Red Sox Stink 2007

Hitting

Home Runs
Yanks 201 - most in American League, 5th most in Majors
Losers 166 – right behind the mighty Astros

RBI
Yanks 929 – most in the Majors
Losers 829 – 4th most in Majors

AVG
Yanks .290 – highest in Majors
Losers .279 – highest in Boston

SB
Yanks 200 – most in Majors
Losers 96 – 15th most in Majors

OBP
Yanks .366 – highest in Majors
Losers .362 – close second to Yanks

SLG
Yanks .463 – highest in Majors
Losers .444 – 6th highest in Majors

Pitching

ERA
Yanks 4.49 – 17th best in Majors
Sox 3.87 – highest in American League and second highest in the Majors

Wins
Yanks 94 – same record as the Angels
Sox 96 – tied with Cleveland for best record in baseball
All AL playoff teams had better records than the 4 NL playoff teams

Home Runs
Yanks – gave up 150, 7th best
Sox – gave up 151, 8th best

Saves
Yanks 34 – only 3 teams with fewer saves. Weird
Sox 45 – 5th best in baseball, second best in AL. PAPS

Strike Outs
Yanks 1009 – Near the bottom of the list. Thanks Roger for the great job this year. You owe ME, as a fan, some of that money back
Sox 1149 – 6th best in Majors, 3 best in AL. Most strike outs? Tampa Bay. WTF?

It’s clear. The Yanks won by slugging it out. Sox won by good pitching and decent hitting. I think a lot of those Yankee pitching numbers were a result of 9 rookies starting games and something like 15 different starters overall. If they had their top 5 with a rookie thrown in here or there, like the Sox, I wonder how things would have turned out. But that way of thinking is not healthy, because I keep wondering what would have happened if Tony Clark didn’t hit into a ground rule double in 2004.