Boston Red Sox - The Disco Years (1970-1979)
 
   
 
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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  
  Dennis Eckersley    
  Fergie Jenkins Second Basemen:  
  Juan Marichal Doug Griffin (2) -    10  
  Carlton Fisk    
  Orlando Cepeda ShortStop:  
  Luis Aparicio Rick Burleson (15.89) -    45  
  Carl Yastrzemski Luis Aparicio (4.17) -    13  
  Jim Rice    
    Third Base:  
  Rookie of the Year: Rico Petrocelli (16.4) -    37  
  Carlton Fisk (1972) Butch Hobson (2.73) -    15  
  Fred Lynn (1975)    
    Outfield:  
  MVP:  Fred Lynn (27.37) -    61  
  Fred Lynn (1975) Reggie Smith (21.4) -    54  
  Jim Rice (1978) Dwight Evans (23.31) -    46  
    Jim Rice (24.49) -    43  
  Cy Young: Tommy Harper (6.25) -    21  
  None Bernie Carbo (7.67) -    19  
    Rick Miller (9.2) -    14  
  Notable Events: Tony Conigliaro (1.89) -    4  
       
  1970 - An odd decade. Boston finishes well above .500 the entire  Notable Events:  
  decade with their worst mark 83-79 and best mark 99-64. However,    
  they only manage to win the Division once, 1975, The Sox finished 1975 - Fred Lynn becomes the first (and only) player to win both  
  second three times and third six times in six and then seven (after Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same season. He beats out  
  expansion in '77) team divisions. They just couldn't seem to get that Jim Rice, who also had a sensational rookie season, for both  
  one more extra star quality guy to get them over the hump.  awards. Not before or since has a team had two rookies of such  
    magnitude burst onto the scene in the same season. Rarely  
  1970 - Tony Conigliaro is dealt to the Angels after the season do you even get one. True to form, Red Sox fans adore the white   
  for second baseman Doug Griffin and pitcher Ken Tatum Lynn while merely acknowledging that the black Rice exists.  
     Rice becomes one of many black Red Sox stars in the latter half of   
  1971 - Boston signs Luis Tiant, 30 as a free agent. He had been released the twentieth century unhappy about their treatment by Red Sox fans.  
  by the Braves. Luis had lost twenty two seasons earlier with the Twins Lynn had been a second round pick in the '73 draft.  Rice was a first  
  and had a 1-7 mark with Boston in '71. Kudos to Sox brass for sticking round pick in the '71 draft.  
  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  
  1972 - OF Dwight Evans, 20, is a rookie. He was a 5th round pick  Sox only to have the deal nullified by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn.  
   in the '69 draft Kuhn allowed his personal feud with Finley to color his judgement.   
    Finley never failed, and correctly so, to point out how slow to the mark  
  1972 - The Sox finish half a game behind Detroit in a strike  Kuhn was. This, of course, riled Kuhn who showed that he was   
  shortened season. This is the second time in history the unable to rise above personal pettiness in his responsibilites. This was   
  Tigers win a title when a tying game is not allowed to be played  a terrible decision by Kuhn because it set a precedent that owners  
  (the first time was 1908 when the Tigers beat out Cleveland) could now not sell players who were going to leave in an attempt  
  The Sox were bolstered by rookie Carlton Fisk, 24, and his 22 homers to keep their teams viable and competitive moving forward. It was  
  Carlton was the fourth overall pick of the 1967 draft. a severe abridgement of the rights of the people that Kuhn was  
    supposed to be serving, the owners. Eventually, it would become  
  1974 - SS Rick Burleson, 23, is a rookie. He was a first round pick in commonplace to allow owners to sell stars who were pending free  
  the '70 draft agents to other clubs. It only makes sense.  
     
  1975 - The Sox win the AL title, but lose to the Reds in the World  1976 - Owner Tom Yawkey dies  
  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.