This Red Sox Home Run Stat Shows Team’s Rare Power-Hitting Dispersal

Only once before have the Boston Red Sox hit home runs like this.

A statistic Red Sox senior manager of media relations and baseball information Justin Long shared Monday afternoon demonstrates the team has home-run hitters dispersed throughout its lineup at a level not seen in 16 years.

Boston’s home run leaders are as follows:

– Xander Bogaert, 23
– J.D. Martinez, 22
– Rafael Devers, 21
– Mookie Betts, 18
– Christian Vazquez, 16
– Michael Chavis, 16
– Mitch Moreland, 13
– Jackie Bradley, Jr. 11
– Andrew Benintendi, 10

Despite having nine batters with 10-plus home runs, the Red Sox have just the eighth-highest home run total among all Major League Baseball teams in 2019. Perhaps that’s because no Red Sox players are among the top 27 home run hitters in the majors this season, and the team’s utility players don’t provide much pop.

Nevertheless, Boston’s once-in-a-generation power dispersal is a notable aspect of the 2019 campaign.