Three things learned about the Red Sox while poking around Baseball-Reference.com . . .
Chris Sale is having one of Pedro Martinez’s best seasons.
Pedro Martinez’s 2000 season is, by at least one measure, the greatest a pitcher has ever delivered in the modern era. Martinez went 18-6 with a 1.74 ERA for the Red Sox, allowing just 128 hits and 32 walks in 217 innings while striking out 284. His WHIP of .737 is the best in baseball history, and his 291 adjusted ERA, which means he was 191 percent better than a league-average pitcher, has also never been topped since the turn of the 20th century.