1 1 .263 .337 .483 .820 70
Prorated Bos 422 111 32 2 19 55 72 5 43 2 105 1 1 70
Actual Bos 407 107 28 3 22 54 71 5 53 7 108 1 0 .263 .350 .509 .859 74
Calvin Pickering, 1b, bats left, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 63 14 2 0 2 8 9 1 11 1 18 0 0 .222 .347 .349 .696 8
Prorated Cin 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
Actual Cin 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0
Prorated Bos 49 11 2 0 2 6 7 1 9 1 14 0 0 7
Actual Bos 50 14 1 0 3 4 7 0 8 0 13 0 0 .280 .379 .480 .859 8
Prorated Tot 52 12 2 0 2 7 7 1 9 1 15 0 0 7
Actual Tot 54 15 1 0 3 4 8 0 8 0 15 0 0 .278 .371 .463 .834 8
Morgan Burkhart, 1b, bats switch, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bos 62 15 3 0 3 10 11 2 11 1 15 0 0 .242 .373 .435 .809 11
Prorated Bos 28 7 1 0 1 5 5 1 5 0 7 0 0 5
Actual Bos 33 6 1 0 1 3 4 0 1 0 11 0 0 .182 .206 .303 .509 2
Jose Offerman, 2b/1b, bats switch, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bos 550 153 26 7 7 92 55 2 88 2 82 9 10 .278 .377 .389 .766 85
Prorated Bos 505 140 24 6 6 84 50 2 81 2 75 8 9 77
Actual Bos 524 140 23 3 9 76 49 1 61 2 97 5 2 .267 .342 .374 .716 70
Angel Santos, 2b, bats switch, age 21
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Bos 16 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 7 0 0 .125 .211 .188 .398 0
Shea Hillenbrand, 3b/1b, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bos 223 63 14 0 4 31 30 2 4 1 16 2 2 .283 .300 .399 .699 24
Prorated Bos 478 135 30 0 9 66 64 4 9 2 34 4 4 53
Actual Bos 468 123 20 2 12 52 49 7 13 3 61 3 4 .263 .291 .391 .682 49
Chris Stynes, 3b/2b, bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bos 600 186 29 1 13 105 62 2 51 3 81 13 4 .310 .364 .427 .790 95
Prorated Bos 349 108 17 1 8 61 36 1 30 2 47 8 2 56
Actual Bos 361 101 19 2 8 52 33 3 20 0 56 4 5 .280 .322 .410 .732 44
Mike Lansing, ss/2b, bats right, age 33
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bos 71 16 3 0 1 9 7 0 4 0 11 1 0 .225 .267 .310 .577 6
Prorated Bos 362 81 15 0 5 46 36 0 20 0 56 5 0 28
Actual Bos 352 88 23 0 8 45 34 1 22 1 50 3 3 .250 .294 .384 .677 39
Lou Merloni, ss/2b, bats right, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bos 171 50 11 1 2 22 23 4 14 1 26 1 1 .292 .358 .404 .761 24
Prorated Bos 141 41 9 1 2 18 19 3 12 1 21 1 1 20
Actual Bos 146 39 10 0 3 21 13 3 6 0 31 2 1 .267 .306 .397 .703 16
Nomar Garciaparra, ss, bats right, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bos 324 116 28 2 16 65 62 3 34 8 28 5 2 .358 .419 .605 1.024 83
Prorated Bos 81 29 7 0 4 16 15 1 8 2 7 1 0 21
Actual Bos 83 24 3 0 4 13 8 1 7 0 9 0 1 .289 .352 .470 .822 14
John Valentin, ss, bats right, age 34
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bos 66 16 4 0 2 10 9 1 7 0 9 0 0 .242 .320 .394 .714 9
Prorated Bos 62 15 4 0 2 9 8 1 7 0 8 0 0 9
Actual Bos 60 12 2 0 1 8 5 1 9 0 8 0 0 .200 .314 .283 .598 5
Craig Grebeck, ss, bats right, age 36
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bos 220 66 14 0 2 32 20 2 23 0 30 0 0 .300 .370 .391 .761 32
Prorated Bos 38 11 2 0 0 6 3 0 4 0 5 0 0 5
Actual Bos 41 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 9 0 0 .049 .093 .073 .166 0
James Lofton, ss, bats switch, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Bos 26 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 2 1 .192 .214 .231 .445 1
Troy O'Leary, lf/rf, bats left, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bos 393 105 23 3 14 54 58 2 34 2 61 0 1 .267 .326 .448 .774 56
Prorated Bos 342 91 20 3 12 47 50 2 30 2 53 0 1 48
Actual Bos 341 82 16 6 13 50 50 5 25 2 73 1 3 .240 .298 .437 .735 42
Israel Alcantara, lf, bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bos 69 19 4 0 4 11 14 1 5 0 18 0 0 .275 .333 .507 .841 12
Prorated Bos 38 10 2 0 2 6 8 1 3 0 10 0 0 6
Actual Bos 38 10 1 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 13 1 0 .263 .317 .289 .607 3
Carl Everett, cf/rf, bats switch, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bos 536 168 37 3 32 93 115 9 58 5 110 18 7 .313 .386 .573 .959 122
Prorated Bos 395 124 27 2 24 68 85 7 43 4 81 13 5 90
Actual Bos 409 105 24 4 14 61 58 13 27 3 104 9 2 .257 .323 .438 .761 60
Trot Nixon, rf/cf, bats left, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bos 259 69 15 3 8 42 35 1 36 1 48 5 1 .266 .353 .440 .793 42
Prorated Bos 543 145 31 6 17 88 73 2 75 2 101 10 2 88
Actual Bos 535 150 31 4 27 100 88 7 79 1 113 7 4 .280 .376 .505 .881 107
Darren Lewis, rf/lf/cf, bats right, age 33
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bos 73 18 3 0 1 11 6 1 7 0 9 3 1 .247 .321 .329 .650 8
Prorated Bos 158 39 7 0 2 24 13 2 15 0 20 7 2 18
Actual Bos 164 46 9 1 1 18 12 3 8 0 25 5 5 .280 .326 .366 .692 19
Manny Ramirez, dh/lf, bats right, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bos 520 172 37 2 43 115 149 7 99 9 132 1 2 .331 .439 .658 1.097 155
Prorated Bos 509 168 36 2 42 113 146 7 97 9 129 1 2 151
Actual Bos 529 162 33 2 41 93 125 8 81 25 147 0 1 .306 .405 .609 1.014 132
Dante Bichette, dh/lf/rf, bats right, age 37
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bos 320 89 19 0 11 44 54 1 25 2 50 3 2 .278 .329 .441 .769 44
Prorated Bos 379 106 23 0 13 52 64 1 30 2 59 4 2 53
Actual Bos 391 112 30 1 12 45 49 3 20 1 76 2 2 .286 .325 .460 .786 54
Pitchers
Hideo Nomo, starter, throws right, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bos 5.33 32 32 10 12 0 186 195 32 94 187 .270 .821
Prorated Bos 33 33 10 12 0 189 199 33 96 191
Actual Bos 4.50 33 33 13 10 0 198 171 26 96 220 .231 .712
David Cone, starter, throws right, age 38
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bos 5.48 4 4 1 2 0 23 26 3 10 20 .286 .832
Prorated Bos 24 24 6 12 0 136 154 18 59 118
Actual Bos 4.31 25 25 9 7 0 136 148 17 57 115 .275 .767
Frank Castillo, starter, throws right, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bos 4.96 32 32 10 10 0 174 189 24 70 125 .278 .800
Prorated Bos 24 24 8 8 0 132 143 18 53 94
Actual Bos 4.21 26 26 10 9 0 137 138 14 35 89 .260 .715
Pedro Martinez, starter, throws right, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bos 1.94 32 32 19 3 0 218 145 16 41 282 .189 .526
Prorated Bos 18 18 10 2 0 119 79 9 22 155
Actual Bos 2.39 18 18 7 3 0 117 84 5 25 163 .199 .528
Tomokazu Ohka, starter, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bos 5.04 32 32 10 10 0 177 198 27 57 110 .284 .810
Prorated Bos 10 10 3 3 0 55 62 8 18 35
Actual Bos 6.19 12 11 2 5 0 52 69 7 19 37 .317 .852
Prorated Mon 10 10 3 3 0 52 59 8 17 33
Actual Mon 4.77 10 10 1 4 0 55 65 8 10 31 .302 .828
Prorated Tot 20 20 6 6 0 108 121 16 35 67
Actual Tot 5.47 22 21 3 9 0 107 134 15 29 68 .309 .840
Casey Fossum, starter/reliever, throws left, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Bos 4.87 13 7 3 2 0 44 44 4 20 26 .259 .761
Paxton Crawford, starter, throws right, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bos 5.55 11 11 3 4 0 58 68 8 24 40 .293 .824
Prorated Bos 7 7 2 2 0 36 41 5 15 24
Actual Bos 4.75 8 7 3 0 0 36 40 3 13 25 .276 .707
Bret Saberhagen, starter, throws right, age 37
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bos 4.25 16 16 5 4 0 85 91 10 14 53 .275 .747
Prorated Bos 3 3 1 1 0 15 17 2 3 10
Actual Bos 6.00 3 3 1 2 0 15 19 3 0 10 .302 .820
Tim Wakefield, reliever/starter, throws right, age 34
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bos 5.23 34 4 4 5 0 84 89 15 37 56 .271 .819
Prorated Bos 67 8 8 10 0 165 174 29 72 110
Actual Bos 3.90 45 17 9 12 3 169 156 13 73 148 .248 .708
Rolando Arrojo, reliever/starter, throws right, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bos 5.16 40 0 3 4 0 68 74 8 26 50 .280 .806
Prorated Bos 58 0 4 6 0 99 108 12 38 73
Actual Bos 3.48 41 9 5 4 5 103 88 8 35 78 .230 .662
Rod Beck, reliever, throws right, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bos 3.72 53 0 5 3 0 75 76 7 23 61 .264 .729
Prorated Bos 57 0 5 3 0 81 82 8 25 66
Actual Bos 3.90 68 0 6 4 6 81 77 15 28 63 .252 .766
Rich Garces, reliever, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bos 2.80 70 0 7 3 5 103 82 10 37 87 .219 .637
Prorated Bos 47 0 5 2 3 70 55 7 25 59
Actual Bos 3.90 62 0 6 1 1 67 55 6 25 51 .219 .681
Sun-Woo Kim, reliever/starter, throws right, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Bos 5.83 20 2 0 2 0 42 54 1 21 27 .312 .821
Hipolito Pichardo, reliever, throws right, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bos 3.83 23 0 3 1 0 40 42 2 16 23 .275 .728
Prorated Bos 21 0 3 1 0 37 39 2 15 21
Actual Bos 4.93 30 0 2 1 0 35 42 3 10 17 .300 .820
Pete Schourek, reliever, throws left, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bos 5.53 30 0 2 3 0 41 46 7 16 28 .286 .843
Prorated Bos 23 0 2 2 0 31 35 5 12 21
Actual Bos 4.45 33 0 1 5 0 30 35 4 15 20 .292 .867
Bill Pulsipher, reliever, throws left, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tam 6.75 4 4 1 2 0 19 24 4 10 12 .316 .943
Prorated Bos 5 5 1 2 0 22 28 5 12 14
Actual Bos 5.32 23 0 0 0 0 22 25 3 14 16 .294 .873
Prorated ChA 2 2 1 1 0 9 12 2 5 6
Actual ChA 7.88 14 0 0 0 0 8 11 2 7 4 .314 1.032
Prorated Tot 7 7 2 3 0 31 40 7 17 20
Actual Tot 6.00 37 0 0 0 0 30 36 5 21 20 .300 .919
Todd Erdos, reliever, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bos 6.35 9 0 1 1 0 17 22 3 9 11 .319 .907
Prorated Bos 8 0 1 1 0 15 19 3 8 10
Actual Bos 4.96 10 0 0 0 0 16 15 2 8 7 .263 .770
Allen McDill, reliever, throws left, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bos 6.06 19 0 1 1 0 16 21 2 9 15 .318 .910
Prorated Bos 16 0 1 1 0 14 18 2 8 13
Actual Bos 5.52 15 0 0 0 0 15 13 2 7 16 .236 .692
Bryce Florie, reliever, throws right, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bos 4.34 9 0 1 1 0 19 22 2 7 14 .301 .828
Prorated Bos 5 0 1 1 0 10 12 1 4 8
Actual Bos 11.42 7 0 0 1 0 9 12 1 7 7 .316 .949
Willie Banks, reliever, throws right, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 6.32 11 0 1 1 0 16 20 3 11 7 .317 .977
Prorated Bos 6 0 1 1 0 9 11 2 6 4
Actual Bos 0.84 5 0 0 0 0 11 5 0 4 10 .132 .425
Carlos Castillo, reliever, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bos 6.75 9 0 1 1 0 17 24 4 5 11 .329 .950
Prorated Bos 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 1 2
Actual Bos 6.00 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 .273 .795
Derek Lowe, closer/starter, throws right, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bos 2.77 70 0 7 6 47 104 94 6 27 78 .244 .653
Prorated Bos 67 0 7 6 45 100 90 6 26 75
Actual Bos 3.53 67 3 5 10 24 92 103 7 29 82 .283 .733
Ugueth Urbina, closer, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Mon 2.20 70 0 5 4 44 78 54 5 33 105 .196 .571
Prorated Mon 45 0 3 3 28 50 34 3 21 67
Actual Mon 4.24 45 0 2 1 15 47 42 8 21 57 .236 .714
Prorated Bos 17 0 1 1 11 19 13 1 8 26
Actual Bos 2.25 19 0 0 1 9 20 16 1 3 32 .219 .606
Prorated Tot 62 0 4 4 39 69 48 4 29 93
Actual Tot 3.64 64 0 2 2 24 67 58 9 24 89 .231 .684
Projections and text: Copyright © 2002. Diamond
Mind, Inc. All rights reserved.
Actual 2001 statistics: Copyright © 2001. STATS, Inc. All rights
reserved.
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