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        Yr P W L   Yr P W L   Yr P W L               1970  
        1970 3 87 75   1973 2 89 73   1977 3 97 64               Decade  
        1971 3 85 77   1974 3 84 78   1978 2 99 64               Click  
        1972 2 85 70   1975 1 95 65   1979 3 91 69               on Logo  
                  1976 3 83 79                            
                                                       
   
  Titles: Top Red Sox Players of the Seventies  
  1975 A.L. Champs (Lost to Reds)  
    Pitchers:  
  BallPark:  Luis Tiant (36.22) -    72  
  Fenway Park Bill "Spaceman" Lee (18.54) -    38  
    Reggie Cleveland (5.49) -    24  
  Team Name:  Sonny Siebert (8.48) -    24  
  Red Sox Rick Wise (6.46) -    23  
    Ray Culp (6.24) -    21  
  Owner: Bob Stanley (8.46) -    21  
  Tom Yawkey (1970-1976) Mike Torrez (4.93) -    20  
  Tom Yawkey Trust (1977-1979) Marty Pattin (4.41) -    20  
    Gary Peters (0.97) -    17  
  General Managers: Ferguson Jenkins (7.03) -    12  
  Dick O'Connell (1970-1977) Dennis Eckersley (14.55) -   23  
  Haywood Sullivan (1978-1979) Rogelio Moret (7.38) -   16  
    Bill Campbell (5.2) -   12  
  Managers: Dick Drago (7.42) -   9  
  Eddie Kasko (1970-1973)    
  Eddie Popowski (1973) Catchers:  
  Darrell Johnson (1974-1976) Carlton Fisk (35.81) -    91  
  Don Zimmer (1976-1979)    
    First Basemen:  
  No Hitters: Carl Yastrzemski (40.63) -    94  
  None George Scott (6.56) -    31  
    Cecil Cooper (5.27) -    21  
  Hall of Famers: Bob Watson (2.56) -   10  
  Tom Yawkey    
  Dennis Eckersley Second Basemen:  
  Fergie Jenkins Doug Griffin (2) -    10  
  Juan Marichal    
  Carlton Fisk ShortStop:  
  Orlando Cepeda Rick Burleson (15.89) -    45  
  Luis Aparicio Luis Aparicio (4.17) -    13  
  Carl Yastrzemski    
  Jim Rice Third Base:  
    Rico Petrocelli (16.4) -    37  
  Rookie of the Year: Butch Hobson (2.73) -    15  
  Carlton Fisk (1972)    
  Fred Lynn (1975) Outfield:  
    Fred Lynn (27.37) -    61  
  MVP:  Reggie Smith (21.4) -    54  
  Fred Lynn (1975) Dwight Evans (23.31) -    46  
  Jim Rice (1978) Jim Rice (24.49) -    43  
    Tommy Harper (6.25) -    21  
  Cy Young: Bernie Carbo (7.67) -    19  
  None Rick Miller (9.2) -    14  
    Tony Conigliaro (1.89) -    4  
  Notable Events:    
    Notable Events:  
  1970 - An odd decade. Boston finishes well above .500 the entire     
  decade with their worst mark 83-79 and best mark 99-64. However, 1975 - Fred Lynn becomes the first (and only) player to win both  
  they only manage to win the Division once, 1975, The Sox finished Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same season. He beats out  
  second three times and third six times in six and then seven (after Jim Rice, who also had a sensational rookie season, for both  
  expansion in '77) team divisions. They just couldn't seem to get that awards. Not before or since has a team had two rookies of such  
  one more extra star quality guy to get them over the hump.  magnitude burst onto the scene in the same season. Rarely  
    do you even get one. True to form, Red Sox fans adore the white   
  1970 - Tony Conigliaro is dealt to the Angels after the season Lynn while merely acknowledging that the black Rice exists.  
  for second baseman Doug Griffin and pitcher Ken Tatum  Rice becomes one of many black Red Sox stars in the latter half of   
    the twentieth century unhappy about their treatment by Red Sox fans.  
  1971 - Boston signs Luis Tiant, 30 as a free agent. He had been released Lynn had been a second round pick in the '73 draft.  Rice was a first  
  by the Braves. Luis had lost twenty two seasons earlier with the Twins round pick in the '71 draft.  
  and had a 1-7 mark with Boston in '71. Kudos to Sox brass for sticking  
  with Tiant because from '72 - '78, El Tiante rewards them with a 121-74 mark 1976 - Charlie Finley sells Joe Rudi and Rollie Fingers to the  
    Sox only to have the deal nullified by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn.  
  1972 - OF Dwight Evans, 20, is a rookie. He was a 5th round pick  Kuhn allowed his personal feud with Finley to color his judgement.   
   in the '69 draft Finley never failed, and correctly so, to point out how slow to the mark  
    Kuhn was. This, of course, riled Kuhn who showed that he was   
  1972 - The Sox finish half a game behind Detroit in a strike  unable to rise above personal pettiness in his responsibilites. This was   
  shortened season. This is the second time in history the  a terrible decision by Kuhn because it set a precedent that owners  
  Tigers win a title when a tying game is not allowed to be played could now not sell players who were going to leave in an attempt  
  (the first time was 1908 when the Tigers beat out Cleveland) to keep their teams viable and competitive moving forward. It was  
  The Sox were bolstered by rookie Carlton Fisk, 24, and his 22 homers a severe abridgement of the rights of the people that Kuhn was  
  Carlton was the fourth overall pick of the 1967 draft. supposed to be serving, the owners. Eventually, it would become  
    commonplace to allow owners to sell stars who were pending free  
  1974 - SS Rick Burleson, 23, is a rookie. He was a first round pick in agents to other clubs. It only makes sense.  
  the '70 draft  
     1976 - Owner Tom Yawkey dies  
  1975 - The Sox win the AL title, but lose to the Reds in the World    
  Series after sweeping the A's in the ALCS. 1977 - Righty Bob Stanley, 22, is a rookie. He was a first round pick in  
    the '74 draft.  
     
    1978  - The Sox blow a fourteen and half game lead in August  
    to the Yankees. The Yanks blow ahead of them only for the Sox  
    to come back and tie on the final day of the season. Bucky  
    Dent's home run off of Mike Torrez wins the playoff for the Yanks  
       
    1979 - Carl Yastrzemski gets his 3000th hit.