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November 07, 2007

For The Record

FROM BECKETT TO YOUKILIS, TELLING NUMBERS FOR THE BOSTON RED SOX

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2007 REGULAR-SEASON STATS

PLAYER

G

AB

R

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

BB

SB

CS

AVG

Mike LOWELL

154

589

79

191

37

2

21

120

53

3

2

.324

Julio LUGO

147

570

71

135

36

2

8

73

48

33

6

.237

David ORTIZ

149

549

116

182

52

1

35

117

111

3

1

.332

Kevin YOUKILIS

145

528

85

152

35

2

16

83

77

4

2

.288

Coco CRISP

145

526

85

141

28

7

6

60

50

28

6

.268

Dustin PEDROIA

139

520

86

165

39

1

8

50

47

7

1

.317

Manny RAMIREZ

133

483

84

143

33

1

20

88

71

0

0

.296

J.D. DREW

140

466

84

126

30

4

11

64

79

4

2

.270

Jason VARITEK

131

435

57

111

15

3

17

68

71

1

2

.255

Alex CORA

83

207

30

51

10

5

3

18

7

1

1

.246

Royce CLAYTON

77

195

24

48

14

0

1

12

14

2

1

.246

Eric HINSKE

84

186

25

38

12

3

6

21

28

3

0

.204

Wily Mo PE�A

73

156

18

34

9

1

5

17

14

0

1

.218

Jacoby ELLSBURY

33

116

20

41

7

1

3

18

8

9

0

.353

Doug MIRABELLI

48

114

9

23

3

0

5

16

11

0

0

.202

PITCHER

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

H

R

ER

BB

SO

Josh BECKETT

20

7

3.27

30

30

0

200.2

189

76

73

40

194

Tim WAKEFIELD

17

12

4.76

31

31

0

189.0

191

104

100

64

110

Daisuke MATSUZAKA

15

12

4.40

32

32

0

204.2

191

100

100

80

201

Curt SCHILLING

9

8

3.87

24

24

0

151.0

165

68

65

23

101

Julian TAVAREZ

7

11

5.15

34

23

0

134.2

151

89

77

51

77

Eric GAGNE

4

2

3.81

54

0

16

52.0

49

22

22

21

51

Jon LESTER

4

0

4.57

12

11

0

63.0

61

33

32

31

50

Hideki OKAJIMA

3

2

2.22

66

0

5

69.0

50

17

17

17

63

Mike TIMLIN

2

1

3.42

50

0

1

55.1

46

23

21

14

31

Kyle SNYDER

2

3

3.81

46

0

0

54.1

45

29

23

32

41

Jonathan PAPELBON

1

3

1.85

59

0

37

58.1

30

12

12

15

84

RED SOX BY THE NUMBERS

7 CHAMPIONSHIPS won by Boston . The Red Sox won the first World Series in 1903 and then again in '12, '15, '16, '18, 2004 and '07.

5 RED SOX players who participated in both the '04 and the '07 World Series: David Ortiz , Manny Ramirez , Curt Schilling , Mike Timlin and Jason Varitek all saw action.

2 RECORDS set by the Red Sox in an opening game of a World Series. In Game 1 against Colorado they set the marks for most runs (13) and largest margin of victory (12).

20 NUMBER of times teams have won by a sweep in a World Series. Boston also swept the St. Louis Cardinals in 2004.

2 NUMBER of Japanese-born pitchers who have played in a World Series game. Reliever Hideki Okajima became the first during the sixth inning of Game 2, and Daisuke Matsuzaka became the second when he started Game 3.

.976 CAREER fielding percentage for Mike Lowell from 1998 through 2007, the highest-ever for a third baseman.

$143,026,214 BOSTON 'S 2007 payroll, which was the second highest in the majors behind the Yankees '.

24 TOTAL career postseason home runs hit by Manny Ramirez , first on the alltime list. Ramirez hit homer number 23 during Game 2 of the ALCS to pass Bernie Williams . He hit number 24 two games later.

4 NUMBER of wins for Josh Beckett in the '07 postseason. Only five other starting pitchers have gone 4-0 in the postseason, but Beckett is the first to do so in a Red Sox uniform.

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