The Red Sox, in addition to winning the World Series, had the best regular season winning percentage in the majors (tied with Cleveland) and the most net runs (runs scored over runs allowed, or to put it another way, the most "expected" wins) in the majors.
This triple crown -- World Series champion, most actual wins, most expected win -- isn't achieved very often, at least not anymore. From 1990 to 2007 (17 seasons, nt including 1994 when the WS was cancelled) only two teams won the World Series and also led the majors in both wins and expected wins: this year's Red Sox and the 1998 Yankees. Three teams from the 1980s earned this triple crown: the 1989 (earthquake Series) A's, the Mets in 1986 and the Tigers in 1984.
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