Best and worst Red Sox seasons and careers Legend: NAME = The player's name PLAYED = The years spanning the player's Red Sox career (though he need not have played for the Sox in every single intervening year). YRS = number of years spent with the Red Sox PA = plate appearances with the Red Sox AVG = batting average " " " " OBP = on-base percentage " " " " SLG = slugging average " " " " MRC = Marginal Runs Created, compared to a league average hitter POSMRC = Position-adjusted Marginal Runs Created RPOSMRC = Replacement-position-adjusted Marginal Runs Created The top 30 all-time Red Sox players' careers NAME PLAYED YRS PA AVG OBP SLG MRC POSMRC RPOSMRC ------------- --------- --- ------ ----- ----- ----- -------- -------- -------- Williams,Ted 1939-1960 19 9725 .344 .481 .634 1388.27 1206.44 1430.35 Yastrzemski,C 1961-1983 23 13833 .285 .381 .462 658.81 438.96 787.75 Boggs,Wade 1982-1992 11 7217 .338 .430 .462 492.38 481.13 644.04 Rice,Jim 1974-1989 16 8895 .298 .351 .502 409.42 331.86 568.94 Evans,Dwight 1972-1990 19 10063 .272 .369 .473 388.67 298.09 558.43 Doerr,Bobby 1937-1951 14 7902 .288 .361 .461 263.16 292.35 485.41 Speaker,Tris 1907-1915 9 4394 .337 .406 .482 420.25 332.91 434.29 Foxx,Jimmie 1936-1942 7 3912 .320 .428 .605 397.00 261.07 375.68 Cronin,Joe 1935-1945 11 4477 .300 .392 .484 202.90 233.34 342.53 Fisk,Carlton 1971-1980 10 4244 .285 .350 .481 177.11 210.48 309.37 Lynn,Fred 1974-1980 7 3444 .308 .385 .520 224.95 194.77 281.52 Petrocelli,Ri 1963-1976 13 6051 .251 .333 .420 123.28 140.20 279.90 Greenwell,Mik 1985-1993 9 3886 .307 .373 .466 175.71 157.78 255.94 Smith,Reggie 1966-1973 8 4205 .281 .354 .471 212.03 136.26 242.54 Jensen,Jackie 1954-1961 7 4442 .282 .377 .478 201.57 99.31 220.01 DiMaggio,Dom 1940-1953 11 6390 .298 .380 .419 182.24 45.14 219.46 Goodman,Billy 1947-1957 11 4960 .306 .384 .387 94.20 99.56 217.88 Pesky,Johnny 1942-1952 8 4666 .313 .398 .393 131.60 99.36 212.67 Gardner,Larry 1908-1917 10 4307 .282 .347 .377 118.63 99.81 198.14 Hooper,Harry 1909-1920 12 7096 .272 .357 .367 180.58 9.90 194.41 Runnels,Pete 1958-1962 5 2956 .320 .407 .427 146.07 120.08 190.59 Collins,Jimmy 1901-1907 7 3132 .296 .332 .423 129.37 111.37 184.76 Stephens,Vern 1948-1952 5 2865 .283 .363 .492 108.20 106.27 179.11 Freeman,Buck 1901-1907 7 3292 .286 .332 .442 153.56 87.18 172.11 Ruth,Babe 1914-1919 6 1299 .308 .409 .568 160.40 140.99 170.59 Burleson,Rick 1974-1980 7 4374 .274 .326 .362 -48.15 71.85 167.42 Parent,Freddy 1901-1907 7 4052 .273 .310 .361 55.84 67.83 158.89 Malzone,Frank 1955-1965 11 5600 .276 .318 .403 31.95 10.26 157.03 Lewis,Duffy 1910-1917 8 4628 .289 .335 .395 144.19 34.36 156.00 Conigliaro,To 1964-1975 7 3219 .267 .327 .488 130.74 65.40 152.30 The bottom 30 all-time Red Sox players' careers NAME PLAYED YRS PA AVG OBP SLG MRC POSMRC RPOSMRC ------------- --------- --- ------ ----- ----- ----- -------- -------- -------- Seeds,Bob 1933-1934 2 257 .242 .304 .331 -8.81 -17.64 -9.09 Rosenthal,Si 1925-1926 2 383 .266 .316 .375 -7.48 -22.67 -9.33 McNally,Mike 1915-1920 5 643 .231 .292 .255 -27.61 -26.15 -9.35 Stephens,Gene 1952-1960 8 1471 .247 .326 .362 -16.42 -53.30 -10.23 Bailey,Gene 1920-1920 1 144 .230 .278 .244 -9.74 -15.59 -10.44 OBrien,Jack 1903-1903 1 359 .210 .256 .302 -11.71 -20.99 -10.57 Cramer,Doc 1936-1940 5 3318 .302 .346 .378 -37.75 -116.61 -10.67 Stumpf,George 1931-1933 3 261 .231 .299 .294 -13.01 -19.65 -11.03 Sweeney,Bill 1930-1931 2 770 .300 .326 .386 -3.29 -38.49 -11.54 Durst,Cedric 1930-1930 1 319 .245 .285 .351 -14.82 -22.82 -11.56 Olson,Karl 1951-1955 4 356 .231 .261 .316 -15.50 -22.67 -11.62 Sullivan,Marc 1982-1987 5 378 .186 .225 .258 -32.00 -22.08 -11.73 Miller,Elmer 1922-1922 1 152 .190 .217 .327 -11.82 -17.98 -12.08 Leibold,Nemo 1921-1923 3 839 .284 .355 .352 -10.58 -40.50 -12.77 Gerber,Wally 1928-1929 2 431 .202 .276 .235 -33.77 -25.92 -14.11 VanCamp,Al 1931-1932 2 451 .262 .302 .335 -14.26 -30.36 -14.92 Dahlgren,Babe 1935-1936 2 645 .265 .336 .395 -9.52 -37.99 -15.79 Watwood,Johnn 1932-1933 2 319 .236 .292 .274 -18.74 -26.74 -16.10 Connolly,Ed 1930-1932 3 392 .182 .242 .234 -33.79 -28.53 -16.91 Williams,Denn 1924-1928 3 349 .265 .324 .296 -15.45 -29.77 -17.31 Reichle,Dick 1922-1923 2 407 .257 .297 .327 -14.44 -31.79 -17.36 Almada,Mel 1933-1937 5 1282 .272 .335 .359 -34.11 -57.92 -17.54 Melillo,Ski 1935-1937 3 854 .245 .308 .299 -50.54 -45.19 -20.27 Pittinger,Pin 1921-1923 3 472 .229 .258 .249 -37.13 -36.78 -22.16 Warstler,Rabb 1930-1933 4 1152 .215 .282 .276 -73.07 -57.66 -25.64 Morgan,Ed 1934-1934 1 609 .267 .365 .352 -8.81 -48.16 -26.31 Walters,Roxy 1919-1923 5 819 .204 .258 .240 -62.43 -51.49 -28.30 Oliver,Tom 1930-1933 4 2036 .277 .314 .340 -56.47 -109.37 -42.37 Collins,Shano 1921-1925 5 1653 .271 .295 .366 -49.01 -114.50 -55.10 Todt,Phil 1924-1930 7 3417 .259 .302 .394 -72.32 -190.25 -71.41