Full name is Robert Vernon Dalbec...Hit .282 with 24 HR and 123 RBI in 174 games during his three seasons at the University of Arizona. Also posted a 2.65 ERA (59 ER/200.1 IP) in 72 appearances (15 GS)...Helped Arizona reach the final game of the 2016 NCAA Tournament, allowing two ER in 20.2 IP in three games (two GS)...Was selected to Team USA in 2015...With Orleans in the Cape Cod League in 2015, hit a league-leading 12 HR in 27 games...Graduated from Legend (Colo.) High School...Was a year below Boston Celtics guard Derrick White at Legend High School. The two were teammates on basketball and baseball teams growing up. The two have donned each other’s Boston jerseys entering and exiting games... As part of the Red Sox Rookie Development Program, visited patients at Boston Children’s Hospital on 1/15/20...In January 2019, as part of the More Than a Game outreach program, worked in Hawaii helping restore a baseball field for a local Boys and Girls Club...Helped build new bleachers, put roofs on dugouts, and hold a clinic for kids...Also participated in a home run derby...On 1/26/19, won the “Dingers in the Desert” home run derby in Phoenix to benefit Project 34...The organization aims to ease stress that accompanies the financial burden placed on spinal cord injury patients and their families.
2023
Played 21 games (15 starts) over four stints with BOS, hitting .204 (10-for-49, 6 R, 2 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI)...Made 12 starts at 1B, two at 3B and one at SS...Also played in 114 games with Triple-A Worcester and was named the team’s MVP, hitting .269 with a .938 OPS, 33 HR, and 79 RBI (111-for-413, 14 2B, 3 3B)...Led the WooSox in HR, runs (82), RBI, hits, XBH (50), OBP (.381), SLG (.557) and OPS...Among Triple-A players, ranked T-1st in HR, sixth in SLG, and eighth in OPS...Was one of 15 Minor Leaguers with 30+ HR, but one of only four with 30+ HR and 10+ steals...Went 18-for-20 in stolen base attempts for Worcester...For the WooSox, made 36 starts at 3B, 36 in RF, 27 at 1B, six at SS and eight as the DH...For Worcester, hit .322 with a 1.074 OPS against LHP (29-for-90, 7 HR) and .254 with a .900 OPS vs. RHP (82-for-323, 26 HR)...Named Red Sox Minor League Hitter of the Month for May, recording a 1.231 OPS with 8 HR and 17 RBI in 19 games...During a 43-game span from 5/6-7/16, led the minors in OPS (1.196) and hit .340 with 19 HR (54-for-159)...In Worcester’s game vs. Lehigh Valley on 6/20/23, Dalbec hit a home run that collided with a train on the tracks behind the left field wall at Polar Park. He was the second player to hit a train on those tracks, joining Johan Mieses in 2021. The ball traveled beyond the limits of the TrackMan system, so the distance is unknown...Dalbec also hit a home run on 5/19/23 vs. Lehigh Valley that was estimated to travel 515 feet, the longest HR in Polar Park history. In the 10th inning of that same game, he hit a two-run walk-off single.
2022
In 13 games during Spring Training, hit .333 (12-for-36) with a 1.052 OPS, three 2B, three HR, and nine RBI. Made his second Opening Day roster (also 2021) and his first Opening Day start (1B). Hit a go-ahead solo HR in the 6th inning on 4/10 at NYY, giving the Sox their decisive lead in the 4-3 win, their first victory of 2022. On 4/23 at TB, gave the Sox a 1-0 lead with an RBI triple in the 10th inning, the club’s first hit in their 3-2 loss. Recorded six RBI over his 10 games from 5/19-29...Hit an RBI single in the fifth inning on 5/21 vs. SEA, the 100th RBI of his career...Became the 23rd player to reach 100 career RBI in 193 games or fewer, all with BOS. In 35 games from 5/26-7/9, batted .271 (26-for-96) with an .801 OPS, 13 R, three 2B, five HR, and 14 RBI. Gave the Red Sox a 4-3 lead with a go-ahead, pinch-hit, solo HR in the sixth inning during Game 1 of the Sox’ doubleheader vs. BAL on 5/28...Was his first career pinch-hit HR and snapped a 32-game homerless streak. Recorded at least one RBI in five consecutive games from 6/7-11, driving in six runs total during that span. Homered in back-to-back games on 6/10-11 at SEA... Broke a 2-2 tie with a solo HR in the seventh inning of the Sox’ 4-3 win on 6/10...Gave the Sox a 6-5 lead with a solo HR in the ninth inning on 6/11, a 7-6 loss. Recorded season highs in HR (2) and RBI (5) on 7/27 vs. CLE...Hit a two-run HR in the second inning, sacrifice fly in the 4th, and two-run HR in the sixth inning...Was his fourth career multi-HR game (3 in 2021). Made his first career start at SS on 8/24 vs. TOR. Optioned to Triple-A Worcester on 9/4 and played in 13 games for the WooSox. Hit two HR in back-to-back games from 9/17-18 at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, going 4-for-7 with 5 RBI. Recalled by BOS on 9/22 and played in six more games for the Red Sox. Went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI on 10/2 at TOR...Hit a two-run single in the second inning and a solo HR in the seventh.
2021
Made his first career Opening Day roster and spent the entire season in the majors, playing in 133 games...Made 111 starts at 1B and four at 3B; appeared in two games at SS...Named Red Sox Rookie of the Year by the Boston Baseball Writers...Was the first Sox rookie to play at least 100 games at 1B in a season since 1990 (Carlos Quintana)...Led AL rookies in SLG (.494)...Also ranked among the top 5 in HR (3rd, 25), RBI (3rd, 78), OPS (4th, .792), hits (5th, 100), doubles (5th, 21), triples (T-2nd, 5), XBH (4th, 51), and total bases (4th, 206)...Hit .274 with an .818 OPS with RISP, and .294 with a .931 OPS with RISP and two outs...From 7/31 through the end of the season, tied for the team lead in RBI (40) and ranked second in HR (15) and XBH (26)...Named AL Rookie of the Month for August...51 of his 100 hits went for extra bases (51%), MLB’s 9th-highest percentage (min. 100 hits)...Was the Sox’ Opening Day starter at 1B...Went 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI on 4/13 at MIN...Tied the score, 2-2, in the 5th inning with an RBI double and gave the Sox a 3-2 lead in the eighth inning with another RBI double...Recorded 26 RBI in 31 games from 5/7-6/19, second.most on the Sox during that time (Devers-32)...Homered on 5/7 at BAL, his 10th HR in his 50th career game...Became the 12th Red Sox player ever to hit 10+ HR through their first 50 games...Homered in back-to-back games on 5/13-14...His HR on 5/14 vs. LAA was a go-ahead two-run HR in the 7th inning, giving the Sox a 4-3 lead, the final score...His HR on 6/5 at NYY was measured at 115.6 MPH and with a 453-foot projected distance...It is both the hardest-hit ball and longest HR by a Red Sox player at Yankee Stadium in the Statcast era (2015-present)...On 6/11 vs. TOR, hit his 15th career HR in his 74th game, becoming the 11th Red Sox player ever to hit 15+ HR in their first 75 games...After hitting one HR in 31 games from 6/29-8/11, hit 14 HR in his remaining 39 games...In his final 42 games (beginning 8/8), hit .299 with a 1.110 OPS (38-for-127, 14 HR, 38 RBI)...Had 11 RBI in three games from 8/11-14 (3+ in each)...Hit two HR on 8/14 vs. BAL, his 1st career multi-HR game...Became the 3rd Red Sox in the last 10 seasons with 11+ RBI in any three-game span, joining Mookie Betts and Jackie Bradley Jr. (both in 2016)...Since 2000, the only other Red Sox to record 3+ RBI in three consecutive games are Manny Ramirez (2006) and David Ortiz (2009)...Recorded a season-best 7-game hitting streak from 8/25-9/2 (10-for-22, 5 XBH, 11 RBI)...Recorded a career-high 7 RBI on 8/26 vs. MIN with a three-run HR in the 2nd, two-run single in the sixth, and two-run HR in the seventh...Was his second career multi-HR game...Became the sixth major leaguer ever with 2+ HR and 7+ RBI in a game as the No. 9 hitter, the first since Jackie Bradley Jr. for BOS on 8/15/15 vs. SEA...His seven RBI on 8/26 tied Jackie Bradley Jr. for the most by a Sox player as the No. 9 hitter...Hit five HR in eight games from 9/7-17 (8 RBI)...On 9/7 vs. TB, hit a pair of two-run HR after entering the game at third base in the 8th inning, his third career.multi-HR game...Became the 3rd Red Sox player to hit two HR in a game they did not start, joining Mike Lowell (8/11/08 vs. DET) and Joe Foy (6/9/67 vs. WSH)...Hit a solo HR on 10/1 at WSH, part of back-to-back homers (with Hunter Renfroe) that extended the Sox’ lead to 4-0 in their 4-2 win...25 of his final 35 hits during the regular season were XBH (9 2B, 2 3B, 14 HR).
POSTSEASON: Appeared in eight Postseason games, making two starts at 1B (Wild Card Game vs. NYY and ALDS Game 1 at TB).
2020
Made his ML debut...Hit .263 with 8 HR, 16 RBI, and a .959 OPS...made 20 starts at 1B and 2 at 3B...11 of his 21 hits were XBH (52.4%; 3 2B, 8 HR)...His homers had an average exit velocity of 106.6 mph, the 2nd-highest mark on the Red Sox (Devers-107.7)...Tied for the Sox’ longest HR of the season (449 feet)...Set the Red Sox record for most HR in a player’s first 10 ML games (6)...Tied the Red Sox record for consecutive games with an HR (5), setting a new franchise rookie record and tying the ML rookie record (10th time)...Averaged 10.0 at-bats per HR, the third-best mark among rookies (min. 3 HR)...averaged 5.0 at-bats per RBI, the fourth-best mark among rookies (min. 10 RBI).
2019
Made his Triple-A debut (30 games) but spent most of the season with Double-A Portland...Named an Eastern League mid- and post-season All-Star...Was among Eastern League leaders in HR (2nd, 20), OBP (2nd, .371), SLG (3rd, .454), and OPS (3rd, .825)...Led Red Sox minor leaguers in HR (27) and total bases (217)...Ranked among that group in RBI (2nd, 73), XBH (2nd, 48), BB (2nd, 73), runs (3rd, 69), OPS (4th, .825), SLG (5th, .454), OBP (7th, .371), and hits (7th, 113)...Played a career-high 135 games...Appeared defensively at 1B (21 starts) and 3B (104 starts) between the two levels...Hit multiple HR in a game four times, all with Portland: 5/11 (3), 5/31 (2), 6/1 (2), and 7/1 (2)...Played for Team USA in the Premier12 Tournament after the season...Named to the All-Tournament team as the 1B after hitting .250 with two HR and eight RBI, including a grand slam in the opening game against The Netherlands...Began the season with Portland, playing for the club through 8/2...Named Eastern League Player of the Week for 5/6-12...Hit .500 (8-for-16) with four HR and seven RBI in four games...Hit three HR on 5/11 at Trenton, the first 3-HR game in Portland team history as a Red Sox affiliate (since 2003)...Started at 3B and batted 3rd for the East Team in the Eastern League All-Star Game on 7/10 (0-for-1, BB)...Recorded a season-high 4 RBI on 7/30 at Richmond...Made his Pawtucket debut on 8/3 and spent the rest of the season with the PawSox...In his first 14 games with the PawSox, hit .347 (17-for.49) with 3 HR, 7 RBI, and a .964 OPS...Homered in three consecutive games from 8/24-26.
